The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 381 Shadow of Truth (28)

The beam of light that leaked into the corridor from the crack of the door made Tachibana Mio feel somewhat familiar. The light was warm and gentle, but it seemed a bit out of place here.

Tachibana Mio looked at the beam of light on the ground, feeling a little uncertain. It was late at night now?

So she came to the door and looked inside secretly.

Suddenly looking at a bright place from a dark environment made Tachibana Mio unable to open her eyes. It was not until more than ten seconds later that she gradually adapted and slowly saw the scene inside the door clearly.

It was a very large living room, ridiculously large, at least it was rare to see that in Japan. The decoration inside was simple, elegant and modern, and it looked like a high-end apartment.

But what surprised Tachibana Mio was not this, but the fact that outside the floor-to-ceiling window, the sun was shining brightly, but there was only a vast expanse of white, like a blank canvas.

Before she had time to wonder about this impossible sight, she saw a woman sitting on the railing of the terrace outside the floor-to-ceiling window. The woman was like the only work on the canvas, with her back to her, looking into the distance.

She will never forget that person's figure for the rest of her life. After all, this is the person she has been looking for for a long time.

"Sakura?!" Tachibana Mio immediately pushed open the door, stood at the door, and looked at the back uncertainly.

Usa Mi Sakura hummed a pleasant tune and looked calmly at the tall buildings in the distance. This was a song she and Tachibana Mio created together when they were in a group a few years ago. Although the tune sounded a bit immature now, she liked it very much. This tune reminded her of the simpler times.

At that time, you don’t have to think about anything. You just need to work hard with your best friends, sweat together, cry together, laugh together, and show the best of yourselves. Apart from that, nothing else matters.

Maybe it was because of the tune, but she seemed to hear Tachibana Mio's voice coming from behind her.

Usa Mio smiled self-deprecatingly. This was the other side of the ocean, and Tachibana Mio was still on the other side of the earth, struggling for herself and others. How could she suddenly appear here?

Thinking of this, Usa Mi Sakura suddenly sighed:

"I seem to have... lied to her again, but this is the last time." She said to herself, "When she finds out that I've lied to her again, what kind of feelings will she have towards me? Will she feel resentment? Or will she feel sad? This is good, because it will allow her to see the true face of someone like me, so that she won't be so easily deceived, and won't be so... naive."

"Sakura…Usa Mi Sakura!"

Usa Mi Sakura turned her head suddenly, but saw nothing. She only saw an empty high-end apartment, just like herself now.

And the moment Usa Mi Sakura turned around, Tachibana Mio finally saw the other person's face. It was a puppet, a puppet without a face, so Tachibana Mio took a step back, hesitant.

But the next second, she walked forward again and wanted to touch the doll.

Although she didn't know why this happened, she felt that it was Usa Miura, her former best friend.

And at the moment when she was about to touch the other person's face, the space was suddenly stretched, and the distance between them became far, like two straight lines that could never touch each other again after meeting for a moment.

"How could I let you touch her?" The figure of the King of Civet Cats appeared above the room, like a bad child looking at the Barbie doll in his toy house. The silk thread extending from his claws connected to the doll and he moved his fingers slightly.

At this moment, Usa Miura suddenly became a little dazed. She seemed to have an illusion and saw Tachibana Mio standing at the door of her apartment, but when she looked carefully, she saw nothing.

"Mio..." Usa Mi Sakura's lips moved and she smiled happily: "I am very satisfied to see your phantom at this time."

"Usa Mio! What are you doing? I don't allow you to do this!" Tachibana Mio realized something and she ran forward with all her might.

But no matter how she ran, the distance could not be shortened.

The King of Tanuki looked at the two people below with a smile, and used the silk thread in his hand to adjust the distance between the puppet and Usa Mi Sakura, and said with a smile: "This is the end of offending me. Although I dare not kill you directly as the daughter of a congressman, and even dare not let you get into trouble here, but ah... letting you witness the death of your friend with your own eyes is also a good ending.

What's even better is that when you realize that what you see is not real, you will be relieved, until the next day when the news of Usa Mi Sakura's death reaches your ears, and the most painful moment will come... Come on, talk more from the heart, so that you will be more desperate when you leave later."

