Multi-Anime, Kira Yoshikage Yearns for a Peaceful Life

Kira Yoshikage pointed at Sakurajima Mai beside him.

Sakurajima Mai froze for a moment, then hesitantly pointed at herself: "Huh? Me?"

"Yes."

Kira Yoshikage nodded matter-of-factly: "You are her miko."

Sakurajima Mai's body trembled slightly.

Chapter 51: Shinomiya Unkō Wants to Cut the Corner

Shuchiin Academy, Principal's Office.

Shinomiya Unkō sat in the seat belonging to the principal, his expression calm on the surface but his mood cheerful inside.

In truth, Shuchiin Academy didn't have so many matters requiring him, as principal, to handle personally. Yet he still came to Shuchiin Academy every day, sat in this seat belonging to the principal, and went through the motions of dealing with some affairs.

Because he wanted to show his dedication to this position, to do everything in his power to hold onto it.

The reason was simple.

If the Shinomiya family was a towering tree with lush branches and leaves, then Shuchiin Academy was the root system of that tree!

Three hundred years ago, Shuchiin Academy was founded by the Edo Shogunate.

Its purpose was to educate and nurture the children of noble and samurai families, contributing to the strength of the Edo Shogunate.

But as the Tokugawa family declined, control of this school gradually shifted from the Tokugawa family to the Shinomiya family.

In the eyes of ordinary people, Shuchiin Academy was just a prestigious school with a long history. But for the Shinomiya family, it was not merely a school—it was a network spanning all of Japan!

The reason was also simple: the students of the Pure Academy were all born into wealthy and noble families, destined to shoulder the nation's future as talents.

Take an example—

Among the fifteen cabinet ministers of the current government, including the sitting Prime Minister, eight had graduated from Shuchiin Academy!

Another example: the current Shuchiin VIPs also included elites from all walks of life:

Dragon Ball Tao, daughter of the head of Japan's largest wide-area crime syndicate, the Dragon Ball Group.

Kashiwagi Nagisa, granddaughter of the chairman of the Keidanren, daughter of the direct-line head of the Kashiwagi Zaibatsu.

Atenbo Yume, granddaughter of a Jokai first-rank member of the religious corporation Jinja Honcho—

The Jinja Honcho was Japan's largest Shinto religious organization, with over 79,000 of the nation's roughly 82,000 shrines affiliated with it.

Jokai was the highest rank in Japan's Shinto priesthood, granted only to those who had made immense contributions to Shinto.

Below Jokai was Meikai, and those at this rank could already serve as the Guansi of major beppyo shrines—the highest-ranking priest in a shrine.

It was no exaggeration to say that Atenbo Yume's grandfather was a leading figure in Japan's Shinto faith.

Beyond that, this year's VIPs also included the son of the Chief of Staff of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, the son of the Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police Department, and the second prince of the Garuda Alasum Kingdom!

Criminal underworld, business, religion, military, police, foreign affairs—Shuchiin Academy's VIP members spanned every industry, almost destined to influence every aspect of Japanese society.

And when these people graduated, they would all become Shinomiya Kaguya's network.

Just like Shinomiya Kaguya, every member of the Shinomiya family was the same.

Shinomiya Kōkō was like this, Shinomiya Unkō was like this—they had all studied at Shuchiin Academy.

And the connections they built during their school years had already become important assets in their competition for the position of family head.

If the Pure Academy was like this, the Mixed Academy was naturally not far behind.

Although the students of the Mixed Academy were of ordinary birth, those who graduated from Shuchiin Academy still had the chance to be absorbed and recruited by Pure Academy students, becoming their trusted confidants, thereby achieving class mobility and truly rising above the rest!

It was precisely because of Shuchiin Academy's uniqueness that the position of principal was all the more important.

Over the past hundred years, the principal's position had usually been held only by the current head of the Shinomiya family or their heir.

Before this, the position was held by Shinomiya Kōkō, and he was indeed the most likely candidate to inherit the family headship.

But now, the principal was Shinomiya Unkō!

Shinomiya Unkō certainly wasn't arrogant enough to think that serving as principal would secure his inheritance of the family headship—after all, even Shinomiya Kōkō had been stripped of the principal's position by Shinomiya Gan'an, so what was he compared to that?

Even so, serving as principal still brought Shinomiya Unkō immense benefits.

So even if Shinomiya Unkō had nothing to do, he still showed up at this office on time every day. Not because he had that much free time, but because he hoped to do everything in his power to hold onto this position.

But reality often failed to meet expectations.

Although Shinomiya Kōkō's livid face gave Shinomiya Unkō considerable satisfaction, his heart wasn't actually that relaxed.

Because Shuchiin Academy's infrastructure was already complete enough to function well without the principal's interference. But that also meant Shinomiya Unkō's position could be replaced at any time. Even if Shinomiya Kōkō had no chance to return to this position in the short term, the Shinomiya family didn't have only two sons.

Shinomiya Kōkō's younger brother, Shinomiya Seiryū, had long had his eye on the principal's position. If Shinomiya Unkō made even a single mistake, he could be replaced by Shinomiya Seiryū, who was constantly watching him.

So even though Shinomiya Unkō desperately wanted to achieve something to hold onto this position, he still did nothing—

He would rather do nothing than do something wrong.

Doing nothing would at most leave his position unstable, but if he made a mistake, he would absolutely be stripped of everything just like Shinomiya Kōkō!

