The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

After the Episode 274 (2)

The "Horror Night GO" program crew used the trick of "borrowing arrows from a straw boat" and successfully used the topic of the 1000 million yen prize money of "Phantom Fantasy Night" to attract a wave of popularity for themselves, and became popular again, becoming a hot topic among young people in recent days.

Even the Lingkong Office has become a popular check-in spot, with many young people making a special trip to Roppongi to take selfies downstairs of the office.

Even a rare monk like Liuliyuan Hongming who devoted himself to practice could not help but see related news when reading the newspaper in his spare time.

At first he didn't pay much attention to it, and after a quick glance he turned to other pages. But as he read on, he seemed to recall the strange movement of the hair of the woman with the slit mouth on Halloween. He also seemed to have heard of the psychic detective mentioned in the newspaper somewhere...

So he immediately flipped back and confirmed Qian Xiaoyi's name, and then suddenly remembered that it seemed that he was the one who fought against Hiruda a few months ago. The news also mentioned the name of the program "Haunted Night", saying that a treasure hunt was held in Shibuya, and Qian Xiaoyi also participated, and this guy also won a lot of prize money with the "Horror Night GO" program team.

He knew "A Night of Ghost and Magic", a TV show produced by Anna, and they were old acquaintances.

It is known that Qian Xiaoyi is a psychic. On Halloween Eve, he went to Shibuya, the "forbidden zone for psychics", to attend an event hosted by Anna. He stayed there the whole night. Coincidentally, the Slit-Mouthed Woman also appeared in Shibuya that night. What does this indicate?
——Qian Xiaoyi has dealt with the slit-mouthed woman before, and he survived that life-threatening situation intact!

He knew that Qian Xiaoyi was a powerful guy, and even Hiruda was dealt with by him, but Ruriin Hongming didn't want to cause trouble, so he had no plans to communicate with Qian Xiaoyi. But now it was different. The other party had met with the Slit-mouthed Woman and was very powerful. Maybe he was an ally who could be won over.

If all else fails, you can also ask him for information about the Slit-Mouth Woman. Even exorcists know very little about that thing. Usually, exorcists who have encountered the Slit-Mouth Woman either turn around and run away or disappear, not to mention the elusive appearance of the Slit-Mouth Goddess.

So, Liuliyuan Hongming took out his cell phone and contacted Anna.

Liuliyuan: [Did Qian Xiaoyi really stay in Shibuya for a night? Did he meet the slit-mouthed woman there? ]

Anna: [There is a charge for information. ]

Liuliyuan: [Sorry, Anna, I'm not in the mood to joke right now, tell me quickly. ]

Anna: [You guys, you get so impatient when you mention the slit-mouthed woman. I don’t know where the results of your training have gone...]

Anna: [I wasn't there at the time, but he did survive in that damn place. As for the Slit-Mouthed Woman... From the look of you, it seems that that thing has appeared. As expected of him, even the Slit-Mouthed Woman can't do anything to him?]

Liuliyuan: [What on earth did he do? How could he escape unscathed from the siege of several urban legend ghosts? ]

Anna: [My divination shows that he must have found a way to stir up a fight between urban legend ghosts, and he benefited from it, so he was not injured.]

Anna: [I’m telling you this because we’re old friends. By the way, it’s best to go find him directly at night. He should be there by then. He lives in his office. The address is…]

Liuliyuan: [I understand. Thank you.]

Anna: [You want to win him over to fight against the slit-mouthed woman together? My intuition is that he won't agree.] Liuliyuan: [It's okay, this is normal, but I will still give it a try.]

Anna: [I owe you a favor this time. Next time I have a troublesome commission, you have to come and help me. ]

Liuliyuan: [Okay.]

After learning the information he wanted, Liuliyuan Hiroaki began to think about it. It's not like he had never thought about using urban legends to counterbalance urban legends, but unfortunately, ghosts in different urban legends seemed to have different spheres of influence.

So generally speaking, they won't run into each other, and it's impossible for them to fight each other. So Ruriin Hiroaki felt a little regretful. It seemed that it was the special nature of Shibuya on Halloween that led to this situation. It can be said that it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

"But... in this case, maybe we can try it on Halloween next year?" The more Liuliyuan Hiroaki thought about it, the more he felt that it was feasible. He said to himself, "Perhaps this is the only way. Use urban legends to fight urban legends. If we are lucky, we can eliminate the Slit-Mouthed Woman! But the difficulty is how to protect ourselves from being attacked in Shibuya on Halloween, and also be able to divert hatred and let other urban legends besiege the Slit-Mouthed Woman..."

After thinking for a long time, Liuliyuan Hongming found that he could only visit the recently famous psychic detective Qian Xiaoyi and ask for the trick. If possible, it would be better to hire him directly.

Before planning to visit Qian Xiaoyi, Liuliyuan Hongming thought it would be more polite to say hello first, so he got the contact number of Lingkong Office from Anna and dialed the number.

The person on the other end of the phone was not Qian Xiaoyi, but a female employee. Liuliyuan Hongming was told by the other party that Qian Xiaoyi's latest appointment was scheduled for a week later. This made Liuliyuan Hongming scratch his head. It seemed that after that episode was broadcast, Mr. Qian really became famous.

"Anna's intuition is as accurate as ever." Ruriin Hiroaki sighed. There was nothing he could do. It was still a long time before Mr. Ashiya's shop opened. If he wanted to see him soon, he could only follow Anna's method and visit him directly after work.

He came to the door of a room across the corridor and called out, "Lily, are you in the room?"

A girl's voice came from inside: "Yes, I am here. Come in."

Ruriin Hiroaki opened the door and saw a short-haired high school girl in uniform lying on the tatami, eating potato chips and staring at the TV, laughing from time to time.

"Look at you, your clothes are scattered everywhere, and you don't even fold the quilt." Liuliyuan Hongming looked at his daughter's messy appearance and said with a headache: "Can you at least tidy up the room?"

"Hey~ What's the matter~" Liuliyuan Lily stared at the TV without turning her head and said, "Anyway, the quilt needs to be covered at night, so it's redundant to fold it now. By the way, dad, aren't you going to practice? It's not time for dinner yet, right?"

Liuliyuan Hongming said: "I have to go out tonight, can you see me off?"

Hearing this, Liuliyuan Lily immediately sat up, turned around with shining eyes, and asked, "Hey~ Hey~ Do you have a request for exorcism? You have finally made up your mind this time. Are you going to take me with you?"

(End of this chapter)