The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 269: Halloween Carnival Night (14)

——Revealing the first 10 minutes of the Tower Tarot card.

"Ms. Nakamori! Something terrible has happened!" Asakawa, the producer of "Haunted Night", ran to the lounge in a panic and said, "There's an unexpected situation! The location of our keepsake seems to have been exposed. The people from "Horror Night GO" are following an Ultraman Tiga to sweep our keepsake! If this continues, we're going to be in trouble."

Anna sat lazily on the recliner, holding an exquisite ladies' pipe in her hand. A ladies' cigarette was stuffed in the mouth of the pipe, and wisps of smoke were floating in the air.

In response to Asakawa's panic, Anna said calmly, "I understand."

Seeing this, Asakawa asked incredulously: "Ms. Nakamori, could it be that... you have predicted this a long time ago? Are you going to instruct the staff below not to hand over the token? Those guys are up to no good. If they continue like this, the consequences will be serious. If they can even find the final grand prize, then the 10 million yen in funding we applied for will all be wasted. I really don't know how the location of the token was leaked. When I planned the event, I arranged it separately. No one should know the entire list..."

"Mr. Asakawa, can you be quiet? I'm meditating." Anna felt a little headache listening to Asakawa's chattering.

This producer is good in everything, just like an excellent housekeeper who can help me take care of all the complicated things. It was because of this that I agreed to have him come to the TV station to do the show. However, the only shortcoming is that he is too long-winded and makes a fuss about everything.

"But those keepsakes..."

"I know about the token, and there are no spies in the production team." Anna said, "Go out, the final round of the game is about to begin, isn't it? Our fate is about to be decided, I don't want to be disturbed, let me be quiet for a while."

Asakawa was helpless, but he also knew Miss Nakamori's character. He was able to climb to this position thanks to her divination, so he didn't dare to offend this mysterious fortune teller at all. At the same time, he also believed in her divination, so he left the room and closed the door.

Anna looked at the "Tower" tarot card on the table, thoughtfully.

Of course she knew about the sweeping of the keepsakes, or rather, she had arranged it that way. That was the bait in today's Shibuya, a restricted area among psychics. If there was no bait, why would the prey stay there?
Any exorcist with a little bit of ability knows how dangerous urban legends are. Due to the special nature of Shibuya Halloween, there is a very small chance that they will appear in a place where they should not be. This is the most dangerous scenario that one can think of, because the chaotic aura makes it impossible for exorcists to use their abilities, and they become mere targets for those monsters.

Anna muttered to herself anxiously, "Being able to hold on until the fourth round is a testament to your strength, but in the final stage, it is not enough to survive just by being strong. This is a test that only those who truly control their own destiny can pass. Will it bring destruction or self-destruction... Prove it to me, Qian Xiaoyi."

If she could even get through this, then she would have nothing to say.

Back to the present, Shibuya.

When Qian Xiaoyi saw the entities of urban legend ghosts gathering from all directions, he felt relieved. Rather than the fear of the unknown, he preferred to face difficulties head-on.

"What a killer move, Miss Anna." Qian Xiaoyi thought to himself, "It's hard enough to deal with just one urban legend, but now there are so many of them at once, and they're all targeting me. They're really flattering a newcomer like me. If it were an ordinary exorcist, they would probably just run away, but... why do I feel like laughing?"

Suddenly, the phone in his bag answered the call automatically, and then turned on the speaker function:

"This is Miss Mary. I'm behind you." Buzz~
In an instant, the world around Qian Xiaoyi turned dark. He could no longer see the neon lights around him, nor could he hear the noisy voices. He also turned into his real appearance instead of Ultraman Tiga. Several figures slowly emerged from the darkness not far away. They were all ghosts in urban legends.

Qian Xiaoyi knew that his body was still in Shibuya, but because of the coming of these urban legends and ghosts, his spirit was pulled into the ghost realm.

"I'm Miss Mary, and I'm... in your ear now." A strange voice appeared in Qian Xiaoyi's ear. He felt half of his body was paralyzed and extremely cold.

But the other half of his body could still move. He stretched out his hand into the non-existent void beside him, then took out a pair of scissors wrapped with talismans from the void, and snapped them at the source of the sound next to his ear.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!"

A violent scream came from his ears, making Qian Xiaoyi dizzy for a moment, but he woke up quickly. With the scissors, he immediately regained his mobility. He stretched his neck and looked at the ghost doll Hanako who was already close at hand. Qian Xiaoyi held the scissors, smiled, and said, "Let's start the battle between Onimus."

Hair that was darker than the surrounding black void gushed out from Qian Xiaoyi's body, submerging the entire black space like a flood, and also submerging the urban legend ghosts that surrounded Qian Xiaoyi.

At the same time, in Anna's lounge, a spark suddenly burst out from the scented candle on the table, and fell on the tarot cards on the table. Starting from the center of the card, the flame continued to spread to the outside, as if to burn the tarot card to ashes. The suddenly increasing fire also illuminated the surroundings, making the dim room no longer dim.

"What is this!" Anna stood up from her chair in astonishment, looking at the burning "Tower" Tarot card on the table, her body trembling.

"It's not self-destruction! It's bringing destruction!" Anna murmured tremblingly: "I have already done this, and that's Shibuya on Halloween. What terrible luck! I still underestimated him... No, that's not right! He is indeed a person who brings destruction, but what he destroys is... destiny itself!"

Anna slumped in the chair, staring blankly at her precious tarot cards on the table burning quietly, without any intention of stopping it. But at this moment, her eyes reflected the burning fire and had a hint of light.

Maybe, there is still something she can do.

……

As time passed, all the participants in Shibuya were using their last strength to find the location of the "Tower" Tarot card token! This was the last minute, and we could not give up hope!
Qian Xiaoyi put the scissors into the iron box in his bag somewhat tiredly, then took off Ultraman Tiga's clothes, revealing his sweat-soaked vest and shorts.

"Oh... Damn it~" He took out a coat from his bag and put it on, leaning against the railing, and said with a sigh of relief:

"It's done."

(End of this chapter)