Tokyo: I am the Lord of All Demons!

Upon hearing this, Risa Ishikawa turned her head to look around, and it was indeed the case.

Ever since she walked in, she felt uncomfortable all over, as if she were not visiting the largest shrine, but the largest underworld.

However, this "underworld" is no longer plagued by evil spirits; it is only lacking a little bit of yang energy.

There's no way around it; it was Ishikawa Risa's own doing. She described the environment like that in the book just to "scare" the male protagonist, which is why it became a terrifying scene.

But she couldn't have her wish. Although Makoto Araki wasn't afraid of this place, living here all the time was just too uncomfortable.

After thinking for a moment, Makoto Araki said to Risa Ishikawa, "I think I should go back to the realm of the gods..."

"Huh? Why?" Ishikawa Risa asked knowingly, and said, "As a Kamisama, you have to descend to the human world and your shrine often, otherwise you won't be a very good god!"

Araki Makoto was both amused and exasperated by Ishikawa Risa's feeble explanations and advice: "Alright, alright, I'll stay here then. But you have to clean it before I move in. So, Ishikawa, you'll be in charge of taking care of this shrine for me for a week. I'll come and inspect it then."

After saying that, he turned around and waved to Shimizu Suzune: "Shimizu, let's go."

These words put Ishikawa Risa in a hurry; she never expected that the High God would give her such a task.

Moreover, not only did they hand in the mission, but they also took away Shimizu Suzune, who was supposed to be a "tool," which means that Ishikawa Risa has to deal with it all by herself, which is absolutely unacceptable.

So, Risa Ishikawa hurriedly tried to grab Makoto Araki's hand, but it was too late; he had already vanished in a flash of light.

"Could it be?" Ishikawa Risa turned her head urgently, only to find that Shimizu Suzune had also been taken away by Araki Makoto as divine light.

Soon, the huge shrine was left with only Ishikawa Risa, who stood alone in the cold wind.

She stood there in a daze for a long time before stomping her foot hard and cursing, "How could he treat me like this? This despicable, wicked man!"

"However, thinking about it carefully, isn't Cammy-sama's way of treating me an affirmation of my abilities?"

"Sigh, there's no other way. It seems I, Ishikawa, will have to take matters into my own hands."

Just do it.

As a divine messenger, Ishikawa Risa undoubtedly possesses abilities, and these abilities are quite powerful. Finding a few craftsmen to repair the shrine would be an easy task for her.

The biggest problem now is that a heavy layer of gloom has gathered above the shrine, as if it is filled with endless resentment.

Risa Ishikawa looked up, gazing blankly at the gloomy sky above, and murmured, "Could it be..."

"Is it because this area... or rather this shrine, is being targeted by evil spirits?"

That's the only assumption she could make.

The reason is simple: what Kamisama defeated was only the will of the world, not all the spirits in the world.

This means that, apart from the absence of a world will, everything else in this world remains unchanged.

In other words, those demon kings that haven't been defeated yet still need to be faced...

The Demon King character was originally intended by Risa Ishikawa as a plot device for Makoto Araki, allowing him to stage a "hero saves the damsel in distress" scene.

In the end, he only hurt himself.

But it's alright. At least Ishikawa Risa possesses divine power, enabling her to contend with demons, rather than being an ordinary person at their mercy.

Risa Ishikawa was still feeling down when she heard footsteps outside, and it sounded like there were two people.

"Why would anyone enter the Ara Shrine at this time? Could it be a thief?" Ishikawa Risa quickly hid behind a shrine to observe the intruder.

The visitors were two girls, one a divine messenger and the other a ghost spirit.

However, unlike other ghosts, this ghost girl did not exude the malevolent aura commonly found in ghosts.

"Fujita, Kitamura!" Ishikawa Risa called out the two names directly.

Fujita Mino noticed someone calling her name, so she looked over. "It's you? Ishikawa, where's Kami-sama?"

Risa Ishikawa shook her head and said, "Kami-sama just left without telling me where he was going."

“Okay…” Fujita Mino hesitated, looking Ishikawa Risa up and down and noticing that she was very clean and didn’t look like she had just been in a fight.

Fujita Mino looked around again. Although the yin energy here was quite strong, she didn't care about that.

Instead, she pursed her lips and asked, "Speaking of which, how is the World Will...?"

Risa Ishikawa scratched her head and said, "Ah, this, Secret Marseille, we haven't had a chance to tell you yet, the World Will has already been defeated by Camus-sama."

"Is that so?" Fujita Mino's tone was somewhat uncertain as she continued to look around. "If that's the case, then the world can be at peace again."

“Yeah, yeah!” Kitamura Eri, who had been following behind Fujita Mino and wanted to interject but didn’t know how to say it, finally found an opportunity to speak.

Risa Ishikawa glanced at Eri Kitamura unconsciously. This minor supporting character in the story was actually interrupting, but she wasn't important.

Risa Ishikawa pursed her lips, looked up at Mino Fujita with expectant eyes, and said, "It's like this, I have a task that Kami-sama gave me, would you two be willing to help me with it?"

To everyone's surprise, Fujita Mino refused without even thinking: "I don't have time for private Marseille! Kitamura, do you have time?"

"Huh? Me..." Kitamura Eri was taken aback for a moment, then quickly realized and said, "I want to go with her..."

In other words, Fujita Mino and Kitamura Eri will not help her, but this was all within Ishikawa Risa's expectations.

The reason I invited them was simply to give them a chance to serve the Supreme God. If you don't cherish it, there's nothing I can do!

After firmly refusing, Fujita Mino didn't intend to stay. She took Kitamura Eri's hand and said apologetically, "We have something to do, so we'll be leaving now."

