The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 442: The Great Battle of Exorcism (19)

"There is a mole among us."

When Qian Xiaoyi said this, most people looked puzzled and bewildered.

"An insider?" Shenneng Mariko laughed dryly and said, "What insider? It can't be that there is a ghost pretending to be one of us, right?"

Gui Teng Longguang asked: "Brother Qian, what do you mean by 'inside ghost'? Are you saying that this supernatural phenomenon is actually guided by someone with ulterior motives? Why did they do this? What benefits will that person get from doing this?"

"I can't explain the specifics right now, but someone wants to deal with me." Qian Xiaoyi looked around at everyone present and said, "Everyone has seen the current situation. Every time a victim appears, the power of this ghost place will increase. They are clearly absorbing the spiritual power of the victims to strengthen themselves. So we have to find that guy as soon as possible. While preventing new victims from appearing, we can also save those four people."

When Qian Xiaoyi said the word "traitor", Suzuna looked at Goriki Kaito, who was absent-mindedly playing with the dagger in his hand.

"That's ridiculous, isn't it?" One of the Hatagaya brothers asked, "You mean, in order to deal with you, that person took part in this commission, and even hid among us, using the others as food for those evil spirits, just to disrupt our sight? Not to mention that you are not the one who accepted the commission, but you can't explain the time when those evil spirits appeared, right? They were obviously recruited by Granny Tao?"

Qian Xiaoyi said: "I really have no way to prove this. As for the appearance of these evil spirits, it is more like an accident. However, the increasing number of victims is an indisputable fact, so I will use my method to find the murderer next."

"Ohhhh!" Terao Yu suddenly perked up: "So... you want that?"

"That?" Qian Xiaoyi looked at him puzzledly.

Terao Yu said excitedly: "The haunted mansion, the strange legends, the people with ulterior motives, the victims who keep appearing...all this shows that the murderer is among us! And at this moment, a detective appears! He will unravel the mystery and bring us wonderful reasoning...just like Agatha (the character in the book), right! The murderer will definitely continue to act next, because once Granny Tao recovers, she may come back here and send those evil spirits away. The murderer must achieve his goal before that, but he will also reveal flaws while taking action..."

"Who is Agatha?" Qian Xiaoyi interrupted his immature mumbling and asked.

Terao Yu was stunned for a moment, then said, "Agatha Christie! A famous mystery novelist...Mr. Qian, you have never heard of her?"

"No." Qian Xiaoyi shook his head.

"You must have heard of Sherlock Holmes, right?" Terao Yu felt something was wrong: "A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four..."

Qian Xiaoyi replied: "I have heard of it, but I haven't seen it."

Terao Ikumichi asked again: "What about Edgar Allan Poe, Edogawa Ranpo, Shimada Soji, Matsumoto Seicho..."

"I only know Edogawa Conan." Qian Xiaoyi said.

"You haven't read any of them!" Terao Yu was shocked. As a modern detective, he had never read a detective novel. This setting was not innovative, but it was definitely very bold. He asked: "Mr. Qian, what method are you going to use to deduce next? Are you going to use your powerful spiritual ability directly?"

Qian Xiaoyi said with some surprise: "Reasoning? Who said I was going to reason?" "But...but aren't you a psychic detective?" Terao Yu's eyes widened.

"That's the name the TV station gave me for publicity." Qian Xiaoyi said impatiently, "I never said I was good at reasoning and solving cases."

Terao Yu was a little confused. It turned out that the psychic detective was not a detective?! He asked, "But you said that we should find the murderer among us... How can we do it besides reasoning?"

"It's very simple." Qian Xiaoyi said, "I will seal your spiritual powers temporarily. When the time comes, whoever's spiritual power is sealed, the victims will wake up, which means that person is the mastermind who used them as batteries!"

As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately caused a stir among the crowd.

"What did you say?!" Gorikito reacted most violently: "Seal our spiritual powers? In such a dangerous place? I strongly disagree!"

Shinno Mariko asked tentatively: "Isn't this too radical? Once our spiritual power is sealed, we will have no power to protect ourselves."

The twins said, "No, no, spiritual power is the foundation of an exorcist. What if it gets damaged after being sealed?"

"Yes, that is the lifeblood of an exorcist."

All the exorcists disagreed. Their spiritual power was equivalent to the weapons and armor they relied on for survival. Who would give these things to a stranger they had just met?

Even Gui Teng Longguang, who had always supported Qian Xiaoyi, was embarrassed: "Brother Qian, your request is a bit too much. Don't forget, once the spiritual power is sealed, the barrier we set up in the room will also be invalid. Once those evil spirits come back, we will not be able to protect ourselves..."

"I didn't say that. I'm asking you." Qian Xiaoyi said, "The longer it takes, the more victims there will be, and the stronger the evil spirits will be. I'm tired of seeing them. I plan to resolve this matter as soon as possible before I get sick of it. So if anyone disagrees, I will make him agree."

"This guy is crazy!" Gangli Kaidou stood up and glared at Qian Xiaoyi: "Who do you think you are? Are you planning to forcibly seal the abilities of so many of us? That's too arrogant, isn't it? And don't forget, this is the real world! You may be able to deal with evil spirits, but there are so many of us!"

"So I brought some thugs this time." Qian Xiaoyi said.

"Thugs and such, that sounds so ugly..." King Kong scratched his head and stood up. He flexed his muscles and said, "I think the name of bodyguard is more appropriate... Don't worry, as long as you cooperate, I won't make things difficult for you."

Looking at King Kong's muscular figure, the exorcists couldn't help but feel in awe. As a professional exorcist, who would constantly temper their flesh and blood like King Kong! That would affect their inspiration.

In addition, the inheritance of exorcists in Japan is mixed, and most people do not have a systematic inheritance in their families. They cannot take into account both the spirit and the body like the orthodox exorcist schools in China, so their physical abilities are generally very poor. Facing a giant like King Kong who is nearly two meters tall, they have no ability to fight back at all, not to mention that King Kong has practiced family martial arts for twenty years.

(End of this chapter)