The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 24 Lucky Mutual Aid Society (16)

Inuyama Heita thought about it carefully and asked, "But Matsui has a little ghost in his body, and he can command that little ghost to influence others..."

Qian Xiaoyi said: "After a while, the vitality of the person who raises the ghost will decrease to a certain level, and he can also have a certain connection with the ghost. He may know how to raise the ghost, but the actual operation still needs the assistance of a real psychic, otherwise it will be too dangerous. If Matsui is also a psychic, then he doesn't need an unstable factor like Harada Taro, he can do it himself. He complained to me when we were drinking that without him, the whole 'project' would be like a collapse. He is the core of maintaining the 'engineering operation'. In other words, Matsui can't do without him."

"What happened next? What else did he say?" asked Inuyama Heita.

Qian Xiaoyi waved his hand: "It's nothing more than some complaints, saying that he was being asked to do all kinds of things by the other party, just like a slave, and he even called himself a benefactor and said that he had been displeased with him for a long time."

"It's because of this attitude that Matsui took a fancy to me..." Inuyama Heita nodded, and some doubts in his heart were finally resolved.

"Well, it's almost time, are you going to work?" Qian Xiaoyi stretched lazily: "I also have to go to social events to see if I can get more information... Really, if it weren't for work, who would want to drink? I'm going to spend a lot of money today. If I treat you a few more times, I'm afraid I'm going to go bankrupt." Having said that, although Qian Xiaoyi didn't make much money after coming to Japan, he still had some savings in China, which was enough for a few drinks.

Inuyama Heita said perfunctorily: "You have worked hard."

"Ha, anyway, you should be careful too." Qian Xiaoyi said, "Once you have collected the information of those senior members, we can start the next step."

"I understand." Inuyama Heita nodded.

The two left the office one after another and went to their respective destinations.

When he finished his part-time job and went home at night, Inuyama Heita actually met the two thugs who had blackmailed him. He was shocked. As a result, the two men kept apologizing to him with sad faces and returned the money to him. People were curious about what happened to them, but Inuyama Heita didn't care. It was just Matsui's arrangement anyway. Even after the thugs left, Matsui "happened to" call him and pretended to ask him whether the two thugs had returned the money to him. After Inuyama Heita gave a reply while suppressing his nausea, Matsui emphasized that he must be on time tomorrow and then hung up the phone.

After school the next day, Inuyama Heita followed the address given by Matsui and came to a bar called "Blues" on a commercial street in Roppongi. There was a "Closed" sign on the door of the bar. It was not yet time for the bar to open, but the door was not locked, so Inuyama Heita took a deep breath, pushed the door and walked in.

The sound of wind chimes caused by the door opening made people in the store stop talking and look towards the door, which made Inuyama Heita a little nervous.

"Ah, it's Inuyama, welcome to my shop." A charming male voice sounded, and Inuyama Heita looked in the direction of the voice. The enthusiastic male sister who besieged the gangsters that day was behind the bar, wiping the glass in her hand. Male sisters are also a unique culture in Japan. They are probably men who identify themselves as female. They have appeared in the mainstream vision of the public since the last century, and their concept is decades ahead of Europe and the United States. The male sister in the blues bar has a strong body and probably works out a lot, but she has heavy makeup on her face and wears a female-style kimono, which looks a bit hot.

"Hello... hello." Inuyama Heita was stared at by so many people that he was so nervous that he stuttered. When he remembered that he was actually an undercover agent, and with so many people around, he still couldn't breathe normally.

It was the male sister who came to his rescue: "Everyone, stop looking at him like that. Boys can be shy too. Inuyama-kun, you're still a student and can't drink. That's a shame. The craft beer in our store is a specialty. Here, this is for you. Let's wait for Mr. Matsui together."

He mixed a non-alcoholic cocktail for Inuyama Heita, who whispered a thank you and sat in a corner with the drink. People stopped paying attention to him and continued chatting in groups of two or three. Just when Inuyama Heita breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly felt like a thorn in his back. He turned around and found another familiar figure. "Stare~" In the booth not far behind him, Suzuki narrowed his eyes and looked at him with scrutiny.

Inuyama Heita's body stiffened. He didn't expect that this classmate was also here. Wasn't this the so-called senior members' gathering?
Thinking of this, Inuyama Heita looked at the other people and found something strange. There were more or less one or two small black handprints on the skin behind their collars, which was very strange. There was even a baby with black blood all over his body lying behind one of them, which was chilling.

"I see... the so-called senior members are actually those who have already held a lucky ceremony and obtained the little ghost?" Inuyama Heita thought, and then became even more nervous. This was simply like breaking into the devil's den on his own initiative.

"Hey, why are you here?" Suzuki sat opposite him, looked around, and whispered, "Didn't I tell you not to contact these people anymore? These guys have all been deceived. You don't really believe in the idea of ​​changing your luck, do you?"

"Aren't you here too?" Inuyama Heita asked back.

"My mother forced me to come here." Suzuki said painfully, "She was staring at me in the coffee shop across the street. If I didn't come, she would cry and make a scene. It was so annoying... No, don't change the subject. You haven't told me why you came here."

"It's none of your business." Inuyama Heita didn't know how to answer her, so he lowered his head to drink his drink and tried to get away with it. At the same time, he listened everywhere and eavesdropped on other people's conversations. He didn't forget what he was here for. The task given to him by Qian Xiaoyi was to collect information on other senior members.

"You don't really believe it, do you?" Suzuki's eyes behind his glasses turned somewhat helpless: "Change of fortune or something like that, there is absolutely no scientific basis for it..."

"I don't believe it." Heita Inuyama retorted.

"Then why are you here?"

"none of your business."

"you……"

While the two of them were still arguing, the sound of wind chimes rang out, and the door of the bar was pushed open again. Matsui said with a smile, "It seems that everyone is here~ Please wait for a moment. Before we start, I have something to say to Inuyama-kun... Inuyama-kun, please come with me. Maria, please borrow the room inside."

"Hate it, I told you to just call me Little Maria." The male sister said shyly, "Don't do anything weird when you are in the same room with boys~ Hehe, I was just kidding. Anyway, there are no guests right now, Mr. Matsui, please feel free to use it."

Inuyama Heita stood up and followed Matsui to the private room inside. Suzuki adjusted his glasses, frowned and watched them enter the room, looking a little confused.

(End of this chapter)