Not gods, perhaps. But I've run into a lot of fake demons and local legends. If someone thinks it will let them get what they want, they're willing to do a lot of things.

[Also he'd once spent the better part of a week wearing a ridiculous wig and a shiragami costume. There had been good reasons for it at the time.]

....What. How could you possibly arrive at that idea? Volunteering to get shot has never been proof of anything. [Except stupidity.]