Nuke Miko: Chronicles of America

The once-prosperous town was abandoned due to the evacuation of the residents. Everything is so dilapidated. All the houses, cars, and roads have fallen into the sprawling vegetation.

Empty and silent, it looks like a forgotten Mayan city or a post-nuclear nightmare.

A sense of eerie silence and solitude strikes us

Although the blockade barriers set up at the beginning of the nuclear leak have now been removed one after another.

——Since 2017, the Japanese government has announced that the radiation situation in the southern part of Minamisoma City and nearby Namie Town has dropped to a "normal level" and is no longer a "refuge area". Residents are encouraged to move back to revitalize the local economy .

Moreover, TEPCO also stopped issuing compensation of [-] yen per month (this amount is enough for a meal in Japan), and cooperated with the government to force those disaster victims who took refuge in other places to take compensation to return quickly.

——The victims who come back early still have a subsidy of 120 million yen. If they don’t come back, they will lose everything, and there will be no compensation in the future.

But put yourself in your shoes: What kind of work would you be able to find to support a family when you moved to a fallout zone where you don't need anything?

Do you want to grow irradiated rice, catch irradiated sea fish, and then cut firewood and cook it yourself like the hermits in ancient mountain villages?

Not to mention, Japan's official daily radiation "safety standard" for ordinary people is actually 20 mSv/year.

The maximum safe dose for employees of Chinese nuclear power plants is 12 millisieverts per year, but in practice, if anyone takes a dose of more than 10 millisieverts a year, they will receive a warning from their unit.

If it is more serious, the employees will generally be forced to leave the factory.

——So, the average person in Japan bears twenty 20 millisieverts a year?

What kind of safety standard is this?For Altman's physique?

The most unreasonable thing is that even the radiation of 20 mSv/year is the result of fraudulent actions by the government.

According to the actual measurements of folks, the daily radiation dose in these "safe" areas should be 50 mSv/year-can people live in this ghost place? ? ?

Living on such a radioactive wasteland, wouldn't it be equivalent to taking X-rays every day?What can I do if I become a mutant?

However, the Japanese officials, who are accustomed to doing nothing, insisted on letting the local victims of Fukushima come back to bathe in radiation.

Oh my god!Even the unreliable government of Ukraine did not force the aborigines of Chernobyl to move back!

In this regard, the Japanese complained one after another, "This amount is not enough to risk my life", "Why don't you move the Prime Minister's residence in?"

Therefore, even ten years after the nuclear crisis, the number of people willing to move back to the Fukushima radiation-stricken area is still very small.

Mainly only some elderly people in Fukushima Prefecture who live on pensions return to their hometown with the idea of ​​"I won't live for a few years anyway, and I will die at home so as not to cause trouble to the young people"...

And they obviously don't have much spending power to speak of, so they can't act as the big sponsors of Akiyama Shrine.

Under such circumstances, how could the business of Akiyama Shrine get better?

Right now, I can't even make up the cost of repairing the shrine's house!

What should we do in the days ahead?Thinking of this, Ms. Akiyama Hui couldn't help feeling a headache.

Anyway, she didn't want to go back to her hometown to be exposed to radiation for the rest of her life, but it seemed quite difficult to go to a safe big city to work.

It's not that she hasn't heard of those unlucky stories of those who have worked in Tokyo for more than ten years and still can't afford to rent a house, so they can only spend the night in Internet cafes.

At this time, her grandma also finished the phone call, and Akiyama Hui hurriedly sat down and asked:

"...Grandma, what on earth is it that you have to call me from school?"

Recalling the terms grandma mentioned in the phone conversation just now, she suddenly rolled her eyes, showing a nervous look, "...Could it be that the main hall of the shrine wants to kick us out of the Akiyama Shrine? Don't send us Subsidy?"

——In modern Japan, all shrines with formal establishments are listed on the account of the shrine main hall.

According to the regulations, the shrine hall must be responsible for all shrines that are officially registered, such as helping to repair houses, regularly distributing subsidies, and occasionally donating materials, so that shrines that are in trouble can tide over difficulties.

However, shrines with strong incense, many believers, and well-run shrines have to pay part of their income to the hall, which is similar to membership fees.

It is similar to the transfer payment regulated by the government.It can also be said to be a variant of eating big pot rice.

But the problem is that people these days have weak beliefs, and even the professional gods in the main hall of the shrine are increasingly looking at money.

The result is that in the shrine main hall in recent years, some people have been proposing to "divide non-performing assets".

They think that this hall should only keep the popular shrines with a large number of believers who pay homage to them and earn a lot of money, and kick out those deserted shrines in the barren mountains and wild villages that have no one to worship and live on subsidies every year, and let them be arrogant Profit and loss, self-defeating.

——Poverty alleviation is something that red atheist countries can only do. Why do Japanese clergy in the market economy want to help the poor?

It is reasonable to lay off a number of street shrines and carry out a large-scale layoff in order to reduce staff and increase efficiency!

There are PPTs and leaflets like this basically every year, which makes the Akiyama Shrine, a shabby household who eats relief, can't help feeling uneasy.

