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"So, you are the God of Poverty now?"

As the head of the family, Kamiyagawa sat in the master seat in the living room of his home. He stared carefully at the little old man No. 3 who came back with Xiaolu and the others, and asked this in a relaxed tone.

At this moment, the living room was still filled with the usual "welcoming newcomers" scene, with all kinds of demons, ghosts and gods gathered together.

According to convention, at previous "welcome assemblies", the Kamiya family would intentionally or unintentionally flex their muscles and display their martial virtues in order to highlight the harmonious atmosphere at home and persuade new ghost stories to join this big family with a positive and cheerful attitude.

The little old man No. 3 was originally a member of the family, and this time he can be considered a return.

Therefore, the part of "conquering others with virtue" was naturally skipped.

However, although Little Old Man 3 is an "old man", his situation is special. Strictly speaking, except for the little deer, no one else in the family has had much interaction with him.

Even the little old man felt quite unfamiliar with this body outside his body that had awakened its independent consciousness.

It is precisely because of this that when the little old man No. 3 came back this time and faced his master who had never been officially met, as well as a group of powerful colleagues who had no ill intentions and were just looking at him with curiosity, he inevitably felt a lot of pressure.

"Master, I... accepted a relic from a strange story, and now I have indeed become a poor god that spreads bad luck."

Little old man No. 3, or the current God of Poverty, raised his hand and poked his hat, and answered like this.

His tone was not particularly proud, but rather a little uneasy.

The God of Poverty, also known as the God of Neediness and the God of Poverty.

There is a famous story about the God of Poverty:

Legend has it that in the Edo period, the steward of a samurai in Edo Bancho was ordered by the master of the family to go to Shimosa, which is now the fiefdom in Chiba Prefecture.

When the butler passed by Soka's inn, he met a monk.

The latter said that he came here from a house in Banmachi.

When the butler heard this, he realized that the house the monk was talking about was the house of the samurai he served. He was surprised and asked, "I also live in that house, why have I never seen you once?"

The monk laughed and said, "You will not see me. I am what people call the God of Poverty. I have lived in that house when the owner was in charge three generations ago. That is why they have disasters and sick people all year round. Now they are extremely poor, and I will move on to the next house. After I leave, your master will be prosperous and rise to prominence."

After saying this, the monk disappeared without a trace, and from then on the man’s master’s family’s conditions really gradually improved.

As described in this story, the god of poverty is a kind of house god who brings disaster and disease to the owner's house, causing the owner to lose money. In this respect, it is completely different from the Zashiki-warashi, which is also a house god and brings good luck and wealth to the owner's house.

After the Zashiki-warashi leaves his master's home, that person's family will fall into poverty; after the God of Poverty leaves his master's home, that family will gradually prosper.

Among the people, there is also a method that is said to be able to drive away the god of poverty:

It is said that by lighting a fire in a hearth on the night of New Year's Eve, one can drive away the heat-averse god of poverty and welcome the arrival of a god of fortune such as a zashiki-warashi instead.

In short, the God of Poverty is a monster that will not directly attack or hurt people, and relatively speaking has no strong abilities, but is definitely not liked by people.

So it’s no wonder that the God of Poverty, who had just returned, was so nervous.

He is a demon that will bring misfortune to the home, and perhaps the owner does not want to see him staying at home.

The living room quieted down a little.

In the corner, the concubine Wenche sat upright on the vermilion Wenche, stroking the axles with her slender fingers.

"God of poverty..."

she thought.

As the actual operator of GENIE studio, and also Kamiya Kawa's secretary and housekeeper, Wen Che Yao Fei is half in charge of the family's financial power.

She is more sensitive to money-related matters than other ghost stories.

It is not a very auspicious thing for a poor god to join.

However, Wen Che's concubine has always been obedient to Shen Gu Chuan. Now that Shen Gu has not spoken, Wen Che naturally will not say anything.

Moreover, Wen Che Yaofei likes to observe and record her master in a private little notebook in her arms, and she knows Kamiya Kawana very well.

She felt that her master would never drive away the God of Poverty.

After all, the God of Poverty was loyal when he was still a little old man, and was even willing to sacrifice himself for Miss Kanoya.

According to the master's protective character, he would never treat such "one of his own" unfairly.

Therefore, we should think carefully about how to continue to run GENIE Studio prosperously despite the bad luck brought by the God of Poverty.

Given our own conditions, this doesn't seem to be difficult.

……

In the living room, after the God of Poverty acknowledged his current status as a free person, he fell silent, feeling a little awkward.

Shikanoya raised his head and looked at his master eagerly.

As for Kamiya Kawa, his face was a little more gloomy than before, and his tone was not as relaxed as before: "From the previous body outside the body to the current C-level God of Poverty... I'm afraid you have had a hard time? I'm really sorry that I didn't bring you out of Matsuzawa with me. Anyway, welcome home."

