Chapter 598 Let’s Call Him Yamata Snake

Present.

Tokyo, Arakawa District, Kamiyagawa's home.

"Huh——"

Kamiya sat up from the big bed in the master bedroom.

It has been a week since he broke into Oeyama, and it was generally smooth.

Because of the seven consecutive victories on the Dianjiangtai, and the final killing of Yamao, and the two achievements of clearing the ghosts and spirits that revived in the palace alone, the name of "Ghost General Inujiro" was known in Oeyama City.

Any rational monster in the city can roughly know the popularity of this foreign dog monster.

There is some truth in what Jinxiong Tongzi said. After all, Oeyama is a force that speaks with fists. As long as you are good at fighting, you will be respected by other monsters.

Using the identity of a ghost general, Kamiya has recently begun to explore the armaments inside Oeyama.

Some useful information was obtained-

There are a total of fifteen ghost generals in Oeyama, not counting Kamiya himself.

There is no Aragami among the ghost generals, and twelve of them have C-level strength. The mountain man who was killed earlier was probably at the level of C breaking through the bottleneck of B level. This level is the top combat power among the ghost generals of Oeyama.

Among the twelve C-level ghost generals, eight are ghosts.

There are many kinds of ghost stories in Oeyama now, and the number of ghosts is not dominant. But from the perspective of the high-level composition structure, the basic situation is still controlled by the ghosts.

"Comparing the forces of Oeyama with my own forces, the number of C-level ghost stories is dominant on the side of Oeyama. But I can mobilize enough wild gods on my side. The only two known ones on the side of Oeyama are Kinkuma and Xingkuma. Even if we fight head-on, I may not lose."

If that's the case, even if Kamiya Kawa and his shikigami suddenly attack inside Oeyama Castle, it will be enough to turn the monster city upside down.

But there are still uncertain factors, such as the S-level snake god entrenched in Ibuki Daimyojin Shrine.

Then, if we must say, there is also Ibaraki Douji. So far, Kamiya has not obtained any information related to Ibaraki Douji from Oeyama.

"According to my current understanding, Oeyama's expansion has shown a trend of moving southward. If we really go south, it won't be long before we will run into Dreamland. When the two forces officially clash, my work behind the enemy lines will be almost over."

The members of the ghost clan are all quite aggressive, which can be seen from the Golden Bear Douji.

The only difference is Xingxiong, the beautiful and alcoholic one-horned female ghost has always had a vague attitude towards expansion.

But Xingxiong's relatively soft dovish attitude does not have many supporters among the top leaders of Oeyama, and she alone cannot change the internal ecology of Oeyama.

So after this period of lurking observation, Kamiya Kawa can be sure that as long as the paradise is exposed to the forces of Oeyama, the two sides will definitely have a war.

And it is inevitable.

Desperate and plundering at all costs, perhaps it is the nature of most ghosts?

"Before the formal conflict occurs, I have to take necessary actions. There may not be as much time as I originally estimated. Everything must be based on protecting my own power as the first priority."

...

Leave the master bedroom and push the door to the second floor corridor.

"Squeak!"

The conscientious Gu Chang waited at the door with a small wooden basin as usual.

After getting the consent of the owner, Shushu eagerly entered the room and cleaned it meticulously.

Kamiya Chuan went down the stairs and prepared to go to the kitchen to find something to eat.

This time he entered the ordinary world and stayed there for two days.

Although his consciousness was offline for two days, there was no problem with his body in the real world. It was just that he felt very hungry when he woke up.

The benefits of the power of ghosts and gods condensing on his body are still very obvious, whether for combat or daily life.

"If it continues like this, will I become like a ghost story? I don't need to eat much, and even the basic rest time is greatly reduced? In this way... in a sense, it is not impossible."

Kamiya Chuan even exploits himself when he is cruel.

It belongs to the evil dragon who finally becomes a dragon slayer.

The chosen worker is me.

Two bento boxes were found in the refrigerator in the kitchen, one with beef fried dumplings and one with fried chicken and rice. Judging from the dates, they were all newly bought.

Shen Gu Chuan has been in Chang Shi these two days, so this was probably bought by Wen Che Yao Fei after get off work, or Xiao Lu on the way home from school and stored in the refrigerator.

They also knew that once Shen Gu returned from Chang Shi recently, in addition to taking a simple shower, another important thing was to find food at home.

