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

Kotegawa listened to her list of more than a dozen points, and after a brief summary, he realized that the consequences would be extremely serious.

"So, what do you need me to give in return?" Kotegawa asked again after she finished speaking.

He wasn't worried about the little fox's safety. There were shrines in Tokyo dedicated to Inari, and she would definitely hide there after today's events. Once she recovered from her weakness, there was nothing to worry about.

"I have three requests..." The little fox looked up at him for the first time, her eyes sparkling.

Kotegawa hesitated for a moment, then said, "Let me hear it first."

"First, we need 70 million in hard-earned expenses."

"Secondly, I need your help to find something for me."

"Thirdly, I need your help to resolve the trouble caused by this matter."

Kotegawa looked at her and said, "The first and third conditions can be combined, but the second condition is another matter. You choose one."

Each one was more greedy than the last, but businessmen are bound to ask for the moon.

Of course, he's not stupid.

The little fox also pondered.

Kotegawa continued, "The premise for a deal to be successful is that the information you provide must be comprehensive enough. If it's just scattered bits and pieces, there's no need to say anything."

He doesn't only have this little fox as an option. If all else fails, he can wait six months and then take Jingwu's corpse to ask Bei Yujianzun.

The room fell silent.

After a long while, the little fox said with difficulty, "Your Majesty, the risk of this matter is too great, so perhaps we shouldn't skimp on the money?"

Kotegawa said thoughtfully, "You mean my offer is less valuable than Natsuki Juujin's intelligence?"

“Of course not.” The little fox shook its head without hesitation: “Even the Viper God died at your hands. Such an achievement is truly extraordinary.”

This is her way of implicitly admitting that she just wants more.

Kotegawa shook his head: "You can only choose one side."

Seventy million... Does he think his money grows on trees? He killed the Demon King and the Viper God during this time, but no one has paid the bill, okay? Not only did he not make any money, he also lost a lot of swords.

The little fox struggled and said, "Then ten million will do, ten million plus the second condition."

What a greedy little fox... Kotegawa thought to himself, "Tell me about Natsuki Jūjin first, and I'll consider whether to pay the extra ten million."

“Then you will definitely pay.” The little fox took a deep breath, raised her fair hand, and a layer of white mist enveloped the room. After the mist became thicker, she spoke in a low voice: “The Xia Mu Shu Ren you want to inquire about is probably my senior, the seventh divine messenger under the Inari God.”

Kotegawa sat up straight.

Chapter Ninety-Six: The Seventh Divine Envoy

A single sentence can be like a thunderclap from a clear sky.

"Is Natsuki no Shujin the seventh messenger of Inari?"

The thought of impossibility flashed through Kotegawa's mind in an instant. Inari is a famous fox god who is also known for loving foxes. From the beginning of written records to the present day, there has never been a record of him being a human messenger.

But if Natsuki is a fox, then where did Takanashi come from?

He hesitated, not immediately refuting the argument, and patiently listened to what the little fox had to say.

Mizuki Taifu's voice was soft and sweet, her charm natural, as she gracefully said, "This matter has become a secret, and very few people remember it now, but I happen to have not forgotten it..."

Kotegawa looked at her expressionlessly.

If he dares to raise the price at this point, you'd better not expect to need his help in the future.

The little fox, quite perceptive, quickly gathered her thoughts and returned to the main topic: "The Seventh Divine Envoy is a very special being. He was originally the reincarnation of a Celestial Fox, and many predecessors had placed high hopes on him. However, about fourteen years ago, he suddenly did something that everyone found unbelievable, and he angered two gods at the same time. The Inari God even personally erased all traces of his existence..."

She stared intently at Kotegawa: "Now you should be able to confirm that he is the Natsuki Jujin you're looking for, right?"

While processing what he had just heard, Kotegawa asked directly, "Is the Seventh Divine Messenger human?"

