The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 109: Fierce Fight! Seven Wonders of Campus! (6)

So, based on the current information, it took only two minutes after the meeting for Qian Xiaoyi and Suzuki to work out the fastest route and start the strategy:

First, split into two groups, one group went to the dressing room on the first floor, and the other group went to the studio to collect all the internal organs and give them to Zheng.

Qian Xiaoyi and Kawasaki are in the locker room. There is a female student ghost staring at the mirror. According to the precautions of "solidarity and mutual assistance", Qian Xiaoyi asked Kawasaki to help the female ghost comb her hair and successfully got the first task item "lost piano keys". It is worth mentioning that the female ghost combing hair here is Takahashi Aiko, whom Qian Xiaoyi had met before. She rolled her eyes at Qian Xiaoyi in the mirror and was too lazy to scare people.

On the other hand, after collecting all the internal organs, Inuyama Heita also got the "Key to the Principal's Office" from Masashi. Originally, they had to go to the toilet to wash their hands after getting the internal organs in the painting, otherwise they would keep coming to obstruct the player, and the player needed to shine a flashlight on him and play "One, Two, Three, Statue" to delay the pursuit. However, it seems that this guy was a little hit, and he gave up and symbolically blocked the way. After all, Suzuki was there, and he was not afraid of him at all, and he couldn't forcibly stop the guests, so he had to do this.

Qian Xiaoyi will then go to the music classroom on the second floor. After listening to the notes played inside, he will use the keys to repair the piano. Then he will play the same song in sequence, get the key from the piano, and then go to the toilet on the first floor to free Hanako who is trapped in the cubicle. After receiving Hanako's thanks, Hanako will guide the player to find the hidden thirteen steps and head to the sealed principal's office.

During this time, a butcher with a weapon will look for the player based on the light of the flashlight, but as long as you turn off the flashlight and close your eyes, he will slowly leave.

Afterwards, players will find the principal's diary in the principal's office, from which they can learn that the principal is the butcher below. Because an ancient battlefield was dug out under the school, the principal was possessed by the vengeful spirits of the warriors inside, so he went crazy. Under the influence of the resentment of the ancient battlefield, the school also experienced various supernatural phenomena, resulting in frequent accidents, and then the school was abandoned, leaving only the crazy principal wandering inside.

"And then?" In the principal's office, Qian Xiaoyi looked at his notes with the help of a flashlight and looked around in confusion: "Some strange things should happen next, right?" Now the four of them have gathered and are all staying in this room, but nothing has happened.

"Well... next, I will be the one chasing you. On the way, you will encounter all the ghosts and monsters that attacked you before, and then you will escape."

A voice came, and the store manager dressed as a vengeful warrior opened the secret door depressedly, walked out, and said helplessly: "But the employees said that you are too difficult to scare. They suspected that you were sent by colleagues to challenge me. I could only tell them Mr. Qian's true identity, so they went on strike and complained that I fooled them... Sorry, anyway, just leave from the employee passage here. Everyone still thinks it's more fun to scare customers who are scared and screaming."

The four of them looked at each other in bewilderment. They had never expected that playing in a haunted house would cause a strike. They could only follow the store manager out. The bright lights in the employee passage formed a sharp contrast with the dimness in the haunted house. Afterwards, Qian Xiaoyi went to the office alone with the store manager and comforted him, "Mr. Takahashi, don't worry. The atmosphere of this store is really well decorated and it feels very interesting."

"It would be better if you could say it in a more frightening tone..." The store manager smiled and said, "But Mr. Qian is an exorcist, so it would be strange if he was frightened. So, did Mr. Qian find out anything strange?"

Qian Xiaoyi noticed that the store manager looked away when he said this, and he began to speculate, "We haven't found anything yet. It may just be a rumor. Let's come back to see it at night. We may find something different. The same place can be very different during the day and at night."

"Really..." The store manager wiped his sweat and said, "This weather is really hot. Even with the air conditioner on, it's still the same. I need to touch up my makeup again. So, excuse me first."

"It's okay." Qian Xiaoyi said, "There's still some time before you get off work, so I can go out to eat something and come back later."

