The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

After the Episode 277 (5)

The moment they reached their limit, the sealed power of the Rift Girls burst out instantly, and three people died on the spot. Only Ashiya Yoshisuke and Ruriin Mitsuteru managed to escape.

"At that time, my father returned to the temple and brought back a lock of hair." Liuliyuan Hongming said painfully, "He looked normal at the time, with no signs of injury at all. After he put the lock of hair away, he called me over and began to tell me about his last wishes.

I didn't realize at the time that he was going to die. I was still in my rebellious period and was still angry with him. Then I watched as he was telling me about his funeral arrangements, the corners of his mouth slowly split, cuts began to appear on his body, and blood gushed out of the wounds..."

At this point, Liuliyuan Hongming closed his eyes, his voice still trembling, as if he was still immersed in the shock and pain of that year, unable to extricate himself. He was regretting, regretting his youthful frivolity, regretting that he did not have the chance to listen to his father's words.

Qian Xiaoyi sighed and shook his head. This was a complete tragedy.

Those five people are classical exorcists, and their skills have been honed through countless trials and tests. They are undoubtedly very powerful psychics. Even though they are from different factions, Qian Xiaoyi does not think they will be weak.

However, facing the Slit-Mouth Woman, they adopted the wrong response, just like five genuine martial arts masters standing on the flood diversion channel, trying to use their bodies to block the erupting mountain torrent.

The final sealing method is fine against ordinary ghosts, but it is not so effective against the Slit-Mouthed Woman. Let’s use the previous example as an analogy. It is like the five masters found that the mountain torrent was too fierce, so they wanted to build a wall in front of them to isolate themselves from the mountain torrent.

As a result, the power of the mountain torrent was too great and the wall could not hold up. Based on past experience, they all used their own strength to support the wall.

The final result is obvious, the wall collapsed.

It sounds like what they did was very stupid, but in the final analysis, this is also a difference in the cognitive level. There is no record of urban legends and ghosts in the classics and traditions handed down from ancient times. This is a new thing that appeared in modern times. If we use the old methods to deal with it, something bad will definitely happen.

Moreover, for the classical school who believe in the existence of gods and ghosts, a ghost can be seen and touched, so it is a demon with a core and entity, not something else. Naturally, the first thing to do is to use past experience to deal with it.

As a school of thought that emerged in the new era, Qian Xiaoyi of the cognitive school also adopted the method of sealing in the end, but the method of sealing was diversion.

First use the power of other urban legends to fight poison with poison, and when the Slit-Mouth Woman appears weak for a moment, use a clever method to separate the knowledge of the Slit-Mouth Woman's existence from the source of her power.

It can be said that she was sealed, but not completely sealed. The power of the Slit Woman still exists, but she can no longer be gathered as a whole and resurrected, because her complete cognitive image is already with Qian Xiaoyi, and naturally it is impossible for her to appear somewhere else.

"This is really... such a pity." Qian Xiaoyi patted Liuliyuan Hongming on the shoulder and consoled him, "Please accept my condolences."

"Thank you." Liuliyuan Hiroaki took a deep breath and calmed down. He opened his eyes and said, "It was dusk when they met the slit-mouthed woman, so this incident was also called the 'Ragnarok' incident by the exorcist circle. Except for Mr. Ashiya, none of the other four survived.

As a result, there were more rules for urban legend commissions in the exorcist circle. Even the minimum commission fee for urban legend commissions was 1000 million yen divided into five parts, which started at 5 million yen.

Qian Xiaoyi nodded. It turned out that this kind of thing had happened before, so there were these rules.

"So..." Liuliyuan Hongming supported his knees with his hands, and suddenly lowered his head to Qian Xiaoyi, bowed very humbly and said: "Mr. Qian, please give me a helping hand! I want to inherit my father's will no matter what, complete the commission for him, and wash away the shame on him!"

Qian Xiaoyi sighed and said, "I understand how you feel..."

