D Genesis, 3 Years after Dungeon Appeared

In a message from Danzik, he said, "Do we need religion? It was written."

Yeah?

Seeing that, Miyoshi and I unexpectedly raised our eyebrows and at the same time spoke up in a disgusting voice.

"Why are you suddenly asking me this question?"

"Isn't that it?" Look, we took the elevator together. "

"Oh, that strange old man."

“I'm David-Jean-Pierre-Garcia. Because what I'm saying is more occult than cult."

"Artum Foraminis..."

I feel like she's collecting a sample of her thoughts.

Even if there is something like a collective unconsciousness, it is just a database. It will be necessary to understand the content of knowledge in order to utilize it.

The first thing she touched was the 27 people who went missing in The Ring, but the people here were biased.

They were all on the cutting edge of quantum physics.

Some worker holic scientists who have no notion of a Sabbath may feel like God, but I don't think they have a decent follower.

And the next thing she came into contact with was the people in Danzk's question box, the people in the government she met the other day, and──

Senpai, right?

Unfortunately, you're a good representative of humankind.

Huh?

Miyoshi looked like he had a bean cannon. This guy's been gone for an instant.

"No, look at the members you're in contact with in the question box." An anonymous group of people who are carrying the interest of the state and trying to expose the seeds of magic? "

"Hmm... well, it's not a good time to talk about religion seriously, is it?"

Isn't that right?

The Japanese are neutral, for better or for worse. Regardless of their influence on a political party, it would be unusual for a developed country to have so much secularism.

Even the average Japanese must have somehow maintained their faith in something, but they must not believe in the existence of religious gods and such.

Once religious events have become merely a habit in the conduct of social life, a cultural event that is losing its religious significance, and have long been nothing more than a joyful festival adorned with commercialism that has become almost irrelevant to religion.

"From the gimmick of the dungeon, I may have known its history and contents, but talking to humans directly is like going to an old man who didn't talk about it."

Are you suddenly interested?

"Until then, I was aware of the culture used in the gimmicks that appear in fiction." I thought the Bible was a best-selling novel. "

There's no mistake, though.

But that old man looked more like a dungeon apostle than a religious man.

Well, if you want to hear some serious religious stories, you could talk to the pope, the caliph, Ayatollah Uzmar, but I don't think those people would go to the dungeon, and I don't think Danzuke would see or write a question box.

Nevertheless, what about the selection of the patriarch of the emerging religion?

When you got to know Dantzk properly, it was like you were going to resurrect humans in a flash, right?

"I don't like the appearance of it..."

In front of the suspicious underground altar, David cries out and laughs.

What does a completely neutral transcendental being think about in contact with human beings on Earth? The order of touching will be important.

This time it may be working miraculously well.

"So you must have asked us in the 'Representative of Sensible Humanity'."

I'll stick to that.

Miyoshi smiled bitterly, pulled himself out of the monitor and sat down in the office chair.

"But you need a religion, huh..."

What do you want to do?

Miyoshi said that as if he was in trouble, but I don't know what to do if he tells me what to do.

If Dantsuk was enlightened by his old man and examined the history of humanity, he would know that most of the current conflict is religious.

There should be few conflicts that do not involve ethnicity or religion if history is calmly traced. If we just look at history from a bird 's-eye view, it looks like it's not necessary for the whole of humanity, but it's just evil.

A man can be cruel everywhere in the name of faith and justice, and even if he saw the crusade, it was certainly a bigger way to justify the atrocities.

If you look only recently, for example, the Northern Irish problem is originally a religious problem, and until a while ago there were skirmishes around the Protestant Catholic Church in the Protestant district.

Regardless of the mutual hate that has been piled up so far, from the point of view of indifference to religion, there is no helping it.

Something created by oppression, poverty, and a desire for salvation.

It would be completely incomprehensible if we did not consider the background of such religious establishment, and even if we knew the background, we would not understand something like the rationalization that came from outside the society.

Maybe that's why you're asking us questions, but we don't even know how to live in the modern world.

"I don't care if you ask me such a personal question..."

If faith is a covenant between an individual and God, then it is truly a personal domain.

Even Pascal said, "It is the emotion to feel God, not reason. That is what faith is. '

In other words, God can't even try to capture reason as best he can.

