Chapter 145 Keeper of the Divine Realm, The Heteromorphs
Looking at Jindai Komaki before him, Hakuto quickly thought of the corresponding character.
A girl who appeared in "Saki". A second-year at Eisui Girls' High School. She was highly anticipated in the team competition at the national tournament and was also one of the "children loved by the tiles" that Yasuko Fujita spoke of. Known as the "Princess of the Kirishima Divine Realm", she served as the vanguard in the national tournament.
Of course, this wasn't important. What was important was that Jindai Komaki had a total of nine goddesses residing within her.
Hakuto looked at the smiling Jindai Komaki before him. If he didn't know her background, he probably wouldn't have thought that this slender body of hers housed a full nine goddesses.
Hakuto suspected that these nine goddesses were probably not true goddesses. They were more likely Spirits, and maybe not even at the God level. But even so, to have nine goddesses residing within her, Komaki was not someone to be underestimated.
"Yagami Hakuto. Nice to meet you."
Hearing Hakuto's words, the girl in the black sailor uniform holding a sword and the other Miko with long black hair also looked up at Hakuto.
"Oh, these two are Miss Isayama Yomi from the official side, and Miss Kikyo from the Fushimi Inari Shrine."
Komaki, with a smile on her face, introduced the other two girls to Hakuto.
[Isayama Yomi and my wife Kikyo? Hmm, Kikyo from Fushimi Inari Shrine and Kushida from Class 1-D are both named Kikyo. From now on, I'll just call Kikyo from Class 1-D "my little wife Kikyo". That little schemer probably won't mind. But I didn't expect to meet these two girls here. According to the original work, they both met bad ends. But with me around, I must avoid that predetermined future.]
Kushida from Class 1-D's expression twisted, and she cursed out loud, "You, whose mind is full of ****** *** ****, you ****** ******** *******..."
Hakuto's diary entry had caused Kushida immense harm. At this moment, Kushida wanted to tear Hakuto limb from limb.
In response to Komaki's introduction, Hakuto smiled at Isayama Yomi and Kikyo. "Hello."
The two also nodded slightly at Hakuto, their eyes showing more curiosity.
Then Komaki looked at Hakuto and asked, "Were you also invited to help purify the defilement?"
"Yeah. Natsuki-chan asked me to come help, so I came to see if there was anything I could do."
"If it's Lord Natsuki, then that's reassuring."
Hakuto suddenly realized he still had no idea what Natsuki's background was in this world.
"To be honest, I don't really know much about Natsuki-chan. So can you tell me something about her?"
Yomi gave Hakuto a look of disbelief. She didn't believe that Hakuto didn't know about Natsuki. If he didn't know about her, how could he be so close with her?
"From what I recall, Lord Natsuki has been a legend since my grandmother's generation. Lord Natsuki is the protector of Japan and the keeper of the Japanese Divine Realm."
'Keeper of the Divine Realm?'
Hakuto didn't care about Natsuki's age or her status as Japan's protector.
But the keeper of the Divine Realm… Hakuto couldn't ignore it.
"Can you tell me more about what this keeper of the Divine Realm is?"
"I've also heard from my grandmother that the Divine Realm is actually a huge prison. And in this prison are many Spirits. Legend has it that even God-level Spirits are locked up there. It is said that when the Sacred Emperor was in power, he drove many of the fierce Spirits from the mainland into Japan and then locked them up in the Japanese Divine Realm."
[Wow. I actually heard some quite information. That Transmigrator predecessor of mine actually used Japan as a toilet, driving all the dirty things here. But it's understandable. After all, we Chinese, to some extent, have a bit of national hatred for Japan. Even I am no exception. That is, now that Japan has become a province of the Great Ming. Otherwise, heh.]
"Lord Natsuki is the keeper of the Divine Realm. It is said that her true body has always been sleeping in the Divine Realm, and the Lord Natsuki we see walking outside is actually just a clone."
This matched what Hakuto knew.
"Thanks to the Nine Provinces Barrier, otherwise, Japan would have to live with ghosts coexisting. It would be like the Warring States period, when humans and ghosts coexisted, and humans couldn't live a stable life."
Komaki's words gave Hakuto a deeper understanding of this world.
"But a while ago, the Nine Provinces Barrier covering Japan was shattered by a certain great being. According to what I know, it is said that great being is likely above even the gods."
A hint of longing and concern mixed in Komaki's eyes.
Komaki's words finally caught the attention of Kikyo and Yomi.
"Indeed. Some time ago, that great being appeared for only an instant. Some people who saw the great being were directly turned into heteromorphs. Although those heteromorphs have been contained, it is said that they carry contamination that can affect ordinary people, causing them to lose their minds."
Yomi spoke with a serious expression.
"I tried to purify those heteromorphs, but the result was not successful. And because of the great being, the authorities dare not destroy these heteromorphs for fear of angering that great being. So now those heteromorphs have been uniformly contained."
After speaking, Kikyo looked at Hakuto with a subtle glance. She knew that the person before her was the agent of that great being.
Hakuto also hadn't expected something like this to happen.
"Those heteromorphs are the ones who mutated after seeing that great being?"
Kikyo nodded in response. "Those people mutated after seeing the great being, becoming fish-headed humanoids. Although the authorities have contained them, they dare not destroy them for various reasons, fearing they might anger the great being."