Yes, Fujita Mino believes that the primary goal now is to find the Supreme God and have him absorb Kitamura Eri as his messenger, replacing her demonic power with divine power so that she can live openly and legitimately in this world.

Watching the two girls walk away, Ishikawa Risa couldn't help but feel a little lonely, but she quickly recovered.

Risa Ishikawa rolled her eyes at the direction they left in: "Who cares about them? Can't I even make my own decisions about my own world? I'm going to start managing the shrine right now, and then I'll show you what a protagonist in a wish-fulfillment novel looks like!"

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The next day, early in the morning.

Risa Ishikawa arrived at the Ara Shrine in Chiyoda Ward early on. The shrine is the property of the Shinto Agency and is public property, so it is now under the jurisdiction of the relevant authorities.

Unfortunately, Shinto Hall is currently shut down, and the Shinto Hall director and other staff members have not yet returned to work.

In order to smoothly take over the shrine, Risa Ishikawa sent documents to the relevant departments in the name of a Shinto Agency envoy, requesting the handover.

Sure enough, in response to the divine messenger's request, the relevant authorities had already sent people to wait outside.

The handover went smoothly, and Risa Ishikawa directly assumed the position of priestess at Ara Shrine.

Furthermore, the person who came to take over asked her if she needed any staff and offered to arrange for some people to be transferred from other shrines.

Such a good thing? Of course, Ishikawa Risa would not refuse, but she had one condition: the shrine staff to be transferred could not be drawn from only one shrine.

She made this request, of course, to prevent those priests from forming cliques and engaging in favoritism; otherwise, her job as the palace priest would be in trouble!

As for the gloom above the shrine, Ishikawa Risa will continue to investigate. At least for now, it doesn't seem to have much of an impact; it's just a bit depressing. A few more energetic living people should be able to temporarily suppress the gloom.

Therefore, Risa Ishikawa is not in a hurry to get rid of these yin energies; what is more important to her is how to handle her relationships with her colleagues.

Just as Ishikawa Risa was thinking about how to welcome the newcomer, an unwelcome phone call came in.

The person making the call was Shingo Kishimoto, the head of the Shinto Agency. Ishikawa Risa was very familiar with him because he was arguably the male supporting character with the longest lifespan in her story.

However, Risa Ishikawa didn't want to waste too much time talking to the male supporting character, since it would be pointless anyway. He was only a supporting character because he couldn't influence the development of the story.

So, Ishikawa Risa answered the call immediately, saying somewhat impatiently, "Hello, what's up?"

Chapter 209 Everyone Has a Bright Future

As expected, Kishimoto Shingo said: "Is the world at peace? More and more people are demanding the reopening of Shinto Hall, and I want to reopen Shinto Hall..."

However, Ishikawa Risa was very impatient with him and casually replied, "Yes, the world is at peace now, you can open the Shinto Hall."

The other person's tone was hesitant: "What about you? Will you come? I can't get in touch with Shimizu and the others..."

Risa Ishikawa didn't know why the head of the Shinto Agency was so lacking in confidence. Perhaps he already knew that Risa Ishikawa had taken over the Ara Shrine, but returning to work at the Shinto Agency wouldn't affect her being the priest here.

If all else fails, you can just take a sinecure in the Shinto Hall, it's not like it's not going to work out!

"Why don't you contact them again? They might be busy right now," Ishikawa Risa said softly. "As for whether I will go back to work, I can give you a definite answer: I will support you."

After a moment of silence, the other person slowly said, "I'm relieved to hear that."

Risa Ishikawa nodded symbolically and said, "Well, if there's nothing urgent, I'll hang up now. I'll talk to you again when I get back to Shinto Hall."

The other party: "Okay."

After that, Risa Ishikawa hung up the phone and put it back in her pocket.

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That said, Makoto Araki didn't take Suzune Shimizu back to the God Realm; instead, he took her directly to the Dragon Continent.

In his previous life, Makoto Araki was a working stiff, always working overtime, and had no time to travel all over the Dragon Continent.

In this life, he not only had time, but also a beautiful woman to accompany him, so he treated the time he spent repairing the shrine with Ishikawa Risa as a trip together.

The next day.

morning.

The two chose to land on the vast grasslands of Northwest China. At first, Shimizu Suzune was quite surprised when she landed there.

She exclaimed, "I never imagined there was such a paradise on earth."

As the wind blew across the grassland, Araki Makoto proudly said, "Of course, this is the Divine Dragon Continent, which is incomparable to a small country like Japan with a small population."

“Yes.” Shimizu Suzune nodded without any objection.

When she heard her country being criticized, Shimizu Suzune did not feel surprised or disappointed, but rather felt that what the other party said made a lot of sense.

From a young age, Shimizu Rinne had always longed for the Divine Dragon Continent, and even hoped that she would have the opportunity to marry into it when she grew up.

There's no way around it, Japan is too small, how can it compare to the vastness and abundance of the Divine Dragon Continent? Moreover, Shimizu Suzune has also researched that the ancestors of the Japanese should have migrated from the Divine Dragon Continent, so they can be considered to have the same roots and origins.

Makoto Araki didn't know what Suzune Shimizu was thinking, but he really hoped to live here for a longer period of time.

Shimizu Suzune felt the same way; she wished she could live here forever.

If she wanted to settle down here, the first step was to adapt to life here, and Shimizu Suzune decided to take that step.

Just then, she suddenly spotted a patch of white in the grassland and pointed in that direction, asking, "Kami-sama, is that a flock of sheep over there? Let's go play over there!"

There are no sheep in Japan. For a girl born and raised in Japan, seeing a real sheep is a very rare thing.