Yuko Kanoe, Who Might Be Able to Become a God

But now even Kento Nanami in Tokyo has heard about this.

It seems that the "beast" must have some powerful background.

Although Miyauchi Hiyage was slightly curious about this, he didn't ask any further questions.

He simply remembered the incident, then chatted with Kento Nanami for a few more minutes, thanked him, and hung up the phone.

After contacting Kento Nanami, he immediately turned to look at Itou Kaiji, who was standing to the side.

"Mr. Nanami said he would check the situation here and should be able to give us a reply soon."

As he said this, he patted Itou Kaiji on the shoulder.

Itou Kaiji had nothing to do these past few days, so I asked him to come over during the day to investigate the rumors circulating in the surrounding area and the schools. If possible, he should also try to get filming permission from the schools.

I can also practice my driving skills while I'm at it.

As for him, he'll be staying home with his sister these next few days.

Upon hearing this, Itou Kaiji's hands and feet immediately began to tremble.

Am I alone?

While their previous videos were indeed scary, the most important thing was the terrifying atmosphere at night.

To be honest, apart from that suspicious ghostly figure, nothing really strange had actually appeared.

But this time was different. His boss and the future boss's wife candidate both saw the girl who only appeared at dusk.

At this moment, he even missed Sakakibara Kouichi.

If Sakakibara Kouichi were here, at least when he's terrified, he'd have a companion to cling to.

When Miyauchi Hiyage announced double the overtime pay, Itou Kaiji, who hadn't had a few good days yet, was immediately overcome by his desire for money.

This amount of money is enough for him to live a carefree life for quite some time after returning to Tokyo.

As long as I avoid entering the school at dusk or night, I shouldn't encounter any trouble here.

In short, after Itou Kaiji was motivated with money, his enthusiasm seemed to have increased significantly, and he even drove home much faster than before.

As for Fujimiya Miki, although she occasionally chatted with Miyauchi Hiyage about their discoveries at school, she remained very quiet when not speaking.

But she did react somewhat.

She even forgot to mention the earlier suggestion to invite Miyauchi Hiyage to her house for dinner.

As she dropped the other person off at their doorstep, Miyauchi Hiyage told them to rest early and not to overthink things, while secretly sending a barely perceptible Ripple into their body so they could sleep more soundly that night.

To Miyauchi Hiyage's surprise, after dropping Fujimiya Miki home, he received another text message from her shortly after arriving home.

The text message was simple: she told Miyauchi Hiyage that if she was really going to film there, she should remember to call her along, as she also wanted to find out what exactly happened at that school back then.

Looking at the contents of the text message, Miyauchi Hiyage sighed.

Although Monomi didn't seem to react much on the way back and appeared no different from usual, Miyauchi Hiyage, who knew her well, could sense the turmoil in the girl's heart after being exposed to those things.

The other person must have been agonizing over this decision at home for a while before sending it.

Miyauchi Hiyage sensed the girl's feelings, and then jokingly asked Fujimiya Miki if she wasn't worried about being targeted by that female ghost.

Fujimiya Miki also gave her own answer directly.

"I just made an offering to that 'Yuko' this afternoon. Although it was just some wildflowers from nearby, I believe that Yuko won't do anything to me because of that. You should be more careful, Hinkage, so that she doesn't come looking for me tonight."

Miyauchi Hiyage pondered this for a moment.

If Yuko really does climb into his bed tonight...

Thinking of that scene, Miyauchi Hiyage decisively shook his head.

He wouldn't mind being a Japanese courtier, but there's no such thing as a free lunch.

I'll eat first and then go and honestly write in my diary to get the reward.

Chapter 164: Kanoe Yuko, who might become a god

"A girl who only appears at dusk... Looks like he's finally found something real this time."

Back in Tokyo, after hanging up the phone, Kento Nanami sighed, saying that because of his momentary soft-heartedness, he had ended up with a long-term overtime job.

However, it wouldn't be accurate to say that the videos made by Miyauchi Hiyage are useless.

After all, the development of the Jujutsu Society is not very optimistic.

Although it is an extraordinary profession that is a perfect match for the specialization of spirit mediums, the talent pool has been severely divided up by other forces.

Even the emergence of a once-in-a-millennium strongest Sorcerers like Satoru Gojo couldn't significantly improve the intelligence channels in the Jujutsu Society.

Following the model of Shinto, local Sorcerers with certain sensory abilities are stationed to discover traces of cursed spirits, but there are not enough people, so only one or two Sorcerers can be stationed in each county.

