The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 228: TV Station Shock (2)

At night, Qian Xiaoyi and Inuyama Heita led the way in the dark corridor of the TV station with flashlights, followed by Suzuna and Konishi Hirobe.

The content of today's episode had been decided long in advance, so Qian Xiaoyi did not participate in the filming, but will have to wait until next week to officially join the program crew.

Because the shooting time of "Horror Night GO" was changed to night, the crew would stay in the building until very late. This gave Qian Xiaoyi the opportunity to wander around the building under the pretext of checking Feng Shui, and this time he also called Inuyama Heita along.

Konishi Hirobu was the guide the director had asked to accompany them. His main task was to show them the way and to follow them to avoid gossip. After all, the leaders hadn't said anything, and if they let two outsiders run around in the building at night, what would they do if they lost something?
"But...what are you following here for?" Qian Xiaoyi looked at Lingnai, speechless. After the show was finished, this guy stuck to them and insisted on exploring with them. No one knew what he was planning.

Ling Na smiled and said, "Mr. Qian is too polite. I just want to help. I never thought that Mr. Qian would join this program. Now we are all family members. Besides, it is a rare experience to be able to carry out activities with such a powerful exorcist like Mr. Qian."

Qian Xiaoyi looked at this guy deeply. As the saying goes, one should not hit a smiling person. Ever since Lin Guangyilang's commission, this woman has been polite to him every time they met and did not dare to act rashly. So Qian Xiaoyi was too lazy to argue with her. After all, this guy really behaved himself after being warned by him last time.

I guess she dared to follow this time because she felt the crisis and was afraid of being kicked out of the core circle of the program team, so she did so.

"By the way, where is your brother?" Qian Xiaoyi asked, "I didn't seem to see him when we were filming the show."

Ling Na said: "Actually, he was downstairs at that time, sitting in the audience and creating the atmosphere. He should be waiting for me in the parking lot downstairs now."

"Oh? Didn't he come with you?" Qian Xiaoyi asked. As far as he could remember, these two people were usually inseparable when they were out and about.

Ling Na looked at Qian Xiaoyi helplessly without saying anything. Could it be that his brother was afraid of being punished before, so he didn't dare to follow? She had to change the subject and said, "He... is a little sleepy. Um, Mr. Qian, how is Mr. Lin now? I haven't paid attention to that side since that commission."

She was talking about Lin Guangyilang. Qian Xiaoyi said, "You should be thankful that nothing happened to him. After that, he took a break for a while. He was planning to change his career and open a shop, but he found out that he couldn't do anything except sing Noh. After recognizing himself, he felt that he still liked Noh, so he went back to perform. I heard that he performed even better than before."

"That's good~" Suzuna breathed a sigh of relief. If something really happened to Hayashi Koichiro, she would be to blame. After even that guy Hiruda was defeated, she didn't want to be hostile to Qian Xiaoyi anymore.

At this time, Xiao Xikuanbu on the side finally got a chance to speak. He asked, "Mr. Qian, have you found anything unusual so far?"

Konishi Hirobu is not only a guest of the show, but also a veteran employee of the program crew. He is responsible for logistical work when not filming. In the past, the director forced him to take over because of a shortage of people, but he turned out to be so courageous and dared to go anywhere, and the show effect was good.

Previously, the show asked Konishi Hirobe why he was so bold, and he said, "Mortgages and car loans are scarier than ghosts."

This sentence made him famous and he became the program's gold medal investigator, a social animal, fearless. Qian Xiaoyi walked around with a compass, and after hearing Xiao Xikuanbu's question, Qian Xiaoyi said, "Uh... not yet."

With Suzuna by his side, Qian Xiaoyi couldn't lie to Konishi Hirobe. And to be honest, from the perspective of a psychic, this building is quite clean, not even a residual soul can be seen. I'm afraid the TV station's top management has already invited other exorcists. In this case, even if Usa Mi Sakura could leave something behind, it would have been cleaned up long ago.

But a commission is a commission. Even if you know the result, you have to do it. You also have to take photos to keep evidence, otherwise the client will not pay.

Konishi Hirobe breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That means... the legend is probably just a rumor, right?"

Ling Nai finally asked curiously: "Legend? What legend? So you stayed here at night to verify whether this legend is true or not?"

In fact, they were exploring the building. They were now on the 13th floor of the TV station building, where the studio for the "Horror Night GO" program was located. The entire WTV building had 33 floors above ground, and they had only explored 1/33 of it, which was a long way to go.

Qian Xiaoyi nodded and said, "That's about right. Let Mr. Xiaoxi explain the details to you."

With two exorcists around him, Konishi Hirobe felt very safe. Compared to exploring those haunted places, this was child's play. He explained in a relaxed manner, "It's like this. In WTV, there is a long-standing haunted legend that only the old people in the TV station know about. It's called Studio 0..."

When talking about the legend of WTV, we have to mention another urban legend first.

Among the many urban legends circulating in Japan, there is one that says that at midnight, many people once witnessed a non-existent show.

According to legend, if you turn on the TV at midnight, there is a certain chance that you will be redirected to a special TV station. This TV station does not broadcast any program on the market. According to legend, there are various versions of the program content. There are hosts who just stand there without speaking, guests who just stare at the TV screen, people with heads placed on the table chatting, and weird weather forecasts...

But no matter which version it is, there is a common sentence structure, which is - this show is not for living people.

After knowing this urban legend, it was the turn of the legend within WTV to come into play.

WTV has a long history. It was established not many years after the war. The current building it is located in was built around the millennium and was not here from the beginning.

Legend has it that during the Showa era, in the early days of television, a studio in the original building of WTV accidentally caught fire during a recording session, burning all the guests and program crew who were participating in the recording to death. Afterwards, a story spread that an employee entered the non-existent studio while on duty late at night.

(End of this chapter)