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

Kotegawa placed his longsword against its neck, his voice chilling: "Drive, or I'll make sure you never even make it to hell."

The monster whimpered for mercy, its body suddenly swelling into a ball, then slowly elongating into an eggplant-shaped monster, with its hands and feet extending from both ends. Then, it skillfully started the engine and stepped on the gas.

The nearly scrapped tram also came to life, its headlights turning into two enormous eyes, and four huge flame wheels burning beneath it.

A buzzing sound came from the front of the car: "It's not time to depart yet!"

A golden flame ignited deep within Kotegawa's eyes, and the metal armrest twisted in his palm: "I said drive."

The car fell silent, then sprang up like Tom after being shot in the backside, hurtling desperately into the darkness of the tunnel.

The tunnel was just an ordinary tunnel, but an extraordinary hearse and an extraordinary monster driver transformed it into an extraordinary route.

The speeding cars, whether flat or elongated, do not affect the interior space at all, as if they are running in another dimension.

Ahead of the car was a thick, chaotic fog, with only the car headlights illuminating the ground.

After a long while, the car suddenly stopped, and the thick fog around it dissipated. A humble voice rang out from the front of the car: "We have arrived, Your Majesty."

"Huh?" Kotegawa was surprised. How come it seemed like everyone knew he had the identity of a true king?

Is this name so common?

"What did you call me?"

“The true king! The great true king!” the car quickly replied, its voice becoming increasingly humble.

"You know me?"

"Other true kings have also ridden in my carriage."

Kotegawa said "Oh," deciding not to dwell on it anymore. He looked out the window and asked again, "Do you know where I'm going?"

The car fell silent, and the driver, a monster, was still trembling under his sword.

Half a day later, the driver cautiously said, "I only go as far as Akagami-cho. If you are going to Hell's Underworld, please take another train."

Transfer? The Demon Kingdom is quite modern... Kotegawa pondered, "I ask you, what kind of yokai can create a black vortex? Or rather, what kind of yokai can freely travel between the human world and the Demon Kingdom?"

"Well, I'm just a dilapidated steam locomotive, I've never seen anything like this..." the driver said awkwardly.

This is a lie. Kotegawa stopped talking nonsense and his gaze suddenly became much deeper. His Nightmare Domain enveloped everything. Then, his thoughts turned into a stream of light and entered the dream of the monster car to look through all its memories.

A few minutes later, he snapped out of his thoughts, glanced at the monster driver, and after confirming the information, he put away his long sword and calmly got out of the car.

The car monster and its driver seemed to be frozen in place.

After all, you'll need a vehicle to get around when you're out and about.

Kotegawa stepped down the last step, placing one foot on the land of the demon kingdom.

He looked around and saw an endless dusky yellow sky, and the earth was full of barren mountains and ravines. Ghostly energy condensed into thick dark clouds, which floated in the air in clumps.

In the distance, it was raining in some places; the rain was black.

This is a completely silent world.

The Ghost Kingdom... I wonder if I'll encounter the Demon King.

With that thought in mind, he glanced at the "Red Demon Town" bus stop sign, and strode forward toward a place called "Genmuyama".

In the memories he had just been searching through, there was a monster that came from Mount Genmu and transformed into a high school girl on the bus.

If you were to ask where Jia is most likely to be, that would definitely be it.

Chapter Forty-Six: Familiar Ghost

The world was a uniform, dim yellow, indistinguishable between night and day, as if it had always been this way. This was the world of the dead, forever devoid of the colors of life.

A mournful wind howled, as if mixed with someone's weeping. All that could be seen was desolate silence, with no end in sight.

"Ah!"

A sneeze shook the branches, causing them to shed a lot of black powder.

Yuka, still wearing her Kano Private Academy uniform, sniffed hard, her clear, innocent eyes widening slightly as she looked up at the world around her.

All around were strange, large trees, completely black and shaped like ghost claws, as if they had been burned to charcoal, but still retained their tree shapes.

She looked around to make sure no one was there, then took a deep breath, raised her leg high, and kicked the nearest tree trunk in the darkness.

The black powder fell like snowflakes, and she spat it out a few times, then slapped her head haphazardly with both hands.

Damn it, she must have been out of her mind to kick him.

Yuka, with her dark complexion, looked at her hands and then at her body, her face darkening even more.

Without even looking in a mirror, her face and head must be covered in this black powder.

"What an idiot I am!" she cursed herself angrily, put her hands on her hips, looked around, and suddenly became dejected.

Where am I? My phone has no signal, and I've been walking for ages with no way out. I'm so tired…

"Gurgle...gurgle..."

A strange sound suddenly came from afar, and Yuka, who had just sat down, jumped up again, her eyes full of vigilance.

A big toad hopped and rolled over.

Yujia couldn't help but widen her eyes.

Wow! What did this toad eat to grow so big? It's even bigger than Kotegawa!

It looks quite muscular, but I wonder if it will taste good...