In addition, missions are obtained directly from high-ranking government officials through an agency specifically responsible for dealing with the Reverse Side World.

However, these official tasks are often delayed; by the time they reach the Jujutsu Society, they are usually quite difficult to handle.

Just as Sorcerers can also perform exorcisms to deal with Vengeful Spirit, most of the low- to mid-level cursed spirits have been divided up by major powers such as Shinto and Buddhism.

Although these low-level tasks don't yield high rewards, novice low-level Sorcerers who haven't yet matured need a large number of mid- to low-level Vengeful Spirit and cursed spirits to practice on and gain experience.

As the first video blogger to film such a haunted house visit and achieve considerable success online, Miyauchi Hiyage's comment section is now filled with requests for help and invitations for him to film Miyauchi Hiyage at their "haunted holy sites."

Although most of these have nothing to do with supernatural powers, replying to those comments and doing a simple search does reveal quite a few newly spawned cursed spirits and Vengeful Spirit.

They might even discover some extraordinary talents with potential, who seem poised to awaken their powers at any moment.

The Jujutsu High also takes this situation very seriously.

Perhaps in this mysteriously accelerating revival and the rapidly developing information age, leveraging the power of the internet could revitalize the decaying Jujutsu Society.

Of course, since this new track in the Reverse Side World has not yet been noticed by other forces or even those conservative high-ranking sorcery practitioners, the Jujutsu High naturally cannot publicize it in a big way; they can only figure it out in private.

Fortunately, I heard that two qualified girls recently enrolled at the Jujutsu High. One of them is the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya Conglomerate, a top Japanese conglomerate. She has good physical and mental abilities. Although she has not officially enrolled yet, it seems that the conglomerate has already established a more stable cooperative relationship with the Jujutsu High.

Through this connection, Tokyo Sorcery High also recruited many people to form a network monitoring department that has not yet been officially established.

My main task now is to keep an eye on Miyauchi Hiyage's videos and the comments section below, as well as those well-known paranormal forums.

If other video bloggers follow the Miyauchi Hiyage of Miyauchi Nyikado appear on the market, they will keep an eye on them.

However, most of those video bloggers who followed the trend had average technical skills and lacked the financial support of Miyauchi Hiyage. Success in the niche genre of suspense and thriller is not so easy.

The content on paranormal forums is mostly fake. If about 5-10% of the requests for help and invitations in Miyauchi Hiyage's comment section are genuine, then more than 99% of the content on these forums where paranormal enthusiasts gather is fabricated and nonsensical.

In comparison, the comments section on Miyauchi Hiyage's channel seems to have an excessively high level of quality, as if his videos automatically attract viewers who have recently experienced similar events and therefore need a place to vent their emotions.

As a result, Kento Nanami has visited Miyauchi Hiyage many times these days, trying to confirm whether the other party has awakened any extraordinary abilities related to "the internet," "videos," or even "social media."

Then Miyauchi Hiyage and said a lot of nice things, which made Kento Nanami, who looked mature but was actually not yet 30 years old, a little overwhelmed.

Originally, Kento Nanami was considering whether to tell the other party some of the truth, and even planned to help the other party awaken so that Miyauchi Hiyage could directly cooperate with the Jujutsu High.

But every time Kento Nanami tried to probe, he would receive a sincere expression from Miyauchi Hiyage saying that he was satisfied with his current life, had no particular ideas, and only wanted to earn more money to improve his hometown and live a stable life as a wealthy man in his later years.

So much so that every time Kento Nanami had something on the tip of his tongue, he held back, not wanting to break the other person's current comfortable state of mind.

"Anyway, he's been in this field for a while, and sooner or later he'll see those 'dirty things' with his own eyes. Let him discover them himself and then make his own decision," this is Kento Nanami's current thought after dealing with Miyauchi Hiyage a few times.

However, Kento Nanami did not expect that this day would come so quickly.

Because Miyauchi Hiyage and his friend might have been targeted by that Vengeful Spirit, Kento Nanami's work efficiency was still very fast.

Based on the information provided, he contacted the intelligence officer at the Jujutsu High.

In just over ten minutes, they gave a reply, and the content was quite detailed.

It is evident that the Jujutsu Society has records of these vengeful Vengeful Spirit that have a long history, a certain degree of popularity in the local area, and have not been exorcised.

"A family of priests at Sakitama Shrine, huh..."

Sakitama is a deity that brings good fortune and has a long history. It is one of the origins of the name of Saitama Prefecture.

However, this ancient deity soon fell into complete decline after its mysterious decline.

