The gods in this world were real. Although the orthodox deities, such as Jehovah and Amaterasu, had never shown themselves, their followers had indeed received power from them.
The same went for heretical cults. For example, the Ultimate Bliss Cult worshipped Izanae and had received her power.
But Izanae didn't exist in the myths and legends of Area 11. The twin gods were entirely a patchwork creation of the Ultimate Bliss Cult, cobbled together from all sorts of local legends and foreign elements. They were just another stitched-together monstrosity.
And then Izanae had actually appeared. It was absurd. Fang Cheng couldn't make heads or tails of how it worked.
Of course, gods who hadn't existed before but suddenly appeared were considered Evil Gods and weren't recognized by the government.
If the Truth Cult had really obtained Shiva's power, it would unquestionably be an orthodox religion in India.
And if the Truth Cult's Pope were Shiva's Proxy in the human world, that would be dangerous.
Fang Cheng was a Proxy himself, so he knew how terrifying a power religious fanatics could receive from a god.
Kanzaki Rin was taking equipment out of her luggage as she answered, "The Countermeasure Department isn't sure."
"You're not sure? Didn't you execute Asahara Nikko?"
"That's true. From the files, I saw that Asahara Nikko was a religious fanatic with no supernatural powers, so capturing and executing him back then was easy. But the Truth Cult now really does possess supernatural powers."
Kanzaki Rin explained to Fang Cheng, "So the Countermeasure Department still isn't sure whether the Truth Cult has truly received power from Shiva. But we can be certain that the problem lies with the third Pope."
After the first Pope, Asahara Nikko, was executed, the second Pope remained obscure. Under his leadership, the Truth