"Isn't it necessary for humans to pray for something or believe in something?"

And I think it's already been accepted, and she took out the transfer stone and said.

Is this something created as a result of prayer?

"It doesn't have to be a religion."

The transfer stones created by Miyoshi were not created by believing in existing religions.

Rather, there was an atmosphere where such parts were in the way.

Well, that's right.

"After all, prayer is different from faith and religion, right?"

If the realm is truly personal, there is no distinction between prayer, faith and religion. Individuals only pray for what they believe in.

But not as a group.

"The first thing that happens is prayer, right?"

I think so. And the object of prayer will be vague at first.

"May tomorrow be a good day" and "May you be healthy" are not prayers dedicated to a clear object, but vaguely to something beyond yourself.

"Yes, and when two or more praying people try to pray for the same thing, the object is created to offer it."

A pattern of praying to the gods of the earth, 'May the crops be abundant.'

"Yes, the moment of the birth of faith."

What about religion?

For the sake of convenience, if you call the object of faith a god, then maybe you should put a price tag on God.

Miyoshi, who heard that, desperately dropped his shoulder.

No, "God is the best product created by mankind."

"Ahh... well, I don't mean to say that in modern times, but... if you look back at history, you need a certain amount of respect, right?"

If you make such a big claim, one day you will be stabbed by a believer somewhere, and she will burst into it.

I won't say anything bigger. I'm talking about TPO.

Well then, what is religion in the first place?

Suddenly it's a philosophical proposition.

Miyoshi said while operating the PC and calling something.

If that's what you're saying, is it the 'God-made collection system'?

If that's the case, then we need an answer.

Yeah?

Unexpectedly stopping her hand from clapping the keyboard, she looked surprised.

Apparently, Miyoshi wanted to say that it was unnecessary if it was such a vulgar thing, but it was difficult to say whether it was necessary or unnecessary at that level.

No, I mean, for people who use it, it's business, right?

It doesn't matter if it's illegal or ethical.

If it is necessary for a person, I can only say that there is someone who needs it.

Well, let's just joke about it.──

"Was it really a joke?"

"Anyway.──"

"Yes, yes."

Miyoshi replied sporadically and summoned some material to the monitor.

This is "Problems over the Definition of Religion" (* 2), written by the Sect Affairs Division of the Ministry of Education in Japan in 1961.

In the second part of this book, "Definition of Religion" lists 104 definitions mentioned by philosophers, theologians, sociologists, and religious scholars.

Of course, after reading all of them, I can't conclude what religion is. That's why the Sect Affairs Division just collected them.

Otherwise, I might have wanted to have the world's researchers speak for me on one side of what I saw as a polyhedron.

Why don't you just send this as it is?

"Dantzk's question is not whether religion is necessary, but whether it is."

“Can we make up our minds about that? Even if you look at the definitions here, it's not the same as the individual."

In other words, the way religion is perceived differs from one individual to another.

Putting it together and discussing the need is rightly outrageous.

"On the 105th piece, I want to write" "Fashionable substitute of faith" "(* 1)" "

"I just found out that the abandoned study room in your house is getting uglier and uglier."

“Don't worry, there's no one upstairs.”

I said that while pointing at the ceiling above my head.

Unfortunately, there is no loft or third floor in this building.

"I can't get rid of it, so why don't you change your mind at this time?"

Idea?

“What she asked me was if it was necessary. Then let's think about what the impact on society would be if we didn't have one."

"Do you mean to turn away from the essence and choose someone who seems to have a good result on it?"

"Actually, there's no way we can talk about the need for religion."

I spread my hands like I gave up.

I don't need religion if you can say it in the first place with our shallow wisdom

In any case, most conflicts will be resolved once religion has disappeared from the world.

Religious masks have been subtracted from the current religious conflict, and for the most part, for example, they are nothing more than a usurpation of economic interests. And if we seize economic interests, we can share in each other's interests.

But there is no compromise on religion.

Many people realize that it's just getting muddy because of the pre-build and the mask, but it's just because of religion that I can't tell you much.

Of course, there may be forces that are more desirable. Because the world is complicated.

Well, I don't think there are almost any Japanese people except religious corporation officials and some members of the Agency for Cultural Affairs who are in trouble because of the fact that there are no such people anymore.

