The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 210 After the War (2)

When Suzuki walked into the office without saying a word, the atmosphere in the room became awkward. Qian Xiaoyi and Inuyama Heita looked at each other. They both knew why the other one came, but they didn't know what to do.

Qian Xiaoyi glared at Inuyama Heita: Look at what you have done!

Inuyama Heita was somewhat helpless: The situation was urgent at that time...

Suzuki sat down on the sofa, and Qian Xiaoyi immediately poured her a cup of tea and said, "It's strange, why are you here today, Miss Suzuki? There are no accounts to be settled yet~ Or did you find me another commission?"

Inuyama Heita closed his eyes in despair: Brother Yi, I can’t fool you this time, just give up.

They both knew Suzuki's personality. He was the type who liked to get to the bottom of things and had strong intuitive and logical thinking. Qian Xiaoyi was really having a headache about how to deal with this matter.

For ordinary people, the probability of encountering supernatural events is very small, and it is normal not to encounter one in a lifetime. This is even more true for materialists like Suzuki. If nothing unexpected happens, she will basically never encounter such a thing.

But an accident happened. As the saying goes: If you walk by the river, you will get your feet wet. Because Suzuki often hangs out with Qian Xiaoyi and his friends, even if he is slow, he will pay attention to the strange things he encounters.

For example, the incident with the Lucky Mutual Aid Society was when Qian Xiaoyi used hallucinations to fool them.

But afterwards, the activities of the Supernatural Club, Sato's encounter with the Slit-Mouthed Woman, and later, the experiences in the White Fox Village, were enough to make Suzuki subconsciously doubt his self-perception. It is an instinctive reaction of human beings. When encountering some strange things, sometimes a thought will suddenly pop up in the mind: What if it is true?

Commonly known as scaring yourself.

However, this degree was not enough to overturn her cognition until last night, when she learned about cognitive theory from Inuyama Heita, which finally allowed her to cross that line.

If Inuyama Heita had used the explanation that "ghosts actually exist" at that time, she would never have believed it. However, the cognitive theory, collective cognition and collective hallucination sounded much more reliable to her than those ghost theories.

Seeing them both like this, Suzuki sighed and said, "Mr. Qian, please stop playing dumb. Inuyama-san has already told me all about cognitive theory."

Qian Xiaoyi also sighed and said, "Ms. Suzuki, now that you know this theory, you should understand that the more you understand these things, the more irreversible your cognition will be. You shouldn't be able to see those things right now, right? But you don't say you have any strange feelings now, and you don't even have nightmares at night. It's no different from before. Am I right?"

There is a reason why Qian Xiaoyi is so confident.

Because Jian was making exaggerated faces in front of Suzuki and kept harassing her:
"Suzuki, can you see me?"

"Hey, hey~ You still can't see, right?"

"Hehehe~ Flat-chested girl, four-eyed girl~"

Suzuki nodded and said, "Yes."

Qian Xiaoyi ignored Ajian just like Suzuki, and treated him as if he didn't exist. He said, "This is a very normal thing. Except for psychics like Heitaro, ordinary people will feel the same after a few days of waiting for their mental state to stabilize even if they encounter supernatural events. This is because human memory is like this, and will gradually be forgotten and blurred. After a while, you will even doubt whether you really encountered those things... So, why did you come here?"

The reason why Qian Xiaoyi was pretending to be stupid just now was to confirm Suzuki's attitude. What ordinary people would never encounter in their lifetime, psychics like them can see every day, so he was reminding Suzuki that once he entered their world, he would only get deeper and deeper.

Suzuki adjusted his glasses and said, "I want to work part-time, just like Inuyama-san."

Qian Xiaoyi understood that the other party had a worrying mother at home, and the property that she had given to the Lucky Mutual Aid Association had not yet been recovered. Now she found a job that seemed to have a good salary, so she wanted to give it a try.

Inuyama Heita said nervously: "Um... Suzuki-san, you can't force yourself to do this. After what happened yesterday, you should know that this job is sometimes dangerous."

"He's right." Qian Xiaoyi persuaded, "And even if you know the theory of cognition, you're still not a psychic. Just because Heitaro can do it doesn't mean you can do it, there's a certain threshold to do this kind of thing."

Suzuki said: "I think I have this talent."

Qian Xiaoyi shook her head and said, "Ms. Suzuki, it's good to be confident, but if you are too confident, you will become arrogant..."

"That's right~" Ken floated in front of Suzuki and said mockingly, "With a four-eyed girl like you, you can't even sense my existence. Your talent is too poor. It's a hundred years too early for you to become an exorcist~"

Suzuki still couldn't see Jian, nor could he hear his mockery. He just said calmly, "Mr. Qian, I think we might as well do a test, just like what you did in the Lucky Mutual Aid Association before."

Qian Xiaoyi frowned slightly: "What do you mean?"

Suzuki said: "Now that I know this theory, and I did encounter some so-called supernatural events yesterday, that is to say, I have become able to touch those things, right? So, please try that ritual for me again, just as an interview, to test my talent. If I don't have this talent, I will take back what I said before."

Qian Xiaoyi said with a headache: "Hey, Miss Suzuki, didn't I say it before? Being able to encounter supernatural events doesn't mean you have talent... Even if you can see them, it just means that you have changed from being immune to supernatural events to being an ordinary person."

"Don't worry about that. I'm not the kind of person who would insist on making trouble." Suzuki said, "Whether or not you pass the interview is decided by the owner of the firm, Mr. Qian, isn't it?"

"Okay, okay." Qian Xiaoyi said helplessly: "Then it's up to you."

He just wanted to get rid of Suzuki as soon as possible. It was fine for a psychic like Inuyama Heita who had no ties, but why did a little girl come to join in the fun? If something really happened, he would not be able to explain to the other party's family.

Although he thought so in his mind, Qian Xiaoyi still planned to test the other party's talent, just in case?
Since there were no outsiders around, he closed the blinds, then took out an incense burner, lit the incense sticks, chanted a spell, formed a seal with his hands, and pointed at Suzuki's brow in the weird atmosphere.

Ajian leaned in front of Suzuki with his big face and shouted:

"Wow~ Here comes the ghost~"

(End of this chapter)