Bento boxes are not particularly delicious food, but at least they are convenient and filling.

It won't go wrong to stock up at home at any time.

It can only be said that the apprentice and the secretary are still very considerate, and they have their own master and master in their hearts.

After heating up both bento boxes, the hungry Shen Gu sat at the dining table and started eating.

While eating, he saw a small stack of information placed on the corner of the table.

There was also a note on it, with a beautiful handwriting: [Master, please take a look. ]

It was left here by Wen Che Yao Fei, a report on the recent handling of GENIE Animation Studio.

He took it and looked through it.

Xiao Wenche has been very busy recently as he has a lot of things to deal with at GENIE studio.

The first season of "Miss Mary" has ended on TV and has achieved very good results. The average ratings of the last episode even exceeded 5%.

TBS has even begun discussions with Wenche about reserving the TV rights for the second season.

Then there is the report on the online broadcast of the series, and the report on the sales of Blu-ray DVDs.

The situation is very good.

Especially for DVD sales, although it has only just started a few days ago, according to Wen Che's calculations, the profit income achieved in this area is enough to completely recoup the initial investment of "Miss Mary", and there will be considerable profit after that. of estimated sales.

In addition, the peripheral income of the series has also begun to bear fruit.

The order for the figure has been arranged, and a contract with Lawson Convenience Store for character-linked desserts has been initially signed.

"Although I don't know much about peripheral income, just looking at the report, Xiao Wenche's work is very good. In Fu Bao's words, this is the feeling of making a lot of money!"

In fact, Zashiki’s important comments about the family’s financial fortune were “Er, er, er, err, err, err”.

But the old father knew what she meant.

Continuing to flip through GENIE’s report, I saw quite interesting content on the last page of Kamiya——

A company that produces "Pachinko" proposed to acquire GENIE Studio for 200 million yen.

There is a very strange phenomenon in Japan. Pachinko, also known as gambling machines, is closely related to the ACG industry, which should be out of reach.

Examples of animation, animation, and games linking up with "Pachinko" are common, and the trend is increasing year by year.

For a long time in the past, the target users of "Pachinko" were the elderly and housewives who had money and a lot of free time.

However, as the economy continues to slump and business restrictions continue to be introduced, "pachinko" merchants need to expand new customer sources.

So they focused on the ACG industry and introduced a simple and crude marketing method - bundling popular IPs.

This initiative went extremely smoothly in Japan, attracting a large number of young people to become pachinko consumer groups.

Money can make all the difference. Although it will bring a reputation for promoting gambling to make shady money, there are still many IPs that have embraced the "Pachinko" industry in order to raise funds. There are many unpopular works in the animation industry that rely on sales. An example of making a sequel after making money from the copyright of "Pachinko".

Although it sounds a bit darkly humorous, some small animation studios that own the copyrights of unpopular masterpieces and are at risk of bankruptcy due to various reasons will really be resurrected and rejuvenated by the injection of Pachinko funds.

It feels like a good family is forced to go to the sea.

Even pachinko manufacturers, who have made a lot of dirty money and are rich, will directly take action and acquire some studios.

This situation developed later. In the ACG game industry, in addition to selling IP licenses, some game companies that hold IP will even directly sell it, without middlemen making the difference, and set up their own "Pachinko" departments and manufacturers. Ensure that fertilizer and water do not flow to outsiders.

Typical examples are KONAMI and CAPCOM.

Mysteriously, new information has been announced about a game series that has not been continued for many years. It turns out that the "game" finally launched is a brand new Pachinko. It’s not like these two major game companies have never done anything like this.

"So "Miss Mary" is gaining momentum, will pachinko come here just because it smells like it? In addition, the character of "Miss Mary" in the series has the bonus of good luck, Pachinko seems to be particularly interested in this IP …”

Kamitani didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

But being noticed by pachinko, who has a keen sense of smell, this also shows that his drama is really popular.

As for the acquisition proposal from the pachinko manufacturer, Wenche Yaofei directly rejected it.

joke!

Our studio is really booming, how can we sell it to the gambling industry at a low price!

The linkage with Pachinko is not considered too much. There is indeed a lot of money coming from the gaming industry, but it will affect the reputation of GENIE Studio. Cross-border copyright linkage is carried out within the normal scope of convenience stores, desserts, drinks, and cafes, and the money earned is enough for GENIE's subsequent operations.