Buddhist temples and tombs are now being bought and sold independently of religion.

Funerals are performed by funeralists, and the most important factor when buying a Buddhist altar is price (* 3)

"Many people don't care where they are from the 13th sect or the 56th sect."

"With the exception of some old houses, the sects of the house are just inert and the pressure of the local area." (* 3)

"Well, when asked by those of us who think like that, the answer is," Don't you want it? "" It's going to be a choice. "

Well, answer that already.──

Just to be sure, I grabbed Miyoshi's arm on the keyboard and stopped it.

"Don't hurry, Miyoshi. That's true." What do you think would happen if I answered that question here? Will we be able to take responsibility for that? "

"Responsibility?"

"Look, Miyoshi, just telling me to get ready for service is something that will force the whole nation to own a D-card." Tell them we don't want them here, and what happens when they hire us? "

I don't think the slaughter of people who can──'t get away from it is really something like that.

If there is no one who thinks it is necessary, then the goal is fulfilled. It's very short-circuited, but I don't know if the other person will not.

It is doubtful even whether there is such an ethic in the first place. There are quite a few casualties in the dungeon.

Humans wouldn't mind crushing ants without knowing it.

Some creatures have been destroyed by humans for a long time, but there are not many humans who routinely care about them and feel pain. No one knows at the moment whether Danzukh is the same creature that humans said he was.

It seems to treat me as much as I can as an object of service, but there are 7.7 billion people in the world. Perhaps it is not strange that only a few percent of them should tolerate the damage.

"Even if it is not such a direct means, for example, the potion has become so popular that it can be easily used by the general public. What if it does not work only for religious people?"

All kinds of infrastructure exist in society. For example, in most of modern Japan, water comes out when you twist the faucet.

But what would happen if the water didn't come out only when the religious thing twisted? What if they just plug it in and it doesn't work?

"Hmmm..."

If you say it's necessary, you could create the greatest preacher in history.

"It's hard to make people learn anything they can do before breakfast to destroy humans..."

I just stood up and told him it was over.

"Good! We are not fit to answer this question!" Because religion has only as much to do with the flavor of games as with the vulgar culture. "

Senpai, you're not going to throw a whole round at JDA again via Naruse-san, are you?

I put my hand gently toward Mitsuhide, and I nodded my eyes and told her to look at her.

"Miyoshi-kun, we humans have a long history of establishing this wonderful method of distributing responsibilities that no one can complain about."

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"That's bad. That's really bad."

That morning, as he had a meeting with Deputy Secretary General Ueno at the official residence, Premier Inabe, who had left the Senate main meeting in the afternoon for an hour, returned to the official residence and confronted the chairman of the election committee, Toshiaki Kan.

About ten days ago, after worrying about the approval of low-status parliamentarians in the helicopter, there were many elderly parliamentarians who could not measure their status in the first place. Fortunately, the influence was limited to young people who won few elections.

However,──

"Even if I was asked to disclose my status, the tactic of going undisclosed because I don't own a D-card was frustrating."

Sweet said that while wrinkling between her brows.

In any case, all Japanese citizens would have D cards.

In other words, people who cannot disclose their status have low status or no Japanese nationality. Either way, it would be a big image drop.

"Can we do a pre-measurement of all the members of Congress?"

If you leave it alone, it will be measured and announced in time, as it was last time.

Since everyone can be measured, it is not even possible to judge whether the published value is correct if it is not measured within the party.

I can't deny that even if I can arrange the bullshit numbers, it's bullshit. Then the lie will start to wander alone, and that alone will do a lot of damage.

“It was impossible to buy a device. For the time being, we have asked the Dungeon Agency to submit a sample through the Commissioner."

"Sample? Legal basis?"

The Dungeon Administration does not have a mandatory submission system to verify items that use dungeon materials.

"Well, somehow, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has confirmed the suitability of the technique, and you will think about what the scene is around that."

"That's terrible..."

"It seems that several units have already been delivered to JDA afterwards, so I may be able to ask for them..."

"I don't want to exaggerate too much. I would like to do it in secret if possible."

If the press were to admit that the measurement of all members of Congress had been carried out, they would be required to publish it at the end. That's not good.

At any rate, it was necessary to avoid the simultaneous release of all members of the legislature without knowing how the advance release of the ruling party would be cut off.

