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——Ishtar was the only one who was somewhat puzzled. What was the purpose of deliberately sending Haruhime to her family?
as well as……
Damn, what a huge grudge.
Su Qing shrugged.
He also wanted to understand Haruhime's abilities.
The reason he came to the Istar family was not only because Haruhime was a character from the original novel and he had a certain basic favorable impression of her, but more importantly, it was because of Haruhime's value.
Amaterasu's identity is a great fortune in the little garden.
——At least, you can use the sword of Ame-no-Kurosakumo.
Amaterasu herself can be spared, as Su Qing does not plan to bring her to the small garden, but if it is someone like Haruhime, she might be judged as a 'shrine maiden with the divinity of Amaterasu'.
as well as……
Su Qing was really curious.
In the wrong world on earth, it is difficult to give mortals anything related to God.
But Amaterasu did it.
Moreover, in the box garden, and even in the world before Su Qing traveled through time, there is a saying.
——The island nation’s Takamagahara pantheon is not the oldest mythology system, but it is the longest-lasting human-god system. The island nation’s leaders were still regarded as descendants of gods until World War II.
In the world of Chicuo, Amaterasu was the first to develop a technology that could give humans "certain attributes" related to gods.
In a strange world, this might seem like a miracle.
From the perspective of the Little Garden, from the perspective of human history, if there is a god who can achieve this, there are not many candidate members, but Amaterasu must be one of them.
From the perspective of the sandplay, or from the perspective of human history in general, this is normal.
——From the perspective of the current world, this is very unreasonable, but from the perspective of other worlds, it is reasonable. This itself is not normal.
In this world, Amaterasu can achieve this. Some of the information is extremely valuable to him, and even to the three-digit and two-digit numbers of the small garden.
Chapter 23: Almighty
Ishtar took a deep breath, his face full of helplessness.
She suddenly felt that her role as a god seemed to be in vain. While she was immersed in desires every day in heaven and thinking about defeating Freya in the underworld, other gods were actually thinking about serious matters.
——The other gods actually have serious matters worth considering.
It's outrageous that the ugly woman Amaterasu could bestow divinity on the life underground, allowing Haruhime to gain the authority to 'upgrade her level'.
Perhaps it's not just Amaterasu herself. This level of results is definitely not something that the lower world can achieve in thousands of years. The number of experiments must have been quite large. Before Haruhime's finished product, many underground lives must have died because of the experiments that carried the divinity.
But no news was leaked at all.
I'm afraid that in heaven, some gods are planning related matters and secretly covering up traces of Amaterasu's experiments.
While she was indulging in pleasure, other gods pretended to be indulging in pleasure, but in fact they were working hard in secret. If they died as a result, Ishtar would be convinced.
Precisely because he is a god, Ishtar knows the value of this. They have all lived in heaven for hundreds of millions of years. In this respect, all gods are the same.
Some gods have been eating, drinking and having fun for hundreds of millions of years, and still think the world is boring. Some gods secretly study ways to make other gods shut up, without leaking a word for hundreds of millions of years, and can also cooperate with other gods in their performance of "the world is boring"...
This is a clear disparity.
but--
Ishtar took a deep puff of his pipe and said in a deep voice, "Before I die, I want to ask one last question."
Su Qing spread his hands and said, "Speak."
"...Why did you choose me?" Ista asked, blowing out a smoke ring.
"Because you and Freya don't get along?" Su Qing asked uncertainly.
"Not Uranus and the others, I'm asking you." Ista shook his head slightly and looked at Su Qing: "Why did you come to me? I recognize Chun Ji's value, but if it's just for Chun Ji, you should have more ways, right?"
Ishtar can now see clearly that the logic of his previous and subsequent behaviors is contradictory. Deliberately sending Haruhime to her family was obviously a calculation.
And this plan could not have been that Su Qing came alone to tell Chun Ji's value and then sent her to death.
"Initially, I was going to use the identity of the union to borrow Chun Ji." Su Qing nodded slightly, agreeing with Ista's point of view, and then spread his hands and said: "Until I came to the door of your clan, your clan members took a fancy to my beauty and planned to take action."
Ishtar: “…”
Tactics was silent for a moment. Ishtar's voice was full of surprise. After a while, he said, "That's it?"
Su Qing asked back: "Isn't this enough?"
Ista thought to himself, I am really screwed, and quickly said, "No, no, no, even a reckless god like Freya would not destroy a clan because of such an offense, right?"
