Back in the world of A Certain Magical Index, Fang Li had formed a connection with the Amakusa-Style Church.
The Amakusa-Style Church was a Christian sect from an island nation in the Far East.
At the end of Japan's Warring States period, the Shogunate issued an edict banning Christianity. Any church personnel who failed to renounce their heterodox faith within two months would all be executed.
That was why the Amakusa-Style Church was born. It blended in with other sects and hid among the common people, thereby surviving.
At that time, Fang Li had made a guess.
Perhaps the origin of the Amakusa-Style Church was Amakusa Shirou Tokisada.
He had been a rebel hero at the end of Japan's Warring States period, known as a prodigy since childhood. His original name was Masuda Tokisada, but after being adopted by Amakusa Jinbei, he changed his name to Amakusa Tokisada. He was a Christian believer.
Legend had it that Amakusa Shirou Tokisada possessed the power to perform miracles. Through touch, he could heal grievous wounds, cure illnesses, and even restore life. The Far Eastern Church of that era regarded him as a Saint.
When the Shogunate issued its edict banning Christianity, Amakusa Shirou Tokisada led thirty thousand believers in revolt, forcing the Shogunate to dispatch one hundred and twenty thousand troops to suppress them.
As a result, in the first battle, Amakusa Shirou Tokisada lost fewer than a hundred men while eliminating over four thousand of the Shogunate's forces.
After winning the first battle, Amakusa Shirou Tokisada led his followers to several more significant victories.
But that was precisely why the Shogunate panicked.
Thus, the Shogunate successively resorted to inducements, threats, and direct assaults. Combined with the relentless attacks of the one hundred and twenty thousand punitive troops, they finally breached the