Tokyo: I am the Lord of All Demons!

As expected, after Ishikawa Risa made one call after another, only the Shinto Office Director Kishimoto Shingo expressed his willingness to return to work.

After Ishikawa Risa finished her call, she looked somewhat dejected. Shimizu Suzune asked with concern, "How did it go?"

Risa Ishikawa sighed and said, "Apart from Kishimoto, no one else wants to come back to work."

Shimizu Suzune nodded: "As expected."

Risa Ishikawa frowned and said, "Huh? What do you mean?"

Shimizu Suzune got out of bed. "Most people are cowards who are afraid of death. It's better to hope that ghosts can coexist peacefully with us humans than to expect them to make a contribution."

Risa Ishikawa didn't say anything, but she got out of bed and followed them out of the room.

The interior of the Shinto Hall was now deserted and somewhat eerie, but the divine maiden herself emitted light, automatically dispelling the darkness and strangeness.

Shimizu Rin opened the door to the Shinto Hall, letting in a ray of sunlight. She slowly began to speak, "I'm thinking about something."

"...What's the problem?" Ishikawa Risa, who was following behind, asked.

Without turning her head, Shimizu Suzune asked, "Why are our Shinto Agency's police inspectors so easily defeated? So cowardly and afraid of trouble?"

"I don't know!" Risa Ishikawa answered without even thinking.

Shimizu Rinne, facing the sunlight, frowned and said, "I feel that we divine messengers cannot live with ordinary police inspectors, because if we do, they will become very dependent on us. We're fine when things are going smoothly, but once things go against us, we'll scatter like leaves in the wind."

Risa Ishikawa blinked, puzzled, and asked, "Then where will we stay? Will we stay at the shrine?"

Upon hearing this, Shimizu Suzune suddenly turned around, gave a thumbs-up, and praised, "Ishikawa, that's a really good idea!"

“Eh…?” The unexpected praise made Ishikawa Risa scratch her head. She then looked at her phone and said, “By the way, the Ara Shrine built by our Shinto Agency is completed and can be inspected.”

Ishikawa Risa said this because she originally planned to go to the destination for inspection with Shimizu Suzune, but she didn't expect the other party to say, "Very good, the inspection work is entrusted to you."

"Huh? Aren't you going?" Ishikawa Risa was a little confused by Shimizu Suzune's question.

Regarding this matter, Shimizu Suzune actually had her own thoughts—you see, from the perspective of the ghost, she had already been eaten by Akane and was dead.

Therefore, she felt it was best not to step forward before the matter was completely resolved, otherwise it would cause panic among the ghosts.

However, Ishikawa Risa's mind seemed too simple to grasp this point, and Shimizu Suzune couldn't explain it to her now.

So he said, "We don't need so many people. You can go with Kishimoto Shingo. I have other things to do."

“Okay…” Ishikawa Risa nodded somewhat helplessly, silently picked up the phone, and prepared to call the Shinto Office Director.

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8:00 AM.

The sun is high in the sky.

In theory, ghosts shouldn't wander around the streets at such times, because they're afraid of getting sunburned.

Even Yuomi Ooi, who was once human but received demonic power, still had to worry about getting sunburned by the scorching sun because demonic power flowed through his body and skin.

However, since Ooi Yuomi was originally human, he chose to "patrol" the streets of Tokyo in a car, with a powerful black parasol inside so he wouldn't be afraid of the sun.

Ooi Yutomi came here for his own sake. He went to the vicinity of the Shinto Hall to monitor what was happening there.

There really was some activity.

To his astonishment, he discovered that the Shinto Hall's messenger, Risa Ishikawa, and the Shinto Hall's director, Shingo Kishimoto, had returned to the Shinto Hall and were bustling about, seemingly back to work.

Ooi Yushin was slightly surprised, but not much, that the Shinto Office director dared to come back to work.

What surprised him most was that Ishikawa Risa recovered her health so quickly, which was hard for Ooi Yutomi to accept.

The opponent's god is so powerful? Ooi Yuomi was completely baffled.

They come, the security.

Yuomi Ooi was thinking about how to take action against Risa Ishikawa again and then hand her over to Akane.

Then he saw Risa Ishikawa and Shingo Kishimoto leave Shinto Hall in a police car.

Seeing this, Ooi Yushin quickly started his car and followed them, wanting to see what they were up to.

Yuomi Ooi followed behind the police car, and soon the police car arrived at its destination.

Yuomi Oi glanced at the street sign and realized that he was in the Asakusa area of ​​Tokyo, and right across from him was Senso-ji Temple, a famous temple in Tokyo and even throughout Japan.

Ooi Yuomi raised his head and looked at Senso-ji Temple across the way, wanting to see what was going on inside, but unexpectedly, his gaze was drawn to the buildings next to Senso-ji Temple.

There is a shrine in that place, with a plaque that reads "Asakusa Ara Shrine" in large characters.

"Ara Shrine...?" Ooi Yutomi almost lost his composure. He had previously served as a divine messenger and knew that Ara Shrine was under construction.

However, his level was too low, so he did not expect that the Ara Shrine was built in Asakusa, which was only a ten-minute walk from the Shinto Hall.

I don't know if it's just my imagination, but this shrine looks more magnificent and sacred than any shrine that Ooi Yuomi has ever seen in his life.

