Chapter 92: Myths and Ghosts of Other Countries (Happy New Year!)

"A business opportunity, this is a business opportunity!" roared the chief editor of Japan's manga magazine Jump.

Unlike others, he did not go to Higashi-Ogishima because he knew many people would surely go there; with his old body, he probably wouldn't get anything even if he went. The key point was that he understood the Ribenzheng Prefecture would definitely not allow good things to be taken away.

Therefore, he rationally chose not to go, but not going did not mean he just sat idle; from the Higashi-Ogishima incident, he found a huge business opportunity.

"Go notify the Legal Department; I want to preemptively register the copyrights for commercial names like Monk Konghai, Venerable Monk Konghai, and so on. Also, quickly tell the manga authors to draw manga themed around Monks, demons, ghosts, and gods."

On the other side.

ALTER, one of Japan's largest figure factories.

"Order all factories under us to stop production completely; I want them to produce new figures in the shortest time possible."

The president of ALTER waved his hand.

"Go hire the best figure designer; I want him to design the best figure images of Monk Konghai and Lord Cimu. Yes, I want all factories under us to produce figures of Monk Konghai and Lord Cimu. Within two days, I want to see the first batch of goods. If you can't rush it out, you're all fired!"

Watching his subordinates busy at work, the president of ALTER, with a beer belly, bit a cigar and let out a villainous laugh.

"This is the opportunity, the opportunity for my ALTER to leap and become Japan's top-tier figure factory."

At almost the same time, there were people with foresight who discovered business opportunities, predicted that a supernatural boom would sweep Japan next, and all moved to seize them.

These people were spread across all industries: anime, food, medicine, clothing, figures...

Even the funeral home and crematorium industries had people wanting to make huge profits from this.

The owner of a funeral home prepared to launch a service: pretending to invite descendants of Monk Konghai to come over, reciting scriptures written by Monk Konghai to guide the souls of the buried, and adding a gimmick saying that if guided this way, perhaps one day they could be resurrected.

Online.

While most people were heading to Higashi-Ogishima or chasing business opportunities, a portion of people did not go.

It was not that they didn't want to go, but train tickets and such were all gone, and they didn't have enough startup capital to do it; they were just ordinary office workers and students.

Plus, they also considered that the government would not let ordinary citizens get the plants, flowers, soil, and wood.

So, they chatted with netizens online about topics regarding Monk Konghai and such, wanting to discuss and see if there could be new discoveries.

Moreover, if they really found new discoveries, they could gain attention this way, obtain some compensation, or even get hired by the government or something.

Simba: "May I ask, is there anyone like me who noticed the four characters 'Initial Battlefield' spoken by Monk Konghai?"

The next moment.

Countless netizens posted "1111".

Obviously, many people had captured one of the most critical pieces of information in what Monk Konghai said to Lord Cimu: Initial Battlefield.

It's just that at that time, they were too shocked by the fact that Tsuchimikado Xia Mei was a descendant of Abe no Seimei, so they ignored this point; now that they think back, their hearts are full of curiosity.

"Passing a Million is the Protagonist": "I went online and searched on Yahoo, but couldn't find an explanation for 'Initial Battlefield'."

All netizens were speechless.

You must be kidding me; if Yahoo knew this, I'll chop off my balls and give them to you as toothpicks.

The next second.

"Passing a Million is the Protagonist": "However, although I didn't find 'Initial Battlefield', I did find 'Battlefield'."

"Battlefield" originates from ancient China, dating back to the Western Zhou Dynasty; it means a battlefield on the national border. The national border is called "borderland", and a battlefield on the borderland is called "battlefield".

I boldly guess that 'Initial Battlefield' might just mean battlefield; Yahoo's introduction also says that 'battlefield' means border battlefield.

This is not a baseless guess of mine. First, the meaning of 'battlefield' given by Yahoo is one reason; second is the dialogue of Monk Konghai. We can all hear that in the end, he did not answer Lord Cimu whether they would meet again.

Since ancient times, battlefields have been cruel, with human lives as cheap as grass; no one dares to guarantee they can survive on a battlefield. Bullets have no eyes and can't distinguish who you are. This meaning fits perfectly with Monk Konghai's uncertainty about whether he can return alive.

Lord Cimu also said before that even if fighting until the last drop of blood, he would never stand on 'that side'. From this 'fighting until the last drop of blood', we can judge that 'those on that side' have had battles with demons and the supernatural camp, which is another proof fitting a war."

Countless netizens: "666666"

Regarding this netizen's reasoned analysis, every netizen believed it to some extent, including Professor Zhongtian, a specialist in demonology who had nothing to do but go online and happened to see this guess, who also gave his affirmation.

"Director Takahashi, look at this guess."

Director Takahashi, who was deploying in the combat zone to prevent citizens and foreign spies from attempting to steal the plants, flowers, soil, and wood, took the phone, looked at it, and his eyes showed surprise.

"Professor Zhongtian, do you think the credibility of this guess is high?"

"I dare not confirm the credibility is one hundred percent, but it has seventy or eighty percent credibility."

Professor Zhongtian pushed up his glasses.

"Director Takahashi, I suggest that the analysts of the Supernatural Response Department can establish an online big data analysis system. That is, after synthesizing the analyses of our scientists, historians, demonologists, and other personnel, we can further conduct a big data analysis of online data; combining the two will yield more definitive analysis."

"I know Director Takahashi might feel that there is much rumor-mongering online and many silly analyses, but I think we must never underestimate the power of netizens. Often, their whimsical analyses might provide crucial information."

Director Takahashi nodded: "Good, I will include your suggestion in the meeting with the upper management this time."

The online discussion continued.

Gentle Cat Lover: "I suddenly discovered something. The word 'battlefield' in 'Initial Battlefield' originates from China, and Monk Konghai went to China; how come everything is connected to China? Actually, saying all this, I am very curious if China also has the supernatural?"

Netizens: "!!!!"

With this netizen's mention, the netizens' curiosity surged sharply.

It is now proven that the supernatural exists, and the supernatural is related to Japan's gods, ghosts, and demons, which is enough to show that the circulated myths and ghosts are not purely fabricated, but are based on facts...

So the question arises.

Japan is not the only country in the world with myths and ghost stories; other countries have them too, such as the twelve main gods of Zeus in Greek mythology, the gods of Odin in Norse mythology, and the oldest Chinese immortal mythology.

Will these myths and ghosts of other countries, like Japan, not be Du Zhuan (fabricated) but truly exist?

Keep in mind, Japan is not some 'Cosmic Lollipop Country' that always thinks it is the only one under heaven and above earth, that everything belongs to them, the universe belongs to them, and all cultural heritage and myths belong to them.

Japanese people are not that stupid; they do not believe that only Japan has the supernatural.

Tusu Red Head Jie: "I don't know if the myths of other countries are supernatural, but I can be sure that the possibility of Chinese mythology being supernatural is very, very high; it is basically confirmed to exist."