Volume 13: Noragami and the God of Death Chapter 001 Generation Change
New World, Tokyo.
When Emiya, Loki, and Freya arrived in this world, they appeared in a prosperous shrine.
The shrine is quite large and is surrounded by pedestrians.
Emiya and his group appeared out of nowhere, immediately attracting countless people's attention. After all, the way in which one person and two gods appeared was really too strange. Many people couldn't help but exclaimed when they saw Emiya appear.
When Emiya saw this, he raised his hand and snapped his fingers.
There was a crisp sound.
The people around the shrine suddenly felt a slight dizziness in their brains, and the memory of Emiya appearing out of nowhere disappeared.
This is the method Emiya learned from the Demon Lord Maou Sadao...wide-area hypnosis.
He used this ability to easily erase the memories of this group of people.
Freya had never been to a world like this before. Looking at the tall buildings around her and the crowded shrine, she couldn't help but say, "Is this... a different world?"
"It is indeed a different world for you."
Emiya's eyes turned and locked onto one direction, "But before that, should we respond to that person's invitation?"
The person he was talking about was the owner of the shrine.
In other words, it is the deity enshrined in the shrine.
In fact, after Emiya appeared out of nowhere in the shrine, he felt a pair of eyes falling on him.
When he used wide-area hypnosis to erase the memories of passers-by just now, the owner of the shrine extended an invitation to Emiya, Loki, and Freya.
That's why Emiya said that.
Loki said calmly: "He's just a minor god anyway, it doesn't hurt to meet him."
She was not lying, but she realized that the owner of this shrine was too weak.
Unlike gods like them who have lived for hundreds of millions of years, gods of this level have only lived for a few thousand years at most, although they have accumulated a lot of divine power.
But unfortunately, he was too weak. In Loki's eyes, he was just a little god.
The kind that is not mainstream.
Freya chuckled and said, "Since the host has invited us, it would be rude if we, the guests, don't go."
Seeing that Loki and Freya both agreed, Emiya nodded decisively, "Take it."
He led Loki and Freya away from the crowd, along a secluded path, and into the back of the shrine.
There is an exquisite side hall behind the shrine.
Two women with long hair and wearing shrine maiden costumes were guarding the door of the side hall. They bowed slightly to Emiya and his group and opened the door of the side hall.
Emiya, Loki, and Freya walked in.
However, after entering, Emiya curiously glanced at the two women guarding the door.
There was something strange about the two women.
Not a living person, but not a dead person either.
After entering the side hall, Emiya saw an old man in ancient official uniform, who said with a smile: "Welcome to the shrine. I am a god from a foreign land. I am the god of learning, Sugawara Michizane."
Emiya smiled and said, "Hello, God of Learning, I am Emiya, a human, and these two are gods."
Loki smiled and nodded, "I am Loki."
Freya also gave her name promptly.
The God of Learning Sugawara no Michizane asked straight to the point: "I wonder why the two gods and this young man Emiya came to my shrine. If there is anything you need help with, I can provide a little help."
Emiya shook his head and said, "That's not necessary. We just came to your shrine by chance. Don't be nervous, Your Excellency the God of Learning."
He could tell that the God of Learning was a little uneasy about the presence of Loki and Freya.
This is normal. After all, whether it is Loki or Freya, their strength is above that of the God of Knowledge.
When a tiger invades a human's home, humans will become nervous even though the tiger has no ill intentions.
At the same time, Emiya also knew what kind of world this was.
The main reason is that this god of knowledge is so easy to recognize.
He is the god in the world of Noragami.
Sugawara no Michizane was his name when he was a human. Emiya remembered that he had looked through some information when he watched Noragami.
He knew very well that Sugawara no Michizane was a nobleman and scholar in the middle of the Heian period. He was one of the four great vengeful spirits in ancient Japan.
Born in a family of scholars, he was the third son of Councillor Sugawara Sozen. He was good at Chinese poetry and was revered as the god of learning by the Japanese. His childhood name was Ahu, and he was also called Suga-gong and Suga-chancellor.
In 877, he was appointed Junior Assistant Minister of the Second Department and Doctor of Literature. He was trusted and valued by Emperor Uda and Emperor Daigo.
In 891, he was appointed Kurandō, and his specific position was to be in charge of documents, court ceremonies, and imperial edicts around the Emperor.
In 894, he was appointed as an envoy to Tang Dynasty. However, due to the domestic situation of the Tang Dynasty and the difficulties of crossing the sea, he proposed to stop sending envoys to Tang Dynasty, so the trip did not take place.
In 895, he was appointed Chunagon, and later concurrently served as Minister of Civil Affairs.
In 899, he was appointed Right Minister.
In 901, due to the slander of the Left Minister Fujiwara no Tokihira to the Emperor, he was demoted to the position of Dazai Gonshu and transferred to a remote place. He died in exile soon after.
In 903, he was posthumously awarded the rank of Shoichi Daijo-minami.
After Sugawara's death, he was revered as the "God of Thunder" and the "God of Culture" because of the lightning incident that occurred in the Seiryoden Hall.
That is the so-called God of Knowledge.
To put it bluntly, this is a god who has been a deity for about a thousand years. Compared with gods like Loki and Freya who have lived for hundreds of millions of years, he is simply not worth mentioning.
Loki was not wrong when he said he was a lesser god.
However, in the world of Noragami, the status of gods is determined by believers.
As time entered the modern era, the population exploded and there were countless candidates for examination, so the status of this god of learning soared and shrines to him sprang up like mushrooms throughout the country.
So now he calls himself the boss of the Tenman Group because his Tenmangu Shrines are spread all over Japan.
Ranked third in the popularity ranking of gods during the Third Gods' Council .
But even so, the divine power he has accumulated over the years is still not enough compared to Loki and Freya.
This is also why he was nervous.
If the other party had malicious intentions, then he, the god of knowledge, would most likely be replaced at this time.
After all, in the world of Noragami, there are countless primitive gods that do not need to be believed in. Now is the era of believing in God.
As long as faith is immortal, even if the gods are killed, they can be reborn in faith.
There will be no changes in clothes or appearance.
But only the memory will become blank and will never come back, and everything will start all over again.
This is the generational change.
The God of Learning after the change of generation is still the God of Learning, but he is not Sugawara Michizane, but a genuine, brand new God of Learning.
Therefore, no god wants to change, and no god is willing to change.
