The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 116: Fierce Fight! Seven Wonders of Campus! (13)

"Master Gui Teng." The store manager pushed the door open and said embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, I had something else to do and couldn't come to greet you. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

Gui Teng was still dressed as a monk with a crew cut. He smiled and said, "It's okay, Mr. Takahashi. I just arrived not long ago. We agreed before that I would take time to come back here today to check again. I don't know if it's an illusion, but your store seems to be doing particularly good business today even though it's not the weekend."

"Ahaha... maybe it's because the weather is nice today." The manager touched the back of his head awkwardly, not knowing what to say. He couldn't say that after you left, I immediately hooked up with Teacher Qian and renovated the haunted house, right?

Gui Teng looked outside in confusion. These days were the hottest time of the summer. The sun was scorching and you would be evaporated if you walked outside. How could the weather be good? However, he did not dwell on this matter. Business was more important. So Gui Teng asked, "So, is that foreign guy here? If there is no protagonist in today's show, it will not be good. Could it be that... he ran away?"

"Is it a good show?" Qian Xiaoyi just happened to push the door and walked in, saying, "It's really exciting~"

"Teacher Qian..." Beads of sweat began to seep out of the store manager's forehead again. He really wanted to put an end to this farce, but both sides seemed unwilling to give in first, which made him very embarrassed.

"Teacher?" Gui Teng glanced at the store manager and said meaningfully, "It seems that Mr. Takahashi has a good relationship with this young man. Could it be that something happened in the past few days that I don't know about?"

"Ah, this..."

Just when the store manager was in a dilemma and didn't want to offend anyone, Qian Xiaoyi took over the conversation and said with a smile: "Hahaha, it's nothing, I just adjusted the layout of this haunted house. By the way, Master Gui Teng, have you ever been to a haunted house? I went in to play for a while a few days ago and found it quite interesting. I almost got scared."

"Hey, are you kidding me? If you call yourself an exorcist, how can you be scared by a haunted house?" Gui Teng said with a smile, "Haunted houses are just places for children to play. I am too old, and I have naturally never been there, nor do I have any intention of playing there."

Although Gui Teng did not behave particularly obviously, the store manager still sensed a strong sense of disdain and contempt from his tone, which suddenly made the store manager feel unhappy. It was okay before, but now his haunted house has been completely transformed, which was the result of his hard work.

"Don't say that, Master Gui Teng." Qian Xiaoyi said, "You saw the guests outside, right? Although they were so scared that their legs went limp, they still had a lot of fun. I feel that my efforts over the past few days have not been in vain. So, Master Gui Teng, before you hold the ceremony, would you like to go in and play for a bit? I strongly recommend it."

"You just said that you participated in the arrangement, right?" Gui Teng was still smiling, but there was not much smile in his eyes. He asked, "Is this a challenge, little brother?"

Qian Xiaoyi shrugged: "It's just a discussion between colleagues. Master, you can also go inside to see if there are any ghosts in the haunted house. Could it be that... you don't dare?"

As a senior exorcist, he was actually looked down upon by a young man, and this man was suspected to be a swindler from abroad. Gui Teng was furious. In this circle, seniority is very important. How could a young man dare to talk to him like this? Although it was just a provocation, how could he continue to work in this industry if the news got out?
"Since you have invited me so sincerely, I will play with you for a while." Gui Teng turned to look at the store manager and asked, "Mr. Takahashi, is that okay?"

The store manager nodded quickly: "Of course, the next wave will start, I will arrange for you to go in and experience it first."

"Okay." Gui Teng nodded and looked at Qian Xiaoyi and said, "Don't let me down, little brother."

"I guarantee you'll be satisfied." Qian Xiaoyi said.

Their eyes met, and intense sparks flew. "This way, please." said the store manager.

Gui Teng picked up the Zen stick, followed the store manager out the door, and walked into the haunted house under the gaze of everyone. Afterwards, a sign saying "Temporarily closed" was hung at the door of the store.

"Did I see correctly just now? How come a monk came in?"

"As soon as that guy went in, the horror house stopped operating. Could he be an exorcist?"

"So, this store really has that stuff?! No wonder I almost peed myself just now."

"Haha, you're just a coward..."

The guests queuing at the door were talking about it. What happened just now made them even more curious about this haunted house.

After sending Gui Teng in, the store manager returned to the monitoring room and watched Gui Teng's haunted house tour with Qian Xiaoyi.

"Will it scare him? The arrangement this time... the opponent is an exorcist." The store manager rubbed his hands and muttered excitedly.

Qian Xiaoyi crossed his arms, stared at the screen and said, "It all depends on how capable this 'master' is."

Standing in front of the gate of the "school", Gui Teng wanted to show a contemptuous attitude to express his disdain for this group of colluded guys, but as a senior exorcist, he clearly felt a trembling and terrifying breath coming from inside, as if this was not a haunted house for people to play, but a real devil's cave.

"This feeling... is wrong!" Gui Teng took a step back, looking at the dark entrance, his eyes showing deep fear. The last time he had this feeling was more than ten years ago, when he had not yet established a firm foothold in Tokyo. In order to stand out, he accepted a very difficult commission - to get rid of an evil spirit in an abandoned building. That was a really hard battle, and he almost died there. But after stepping over that hurdle, he also made a name for himself.

After that, he never accepted such dangerous commissions again. After all, he worked just for the money, there was no need to risk his life.

Now, he never expected that he had merely entered a haunted house where children played, but encountered this level of spiritual pressure. His intuition told him that there was danger inside, great danger.

Inside the monitoring room, seeing Gui Teng just standing at the door and refusing to go in, the store manager asked in confusion: "What's wrong with him? Why doesn't he go in? It's just the door, right? The real horror is still inside... By the way, Mr. Qian, I remember you and Ah Zheng went in together to reset the layout. Did you do anything?"

"I just changed the formation back to its original effect." Qian Xiaoyi smiled, leaned closer to the microphone, pressed a button, and said to the screen: "Master Gui Teng, are you okay? I see you are sweating profusely, are you feeling unwell? Well, people always have some problems when they get older. Otherwise, let's not play, it's just something for children anyway, so let's come to the office to drink tea and eat some rice crackers, how about it?"

(End of this chapter)