The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 26 Lucky Mutual Aid Society (18)

Qian Xiaoyi walked out of the warehouse building with a jade pendant in his hand and a cigarette in his mouth. He looked up at the setting sun and thought to himself, "There's not even a camera in there~ I changed my clothes for nothing today, but it's true. If there were cameras, Matsui wouldn't have put those things here. But it seems a bit sorry for the guy inside. I hope he can endure it psychologically and won't lose his job because of what happened just now."

Thinking of this, he returned to the station and took the train back to his office. As soon as he got downstairs, he saw Inuyama Heita waiting at the door.

"Mr. Qian." Inuyama Heita greeted Qian Xiaoyi when he saw him.

"Have you been waiting for a long time?" Qian Xiaoyi took out the key, glanced at the side, and then asked casually.

Inuyama Heita shook his head: "Not really." His eyes were flickering now, and it was obvious that he had a lot of things to say.

The two arrived at the office. Before Qian Xiaoyi sat down and poured himself a glass of water, Inuyama Heita couldn't wait to say, "Mr. Qian! I..."

"Wait a moment." Qian Xiaoyi interrupted him. He went into the utility room with his backpack on his back and fiddled with something inside. After a while, he came out with the empty backpack and closed the door. Then he asked Inuyama Heita, "I just came back and I'm a little thirsty. Coke or juice?"

"Uh...juice, thank you." Inuyama Heita said blankly.

As usual, Qian Xiaoyi took a can of beer and a drink from the refrigerator, handed the drink to Inuyama Heita, and collapsed on the sofa. He took off his cap, opened the pull ring, took a big gulp of ice beer, and then sighed with satisfaction: "Ha~ Comfortable... Okay, Heitaro, tell me about your experience this time. Did you collect any useful information?"

"I was just about to tell you, Matsui told me..." Inuyama Heita started his story from the time when Matsui took him to a private room in the "Blues" bar.

"You can skip this part. I'm not interested." Qian Xiaoyi interrupted him, glanced at the direction of the gate, and then said, "It's nothing more than those messed up tricks. There's no need to say more. It's not important. So you just need to tell me the identities of those who are present. This is the information that will determine whether we can bring down the Lucky Mutual Aid Society."

"Okay, I understand." Inuyama Heita took out his cell phone and started playing the recording of his conversation with other people.

"Your name is Miss Maria, right? Thank you for your help before. Otherwise, I don't know what I would have been forced into by those two people."

"Fufufu~ Bullying such a young boy is unforgivable. As a big sister, of course I will help you. Also, don't call me Miss Maria, just call me Little Maria. I'm telling you..."

The video played slowly. Inuyama Heita was not a professionally trained person, so he could not remember the information of more than a dozen senior members at once. Therefore, he could only use this stupid method, recording it first and then finding the useful information.

A few minutes after the recording played, Qian Xiaoyi quietly stood up from the sofa, put his index finger in front of his lips, made a "shut up" gesture to Inuyama Heita, then tiptoed to the door of the office, gently grasped the door handle, and suddenly opened it.

"Ah!" Following a panicked cry, a petite figure fell in from outside the door.

Suzuki stood up from the ground in a somewhat awkward manner, adjusted his crooked glasses, and stared at the two people in the room in silence. "Suzuki-san?!" Inuyama Heita was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly stood up, pressed the pause button on his phone, and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

Qian Xiaoyi looked at Inuyama Heita teasingly and said, "Heitaro, it looks like there's a little tail following you~"

Then he looked at Suzuki and asked, "Miss, may I ask why you are eavesdropping at the door of my office?"

Suzuki remained silent, as if he was struggling with whether to just run away or say something.

"Okay, let me put it another way." Qian Xiaoyi said, "Miss, did you behave like a stalker towards my client, Inuyama Heitarou? Like a pervert?"

"No!" Suzuki immediately retorted: "I'm not a pervert, and I'm not a man, I should be a female pervert... Wait, client?" She noticed a word in Qian Xiaoyi's words.

Qian Xiaoyi stepped aside and made an inviting gesture: "It seems that you can still talk, so come in, let's communicate openly and honestly to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings."

Suzuki hesitated for a long time, then gritted his teeth, took out his mobile phone, showed the screen, and threatened: "It's just a communication, right? Don't do anything suspicious. My text message has been edited. Just press it and it will call the police immediately. Got it?"

"Yes, yes, please do as you please, Detective Conan." Qian Xiaoyi said helplessly.

She walked into the office very nervously, looked around suspiciously, and finally sat down on the sofa chair next to the coffee table, feeling uneasy.

"Have some." Qian Xiaoyi took a can of juice from the refrigerator and placed it in front of her, then sat on the sofa opposite her, crossed his legs, and asked, "Then tell me, you are Miss Suzuki, right? What is your purpose? Why are you following my client?"

Inuyama Heita also looked at Suzuki curiously.

Suzuki glanced at the juice on the coffee table but didn't pick it up. She chose her words carefully and said, "I warned Inuyama before not to trust those guys from the Lucky Mutual Aid Society. I didn't expect to see him at the party just now. After listening to their conversation, I learned that he was blackmailed by gangsters and was rescued by these people. It was obvious that it was a trap, so when the party was over, I wanted to come out to remind him, but I saw him talking on the phone as soon as he came out, and then walking to a place that was not the station. So out of curiosity, I followed him all the way here. Okay, I've finished my part, and it's your turn next. Inuyama, it seems that you were not deceived by that group of people at all~ Inuyama, and this unknown person, what are you planning?"

After listening to Suzuki finish his words, Inuyama Heita was just trying to find an excuse. He couldn't possibly say that he was noticed by others because he was a psychic, right?

Just as Inuyama Heita was racking his brains, Qian Xiaoyi sighed and said seriously: "You are a very smart girl. You have been eavesdropping outside the door from the beginning, right? In this case, I can only tell you the whole truth. In fact... We are righteous psychics, ready to thwart the other party's conspiracy to use evil magic to persecute others..."

(End of this chapter)