Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 411

“......!”

“......!”

“......!”

A faint, faint social smile that had to finish the interview despite being tired, and the blank face that waited for the audience’s silence.

Those were the only two expressions Su-ho had shown all along.

But for the first time, he showed everyone a stern expression thick with warning.

“Then from here, I will tell you what I went through inside the Takamagahara Gate.”

This much aggro was enough.

People usually remember only the first and last words of a long speech.

‘There’s a reason front-loading is so popular.’

So he spat out what he wanted to say first, hot and straight.

“Do not become Susanoo’s Apostle.”

If given the chance, it was something he wanted to say to everyone... no, something he absolutely had to say.

Because Susanoo’s lingering grudge seemed like it would be truly long.

‘He already has a nasty disposition, and I’m sure he’ll be watching for any chance to do something to me the moment he finds a gap.’

But Susanoo is a Transcendent.

Transcendents cannot directly influence reality.

Then if a Transcendent wants to do something to a Player, there’s only one method.

Find a Successor to inherit his will and entrust the proxy malice to them.

That was why he warned all Japanese citizens.

Do not become Susanoo’s Apostle.

This was a sufficiently effective vaccination.

There were few places that valued group discipline as much as Japan did.

‘A place where the protruding nail gets hammered—that’s Japan.’

Along with being the country that values manuals the most, Japan is also one of the top places in the world when it comes to caring about others’ eyes.

So no matter how attractive it might be to become a god’s Apostle, if it’s to become the Apostle of a being everyone hushes up about, then the majority of people would probably never try to become Susanoo’s Successor.

‘Of course, I can’t prevent it 100%, but how many Japanese Players are there who want to turn their backs on their entire nation?’

After that, Su-ho talked about what he had experienced inside the Takamagahara Gate.

That he took down Susanoo first, then met Tsukuyomi and received Tsukuyomi’s proposal, and so on.

Naturally, he did not say he had made a deal.

Nor that Tsukuyomi had been blackened by the system’s punishment.

Letting good things be good, he omitted the unnecessary parts, and when he told it so that Susanoo was the bad guy—how inside Amaterasu’s Gate he took Susanoo down one more time, and how he defeated the Amaterasu that Susanoo had contaminated and saved her—some people actually began to shed tears of emotion.

“Ahh.......”

“As expected......!” 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

“As expected, Chairman Yasuda is Japan’s hero......!”

“He’s basically Momotaro, isn’t he?”

“By the way, Susanoo really is a bastard.”

“He was already a bastard. Don’t you know the story that Amaterasu hid herself in the Amano-Iwato because his tyranny was so severe?”

“In the end, he was even driven out of the Celestial Realm and became a god of the human realm.”

“Ugh, once a bastard, always a bastard.”

“But later, Susanoo slays Yamata-no-Orochi for them, doesn’t he?”

“Ah, this guy really has no sense. Why bring that up now?”

“Damn it, a guy who did wrong ninety-nine times does one good thing and that makes him a good guy?”

“Commit seppuku!”

Public opinion began to form in the direction Su-ho wanted.

The guy who tactlessly pointed out facts was pummeled, while the quick-witted closed their mouths and cursed Susanoo.

‘Yeah, this is how it should go.’

Susanoo, are you watching?

I don’t know how you plan to get revenge on me, but as Japan’s god trying to recruit Japanese as Apostles, it seems you’ll face more difficulties than you think.

Having achieved his immediate objective, Su-ho smiled inwardly with satisfaction and raised his voice once more.

“Citizens, I earnestly ask you. I understand the world is very chaotic right now because of the current Second Cataclysm. But I will always stake my life and fight for Japan’s safety. So if you would stand with me, then please do not become Susanoo’s Apostle.”

“Lord Yasuda......!”

“Ahh, he is a hero......!”

“Wow!!”

“Yasuda! Yasuda! Yasuda!”

“Hiro! Hiro! Hiro!”

“Sumiyoshi! Sumiyoshi! Sumiyoshi!”

“Japan’s hero! Yasuda Hiro!”

Thunderous cheers.

Everyone cried out for Yasuda Hiro and praised Su-ho.

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