"It doesn't matter if you just offend me." Su Qing nodded. He knew very well that he did not yet have the awareness of being a strong man.
If other four-digit gods and Buddhas were to come to the small garden, they might get offended and say "Gods and Buddhas cannot be insulted" and vent their anger on others.
Ishtar herself in the myth was the type who would take her anger out on other people, and when she was offended by Gilgamesh, she begged the gods to release the Bull of Heaven to bring disaster to the earth.
Don't vent your anger on others. It's a bit funny to hear Ishtar say this, but Ishtar in the world of Dicuo is indeed qualified to say this - there is a big gap between the world of Dicuo and mythology.
In Orario, Ishtar's reputation is not low, and generally speaking, it is considered lawful.
For the time being, Su Qing would not be offended by a few words. If it was just a peek at his beauty, he would find it novel.
Su Qing shrugged and said, "At least I took out the union's token. Your family members dared to plot against me in secret... I can't even imagine your usual behavior."
"I still have some strength to protect myself...what about the others?"
Ishtar pondered for a moment, tilted his head in confusion, and asked, "What did you say?"
"——Don't say you are deaf!" Su Qing replied.
Taking a long breath, Ishtar asked as if to confirm, "It's not because your dignity as a strong man has been offended, but... for the so-called weak people who might be harmed by my family?"
Ishtar gritted his teeth and uttered, "Are you fucking kidding me?"
If it was the former, she would just put up with it. There were indeed gods among the gods who were as willful and reckless as Freya, who would retaliate madly if she was slightly displeased, although they were only a very small minority.
But just for those mere humans?
Ishtar couldn't accept it.
and……
"——Even so, it shouldn't be my turn. There are many gods in Orarie who are more reckless than me."
Ishtar felt inexplicably aggrieved.
In Orarie, she is very popular, right?
Why does she look down on that woman Freya?
This is because her popularity among gods and top adventurers is not as high as Freya's, but among low-level adventurers and non-adventurers, her popularity is superior.
Although she and Freya are both goddesses of beauty, Freya is the wanton goddess of love, while she is the goddess of harvest who brings prosperity to the lower classes.
When Freya traveled around the underworld in search of her soul mate, she taught the underworld people about agricultural techniques in Orarie.
Her image in Orarie is quite positive.
If it were a fairy-tale film, it would be like this...
I am a fairy god who protects the human tribe. What's wrong with me asking for two living sacrifices occasionally?
"I'm the god of harvest who brings prosperity. What's wrong with my followers occasionally snatching two men?" Ishtar said gritting his teeth.
If this kind of behavior is to be punished, then no matter what, she should not be the one to be punished first.
Su Qing spread his hands and said, "I'm here now."
"Since you're here?" Ista asked shrilly. Just for such a stupid reason?
Su Qing shrugged and said, "Don't worry, the other gods will follow you."
Ista, who was about to burst into curse, suddenly froze in his expression.
——It’s not that she is just right, but that she is within the range of being intolerable?
Use her as the standard of judgment?
To be frank - at least 80% of the gods are more dangerous to the underworld than she is.
Su Qing admitted that among the gods in the underworld, Ishtar could even be considered lawful.
Places like Happy Street still exist even in the 21st century, let alone the underground city.
This also includes human trafficking, which is difficult to completely ban in the 21st century, but it cannot be made public.
But some things cannot be explained away by simply saying "the limitations of the times".
——Not being able to deal with it is the limitation of the times; being able to change it is not.
On the premise of eliminating most of the gods, after Su Qing left this world, some gods such as Uranus took control of this world.
Although the world of Dicuo is still an agricultural society, it has adventurers, magic stone energy, and the unimaginable technology of the gods. If we add the premise that the remaining gods and adventurers are all obedient...
Is it possible to ban the buying of people, even openly?
Is it possible to stop adventurers from acting recklessly and kidnapping people without any concealment, as the Istar family did?
Su Qing thought it was okay.
To a certain extent, this is also the attitude that Su Qing showed to Uranus.
In Orarium, families like Ishtar are considered lawful, but that is not enough.
I also cannot accept the behavior of the Ishtar Familia, which abides by the union's rules but only occasionally harms the lower classes, and generally does more good than harm.
The Ishtar clan is the chicken that was killed as a warning to others.
Now, unless Su Qing leaves the humans in this world alone, he will not be able to take action against Uranus and others, and Uranus knows it.