Nuke Miko: Chronicles of America

Up to now, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which has always been weak-legged when it sees American and British ghosts and animals, can actually accomplish such a feat of "cultural counterattack"?

Akiyama Megumi was very skeptical about this, so she asked her grandma Akiyama Masako for details.

It turned out that after grandma Akiyama Masako learned about this incident, she just called around to show off to her old friends, and she didn't know much about it.

It is only said that the main office of the shrine will send a car to the boarding school where Megumi Akiyama is studying to pick up people at that time, and just ask her to prepare her luggage in advance.

However, after all, the main office of the shrine sent an official document on this matter, and it is at grandma's hand right now.

Akiyama Hui took a look at the official document and found that it was written in a nagging and vague way. He said that in order to promote Japanese culture overseas, a certain NGO built a [temporary shrine] in Los Angeles and wanted to hold a Welcome to the new year "Hatsuchi" in 2020.

However, there is neither a shrine (a symbol of God) that can be enshrined in Los Angeles, nor is there a lack of full-time Shinto personnel. The migrant maidens hired are not very familiar with the formal rituals of Shinto, and they are not even Japanese.

If such a group of laymen are rashly allowed to run the shrine, I am afraid that it will be nondescript, embarrassing to the international community, and laughable.

Therefore, the organizer applied to the main office of the shrine, hoping to second a full-time shrine maiden with knowledge of Shintoism to come to Los Angeles to help.

Then, after some coordination, out of the consideration of revitalizing the disaster-stricken area in Fukushima, the main office of the shrine appointed the successor of the Akiyama Shrine in Fukushima Prefecture, the full-time maiden Megumi Akiyama, to go to the U.S. Los Angeles in Los Angeles served as the temporary shrine host and presided over the New Year festival.

Next, according to the official document, this "Los Angeles Shrine" seems to be just a [trial operation]. It opened on December 31 to hold the New Year Festival, and it will close on January [-], only three days before and after. you can come back...

Is it equivalent to working part-time on a holiday?

Qiu Shanhui checked the official document several times, and then called the contact person in the office to inquire, and found that it seemed to be true.

Since it was not a trap like human trafficking, Akiyama Hui felt relieved, and at the same time smacked his lips in dissatisfaction:

"... Tsk tsk, I knew that the main hall of the shrine could not be so kind, and it was so generous to give us a shrine in Akiyama's family for free, and it was a shrine in the United States. It turned out that the gods of our family and I were asked to go to Los Angeles, the United States, to fight three times. God's day job!"

"... Huihui! You child, don't be too greedy!

To be able to preside over a shrine in the United States for three days, to be the head of the shrine for three days, and to let Americans pay homage to the gods of our Akiyama Shrine for three days is already a great sight and glory! "

Grandma reached out and tapped her forehead, and said reproachfully, "...Achiechi Mitsuhide even spared his wealth and life for his three-day world.

A rural priestess like you can preside over a shrine for three days in a big city like Los Angeles, and be the shrine master for three days, what else is there to be satisfied with? "

(Akechi Mitsuhide burned the Honnoji Temple and made Oda Nobunaga into a barbecue. It is said that he served as a general who conquered barbarians for three days.)

Uh, think about it too.

If those star idols in Japan can be invited by the police station to be the "director for a day", it would be quite a thing to show off.

Therefore, if you want to go to the United States to work, then go to the United States!In less than three days, it was another task arranged by the main office of the shrine.

She is a little country maiden, can she still refute the face of the main hall of the shrine?

With the subsidy from the main office of the shrine, you have to submit to the management of the main office of the shrine!

What's more, being able to jump out of the severely introverted Japanese religious circles and go to the vast United States to explore the blue ocean market is also a way out.

In this day and age, there are [-] convenience stores in Japan, but there are as many as [-] shrines, which is [-] more than the number of convenience stores.

However, in any slightly larger Japanese city, there are at least a dozen shrines clustered together, and the competition among each other for believers is unprecedentedly fierce.

But there are monks and nuns in temples, as well as foreign Christians who want to compete for business, not to mention all kinds of folk cults.

Because Japan's religious market is so involuntary, only the shrines in big cities and tourist attractions, the incense is still so-so.

Nine out of ten of those small shrines in poor rural areas are empty, with no bright future, and can only sit on the relief funds of the main hall of the shrine to survive.

Everyone knows that this kind of involution is not enough. If it can't stand out from the encirclement and open up new markets, then Shinto can only reduce its staff and increase its efficiency.

That being said, trying to see if I can become a witch in the United States is also an attempt to break through, right?

——Interestingly, although there are [-] shrines in Japan, there are only about [-] full-time shrine maidens. In other words, there are several times more shrines than shrine maidens.

In other words, most small and medium-sized shrines do not have full-time shrine maidens, and at most they can only find some high school student working maidens to play guest roles.

In this way, is she, a full-time priestess with a family background, still a precious and rare (human) resource?

Hehe, let me get on my hips first!

