The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 247 New Plan (4)

"Ah!" Director Tamura was frightened by the sudden scene. Qian Xiaoyi noticed that Director Tamura's spirit was stimulated, so he directly pasted a talisman on the TV and decisively let everyone exit the ghost realm and disconnect from the program broadcast on TV.

After finishing all this, Qian Xiaoyi asked with concern: "Director, are you okay?"

"Huh...Huh..." Director Tamura panted and said, "So what Xiaoxi said is true...Mr. Qian, please give me a talisman as well!"

He used to be a little bit skeptical about the supernatural happenings happening around him, but now he believes it completely.

The assistant also shouted: "I want one too!"

"Of course, everyone is involved." Qian Xiaoyi smiled. It looked like they were just a little frightened, and their spirits were not damaged. They just needed to go back and have a good sleep. It could only be said that as the director of a supernatural program, their psychological endurance was still stronger than that of ordinary people.

If it were an ordinary person, it is possible that he would be frightened to the point of falling sick.

After watching this week's "Kaidan Preview", everyone left the building. Qian Xiaoyi took Inuyama Heita back on a bike. Qian Xiaoyi asked, "Did you write down all the strange stories in "Kaidan Preview"?"

Inuyama Heita nodded, took out a notebook from his arms, and said, "I've written everything down, Brother O. Are we going to confirm these ghost stories later?"

Qian Xiaoyi said, "No need. We entered the ghost realm last week to confirm the authenticity of the "Ghost Story Forecast". Now that we know that the contents of the "Ghost Story Forecast" are likely to be true, and there is no commission for the time being, there is no need to take the risk."

Inuyama Heita nodded, and he was relieved when he heard Qian Xiaoyi's words. The ghostland formed by urban legends is much more dangerous than the evil spirits they encountered, and it is not easy to eliminate them. Now they are no longer the rookies when they first started out, and they naturally cannot always do this kind of unpaid and thankless work.

Inuyama Heita then asked, "If that's the case, why should we even try to watch that show?"

Qian Xiaoyi replied, "Of course it's for intelligence. We'll come here once a week. As long as we come here often enough, we'll be able to easily write down most of the urban legends in Tokyo that can form ghost areas. This is much better than riding motorcycles around everywhere. This is called being prepared."

In the following days, Qian Xiaoyi did as he said and stopped running around investigating urban legends. Instead, he focused on helping Director Tamura edit and modify the new episode of "Horror Night GO".

After the episode in which the body was discovered was broadcast, "Horror Night GO" became famous, and the program crew continued to shoot two episodes as planned. However, because there was no hit like the previous episode and Qian Xiaoyi did not participate in the filming, the popularity of the program showed a downward trend after a brief surge, which worried director Tamura.

So after Qian Xiaoyi confirmed that he would join the program team, Director Tian Cun followed Qian Xiaoyi's suggestion and went all out to publicize the fact that Qian Xiaoyi had joined the program.

The preview for the next episode was full of promotions like "Shock! Psychic detective Qian Xiaoyi will continue to participate in the show!", which made the audience very curious. They were new audiences attracted by the previous hot spots, so they were still very interested in Qian Xiaoyi's joining.

But the old viewers of the original show were a little unhappy. This was to promote Qian Xiaoyi as the main character of the show! Wouldn’t the content of the show change? They just liked the supernatural atmosphere of the previous show. By promoting a “net celebrity” like this, were they trying to turn the tables?

Amid the outcry from old fans, Director Tamura could only come out online to explain and promise that the previous supernatural atmosphere would definitely not be destroyed, but would instead be increased.

Then, a few days later, under the attention of everyone, a new episode of "Horror Night GO" was finally aired.

On this day, almost everyone who knew Qian Xiaoyi was watching TV, wanting to see what new things he could do this time. Qian Xiaoyi himself was no exception, and he came to Inuyama Heita's apartment early, leaning on the sofa, holding a teacup in his hand, and leisurely watching the opening of the show.

Inuyama Heita was also sitting aside, watching TV curiously. He did not participate in the filming of the program and did not know much about the content. He only knew that this filming was not completed in one go, but was divided into several times, which was different from the previous pattern.

After the ancestral opening credits of "Horror Night GO" were played on TV, Qian Xiaoyi's figure appeared. When Inuyama Heita saw him, he spat out the tea in his mouth with a "puff".

On TV, Qian Xiaoyi was wearing a deerstalker hat like Sherlock Holmes, a cape and a wooden pipe. He looked like a wise man in the dark, looking into the distance with deep eyes. Then, along with Qian Xiaoyi's voice, a montage of different scenes began to appear on the TV screen.

"Why is there a strange noise in the horror house?"

“Why are there so many toddler footprints on high-rise balconies?”

"Is the curse of the evil spirit true or false?"

"Why do the will-o'-the-wisps in remote cemeteries occur?"

“Is this a loss of morality or a distortion of human nature?”

"I am Qian Xiaoyi, a psychic detective. During my career, I have seen or heard of countless real events."

"Now, let me lead you to recreate the scene at that time and explore the supernatural world step by step."

"Let's enjoy a horror night together, GO!"

In front of the TV, Inuyama Heita looked at Qian Xiaoyi with shock. He never expected that Qian Xiaoyi would cooperate with the show and wear that kind of middle school clothing.

"This is a compromise made for the sake of ratings." Qian Xiaoyi said with a dead pig fearless look: "After all, it's a TV show, you have to leave an impression on people, and wearing specific clothes is the easiest way to do that."

On TV, the camera cut to the studio, and the two hosts of "Horror Night GO" finally appeared. Mutsu was still dressed in a suit and tie, while Nojiri changed into a mummy costume this time. After the two came on stage, they started to make jokes as usual.

Mutsu: "Hey, Nojiri, you're being lazy, aren't you? The mummy costume was used last year, don't try to fool me!"

Nojiri: "Were you discovered? Damn it! But it doesn't matter, this time the outfit is actually different from the last time!"

Mutsu: "Oh? Could it be that you were the Pharaoh last time, and you are in another identity this time?"

Nojiri: "No, haven't you noticed yet? It's because the material of the clothes is different."

Mutsu: "Let me see... Wait! This is toilet paper! I was wondering why all the toilet paper in the toilet cubicles was gone. It made me hold it in until now. It turns out it was you! Give the toilet paper back to me! You toilet paper thief!"

Nojiri: "Stop it! I finally got you here! Stop it, we're filming a show now, don't let Mr. Qian laugh at you and think we're a comedy show."

Mutsu: "What?! So it's our show, isn't it? But speaking of Mr. Qian...did the opening of the show just now change? Why wasn't I the one reading the opening remarks? Hey! Director, you bald guy, did you do something unforgivable? I said, there can only be one handsome guy in this show..."

Nojiri: "Ahhhh! Someone come and drag him away! Suzuna-chan! Suzuna-chan! Please help explain the content of this show~ I will deal with this narcissist."

The camera switches to show Suzuna, who is also wearing a full set of Sherlock Holmes gear, sitting in her seat. She says with a smile, "Then, leave the rest of the explanation to me."

(End of this chapter)