So right now, Shinomiya Unkō was truly torn.

On one hand, he wanted to achieve something concrete, to make it so the Shinomiya Family couldn't easily replace him as chairman.

On the other hand, he feared making a mistake and being ousted from the chairman's seat.

At the root of it all, he simply wasn't confident he could deliver a result that would satisfy Shinomiya Gan'an.

But now, that very answer had delivered itself to his doorstep.

Before Shinomiya Unkō, a girl with a Hime cut held up a blank sheet of paper, aiming it at him.

But Shinomiya Unkō couldn't see Koyuki, so in his field of vision, he only saw a piece of paper floating in midair, with a line of elegant handwriting in black ink—

"Shinomiya Unkō, my Master wishes to make a deal with you."

"What kind of deal?"

Shinomiya Unkō remained calm, though his heart was unbearably heavy.

Even though it was daytime, the room was so dark it held not a single ray of light. Through the glass, all he could see was a formless chaos.

His phone was useless, and his computer screen stayed black.

Even the emergency call button hidden under his desk gave no response.

The entire room felt as if it had been dragged into another space, completely cut off from the outside world.

And in this situation, a piece of paper had appeared out of nowhere, floated before him, and said it wanted to make a deal.

Who wouldn't panic?

Koyuki set the paper down and wrote another line on the notebook in front of Shinomiya Unkō—

"Build a shrine for me on the grounds of Shuchiin Academy."

"A shrine?"

Shinomiya Unkō raised an eyebrow.

For him, building a shrine wasn't particularly difficult, but the problem was the location—

Shuchiin Academy.

Why specifically demand that the shrine be built inside Shuchiin Academy?

Shinomiya Unkō was silent for a long moment before slowly speaking:

"I need to discuss this with my father."

He couldn't make the decision, nor did he want to agree to this deal so quickly—

Making a deal with a being of unknown origin, suspected to be a demon or ghost, was by no means a wise choice.

Another line appeared on the notebook:

"This is not harmful to you. I need a shrine to receive offerings, and the Shinomiya Family has just lost its own Deity. You are now in urgent need of a new Deity to provide protection."

Shinomiya Unkō's expression shifted slightly, and he asked in a neutral tone:

"A Deity? What Deity?"

His heart surged. He realized he had just found the reason Shinomiya Kōkō had been stripped of everything—a reason that could bring down Shinomiya Kōkō, and perhaps also let him firmly secure his own position!

Chapter 52: I Pledge with the Deity, and the Deity Tells Me to Go All In

Shinomiya Unkō spoke in a low voice:

"I can cooperate with you, but I hope you will tell me what exactly is going on!"

He knew this might anger the other party, but he absolutely could not agree blindly just because they had made an offer.

He needed to know the reason!

Deity.

That word was not unfamiliar to Shinomiya Unkō.

The culture of Shintoism flourished in Neon. There were over eighty thousand shrines across the country, roughly one for every 1,500 people. Among these, those under the jurisdiction of the Jinja Honcho were called Bekkaku Shrines, while the rest were independent shrines.

And if you counted all the small family altars and roadside shrines across Neon, there were probably at least three hundred thousand shrines in total!

For Shinomiya Unkō, who had received a modern elite education, so-called deities were nothing but feudal superstition. By the same logic, ghosts, Evil Spirits, and monsters corresponding to deities simply did not exist—this was what scientific common sense told him.

Yet the thing happening to him right now clearly could not be explained by science. This was genuine supernatural phenomena!

And now, the being behind all these supernatural events was directly telling him it wanted to create a god.

On a personal level, Shinomiya Unkō was tempted by this proposal—

Mainly because if he wasn't tempted, he might never leave this room.

But even at a time like this, even facing the threat of death so close at hand, Shinomiya Unkō still acted in accordance with the Shinomiya Family motto:

He would not do anything without benefit!

"Will you agree?"

Shinomiya Unkō stared at the notebook before him with intense tension, but no new handwriting had appeared on it for a long time.

Was the other party hesitating? Or had they lost patience, unwilling to have any further contact with him?

Shinomiya Unkō felt a pang of regret—should he have agreed first before asking questions?

What Shinomiya Unkō didn't know was that while he was regretting, Koyuki was waiting for Kira Yoshikage's instructions.

She was not a shikigami, and Kira Yoshikage was not an Onmyoji; the two could not communicate over long distances.

So, everything had to go through a relay—

And the medium for that relay was Sakurajima Mai.

Sakurajima Mai, who could not be observed by anyone, was also a "ghost."

Sakurajima Mai entered the room and silently handed her phone to Koyuki. On it was only a short line of text:

"Tell him."

Koyuki received the instruction, thought for a moment, picked up the pen, and wrote down what she had seen from her perspective:

"The Shinomiya Family secretly enshrined a Deity at the bottom of the swamp in Shuchiin Academy. As a price, the Shinomiya Family must offer one human with Spiritual Sight as a sacrifice to this Deity every year."

"It was precisely through the blessing of this Deity that the Shinomiya Family was able to grow and prosper over the past few centuries."

"And one month ago, that Deity was killed by Master."

"One month ago?"

Shinomiya Unkō's expression shifted slightly. Shinomiya Kōkō had been stripped of everything exactly one month ago!

At the opening ceremony of Shuchiin Academy a month ago, the students of Pure Academy had routinely cleaned the swamp. That might have been the sacrificial ritual the other party was referring to!