It is a dilapidated shrine located on the top of a mountain somewhere in Shikoku, and this shrine was once full of incense, and people praised the wonderful power of the shrine's shrine maidens. Back then, when the people at the bottom of the mountain encountered war or some other strange things, they all ran to the shrine on the mountain to ask for the help of the shrine maiden, and the shrine maiden also helped them happily. However, one day a hundred years ago, the shrine maiden suddenly disappeared, and at the same time, the war and mutation ended, and gradually people forgot about the shrine.

A few decades ago, there were still a few people who would come to the mountain to pay homage, but as time went on, most of those few devout believers died, and gradually, no one remembered the shrine, and the shrine has been completely forgotten. Until now, at most, there are only a few bold children or idle and bored young people who come to this dilapidated shrine that looks very strange and terrifying at night in the summer.

Now, there is a group of college students who took advantage of the rare summer vacation to come to this strange shrine that is well-known on the Internet to hold a test of courage.

"Hahaha, what kind of stupid are you playing!"

"So, it's very scary here~~ Maybe a monster will suddenly come out of nowhere."

"Hahahaha~~ If the monster wants to eat, let's eat you first! Who called you the meatiest of us. ”

A series of laughter resounded through the quiet of the night, and a group of college students played with each other or chatted as they walked down the long staircase, the trees on either side of the staircase swaying slightly in the breeze.

"Rustle"

"Rustle"

"Whew~~"

"Squeak~~"

"Whoosh~~~" scurryed between the trees, and a strange sound continued to be heard in the distance, making the sound of the group of people talking and laughing gradually lower until it disappeared.

"..............." Suddenly, all the subtle sounds around him were gone, and it fell silent.

"Goo~" The strange silence around them made them swallow a mouthful of saliva, but they held up their flashlights but were a little afraid to move.

"The atmosphere is very good!" An ordinary-looking student pushed his eyes and pretended to be calm and smiled indifferently, but his slightly trembling legs betrayed him deeply.

"Yes, yes." A petite girl also chimed in, but looking at her constantly flickering eyes and trembling body, it was not very convincing.

"Whoosh!"

"Ahh Ahhhh Suddenly, a black shadow flashed through everyone's sight, and suddenly the fear that everyone tried to suppress was detonated, and the women broke out with bursts of piercing screams, and some timid men couldn't help but let out bursts of screams, and even the more courageous people were affected, and their faces turned slightly pale.

“！？”

"So, you're all too cowardly!! Just an owl, though. A tall young man quickly calmed down from the panicked atmosphere, and used the flashlight in his hand to shine in the direction of the black shadow, but found that it was only an owl standing on a branch, he let out a sneer, looked at everyone with contempt, and took the lead to walk up the mountain.

After a while, on this section of the stairs, there was only one owl left looking at the stupid humans inexplicably.

"Ahh!!!!!h After about ten minutes, the screams came down from the top of the mountain, and after a few minutes, a group of men and women with frightened faces were seen running up the stairs and running desperately down the mountain.

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On the shrine at the top of the mountain

"Really, young people nowadays are really rude, and they actually run away when they see the old man." A golden halo of light floated in the middle of the shrine, and as the light gradually decreased and dissipated, a dazzling figure stepped on the shrine's moss-covered stone slab. The golden figure pouted with some dissatisfaction in the direction of the group of young men and women fleeing.

"However, the 'god' of this world......" The golden figure that scared everyone away was none other than Ashmida, and he shook his head, his face a little crying and laughing.

When he was about to step into this world, the "god" of this world came to meet him, and at the time of the meeting, he was unceremonious, and asked him bluntly about the purpose of coming here, and after a conversation, Ashamida got permission to enter this world, but the "god" asked him not to do anything out of the ordinary in this world, and as for what is out of line, and what are the standards, this is up to Ashmida himself to judge. If Ashmida violates her bottom line, she will not hesitate to expel Ashmida from the country, even if Ashmida wants to resist, even if she loses both, even at the cost of her own demise, she will drive Ashmida out of her world.

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it." Ashmida looked up to the sky and sighed, I didn't expect that when I was relatively weak before, I came to this world without the so-called permission and was safe, but now that I am stronger, I am more restricted, is this an affirmation of his strength and identity? Moreover, the gods of this world also made him a little stunned.

"Forget it, it's important to get down to business." Ashmida exudes her own perception, which is centered on herself and constantly expands to the surroundings, and information from the outside world is constantly fed back. But gradually, Ashmida frowned.

The world is too chaotic, the world is filled with negative emotions, sadness, pain, anger, murderous intent, hatred, arrogance, these negative emotions fill the land.

Ashmida couldn't help but feel a little restless in his heart, a sense of irritability, the desire to destroy suddenly came out of the depths of his heart, Ashmida calmed down his state of mind, pressed the restlessness in his heart, and now he has more important things, looking for the antiquities that carry the power of faith.

The purpose of Ashmida coming to the outside world is to collect the power of faith to counteract the evil of this world, and the power of faith can be said to be another kind of evil in this world, and the evil of this world and the power of faith can be said to be two sides of desire, and some people are satisfied because of the so-called evil deeds, which is to satisfy their own desires. Some people are satisfied because of their faith, and this is also the satisfaction of their own desires.

However, most of the power of faith is reflected in the positive, and people pin their hopes for good things on the gods, praying and hoping for them, although there are some people who think that they have understood the will of the gods and are doing it in the name of the gods............

However, the evil of this world is negative, and if it is mainly to satisfy one's own desires, most human beings will be immersed in the pleasure of desire, and thus completely lose their bottom line and reason.

However, the information that came back from the perception was quite disappointing to Ashmida, the people of this world have lost the sincerity of their faith, and the whole world, except for some places with a long culture and heritage, there are only a few. Especially on the American continent where Ashamida had been before, there were very few of the indigenous people who had believed in him, and only a small part was left to survive, and the whole continent was completely subsumed into the hands of another race.

"Damn!!" Feeling that there was no trace of faith there, Ashmida stepped on the stone slab with some annoyance, and the stone slab cracked. When he traveled around the world, some people worshipped him as a god. Ashamida originally thought that although he had not appeared in the past hundred years, his faith would definitely decrease, but no matter what happened, there would be remnants of the power of his previous faith for him to take away, but he didn't expect that the colonists of the New World were too ruthless, not only slaughtering the aborigines, but also destroying the totems, culture, and writing inheritance of the aborigines.

But fortunately, there are still some cultural relics around the world, although the number is not large, but they contain the beliefs of people for thousands of years, so Ashmida estimates that his harvest should be quite considerable. However, this world still disappointed Ashmida a little, and after staying in the relatively peaceful Gensokyo for too long, he was a little uncomfortable.

“？！！” Just when Ashmida was a little discouraged, he suddenly felt that there was a small place on a familiar continent, filled with the power of faith, and he also felt that his name was being told and praised by countless people.

Where is it??

"But now let's gather information about this world, as well as money and clothing......" As if remembering something, a nostalgic smile appeared on Ashmida's lips, and he stepped along, walked to the stairs, and muttered softly to the brightly lit town below.