Becoming a god in a low-key way in the supernatural world

"Kotegawa-kun's enemy this time is Oni-hime, whose strength is second only to the Calamity in the Evil Spirit Society. Her strength is at least at the 'Difficulty Level Seven'. Kotegawa-kun is far from being her match."

"On their own, few humans can stand up to a monster with a difficulty level of 'five' or higher."

"So let alone the Oni Princess, whose strength is close to that of a 'Difficulty Seven' demon general."

The three monks talked one after another, making Shirakawa Kurumi and Mikazuki Haruka increasingly hesitant and insecure.

"What level of monster is Difficulty Seven?" Mikazuki Seisakusaku asked blankly.

Shirakawa Kurumi also said blankly, "Very powerful, very powerful. Someone like me would be dead in a single encounter."

Mikazuki's face turned pale instantly, and his eyes were filled with panic.

The three monks standing outside the shrine smiled in unison: "Please come over, let's go see Kotegawa-kun together, he really wants to see you."

Under a clear sky, Mikazuki unconsciously took a step.

Standing there, Shirakawa Kurumi felt a strange sense of disgust looking at the smiles on the faces of the three of them. Just as Mikazuki was about to step out of the shrine grounds, her eyes lit up, and she quickly stepped forward and grabbed Mikazuki back again.

Seeing the changing expressions on the faces of the three people outside, she took a deep breath and said seriously to Mikazuki, "I still don't believe that something will happen to Kotegawa. He's not stupid!"

“But…” Mikazuki Seisakusaku said blankly, “The people who came are monks, they shouldn’t have any reason to lie to us.”

"That depends on whether they're real monks or fake monks..." Shirakawa Kurumi said, turning to look at the three monks at the door whose expressions had calmed down again, and tentatively said, "How about this, please come in and have a cup of tea, let us change our clothes, and then we'll go over together, okay?"

The three monks watched her silently, without saying a word, then slowly retreated and turned to leave.

"Hu Tao, they're gone!"

As Shirakawa Kurumi watched their retreating figures, a sense of unease returned to her heart. She shook her head, forcibly suppressing the urge to chase after them and call out to stop them, and said in a deep voice, "Don't rush! They didn't even dare to enter my house; there's likely something wrong with them!"

"Buzz..." Just then, the phone she was clutching tightly in her hand vibrated. She looked down, her eyes lit up, and she exclaimed excitedly, "It's Kotegawa calling!"

Mikazuki Seishuu, her voice trembling with tension, said, "Answer it right away!"

The three monks, who hadn't gone far along the road, stopped in their tracks. Their expressions changed once again, and they turned around in unison, staring intently at them.

For some reason, the two women felt a chill in their hearts.

They took a few steps back and hid in the hazy white light emanating from the shrine.

Shirakawa Kurumi answered the phone and blurted out, "You're seriously injured?"

On the other end, Kami Kotekawa's voice turned somber: "If any monks come looking for you, don't believe them! They're up to no good!"

Hearing his confident voice, the two girls felt a huge weight lifted off their shoulders. They both breathed a sigh of relief, and Shirakawa Kurumi said with lingering fear, "A monk did come looking for us. We almost fell for his trick."

"Are there really monks?" Kami Kotekawa's voice held a hint of murderous intent. "Where are they?"

“They just left…” Shirakawa Kurumi subconsciously looked up, but the three monks who had been standing at the door had disappeared without her noticing.

"Remember, don't believe anyone! I'll be fine!" Kotekawa Kami's voice also carried a hint of relief.

This time, we were fortunate to have Shirakawa Kurumi's agility.

"Be careful!" Shirakawa Kurumi whispered, handing the phone to Mikazuki.

Mikazuki took it, somewhat nervously asking, "Furutegawa, will Hanamai and Yuka be alright?"

"Don't worry, they have people protecting them."

……

At the door of the Kotegawa Kami family's house, three monks quietly appeared, each with an ominous red light flashing in their eyes.

He's gone!

"Seize target number three!"

The three of them turned their gaze to the window where birds and flowers danced.

One person stepped forward, stretched out both hands, and tore open the iron gate of the Furutekawa Kami family's house.

The three of them smiled and went inside one by one.

But at that moment, a burst of light suddenly appeared from behind the entrance door, and with tremendous force, it struck a monk in the waist and abdomen. The monk's expression changed drastically, and he spat out a mouthful of black blood.

"Bang!" The wooden door, now only half open, was pushed open, and a group of special agents rushed out of the house, coldly pointing their dark gun barrels at the three monks.

Ishikawa Yasuhiro, a cigarette dangling from his lips and a large shotgun in his hand, pushed his way through the crowd. He exhaled a smoke ring and gave a cold laugh: "Keep an eye on these three inhuman bastards! Anyone who makes a sound, blast them to smithereens!"

The monk who had been blasted away earlier stood up straight. He looked down at his bleeding lower abdomen with a blank expression. His handsome face instantly turned ferocious, and together with the two monks next to him, their bodies instantly changed, swelling into monsters more than two meters tall.

"Fire!" A sharp shout rang out, gunfire erupted, and countless flashes of light instantly riddled the three monsters with bullets.

