The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 41 Lucky Mutual Aid Society (End)
Because the police were still investigating the matter of the Lucky Mutual Aid Society, it would take a few days to get a result, and the clients probably didn't have time to come yet, so Qian Xiaoyi asked Inuyama Heita to go back and rest for a few days. He also prescribed a dose of tranquilizing medicine and asked him to go to a Chinese medicine pharmacy to get the medicine for decoction. After all, he had come into contact with those resentful little ghosts yesterday, and now his body was weak. He needed a few days of rest, otherwise if he was stimulated again, he might be mentally frightened, which would be bad.

A few days later, when Inuyama Heita reported to the Reiku office again, he happened to see an acquaintance.

"Mr. Qian! Thank you so much." Hong Xiang no longer had the fierce and ruffian look he had when he was a gangster. He became a friendly young man. He nodded and bowed to Qian Xiaoyi and thanked him, "If it weren't for you, we might still be kept in the dark!"

"Ahaha, this is what I should do." Qian Xiaoyi smiled politely, "Anyway, leave this matter to me. The price is absolutely fair, and there are no follow-up costs."

"You're too polite. I thought you didn't charge me enough." Hongo patted his chest and said, "If you need any help in the future, just come to me!"

Hongo exchanged a few more pleasantries before politely leaving. Inuyama Heita came in with a schoolbag on his back and asked, "Brother O, what is that..."

"Of course you're a guest. By the way, this is for you." Qian Xiaoyi took out a thick envelope from the drawer of the desk and handed it to Inuyama Heita.

Inuyama Heita took it curiously, opened the envelope and looked inside, only to find that there was a stack of 10,000 yen bills!
"What is this?!" Inuyama Heita was shocked. He looked at Qian Xiaoyi in disbelief.

Qian Xiaoyi said in a choked voice, "Why do you look like, 'How can this guy come up with this much money?' I told you a few days ago that we are open now. According to our previous rules, you deserve all this. This wouldn't have been done so easily without you, so I'll give you 20% of the share, a total of 173,200 yen, you can count it yourself."

"In other words, this money was given by Mr. Hongo?" Inuyama Heita was shocked again: "This order alone is worth nearly 1 million yen?"

"You're overthinking it." Qian Xiaoyi rolled his eyes. "It's the senior members who paid together to get rid of the little ghosts in themselves. I calculated it according to the Lucky Mutual Aid Association's fee standard, which is one twentieth of each person's monthly income. Except for a few of them, the other senior members are high-income people, so this order only adds up to so much money."

"So that's how it is." Inuyama Heita nodded.

Qian Xiaoyi seemed to remember something and said, "But there are two senior members who don't need me to perform rituals for them. One is that little girl Suzuki, and the other is Maria."

"Eh? Suzuki-san doesn't need it, but why doesn't Ms. Maria need it?" asked Inuyama Heita.

Qian Xiaoyi scratched his ear with his little finger and replied, "...How should I put it? Ms. Maria is the only senior member who did not magnify her greed and use the little ghost to make profits. She stayed in her bar most of the time this year, living a peaceful life. Occasionally, she listened to other people's troubles. Not only did she not let the little ghost absorb the resentment, but she also resolved a lot of it. So before that, the little ghost she raised had already become a Buddha. Although her appearance is a bit scary, she is indeed a good person."

Inuyama Heita thought about it carefully and it seemed that he did not see any obvious marks on Maria's body. During the purification ceremony, he only whipped those ferocious ghosts who dared to show up. If some ghosts did not dare to show up, he would not whip them. So he did not realize that there were actually no ghosts on Maria's body at that time.

"Speaking of this," Inuyama Heita asked, "Since Mr. Hongo and the others have come out, has the police department's Lucky Mutual Aid Society case come to a conclusion?" "Yes, it's roughly concluded." Qian Xiaoyi said, "The evidence chain for the buying and selling of aborted fetuses is solid, and the police's inspection department has also found the composition of the ashes in those Buddha amulets, which is consistent with the composition of the incense ash in the incense burner. The hospital cleaner named Mitarai couldn't stand the pressure and confessed to the crime. He contacted the doctors in the hospital where he worked to help Matsui buy those aborted fetuses, and then the truck driver Kuroda transported them and finally handed them over to Matsui. So the Lucky Mutual Aid Society is basically finished."

"Then they will be arrested and put in jail, right?" asked Inuyama Heita.

"It's not like Harada... because he was crazy." Qian Xiaoyi said, "So after he was rescued, he was sent directly to a mental hospital."

"Eh?!" Inuyama Heita was a little skeptical: "Is he really crazy or just pretending to be crazy?"

Qian Xiaoyi shrugged, "Maybe it's true... After all, this guy is old and weak. He has been in contact with those little ghosts many times without any protective measures. His mental state has long been in a dangerous state. In addition, he was besieged by so many little ghosts that day. Even if he is not crazy, he is not far from it."

"What about Matsui?" Inuyama Heita asked, "He is the mastermind, right? How is he doing?"

"That guy pushed all the blame onto the crazy Harada, saying he was just an accomplice." Qian Xiaoyi said, "It's all thanks to Miss Suzuki. If it weren't for her, maybe he would have been able to reduce his guilt."

Inuyama Heita asked curiously, "Suzuki didn't go to school a few days ago. What did she do?"

Qian Xiaoyi smiled and said, "Do you remember what Harada Taro said to attack Matsui at that time? He said that Matsui evaded taxes and concealed the whereabouts of a large amount of funds. This statement is not false. Suzuki has contacted most of the members of the Lucky Mutual Aid Society through his mother's contact book in the past few days, and after a consultation, she actually calculated the inaccuracies in the accounts of the Lucky Mutual Aid Society. Although the verdict has not been issued yet, Matsui has already been imprisoned. But unfortunately, those donations can't be recovered."

"Ah? Why?" asked Inuyama Heita.

"It has been sent out." Qian Xiaoyi said, "Matsui explained that the final destination of the money pointed to a politician who was running for a seat in parliament, and the politician gave the money to some unspeakable existence... If something was really found, it would be bad, so no one dared to continue investigating, and the progress of the investigation was indefinitely shelved. But in my opinion, Matsui's money was given away in vain. Now his roots in Tokyo are too shallow, and the Lucky Mutual Aid Association is finished, so no one will help him. And there is another good news. Mr. Hongo just told me that today, Matsui couldn't stand the pressure and planned to surrender himself."

"Eh? Why is that?"

Qian Xiaoyi glanced at the handkerchief in the drawer, closed the drawer, and shrugged: "Who knows? Maybe he has a change of heart."

(End of this chapter)