The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 31 Lucky Mutual Aid Society (23)

"What that guy said is true!" President Oiwa looked at the ruler in disbelief: "This item can really restrain ghosts!"

After the car accident, he stayed at home for 30 years because if he went out casually, he would always provoke those unclean things due to his physical condition. He had been through a life-and-death situation because of the car accident, and his mental state became a little unstable and easily frightened. In this case, if he was entangled by those things, he would have nightmares at the least and get sick at the worst, so he gradually became afraid to go out.

Over the years, he and his parents have tried to find treatments for this problem, but the people they invited were either liars or only treated the symptoms and not the root cause. After a period of stability, the problem would relapse. And the amulets he asked for were useless. Even now, he only dared to appear in the izakaya and party places near his home. He didn't dare to go anywhere else. He chose that izakaya because it was "cleaner" and not because of the smell. And the reason why he drank every day was because it could make him fall asleep faster. Every night when he lay down on the bed, he could hear the resentful screams of children in his ears after falling asleep for a while. Those were the cries of the children he had beaten with a willow whip. Recently, those sounds have become clearer and clearer, and small black handprints have begun to appear on his body. When he wakes up in the morning, his back and waist ache, as if he had been beaten by someone at night...

However, now that he had this... the fire in his heart that had been suppressed was ignited again. That fire was called "ambition", and it was ignited in an instant like a spark, and it was out of control!
"I am the president of the Lucky Mutual Aid Association! All that money belongs to me!"

In the structure of the Lucky Mutual Aid Society, although he is the dominant person on the surface, all the members worship and respect him. But the real situation is the same as the story Qian Xiaoyi told, he was sidelined by another partner, he thought about fighting back, but it seems that the effect is not very good, and because of his physical condition, he can only appear in specific occasions.

"No, calm down, Harada Taro." His overly excited thoughts quickly made him wear off the alcohol. He said to himself, "Don't get so carried away! Maybe it was just an accident."

He looked towards another alley. The street lights flickered from time to time due to a malfunction. He swallowed his saliva, took a trembling step, and walked towards this road...

That night, Taro Harada slept soundly, without nightmares, without the cold touch that woke him up suddenly, without strange gazes and children's screams. When he got up, the sun shone in from the window, so bright that the whole world seemed to be brand new.

"What a good thing... I don't have to be afraid anymore!" He stroked the ruler, his eyes like Gollum in the Lord of the Rings. He glanced at a bare willow branch beside the bed and smiled. He threw it into the trash can. From now on, he wouldn't have to feel bad about beating the little devil. Recently, the cold feeling was getting stronger and stronger, so he didn't want to help others "purify bad luck" anymore.

"Maybe... this is my chance to fight back against that guy Matsui! I want to let him know who has the final say in the Lucky Mutual Aid Society!" Taro Harada picked up his phone excitedly and dialed the number of a senior member. Tomorrow is the day for the weekly Lucky Mutual Aid Society gathering. Just like worshipping in a church, they also need to gather frequently to increase the cohesion of the group. It's not too late to win over those people to stand on the side from now on.

"Kuroda, it's me, Oiwa. How have you been recently? ...Hahaha, you're too polite. This is what I should do. How is it? It seems that you haven't performed your purification ritual for a long time. Have you shown signs of bad luck recently? It just so happens that I can spare some time today. I can call others and I will help you perform the purification ritual."

Taro Harada's heart was burning with excitement. With this ruler, he could ignore the harm of those little devils and win over those senior members without any scruples. These people were important members of the Lucky Mutual Aid Association, equivalent to small shareholders of a company. With their support and his own prestige, wouldn't it be easy to suppress the hypocritical guy Matsui and turn the tables? At that time, he would truly become "President Oiwa"!
But what the other party said on the phone made him feel like he was falling into an icy cave.

"What did you say?! The purification ritual has already been done? Yesterday?" Harada Taro screamed, "Who did it for you? That ritual is very dangerous! Only professionals can do it... You said it really works? Tell me, who is it?" After a conversation, Harada Taro hung up the phone. He looked gloomy and remembered that the other party was describing the boy that Matsui invited to the last party. That boy, like him, could also see those things!

Harada Taro's eyes were immediately filled with bloodshot. He gritted his teeth and murmured in a low voice, "He actually wants someone to replace me? He really wants someone to replace me! Matsui Ryoji, you're going too far! Don't blame me for being rude."

He quickly called the senior members with whom he had a good relationship, and said something indignantly to them on the phone. After doing all this, it was already noon. Harada Taro had a gloomy expression and said viciously: "War is coming!"

On a street in a residential area, Matsui, dressed in a suit and tie, walked out of an old house and put the heavy envelope into his briefcase. At the same time, he took off the mobile phone sandwiched between his head and shoulder and responded in a relaxed tone: "Hey~~~ The president actually told you such a thing? What? Haha, of course it's not true. Don't worry, I won't say it was you who told it. As for the truth of the matter... we will know tomorrow. You must come to the party tomorrow, there will be exciting things happening..."

Matsui shook his head, hung up the phone, and laughed sarcastically: "That old otaku actually realized that I was going to attack him? How strange. But what can this change? He actually wanted to overthrow me, the leader, the true founder of the Lucky Mutual Aid Association? How stupid, wouldn't it be better to be a president respected by everyone? This way, you can enjoy the feeling of being high and mighty for a while longer... But it doesn't matter, it's really boring to fall down without any struggle. So, let's start the war, President Oiwa... No, Harada Taro."

At night, at Lingkong Office, Qian Xiaoyi also said to Inuyama Heita seriously: "Are you ready? Inuyama Heitarou!"

Inuyama Heita nodded firmly.

Qian Xiaoyi asked seriously, "So, Private Inuyama Heitaro, are you sure that Matsui will have someone buy high-quality snacks for tomorrow's party?"

Inuyama Heita replied, "Yes, sir! I am absolutely sure! Ms. Maria is the one in charge of setting up the venue, and she told me all this! It is said that it cost 200,000 yen just to purchase those snacks."

"Yo~ Xi~ Matsui, that stingy guy who used vegetable cream cake, finally showed generosity for once." Qian Xiaoyi sat on the sofa with a big horse and a golden sword, looking at the mountaineering bag beside him, and said solemnly: "This is a war!"

(End of this chapter)