On an absolutely normal day, in the afternoon.
An overnight bus headed for Tokyo from some countryside suddenly disappeared, along with all 40 people onboard.
Normally, this would cause an outcry about mass disappearance and all that, but the Japanese people who have started gotten used to a certain thing came to a certain realization.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
ââIsnât this another otherworld summoning?
âHow troubling.â
âHow about you just thwart the summonings themselves?â
âNo. Though it straddles worlds, this matter is fundamentally one between humans alone. Just doing aftercare would have to suffice.â
This matter is also taken up by the National Diet, evoking a debate about what to do about this.
âThis definitely calls for the immediate implementation of a countermeasure, but how is progress on that front, Prime Minister?â
âAt the moment, there is none. I have requested the aid of Elte-san, who was summoned last time, but apparently she is merely a summoner apprentice, and as of yet has no significant results to raise.â
Incidentally, an experimental summoning was performed to test whether summonings can be facilitated from this world, and for some unknown reason a male lion came out.
It threw everyone into an uproar, but luckily, Graios-san (the emperor) just happened to be passing by, and he successfully subdued the lion.
Afterwards, Gradios-san begged for permission to keep the lion as a pet, but thankfully everyone saw reason and so the lion has been safely entrusted with a zoo.
âUmm, though Iâm also worried about the summoned Japanese......â
âWhat do you mean by âthoughâ. Is there something else more important right nowâââ
â...... Does 40 people being summoned mean that 40 people will be reverse-summoned?â
ââ......ââ
The young Diet memberâs words causes the entire Diet to sink into silence.
Considering the huge commotion every time a single otherworlder comes, if there are 40 people......
Itâs already beyond the level of poking a hornetâs nest and charged into the realm of opening a can of Varsan.
(T/N: Varsan is a brand of insecticide. You open a can in a sealed room (and step out for 3~4 hours) and the smoke would kill all the insects.)
âN-, no way, even if itâs Amaterasu-sama, sheâd give us advance warning if itâs 40 people.â
One of the Diet members voices a hope-filled observation, but the situation is too dire.
Amaterasu-sama, who had taken one step forward and two steps back as of last time.
Itâs hard to imagine that this time she would take two whole steps forward.
âJust in case, letâs increase the number of securiâââ
That moment.
Along with a weak sound like bofu~n appears a pathetic amount of smoke on the level of a silent fart.
âWh-, what is this place?!â
âWhere has the castle gone?!â
âWe were supposed to have been fighting against the duke who had risen up in rebellion for the sake of justice, but only reluctantly so due to our family members having been taken hostage!!â
Present company is joined by several tens of fully armored men who seem like knights.
Apparently the job of explaining was indeed completely neglected, judging by the various shouts reverberating around the hall.
That last guy, thanks for the exposition.
âIsnât this too much?!â
âAmaterasu-sama, PLEASE DO YOUR JOB!!â
âIâm abandoning Shintoism as of today, Adachiâ!!â
On the other hand, the arrival of an armed group has also thrown the Diet members into great disarray.
A fraction has even lost their faith, but that canât be helped.
âD-, donât come close! Donât you care what happens to this guy?!â
âAhh! The Chairman has been taken hostage!!â
âOh dear, this is quite a troubling position indeed.â
âThe Chairman is entirely calm?!â
âRetreat! For starters, letâs retreat!â
âCall the police!!â
âShouldnât it be the JSDF in this case?!â
(T/N: Japan Self-Defense Forces. Basically, their military.)
Every Diet member is scrambling to escape from the tumultuous Diet hall.
As for how the hostaged Chairman is able to remain so calm, letâs just say, as expected of someone born in the pre-war days.
Thus started the unprecedented hostage crisis perpetrated by otherworlders. But before the police or JSDF could move, Gradios-san happened along and resolved the situation by wiping the floor with all of them.
Incidentally, up until Gradiosâ arrival, the Prime Minister had somehow managed to seize a sword and had already knocked out several of the knights.
As expected of the Commander-in-Chief of the JSDF.
âThat is NOT what being Commander-in-Chief of the JSDF means!!â
âSure, yea.â
The young Diet memberâs tsukkomi based on common sense is casually swept aside.
...... Today, too, Japan is at peace.
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âUfufu. So, Amaterasu. If you have an excuse, then letâs hear it.â
On the other hand, Takamagahara.
Yaksha have descended upon this place that is usually so peaceful.
(T/N: Yaksha are Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors.)
âM-, M-, M-, Mom. That was, um, the situation on the other side was very, very acute, so I guess you can say that I had no choice......â
The one that Japanâs chief god Amaterasu-sama is so desperately making excuses to is none other than Izanami-no-Mikoto, she who has given birth to numerous gods and is the the one currently managing Yomi.
Even though she is smiling gently, there is an ink-colored aura erupting from her back.
She is not Japanâs eldest yandere for nothing.
âDonât give me your excuses!â
ââEhhhhhh?
This unreasonableness is as expected of Japanâs eldest mom.
The three pillar gods were born by Izanagi-sama after the divorce was confirmed, so technically speaking the three pillars are not Izanami-samaâs children. But this is a country where new gods were born just from a nose poke, so letâs definitely not mind the details. 1
âTo think that I have a child like you, always going off and doing things without thinking about the consequences......â
Thus begins Momâs lecture.
Amaterasu-sama also looks somewhat despondent in her seiza posture.
At this rate, Amaterasu-sama is going to become amaterasusama. (too late)
(T/N: Sorry, I couldnât decipher this joke.)
âCome, come, if you get so angry, youâll get more wrinkles, Ma.â
â......â
Susanoo-samaâs words that interrupted the torrent of words causes the air that was previously creaking to begin cracking out right.
For the Izanami-sama who had her husband run away from her due to her appearance after her death, any and all words related to beauty are absolutely taboo.
A thousand people died as collateral damage, so this is no joke.
âUfufufufufufufufufu. You sure say funny things, Susanoo. Come here for a second.â
âNah, donât wanna. Cus you stink, Ma.â
For the Izanami-sama who (abridged) any and all words related to smell are (abridged)
Izanami-samaâs anger is causing the creaking air to begin smoldering.
At this rate, Takamagahara is in danger of complete destruction.
âUfufufufufufufu...... AHAHAHAHAHAHA! You sure have guts, Susanoo! Perhaps you have gotten a bit full of yourself after playing hero in the mortal world? It seems that you need to be disciplined once again!â
âA~ha~ha. Put more strength into it, Ma. It doesnât even hurt or anything.â
The madly cackling yandere god, and the macho god being kicked around who looks happy about it.
It is a heartwarming scene of mother-son skinship.
âWh-, whew Iâm saved......â
âHeâs totally a rebellious teenager thirsting for his motherâs attention, that Susanoo.â
At the side is Amaterasu-sama sighing in relief at having the brunt of her motherâs anger directed at Susanoo, as well as Tsukuyomi-sama coolly watching his mother and younger brother.
Today, too, Takamagahara is at peace.
1 In that story from Chapter 1 about 1,000 deaths and 1,500 babies, we previously mentioned how Izanagi ran away from Izanami after seeing what she had become, and then sealed the entrance to Yomi. So after that, he cleansed himself, upon which he beget Amaterasu while cleansing his left eye, Tsukuyomi while cleansing his right eye, and Susanoo while cleansing his nose.