Honma Meiko now explained her current situation in the group every once in a while, and the girls in the group also knew that she would soon become the regional god of the Chichibu region.
Japan claimed to have eight million gods (Yaoyorozu no Kami), so naturally, there were corresponding distinctions between various types of gods.
Historical gods appearing in Kiki (Kojiki and Nihon Shoki), local gods residing in fixed areas, religious gods of Shinto and Buddhism as well as syncretic gods, anthropomorphic gods ascended from humans, and faith gods formed by various folk beliefs.
Among them, historical gods and religious gods naturally had the highest status, followed by anthropomorphic gods and local gods. As for faith gods, their numbers were huge, and the gap between the upper and lower limits was very large.
Weak faith gods had no believers and might dissipate at any time, with strength possibly not even comparable to Grade 4 Cursed Spirits, while faith gods with prosperous incense offerings were generally classified among the previous gods.
Honma Meiko was considered a mountain god chosen by the Chichibu region. However, because her fate was changed by Miyauchi Hikage, strictly speaking, she could currently only be considered a demigod. while possessing the divinity of a local god, she would also have the opportunity to ascend to an anthropomorphic god by herself in the future.
It was just that the girls in the group had not seen other gods, so naturally, they didn't know what kind of power Honma Meiko could possess after becoming a god. They could only wait for Honma Meiko's explanation after she came out of seclusion.
But even if Honma Meiko was currently only a demigod, responsible for managing the Chichibu ley lines, she also possessed power unimaginable to ordinary people in the Chichibu region.
If she wanted, she could let those ordinary people who were insulated from spiritual power obtain divine power and become her divine envoys. For people like Shinomiya Kaguya who already possessed a supernatural constitution, helping them awaken supernatural power in advance was not too difficult.
Of course, Suzumiya Haruhi should also be able to do such a thing, but Suzumiya Haruhi's ability was too uncontrollable, and maybe she would cause some uncontrollable trouble again.
As for why Miyauchi Hikage was certain that Honma Meiko could do such a thing, it was because after Miyauchi Hikage analyzed that chalcedony heart using Scanning magic, the conclusion obtained was that it was most likely the heart of a dead demigod.
It should be that a hundred years ago, when Kenjaku used the identity of Kamo Noritoshi to toss around the Cursed Womb: Death Paintings, he also wanted to try using gods as materials.
After all, in that era of declining mystery, the vast majority of gods disappeared, leaving only a very small number of weak faith gods and even some demigods who had not yet ascended to complete gods.
Given Kenjaku's personality, he probably had designs on gods long ago. Taking advantage of the decline of mystery to find those weak demigods as his experimental subjects was not strange.
Even, that heart might be the heart of the woman who was tossed by Kenjaku to conceive children with Cursed Spirits nine times and abort nine times, finally dying miserably.
However, the truth of this matter was probably only known to Kenjaku himself.
In short, because that heart had a strong curse but also a vague aura of a god, it took Miyauchi Hikage considerable effort to project it, and the effect was obviously far less intense than the original.
Since the aura emitted by a dead demigod's heart could stimulate others' potential, there was no reason why Honma Meiko couldn't do such a thing.
Of course, this would more or less taint these girls with Honma Meiko's mark. And Miyauchi Hikage would also suggest that Honma Meiko, while doing so, should preferably impose a Binding Vow on others.
After all, helping people awaken supernatural power always required some handling fees. Honma Meiko couldn't do good deeds for free.
At least compared to the Binding Vows of the New Shadow Style that required sacrificing one's lifespan at the drop of a hat, Honma Meiko obviously wouldn't use these Binding Vows to do anything bad.
Facts proved that the current Shinomiya Kaguya was indeed quite realistic.
After hearing Miyauchi Hikage's analysis that "since we are friends, we can pay some price to ask Menma to help awaken," she had already let go of the hand that was holding Miyauchi Hikage's arm a bit too intimately before, and focused her mind on Honma Meiko who would come out of seclusion in two days.
