The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 331: The Bizarre Adventures of Shichijo Masato (4)

About three days later in the evening, Qian Xiaoyi received a call from Qijiao Zhengren.

"You should be free tonight, right?" Nanajo Masato said, "I've already told my family that I have to work very late at the company, so I won't be going home. I'm in the office now, come over."

"It seems like you are ready." Qian Xiaoyi asked, "Is it just like what I said, the hospital didn't find anything, and your fainting during this period was not caused by low blood sugar caused by irregular lifestyle?"

Nanajo Masato was silent for a while, then said, "...Yes, that's why I asked you to come over. Stop talking nonsense and come quickly."

Qian Xiaoyi said, "I see. I'll pack my things and come right back."

He hung up the phone, turned to Inuyama Heita and said, "There's work to be done, call someone."

Inuyama Heita took out his phone.

About half an hour later, Qian Xiaoyi and others arrived at the WTV building. It was already time to get off work. Except for the live news department, most of the staff had left and the corridor was dark.

The security guard at the door was already very familiar with Qian Xiaoyi, and with Qi Tiao Zhengren having greeted them in advance, they were easily let in.

When I arrived at Masato Shichijo's office, he was sitting behind his desk drinking coffee.

"It seems that you have already checked your office, right?" Qian Xiaoyi looked around the slightly changed office and said, "How is it? Did you find anything?"

Nanajo Masato rolled his eyes: "No, it seems you are very confident... Wait, who is she?"

He looked at the two people Qian Xiaoyi brought in. He remembered the first one, who was a part-time assistant in Qian Xiaoyi's office, but he didn't know the second one. She was a high school girl wearing glasses. No matter how he looked at her, she had nothing to do with an exorcist, right?
"Nice to meet you. I'm Suzuki." Suzuki bowed slightly and said, "I'm currently working part-time at Lingkong Office."

"You guy..." Qijo Masato looked at Qian Xiaoyi strangely: "Why are all the employees high school students?"

Qian Xiaoyi said: "Because high school students are cheaper."

Suzuki and Inuyama Heita's eyes immediately widened and they stared at Qian Xiaoyi.

“Hahaha, I’m just kidding.” Qian Xiaoyi laughed and said, “Not everyone can do my job. It requires talented people, so you don’t have to worry about their professionalism. Besides, they are just here to help me.”

"Okay." Nanajo Masato said, "I hope you didn't lie to me. I really like chatting with you and don't want to lose you as a partner just like that."

Qian Xiaoyi shrugged: "Whether I am deceiving you or not, you will know in a while. Let's have a cup of coffee first. It will be a while before we start. Are you ready for what I am going to say?"

"Here." Nanajo Masato picked up a cardboard box from the ground next to the sofa, put it on the table, opened it, and found that there was an old TV inside.

Nanajo Masato said: "According to your request, find a TV in the building, preferably an old-fashioned one with an antenna. I went to the warehouse and got one myself. I have checked that it can be used when plugged in, but I have tried it. My office cannot receive a signal and there is no videotape player, so the TV can only be turned on, but no programs can be watched."

"That's enough." Qian Xiaoyi said.

The next step was to wait. They waited in the office until late at night. When Qian Xiaoyi felt that it was almost time, he said to Suzuki, "We can start now. You wait in the rest area outside. Is it okay for you to wait alone?" Suzuki nodded, "It's okay. I brought a charger so I can play with my phone."

She just left the room, and Nanajo Masato asked in confusion, "Since she can't be in the room, what is she doing here?"

"She is an extra insurance measure." Qian Xiaoyi said, "There are cameras outside. If you are worried that we will send our companions out to set up the scene like a magic trick, there is no need to worry, because once you see the scene that follows, you will never be able to deny it."

Nanajo Masato said disapprovingly: "What are you doing... so mysterious."

Qian Xiaoyi observed his performance and found that he was actually a little nervous in his heart. Those words he said on the surface were just to give himself some psychological comfort. It was obvious that this guy must have experienced dizziness and fainting like before in the past few days, which made him gradually begin to believe what Qian Xiaoyi said.

This is a good sign, at least for Qian Xiaoyi, as it means that the chance of him entering the ghost realm later has greatly increased.

Qian Xiaoyi pasted talismans around the room, then asked Nanajo Masato to take out the candles he had prepared and light them. He then turned off the lights. The two of them sat on the sofa, staring at the TV on the coffee table, staring at each other.

Inuyama Heita kept fiddling with the TV antenna, not caring whether it would help or not.

"I say..." Nanajo Masato couldn't stand this weird atmosphere, so he took the initiative to ask, "You know we are staring at an unplugged TV, right? Even if you want to watch something, at least you have to plug it in."

Qian Xiaoyi said: "No need, this TV was chosen by you, but in order to make you more convinced, this will be more convincing. You just need to shut up and wait for that time to come."

"What the hell..." Shichijo Masato complained, "Are you performing a magic trick? Making an unplugged TV play content?"

Qian Xiaoyi and Inuyama Heita stopped talking from this time on. They were using this atmosphere to influence their own cognition, making it more likely for them to connect with the ghost realm.

Then the room fell into deathly silence.

In the room where only candles were lit, Shichijo Masato gradually discovered a horrifying fact while observing. That is, the high school student assistant brought by Qian Xiaoyi, although he had been adjusting the antenna, would stop from time to time and then continue to fiddle with the antenna.

It was as if - I was listening to someone's instructions!
He suppressed this thought, put aside all distractions, and watched the TV carefully. He was already a little panicked. If nothing strange happened later, he would definitely cut off contact with Qian Xiaoyi, the charlatan, completely!

Time passed by minute by minute, and it was not as easy for Shichijo Masato to concentrate his mental strength as it was at the beginning. In the flickering candlelight, Inuyama Heita's movements of fiddling with the antenna seemed like hypnosis, making him a little dazed, and then a familiar feeling of dizziness came over him again.

"Tsk... is it coming again? This dizzy feeling." Nanajo Masato thought.
At this moment, the faint black aura appeared on Nanajo Masato's body again.

At the same time, Qian Xiaoyi and Inuyama Heita both felt a familiar breath descending into the room.

The TV screen suddenly lit up and the picture began to flicker gradually.

The ghost realm appeared.

(End of this chapter)