But this is merely his private opinion as the Master; in most ghost stories, the Cat Shopkeeper has always been a revered, untouchable presence.
The Cat Shopkeeper belongs to the "Founding Elders" level of the Takamagahara power, having accomplished great feats back when Kamiyagawa was still pioneering in Tokoyo.
Virtually all of Kamiya's shikigami have received the blessings of the Cat Shopkeeper.
The materials for everyone's ascension to build the Arajin's shrine were initially all painstakingly collected by the cat, pulling a little cat cart, one piece at a time from all over Tokoyo.
Moreover, after the Paradise Marketplace was established, the Cat Shopkeeper accumulated significant prestige among the merchant class.
Although Dreamland Park is Usamaru's territory, the merchants conducting business there and the ghost stories who frequent it are all aware—