Anyway, the most important purpose of the studio is to spread faith among shikigami.

"In this way, Hotaru's early investment in "Miss Mary" can also bring her very good returns." Looking at GENIE's financial report, Kamiya also thought of Onitsuka, whom he had not seen for a while.

Although with the little miko's temperament and financial resources, she probably wouldn't care too much about the return on investment.

But the dividend is still paid.

Kamiyagawa felt that he finally stood up in front of Onizuka!

At the end of the GENIE Studio report, there are some follow-up work plans.

This includes the establishment of the second season of "Mary Mary" and plans to consider launching a new series or animated movie with the whale as the protagonist.

With the current income of the studio, these things can be done.

Mr. Miyake, Kamiya’s official writer, has recently retreated to the Living Fish Hotel and devoted himself enthusiastically to the creation of new scripts.

…

After finishing the meal and reading GENIE's recent work content, Kamiya came out of the restaurant with satisfaction.

When I walked to the corridor, I saw Kanoya sitting at the entrance changing shoes.

On the floor next to her were a schoolbag, a bag of fresh ingredients, and a lunch box.

Xiaolu took off her shiny uniform shoes, put them in place carefully, and changed into home slippers. During this time, she suddenly felt something, and her small nose twitched slightly. Then she turned back with shining eyes:

"Master! Are you awake?"

"Yes, welcome home."

"Master, Master, I went to the countermeasures room to shoot well today! I hit the center of the bull's eye!" Xiaolu grabbed her schoolbag and trotted to the master's side, as happy as a puppy. Then she thought of something and took out a stack of information from her bag, "Also, the countermeasures room has sorted out some of the information you asked for, so I brought it back by the way!"

The information that Kamiya recently asked the countermeasures room for was about Ibuki Daimyojin.

He had already taken a lot before, and Xiaolu brought back some new supplements this time.

Because Kamiya basically stayed in Changshili these two days, and Wenche was very busy with things in the studio, the job of bringing information naturally fell on the little apprentice.

Anyway, Xiaolu has long been familiar with the countermeasures room in Tokyo, so running errands is no problem.

The master and the apprentice went to the living room.

Xiaolu chattered about the past two days, whether it was her school, her training, or of course her shikigami.

"Master, the relic of Ah Mang that you gave me last time, Malu has already absorbed it! Stupidity plus blind control is super powerful!"

In front of Kamiya, this girl always has an overly strong desire to share.

Although the apprentice is a bit talkative, as a master, Kamiya does not annoy her, but just listens with a fatherly smile.

The daily life of the exorcist JK also sounds interesting, which is also a part of coming back to the world to rest.

It was not until Xiaolu was tired of talking and took the ingredients she brought back to the kitchen that Kamiya regained his seriousness, frowned slightly and shifted his attention to the stack of information related to Ibuki Daimyojin.

As for the information about Ibuki Daimyojin, he had already learned about it when he came back from the palace of Oeyama Castle last time.

In Japanese mythology, it is mentioned that there is a mountain range called Ibuki Mountain Range at the junction of Gifu Prefecture and Shiga Prefecture. The main peak of this mountain range is Ibuki Mountain, and there is a mountain god on the mountain, which is "Ibuki Daimyojin".

And it is recorded in the "Nihon Shoki" that Ibuki Daimyojin is a huge snake god.

In the present world, there are two shrines of Ibuki, namely Ifuki Shrine in Shiga Prefecture and Ifuki Shrine in Gifu Prefecture.

A lot of the information Kamiya has obtained so far is also provided by these two shrines.

In Japanese mythology, there is a takenami named Yamato Takenokoto.

Yamato Takenokoto was ordered to fight and pacify people and evil gods who disobeyed the court, and won repeatedly, but only lost his halberd at Ibuki Mountain.

The thick fog sprayed by Ibuki Daimyojin in the form of a big snake seriously injured Yamato Takenokoto, and then the takenami died.

Since Ibuki can defeat the legendary takenami, he must be extraordinary.

According to the information Kamiya has now learned, there is indeed a certain connection between the snake god of Mount Ibuki and the Yamata no Orochi he had previously speculated.

In various materials, some say that Ibuki is the incarnation of the Yamata no Orochi's spirit, and some say that Ibuki is actually the heir of the Yamata no Orochi.

In short, this god can be called "Yamata no Orochi".