Even the Geng family, Kanoe Family with faint divine power flowing through their bodies, abandoned the shrine they once protected a hundred years ago and built the "Seiwa Academy" on the site of the shrine.

"Sixty years ago, Kanoe Yuko, a descendant of a priest who was chosen by the villagers as a sacrifice due to a plague, died on the site of the former shrine. The residual divine power flowing in her body turned her into an 'evil spirit' (based on speculation, her strength was between level two and level one)."

"80% of the strange tales circulating in the area are caused by 'Kanoe Yuko'."

"However, due to the influence of the other party's personality and divine power during its lifetime, it was born as Earthbound Spirit, and its activity range was locked within the Seikyou Academy. Moreover, it has not harmed a single ordinary person for many years. Instead, it is more enthusiastic about playing pranks. Therefore, it was judged as 'harmless' by the Exorcists in the vicinity. Currently, it is suppressing the area around the Seiwa Academy in the form of cursed objects."

After reading these records from ten years ago, Kento Nanami relaxed a little.

Although it is Vengeful Spirit, it is not a highly dangerous enemy.

Earthbound Spirit... to be precise, they are more like guardian spirits.

After being murdered and becoming Vengeful Spirit, can one still suppress their desire for revenge?

Looking at the events recorded in the file, Kento Nanami couldn't help but sigh slightly again.

"So, just because the existence of an Earthbound Spirit that can become a Buddha and be reborn, or even has the qualifications to become a new deity, is it okay to just leave her alone?"

After cursing "bullshit, "Kento Nanami pondered for a moment.

Even from his perspective, Kanoe Yuko was undoubtedly a tragic young girl.

If her story could be fully filmed by Miyauchi Hiyage, it would likely have a significant impact.

Perhaps, Miyauchi Hiyage could even help the other become a new local deity?

When most curses are worshipped as deities, they absorb the emotions of people's fears, and most people are not sincerely making offerings to the other party.

Therefore, they cannot become true gods. Even if they are worshipped for a long time, they can only become more powerful gods.

However, Earthbound Spirit like Kanoe Yuko, who have never harmed anyone, are quite popular in the local area.

If one correctly accepts offerings and worship from others, it is indeed possible to evolve into a deity.

After all, the god of pranks is also a deity.

After the Mystery Revival, although Shinto could no longer contact the gods of the past, it artificially created many new gods through similar methods.

However, in the Jujutsu Society, Sorcerers who do not need any deities have naturally never used this method.

Thinking this, Kento Nanami shook his head again.

Entrusting the task of turning an Earthbound Spirit into a deity to an outsider like Miyauchi Hiyage is wishful thinking.

"Let him film it himself. Kanoe Yuko is a good candidate for a newcomer to work with," Kento Nanami thought to himself, and prepared to tell Miyauchi Hiyage about agreeing to the filming the next day.

Of course, he would only give a slight hint about Kanoe Yuko's background.

As for the complete story, let Miyauchi Hiyage discover it himself.

Only in this way can Miyauchi Hiyage create even better works when he uncovers the truth.

In comparison, the recent news of his presence in the deep mountains of Saitama Prefecture is more worrying to him.

"They said they sensed a powerful demonic aura in the mountains and heard the howls of wild beasts, suggesting that some powerful demon had broken through the seal. However, several groups of people have already been sent there, but apart from finding residual demonic aura, they haven't found anything that looks like a seal. They did, on the other hand, sense fluctuations from space in a certain area."

It was ultimately determined that the monster that broke the seal might possess spatial abilities, and it has now left the mountains of Saitama Prefecture and disappeared without a trace.

"A powerful demon with spatial abilities has reappeared in the world... I hope it doesn't cause too much of a commotion," Kento Nanami shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

Let the Onmyoji and Exorcists worry about this.

And then there are those monsters who were granted amnesty a hundred years ago due to a mysterious decline, and are now being watched closely because of Mystery Revival.

They are the ones who need to consider these things.

Today, while traveling around the country visiting historical sites, I also took the opportunity to visit an art exhibition held by a well-known painter.

Actually, I'm not interested in these art exhibitions at all. After all, I'm just an ordinary person with no artistic taste, and I can't understand the art of those masters.

But this painter was different. His exhibition was very simple. Apart from a few landscape paintings, almost all the rest were portraits of a woman in different poses.

Of course, I wasn't there to see the woman, but rather because of his identity—he was actually a 'ghost' who had lived for hundreds of years.

Moreover, he is the kind of 'perfect demon' who has overcome all weaknesses, can live freely under the sun, and looks no different from an ordinary person.