That's right, there was a group friend in the group who would soon become a god. As the absolute T0 in current strength in the group, asking Honma Meiko for help was obviously much safer than relying on that kind of Cursed Object emitting an ominous aura.
She had been busy seizing power in the Shuchiin Student Council recently, and actually ignored such an important thing!
Fortunately, the matters at Shuchiin would come to an end tomorrow.
After the matters at Shuchiin were over, she planned to go to Chichibu to wait for Honma Meiko to come out of seclusion.
However, she still remembered Miyauchi Hikage's pointer. After realizing that her reaction just now was a bit too realistic, she inadvertently pressed her shoulder against Miyauchi Hikage again, asking him gratefully.
"What about you, Hikage? I remember that Mashiro hasn't completed supernatural awakening yet, and the other girls in your family, don't you plan to take them there to awaken together?"
"Mashiro doesn't care about these things. Even if she is given stronger power, to her, it is not as good as her manga getting higher discussion," Miyauchi Hikage shook his head. "Unless it is confirmed that she can obtain abilities that can make her manga more exciting, I think Mashiro shouldn't be very interested in supernatural awakening."
"Hikari's temperament is too jumpy. She has just started learning the breathing method. Let her continue to settle down for a while, and talk about it when her temperament is calmer."
"As for Mahiru, she is already walking on another path now, so there is no need to worry about her affairs for the time being."
Shiina Mahiru's research on cooking was progressing rapidly now, and her compatibility with that recipe book was quite high. Coupled with Tohru's guidance on knife skills and heat control, maybe she could make glowing dishes before long.
Miyauchi Hikage didn't mention Tohru, and Shinomiya Kaguya didn't say much. Both sides tacitly accepted the fact that Tohru didn't need supernatural awakening.
After listening to Miyauchi Hikage's words, Shinomiya Kaguya couldn't help but shake her head.
She indeed didn't need to worry about these things for the people around Miyauchi Hikage. Even the matter of Honma Meiko was thought of by Miyauchi Hikage first. Presumably, Miyauchi Hikage had already arranged the subsequent matters for those around him.
Before getting out of the car, she finally just reminded Miyauchi Hikage to pay more attention and be careful of Suzumiya Haruhi.
Although when they met the day before yesterday, Suzumiya Haruhi seemed to be just a somewhat noisy high school girl with excessive curiosity, after reviewing the situation that night, Shinomiya Kaguya felt that the accidents that happened that night were most likely caused by Suzumiya Haruhi.
No, maybe the things happening around Miyauchi Hikage afterward were all related to Suzumiya Haruhi.
And in the diary, Suzumiya Haruhi's light spot looked a bit abnormal. When they first met, the light spot displayed by the other party in the diary was almost the size of two or three ordinary people. But when she opened the diary again at night to check the surrounding situation, Suzumiya Haruhi's light spot returned to the size of an ordinary person. She didn't know how the other party did it.
Letting such a time bomb that no one knew what she would do next moment stay by Miyauchi Hikage's side always made her feel a little uneasy.
Regarding Shinomiya Kaguya's reminder, Miyauchi Hikage smiled and waved his hand, indicating that he and Suzumiya Haruhi were just ordinary deskmates and ordinary friends.
Shinomiya Kaguya was noncommittal about Miyauchi Hikage's response.
After all, for so many days, there were quite a few people in Toyogasaki Academy who wanted to become friends with Miyauchi Hikage, and quite a few people who wanted to join his photography team. But in this month, only Suzumiya Haruhi, a girl who approached Miyauchi Hikage with the thought of usurpation, succeeded.
Obviously, Miyauchi Hikage's attitude towards Suzumiya Haruhi was different.
To say that Miyauchi Hikage and Suzumiya Haruhi were just ordinary friends, she really had some doubts.
But hindered by the fact that her relationship with Miyauchi Hikage seemed to be just a little falsely ambiguous, in the end, she could only use the names of Shiina Mashiro and the two childhood friends of Miyauchi Hikage in his hometown to implicitly remind Miyauchi Hikage not to be too fickle.