Thinking of this, Akiyama Hui couldn't help puffing out her flat chest and showing a smug smile.

However, although it seems good to go to the United States at public expense, it seems that it is not suitable to go abroad to promote faith at this time of the year!

After all, in today's world, it will soon be unsuitable to travel.

Well, it should be said that from next month to the next few years, it will not be very suitable for traveling.

Akiyama Hui sighed secretly, looked up at the calendar hanging on the wall - 2019 is coming to an end, and 2020 is coming soon!

As a traveler, Megumi Akiyama clearly remembers the new crown epidemic that is about to sweep the world and become a long-term news hotspot.

Even at the beginning of December, she had used her pocket money to store up two boxes of masks in advance and hid them in the treasure hall of Akiyama Shrine for emergencies.

Of course, if necessary, it can also be resold at a high price to make a little profit.

But other than that, Huineng Akiyama did very little.

She has no way to show her ability to predict and predict the coming epidemic, so as to make money and gain fame...

It's not impossible to insist on doing this, but after a few years, after the time point of her time travel, how can she fool the believers?

Not to mention, if the world has a butterfly effect because of my time travel, so that the new crown epidemic does not break out...

So how should this "prophet" end up?

Next, as an ordinary minor, she can't take advantage of the epidemic to speculate in stocks and invest - she's not old enough!

Therefore, in the face of the impending global catastrophe, she only hoped to keep herself and her grandma alive and healthy, and she was already thankful.

Uh, do the math, this time I went to Los Angeles to work as a miko, went to the United States at the end of December, and came back in early January, just passing by the epidemic.

Although there were rumors before time travel, this plague has actually been spreading in the United States for a long time, but it was mixed with flu and vaping lung disease, and the government deliberately concealed it, so the people didn't know about it.

But the biochemical laboratory that is suspected to have leaked the virus is in Maryland on the east coast of the United States, while Los Angeles, the city of angels, is on the west coast, with the entire North American continent in between...

In a short time, Los Angeles should be safe, right?

Anyway, I don't smoke e-cigarettes.The little witch Akiyama Megumi curled her lips.

With this in mind, Megumi Akiyama first made a phone call to the school to ask for leave in advance, and then packed her luggage for the United States with her grandma.

The first is to change and wash the spare private clothes for going out and the three sets of maiden clothes for work.

——Muscle undergarment, white clothes, scarlet hakama, girdle, foot bag, clogs; plus Chihaya, flower hairpin, golden crown and Kagura bell.

There are also flutes, bat fans, yin and yang jade, decorative incense burners and wind chimes, etc.

Uh, I also packed the priest's uniform left by the dead ghost father, maybe I can use it anytime.

Next is the ready-made magic lotus, ema and omori (talisman) - these things are not impossible to make on the spot in Los Angeles, but it is too troublesome, and there may not be so much spare time.Since the shrine at home has piled up a lot of second-hand goods that cannot be sold, let's take this opportunity to clear the warehouse!

Next, is the highlight of this missionary trip to the United States: the [Royal Body] of Akiyama Shrine.

As we all know, Shinto claims that there are 800 million gods. The so-called everything in the world has spirits, and there are countless wild gods of all kinds.

But the 800 million gods have to be divided into three, six or nine classes. The highest class is obviously the orthodox gods of ancient mythology that have appeared in the myths of "Kojiki", such as the god of heaven, the father god Izanaki, and the great god of Amaterasu , Tsukiyomi and Susanoo, the three siblings.

The second class is that famous mortals become gods through folk incense beliefs. The most typical example is Sugawara Michizane, the god of learning who was the incarnation of a scholar in the Heian era; there are also Edison and Hertz (worshiped In Arashiyama, Kyoto [Diandian Palace]).

Well, the deity of Denden Myokami is the Bodhisattva Kukukura. As for why Buddhist Bodhisattvas are enshrined in shrines, this is an East Asian characteristic.

Since the introduction of Buddhism, until the Meiji Restoration, Japanese shrines and Buddhist temples were not separated.

The so-called "800 million gods", many of them also have Buddhist establishments such as Bodhisattvas and Venerables.

The third category is that all kinds of mountain spirits become gods, such as Fusangshen and Broom God, which have seriously lowered the lower limit of the gods' industry.

Since there are so many gods in Japan, even if [-] shrines are built, it will not be enough, so the gods can only share the group rental and share the house.

Therefore, dozens of gods are often enshrined at the same time in those large shrines, and several gods are often enshrined in small shrines at the same time.

Each shrine enshrines the [God God Body] such as bronze swords, gemstones, mirrors, meteorites, and handicrafts as the lodging place of the gods.

Of course, there are many other kinds of [Royal God Physique].

For example, the Goddess of the [Railway Shrine] in Ibaraki Prefecture is a locomotive that has been operating safely for 44 years without any accidents...

By analogy, it should be possible to have a "Fanniang Shrine" that uses warships as gods.

Usually these [Royal God Body] are kept secret and not shown to others. Usually, only when the shrine is carried during the festival, it will be displayed on the shrine to the public.

