The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 29 Lucky Mutual Aid Society (21)

Inuyama Heita then asked, "Mr. Matsui, what do you need me to do?"

"Children need a good education." Matsui's face darkened, and he said, "They must know what they can and cannot do. We cannot spoil them blindly, otherwise we will only raise monsters who are ungrateful, do not know the limits, and only ask for things without limit. This child has been a little too proud of himself recently and has played a lot of pranks on me. If this continues, he will become a bad boy and may harm others, so I need someone with talent like you to educate them a little, so as to suppress their resentment."

"But what should I do..." Inuyama Heita was suddenly stunned and looked at the willow branch in his hand.

"This is the method that the monk in the temple taught me." Matsui said, "For them, willow branches are a special medium. If you are a psychic, you can touch them with willow branches. So, you know what to do, right, Heita-kun? Give it a little lesson."

Inuyama Heita said in disbelief: "You want me to whip them with willow branches?!"

"Only you can do it. We who have no talent can't do it." Matsui said, "To tell you the truth, our president Oiwa is also a psychic like you. He has been doing this all along, but recently... he has changed a lot. He always tells me that he wants to use these children to control the members. I don't dare to go to him recently. Fortunately, I met you. So, for everyone, are you willing to help me do this?"

"...I understand." Inuyama Heita pretended to hesitate for a moment, then said firmly: "Leave it to me."

"Come on." Matsui opened his arms and said.

He picked up the willow branch in his hand, aimed at the little ghost on Matsui's chest and whipped it. The moment the willow branch touched the little ghost, Inuyama Heita felt a cold touch transmitted into his body through the willow branch. At the same time, the little ghost also let out a silent, shrill scream. It opened its dark mouth, with an expression of pain and cruelty on its face. It looked at Inuyama Heita fiercely, revealing a mouth full of fangs.

"Keep going, Heita-kun!" Matsui seemed to feel a little relieved and encouraged.

Inuyama Heitai gritted his teeth and continued to pump...

"An adult and a high school student are in a secret room together, and the adult is being whipped while showing a happy expression..." Qian Xiaoyi said with a strange look on his face: "It sounds very strange, and the key is that the high school student is a boy..."

"Hearing you say that, it seems to be true..." Inuyama Heita also realized something, and the two of them were silent for a while. If this situation was seen by someone who was not aware of the situation, they would definitely be regarded as a pervert.

"What happened next?" Qian Xiaoyi asked, "After you beat that kid with a willow stick, you were taken out by Matsui and beat other people?"

Inuyama Heita said embarrassedly: "Please don't use such a misleading description... After that, Matsui took out a porcelain bottle and asked me to dip water from it with a willow branch, and then slap the little ghosts on other people, saying it was a purification ritual, but the other little ghosts were not as scary as the one on Matsui, it was very easy." Qian Xiaoyi said disdainfully: "Of course, if I'm not mistaken, the little ghost on Matsui should be the earliest one in the mutual aid association. Calculating the time when the mutual aid association was established, it was attached to him about a year ago. He has been suppressing it until now with his method, and the resentment has long been too great. Ha~ Using willow branches to beat ghosts, he actually thought of it..."

Inuyama Heita asked in confusion: "Is there anything wrong with this approach?"

"More than inappropriate." Qian Xiaoyi sneered, "You are simply courting death. Beating ghosts with willow twigs is a kind of folk art in our country, equivalent to a local method, and has nothing to do with the method of raising a little ghost. This practice, if it is not that the person who taught him is not skilled enough, then he has no good intentions at all. In any case, he is definitely not the high monk he mentioned. This method is too complicated and too amateurish. The real raising of a little ghost requires the joint action of multiple rituals, such as special scriptures, techniques, and materials. Without these, it is easy to be backfired. Beating them with willow twigs will only make them surrender temporarily, but the resentment will accumulate deeper and deeper. Heitaro, you dare to do this to those little things with a strong sense of revenge. Be careful in the future~"

"Really...really?" Inuyama Heita shuddered. He now recalled the resentful looks those little devils gave him at that time and felt a little scared.

"Of course it's true." Qian Xiaoyi said, "When you were beating those little ghosts with willow branches, did you feel a cold feeling spreading from there? This rough method is enough for you to establish a connection with those things. When you do this enough times, the target of their resentment will gradually shift to you. Before you die, the original little ghost owner will have a chance to breathe and will not be targeted by the little ghosts for a while."

Inuyama Heita felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave. He angrily said, "So that's what Matsui was planning. How despicable! He actually used me as bait?"

"Well, now I know how the other party raises the little ghost. The last piece of the puzzle has been put together." Qian Xiaoyi touched his chin and said to himself in Chinese: "I have no backers and I am not very experienced. It is simply God's help. If I don't take action now, when will I take action?"

Inuyama Heita asked, "Mr. Qian, what did you say?"

"Nothing." Qian Xiaoyi waved his hand and said, "It's getting late. I have a date for drinks today, so let's leave it at that for today."

"Is it with President Oiwa?" Inuyama Heita asked, "You've been drinking for several days straight, right? Is this okay for your health?"

"Well, it doesn't matter. That guy's alcohol tolerance is much worse than mine." Qian Xiaoyi took off his sportswear and changed into a somewhat rustic thin windbreaker. He said, "The main intelligence has been obtained. The next step is to decide the time of action. It should be soon. Today should be the last time I go to drink with him. If I continue drinking like this, I will go bankrupt. So you have to be careful recently, Heitaro, don't let them find out anything."

"I see. Then I should go to work." Inuyama Heita said, "Although I have told the manager that I might be late, it would be great if I could be on time."

The two turned off the lights, went downstairs and walked towards the station together, then took different trains to their respective destinations.

(End of this chapter)