Ooi Yuomi only glanced at the exterior of the shrine before feeling a stinging sensation in his eyes, as if he were looking directly at the sun.

"Oh no," Ooi Yutomi muttered to himself. "Just one look at this shrine is enough to make me feel uneasy. There must be a high god inside. I have to go back and tell the Demon King Akane right away."

Seeing that he could no longer look directly at the shrine, and estimating that getting closer would be even more difficult, Ooi Yuomi, having gathered limited information, decided to drive away from this place that even ghosts couldn't stay in.

He shifted the car into reverse, exited the area of ​​Senso-ji Temple and Senso-ji Ara-shrine, and then left the area.

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……

In reality, Makoto Araki is not at Asakusa Ara Shrine; he is still at Mino Fujita's house, fast asleep!

There was no other way; he played games all night and was a bit sleep-deprived, so he decided to rest first.

Fujita Mino is different; her body is brand new and hasn't yet developed its own biological clock, so she can do whatever she wants.

At this moment, she was playing a game with Kitamura Eri, but Kitamura Eri's reaction speed had obviously slowed down.

Seeing that Kitamura Eri's performance was getting worse and worse, Fujita Mino couldn't help but ask, "Hey, Kitamura, are you sleepy?"

Kitamura Eri yawned in response, "Yeah, I'm so sleepy. Let me take a nap after this game!"

"Alright, then you can go to sleep!" Fujita Mino could only nod in agreement.

The game then ended.

Kitamura Eri went to sleep.

Soon, only Fujita Mino was left in the huge e-sports room. She felt a little empty there, and considering that she hadn't gone out shopping in a long time, she decided to go out for a stroll, hoping to find something unexpected.

Fujita Mino didn't go very far; she just strolled around the vicinity of Kanagawa and made some unexpected discoveries.

She wondered if it was just her imagination, but she found that there were more ghosts in the dark corners than humans in the open.

For example, in the village she is passing through now, there are hardly any people on the surface, but in the shadows, a large group of ghosts are stirring and coveting the human home.

When Fujita Mino passed by, the ghosts immediately hid even deeper, as if afraid of being exposed and destroyed.

The current Fujita Mino is no longer a divine messenger, but rather the personal maid of Araki Makoto, the Arakami-sama.

The change in her identity made her no longer care about the human world. Now, her only loyalty is to Lord Aragami. She will do whatever Lord Aragami asks her to do, and the rise and fall of the human world is of no concern to her.

However, she is now a little confused. When she looks at the people in the village, she feels as if she is looking at "pseudo-people".

What is a "pseudo-person"?

This term was learned by Fujita Mino online, but in her eyes, it specifically refers to ghosts disguised as humans.

That's right.

Even in the open, even if they appear to be "people" on the surface, there is darkness hidden in their hearts.

Simply put, these people's hearts have been corrupted by evil spirits, and some of them are even disguised as evil spirits.

Thinking about this, Fujita Mino seemed to understand something. So this was why she felt there were so few people in the village?

She deliberately passed by several houses and then used her divine power to observe the situation inside. Sure enough, she discovered that the "people" inside were actually ghosts in disguise, and they were all fake people.

In the past, Fujita Mino would have become extremely anxious, because if everyone in the world became "pseudo-humans," then what meaning would she and her divine messengers have?

No more.

Fortunately, Fujita Mino can no longer be considered a divine messenger; having obtained a new body, she is now practically a deity.

Thinking about all this, Fujita Mino's eyes became somewhat unfocused, and she suddenly couldn't help but murmur, "Shimizu, Ishikawa..."

For some reason, Fujita Mino felt that the names of these two people were vaguely in her mind. They seemed unfamiliar, yet also strangely familiar.

Fujita Mino stroked her chin, and after deep thought, finally remembered.

In this world, besides Lord Aragami, Fujita Mino actually has two other people she cares about, and this care does not disappear with the change of her identity.

After all, no matter what, Shimizu Suzune and Ishikawa Risa were her friends and comrades-in-arms who had fought side by side.

"Come to think of it, it seems like it's been a long time since I've contacted them," Fujita Mino murmured, taking out her phone.

As a result, she couldn't find Shimizu Rinne and Ishikawa Risa's contact information on her phone; there were no call records or anything like that.

“That’s strange…” Fujita Mino stared at the empty address book, a sense of doubt arising within her.

Fujita Mino scratched the back of her head, trying to think as she muttered to herself, "Or is it that Shimizu Suzune and Ishikawa Risa don't actually exist in this world, and it was just a dream I had?"

Fujita Mino pursed her lips. "That's impossible, isn't it? There should be a Shinto Hall in this world, right? If there is a Shinto Hall, then they should be there..."

She decided to go and take a look at the Shinto Hall.

If you're going to Shinto Hall, you should first call to confirm, so Fujita Mino found the corresponding phone number online.

I dialed, but the call didn't go through.

No one answered the phone.

No matter how many times Fujita Mino called, no one answered; it seemed like there was no one left in the Shinto Hall.

Should we go there ourselves?

However, Fujita Mino quickly dismissed this idea; this was Kanagawa, after all, and going to Tokyo would be too far.

So, Fujita Mino only wandered around the surrounding villages for a few minutes before it was noon.

While she was supposedly strolling around, Fujita Mino was actually observing her surroundings and realized that the situation was not optimistic; the yin energy was too heavy.

"The sun is so big..." She looked up at the sun hanging in the center of the sky.