Usa Mio, who had already made up her mind, seemed to be relieved at this time, and murmured to the air: "I'm sorry, Xiao Mio, I treated you like that. In fact, the diary was destroyed a long time ago. Together with Detective Kashima, he didn't take me away, but got my letter for help and found the diary in my apartment. When he wanted to expose the list, he was killed in his office, so I lied to you again." "Well, I know." Tachibana Mio stood at the door, looked at Usa Mio, and said, "I always knew it."

Usa Mi Sakura was stunned for a moment and asked: "Then why do you still want to..."

Tachibana Mio said: "Because I know your situation is very difficult. If you don't do these things, you will be embarrassed, right? After all, you are now alone in a foreign country, and no one supports you."

Usa Mi Sakura stared at Tachibana Mio blankly and asked, "Mio...you don't blame me?"

"Of course I blame you." Tachibana Mio's voice got louder and she shouted, "But I don't blame you for deceiving me, but you are not willing to stand with me to face the difficulties like before! This is why I blame you!"

"I... I don't dare..." Usa Miura shed tears while shaking: "They... They killed Mr. Kashima for the list... Originally, no one knew about the diary, only Mr. Kashima and I knew about it, so Mr. Kashima was killed after he called the police! Their power is too great... My parents are here too... I don't dare..."

"What happened during that time?" Tachibana Mio asked, "Why did you suddenly go abroad?"

"Oh! You, a little girl, can't know this. This is an adult matter." The King of Civet Cats said maliciously, "Just say goodbye to your friend with regret and doubt. You will never know the truth of this matter."

Just like that, he moved his fingers, controlling the silk threads and making the puppet's body tilt backwards.

"This kind of thing..." Usa Mi Sakura was so ashamed and angry that she said desperately: "I don't want you to know about this kind of thing. Please don't ask me anymore. Please let me keep my dignity... Goodbye, Sakura."

"Yes, that's it." The King of Civet Cats was filled with joy. His claws moved slightly, and the power was about to be transferred to the puppet through the silk thread.

At this moment, the ears of the Civet Cat King moved and he heard the sound of wind.

"Wu Qu." Qian Xiaoyi said.

The Civet Cat King let out a violent scream, and a copper coin sword easily penetrated the wind wall composed of golden powder and nailed his claw that controlled the silk thread to the back of the throne!
“How could it be!” The Civet Cat King looked at Qian Xiaoyi outside the wind wall in disbelief and shouted, “How could your attack possibly break through my defense!”

The copper coin sword pierced into his flesh, causing him excruciating pain.

Qian Xiaoyi said disdainfully: "The properties of that copper coin sword are the same as your golden powder, idiot."

"It's useless!" The King of Tanuki shouted, "I can't die. This level of attack... I understand. You want to stop me from killing Usa Mio? Haha~ It can only delay me for a few seconds."

He wanted to use his other claw to pull out the copper coin sword which was very small for him. Just as he stretched out his hand, he heard Qian Xiaoyi's voice again.

"burst."

The copper coin sword turned into a sky full of golden stars, just like a fragmentation grenade, blasting all the copper coins that made it up, blowing the other hand of the Civet Cat King and his entire body into a bloody mess, and his face looked like it was hit by a shotgun, with more than a dozen holes.

“Ahhhhhh! It hurts. It hurts so much!”

The civet cat king was in unbearable pain and rolled on the ground screaming.

Qian Xiaoyi looked towards the projection.

As Usa Mi Sakura murmured "Goodbye" and leaned back, she heard Tachibana Mio's roar, which stunned her.

"You must be kidding! Usa Mi Sakura!"

Tachibana Mio yelled, "Who gave you the power to tell you to die! I said, I want you to stand with me and face those difficulties! It doesn't matter what you become! Also, give me that list! I know you have it in your head, right! You are such an idiot with a ridiculously good memory! How could someone who can remember all the lyrics just by reading them once not be able to remember a few names?"

She ran towards Usa Miura and stretched out her hand to her.

(End of this chapter)