The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 307 The New Year Begins (4)

"So it's still the old classical style." After hearing the other party's answer, Qian Xiaoyi thought: "Because of religious belief, we instinctively believe in the existence of gods. Since gods existed before humans, monsters should be like this. First, there is a body, then it can hurt people, and then there will be legends..."

This is also the limitation of the classical school. They cannot infer that there were legends first and then monsters. It is not that they are stupid, but they dare not think so, because once they imagine it this way, then the gods are not noble beings. They may also be created by legends, which is equivalent to denying the foundation of their foundation.

Their logic is: those scammers who don’t believe in gods don’t have spiritual powers, but they do, and they can also use the power of gods to eliminate ghosts, which is evidence of the existence of gods.

In order to possess spiritual powers, one must believe in gods. If one believes in gods, one must believe that gods’ enemies also exist. And just as they believe that gods exist in the kingdom of God, monsters should also be located in some invisible space, such as the demon world or the underworld. Otherwise, it is impossible to explain why those ghosts in urban legends appear in various places.

So if they don’t believe in God, then their worldview will collapse and everything they invest in will disappear. This is the worldview of the classical school.

Qian Xiaoyi disagreed with the classical school's idea, but he was not here to debate with them, so he said, "I have indeed never seen a ghost of the level of the slit-mouthed woman, so I am a little curious. Please forgive me if I have offended you."

The funeral director Yan Ci sighed, "It's not your fault, Mr. Qian. Every exorcist is curious about that monster. This is normal. But don't go looking for that monster out of curiosity. She's too scary. I'm telling you in private that we all agree that that thing is probably the incarnation of a great demon from ancient times. It's not something that exorcists like me can handle. I'm afraid only a true god can subdue her... Mr. Qian, are you here to ask about the Slit-Mouthed Woman? I'm sorry, I don't know much about her."

"No, I'm just curious and asked casually." Qian Xiaoyi asked: "What I really want to ask is a monster called Guiyikou."

"A ghost bite?" Lingtang Yanci thought for a moment and said, "Is it the monster in the legend that uses beautiful women as bait and can swallow people in one gulp?"

Qian Xiaoyi nodded: "Yes."

Qian Xiaoyi has consulted countless information in the past two months, but still can't figure out the true identity of that thing, so he came here to ask Lingtang Yan Ci, perhaps his old-fashioned exorcist family with a long history would know something.

Guikouchi is different from urban legends. There are no rumors about it among the people, but it still appears in that image. So it is very likely that thing is like some monsters like Shuten-doji. It has an entity in reality and then materializes in the ghost realm in the form of projection. It is also a monster, not a ghost in urban legends.

At first, Qian Xiaoyi speculated that the ghosts were the embodiment of gambling machines. They tempted the souls of gamblers with money, swallowing people into the abyss bit by bit, unable to extricate themselves. The image of the ghost was the gamblers' resentment attached to the image of the machine, and its method of harming people was the same as that of the machines.

But when he escaped from the ghost realm later, he saw more kinds of ghost images, which overturned his idea. Although their images all represent "desire" and "abyss", the desire for money and beauty do not belong to the same field. This unified image must be formed by someone manipulating it behind the scenes, otherwise the images of several unrelated desire fields would never be so similar.

Qian Xiaoyi didn't dare to take it lightly when faced with a new monster. Since a legendary monster like Guiyikou could appear in the city, who knows if there would be other monsters in the future? He didn't want to be like the first time he met the slit-mouthed woman, thinking it was a small monster, and ended up rushing over and almost dying. So even if he didn't provoke the other party, he must first understand the other party's details.

"Why do you ask this?" Lingtang Yanci said, "That is not a common thing. Even in the records of my ancestors, it is rarely seen. Could it be..."

"You're right." Qian Xiaoyi said directly: "I met him in Tokyo."

"What?!" Yan Ci in the mourning hall was very surprised.

Next, Qian Xiaoyi roughly told the mourning hall Yan Ci the scene of his encounter with Gui Yikou. At this time, the mourning hall Yan Ci almost couldn't figure it out.

It would be fine if you encountered a monster that is hard to encounter in remote mountainous areas in the city, but you encountered a monster disguised as a pachinko machine, and its appearance is completely different from what is recorded in ancient books. This is too sensational. If it weren't for Qian Xiaoyi's strength, he would have thought that the other party was making fun of him. "Pachinko...Kikouchi..." Lingtang Yanci was a little confused: "In other words, you encountered a Kikouchi disguised as a pachinko machine in a game store called "Golden God" in Huangquan Hirasaka, and it was not just one, but a whole group?!"

"Although it sounds exaggerated, it's true." Qian Xiaoyi nodded.

"I... This is the first time I've heard of such a thing." Lingtang Yanci took a deep breath, calmed down a little, and said, "A monster of that size is actually in the city, and there hasn't been any chaos yet. This is really abnormal. This situation has never appeared in the ancient books handed down in my shrine. Maybe I can't help you, sorry."

"Oh, I see." Qian Xiaoyi nodded.

The mourning hall Yan Ci couldn't help but said, "Mr. Qian, are you really not going to tell Mr. Ashiya? This sounds very serious."

Qian Xiaoyi comforted him, "You don't have to be so anxious. Those things haven't caused any trouble yet, which means the people behind them don't want to make a big fuss. So if you conduct an investigation, the fewer people who know about it, the better. So please don't tell anyone else, especially Mr. Ashiya."

"Just an investigation? I see." Lingtang Yanci nodded: "I was too panicked, I made you laugh... In that case, I have a candidate I want to recommend to you. He may know something. After all, he is the grandson of that person... I wonder if you have heard of [Ghost Doctor] - Xingchang recognize it?"

……

"Hey, have you finished worshipping? It's time to go." In the courtyard of the shrine, Qian Xiaoyi shouted to the high school students, "Come here, I got some good things from the shrine."

"What?" The high school students immediately gathered around.

Qian Xiaoyi took out the amulets given by Yan Ci from the mourning hall and distributed them to them one by one, saying, "These are different from the cheap ones sold outside. You are lucky."

"Is it an amulet? [All evils retreat], so cool!"

"Thank you, Teacher Qian!"

"Thank you, Brother Yi."

Qian Xiaoyi waved his hand and said, "Now that you have finished worshipping, let's go back."

After getting on the bus, Qian Xiaoyi sat in the last row, staring at his phone with a strange expression. On the phone, Yan Ci from the mourning hall sent a new contact, who was said to be the grandson of the ghost doctor, but this guy's online name... made Qian Xiaoyi feel extremely unreliable.

——[The best pantyhose in the world].

(End of this chapter)