Chapter 61
Chapter 61
Prologue, The God Who Is There
"Draft on the Sustainable Use of Territorial Divine Offenses as a Public Security Protection Agency"
Mihara Ryoko
<<Document Six>> Experimental Usage Examples of Territorial Divine Offenses
- The Mottled God
Confirmed in a certain village. Recorded as a cylinder four meters tall and one meter in diameter.
In reality, it was a Territorial Divine Offense in the form of a massive confinement cell.
It possesses the authority to contain beings close to the mysterious, and it was revealed that it had previously contained twenty-four humans and two unconfirmed entities.
Approved for practical use with the purpose of containing Territorial Divine Offenses, currently in operation.
- The Unseen God
Confirmed in a mountainous region of a certain village. *Note: Located on the site of the former facility of the New Religion "Silent Voice."
Details had long remained unconfirmed, and only observation was conducted, but it was discovered to possess the authority to erase any human who recognizes its divine body.
Approved for practical use in human-based measures aimed at concealing Territorial Divine Offenses, currently in operation.
Furthermore, while memories of those erased by the Unseen God disappear from surrounding individuals, the completeness of this effect is uncertain.
In cases where the target individual is not completely erased, it is speculated that the completeness decreases if personal records such as photographs or documents exist, or if the individual was close to the mysterious or had some relation to the Territorial Divine Offense.
Investigation ongoing.
- The Crawling God
Confirmed in a coastal area of a certain village. A serpent-headed god.
When it recognizes a being close to the mysterious, it emits a sound like something massive crawling.
While practical use was being considered for the purpose of discovering Territorial Divine Offenses, it was revealed to conceal a fifteen-kilometer-long torso underground. The crawling sound was due to the torso's movement, and it was found that the serpent head part devours beings close to the mysterious. It also has the characteristic of amplifying its body length.
Practical use was abandoned, and it has been contained by the Mottled God.
- The Guardian God of Kuwasu
Confirmed in a certain village. Possesses a white cocoon-shaped body and countless tentacles resembling silk threads.
Confirmed to have the authority to erase Territorial Divine Offenses that harm humans or people close to the mysterious.
Although practical use was proposed for the purpose of destroying Territorial Divine Offenses, due to strong opposition from countermeasure headquarters members Kirima Renjirou and Reizei Aoi, formal operation remains undecided. However, it has already been experimentally activated in a certain village against the God of Vestiges.
- The Concerned God
Confirmed in a certain village. Has a human head and a body resembling a cow.
Originally worshipped among some of the traveling shrine maidens. Due to its nature, it did not remain in a specific location and was recorded to appear before humans close to the mysterious.
From the late Edo to early Meiji period, the Uyuu family, a lineage of prayer practitioners descended from traveling shrine maidens in a certain village, transitioned to enshrining the Concerned God.
Confirmed to possess the authority to predict the future.
With the cooperation of countermeasure headquarters member Uyuu Hakurou, practical use for the purpose of containing Territorial Divine Offenses was approved.
Although officially activated, the uncertainty of its predictions increased.
This led to a rise in opposition within the Uyuu family, and operation was abandoned. Human-based measures were taken against the Uyuu family. Though the existence of a branch family was confirmed, it could not be located.
Currently still contained.
Addendum: Uyuu Sadahito, believed to be a descendant of the Uyuu branch family, has been summoned to the countermeasure headquarters. His disposition remains undecided.
- The God Who Is There
Confirmed in a certain village. Has the appearance of a sliding door from an old house. Recorded as the door of a shrine owned by the Miyaki family, which has been involved in divine rituals since the Heian period. Contained with the cooperation of the Miyaki family.
Those who pass through the door appear to simply enter and exit from the outside, but they come out with memories of having spent a day in a vast hall-like space. Other abilities remain unknown.
Although the Concerned God prophesied that it would "bring about a transformation that shakes the nation," no such signs have appeared.
Territorial Divine Offenses are sustainable and effective resources for Japan.
This document is to be strictly stored and prohibited from viewing.
Just as Kirima said. We were wrong about everything.
The gods are beyond human control.