Uh, I just don’t know how to carry the mikoshi at [Railway Shrine] in Ibaraki Prefecture?

Put a locomotive part on the mikoshi?Or put a model train?

Otherwise, if 【Railway Shrine】really asks people to lift the whole locomotive...how many people would it take?

The Akiyama Shrine in Akiyama Hui's family enshrines two gods.

One of them is Denden Myojin. After all, it is close to the largest nuclear power plant in Japan, so I have to worship the God of Denden for peace of mind.

Another god is the very traditional Uga Inari God—the fox god who likes to eat bean skin sushi, and blesses the rice harvest, which is very common in rural areas.

Therefore, Akiyama Shrine got a white jade fox stone sculpture as the "Yu Shen Body". It is said that it is a very old antique, but unfortunately it has never been authenticated, so I don't know if it is true or not.

What's more special is that there is a large gold necklace around the neck of this white jade fox statue, and the pendants are all in the shape of meteors and lightning.

So the two gods are represented by a god body: perfect!

In short, Grandma Akiyama Masako solemnly took out the fox stone sculpture from the safe, handed it to Akiyama Hui, and told her to keep it carefully.

Akiyama Megumi naturally agreed.

But then, Grandma Akiyama Masako took out another round plastic ball, on which was a green translucent head with three antennas inserted on it, and the body was wrapped in light blue translucent plastic representing water. Like a slime in a fantasy game.

It's the kind of "Puyo Puyo" jumping around in the grass, the ultra-low-level jelly monster that Novice Village must have.

Unlike the old fox statue, this one is brand new, with a tag on it.

"...Megumi! Since you are going to the United States on behalf of our Fukushima Prefecture, then by the way, you can also bring the mascot of your hometown along with you!"

Grandma Masako pushed this slime-like thing over, and said to Akiyama Hui, "...This is a new mascot that Fukushima Prefecture plans to launch, just like [Kumamon Bear] on Kyushu Island. We have just sent it to every shrine in the county, let us offer it and pray for blessings.

It's a pity that our shrine really doesn't have much incense, so please take it to the United States and let the Americans worship together, right? "

This antenna slime...is the mascot of Fukushima Prefecture?Does it embody anything Fukushima-like?

Akiyama Hui curiously picked up the slime with the antenna plugged in, looked carefully, and then found the words [Tritium Treasure] on the label.

This made the corners of Akiyama Megumi's mouth twitch uncontrollably—is Japan already preparing for the discharge of nuclear wastewater?

Even the nuclear waste water has to be sprouted—even in Japan, where everything can be sprouted, this is too much.

In addition, the name [Tritium]...how should it be translated in English?

Tritium spirit?

Fusion Slime?

Well, at least it's really Fukushima, uh, or rather, nuclear!

Just like that, Megumi Akiyama, a Japanese high school student who traveled through Japan, left the radiation-filled home again, holding the Fox God and Tritium Treasure delivered by her grandmother.

But what Akiyama Hui didn't notice was that when she walked out of the shrine, the strange light flashed in the eyes of the fox statue...

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January 2020, 1, Los Angeles, USA

"... Hello, student Yoyo, thank you for your concern, I have had a good time in the United States these few days, and I have different wonderful experiences every day.

As soon as I got off the plane in Los Angeles, I could smell a breath of freedom here. The smell in the wind seemed to be very different from Japan.

Although the latitude of Los Angeles is very low, it is still a bit cold at the end of December, so there are black brothers on the side of the road who lit the house and trees to keep warm.

Entering downtown Los Angeles, the streets are full of unrestrained graffiti and messy garbage, the air is filled with the smell of urine and strange smoke, and there are many strangely dressed people of all colors, with tattoos, earlobes and tongues all over their bodies There are also many holes.

Many people walked staggeringly with strange expressions, a bit like zombies, and helped each other get injections and took turns smoking a cigarette...

Probably this is the hippie culture of the United States!

In this multicultural city, you can see black and white American citizens fighting with each other with arms and living in harmony everywhere.

When I entered the hotel, I saw four white police officers on the side of the road giving artificial respiration to a black man.

Although the posture of the police officers is a bit out of place, as if stepping on the chest of the black man, their enthusiasm cannot be denied.

The small supermarket diagonally opposite the hotel seems to have free items, and people with happy expressions swarmed out to pick them up. Is a disabled person, but this does not hinder her professionalism.

Suddenly, there was a gunshot in the distance, and I was so scared that I quickly covered my ears. The black-skinned hotel waitress next to me explained to me very calmly that this is an American custom, and I have to shoot a few shots every day. Important festivals can sometimes ring throughout the day, so there's no need to make a fuss.

With the binoculars I brought, I saw that a certain street not far away was crowded again. The police officer drove a mighty armored car through the crowd. Shouting people lined the road to welcome them, and some people even stopped the car excitedly. until the armored vehicle kindly pushed it away and crashed it into the air.