“Of course not.” Her eyes widened in surprise: “As I just said, Xia Mu Shu Ren is the true spirit reincarnation of Lord Tian Hu, and also the seventh divine messenger of Lord Inari God. How could he possibly be human?”

After cultivating for more than a thousand years, a white fox will possess great supernatural powers and become a golden-eyed celestial fox with extremely strong strength... but those who have never seen it probably don't know just how strong it is.

Kotegawa remained calm: "What outrageous thing did he do?"

"I'm not quite sure about that..." The little fox pondered, "There was a rumor back then that he seemed to have stolen a treasure from another god."

"A divine treasure?" Kotegawa's eyes flickered, and he pondered, "Is he still alive?"

"I don't know either..." The little fox shook her head again: "I am just a little fox who has only cultivated for more than three hundred years, and I am still an apprentice divine messenger. I am not qualified to know about what happened back then."

Kotegawa frowned.

"However..." The little fox suddenly changed her tone again: "I once heard the God Lord mention a few words about it... He said that Xia Mu Jun was really stupid to the extreme, and being banished was already an extraordinary blessing from the God."

Kotegawa's gaze remained calm: "Stop keeping me in suspense and tell me everything you know."

The little fox looked at him and said softly, "That's all I know. If you want to know more specific things, I suggest you try to look for clues in the dark lands of the Ghost Kingdom... that's where the Seventh Divine Envoy was exiled and imprisoned."

Kotegawa noted down the name and nodded slightly.

"Your Majesty, are you satisfied with this intelligence?" The little fox placed her hands in front of her and smiled.

Kotegawa reached into his wallet and took out his card.

"Thank you for your patronage!" The little fox bowed slightly, his smile widening, clearly showing more affection for the money than for the Kotegawa.

When paying the bill, Kotegawa suddenly asked, "Can humans and yokai really have offspring?"

"Probably not? But perhaps a powerful divine messenger could do it?" the little fox pondered. "I remember there was a very powerful Onmyoji whose mother was a white fox."

Is this really possible? Kotegawa thought carefully, but he couldn't help feeling that Takanashi didn't resemble a fox at all... Putting everything else aside, the little fox in front of him was almost naturally charming. Although she looked petite, she had a shapely figure and clear, lively eyes. It was hard not to notice her...

Of course, it could also be because he hasn't seen many foxes...

"Could Takanashi's father be that fox?" Kotegawa was still not quite sure. It seemed he had to make a trip to the Oni Kingdom to get to the bottom of this matter.

At this moment, the little fox received a transfer notification, and her eyes involuntarily brightened with a smile. Her voice became lighter and more cheerful: "Your Majesty, what is your second question?"

Kotegawa snapped out of his daze and said, "I need to know the whereabouts of Tendoji Temple."

"Tian Du Temple?" The little fox was taken aback, looked at him with a slightly strange gaze, and said softly, "This information is worth fifty million."

"At most five million!" Kotekawa said calmly before the little fox could speak again, "If we can't reach an agreement, I'll ask the gods myself after a while."

This little fox... he's really got money to burn!

"It's a pity..." The little fox said with a hint of regret, "Tendoji has been wandering in the human world for many years, but for some reason, it went to Takamagahara a while ago and is now a pet in the home of a certain god... It is the oldest incarnation of the Kojiki, knows a lot of secrets, and is very good at pleasing the gods."

Kotegawa remained silent and quietly paid the payment.

...Did that big temple become a pet for the gods? No wonder we can't find it anywhere!

He didn't ask who Tentoji was going to be a pet for. He didn't even know where Takamagahara was, and even if he did, he wouldn't go there.

"Damn it..." He gritted his teeth, took back his bank card, and finally said, "You can tell me your request now."

The little fox was also waiting for this moment. Although he didn't make much money from this deal, he gained something more valuable than money, so it wasn't a loss.

She brought her legs together, and a light shone in her eyes: "I need a treasure from the fox clan to aid my cultivation, but that treasure is lost in the Dark Realm, so I would like to ask Your Majesty the True King to find it for me."

