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Ability: the power to listen to ten people speaking at the same time<br/> | Ability: the power to listen to ten people speaking at the same time<br/> | ||
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Born in a stable, she was recognized as a genius at an early age.<br/> | |||
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Born into a high position, she overheard many complaints when she was young.<br/> | |||
People would let their tongues loose around her, assuming she wouldn't be able | |||
to understand them, so she heard a lot of idle grumbling from servants and such.<br/> | |||
However, Miko was able to understand them - and provide very specific advice | |||
right away.<br/> | |||
Rumors of her spread throughout the land, and she gained enormous popularity as | |||
a holy person.<br/> | |||
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She had her own troubles as a genius.<br/> | |||
"The earth hasn't passed on from the age of the gods, and the seas are filled | |||
to the brim.<br/> | |||
Why must humans be forced to accept their own death?"<br/> | |||
She became dissatisfied with humans' fate to die one day. | |||
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Seiga, who had heard the rumours about Miko, was confident she'd found the | |||
person she'd been looking for, and came to spread Taoism to her.<br/> | |||
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Taoism was essentially nature worship, and by becoming one with nature it | |||
could bestow immortality on its followers.<br/> | |||
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Miko's heart danced in joy.<br/> | |||
She also told Seiga that her faith could never lead to the subjugation | |||
of Japan.<br/> | |||
Seiga had no interest for national politics in order to further her own | |||
goals, but Miko held a different view.<br/> | |||
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In that case, Seiga recommended, she should make the appearance of becoming | |||
a Buddhist. When Miko learned Buddhism was a strict creed that forbade | |||
murder, she determined it would be a good means to calm the nation, and | |||
accepted it.<br/> | |||
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Miko spread Buddhism throughout Japan, in order to ensure that those | |||
without political power would not obtain it. In the shadows, she | |||
advanced her own experiments with Taoism.<br/> | |||
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As a result, she obtained superhuman abilities and left behind a number | |||
of legends with which everyone is familiar.<br/> | |||
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She didn't neglect her work towards her ultimate goal of immortality.<br/> | |||
She turned to the use of various unusual materials, such as cinnabar. | |||
This ruined her body.<br/> | |||
She had destroyed her health because of the very Taoism that was | |||
meant to grant her immortality. | |||
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Thinking she'd be unable to wait long enough with the state her body | |||
was in, Miko decided to become a shikaisen. | |||
This was a secret technique in which she would die (or make it appear | |||
that she'd died) and be resurrected.<br/> | |||
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However, afraid to undergo the procedure alone, she reached out to | |||
Futo, and convinced her to go to sleep first.<br/> | |||
Believing in Miko's power, Futo became her test subject. Once Miko | |||
confirmed that, after death, Futo continued to sleep without decaying, | |||
Miko went to sleep herself.<br/> | |||
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Miko had planned to awaken when the nation felt limited by its | |||
Buddhist precepts and felt the need for a saint. However, her | |||
calculations went awry, and the nation was controlled by Buddhism | |||
for over a thousand years.<br/> | |||
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Because Buddhist monks continued to place seals on Miko's | |||
mausoleum, she was unable to resurrect. Miko's plan had | |||
been foiled.<br/> | |||
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Miko judged she had no need to rush and could ressurrect herself | |||
at any time, and so continued sleeping. Finally, the time of | |||
her resurrection came.<br/> | |||
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The trigger was a rumor that the legends regarding here were all | |||
fabricated. Since, in modern times, there were no more people | |||
with superhuman powers, it wasn't surprising that tales of her | |||
exploits were seen as simple lies.<br/> | |||
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As a result, her mausoleum ended up in Gensokyo. Since there | |||
weren't any temples in Gensokyo at that time, she prepared for her | |||
resurrection to proceed whenever she felt it was necessary.<br/> | |||
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At about that time, though, a new temple was built.<br/> | |||
And, whether by plan or by chance, it was built directly over her mausoleum.<br/> | |||
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That was, of course, Myouren Temple.<br/> | |||
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Would Miko let herself be held back by a Buddhist monk once more?<br/> | |||
Or would she fight that monk?<br/> | |||
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A fight just like the battles between Mononobe (of the old gods) and | |||
Soga (of the Buddhists) had fought over and over so long ago? | |||
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