After leaving the haunted house, Qian Xiaoyi met up with the others. He smiled and said to Kawasaki, "Do you remember our bet?"

Inuyama Heita asked curiously, "What's the bet?"

Kawasaki noticed Suzuki's gaze and immediately said, "I bet whether Teacher Qian would be scared, but she wasn't scared at all. The bet was a dinner, and I lost, so I will treat Teacher Qian to dinner later. There is nothing else."

"What an unwise bet." Tanaka shook his head: "Mr. Qian is a serious exorcist after all, how could he be scared by a haunted house?"

"Ahahaha~that's what I meant." Kawasaki touched the back of his head and laughed, "I'm so stupid that I actually suspected that Teacher Qian would be scared. But since you're treating us, let's treat everyone together. I know there's a very authentic Chinese restaurant nearby. Let's go try it together and let Teacher Qian also have a taste of his hometown." Everyone cheered without suspecting him, which made Kawasaki breathe a sigh of relief. He didn't know why, but he always felt that if he made Suzuki angry, the consequences would be very serious.

Afterwards, they came to the Chinese restaurant that Kawasaki mentioned and ordered some of the store's signature dishes. But when the dishes were served, Qian Xiaoyi's eyes narrowed. He seemed to suspect that Kawasaki had misunderstood the meaning of the word "authentic", or that the people here had a very unique understanding of "Chinese cuisine". In short, he felt uncomfortable looking at these dishes.

For example, for the twice-cooked pork, this restaurant did not use green peppers and fermented black beans, but cabbage. The dish has a sweet taste and is thickened with a lot of soy sauce, very thick.

For example, the dry-fried shrimps are thickened with a lot of starch and have a layer of paste on the surface, which looks sticky and is quite different from dry-fried ones.

Another example is the shredded pork with green peppers, which has no spicy taste at all, is thickened with heavy starch and is sticky.

The worst is the famous "Tianjin Rice", which is actually rice with egg custard, thickened with starch, lots of starch...

Among these dishes, probably only Mapo Tofu and fried rice are acceptable to Qian Xiaoyi. These "Chinese dishes" are thickened to death, making everything sticky, as if thickening is a necessary step for all Chinese dishes.

——Except for Mapo Tofu, this one does need thickening.

Qian Xiaoyi somewhat understands how Italians feel when they see pineapple pizza. It’s not that these dishes don’t taste good, but if people who are used to the original flavors eat them, there will be a strong sense of incongruity, as if their stomachs are protesting.

"Maybe Kawasaki is right." Looking at the people around him eating happily and praising the food, Qian Xiaoyi thought strangely, "These are indeed authentic 'Chinese cuisine', but they are not Chinese food. I was wrong about him."

After eating this awkward meal of "authentic Chinese cuisine", Qian Xiaoyi asked Kawasaki and the others to go back first on the grounds that the investigation was over. Inuyama Heita stayed behind on the pretext that he had something else he wanted to buy, and then went to the house of horror with Qian Xiaoyi.

"Brother Yi, have you found out anything?" asked Inuyama Heita.

"I found out." Qian Xiaoyi replied, "I suspect this store is not haunted at all. Whether from the perspective of Feng Shui or other aspects, there are no conditions for supernatural phenomena to occur. So there is only one truth, that is, the store manager is lying."

"Huh? Why?" Inuyama Heita asked in surprise.

"It's probably to attract customers." Qian Xiaoyi said, "The competition in the haunted house industry is very fierce. I looked up the reviews of the previous horror house. Because the previous theme received negative reviews from customers, its popularity declined. There was a period of depression, and it has only recently become popular again. It should be because of this that the store manager hopes to attract curious customers by spreading rumors.

However, the store manager didn't expect that when he pretended to be a ghost and spread rumors, he also scared the employees under him, so he had to ask the exorcist to go and calm people down. In short, this is an easy order. I will check it again later. If there is no problem, I will cooperate with the store manager and say a few words to complete the commission. "

He thought so, but after he returned, an unexpected scene occurred.

(End of this chapter)