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We are not creating life. However, at a minimum, we must ensure that self-preservation instincts function.
There is only one way to resolve the contradiction between our goals and the taboos against creating life. Thus, we must cause the cellular automate to function as an external brain, and cause them to recognize their niche,
their place in the ecosystem, in the real world. Therefore, we are running each of their ghosts, which correspond to a particular human's consciousness, as programs. However, each of their memories shares the same data.
This causes us to avoid approaching "sentient life" far more than we should. We must maintain this system until they are "shipped out" as "products".
However, regarding any emergent phenomena among the passive activities of the cellular automate, in my capacity as observer, I...
Hello?
Yes.
Professor Komagusu?
No.
Hold on.
Oh, about Miyako-chan?
Yes.
That is a concern.
Do you mean Hirata-san?
Yes.
I met him at the hospital.
Is that so?
The principal's office at the middle school?
Yes.
Can I come around four?
Yes.
That's fine.
I'll go.
No, it's something I'm interested in, as well.
Yes.
See you later.
Here!
This is it!
The Kojiki?
Here.
"As I was the first to be asked, I will be the first to tell my name.
I am the God who speaks good. I am the God who speaks evil.
The Great God of Kadzuraki, Lord of One Word".
By speaks does he mean declares?
Wow. I can't believe you can read that.
The Lord of One Word?
What kind of god is he?
He only shows up in the Kojiki.
So, this "Lord of the One Word" possessed Miyako-chan?
Makoto, I must speak with you.
I want to go to school.
Noriko. Noriko, come here!
Noriko!
Chiho
Want to do something?
Let's just go to the same place we always do.
Yeah!
There she is.
Miyako!
Over there!
What was that about?
I hear there's a first-year girl who's a big fan of yours.
Transfer students from Tokyo are really popular, I guess.
As if that has anything to do with it.
Masayuki, did you have a girlfriend in Tokyo?
No way.
Taro's not coming?
Yeah.
He has to go to the principal's office today.
I listened to the tapes you lent me, though I'm not finished yet.
They're very interesting.
But, I must ask you to let me cut our session short today.
The priest of Kameiwa Shrine and his daughter will be arriving shortly.
Miyako's coming here?
I happened to meet the priest recently.
He's quite concerned about her situation.
You've been worried about her for a while now, haven't you?
Thank you.
She needs your help a lot more than I do.
How have you been these days?
I...
I've been learning a lot.
But, no matter how much I serch the Unseen World, I can't find my sister.
I've stopped dreaming of her and, for some reason,
I find myself wondering if I'm going to forget her.
And when I think that way, I...
Knock it off.
You're not kids anymore.
Without Taro here, something's just missing.
Doesn't it feel kind of like we have too much youthful spirit?
What?
Komagusu-san and Miyako-chan?
Why are they here?
She works at me dad's lab.
Hello.
Sorry to bother you when you're busy.
Forgive me for being late.
Hi, there.
Hey, Miyako!
Could she be misunderstanding something?
You waited for me?
Yo!
Is hypnosis really a good idea?
Hypnotherapy is a recognized form of counseling.
Of course, it's not necessarily truth that's revealed during the process.
The human brain creates memories quit easily,
even memories of "past lives".
Past lives?
Well, I do understand that.
Dr. Hirata is one of the leading figures in the PTSD treatment field in Japan.
Really?
I had no idea such an important person comes here from Tokyo to treat you.
It's not like I asked him to come.
Well, that's true.
I heard the prefecture's education council put in the request.
What are you doing?
When did you first feel a persona different from your own come into your body?
I don't remember.
Before I started preschool, I think.
Did it upset you to have this happen?
Not so much back then.
And now?
Since last year or so, it's been getting much worse.
Last year?
Why would Miyako-chan be possessed by the Lord of One Wod, anyway?
Lord of One Word?
I read about him in the Kyojiki.
Emperor Yuryaku was walking around Katsuragi Mountain when someone who looked just like him appeared.
That was the Lord of One Word.
In the Kojiki, Emperor Yuryaku revered the Lord of One Word, and offered him his clothes.
