Chapter 158: Ownerless Japanese Hell

"Then, they are enemies."

Kikuri’s tone was cold, her purple eyes staring eerily at Lin En and Kotoko Iwanaga.

Lin En glanced at her indifferently, then said calmly: "Little bitch."

"?"

Is, is he insulting her?

Kikuri hadn't reacted yet.

Suddenly!

A white shadow flashed by.

Kikuri only felt a pain in her head, and then, with a thud, she was smashed straight into the soil!

She looked like a head-first dive.

Enma Ai’s eyes were blank: "Kikuri?"

Kotoko Iwanaga’s eyes widened, looking at the white-haired dog standing on Kikuri, elegantly grooming its fur.

Then she clicked her tongue: "A pet, and it’s this strong?"

Sesshomaru’s mother twitched her ears, then raised her eyes to glare at her.

Before becoming Lin En-sama’s pet, she was a noble princess of the clouds!

After a while.

In the thatched cottage, Kikuri woke up, covered in dirt.

Lin En sat on the tatami, his left arm resting on the wooden table, supporting his cheek, while his right hand stroked Sesshomaru’s mother’s smooth fur, his eyes looking indifferently at Kikuri.

Eek!

Kikuri shuddered in fear, then honestly and obediently knelt opposite Lin En, not daring to breathe.

Just one encounter, and she had been pressed into the ground by someone’s pet until she passed out.

So scary!

Kikuri secretly glanced at Sesshomaru’s mother, who was obediently enjoying Lin En’s stroking, and her heart trembled violently.

She was on the verge of tears.

Ai-chan, what kind of person have you brought to hell!!

"Now, can we talk properly?"

Lin En’s voice came out, making Kikuri shudder.

She raised a smile that was uglier than crying, trembling: "This lord, please give your orders."

Lin En said: "First, tell me about the situation here."

When he first entered hell, Lin En thought hell was Hades’s territory.

But after sensing carefully, he didn't find any aura of a powerhouse.

Could it be that this hell had nothing to do with Hades?

"Yes!"

Kikuri lowered her head and began to introduce the information about hell.

"This is the hell of the Japanese region, once the area managed by the Great God Izanami."

Once.

Lin En caught this word.

He also understood what this "once" meant.

The gods of Japan had long since died out; the rest were just some youkai and wild gods.

"Great God Izanami!"

Hearing this name, Kotoko Iwanaga’s pupils shrank, and she exclaimed.

Since becoming the God of Wisdom, this was the first time she had come into contact with an event related to a legendary god.

And right off the bat, it was such a great god.

For a moment, she became a bit restless.

They had barged in rashly; wouldn't they anger that great god?

Japanese region hell...

Lin En was thoughtful.

"So..."

Lin En suddenly said: "Does this hell have no owner now?"

"Eh?"

Kotoko Iwanaga, who was feeling uneasy, heard this and was stunned for a moment.

But Kikuri nodded: "Exactly."

Kotoko Iwanaga’s eyes widened: "Wait, what about the Great God Izanami?"

Hearing this, Kikuri was silent for a moment, then said calmly: "The Great God Izanami..."

"Has fallen."

Thud!

It was as if a heavy blow had struck Kotoko Iwanaga’s heart.

"Huh?"

She said incredulously: "Can gods die too?"

Lin En said calmly: "If a god is killed, they will die."

"Uh..."

Kotoko Iwanaga was dazed: "But..."

"Who can kill a god?"

Once they become a god, aren't they the strongest existence?

Lin En glanced at Kotoko Iwanaga.

Low horizons, that’s how it is.

"This world has the Eastern pantheon, the Greek pantheon, the Indian pantheon, and even angels, devils, fallen angels..."

Lin En said calmly: "What do you think a mere Japanese pantheon counts for?"

Mere Japan has already become the backyard of angels, devils, and fallen angels!

Kotoko Iwanaga was dazed again, feeling a bit sorrowful inside.

This world is too scary, isn't it?

"Just as this lord said, the gods of Japan are no longer here."

Kikuri announced this news with a flat expression.

Kotoko Iwanaga was shaken by this bombshell news.

The gods of Japan are gone...

Then what does that make her, the God of Wisdom?

Lin En looked at Kikuri and continued to ask: "Did other pantheons not annex the Japanese hell?"

Kikuri shook her head, then managed a smile: "Maybe..."

"Those big shots look down on it?"

"However..."

Kikuri added: "Although the sovereignty of hell is still in Japan, the relevant talent and reincarnation businesses and such have all been snatched away by other pantheons..."

Lin En raised an eyebrow: "So, Hell Girl came into being?"

Kikuri nodded: "Hell has no souls, so the rules can't be maintained, and it will collapse sooner or later."

So, they could only establish the Hell Girl mechanism and forcibly draft people.

Hmm...

Kikuri hurriedly cleared herself, saying: "This was all that three-eyed spider’s idea."

"Ho?"

Lin En said half-smiling: "You and it should have quite a connection, right?"

Kikuri: "!"

Her eyes widened a bit, feeling incredible.

This lord, he knew so quickly?

She became restless.

After asking about the news of hell, Lin En tapped the table and said: "Next, let’s talk about the real business."

"Yes!"

Kikuri sat up straight, feeling a bit nervous.

Lin En looked at Enma Ai, who was in a daze, and the corners of his mouth curled up: "I intend to have her work for me; what do you think?"

"Eh?"

Kikuri looked up in surprise, her eyes as if saying...

Just this?

Of course.

Ai had signed a contract with her true body, and wanting to leave hell wasn't that simple.

But...

For this big shot before her, persuading the three-eyed spider shouldn't be a problem.

However...

Enma Ai saw the topic turn to her and said calmly: "I haven't finished my atonement, I cannot leave hell."

Lin En raised an eyebrow.

Seeing this, Kikuri hurriedly explained.

"Ai’s parents are suppressed in the depths of hell; if Ai doesn't complete her atonement according to the contract, her parents will never be able to reincarnate."

Kotoko Iwanaga frowned: "Also done by that three-eyed spider?"

Kikuri nodded silently.

Kotoko Iwanaga huffed: "It seems the culprit is that spider."

Not only are its methods extreme and unscrupulous, it also forces others to work for it.

It’s really not a good thing!

"Since that’s the case..."

Lin En stood up, his mouth grinning: "I’ll go liberate your parents’ souls, and then..."

He looked at Enma Ai and continued: "Your life from now on belongs to me."

Enma Ai: "?"

There was confusion in her eyes.

However...

Liberate her parents!

Hearing these words, Enma Ai felt ripples in her heart.

"Agree to it, Ai."

Kikuri suddenly spoke: "This lord’s words, he can do it."

Enma Ai looked at her in confusion.

Kikuri had no expression.

She had long wanted Ai to end this job.

She had originally made some preparations, but...

It was still not as efficient as relying on the man before her.

It’s just...

Kikuri said tentatively: "Lord, how will you deal with that spider afterward?"

Lin En glanced at her, seeing at a glance what she was worried about.

"If that spider dies, will you disappear too?"

Kikuri nodded silently, then said with a bitter smile: "I am an avatar separated from it, specifically to monitor Ai’s work."

If the true body dies, she, as an avatar, naturally couldn't survive.

Lin En rubbed his chin, then condensed an Evil Piece, the corners of his mouth curling up: "Then..."

"Do you want to try being a devil?"

Kikuri: "?"

"A devil?"

There was surprise in her eyes.

Lin En said: "Stuff this into your body, reincarnate as a devil, and become my peerage member; you will naturally be able to escape your situation as an avatar."