The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 16 Lucky Mutual Aid Society (8)

Qian Xiaoyi carefully chose his words and said, "Heitaro, you have to know that I am a foreigner here. If I just want to investigate the inside story of this organization, or provide some 'that' protection measures for the target customers, then I can do it. But destroying a legal religious group... This is difficult for me. After all, I am fighting away from home here and have no advantages. I may even have difficulties at every step because of my identity as a foreigner and cannot investigate anything at all, so..."

"I understand." Inuyama Heita nodded somewhat disappointedly. The other party had made it very clear. He stood up and planned to leave.

"No, you don't understand." Qian Xiaoyi shook his finger and said seriously: "I mean... you have to pay more~"

Inuyama Heita paused for a few seconds. He looked at Qian Xiaoyi strangely and asked, "How much do you need?"

"Hey, hey, hey, don't look at me like that. I'm not asking for too much. I run a law firm, so I definitely can't do business at a loss." Qian Xiaoyi spread his hands and said, "Think about it. As a foreigner, if I want to investigate this kind of legal organization, I must have connections in all aspects. It's easy for me to stop them from using evil magic to harm people, but how many times can I stop them? As long as they are not completely eradicated at the legal level, they will continue. Moreover, if they find me, they will use various means such as law or violence to deal with me. Being forced to deport is only the lightest. The risk for me is very high... So, if you want to entrust me to do this, you should at least prepare one or two million yen."

"Two...two million yen?!" Inuyama Heita's face turned pale. He was a student, earning 1,000 yen an hour and had to save for living expenses. Where could he get so much money?
Could it be that this guy has set his eyes on the apartment I live in? Knowing that people are treacherous, Inuyama Heita immediately became alert. Although the price the other party mentioned seemed fair, the other party should also know his financial situation. How could he afford so much money? So he immediately began to think about the darkest aspects. After all, they had only known each other for a short time, and such a thing could still happen.

Inuyama Heita asked cautiously: "Is there any other way... Mr. Qian, you know I don't have that much money at the moment." If the other party dared to mention the house, he would leave immediately.

"There are other ways... not without them." Qian Xiaoyi stroked his chin and said as if he was thinking: "There is a way to significantly reduce the cost of investigating this matter, and I can also give you a discount on the commission fee."

When Inuyama Heita heard that there was such a good thing, and the other party did not mention the house, he quickly asked: "What is the method?"

"As a foreigner, if I have a local as an assistant, it will be much more convenient for investigation and other things." Qian Xiaoyi finally showed his true colors. He looked at Inuyama Heita slyly and said, "If you are willing to participate in the investigation as my assistant, then there will be no need for those investigation fees, and my commission fee can be repaid with your salary... To put it simply, if you are willing to work for me, then I will accept this commission. You are a freshman in high school now, right? Then the deadline is set within three years. After you graduate from high school, whether you choose to stay or go to college is up to you. What do you think? Do you agree to this condition?"

Inuyama Heita thought about it. He had proposed to work here before, but the other party did not agree. Why did he take the initiative to propose it now? So he asked, "How are the salary and working hours arranged?"

"It's 5% to 20% of the commission, depending on your level of involvement. The working hours are determined by the commission, and there is no minimum hourly wage." Qian Xiaoyi replied, "That is, if there is a commission, you get paid. If there is no commission, you can't refuse to do odd jobs. Of course, these odd jobs will not be beyond your ability."

"I understand. I'll join." said Inuyama Heita.

"You agreed so easily?" Qian Xiaoyi asked, "Don't you want to think about it carefully?"

"No need." Inuyama Heita replied, "For me, it doesn't matter where I work." Qian Xiaoyi revealed his true colors, "But as you can see, no one is interested in me yet. I may not get a commission for several months. Is it okay even if it's like this?"

Inuyama Heita pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, but correspondingly, if you don't complete this commission, then our deal will be void, right? Then I won't abide by this condition."

"Of course." Qian Xiaoyi smiled, stretched out his right hand, and said, "Then, it's settled."

Inuyama Heita was stunned at first when he saw the other party's outstretched hand. Japanese people usually do not have the habit of shaking hands. Then he reacted, stretched out his hand and shook it, and the two reached a verbal agreement.

With the extra cheap labor, Qian Xiaoyi was in a good mood and continued to finish the work at hand, saying, "Then you sit down for a while, I'll be done soon. Oh, by the way, please turn on the light for me."

Inuyama Heita pressed the switch of the light by the door, and the white light immediately illuminated the entire room. After turning on the light, he walked back and looked at the jade pendant on the table. He had recognized that this was the one that the baby made of smoke had crawled into. At this moment, in Inuyama Heita's eyes, the impurities on the jade pendant seemed to have become the outline of something, with faint signs of smoke flowing inside, and its outline vaguely looked like a fetus in the womb.

"Well, Mr. Qian... since I am your assistant, can you tell me what this thing I saw today is?" asked Inuyama Heita.

"Well..." Qian Xiaoyi answered casually, "Since you have the ability to see ghosts and have witnessed the whole process, I won't lie to you. Infant spirits exist in many places in the world, and the one we encountered was a creature raised by a Southeast Asian witchcraft called 'Gumantong'. The principle is to use the ashes and corpse oil of stillborn babies or fetuses to make magic tools, and then find a normal person to wear these magic tools. Through the connection of the magic tools, the resentment of the abandoned infant spirits is eliminated. By the way, the Buddha amulets used by Gumantong in regular temples are generally golden."

"But the brand I took the picture of was black," said Inuyama Heita.

"So their purpose is definitely not to eliminate resentment." Qian Xiaoyi smiled: "It is similar to the evil method of raising ghosts in our place."

Inuyama Heita asked curiously, "Is it really possible to do this? To make people's luck better or something like that."

Qian Xiaoyi glanced at him and said, "What are you thinking about? Of course it's impossible. If such a good thing really happened, then fate would be too cheap."

Inuyama Heita was a little confused: "But there are obviously many people who say that they have become lucky... Then how did they do it?"

(End of this chapter)