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Chapter 304 Incoming Calls
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"Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, when walking the deep Prajna Paramita for a long time, sees that the five aggregates are all empty, and overcomes all hardships. Relic! Color is not empty, empty is not different, color is empty, and empty is color. The same is true for thinking and knowing. Son! It is the empty form of all dharmas..."

Kyoto, in the open space of Horikawa High School.

The monks of the Kinkakuji Temple sat together, the canopy above their heads covered most of the faces of the monks, and the monk sitting in the front beat the wooden fish and recited the Heart Sutra in a low voice.

The undulating sound of chanting sutras lingers in the school, which is very out of tune with everything around the campus.

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"...Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Minister Aso who is in charge of finance, did not participate in today's cabinet meeting due to physical discomfort. According to the situation disclosed by the relevant person in the Prime Minister's residence, Minister Aso's physical condition has been a little bit since this morning. Not feeling well, woke up a little dizzy in the morning and had to take time off work."

Starting this morning, news about the health of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Finance Minister Aso began to spread on the Internet.

At the same time, major relevant media also quoted this news report.

In it, the specific situation of Aso's illness is described swearingly.

However, on the Internet, there has always been little enthusiasm for political news reports. Even if the target of the report this time is Aso, who is the deputy prime minister, it did not cause too much disturbance.

Although, in a very small number of evaluations, there are speculations about Aso's physical condition, and even some interested people think of the previous videos and articles released by Takayama.

He thinks that Aso may already be on Keiko's phone call.

However, the relevant speculation was immediately denied by the Chief Cabinet Secretary at a regular press conference.

At the same time, more topics of discussion on the Internet are related to the scandal of the super-popular idol that Wen Chun broke the news not long ago.

"Hmph, why are you feeling unwell..."

Inside the mansion, the Minister of Defense looked at the contents of the newspaper and couldn't help but let out a cold snort.

"Aso obviously died because of receiving that damn call."

As an important member of the cabinet, the Minister of Defense naturally knew that the newspaper reports were just an excuse to cover up Aso's death.

In order to avoid causing greater panic, the death of Deputy Prime Minister Ma Sheng is destined to remain unknown to the public.

The approach adopted by the cabinet is to make Aso gradually fade out of the public's sight through subtle means, and finally find a reason for him to "retire".

After closing the newspaper in his hand, the Minister of Defense had an ugly expression on his face.

Unlike those ignorant people, at yesterday's cabinet meeting, he saw Ma Sheng die in front of his own eyes.

That strange way of death, the instant shriveled body.

Whenever the Minister of Defense closed his eyes, it was as if Aso appeared in front of him, with his mouth open and his face full of pain.

"Master, the priest of Meiji Shrine has arrived."

Just when the Minister of Defense was feeling uneasy, a servant's reminder came from the mansion.

"Quickly ask the priest to come in."

Hearing this voice, the Minister of Defense immediately got up and said.

As the most fundamental religion in Japan, Shintoism is still more powerful than Buddhism.

Not to mention, Meiji Jingu, as a representative shrine of Shintoism, is inextricably linked with the imperial family, and its influence and status in the hearts of the people are far beyond what he, a cabinet minister, can compare.

Following the order of the Minister of Defense, a group of priests in formal attire came to the official residence of the Minister of Defense.

Seeing the priest of the Meiji Shrine rushing over, a smile finally appeared on the always gloomy face of the Minister of Defense.

If it weren't for his status as a cabinet minister, he might have already stepped forward for help.

Of course, although the Minister of Defense has not spoken at the moment, this is actually the reason why he invited the other party to the official residence.

Facing the threat of ghosts and gods, the Minister of Defense naturally thought of asking for help from the power of gods and Buddhas.

In fact, it's not just the defense minister.

Since yesterday, most of the shrines and temples in Tokyo have received calls from cabinet ministers at the same time.

The chief priest of Meiji Shrine has even entered the prime minister's residence.

He nodded slightly to the Minister of Defense in front of him, and the clergy from the Meiji Shrine looked calm.

"Minister, please put away the guard. With its existence, it will protect you from being harmed by the power of demons."

Handing the defense minister prepared in advance to the Minister of Defense in front of him, the priest's calm appearance obviously affected the Minister of Defense in front of him.

Reaching out his hand to take the shou, the Minister of Defense looked at the shou in his hand, and seemed to be somewhat appeased.

It was as if the Shinto power from the Meiji Shrine protected him.

Jingle Bell--

However, the next second, the bell rang from the mansion reminded the Minister of Defense that the peace he felt was nothing more than an illusion.

"Who, whose call is it!"

Hearing the rapid ringing of the bell, the expression on the Minister of Defense's face suddenly changed.

He shouted with panic and anger.

With the lessons learned by Aso, as soon as he returned to the mansion, he had already ordered his men to dismantle all the phones in the room.

In theory, without a phone, it would be impossible for him to hear the phone ring.

Under the horrified eyes of the Minister of Defense, the owner of the mobile phone was quickly found out.

I saw that facing the priest from the Meiji Shrine and looking down at his arms, the rapid ringing of the mobile phone from his body continued to resound through the official residence of the Minister of Defense.

"Gollum—"

Amidst the continuous ringing of the bell, the priest swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

He reached out to grab the Yubi behind him, and waved the cloth strip on it to aim at the mobile phone on his body.

Immediately afterwards, under the eyes of everyone in the room, he carefully stretched out his palm and took out the phone that had been ringing non-stop in his arms.

Jingle bell, jingle bell—

As the phone was taken out, the ringing became more urgent.

The rapid ringtone of the mobile phone, like the reminder of death, echoed continuously in the mansion.

Under normal circumstances, after such a long time without answering the phone, the other side should have given up long ago.

However, the ringing of the phone in the priest's hand seemed endless, urging him persistently to connect the phone.

Feel the phone ringing more and more urgently in your hand.

The expression on the face of the priest of the Meiji Shrine also became a little pale, although he is the priest of the Great Shrine.

But usually it is praying for blessings, participating in sacrifices, and never actually contacting ghosts and gods.

Even though, Japan claims to have 800 million gods, and Shintoism is the easiest sect to contact the gods.

But before Keiko's strange talk appeared, there had never been any real ghosts and gods killing people in Japan.

(End of this chapter)