The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 13 Lucky Mutual Aid Society (5)

"What is that?" Inuyama Heita couldn't help but ask. Even though he had the Yin-Yang Eyes, it was the first time he saw such a scene. Because he was a little shocked, his voice was a little louder.

"This is proof that good luck is about to come to that little girl!"

Next to Qian Xiaoyi and Inuyama Heita, a grandmother answered excitedly, "President Oiwa is a magical person who can see the fate of others. He believes that a person's lucky and unlucky periods are foreshadowed. If you don't pay attention to seize the arrival of good fortune, you may miss this opportunity and turn to misfortune, or be unable to extricate yourself from the swamp of bad luck. In order to help us, President Oiwa specially used this ritual to fix the connection between him and our fate when the revelation comes. As long as this ritual is completed, President Oiwa can increase his bond with that person and can remind the other person of the arrival of good or bad luck at any time. He is really a very great person..."

The old lady kept mumbling, as if she was answering Inuyama Heita's question, and as if she was telling her that as long as she had faith, her luck would be turned. This pious performance made Inuyama Heita extremely uncomfortable, and he got goose bumps on his arms, which made him more uncomfortable than the vision on the stage.

Ignoring the old woman, Inuyama Heita whispered to Qian Xiaoyi, "Are you still not doing anything?"

"Fu~" Qian Xiaoyi exhaled a puff of smoke and replied lazily: "I'm already doing it. Wait quietly and don't attract other people's attention."

"What?" Inuyama Heita was very confused. He didn't see what Qian Xiaoyi did, but he still chose to believe him and restrained himself.

On the stage, facing the plate in Matsui's hand, Suzuki suddenly felt a chill.

"Isn't the air conditioning temperature in this room too low?" she couldn't help but think. The thought was fleeting. She threw away the distracting thoughts in her mind and looked intently at the black plate on the plate. She didn't know what the plate was made of. It looked black and there seemed to be some patterns on it.

"Let's begin the ceremony!" Chairman Oiwa laughed and said, "Congratulations, cheers, another brother or sister is about to escape from the gloomy life and step into a colorful future!"

As he spoke, a burst of exciting music sounded. If you listened carefully, you could hear some strange whispers mixed in with the music. However, the audience at the scene had become restless, and these sounds mixed in with the noisy voices, making it impossible to distinguish what the whispers were.

"That's it." President Oiwa said to Suzuki, "Put on this lucky pendant and make a contract with luck. No matter how much you don't believe in such things before, when luck comes, you will be convinced by the facts."

Suzuki saw his mother, who was full of hope, standing by the sidelines. He couldn't help but sigh and reached for the black pendant on the tray.

Following Suzuki's movements, Inuyama Heita saw that the fetus in the smoke in the air also moved. It seemed to sense something and stretched out its little hand, as if to touch Suzuki's hand. Suzuki picked up the pendant and put it on his neck. The fetus also crawled in the air and began to approach Suzuki.

"Mr. Qian, can that person see it too?" Inuyama Heita was a little surprised, because he was sure that President Oiwa's eyes were fixed on the moving fetus, not Suzuki in front of him. Inuyama Heita glanced at Qian Xiaoyi beside him and found that he still did not move, holding a cigarette in his hand, and looked like he was in a daze.

Chairman Oiwa on the stage had a slight smile on his face, and as the fetus got closer and closer to Suzuki, his smile became wider and wider. The people below the stage could not see this strange scene and thought that Chairman Oiwa was genuinely happy for Suzuki.

When Suzuki put on the pendant, the fetus condensed from smoke crawled in front of her, and then... passed her and continued to crawl towards the stage. "What?!" President Oiwa was shocked. He had never encountered such a change before, so he subconsciously whispered: "Hey, where are you going? Come back soon!"

Seeing President Oiwa so flustered, the always smiling Matsui frowned and asked, "President, what's wrong?" He seemed to have guessed that something went wrong with the ceremony.

Oiwa did not answer, but stared at the fetus that was moving away. It had already crawled to the stage and was about to enter the crowd. President Oiwa picked up the incense burner on the plate, jumped to the stage impatiently, and said nervously: "Good boy, come back soon!"

After President Oiwa made these unusual moves, the crowd in the audience was a little puzzled, not understanding what President Oiwa was doing. Then someone in the crowd shouted, "President Oiwa is coming down! Please shake my hand!"

This sentence immediately ignited people's enthusiasm. He was immediately surrounded by a crowd of enthusiastic people. Everyone wanted to touch him and get some blessings. The fetus had completely disappeared from his sight. No one knew where it went. President Oiwa could only shout impatiently: "No... please move aside! Move aside!"

Outside the fanatical crowd, Inuyama Heita stared blankly at the cigarette in Qian Xiaoyi's hand. The smoke from the cigarette condensed into a thin line, extending towards the direction of the stage, while the fetus slowly staggered towards this line, crawling out of the crowd and in front of them.

"What is this thing..." Inuyama Heita looked at the thin line of smoke with some curiosity.

"Soul-guiding incense." Qian Xiaoyi answered casually, then he put the cigarette on the ground, took out a piece of junk jade pendant with a lot of impurities from his arms and placed it in front of the cigarette, pinched his hands in a complex gesture, and muttered something. When the fetus crawled in front of the cigarette, its body suddenly became distorted and blurred, turning into curling green smoke, and the translucent smoke that made up its body was completely absorbed into the jade pendant.

After the fetus was completely absorbed by the jade pendant, Qian Xiaoyi put out the cigarette and put it in his pocket along with the jade pendant. Then he stood up and said, "The first step is complete. They haven't found me yet. I have to leave in the chaos."

"Huh? Oh, I get it. Let's go." Just as Inuyama Heita was about to leave with Qian Xiaoyi, Qian Xiaoyi pushed him back to his seat.

Qian Xiaoyi cursed, "Idiot, if you leave with me, wouldn't it be obvious to the other party that these things are related to you? You have to stay and prove your innocence. The other party should think of you and come to find you. Don't worry, they claim to be a legal organization and will not do anything to you."

"How...how can I prove my innocence?" Inuyama Heita was a little nervous.

"Of course I just need to pretend I know nothing." Qian Xiaoyi rolled his eyes: "I did everything. It doesn't matter whether you are here or not, right?"

"That's right." Inuyama Heita suddenly realized: "There are no traces on my body, so staying here can get rid of suspicion."

"That's it, don't let anything slip. See you later." Qian Xiaoyi waved his hand and while the security guards were calming the crowd in front, he slipped away from the venue alone.

(End of this chapter)