The so-called washing away of shame should refer to the fact that it was clearly Liuliyuan Guanghui who took on the commission himself, but it implicated four other powerful friends and colleagues.

But Qian Xiaoyi also knew that it was not so easy to eliminate the Slit-mouthed Woman. It was an urban legend that had lasted for decades and was deeply rooted in the minds of all Japanese people. Even if the government propaganda department cooperated, it would probably take 10 to 20 years for this thing to disappear, until the new generation who didn't know about it grew up and became the mainstream of society. By that time, the term "Slit-mouthed Woman" would only be an impression in their minds of "Ah? I seem to have heard of it. Is it an old urban legend? I don't know the details." At this time, the Slit-mouthed Woman was completely eliminated.

But this is really too difficult. Apart from anything else, even if the government really does this, it is impossible for all localities to fully cooperate. If the government has this ability, how could there be so many cults among the people?

As for using force to eliminate the Slit-Mouthed Woman? That was even more impossible. Qian Xiaoyi didn't want to die young.

"Although I understand your feelings, this is impossible." Qian Xiaoyi said: "I don't have that ability, sorry."

He was telling the truth. He personally did not have the ability to completely eliminate the Slit-Mouth Woman.

Liuliyuan Hongming raised his head, his face showing no surprise. Qian Xiaoyi was so young, and his cultivation was probably not very advanced. Even if his father, a top master, had become like that, what help could this young man in his twenties provide? However, since he was an exorcist from there, and had survived a confrontation with the Slit-Mouthed Woman in Shibuya on Halloween, he should have some unique skills that could help him fight against the Slit-Mouthed Woman.

So Liuliyuan Hongming said, "Mr. Qian, I know this is a bit unreasonable, but I just want to know, you saw the slit-mouthed woman in Shibuya that day, right? Please tell me how you survived under the siege of so many urban legends? I can pay for this method, please name a price."

Qian Xiaoyi was helpless. I couldn't tell you that I used the Slit-Mouthed Woman to drive all those things away, could I? The things of the Cognitive School couldn't be exposed to these Classical Schools. You have to have a life to spend money. People who believe in religion are much more cruel to pagans than to non-believers.

So he could only spread his hands and said perfunctorily: "This... is a secret of the school, I can't tell you. And you know what happened in Shibuya that day. It was a very special day, I'm afraid it can't be replicated on ordinary days, so I can't help you with the matter of the slit-mouthed woman."

"Is that so? Was it because of the special circumstances of Shibuya that day?" This reason actually convinced Ruriin Hiroaki. He sighed and said, "I was too abrupt today. I'm very sorry."

Qian Xiaoyi said: "But if you meet a woman with a slit mouth in the future, you can come to me for help." As long as you can find her.

"Really? Thank you so much." Liuliyuan Hongming's eyes lit up and he nodded to him. This young man was not bad. Unlike his colleagues, he would turn pale when the slit-mouthed woman was mentioned.

He stood up and said goodbye, "I'm sorry, if you have time, Mr. Qian can go to Mingguang Temple as a guest. We can visit more often and exchange experiences in exorcising spirits."

"sure."

Ruriin Hiroaki left the office and returned to the car. He had expected to get nothing. He had experienced this too many times, so he was not too disappointed.

"Dad, have you met the psychic detective?" Liuliyuan Lily asked expectantly, "Where's the autograph? Is it coming?"

Liuliyuan Hongming was stunned and said, "This... Dad forgot."

"You forgetful monk! We had agreed on this before!"

Liuliyuan Hongming touched his head and said, "Sorry, sorry, otherwise... I'll sign one for you. I'm also a good exorcist, so it should be about the same, right?"

"You're not a celebrity, what's the point of asking for your autograph? I want to show it off to the class."

Liuliyuan Hongming suddenly felt a little resentful towards Qian Xiaoyi: Girls nowadays are really... Why are you going on TV?

(End of this chapter)