The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 152 Competition (2)

In front of Qian Xiaoyi and Inuyama Heita was a very old-looking single-family house that seemed to have not been maintained for a long time. The whole thing was dirty and did not fit in with the other houses around it. It gave off an ominous atmosphere that kept strangers away.

Inuyama Heita sighed, "It is indeed a haunted house. I don't want to enter it just by looking at it. Something horrific must have happened in this house, right?"

Qian Xiaoyi said, "According to the information, there was originally a family of three living here. The husband failed in stock trading and got stuck. He even used the company's funds to trade. Then he came home and found out that his wife had cheated on him. After testing, it turned out that the child was not his, so he collapsed and took a kitchen knife at night..."

"Okay, I understand. No need to say more..." Inuyama Heita exclaimed, "It's too cruel."

Qian Xiaoyi said, "In short, the family of three here all died, but the mortgage on the house had not been paid off, so the bank repossessed it and sold it to a private real estate company at a low price. Now that company is looking for an opportunity to sell the house."

Inuyama Heita said, "Of course it can't be sold, right? After all, it's a house like this."

"That's why it's our turn to deal with it." Qian Xiaoyi said, "I heard that the last exorcist committed suicide after living here for a few days."

"Wow... this is too scary." Inuyama Heita said in surprise. No wonder this commission became an ownerless commission.

"That's just because his level is not good enough."

Hearing the voices, Qian Xiaoyi and Inuyama Heita looked back, only to see Gui Teng leading a man towards them. He was still dressed as a monk in a cassock and a bamboo hat, holding a Zen staff in his hand. The man following behind him was a tall, muscular man with a ball-shaped head. This guy had a face full of flesh and a scruffy beard, and looked extremely fierce. Even in a loose T-shirt, the outline of his muscles could be seen. With a playful expression on his face, he looked at Qian Xiaoyi and Inuyama Heita, and said to Gui Teng Longguang:

"Mr. Gui Teng, is the exorcist from overseas that you mentioned the guy in front of me? He's so young~ Do I need to help him?"

Gui Teng Longguang said: "I advise you not to underestimate people. This is the Brother Qian I mentioned. Brother Qian, this is my assistant, King Kong."

The tough guy with a ball-shaped haircut known as King Kong stared at Qian Xiaoyi and grinned, "Please give me your guidance, Mr. Qian."

Qian Xiaoyi compared the fighting power of both sides and began to observe the escape route. Although the two of them had already started training in the gym, they were definitely no match for the muscular tyrant who was almost two meters tall. So he said, "Brother Gui Teng, what do you mean by this? Are you looking for someone to beat us out before the competition starts?"

Gui Teng Long Guang laughed and said, "Hahaha, what are you talking about, Brother Qian? Didn't I just say it? King Kong is my assistant. He is also an exorcist like me."

Qian Xiaoyi was surprised by this. He looked at King Kong curiously and exclaimed, "I really didn't expect that there would be such an exorcist."

King Kong also laughed and said, "Same here. I didn't expect that my colleagues would dress so casually. If they were on the street, it would be impossible to tell whether they were passers-by or exorcists." Qian Xiaoyi looked at his T-shirt and shrugged, "Forgive me. I'm not as good as Master Gui Teng. I can't wear so many clothes in the hot summer. I'll die of heat."

Gui Teng laughed and said, "Brother Qian, you are joking. This is just the most basic practice, isn't it? It seems that the real estate agent hasn't arrived yet, so I will take King Kong to look around first. Sorry for the rudeness."

King Kong smiled at Qian Xiaoyi, with provocation in his eyes, and then followed Gui Teng Longguang into the yard.

After the two left, Inuyama Heita breathed a sigh of relief: "Huh... I really thought that man was a thug hired by Master Kitande. By the way, Brother Yi, why did you say you didn't expect there would be such an exorcist? Does an exorcist have to have a certain body shape?"

Qian Xiaoyi said, "It's because of the blood. I told you before that if you want to see ghosts, you have to get in touch with them. And the Mr. King Kong just now had too much blood and energy, and was immune to all evil. Although it was difficult for ghosts to hurt him, it was also difficult for him to get in touch with ghosts. So at first I was very curious about how he usually got rid of ghosts, after all, he couldn't even see them."

"Huh? He can't see ghosts? Then he is not a psychic, so why is he here?" Inuyama Heita seemed a little surprised.

Qian Xiaoyi said, "This should be the reason why Gui Teng Longguang made him his assistant. Although he can't communicate with spirits, he has a strong killing power against ghosts. As long as he treats himself as a knife and leaves other things to a psychic like Gui Teng, the combination of the two will have a good effect... Hmm, a strong combination between half-baked exorcists? There is actually such a combination. I see."

Inuyama Heita asked again, "There is one more thing. Mr. Kongo just mentioned the attire of the exorcists... I seem to have the impression that those exorcists really like to wear strange clothes. Why don't we wear them?"

Qian Xiaoyi replied: "There are two reasons why people dress like this. First, it is to enhance the persuasiveness to customers, so that when they see them, they will feel that they have found the right person and feel that they are very reliable. Everyone wears clothes of their own style. I also have a Taoist robe, but I didn't bring it with me. After all, people here still have the perception of Taoist robes in Hong Kong movies of the last century. There is no cultural bonus here. If I wear it, not only will it have no effect, but people will think I am a cosplayer."

Inuyama Heita thought so too and continued to ask, "What about the second one?"

"Ability bonus." Qian Xiaoyi said, "The spiritual power that the classical school believes in, wearing corresponding clothes can strengthen their cognition of themselves, just like Gui Teng just said, it can remind them of their identity at all times, which is equivalent to practicing. But that thing is useless to us cognitive school. Even if I wear a doll costume now, it will not affect my ability in any way."

"I see." Inuyama Heita suddenly realized that there are so many tricks in a seemingly ordinary thing, and the industry of exorcism is really profound.

After waiting for a few minutes, the real estate agent finally arrived. He was a middle-aged man dressed like a typical office worker, with side-parted hair, a white shirt and a tie. He got out of the car and bowed to Qian Xiaoyi, saying, "Sorry to have kept you waiting. I'll open the door for you now... Um, there should be other people here, right? They told me on the phone that there should be four people."

"They are in the yard." Qian Xiaoyi said, "Let's go in quickly."

"Okay." The real estate agent first looked at the house with fear, then took out the key, took them to the door, and opened it.

(End of this chapter)