Kotegawa was taken aback, then frowned and asked, "I can't guarantee I can do something like this. What is it?"

The little fox, however, said confidently, "You will definitely find it; it is in the hands of the Seventh Divine Envoy."

Kotekawa Kami looked at her and slowly said, "You mean you want me to help you steal something?"

"That treasure is useless to the Seventh Divine Envoy now. If he were still alive, he would definitely have agreed. If he is already..." The little fox didn't finish her sentence, but her meaning was quite clear.

The dark land of the Ghost Kingdom doesn't sound like a pleasant place to retire, and Xia Mu Shuren's strength is pitifully weak, so the chances of him still being alive are not very high... Perhaps the Inari God didn't kill him back then, but only had a sliver of old affection for him, but still chose to exile him, leaving his life and death to fate.

Kotegawa still refused.

The little fox removed the gold hairpin from her hair, clasped her hands together, took a deep breath, and a slightly sacred glow emanated from her. Then, wisps of air continuously flowed into the hairpin she held in her palms.

In Kotegawa's perception, the little fox's aura was constantly weakening, which made him wonder if the little fox had already calculated and memorized everything.

A full minute later, the little fox finally stopped, her forehead glistening with sweat. She placed the hairpin on the table, pushed it towards Furutakawa, and said with her head bowed, "Please keep it safe. It contains my true spirit. Whether the Seventh Divine Envoy is still alive or not, as long as you can find him, you will definitely be able to get that treasure."

Kotegawa looked at the small but exquisite gold hairpin and nodded slightly: "I'll say it again, I'll do my best, but I can't guarantee success... Were you lying to me earlier about being retaliated against, being in danger, and falling into weakness?"

The little fox shook her head and said sincerely, "After seeing the guests off, I will temporarily close my shop and go to the shrine. Once you go to the dark place, someone will definitely think of me, and then I will be in danger."

Kotegawa remained noncommittal, wondering how many of the ten sentences he exchanged with this little fox were genuine and how many were just empty rhetoric.

He put away the hairpin, and just as he was about to take his leave, he suddenly remembered something and said, "I need seven amulets, and they must be signed."

The little fox was taken aback, and subconsciously said, "Thank you, seventy thousand yen."

Kotegawa was too lazy to haggle with her anymore and placed the seven banknotes on the table.

Compared to the intelligence fee, the amulet is so cheap it's practically free!

In the small courtyard downstairs, Yasuhiro Ishikawa was chatting about the weather with a black cat.

As soon as Kotegawa stepped out the door, the black cat bristled and ran away.

Ishikawa Yasuhiro turned around, raised his hand, and said, "All done? How was it?"

That sounded a bit odd, almost like after strolling through a red-light district together, the one who finished first waited for the one who finished later... Kotegawa casually said, "It's alright, I got the answer I wanted."

Yasuhiro Ishikawa nodded, showing no curiosity about what it was. He turned around, greeted the empty shop, and left together.

After they left, the entire shop changed instantly. Then, a car quietly drove away, heading towards the Inari Shrine.

……

As dusk approached, the area where the sun was setting was bathed in a crimson glow.

The two did not go anywhere for dinner, but parted ways at the place where they had met earlier and went their separate ways home.

When Kotegawa returned home, Takanashi had already gone home as well. He wasn't surprised. He first took out a talisman from his pocket to send Yuka away, then went to the bathroom to wash his hands before going into the kitchen to help Haruka prepare dinner.

"The Seventh Divine Envoy, the Dark Land, the treasure the little fox is looking for..." He roughly sorted out his thoughts, wondering if he should digest the spiritual fruit before going there.

Both things are related to the Underdark, but that place doesn't sound like a safe haven. You might even run into enemies there, so you have to be careful not to get caught off guard.

However, it takes at least fifteen days to digest the spiritual fruit, which is quite a hassle.

What effect will the spiritual fruit that can enhance a demon's power by 500 years have after he eats it?