The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 244 New Project
Qian Xiaoyi poured himself a cup of strong tea with dark circles under his eyes. He had been looking up information until very late last night. In the morning, he called Gui Teng Longguang and asked him to recommend some books related to Japanese monsters. Now he finally got some ideas.

The monster they encountered a few days ago was suspected to be a "Ghost One Mouth". According to legend, it is a ghost or monster that can eat people in one bite, hence the name.

In some versions, this monster will transform its tongue into a beautiful woman as bait to lure passers-by, which is the same as the scene he saw in the second ghost realm. The monsters in the game hall are actually similar, except that the bait has become small steel balls.

But what happened afterwards became extremely strange. First of all, their way of attacking people was no longer so simple and crude. Instead, they adopted the method of trapping people in the quagmire little by little, and only took action after the target's aura was completely disintegrated, devouring the target's cognition of certain concepts.

Qian Xiaoyi speculated that the cognition that was swallowed might be something like "luck", "hope", "life", etc. As for what the purpose of swallowing such things is, Qian Xiaoyi couldn't figure it out.

What he couldn't understand was how these things were sewn together?

By searching online, he found that there were many scenes in the ghostland corresponding to different urban legends, such as the "Golden God" game hall among gamblers, the "Ghost Master" among arcade players, the "Narcotic Heaven" among drug addicts, and the "Goddess of Death in Paradise" in the sex industry...

These legends are all similar. They often tell the story of an unsuccessful person who encounters something that does not exist and then falls into the abyss under the temptation of desire.

Although the cores are similar, Qian Xiaoyi has almost no idea how these things merged together to form the ghost realm, and how they are related to monsters.

The only information we know now is that the collective knowledge of these individual legends is not enough to form a ghost zone, but when they are combined together, yesterday's ghost zone is formed.

This situation was totally unheard of and unprecedented. Qian Xiaoyi carefully reviewed his actions that night and thought, "Forget it, let's investigate slowly. I ran very fast that day and didn't do anything unnecessary. The other party should not have noticed my identity."

There are too many doubts about this matter. As he did not want to alert the enemy, Qian Xiaoyi did not directly ask Ashiya Yoshisuke or other people for information about this matter. He did not know what kind of conspiracy was behind this and whether it would affect him, so he could only take it step by step.

And no one knows when they will be able to find that damn place next time. The two hooligans, Shi and Shu, were lucky. They were accidentally vomited out just a few seconds after being swallowed by the monster. The only impact was that they would have psychological trauma when they saw the pachinko machines and dared not to play anymore.

But in this way, the connection between them and the ghost realm was also cut off, so Qian Xiaoyi could no longer use them as keys to find there.

Since there is no way to do it for the time being, just leave it alone. He has spent a lot of energy investigating these things in the past few days, and it’s time to do some real work.

Qian Xiaoyi drank the strong tea in one gulp, then went out and rode his bike to the WTV station. It had been several days since the last show was filmed, and Director Tamura had called him several times to ask him to come as much as possible, but because of the Golden God arcade incident, he had not been there for the past few days.

"Mr. Qian! You're finally here." After arriving at the TV station, Director Tamura's big bald head could be seen from afar. He walked over quickly, nodded and bowed, saying, "I've been waiting for you for several days." "Sorry, sorry." Qian Xiaoyi said, "I have other commissions these days. After all, as you know, there are too many people who have made appointments with me to exorcise ghosts."

"Yes, I understand. Please come over." Director Tamura said, "Everyone is waiting for you."

The "everyone" he mentioned refers to the production crew of "Horror Night GO". Ever since Qian Xiaoyi took Konishi Hirobe and Suzuna to experience the "non-existent supernatural TV station" incident last time, the entire production crew knew about this incident from Konishi Hirobe's mouth. As a result, the production crew that needed to shoot at night immediately became panic-stricken. If it weren't for Director Tamura's many years of prestige, perhaps many people would have started to ask for leave.

You know, filming a supernatural show is one thing, but having supernatural events happen where you work is another.

That's why Director Tamura was so anxious to invite Qian Xiaoyi over, because he needed a professional like him to calm people's hearts.

"Please rest assured, Mr. Tamura, I will take care of it." Qian Xiaoyi said, "It's not a big deal, but to be on the safe side, I need to check other studios to eliminate risks. Can this be arranged?"

Director Tamura thought for a while and agreed immediately: "It's not a big deal. As long as it doesn't disturb the filming of other production crews, I can let Xiaoxi take you there."

Qian Xiaoyi nodded and smiled secretly in his heart. His purpose of visiting other studios under this excuse was achieved. Because the program crew of "Horror Night GO" has now changed to night shooting, many places in the building are closed at night, including those studios. This is a rare opportunity to explore the building openly.

After a while, Inuyama Heita also came over after school. After waiting for Konishi Hirobe to arrive, the three of them set off directly.

"Mr. Qian!" Xiao Xi Guangbu led the way with a staff badge on his chest, and asked anxiously, "Is the thing we encountered last time...really okay?"

Qian Xiaoyi said: "It doesn't seem to be very dangerous at the moment, so don't worry, and didn't I give you a talisman? Even if something happens, I will find someone else first, what are you afraid of?"

"That's true..." Konishi Hirobu said worriedly, "But after seeing that weird show last time, I feel a little nervous every time I go home and watch TV. I'm afraid that weird show will pop up again in the middle of watching TV, which makes me unable to sleep well at night. I didn't feel anything real when I went to those supernatural places before, and I would forget about them after they passed, but now..."

Upon hearing this, Qian Xiaoyi immediately wanted to recommend some of his own calming incense to the other party, but after thinking about it, he decided not to waste it. This guy was just simply scaring himself, so he said, "In that case, think about the mortgage and car loan. Mr. Xiaoxi, you still have more than ten years of loans to pay off, right? There are also the children's cram school, and the next wedding anniversary gift..."

"Don't... don't say that!" Xiao Xi's pupils trembled, and then he sighed, "I don't think I'm that scared anymore..."

Inuyama Heita looked at Konishi Hirobe with sidelong glances and thought: After all, the pressure of life is more terrifying, isn't it?
(End of this chapter)