My god, it's not just the school clubs, even the shrines are in danger of being abolished?

Is this forcing the maiden to debut as an idol to save the shrine?

"...Hey, you silly boy, what are you worrying about? How much is the annual subsidy for our shrine?

Moreover, there are so many poor shrines in the world receiving subsidies and relief, so the Fukushima disaster area should be given priority. "

After hearing Akiyama Megumi's speculation, grandma Akiyama Masako couldn't help covering her mouth with a smile and said, "...If this office wants to lay off people, it won't lay off us first!"

——Since the outbreak of the nuclear disaster, no matter how many stupid things have been done in fact, at least on the surface, it has become a kind of "political correctness" in Japan for the people of the whole country to support and help the Fukushima disaster area.

Any statement that accuses Fukushima refugees of "eating more and occupying more" will be ridiculed by the crowd.

Even if the Shinto Shrine Office intends to eliminate a group of poorly managed and dilapidated shrines, normally speaking, it will not start with Fukushima Prefecture, which is of national concern.

——The guys in the main hall of the shrine who want to "reduce staff and increase efficiency" have to be so hard to think about it, so they kick people from the Akiyama house first?

At the level of Akiyama Shrine, at most they can get a subsidy of hundreds of thousands of yen per year. Even if they save this little money, what is it enough for?

"...Hey, grandma, I have to be worried. Didn't Tokyo Electric Power Company's nuclear pollution compensation just stop? In short, the shrine main office didn't say to stop the subsidy!"

Akiyama Hui breathed a sigh of relief just now, but then thought of another possibility, couldn't help but look serious, and raised his face again, "...So, is the government asking us to collect property taxes?"

Before the Fukushima nuclear leakage accident, the Akiyama family’s property in Minamisoma City, Fukushima Prefecture, in addition to the Akiyama Shrine itself, also had a good business Japanese-style guest house (with a restaurant) and a privately owned The paid parking lot adds up to a considerable income.

Therefore, Akiyama Megumi's father was able to marry a beautiful college student from Tokyo, and Akiyama Megumi was able to live the life of a rich loli when he was a child.

However, the homestay and parking lot of the Akiyama family are one kilometer away from the shrine.

As a result, after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, when the Japanese government set up a restricted area to draw a blockade, the shrine was placed outside the restricted area, but the hotel and parking lot were placed inside the restricted area.

In this way, the Qiushan family's homestay and parking lot will be gone.

But the problem is, whether the law recognizes this status quo is another matter.

——Akiyama Shrine is a religious facility, so it is tax-free.But Qiushan’s homestay and parking lot are not. In the past, they had to pay property taxes.

Although no one has approached the Akiyama family to bring up this matter since the Fukushima nuclear disaster, but who knows if the old account will be brought up again now?

After all, the government is now organizing the elderly to move back to the Fukushima radiation zone, so that they will die of cancer earlier and save their pensions!

And Qiushan's homestay and parking lot are no longer in the evacuation area at this moment, and theoretically they can reopen and resume operations.

"……property tax?"

Masako Akiyama didn't seem to have thought about this, so she couldn't help being stunned for a moment, then spat disdainfully, knocked on the floor and said, "... Bah! How dare the officials collect property taxes from us?

Our homestay has collapsed into ruins long ago, and the beams of the house are rotten like mushrooms!

The government dares to collect property tax from me!I dare to file for bankruptcy!

By the way, I have to hold a banner and go to the government hall to sit in, accusing the government of persecuting the victims!

Speaking of which, in the past few years, the state has been piling up the polluted waste soil that has been cleaned up on the parking lot of my house, and I have not even confiscated the rent! "

"...Well, that's right, the officials want us to fend for ourselves, so why would they come here to make trouble for us refugees?"

Akiyama Megumi thought about it, and felt that the government should not be so careless.

——After all, the refugees in Fukushima can't squeeze much money out of them, and they can file for bankruptcy if they are in a hurry.

So, she yawned lazily, then slumped down against the porch pillar in a very indecent posture, grabbed a baked senbei from the small charcoal stove in front of grandma, and clicked stuffed it into his mouth, and muttered indistinctly at the same time,

"...Grandma, since it's not the shrine's main office that wants to stop granting subsidies, and it's not the government that wants to collect property taxes from our family, then why are you calling me back?

Could it be that some strange species has taken a fancy to our Akiyama Shrine and wants to dethrone me as the heir, so come here to be the God Lord? "

As we all know, the rights and obligations in this world are equal. Since the Akiyama Shrine received the subsidy from the main office of the shrine, it must submit to the jurisdiction of the main office of the shrine.

Specifically, the main issue is the succession of the shrine, which must be approved by the main hall of the shrine.

If the shrine of the Akiyama family unfortunately has no male heirs and only women are left, or if there are any problems with the heirs reported, such as criminal records, then the main hall of the shrine can not approve it, and then parachute a priest or witch down to take over Akiyama Shrine, drive out the Akiyama family.

——In terms of social reality, Japan is still a relatively patriarchal country so far, and it is more obvious in the more traditional industries.

Theoretically speaking, shrines and shrines are the same as the Japanese succession to the throne, and only men can be the head of the household.