“Nevertheless, it is too early to see a society where capabilities can be seen in objective numbers.”

Igabe frowned and glanced at the hollow.

"Is it fortunate or unfortunate that there aren't so many stages?"

According to the published materials, the status of non-explorer adults is based on 9-10, but at most there are 10 grades.

However, the small number of steps means that it is highly likely that only one step will be considered different.

Everyone will want to know the numerical value of their abilities, but if they do, Karst will be born, and they may be annoyed by the (...) inferiority feeling of the basis.

It seems to affect the mind more than I thought.

“Perhaps we should hurry and regulate the release of status by law.”

"I don't think we can amend the Privacy Act."

Personal information means information that identifies a particular individual, but it is generally difficult to identify a particular individual by status.

Therefore, the status will be privacy.

However, the Personal Information Protection Act is a law that defines how businesses handle personal information appropriately, and the purpose of privacy protection is not taken into account.

"Is it new legislation?"

"The competent authority is the Commission for the Protection of Personal Information or the Dungeon Authority... The scope is too wide in terms of use, and it seems that the guidelines of each ministry will be required as well as the Personal Information Protection Act, but it is difficult to quickly enact legislation."

“How do I regulate it in the first place... and in principle, making an exception to the non-disclosure prohibition is a secure way to do it.──”

"That being said, there are too many people who think that the law is complicated and difficult to operate unless it's full of holes."

There are a lot of things that I would like to use for my status.

Especially for the personnel of each company, it can be said to be coveted information. However, that alone would really give rise to karst.

I'm sure it will be worse than the Academic Faction, and it will affect the speed with which they emerge. If you have two people with similar achievements, you can't help but simply want to get a higher status.

"After this, we will stop by the Diet before the Economic and Financial Advisory Council to share the issues under the guise of greeting the President of the Senate, the Vice-President of Shi County, and the congregation."

Okay, let's contact Secretary Suga and Deputy Secretary Ueno as well.

Thank you very much.

Having said that, Ibe went straight to the Diet.

Sweet, who was waiting alone for the prime ministers to disappear, sighed as he looked at the clouds illuminated by the leaning sunset, thinking about the end of a society where ability was objectively evaluated by numbers.

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After deciding to throw a round to the JDA, we wrote a euphemistic reply to Dantsuk-chan, meaning that he would wait a little longer, and then we were in the living room.

I had to clean up after the party, but I wasn't motivated.

Hey, Miyoshi.

What is it?

"Before, I wondered why I was doing such a deviant thing..."

Danzk-chan?

Yeah, I guess.

So, what now?

"Hmm... what do you mean, 'terrified'? It's like you're stroking a piece of glass that breaks when you touch it--"

Miyoshi was listening to the universe as if thinking about something, but he said that he was looking at us.

“If she thinks the same way, there's only one reason.”

"What the hell?"

I don't think you've ever failed.

──Have you ever failed?

"Suppose Dantzk-chan's question box is true.──"

It's about her planet, which has been the subject of vigorous debate. Tens of thousands of light-years away from Earth, or something like that.

“Somewhere in this universe, something so scientific that it seems magical, did Danzuk cause something similar to the current Earth to── fail somewhere else?”

"Yes, sir."

I don't know what happened to the result.

But if it was her purpose to serve, she would have lost the object of her service. Perhaps.

I shook my head to get rid of that terrible ending. This is just a guess.

"But the odds of finding a planet like Earth, tens of thousands of light-years away, are almost zero, right?" How did she find Earth in the first place? "

“I don't know, but don't you feel like the first dungeon has that secret?”

"... is that The Ring?"

A dungeon that is probably the first to be built, because the level of the monster is too high to be able to conquer it yet.

The place where the 27 people there were first sacrificed and the dungeon was supposed to be built from their knowledge.

It's not strange if something happens.

And then, senpai...

Hmm?

“Even if she did fail, it doesn't necessarily happen in a situation like the one on Earth today.”

"What do you mean?"

"There's only one place where she can fail without having to reassign the zero probability."

"──My... star."

Miyoshi nodded small.

If Miyoshi's imagination had come true, what would have happened there?

Perhaps it wasn't a happy event, but when I put my hands behind my head, I threw myself on the sofa and closed my eyes.