"Oh! Welcome home, little... um, Grandpa God of Poverty!"

The fawn led the rejoicing.

The atmosphere in the living room also became cheerful again.

"Master, I..."

The God of Poverty was so excited that he was at a loss, and it was difficult for him to suppress the urge to throw himself at Shen Gu's feet.

In terms of excessive desire to express, he is exactly the same as his original body, the little old man.

Master, Master, he recognizes me!
Others may think that I am unlucky, but my master only cares about whether I am living a hard life.

This is kindness, this is the wise leader who is worth following with all your heart!

As for Kamiya Kawa, he really didn't care that his identity as the God of Poverty would have any impact on himself.

I am a serious god now. How could the bad luck spread by C-level ghost stories possibly affect me?

As for home, there is no need to worry at all.

The house is guarded by a pair of lucky gods, Mari and Zashiki.

Not to mention Mary, who is the God of War and Fortune, even the little God of Fortune, Fukuho, is now rated as a God of Wilderness, which is far lower than the God of Poverty.

Moreover, Fubao has a special ability. Her [Good and Bad Dependence] can not only control good fortune, but also bad luck. The bad luck that the God of Poverty spreads to the house is just a "resource" that can be recycled for Fubao.

There is always something that can defeat something else.

It's like being able to "single-handedly" defend against little crayon colored fabrics, no problem!

After the God of Poverty calmed down a bit, Kamiya Kawa spoke again: "Tell me what happened after the collapse of Matsuzawa. What did you go through?"

This is also the issue that Kamiya is most concerned about right now.

Matsuzawa was once controlled by Mizujiko and Yaobikuni, and after their deaths, Matsuzawa collapsed.

I originally thought that everything there had been reduced to ashes, dust to dust, earth to earth. But now the God of Poverty has returned, indicating that there is still a follow-up to the matter there, and it is not as simple as I originally thought.

"At that time, I was chased by a group of leech people and blocked to the edge of a cliff. With nowhere else to go, I jumped off the cliff... and then I kept falling. I fell for a very long time. I don't know how long it was..."

cliff.

Kamiyagawa had indeed heard from Xiaolu later when he was telling about his experiences in Matsuzawa Village that Matsuzawa Village was an absolutely isolated existence. At the end of the continuous forest outside the village were steep and terrifying abyss cliffs.

At that time, Kamiya was eager to save people when he entered Matsuzawa. Moreover, his strength at that time was naturally not the same as it is now, so Kamiya at that time really didn't pay attention to what might be hidden at the end of Matsuzawa.

Kamiyagawa: "Cliff... abyss, what's underneath?"

"Master, that is a demon cave... pitch black, scarlet... full of twisted monsters devouring each other..."

Recalling the scene he saw when he fell into the abyss, the God of Poverty seemed to still feel a little nervous.

He did not embellish or describe his experiences in the abyss in a very vivid way.

With his weak strength as a body outside of his own, all he could do was to run away.

Perhaps it was the little old man's ability to hide that saved him, or perhaps he was too insignificant to attract the attention of those twisted demons in the abyss. In short, he survived by chance at first.

"Below the abyss, the closer to the center... Master, I don't know how to explain that feeling, but there is indeed a center. The closer to the center, the more twisted and terrifying demons there are. I kept running towards the periphery, and then... I picked up this."

The God of Poverty shook the dirty porcelain bowl with a hole in it in his hand.

A strange relic that probably belonged to a poor god trapped in the abyss.

"This thing accepted me... I became stronger than before. Although not much stronger, but at least a little stronger." The God of Poverty continued.

Then, he started to fight monsters and level up in the abyss.

It's said to be fighting monsters, but in fact it's relying on the ability to hide and luck to pick up bargains.

God of Poverty: "That's how it was, until I met those big ghosts with horns on their heads, saw them squeeze out from the purple cracks, and felt the breath of Miss Kanoya at the other end of the cracks..."

"So, those Namahage also came from the abyss of Matsuzawa? But why did the abyss of Matsuzawa suddenly connect to the real world?" Hearing this, Xiaolu nodded, then shook his head, still a little confused. At the end, he added, "Actually, Xiaokui and I both think those things don't look like Namahage."

Yes.

After returning from the exorcism in Akita Prefecture, both Odoka and Tsurumi mentioned that the Namahage they encountered there were very strange.

Kamiyagawa thought for a moment and asked again: "God of Poverty, you just said that there is a center of the abyss. Have you ever been to the center?"

"If we count when we escaped from the center, then I should have been there."

"Anything else of note there?"

"There...there..." The God of Poverty fell into contemplation. After a few seconds of mumbling, he seemed to finally remember something, "Master, there seems to be a...round disc there." (End of this chapter)