"What?"
Director Takeya froze when he heard the secretary's report.
"You mean Bharat claims that a 'god' has descended upon their country?"
It couldn't be fake news, could it? Pushing up his flat-lensed glasses, even someone as shrewd as the director rarely found himself hesitating.
If it were any other country, Director Takeya believed they would not be so suicidal as to joke about gods in this day and age. But if it was Bharat, that was harder to say.
After all, it was Bharat. Anything happening there was normal.
"Yes, Director."
The secretary handed over the tablet in his hand and answered earnestly.
"Bharat has already sent invitations to seventy countries. Their nationwide celebration will be extended for half a year, and they will distribute large quantities of supplies to the public for free, among other things."
Half a year?
Handing out supplies?
Director Takeya forcibly swallowed the question of whether it would be cow dung and began reading the "invitation" in his hand.
"Elephant god Ganesha?"
He was indeed a highly renowned god of Bharat.
Bharat was sometimes represented internationally by the term "white elephant," which originated from this god.
The director calmly spoke his name directly. Don't be fooled by how he worked overtime here every day—strictly speaking, Takeya Haru was also a god. And not some pretender either; in mythological tales, he would count as a minor god with a name and domain of his own.
"The god of Wisdom, the god Who Removes Obstacles—but I still prefer his identity as the god of Wealth."
Director Takeya glanced at the information on the tablet, looking thoughtful.
There were also people in the Island Nation who worshipped Ganesha.
Because of his round belly, dazzling jewels, and the honest-looking elephant head atop his shoulders—
he was revered in