The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 25 Lucky Mutual Aid Society (17)

On the moving tram, the scenery outside the window slowly passed by. Qian Xiaoyi glanced at the message sent by Inuyama Heita, typed a reply "Received, be careful", and continued to stare at the direction shown by the small compass in his hand. In the center of the compass, a low-quality jade pendant was tied with a red line in a peculiar way. If Inuyama Heita was present, he would easily be able to recognize that this jade pendant was the one that sealed the little devil abducted from the Lucky Mutual Aid Society.

Today Qian Xiaoyi was wearing a loose coat, a baseball cap, and a shoulder bag. He had changed his style and looked more like one of those fashionable young people who often hang out in Shibuya. He lowered his head, and the needle of the compass in his hand trembled slightly in the direction of the train, as if it was affected by the vibration of the train.

Seeing that the pointer didn't move, Qian Xiaoyi sent another text message to President Dayan, asking him if he was busy at work today and if he had time to go out for a drink in the evening. The other party directly said that they could go to the old place for a drink now, which made Qian Xiaoyi unable to bear to continue deceiving this honest old brother, so he laughed and put away his phone.

After confirming that Matsui did not inform President Oiwa about the party, Qian Xiaoyi raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a strange smile, and then continued to stare at the direction of the compass, just waiting quietly.

Finally, after several stops, the direction of the compass changed significantly and began to slowly point in a certain direction as the train moved. Qian Xiaoyi stood up and got off at the next stop.

"Tsk... it still feels a bit far." Looking at the direction of the compass, Qian Xiaoyi couldn't help but complain: "It would be nice to have a car of my own..."

Complaints aside, it was impossible to take a taxi, which was too expensive. Unless it was an emergency, Qian Xiaoyi would go bankrupt if he called a taxi a few more times. So Qian Xiaoyi lowered his head and followed the pointer, walking in the direction of the compass. Half an hour later, he stopped outside a building.

Qian Xiaoyi's current location is quite remote, far from the city center, with one- or two-story buildings sparsely scattered. It is close to Tokyo Bay and has many factories nearby. It is a huge industrial area, and in front of him is a two-story building, where the pointer finally points.

"Personal warehouse?" Qian Xiaoyi glanced at the sign outside and walked into the building.

Behind the counter at the entrance to the first floor lobby, the warehouse keeper was watching a video on his phone. When he saw someone coming, he put away his phone and asked, "Are you here to pick up something?"

"I want to rent a warehouse. Can you show me around first?" Qian Xiaoyi said. The entrance to this personal warehouse was tightly closed, and it seemed that a key was needed to open it.

"Are you here to rent a warehouse? I see. We have several price ranges for warehouses here. I wonder which one you need..." The guard stood up from the chair with a bunch of keys hanging around his waist. He turned around and opened the door at the back. The warehouse for rent in this building is for individuals. The door is a rolling shutter door. It looks a bit old. There are no cameras or anything at the door. It is very old-fashioned.

Qian Xiaoyi followed him inside, holding a compass in his hand, and looked around as he walked. The guard who was leading the way asked curiously, "Sir, what is this..."

"Oh, just checking if the Feng Shui is good." Qian Xiaoyi waved his hand: "Don't worry about me... Take me to see the warehouse inside."

The guard was speechless. How could he not care about such abnormal behavior? However, the other party didn't do anything out of line. He just took the compass and walked around. He didn't know what to say.

When passing by a warehouse in the corridor, Qian Xiaoyi stopped for a moment, turned around to look at the warehouse number, wrote it down, and continued walking with the guard. After looking at several warehouses, Qian Xiaoyi said that he needed to think about it again, and asked the guard to take him out.

"My dear customer, this is the most affordable personal warehouse in this area." The guard did not forget to solicit business when he came out to lock the door. He said with his back to Qian Xiaoyi: "We absolutely guarantee the privacy of our customers. There are people guarding it at all times, so nothing will be lost. It is very safe..."

“No, I’m not dissatisfied with this.” Qian Xiaoyi’s voice came from behind him and gradually faded away: “The reason why I’m dissatisfied with this place is because the feng shui here is bad... Haven’t you heard any rumors when you were working here? For example, the voices of children...” “Children? Don’t joke, sir, there are no children here..." The guard just turned around, but found that Qian Xiaoyi had turned around and left, disappearing without a trace.

Dim sunlight shone in from outside the door, stretching the shadows of objects very long. Everything was silent, as if everything was frozen in this dusk.

"Feng Shui..." The guard muttered this word with a shudder. The guest just now had his head down and was looking at the compass in his hand. His black baseball cap obscured his expression, making it impossible to see his face clearly.

He shuddered, then consoled himself loudly: "Ha! What Feng Shui! Is this a joke? You're still a kid? You've never heard of it. This guy is here to cause trouble..." He cursed and sat back in his chair. After watching the video for a while in a distracted state, he couldn't help but open the communication software, found a colleague on the night shift, and sent a message.

[Sakamoto, have you heard about the rumor about children's voices in our warehouse? ]

Less than a minute later, the other party replied.

[Did you hear that voice too? I said I didn’t hear it wrong! ]

Suddenly, the guard felt a chill on his back and goose bumps appeared on his arms - he was scared by the other party's reply.

He immediately typed: [Hey! Don't scare me! Is this really true?! I finally found this job.]

But after sending the message, the chat box kept spinning, and finally a red exclamation mark appeared, indicating that the message was not sent. Just when he was about to send it again, a figure flashed by in his peripheral vision.

"Who?!" The guard looked up suddenly, but didn't see anyone. Just when he thought it was a false alarm, a breeze suddenly blew behind him. He turned around and was frightened to the point of breaking out in a cold sweat.

——The iron door leading to the warehouse corridor, which was originally locked, was now half-open, and the wind was blowing out from inside.

"Didn't I lock the door just now?" the guard muttered to himself stiffly, and walked over to close the door. But the moment he touched the doorknob, he heard footsteps and children's laughter from inside.

"Hehehe~~"

The guard swallowed and said hesitantly, "...No way." His scalp was tingling and he wanted to turn around and leave, but when he thought that if a child really ran in and he didn't do anything, he might lose his job, so after weighing the pros and cons for a moment, he finally gritted his teeth, pushed open the door, and stepped in.

He didn't notice at all that a jade pendant had been stuffed into the back pocket of his trousers.

(End of this chapter)