At the lively festival, Shen Chushi finally saw that glimmer in the darkness again, after a thousand years.
Shen Chushi was the foremost miko of Shinto, guardian of the Twilight Gate, last head of a thousand-year-old family, and the strongest person of the age alongside the Six Eyes of the Gojo family. She was also the last living believer of the wild god Aragoto.
"Aragaboto? The war god who lost and was exiled?"
"Didn't Shinto declare over a decade ago that no one worshipped him anymore, and that his divine status had faded away? How can he still have a miko?"
"Worshipping a vanished god. Pathetic."
Groups of onlooking miko whispered among themselves, their words full of contempt and mockery.
Someone hurriedly cut them off, fear in their eyes. "Be quiet! Don't you know? The last followers of Aragaboto were said to be..."
"That fanatical family."
To bring the wild god back to life, Shen Chushi would do anything. So what if she was all alone? So what if no god protected her? For her god, she would gladly be cast into the underworld forever.
When the million gods of Takamagahara tried to recruit her and claim her for themselves, a fiery red spear flew forth and pinned one of them to their divine throne. Shen Chushi's expression was full of pity.
"Let the flames burn away the filth."
"May my god forgive your sins."
Screenshot from February 15, 2022
Theme: Stand firm in your convictions and forge ahead without hesitation
