The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 182 Final Battle (4)

"Curse..." Inuyama Heita muttered as he looked at the lottery ticket.

A few days ago, Qian Xiaoyi taught him some knowledge about spells in order to make him more careful, so now he can clearly distinguish the difference between spells and ordinary resentment, and can see at a glance the traces of artificial spells on those lottery tickets.

Kawasaki asked, "Huh? What? Inuyama, did you just say something?"

Inuyama Heita said: "Nothing...Nothing...Um, do we have to go? Can't everyone just not go?"

Ono Haruna said, "What are you talking about? We've even put on our yukatas. Wouldn't it be stupid to just go home like this? This is the annual fireworks display. If we don't go, we'll have to wait until next year."

Inuyama Heita said hurriedly: "The fireworks display will be very late, right? What if there is no train?"

Kawasaki said: "Are you worried about that? It's okay, I'll let the driver at home to take us this time, there will be no problem at all."

"Eh? Driver?!" Inuyama Heita asked in surprise, "Does Senior Kawasaki usually have a driver to take you to school?"

Kawasaki pushed his glasses and said, "What are you thinking about? He's not the kind of private driver for an aristocratic family as you think. He's the driver of my father's company. My father asked him to take me to the temple fair after hearing that I was going to the temple fair. I usually go to school by train, so I'm not some rich young man."

Inuyama Heita thought to himself: "The company's driver... this already makes him a young master, right?"

He racked his brains but couldn't think of any excuse to stop them from going there. Sato saw Inuyama Heita's dilemma and asked, "Inuyama, don't you want to go? If there is anything, it's okay for us to go by ourselves."

"It's not like there's anything..." Inuyama Heita smiled bitterly. Not only did he not want to go, he also didn't want them to go either. He asked, "Suzuki-san, you only got these lottery tickets yesterday, right?"

Suzuki was a little surprised: "How do you know?"

Inuyama Heita now confirmed that Brother O was at the location of the third commission he had received yesterday. In addition, considering the lottery tickets had traces of curses, he knew it was a scam.

"Are you a detective? You know all this." Kawasaki showed an interested expression and asked, "Or do you have any secrets that you can't tell us?"

Inuyama Heita sighed and said, "Wait a minute, I'll make a phone call." It's better not to make decisions on your own about things like this.

Amid everyone's puzzled gazes, Inuyama Heita came into the room, took out his cell phone, called Qian Xiaoyi, and told him what had happened.

"Because you haven't gone out in the past few days, have they focused their attention on other people?" Qian Xiaoyi held the phone to his ear with one hand and a compass with the other, standing on a hillside and said, "It seems that they found out that I had participated in a training camp with them before, so they used this method to distract my attention? Forget it, let them come over. Anyway, there is no good reason to stop them."

"Go there? Are you really okay?" Inuyama Heita asked worriedly, "But isn't that the location for the third competition?"

The scene of a brutal battlefield emerged in his mind.

"What are you thinking about?" Qian Xiaoyi said, "This is a temple fair after all. There are so many people here. If the enemy dares to cause trouble here, wouldn't they be courting death? As long as you don't run around and stay in the crowd, basically nothing will happen. Even if it's a curse, it will take a long time to take effect. It's not as useful as a baseball bat in a short period of time. Again, if magic was really that effective, the world would have been in chaos long ago."

Inuyama Heita asked: "But what about the curses on those lottery tickets? Will there be any problems?" "This is a demonstration and a test to me." Qian Xiaoyi said: "They are telling me clearly that they are targeting the people around me and want me to be more sensible. So if I specifically order them not to go, they will really become the target of the enemy. Didn't that old man Ashiya say that the rules of the exorcist circle are that unless there is a need for a commission, you cannot attack ordinary people without reason. As long as they have nothing to do with me, the public enemy, the enemy dare not touch them."

Inuyama Heita felt that what Qian Xiaoyi said made sense. It was one thing to attack Qian Xiaoyi, a foreigner, on the grounds of excluding outsiders, but using spells to attack ordinary people in the country who had no connection with the commission was too reckless and an act that was condemned by both humans and gods.

Hearing this, Inuyama Heita felt a little relieved. He asked, "Does this mean that we don't have to worry about the spells on the lottery tickets?"

"If it's really as you described, then it's fine." Qian Xiaoyi said, "Those lottery tickets are things that will circulate among people, just like money. They are not suitable as a medium for spells. The spell power will dissipate on its own in a short time and will not affect ordinary people at all... By the way, I taught you how to remove the curse before, right? You can try it later to remove the curse on the lottery ticket."

"I understand." Inuyama Heita said.

After leaving the room, Sato asked curiously: "Inuyama, who were you talking to on the phone just now?"

"It's Brother Otoko." Inuyama Heita replied, "I just asked him if he wanted to go with me."

Kawasaki asked, "How is it? Is Teacher Qian going?"

Inuyama Heita said: "He said he had to deal with a somewhat dangerous commission and was not in the city, so just let us go and have fun by ourselves."

"What a pity~" Kawasaki teased, "Inuyama, it seems that you are really just a handyman. I don't even take you on dangerous commissions."

Inuyama Heita said speechlessly: "I've said before that I'm not a psychic..."

Ono Haruna urged, "Let's go quickly. It will take a while to get there. There will be a lot of people going to the fireworks display. We need to get a good spot early, otherwise we will be at the back and won't be able to see anything."

Sato said, "That's right! Inuyama, go change your clothes quickly. Do you want to go to the temple fair like this? That would be too boring."

Inuyama Heita glanced at his home vest and shorts and sighed, "Got it~ Wait for me for a while."

After changing into a yukata, Inuyama Heita picked up his belongings and went downstairs with them.

Downstairs, a luxurious black business car was already waiting. Everyone got into the car happily and drove towards their destination amid excited discussions.

While the others were chatting, Inuyama Heita said to Suzuki, "Hey, Suzuki-san, can you show me those lottery tickets?"

"Here you go." Suzuki handed him the stack of lottery tickets tied with a rubber band.

Observing the wisps of black air above, Inuyama Heita took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

(End of this chapter)