Chapter 117: The Self-Satisfied Chuanchuan

"Then let's pray to our American gods to strike back!" an American netizen raged.

In response, he got a merciless reply from other American netizens.

"Our country has no native-born gods; if there are any, they're only Indian gods, but most Americans aren't even Indians…"

Faced with this reply, many American netizens deflated.

Come to think of it, damn, America just doesn't have any local gods, at most there's a God who came over with a missionary religion.

Thinking about it, they felt even worse, a sense of living under someone else's roof.

Wasn't America supposed to be the world's sole great power? How the hell is it living under someone else's roof, needing the protection of a Jewish god?

At this moment.

Some American netizens who loved stirring up trouble chimed in with a jab.

"It's not just living under someone else's roof — the land we're living on now, when you count it up, isn't even ours, it's the Indians'. We really couldn't be more miserable."

Netizens: "…"

That's enough, you bastard, are you even American? What kind of timing is this to be cracking wise?

At this point, the American netizens' pride as a great power had diminished, replaced by the sorrow of living under someone else's roof and being far from home.

Whether intentional or not, it was hard to say.

As the identity of the spitter was exposed, another piece of news followed close behind.

Abe Ontake Maro spat because America bullied Japan; if America hadn't kept bullying Japan, this wouldn't have happened.

Once this news spread.

Americans panicked, especially panicked, panicked to death.

If Japanese supernaturals spat just because America bullied Japan, then what about the Indian gods…

You have to know that the citizens currently living on American soil are mostly not America's natives; a huge portion are colonists who seized the Indians' land and occupied it as their own.

The most crucial point: the Indians were once massacred.

If the Indian gods knew about this, wouldn't they take revenge to the death?

"It shouldn't be, right? We've already built a country on Indian soil for two hundred years, and haven't we always been at peace? Don't overthink it."

One netizen rebutted the others' views, trying to soothe the panicked netizens.

However, some netizens weren't as optimistic as this one; holding pessimistic views, they typed out messages.

"You're probably out of the loop, haven't you heard about the supernatural and yokai incidents that have been causing a huge stir in Japan lately? They say that starting this year in Japan, supernaturals and yokai that hadn't shown themselves for hundreds of years have all come out.

I heard there's some reason the Japanese supernaturals and yokai disappeared for hundreds of years and are now emerging.

Since the Japanese supernaturals are like this, it doesn't mean the Indian gods are kind-hearted. Don't the Indians often have legends about the Indians getting angry and demanding sacrifices to appease them? What does this show? It shows the Indian gods are quick to anger, bad-tempered.

The reason America had no trouble for two hundred years is probably because the Indian gods are sleeping. Isn't there often a legend that gods sleep for hundreds of years at a stretch? The Indian Feathered Serpent God seems to really like sleeping, and whenever it wakes up it wants to eat people.

It's also possible the Indian gods are off somewhere in Beimeizhou, and now that Japanese supernaturals and yokai have returned, it's not impossible for the Indian gods to awaken."

I want to cry!

A Korean who had just immigrated to America today was on the verge of tears.

Looking at the American netizens' discussion on his phone in his right hand, then at the American green card in his left, this Korean ssmida was about to cry.

Wasn't America supposed to be the world's number one great power, safe as hell?

Safety he didn't feel; all he felt was his head tied to his belt.

America might just be the most dangerous country in the world.

He felt the American green card was burning his hand, not appealing at all.

"Isn't my Korea appealing?"

The Korean ssmida asked himself and answered:

"Appealing, way too appealing."

As he spoke, he recalled a report by Korean scientists he'd seen before, which claimed Korea was the center of the universe and that all world cultures bore traces of Korea.

Thinking about it, the Korean ssmida was filled with regret.

If culture is all connected to Korea, then god culture, the most important part of culture, must also be connected to Korea — staying in Korea means receiving the protection of all gods.

Without hesitation, the Korean ssmida turned around and headed back to the American green card office.

At the same time.

Online.

As the saying goes, good news never leaves the house, bad news travels a thousand miles — especially in this age where every breeze becomes a storm, where negative energy and bad news spread the fastest. The news of Indian gods taking revenge on America quickly spread across the entire American internet.

Many American netizens argued themselves hoarse over the Indian gods' revenge.

Most American netizens felt the Indian gods didn't exist; their evidence was that if the Indian gods really existed, the Indians were massacred, and the Indian gods should have shown up long ago.

The other side, a small portion of American netizens — some with chuunibyou mindsets, some with negative mindsets, and a very few Christians — believed the Indian gods existed.

The two sides argued themselves into an impasse.

Despite some neutral netizens attempting to mediate, change the subject, and ease the atmosphere.

"Don't overthink it. At least we're not the most miserable. Think about Britain — during their so-called empire on which the sun never sets, how many countries did they colonize, how many people did they harm? If gods really come after them, they'd be the most miserable. At most we'd have Allah and the Indian gods taking revenge; Britain would probably have gods from every country coming at them in droves."

Unfortunately, his words didn't ease things for long before the online arguments flared up again.

In no time, the American internet was in an uproar.

……

The American White House.

A-Chuan's mouth twitched, his face flushed red with suppressed anger.

As a big shot who governed via Twitter, upon learning the spit was from a Japanese supernatural, A-Chuan was furious — that it was Japanese, not American supernaturals or gods, was a naked provocation.

Immediately, he took out his phone and posted on Twitter, preparing to denounce it.

The trusted aides and assistants nearby stopped Achuan's behavior, told him the reason for the spitting, and the result was so true to life that Achuan deleted the condemning tweet he had been about to post.

"Actually, this isn't a bad thing." The trusted aide spoke up.

Achuan nodded. As the first merchant to rise to this position, when it came to the economy and interests, he saw things more clearly than other U. S. higher-ups.

"Mm, at the very least it proves the saliva is supernatural — that's the best value. Who cares about the U. S. or Japan, as long as it's supernatural."

Immediately, Achuan urgently convened a video conference with U. S. higher-ups.

A round of discussion.

Achuan proposed increasing funding, investing more manpower and resources to research that glob of saliva. This was the best chance for the U. S. to approach the supernatural and obtain its secrets — it could not be missed.

This proposal was ultimately passed.

As for the matter of the Native American gods' revenge, Achuan and the other higher-ups, like most Americans, did not believe it.

The reason was the same as most Americans'.

But not believing was one thing — suppressing the negative public opinion still had to be done.

Negative energy is contagious. If it wasn't suppressed, god knows what it would spread into — it might even spread that Achuan was sent by the Native American gods to mess with the U. S. Otherwise, how could he have done something like ordering the bombing that could trigger World War III?

The U. S. higher-ups worked very efficiently — once the discussion was done, they got straight to it.

Massive funds were injected into researching the saliva, and the Cyberspace Administration stepped in to suppress the negative public opinion.

Watching everything being carried out according to his own orders, Achuan stood with his hands clasped behind his back in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the U. S. White House presidential office, greatly enjoying this feeling of being on top.

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