Saint Seiya: Heretic Athena?

It was a commotion, an attack, but Seiya sat in the car, as steady as a mountain.

The fiery bird that had blown up the road was only the beginning. Soon, attackers drew guns, all equipped with laser sights. The sound of incantations being chanted at high volume filled the air, and someone even threw a grenade.

"Watch the shadows!" the man sitting next to Seiya roared.

Several beams of light simultaneously pointed at the ground. A silent shadow rapidly approached the king's vehicle. Its original target had been the guard in the car, but its movements were detected by the man next to Seiya. As attacks quickly converged on it, it immediately turned and melted back into the darkness.

Gunshots exploded, incantations rose to a crescendo, and papers flying in the air quickly transformed into the shapes of animals. The guards fired their guns repeatedly. The people who dared to engage in a firefight in broad daylight could no longer be described as merely vicious. The two factions, as if mortal enemies, spared no expense on talismans and bullets. But both the attackers and the defenders were careful to avoid the vehicle where Seiya was.

Until the next moment, when everyone stopped their attacks.

The divine wrathful pressure of the God Robe now descended equally upon this land. A tremendous oppressive feeling bore down on everyone, friend and foe alike, forcing their knees to bend. Some even fell prostrate on the ground, unable to perform even the simple action of looking up.

Only then did Seiya slowly open the car door and step out into the sunlight, surveying the chaotic scene before him.

"What are you all doing?" Seiya asked.

No one spoke. There was only the crackling of flames and the soft groans of the injured. Even the Onmyo Masters of high rank could not lift their heads in the face of the divine pressure symbolizing Verethragna. Seiya pursed his lips and released the pressure of the God Robe.

The man from the Onmyo Agency who had been accompanying him immediately stood up, but someone else beat him to it.

"—Please wait."

A voice suddenly came from the side. The one who had stopped them was a figure that seemed to have been cut from darkness itself. It was a man in a black suit, wearing a pair of sunglasses. Seiya recognized him as the shadow that had tried to approach him earlier, and also as the ninja who had initially been following Sayanomiya Kaoru.

It seems he's on the side of the attackers, Seiya thought, raising an eyebrow.

"My deepest apologies for offending the Rakshasa Lord, but seeing you being taken away by these rebels, I had no choice but to resort to this crude method," the man said, bowing his head respectfully, seemingly oblivious to the reactions of the guards around him.

"Rakshasa Lord, that's absolutely not true! The Official History Compilation Committee is just trying to use you! Only we are the ones who truly wish to serve you and offer this land into your hands!" the man beside him immediately retorted loudly.

Seiya waved his hand, having no intention of listening to their rambling for the time being. He gestured for the ninjas who had followed him to apprehend them all. Then, he sat back in the car, and the vehicle continued forward as if nothing had happened.

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When speaking of the shrines in the Yushima district of Bunkyo, one cannot fail to mention Yushima Tenjin.

The famous Kanda Myojin Shrine was also nearby, but she was not in such a large shrine. Rather, it was a shrine built on a small path in Yushima, a small shrine with no resident priest or miko, managed in turns by the believers who lived nearby.

But this just so happened to be the destination of this trip. And the Hime-Miko who had used spirit vision to track him lived here.

Seiya turned his head to look behind him. A strong gust of wind had picked up outside. The roaring of the wind grew louder, blowing as if it wanted to blow this little shaky shrine away. The sky was filled with dark clouds; it was about to rain.

The ninja, Ma-something-mei, opened the elegant main gate of the shrine's front hall, and then, like the ninjas beside him, stood at either side with his head bowed. Seiya stepped into the main hall of the shrine. They did not follow. Seiya instantly realized that this seemingly unremarkable little shrine was probably a sacred place they could not set foot in.

Sayanomiya Kaoru, whom he had met earlier, was also here. But at this moment, she was wearing the red hakama and white top of a miko, no longer resembling the beautiful woman in men's clothing from before. After changing into the miko attire, she exuded an otherworldly atmosphere. Her slender figure had not an ounce of excess fat.

"Rakshasa King, you have indeed come as promised," Sayanomiya Kaoru said, bowing her head and revealing a refreshing yet bewitching smile.

"We ran into a little trouble on the way, you know."

"Just some ignorant rebels. To have disturbed the King's presence is a crime punishable by ten thousand deaths." Sayanomiya Kaoru smiled at Seiya. "Although I am also a Hime-Miko of Musashino, I have not received a divine revelation and am not qualified to receive your guidance. Please, come with me. The one who wishes to see you is still inside."

Seiya felt no suspicion and followed the miko's steps.

From the main hall to the back hall, the aura that permeated this shrine grew thicker. Even his own body couldn't help but feel a little excited. Seiya naturally understood what this meant. Until a red door was pushed open, and a miko, also in a red hakama and white top, was kneeling before the shrine, a cloth bag on her lap, her eyes closed in meditation.

Her long, fine black hair was loose and beautiful like flowing water. Her face was as elegant as her beautiful hair, and her figure looked small and slender, evidently because her clothing made her seem so.

But the thing that most drew the eye was the long, thin cloth bag resting on her knees. Perhaps this bag contained a rod-like object over a meter long, probably a sword or something similar. But it was the object within this bag that was the source of the aura that filled the entire shrine, and also the root cause that triggered Seiya's Godslayer physique.

"The one who wishes to see you is Miss Ena. She is the only daughter of the Seishuin family, one of the Four Great Families. Like me, she is a Hime-Miko, and she is the number one Tachi no Hime-Miko of our generation. Her specialty is spirit channeling. She formed a bond with you three years ago," Sayanomiya Kaoru introduced.

Three years ago? Three years ago, I was still in the Fairy Realm.

"She's not in a good state, is she," Seiya said.

It was far worse than "not good"; it was quite terrible. anyone with the talent for spirit vision could see the spiritual power raging around the Hime-Miko kneeling in the shrine. And this was a sign that she could not control herself.

Sayanomiya Kaoru showed a wry smile. "The Rakshasa King's eyes are as sharp as a torch. Miss Ena is the most talented Hime-Miko the Seishuin family has had in a thousand years. She was even able to see into the spirit world and communicate with the gods the moment she was born. It is precisely because of this that she received the blessing of the Old Gentleman. But the art of spirit channeling and Miss Ena's constitution are far too dangerous. And forty-three days ago, she went berserk for an unknown reason and destroyed half of Bunkyo ward."

Forty-three days ago? Wasn't that the day I slew the Eastern war god? Seiya didn't reply, but just quietly listened as Sayanomiya Kaoru continued.

"Although Miss Ena's condition is not good, this problem can still be solved. Even the highest-level secret spells, led by the divine songs of Susanoo-no-Mikoto, still require the master's permission. So, if she cannot control herself right now, then we must find her a master, so she can act on that person's commands. This is the Kotodama Binding of the Lord of the Spoken Word."

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