He almost acknowledged my point of view, as if it was indeed impossible for them to change their minds and devotize themselves to some strange deity, and then he changed his words, "But you think about it, those people, the stupid people who give everything brainlessly to the hypnotists around the cult organization, are not useless, and they are not more willing to believe in the hypnotists. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Huh?"

"As a religious practitioner, of course, Miko-sama knows the human heart better than I do," he hypocritically patted the sycophants, "The reason why people are willing to believe in the bewitchment of the cult leader is not only because the leader has the ability to bewitch like a hypnotic master, but also because of the fear and dissatisfaction of people who are willing to believe in the bewitcher. ”

"You're right, go on."

"Fear is, to put it bluntly, nothing more than the fear of being held hostage by mystical or non-mystical forces, which is the source of the most primitive beliefs, so people look for gods who can protect them."

"That's a good summary."

"Desire is, of course, the primitive desire that is indispensable in the life of the world, and the desire that exceeds the need is greed, and greed is also the most primitive source of faith."

His summary is full of negative energy, and I thought to myself that this seems to be the answer to the question of the origin of faith from another angle, and although it seems to be very reasonable and there is little to refute it, I think there are some unclear problems with such a view, and I can't say why.

"Fear and greed are the weakness of human nature, but they are the origin of divinity," Chiba Shinji's words have gone beyond the level of foolishness, and he has become more and more ashamed, "The leader of the cult organization uses this to recruit believers, threaten the believers, and use them to collect wealth and goods, and the gods in history do not do the same?" It's just that the so-called gods have a greater spirit and power, and they are more likely to deceive the believers than the leaders of the cult who are mortal in nature. ”

"Very well," I said, "how dare you say that the religions that appear in this world are essentially evil forces. ”

"Miko-sama, please forgive me, I mean, you, who have the dragon god, have an easier time gaining a steady stream of faith than those cult leaders who have no good mouths."

"Speaking of which, you think that the elements of attracting believers are nothing more than miracles," I pointed out, "yes, I confess, miracles bring solace to fear, miracles to the possibility of gratification of greed, and when these two are successfully accepted and recognized, so-called beliefs naturally emerge in an endless stream. ”

"Miko-sama Mingjian."

"But this is meaningless, I admit that you are extraordinary, but you are also short-sighted, what is faith, although you claim to be a divine messenger, but I think you have never understood, because the gods you have set up for the growth of the organization are only false symbols, you take it for granted that the gods need faith, but what is the point of the gods gaining faith? Mr. Xiao Zhen, have you thought about it? ”

His eyes widened and he looked very confused, "The meaning of faith? Gods, are they ...... I do take it for granted that gods need faith, just like people need to eat. ”

"Hmph, superficial."

"Miko-sama is a lesson."

"Okay, don't pretend, you can think about faith to such an extent, it's impossible not to think about what the meaning of faith is, you really don't understand, it's just that you haven't faced the true meaning of the god, and you haven't thought about whether you need a god."

"The shrine maiden is taught," he repeated, "and the gods are great, not filthy, good, not evil. ”

"Do you really think I need to bring faith to the gods? Do you really think that faith is an important thing? Do you really think obedience is all I need? I said in an unfathomable tone, "God cannot become a god if he is great or evil, and if he is personally involved in the activities of human society." Faith is sometimes important and sometimes it doesn't matter, it's the teaching of a god himself, using the so-called faith as a bait to try to drive the gods to do actual labor for your organization, and that's what you think is the only meaning of faith. ”

Shinji Chiba's forehead seemed to be sweating, "This...... Miko-sama, the little people would never dare to do such an idea. ”

"Okay, don't mention any more beliefs, don't think that the believers who come from the demagogies can offer meaningful faith, whether or not to worship the gods is only up to you, and it has nothing to do with the gods, the gods are not the leaders of the evil sects, if there is such a god you want, it is either a self-proclaimed god, or a person who also wants to be dissatisfied."

“……”

"Mr. Fradogan knows this much more than you do, so he doesn't believe in gods."

"Yes, yes...... "Instead, he humbly asked, "It's really refreshing to listen to the shrine maiden's words, maybe people like us don't have to believe in gods, we don't have to talk about beliefs, and on the path of cultivation, gods may not matter to us...... Miko Lady, villain courage, please pass on your teachings. ”

"Teachings?" I thought about it, and found that he seemed to have the idea of apprenticeship, I don't know much about the relationship between master and apprentice in the East, and I haven't experienced the feeling of accepting a magic apprentice as a teacher-Masako is a special case and will not be commented on--naturally it is impossible to agree to his request, not to mention that although he will not cause me too much disgust, let alone soar in favorability, he is just one of the many beings with distinctive characteristics in the outside world, maybe it will not be long before I can only remember his thoughts and forget him completely," You have a good idea, but if you can't worship the gods, you plan to worship the master as a backer. ”

"Don't dare," he seemed to have a tendency to kneel down and worship his master, "Although I am deeply trapped in the whirlpool of secular existence, I never dare to slack off on my own cultivation, but it is not easy for demons to be born, just rely on their own exploration, the road of cultivation will inevitably be full of difficulties and dangers, only forget the mercy of the witch." ”

I suddenly had a good idea - the god practice method that Kanako gave me and I taught to Masako, maybe I can leave the whole set of practice methods to Chiba Shinji, I naturally don't need to get any benefits from him, but I remember that the practice method that Miss Kanako summed up for her was uninherited and lonely, I occasionally thought about whether to help her, so Masako-san-chan became the first test subject, since there is the first one, of course, you might as well have a second and third or even more test subjects.

In a flash of inspiration, or after a long plan, I said to the young youkai who was looking eager and fascinated in front of me, "There is a decadent god who once organized her spiritual experience into a system and gave it to me, and now I can teach it to you, but ......"

"I'm going to keep it a secret and I'm going to keep it a secret."

"No, on the contrary, I want you to teach it to every demon you know - if you have the ability to teach it first, of course."

His eyes widened again, "What did you say?" ”

"I want you to spread the practice of the gods and spread it to those who can accept it." There is exactly the same thing attached to this sentence as the one I left on Masako's mind.

The sudden rise of interest at this moment made me realize that I had a good idea that I had inadvertently ignored when I met Ito Yuki and Edogawa for a while, because neither Ito Yuki nor Edogawa asked me to teach them so-called cultivation methods, so I also did not realize that I could take the opportunity to spread the divine practice of Miss Kanako, and I was excitedly planning to find an opportunity to leave the same thoughts to Itoyuki and Uncle Edogawa.

It wasn't until half a minute later that Shinji Chiba came back to his senses, and then seemed to be about to kneel down and worship his master.

"You don't have to kneel, I'm not your teacher, you just have to remember the grace of the Yasaka Wind God."

"This ...... Be. He nodded honestly.

"Don't get excited too soon, this practice may not be suitable for you and many others, you can only rely on your own strength and understanding."

"In any case, the shrine maiden-sama is our benefactor."