She clenched her fist, mentally assessing her thin arms and legs, and figured she probably couldn't beat this toad... Oh well, maybe she'd find a smaller one later.

The giant toad monster, which looked like a tank, also noticed Yuuka. It tilted its head slightly, saw a completely black creature, and suddenly opened its mouth: "What? It's Genmu."

After saying that, it continued rolling forward.

Once the giant toad was far away, Youjia finally realized what was happening, screamed "Wow!" and ran away with her arms outstretched.

Monster! Monster! Monster!

……

Meanwhile, Kotegawa, hidden in the Nightmare, had already boarded another steamer. He sat by the window, looking down at the otherworldly scenery flashing by.

The Ghost Kingdom also has gods, and it seems that there are no fewer than the gods that exist in the mortal world. On his way here, he discovered at least ten dazzling divine lights that belonged to the gods.

This caused his original plan to "break through the Ghost Kingdom" to fail in the womb.

I changed my mind and decided to honestly play as a Nightmare and play it safe.

He stroked the longsword on the table, his desire to become a god growing stronger.

This world is far more mysterious and vast than he imagined.

Perhaps only after becoming a god can one truly understand magnificence?

The steamship suddenly stopped in mid-air, and a buzzing sound came from all directions: "The Great Bathhouse Station has arrived. Monsters who want to get off, please do so as soon as possible. The next stop is the Sanzu Bathhouse..."

Immediately, several monsters got off the vehicle, either walking or wriggling, and then fell straight down from mid-air, jumping into the crimson lava, letting out a cry from the depths of their souls.

Kotegawa watched silently, and only after the car door closed did he speak: "Boss, are we going to the Underworld?"

A buzzing voice rang directly in his ear: "Sorry, the Underworld is very dangerous recently. We can only go to the Sanzu Bath now. If you want to go to the Underworld, please get off there and go there on your own."

"What happened to Huang Quan?"

"The true soul of the Demon King has returned to the Yellow Springs, but for some unknown reason, it is currently slaughtering monsters on a large scale."

Kotegawa was surprised and asked again, "There's death here too? Where do you go when you die?"

"Of course, if you die here, your true soul will also return to the Yellow Springs, although it will be resurrected... But even if you don't lose anything, the process is almost the same as the death of a living being... That pervert, no, the evil demon king, he kills monsters, waits for them to resurrect, and then continues to kill them..."

The resentment and hatred in the voice of the fire-wheeled chariot monster were almost overflowing.

"Is nobody in charge of this?"

"The Demon King is the close attendant of the Demon Queen. Apart from the gods, who dares to interfere?"

Kotegawa gave an "oh" and then fell silent.

It's best to avoid the Demon King. Right now, the main thing is to find Youjia. We can find another opportunity to greet it when we come back here later.

The steamship flew smoothly through the air at an astonishing speed. The Ghost Kingdom seemed to be boundless, with stations quite far apart. Without a means of transportation, it would take who knows how long to get out and explore.

Sanzu Bath, Scorching Bath, Iron Needle Health Center... one station name after another broadened Kotegawa's horizons, completely overturning his impression of the Netherworld Kingdom.

Well, the monsters and ghosts here seem to be living quite happily, with all sorts of hot soups to soak in.

Time seemed to lose its meaning here. No one knew how much time had passed, but when the steamship stopped again, it finally said, "We have arrived at the final destination, Huanwu Mountain."

Kotegawa picked up his sword, which transformed into a cloud of mist, drifted out of the car window, and fell straight down to the ground.

He lowered his head slightly, gazing at a miniature mountain range in front of him, the highest of which was only knee-high, and frowned slightly.

Mount Genmu is a mountain of illusions, inhabited by a kind of monster called "Genmu".

He took a step forward, then suddenly stopped, took a step back, and his figure seemed to rise and fall.

“Illusory Mountain… This is interesting.” Without any more hesitation, he took a step forward, and his whole body shrank rapidly. When he took the seventh step, he had already reached the foot of Illusory Mountain, and the miniature mountain range he had just seen had now become a truly majestic mountain range.

Kotegawa looked up for a while, then turned to look back. The mountain behind him didn't look particularly huge, as if he hadn't shrunk, but Mount Genmu had grown bigger.

He turned around, stepped forward, and entered the mountain range. As soon as he entered, he noticed something familiar.

This place is covered with vast stretches of ghost claw trees, forming an endless forest.

"So the Ghost Claw Tree is a species from the Ghost Kingdom? The Demon King has quite the romantic taste..." He walked into the forest.

The black powder fell silently from the treetops, but just as it was about to land on Kotegawa's shoulder, it was deflected by an invisible force.

He picked some up with his sword, rubbed it between his fingers, fanned it lightly, and then ignored it.

It's weird, who knows what it is? Let's find a Phantomless first.

Under the perpetually dim sky, Kotegawa walked nearly 30,000 steps through the Onizuma Forest before suddenly stopping and quietly looking ahead.

"Gurgle...gurgle..."

A strange sound reached his ears.