21st Century Necromancer

Inside the reception room of the Supernatural Disaster Countermeasures Division at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters, everyone was carefully going about their own business, not even daring to let out a breath, for fear of disturbing the deity in the meeting room.

There were curious individuals who wanted to peek at the true face of the deity in the meeting room; after all, this was the first time a deity had visited the division since its establishment.

Though there were deities presiding over Tokyo Metropolis, every member of the Supernatural Disaster Countermeasures Division was informed about the distribution of supernatural forces in Tokyo upon their entry and knew that two ghouls resided in Meiji Grand Shrine, but even the legendary members of the division rarely had the chance to see a deity, let alone ordinary police officers.

However, this was the enforcement and disciplinary arm of the Japanese Police system for handling transcendent events; regardless of how curious these officers were, seeing the two Master Rank action team leaders personally guarding the door, they understood that the deities were not for them to glimpse, and could only suppress their curiosity, absentmindedly going about their own business.

In the meeting room, the Matchmaking God was enthusiastically eating the snacks that had been brought in, while Chen Yu was explaining to Yamada Nobuyosuke and the division's Section Chief the reasons for the deity's visit.

"So, Mr. Chen Yu, because your friend has formed a marital bond with a deceased whom you've stranded in the Human World, the esteemed deity needs to temporarily stay in Tokyo to prevent the situation from worsening... Is that correct?" The Section Chief of the division, having heard Chen Yu's explanation, though he wished he could yell at Chen Yu to "pass the dead onto the next life and let your friend find another girlfriend," still repressed his full indignation due to the unmistaken half-god aura exuding from Chen Yu and could only calmly inquire.

Human Demi-God... The Section Chief of the Countermeasures Division had never imagined that he would one day see such an existence—rare even in myths and legends. Could humans really break through the Legendary-rank? This sparked a flicker of ambition and hope in the heart of the Section Chief, who hadn't advanced for more than a decade after crossing the threshold of the Legendary Boundary.

If he could help the deity handle this matter well, perhaps the deity would favor him and bestow something at will, and he might have a chance to make further progress.

It was with such thoughts that the Section Chief did not seek to place blame on Chen Yu, instead considering how to best resolve the issue.

"Originally, I was simply helping a friend find his daughter who had passed away many years ago. I couldn't withstand my friend's earnest pleas and indeed felt sorry for the girl, so I allowed her to stay temporarily by her father's side. I didn't expect it to cause such a commotion," Chen Yu said, feeling somewhat embarrassed about the situation that arose because of him. If it weren't for him leaving Minami behind, Inomata Naoki would not have been able to form a bond with her, and the situation would not have escalated to this state.

"The key now is not how this situation started, but how to resolve it!" The Matchmaking God, while biting into the pastry in hand and speaking with a somewhat muffled voice, did not warrant any neglect from the Section Chief and Yamada Nobuyosuke beside her as they listened intently, "I'm staying here to observe the changes in the marital bond between the two of them; if they truly fall in love, then it's better to stop it in time."

"The boundaries between life and death are not to be broken, especially a romance between the living and the dead, which can have very severe consequences. Thus, this matter must be stopped," Suzuhime also stressed the seriousness of the situation.

However, for the Section Chief and Yamada Nobuyosuke of the Supernatural Disaster Countermeasures Division, they couldn't quite grasp why the boundary between life and death must not be broken, and what severe consequences breaking it might cause.

"But if it's just a living person and a ghost falling in love, should it really lead to such serious consequences?" Yamada Nobuyosuke expressed his doubts. In his view, this matter didn't seem to have any real significance and was at most an ethical issue, not something that could trigger any disasters.

Facing this question, Chen Yu was just about to explain, but Suzuhime preempted him, asking Yamada Nobuyosuke, "Have you heard of the story of Yomotsu Hirasaka?"

"I have naturally heard of the tale of the deities Izanagi and Izanami. Does this relate to what we're discussing?" Yamada Nobuyosuke asked, somewhat puzzled. Although he sensed a connection between the myth and the matter at hand from Suzuhime's words, he couldn't figure out what that connection might be.

"Since you've heard the story, you must also remember the two oaths made by Izanami and Izanagi across the Senzui Stone, right?" Suzuhime inquired of Yamada Nobuyosuke and, upon receiving a nod, she continued, "Izanagi and Izanami represent the living and the dead, respectively, and the Senzui Stone is the boundary between life and death. With the presence of the Senzui Stone, Izanami was sealed in Yomi and couldn't escape. If the boundary between life and death were broken, the Senzui Stone would vanish, and Izanami would emerge from Yomi, bringing slaughter and death upon the world!"

Suzuhime's words surprised Chen Yu, for he too knew that the boundary between life and death should not be broken. However, the reason he knew was not the same as what Suzuhime had explained.

The inviolability of the boundary between life and death was recorded in the "Multiverse Universal Necromancy Spell Compendium" as being due to life and death representing two fundamentally different cosmic principles. If the boundary between them were to be broken, it would mean a confusion of these principles, shaking the very foundation on which the world exists. How had this turned into a scenario where the great god Izanami of Yomi would bring disaster to the world in Suzuhime's explanation?

However, upon further reflection, Chen Yu could understand it differently. Izanagi and Izanami were the creator deities of the Japanese pantheon; almost all the initial gods of the Japanese Deity system were born from them, embodying the principle of life.

After Izanami passed away, wasn't this a transformation from life to death, making her a symbol of death?

Izanagi went to Yomi to retrieve his wife but got frightened away by the sight of his wife, who had eaten the food of Yomi and was now decayed and infested with maggots. He blocked the exit of Yomi with the Senzui Stone at Hirasaka Ridge, and the husband and wife each made a vow—to kill a thousand people every day and to birth one thousand and five hundred people, respectively. This could also be seen as the separation of the rules of life and death.

Yet ultimately, the world is too vast. What Izanagi and Izanami represent should only be the rules of the Japan region, not the entire world.

But even if it's just the rules of the Japan region that change, it would still trigger unpredictable and terrifying disasters, especially what Suzuhime mentioned about Izanami returning to the world from Yomi would be extremely serious.