Mobius had the right idea. She did not answer by claiming that she was Orobashi, the serpent of Watatsumi Island, the Great Orobashi.
Yet those ambiguous words only made Sangonomiya Kokomi more certain of her conclusion.
What others said might be doubted, but what people imagined for themselves, they would believe without question! Even if there were flaws, they would fill them in themselves.
That was a true lie!
Of course, it was not as though Sangonomiya Kokomi... was truly that naive, that just anyone could impersonate the god Orobashi.
The main reason was the similarities between Mobius and Orobashi, along with so many astonishing coincidences.
Had it been anyone else, they absolutely could not have been mistaken for the Snake God Orobashi so easily!
Mobius's circumstances were simply too perfect. Her "snake" genes had influenced Sangonomiya Kokomi, while the power of her Active Honkai Reaction serpent body had been exposed before the Sangonomiya soldiers.
Then there was her experience of dying and returning to life, and what Mobius represented... a series of coincidences had led to this moment.
Now, Mobius did not even need to pretend to be Orobashi. The Sangonomiya would make up the rest themselves, going straight to the conclusion... and taking the initiative.
"Great Orobashi..."
Sangonomiya Kokomi looked nervously at Mobius. Regardless of how Mobius had behaved before, whether she had been disguising herself or acting childish, as long as she was the Great Orobashi, then she was Kokomi's god.
The Sangonomiya had inherited the will of the Great Orobashi and protected Watatsumi Island. In the past, with the Great Orobashi absent, the Divine Priestess had managed matters in the god's stead. But now that the Great Orobashi had returned, Watatsumi Island should be placed in His hands.
Although the people of Watatsumi Island boasted that