Ishikawa Yasuhiro raised his hand, picked up a smoking shotgun, stepped forward, stepped on a hideous fanged head, frowned, and muttered, "A monk who feeds and raises ghosts? Why does that feel a little familiar?"

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Please Become a Monk

Kotekawa Kami turned back and stood outside the building, his gaze cold and brooding.

The five monks really put on a good show, thinking that because he was young, they wanted to fish with him.

If I hadn't gone to Inari Shrine and met with Mr. Suigetsu earlier, I might have actually fallen for his trick.

"Let me see what you're up to!" He jumped back up to the second floor and into the basement.

But the basement was empty; the five monks had vanished without a trace.

He looked around the room, frowned at the turned-off computer screen, went back downstairs, and searched the room. He found that not only the five monks were gone, but even the ghost with a large hole in its chest on the second floor was missing.

"Could that ghost be one of theirs too? And was that half-open window left on purpose?"

He said "Oh," realizing that the show had started as soon as he walked in!

That's quite something!

He let out a sigh, jumped out of the open window, and walked along the street toward the place agreed upon in the letter.

The other side has set up such a large formation today, they shouldn't give up easily, right?

Suddenly, a light stomping sound came from above his head.

He instinctively stopped and looked up.

On the rooftop of the three-story building beside them, a pair of eerie red eyes were peering down at the ground.

Kamiko Furudekawa lacked night vision and couldn't see what it was, but judging from those red eyes, he knew it was definitely not a good thing.

He walked around the building, pondered for a moment, and then, instead of climbing up, stood still and looked up.

If I'm not mistaken, that thing up there should jump down on its own soon, if it can't fly.

Sure enough, a few minutes later, the red eye above fell down. The moment it hit the ground, Kotekawa Kamimi activated [Four Directions of Impermanence].

The sky, which was originally so dark that you couldn't see your hand in front of your face, suddenly turned into a dim twilight. The owner of the red eyes was stunned for a moment, staring at the howling blood mist and yellow sand in front of him. He instantly became very vigilant and assumed a defensive posture.

But soon, its expression changed, and it clutched its neck tightly with both hands, breathing with difficulty as if it were drowning.

Kotegawa Kami looked at the bald, pointy-eared, clawed monster in front of him and suddenly realized what was happening.

"So it's a monster that looks like a monk. No wonder it's in cahoots with the Demon Princess! It really put on a convincing act before!"

He sneered twice and sent it on its way with a single sword strike.

There are five of them anyway! Let's chop down three first and vent our anger!

The [Impermanence] domain was dispelled. Kotekawa Kami sheathed his sword, climbed up the building next to him, and hid there, quietly searching.

In the pitch-black night, the crimson gaze was as eye-catching as the busty bikini-clad beauties on the street. He quickly found the second one, quietly went downstairs, and crept towards it.

They looked like they were searching for something.

A few minutes later, the second monster died silently in the Realm of Impermanence, and not long after, the third one also joined the first two.

As midnight approached, Kotegawa Kami, having failed to find the remaining two yokai, released the [Nightmare] spell and returned to the place agreed upon on the letter.

In the center of the open space stood a monk carrying a lantern.

I've met this monk before; he's the one who kept running upstairs, saying "there's nothing wrong."

He stopped and looked around. It seemed that the only one missing was the guy who looked the most powerful. Where had he gone?

"You've finally arrived," the monk with the lantern said calmly.

Kote Kawakami looked him up and down, then asked slowly, "Who are you? Did you write that letter to me? What grudge do you want to settle with me?"

The monk placed the lamp at his feet and clasped his hands together: "I am a monk from Tiandu Temple, my Dharma name is Qiuji."

"Hmm... Master Akiji?"

“Indeed, that’s how it’s called.” Monk Qiuji chanted a Buddhist prayer. “I’m truly sorry to have asked you to meet me here so late at night. Please forgive me.”

Kami Kotekawa nodded and pressed further, "What's your predicament?"

“Because our temple’s practice is somewhat special, it is inconvenient to walk in the daytime…” Monk Qiuji mumbled, then looked at him with a serious expression and said, “This humble monk has a favor to ask of you.”

"Go ahead and tell me," Kotegawa Kami said calmly.

"Please come with me to Tiandu Temple to become a monk."

"..."

Kotekawa Kami was stunned by these words. A group of yokai pretending to be monks were inviting him to become a real monk.

"Excuse me, I didn't hear you clearly. Could you please say it again?"

“You are deeply involved in a calamity. If you do not repent in time, your life will be in danger. Only by entering my temple to cultivate yourself can you resolve this,” the monk Qiuji advised, his eyes seemingly filled with sincerity.

"Which temple did Master Qiuji belong to?"

"Tiandu Temple."

What kind of temple is Tiandu Temple?

"Tiandu Temple advocates the equality of all spirits, that everything has its own laws, and that the cycle of cause and effect in the heavens is the law of karma. Only by repenting can one be spared all kinds of suffering."

"So you want me to repent?"

"As long as you recite scriptures and reflect on your mistakes in my temple for thirty years, you will be spared from misfortune."

"...Then let's talk about our grudges."

"That would be a terrible disaster!" Monk Qiuji lowered his hands, his expression stern: "If you remain stubborn and do not repent, the price you will pay will not only be your own life! Countless innocent people may also lose their lives because of your momentary lapse of judgment. Can you bear it?"