The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 235 Death Game (5)

Ashu and Ashi came to the prize redemption shop excitedly and handed the prize cards they exchanged for the small steel balls to the shop owner. When they came out, they had a stack of money in their hands, and both of them had joy on their faces.

"Let's go to Kabukicho." Ashu smiled and said, "I know there's a new store there with girls from abroad~"

"Didn't we say we were going to drink first?" Ah Shi swallowed his saliva and said, "Forget it, we can go have some fun first, and then go drink after that."

Just as they were about to walk towards the station, a man suddenly stopped them and said, "Please wait a moment, I have something to ask you."

"Huh? Who are you?" Ashu held the money in his arms and said, "Do you want to rob me? We are on the street here, you bastard!"

"No, Shu." Ash pulled Shu's clothes and said, "This guy seems familiar. Is he the one who...scalded your hand with soup and caused us to get beaten up by a bunch of people?"

"It was obviously you who spilled the soup on purpose!" Inuyama Heita retorted.

Ashu carefully looked at Inuyama Heita's face and found that it was indeed that guy. He was startled, then looked around and said in a panic: "Hey, didn't we return the money to you? It's been so long, and you're still here? Wait...are you alone?"

Ah Shi rolled up his sleeves, unbuttoned his flowered shirt, and said, "You guy, it was fine when there were so many people last time, but you dared to come alone this time? You are just high school students, do you think we are easy to bully? Let me tell you, this money is ours. If you want to learn how to blackmail others, you are too naive!"

Inuyama Heita quickly explained: "No, I'm not here for the money, I'm here for..."

"Who cares about you! I've wanted to beat you up for a long time!"

The two men assumed a fighting stance, and Inuyama Heita narrowed his eyes and assumed a boxing stance.

Just as the two sides were about to start fighting, Inuyama Heita's head was suddenly hit by a knife. Qian Xiaoyi and Suzuki walked out from behind him. Qian Xiaoyi said in disgust: "What are you doing? What are you doing? Is this some kind of hot-blooded high school show? Fighting in the street? You guys are really capable of doing this."

"Brother Yi." Seeing the person coming, Inuyama Heita breathed a sigh of relief.

"Who are you? Have we met before?" Ah Shu shouted at Qian Xiaoyi, "You are the one who helped this kid? Where are you from?"

Qian Xiaoyi sighed and muttered, "I hate dealing with this kind of thugs... We don't know each other, but I know someone who knows you. Here, your phone number."

He walked over and handed his cell phone to the two thugs. They first looked at Qian Xiaoyi with suspicion, and then saw the display of "call in progress" and the name of the contact on the phone screen.

Ah Shu quickly picked up the phone, nodded and said, "Mr. Hongo? Yes, I'm Ah Shu... yes... yes... I understand, I'm very sorry..."

Even if the other person is not in front of him and he is just facing the air, Ashu will still keep bowing. This is probably a wonder that can only be seen in Japan.

In the Lucky Mutual Aid Association, Hongo, as a senior member, was once asked by Matsui to find two rogue thugs to go to the restaurant to blackmail Inuyama Heita, so as to create an opportunity for Matsui to help. Ashu and Shi are Hongo's men, but now it seems that they are still kept in the dark and just got beaten for no reason.

"I say, do you really want to fight with them?" Qian Xiaoyi looked at Inuyama Heita and teased, "And you didn't even explain yourself clearly. You chased after them alone. Are you making a movie?" Inuyama Heita hesitated, "I was afraid they would run away..."

Qian Xiaoyi said disdainfully: "You have recognized their identities, are you still afraid that they will run away? Are you trying to imitate others in a fight when you disagree with them?"

Inuyama Heita then thought of this and felt a little guilty. He was learning boxing with Miss Maria in the gym, but when he encountered this kind of thing, he couldn't help but want to use it.

After the two finished their phone call, they respectfully returned the phone to Qian Xiaoyi. Ashu said flatteringly, "I'm sorry, Mr. Qian, I didn't know you knew Mr. Hongxiang. It was all a misunderstanding."

Ah Shi said: "Yes, if we had known that he was Mr. Hongo's friend, we would not have..."

Qian Xiaoyi waved his hand impatiently and asked, "Okay, stop talking nonsense. Let me ask you, have you encountered any weird things recently, such as entering any weird game halls or something like that?"

The two men's expressions changed instantly and they looked at each other in astonishment. Their secret had been discovered!

"We...we haven't been to any weird game hall." Ashu still wanted to argue.

"Yes, yes."

Qian Xiaoyi sneered, "Do you know why I can tell? Because the money you have is probably exchanged for more important things, such as... your lifespan. If you can't solve this problem, you may not have much time left. I believe Mr. Hongo has already told you about this, right? My name is Qian Xiaoyi, an exorcist, and I'm very good at solving these problems."

"Is that so?" Ashu's hands were shaking. He said in fear, "I thought last night was just a dream..."

"Let me tell you the story." Ah Shi said, "This is what happened..."

The incident happened yesterday. They were playing pachinko in the store as usual, but their luck was not very good that day and they almost lost all their money. So the two brothers had to leave the store in disappointment and found a cheap izakaya to have a drink and get themselves drunk so that they could forget their unhappiness.

These two people are really idle and lazy. Even the local community looks down on them. So they are not even the Yakuza, but just the lowest level of peripheral gangs. They have no proper jobs. When they have no money, they go to the construction site to do short-term work. After getting the money, they live a carefree life. They can play for three days after working for one day, and continue to work after spending all the money. They live a life of drunkenness and dreams, and have no future to speak of.

And just yesterday, they encountered a turning point.

In the circle of these gamblers, there is a legend about a mysterious game hall called "Golden God". It is an old game hall hidden in a small alley, but if you go in, you will find most of the machines you can see on the market, and you can play whatever you want.

These machines are often difficult, but it is said that as long as you win, you can take the extra chips away, and over the next period of time, these non-existent chips will slowly turn into real windfall, making the players rich.

But everything has a price. Playing these games also requires chips. These chips cannot be exchanged for money, but for "soul"...

(End of this chapter)