The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 345: The Bizarre Adventures of Shichijo Masato (17)

"So, Qian Xiaoyi, are you lying to me?" Qijio Zhengren looked at Qian Xiaoyi and asked.

Qian Xiaoyi smiled and said, "You asked me this question in front of me. Don't you already have the answer in your mind?"

"Actually, I hid a camera in the office that day," said Masato Shichijo.

When Qian Xiaoyi heard this, he was amused. This guy was indeed not stupid, so he asked, "So what did you take pictures of?"

Nanajo Masato said: “The three of us were filmed sitting on the sofa, staring blankly at the dark TV screen. Then, I stood up in a panic as if I was being chased by something, opened the office door and rushed out.

At first, when I saw us staying in the room, I suspected that you had used some psychological suggestion techniques to put me into a trance, but I saw that you were in the same state as me. Since you didn't know the existence of the camera, I ruled out that you have superpowers that can affect other people's senses, and that place can only be entered by the mind. "

"Then why can't we have superpowers?" Qian Xiaoyi asked with a smile: "Maybe I use some superpower to control you to see hallucinations?"

Nanajo Masato said, "If you have that kind of skill, why did you go through so much trouble to help me see those scenes? Wouldn't it be better to just influence someone with a higher status? Considering your actions during this period, logically speaking, it is only reasonable to say that there is such a space in the building."

"You guessed right." Qian Xiaoyi nodded: "To put it in a more metaphysical way, it is indeed a place where only souls can enter, and it has a certain mapping relationship with the real world and can influence each other."

Nanajo Masato said: "And you mentioned before that the hell in the WTV building is special. It is a man-made place, so I didn't tell my grandfather about my visit there, and... the people around him."

"A wise choice." Qian Xiaoyi said, "In that case, do you think the person who cursed you is Ah Xin who was beside your grandfather?"

Nanajo Masato nodded: "Yes, after thinking about it, he is the only one who can easily attack me and my brother."

Qian Xiaoyi asked: "Who is he?"

"He is my grandfather's follower, and also his driver, bodyguard, and butler." Nanajo Masato said, "He has been following my grandfather since I can remember. My grandfather trusts him very much. I heard that the scar on his face was left because he saved my grandfather. If possible, I would not want to doubt him, but the current situation..."

Qian Xiaoyi touched his chin and said, "In that case, given the current situation, I won't have the chance to follow you to see your brother's current condition? In that case, we won't be able to confirm whether he is cursed or not."

"Unfortunately, this is what happened." Nanajo Masato said, "That's a private hospital run by my family. Outsiders can only enter with my grandfather's consent. But my grandfather doesn't believe in curses at all, just like me before... By the way, if it's a video, can you tell anything?"

Qian Xiaoyi shook his head. "It's difficult. If the curse in your brother's body is the same type as yours, then you can't tell anything from the outside. Only when it breaks out will there be some clues. I can still use some rituals to stimulate the curse on the spot, but there's no way to do that through the screen."

Nanajo Masato said with some regret: "Then we can only find another opportunity later... Let's start with me and see if I can remove the curse. If I can, then maybe the curse on my brother can be removed as well."

"Well, I hope so." Qian Xiaoyi said, "Then please sit here."

He pulled out the coffee table, leaving a large open space in the middle of the room, and then spread the prepared cloth on the ground. On the cloth were painted with bright red paint a series of things that looked very mysterious, such as Tai Chi, Eight Diagrams, Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches.

"Is it enough to just sit here?" Qi Tiao Zhengren followed Qian Xiaoyi's request and sat cross-legged on the Tai Chi pattern in the center.

Then, Qian Xiaoyi pulled up the blinds and placed some sundries in a regular pattern on various positions of the cloth. These items included an eight-diagram mirror, a copper coin sword, candles, a golden toad holding a coin, and some strange paper figures.

Qian Xiaoyi explained, "These things are special talismans. We calculated their positions based on your birth date and fate. They can help you suppress the curse when we remove it. Don't be nervous. We will go to the ghost realm later." Qijiao Zhengren asked, "Are you talking about the Lingbo Prison?"

"Yes, it is the Lingbo Prison. Every place has a different name for it." Qian Xiaoyi said casually, "Anyway, it is that thing."

Nanajo Masato was a little nervous. He took a deep breath and said, "I understand. Let's get started. Do you want to wait for my curse to take effect like before?"

Qian Xiaoyi shook his head: "That's not necessary, it will be ready soon."

Before, Nanajo Masato didn’t believe in these things, and it was the curse on him that pulled him into the ghost realm. However, he has truly seen that place, and his cognition has been permanently changed. Now Qian Xiaoyi can easily pull him in.

After arranging everything, Qian Xiaoyi lit the candles, then stood in front of the formation and began to recite a spell that the seven upright people could not understand at all.

As the spell was whispered, Shichijo Masato instantly felt a familiar pressure. In his eyes, the world began to change and distort, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly changed.

Although the room still looked the same, Nanajo Masato could clearly feel that his spirit had entered that space. The surroundings became darker and darker until it became completely dark. Only the area beneath him with the Tai Chi Bagua painted on it remained bright.

At this moment, he saw that all the weights on the cloth slowly floated up and reached the same level as his line of sight.

"Don't panic no matter what you see later." Qian Xiaoyi's voice came: "First, make the curse visible. Look over there in the mirror."

Nanajo Masato followed the instructions and looked at the Bagua mirror floating in the air. Then he saw himself sitting quietly in the Bagua formation with his eyes closed, and Qian Xiaoyi was standing beside him. Everything was normal.

"Did you see it?" Qian Xiaoyi said, "What you see in the mirror now is the real picture. Then, turn the mirror over and tell me what you see."

Nanajo Masato reached out and turned the mirror. It was a two-sided mirror. After changing the other end, he finally saw his current figure.

He was wearing a melon-shaped hat, had a pale face, had strange blush on his face, and was dressed in a bright red shroud, just like... the paper figurine that had just been placed on the formation.

But at this time, there was something else on his skin. Countless black lines were wriggling under his skin like parasites.

"Is this... a curse?" Qijiu Zhengren felt pain all over his skin as if it were pricked by needles. He turned over the mirror and asked Qian Xiaoyi outside the mirror: "I saw the curse, what should I do now?"

Then, he saw Qian Xiaoyi said to him expressionlessly:

"Now? Just go and die."

"What did you say?"

Endless terror erupted in Shichijo Masato's heart, like those black parasites with a vicious aura. They drilled out from Shichijo Masato's seven orifices, devouring his fear and growing stronger, until, in the end, they devoured him entirely.

(End of this chapter)