The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 106: Fierce Fight! Seven Wonders of Campus! (3)

"Aizi, don't say that." The store manager said to Qian Xiaoyi awkwardly, "This is my niece Aizi, she also works in the store, please don't mind."

Aizi rolled her eyes, finished her makeup, stood up, and without even looking at Qian Xiaoyi, she muttered, "I can tell at a glance that he has no skills. He's so young and can do many things. What kind of person did Ah Zheng choose? Humph, his true identity will be revealed tonight anyway... I'm going to work." Then she left the dressing room with a creepy makeup on.

Qian Xiaoyi was unmoved. In this line of work, attire is indeed very important. It is just like going to the hospital for medical treatment. If they are both Chinese medicine practitioners, people will prefer the old masters rather than the young ones.

But now he is in Tokyo, Japan, where people are xenophobic. Even if you are a veteran, if you are not a native, others will stay away from you. So it is basically impossible to achieve success overnight. You may even be rejected by people here because you are too ostentatious. It is safer to go the route of introduction by acquaintances and slowly expand your business.

For this reason, Qian Xiaoyi doesn't care much about what strangers say about him, as that kind of thing has no impact on the firm's business.

But what surprised Qian Xiaoyi was that the other party's tone seemed to be directed not only at him. So Qian Xiaoyi asked, "Miss, is your last name Gaoqiao too?"

Ah Zheng nodded: "Yes, she is my uncle's daughter."

Qian Xiaoyi understood. This was normal. These two were the store manager's nephews and nieces. They all worked here and had a competitive spirit. It was self-evident what was going on. It was probably a war similar to the heirs of the haunted house, which put Qian Xiaoyi, an outsider, caught in the middle and became a target of attack.

But it is difficult for an honest official to judge family affairs, so it is better not to interfere if you can, so Qian Xiaoyi said directly: "Let's start talking about the content of the work."

Ah Zheng had already told Qian Xiaoyi about the general situation when he visited him. To put it simply, this haunted house is haunted. At some point, a rumor spread among tourists that real ghosts that were not NPCs appeared in the haunted house. The prop master who was working overtime to sort out the props at night also heard strange noises and found that some props were abnormal, such as the mask that should not have opened its eyes suddenly opened its eyes...

These rumors made the employees of the haunted house panic-stricken, distracted from work, and some even wanted to resign. Although they dressed up as ghosts every day to scare people, it didn't mean they really wanted to see ghosts. So in order to calm people's hearts, A Zheng contacted Qian Xiaoyi through an acquaintance (Suzuki).

"Well, I already understand the situation..." Qian Xiaoyi nodded after confirming the information again.

The store manager wiped the sweat off his face and said, "That's good. Then, can we wait until the store closes to start the investigation? Otherwise, it will affect the customers. Or do you want to start the investigation now? If so, we will temporarily close the store after the next wave of customers have come."

"We will definitely check, but don't worry about me." Qian Xiaoyi said, "There are two main rumors. One is the rumor spread by tourists during the day, about a real ghost among fake ghosts. So I will experience the whole process as a tourist and see if there is anything strange. Then I will conduct a second check at night. Do you think this is okay?"

The store manager and A Zheng were naturally very happy to hear that they didn't have to close the store.

"Mr. Qian, are you here with Miss Suzuki and others?" Ah Zheng said with a smile, "Then you can play with them later. Our store is a group project. If you are a single guest, you need to wait for other individual guests to form a group. I will greet you at the door, and you can go in directly in a while."

"Okay, thank you for your help." Qian Xiaoyi said.

After returning to the store, Qian Xiaoyi talked to the others and asked if anyone wanted to join them.

"Me, me, me!" Kawasaki was the first to raise his hand as expected.

"You have to think it over carefully. If you want to investigate with me, you will need to start calculating the costs," Qian Xiaoyi emphasized.

"No problem!" Kawasaki didn't care at all. "A group can only support four people at most." Qian Xiaoyi asked, "Two more..."

He looked at the remaining people. Inuyama Heita must be with them. The existence of a psychic assistant is still very necessary. It can allow him to do many things that ordinary people cannot do. Among the remaining three people, the fat girl is not a problem. Judging from her appearance, she should be interested in Kawasaki. Qian Xiaoyi doesn't want a guy who shouts and pretends to be pitiful to hinder the investigation. So there are only two options left, Tanaka and Suzuki. He is not familiar with Tanaka, so it's better to go with Suzuki.

"Damn... why is it this woman again! She is obviously interested in the minister." The fat girl looked at Suzuki jealously, while Tanaka looked indifferent. He was dragged here by Kawasaki and had no interest in haunted houses. He just treated it as going out to play with friends.

After deciding on the teams, the four of them waited until the previous wave of guests had finished playing, and then entered the haunted house together.

As soon as they entered the haunted house, they saw a scene that looked like a school gate. The lighting here was very dim, so the four of them turned on the flashlights that the staff had given them before, which illuminated the surroundings a little. However, these flashlights were specially made and the brightness was very limited. They could only illuminate a small area. Not only did they fail to dispel the darkness, but they even made the atmosphere more terrifying.

"It's worthy of being called a horror house," Kawasaki exclaimed. "The atmosphere is well created, and the limited space is fully utilized. Just standing here gives me a feeling of oppression."

"Indeed." Ah Jian hugged his chest and nodded in agreement, "It makes people feel like a ghost will jump out and scare people in the next second, which makes people a little nervous...hiss, I feel a little scared."

Inuyama Heita looked at Ken speechlessly: It appeared, the ghost really appeared! By the way...how dare you say such a thing?

Qian Xiaoyi took out the compass and looked at it, then glanced at Ajian. Ajian shook his head at him and spread his hands to indicate that he felt nothing.

"Come in." Qian Xiaoyi took the lead and walked in.

As soon as they entered the gate, there was a noise coming from the closed guard room behind the gate. A hand slowly stretched out from the guard room, holding something in the hand, which scared Kawasaki, but the other three did not react.

"I didn't notice it at all. Turns out there's someone inside! Is this for us?" After Kawasaki took the thing handed over by the mysterious guard, the hand slowly retracted. After Kawasaki took it, he found that it was a crumpled paper with unknown bloodstains on it. Kawasaki unfolded the paper and read: "Precautions for admission to Secluded Academy..."

"One: The portraits in the gallery, do not be afraid to cry, be sure to find one, hold the entrails in your hands."

"Two: If you get blood on you, make sure to clean it off, or you'll attract that guy."

“Three: Do not linger in the bathroom unless you find the key.”

“Four: Listen carefully to the piano playing at midnight. The key lies there.”

“Five: Unity, friendship, and mutual assistance.”

"Six: Remember, there is no thirteenth step."

"Seven: Light is life, and also bait."

(End of this chapter)