But in actual operation, all kinds of goddess masters and female maids (the presiding shrines are called shrine masters, and the shrines that preside over the higher level are called palace ministers) have emerged in an endless stream in modern times.

After all, as a semi-colony of the United States, Japan, which worships Europe and the United States in everything, and the popular feminist groups in Europe and the United States have also gained stronger and stronger influence.

Even if there are so many female congressmen in Congress, and female ministers in the cabinet, why can't shrines produce some female lords and female palace ministers?

Therefore, the main office of the shrine now focuses on "money" when it comes to the issue of the heiress of the shrine.

——The more heiresses of the poor shrine, the better. Only the heiresses of the rich shrine will be abolished and confiscated.

For those dilapidated shrines that are so poor that they need relief, as long as there is a girl who is willing to inherit such a dilapidated property, the main hall of the shrine will generally nod in approval—maybe they can rely on the beauty of the gods as a selling point, and attract some tourists to save their lives. Some incense, and the main hall of the shrine will give out some relief!

And if it is a prosperous shrine with a lot of money, then it has to follow the traditional rules, and women cannot inherit it.

In order to confiscate these good properties like a cornucopia, the main office of the shrine will use a critical attitude to find the faults of the heirs, and try to confiscate the wealthy local shrines, and then parachute their own person to inherit the property.

In such a situation, let alone the divine lord or palace minister who wants to violate the rules and let his daughter inherit because he has no son, it is simply not feasible.

Even if the other party has a son who can inherit it, as long as the heir has a criminal record or poor education (such as high school dropout), or even has a physical disability or has committed some scandal, etc., it can be used as black material.

As a reason for the main office of the shrine to cancel the right of inheritance and change the property rights.

Of course, the specific operation may not be too rough, but through various methods such as marriage, adoption, inheritance of family name, etc., in order to achieve a smooth transition.

——The modern old antiques in the main hall of the shrine are very proficient in all the tricks played by the various princes and feudal lords in the Edo period.

As for the Akiyama Shrine, Megumi Akiyama is not worried about someone parachuting down from the main hall of the shrine to seize power.

——Which male priest would come to fight for the poor shrine that is so miserable now?

And it's still in Fukushima... Aren't you afraid that if you drink too much radiation water, your whole body will turn into an alien?

Since Akiyama Megumi's father died, her grandmother Akiyama Masako didn't make any trouble when she was the head of the god.

So after a few years, the situation in Fukushima has not improved much. On the contrary, the Akiyama Shrine itself has become more dilapidated due to disrepair, and her inheritance rights will definitely not be robbed.

"...you kid is getting more and more outrageous. Why are you so dark at such a young age? There is good news for calling you this time!"

Seeing the slack appearance of Akiyama Megumi sitting still, Grandma Akiyama Masako gave her an annoyed look, "...Sit upright and listen! The notice from the main office of the shrine just said that it was done in Los Angeles, USA. There is a shrine, but there is a lack of full-time priests and priestesses from the Shinto House to preside over it,

Therefore, the hall will let you take our family's divine body and fly to the United States at the end of the month. The shrine hall will reimburse air tickets and travel expenses, and also provide subsidies!As soon as you arrive in the United States, you can directly become a god and let Americans pay homage to our gods. What a face-saving thing!Guangzong Yaozu! "

Speaking of this, Akiyama Masako was so excited that she choked up, saying incoherently, "...Huihui, you must do well when you arrive in the United States!"

"... Huh? To open a shrine in Los Angeles, USA?! Let me, a minor, directly preside over the shrine as the god?"

Akiyama Hui was stunned for a moment, and the senbei in his hand fell with a thud, "...how could such a good thing happen to our family?"

Chapter 3, Electric God, Fox God and Tritium

Since the Great Japanese Empire was broken by American ghosts and beasts in World War II and abused into dogs, and thus degenerated into cute skills, the Japanese after the war have always looked up to the boss of the United States with an attitude of looking at God, and the land of the United States, for For the Japanese, it is simply heaven.

For Japanese Shintoism, if a shrine can be built in the United States and white-skinned ghosts and animals can be widely accepted as believers, that would be a super face-saving thing!

But the problem is...it is normal for Western missionaries to come to Japan to build churches, and Japanese and Chinese monks are said to have built Buddhist temples in the United States.

——After all, Buddhism is also considered a universal religion. No matter which country the Asian immigrants come from, they generally believe in Buddhism more or less.

In addition, because of the legend of "Shangri-La" and the promotion of some superhero movies, many white Americans are also curious about Buddhism.

——Although the Buddhism they know is often very weird, such as the place where the ancient master taught magic and Batman learned kung fu.

But Japanese shrines...

Basically, it is really only the Japanese who believe in Shintoism, and the ability to preach in history is quite poor.

Before and during World War II, Japan tried to spread Shintoism in North Korea, China, and Southeast Asia, and established a bunch of shrines.

But because there was no support from cute animation culture at that time, it was extremely difficult to preach.

And with Japan's defeat, these overseas shrines were basically abandoned.

In the years that followed, Japanese Shintoism also kept retreating to its homeland, and rarely went out to preach.