But in Nihon Shoki [Book of Classical Japanese Literature], which was written later, that story is told differently.
It writes that Emperor Yuryaku and the Lord of One Word enjoyed hunting together.
But, in the Shoku Nihongi [Imperially Commissioned History of Japan] of the the Heian period,
Emperor Yuryaku delcared him an insolent god, and has him exiled to Tosa.
By the time of the Nihon Ryouiki [Collection of Buddhist Legends],
the Lord of One Word had degraded to being the servant of the monk Enno.
Out of spite, he lied to the Imperial Court that Enno was plotting a rebellion.
He was found out, and exiled to Izuma.
So, in the end, what is the Lord of One Word?
A god who makes what he says real.
Both good things and bad.
Of course, you're free to refuse, if you'd like.
But, I think I can help alleviate some of your pain.
Komagusu-san, how do you know so much?
Don't you know?
Professor Komagusu was an assistant professor of Folklore in Tokyo.
The Lord of One Word is a very mysterious figure.
I believe he may have been a local god that existed before the Imperial Court was established.
Katsuragi is a mountain in the Nara Prefecture.
A shrine where he's worshiped is there, as well as a place called Earth Spider Hill.
Some speak of a long-limbed tribe who opposed the Emperor, calling them the Earth Spiders.
The Earth Spiders are believed to be the decendants of the People of Heaven,
who lived in the sea, and were based around here in northern Kyushu.
I was interested in the such things, so I did some research while I was in Tokyo.
I found many documents regarding the Lord of One Word during my studies.
I've never seen her read them, but she must have seen them somewhere.
So, you're saying that she's just remembering that stuff.
It's impossible that the Lord of One Word exists and is possessing her.
I'm sure of it.
But...
Miyako is... Mizuka...
Taro, what's wrong?
Nothing.
Don't worry.
If anything bad happens, I'll take her right to the hospital.
Thanks.
At times like this, being a single dad makes me nervous.
It's really pathetic.
I am the God who speaks good. I am the God who speaks evil.
Anything I say will come true, right?
I want you to tell me something.
Is there something here in this town?
Many unpleasant things occur here, and I think that, quitely, something is going on.
I'm not referring solely to you, but also Taro Komori and the others.
Whenever I'm here, I see strange things.
That is because there are too many gods in this place.
What does that mean?
Miyako!
Wait, Professor.
If he doesn't manage the hypnosis properly, she'll be in danger.
But...
Trust Doctor Hirata.
No matter what terrifying thing you may have seen,
when you awaken from this sleep, you will not remember it.
Don't be afraid.
Understand?
Are you okay now?
I'm fine.
I just fell asleep.
Ah, right.
I was really worried there for a... I mean...
I went to the staff room and got this.
Thank you so much.
I'm still not strong enough.
I'm very glad that you've been coming here.
You must be suspicious.
"Why is he coming all the way out here twice a month to counsel Komori?"
Her.
Who are you?
Isn't she a servant at Makoto's place?
What are you doing here?
Ogami's...
Um, do you need something?
What are you doing?
Let her go!
Um, Miss...
You're the next miko that I, the saniwa, am to serve.
Hey, you!
I said let go!
This is the will of the princess!
That damn old woman!
Stop this right now!
She's the daughter of a priest! You can't do this!
I...
Ogami's servant!
Stop!
Who speaks good...
Damn you, old woman, die already!
Miyako, what's wrong?
Stay with us, Miyako!
Do they think they'll be cursed if they don't go to the funeral?
Why are there so many people here?
I've seen those guys before.
That's the grandson?
Looks like something's up.
"Soul Calming".
These words signify to think of those who have passed on, but they also hold another meaning.
The souls of the living are unstable. Unless they are carefully chained to the body, they will break free.
At the beginning of the Meiji period,
Chikaatsu Honda used soul calming, along with the practice of bringing a god into a human body,
which he called "returning gods", as the foundation for systematically describing ancient Shintoism.
This later influenced such figures as Onisaburo Deguchi, among others.