The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 113: Fierce Fight! Seven Wonders of Campus! (10)

"Haunted house! This is a haunted house through and through!" Gui Teng Longguang warned very seriously: "Although the breath is very weak, I can feel the breath of spirits in every room. This is a very serious matter. I don't know why this happened in your store, but you are a haunted house. If this continues, the panic of the guests will make these spirits gradually grow stronger. So for the safety of everyone, a large-scale exorcism ceremony must be carried out!"

Ajian was picking his nose innocently in the corner.

"This is really..." The manager's head was covered with sweat. He took out a handkerchief to wipe his forehead and asked, "No way? They are all ghosts or something. Isn't it too exaggerated?"

"Master, could it be a mistake? Maybe you can take another look?" Now even Takahashi Aiko didn't dare to speak up for Guido Ryuko. It was fine to say there were one or two ghosts, but now they were told that there were ghosts in every room of their store? Wouldn't this be a real haunted house? When she thought about herself standing in the corner at work, ready to scare people, there was a figure standing behind her. How could she not be scared?
"Are you questioning my ability?" Gui Teng Longguang frowned.

This made Takahashi Miko feel pressured, but since this was the master she invited, she could only hesitantly say, "No, no, no, how could that be? Master Gui Teng has always had a good reputation. If that's what you said, it must be correct, but as for the commission fee..."

Gui Teng Longguang said: "The commission fee is a small matter, but this situation cannot be delayed. It is impossible that so many people have died here before. Perhaps it is the layout of your haunted house and the fear of the guests that attracts some wandering ghosts. There may be no problem in the short term, but if it takes a long time, it will be hard to say. By then, it may not be something I can handle alone. In that case, you can forget about opening your store. The only way to solve this problem is to demolish it."

"Demolish...demolish?!" The store manager was frightened by the alarmist words: "If we deal with it now, how much will it cost?"

Gui Teng Longguang glanced at Qian Xiaoyi and said, "It's not convenient to talk here, let's talk alone."

After the store manager and Gui Teng Longguang went to the office to chat for a while, Gui Teng Longguang was sent out. Before leaving, Gui Teng Longguang put on his hat and said, "Mr. Takahashi, you should think about it carefully. It will be very troublesome to clear all these spirits. My price here is already very fair. So..."

Gui Teng Longguang looked at Qian Xiaoyi and smiled. "My dear, in our industry, being young is not a bad thing. Experience can be accumulated slowly and abilities can be improved slowly, but you can't say anything careless. Being ridiculed by your peers is a small matter, but delaying the commission is no small matter. So you still stick to your own point of view and say that there is nothing abnormal about this haunted house?"

This was another insinuation that he was inexperienced and a fool. Upon hearing this, Qian Xiaoyi also smiled and said, "Of course, I stick to my idea. There is nothing abnormal about this haunted house. After all, haunted houses are places that are deliberately built to imitate the locations where supernatural events occur. They are different from normal buildings, so they may cause some confusion in the aura. Once people get older, their perception ability may not be so good."

The two of them confronted each other. Gui Teng Longguang looked at Qian Xiaoyi deeply, and finally lost his patience. His smile disappeared, and he said lightly: "In this case, you must be very confident in your ability, right? This is just an investigation, I can't prove my words, so five days later... In the afternoon, I will take time out of my schedule, and I will come here to hold a ceremony. Who is telling the truth and who is lying will be clear at that time. Mr. Takahashi, you can wait until then to make a decision. Well, sorry."

Gui Teng Longguang put on his bamboo hat and left the house. Qian Xiaoyi narrowed his eyes: "You want a duel, right? Okay, I'll follow."

The other party's behavior was too much. Qian Xiaoyi was not a good-tempered person who would just swallow his pride. The other party first broke the rules and snatched his commission even though he could get money. Then he wanted to ruin his reputation and drive him out of the Tokyo exorcist circle. So he didn't need to be polite. Even if there was a misunderstanding, it was caused by the other party's incompetence and arrogance.

"Tsk tsk tsk ~ I feel like I've been completely treated as a liar." Qian Xiaoyi smiled and said to the store manager: "You guys have finished chatting in the office, right? Then it's my turn now."

"Yes, please come in." The manager said listlessly.

After entering, the store manager poured Qian Xiaoyi a cup of tea. After Qian Xiaoyi sat down, he asked directly: "Store manager, those rumors of ghosts and supernatural phenomena before, were all done by you, right?" This move caught the store manager off guard. He said in surprise: "You... you figured it out?"

"This is very obvious." Qian Xiaoyi said, "I still say that your haunted house has never had any supernatural phenomena, and I haven't detected anything wrong. And these rumors have increased the sales of the haunted house in disguise, so there is only one truth, the murderer is you, Mr. Takahashi! It was you who planned this case."

"Yes, that's right, I killed the person, but I also did it for..." The store manager sighed. As soon as he said it, he felt something was wrong and immediately shouted in panic: "Wait! I didn't kill anyone, I just spread rumors about ghosts!"

"Hahaha, relax." Qian Xiaoyi said with a smile: "I'm just trying to liven up the atmosphere. Mr. Takahashi, you seem too nervous. I'm just joking."

"Mr. Qian, you are really..." The store manager smiled bitterly, but thanks to this little joke, he was indeed quite relaxed. He drank his tea and asked, "But why did Master Gui Teng say that? I have heard of Master Gui Teng of Baosong Temple. I heard of him a long time ago, and he doesn't seem to be a liar who only knows how to deceive people."

"Everyone wants money, right?" Qian Xiaoyi said, "I don't know how much commission you just discussed, but I guess it's definitely not cheap, right?"

"You mean..." the store manager asked, "Master Gui Teng wants to defraud our store of the commission fee?"

"I wouldn't say that." Qian Xiaoyi said, "I would only say that he might want to cooperate with you. Think about it, if a haunted house whose popularity is gradually declining spreads a rumor that a famous exorcist has come here to exorcise ghosts, what will be the impact?"

The store manager thought thoughtfully: "If it were somewhere else, business would definitely decline, but this is a haunted house, maybe it will continue to gain popularity..."

"That's right." Qian Xiaoyi said, "And that Ghost Vine Master is a famous exorcist. Of course he won't remind you so directly. If it gets out, it will affect his reputation."

"But the commission is indeed a bit expensive... By the way." The store manager still had some doubts: "What about what happens five days later?"

"That's a matter between us exorcists. He and I will have a friendly discussion to decide who is qualified to accept this commission." Qian Xiaoyi smiled and said, "Don't worry about it for now. I think that using that kind of hype to temporarily increase popularity is undoubtedly a temporary solution and it won't last long. I can see that Mr. Takahashi loves this scary business, and making rumors is just a helpless move. After all, the guests' sense of novelty is limited. I have a way to make your haunted house more scary and more popular with guests. I wonder if you are willing to cooperate with me?"

"Is there such a method? What is it?" The store manager became interested.

"——Feng Shui, I wonder if you have heard of it."

(End of this chapter)