The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 445: The Great Battle of Exorcism (22)

Shinno Mariko never imagined that the most dangerous enemies would not be the evil spirits, but the three new exorcists including Qian Xiaoyi.

As a psychic, fighting was not her forte. At this moment, she walked cautiously along the endless corridor on the second floor, holding an old-fashioned rifle in her hand.

This gun was seized from an evil spirit. Generally speaking, such things would dissipate after the evil spirit was destroyed, but she was a psychic and using spirits was her forte, so using the evil spirit's weapon for self-defense was a piece of cake for her.

"But why is it a rifle..." Shenneng Mariko looked at the weapon in her hand in distress and complained: "I have never used this kind of weapon~"

As someone who had never handled a gun before, her aim was very poor. If this evil spirit's gun was not different from the real one, she might not even know how to shoot.

"Anyway, the most urgent thing is to find other people to join up with." Mariko Shinno forced herself to stay calm and thought to herself.

At this moment, she suddenly noticed something wrong. Turning around, she realized where the sense of disobedience came from.

On the wall of the corridor, there is a face! The face of a middle-aged man!
When the face saw her, it immediately greeted her, "Isn't this Marimi? Have you finished the last document?"

"Who is Marimi, you bastard!" Shenneng Mariko immediately raised her gun and shot at the face.

Although it looks very different from the evil spirit in the mansion, this thing is too disgusting. It's obviously not a good thing. Shoot it first.

The bullet made a hole in the face of the person, who screamed, "It hurts! Marimi, stop it, it's me, your beloved Section Chief Oda!"

Bang, bang, bang! After several consecutive gunshots, the human face finally stopped moving. Shenneng Mariko wiped the sweat from her head. Using this kind of evil weapon would also consume her spiritual power.

When she looked up, the face had disappeared, leaving only a few bullet holes in the wall.

"What the hell is that thing?" Shinno Mariko frowned. The situation was becoming more and more weird. She had already dealt with those evil soldier ghosts enough, and now this confusing thing appeared.

Then, she felt something moving on her feet and looked down...

——The human face slowly crawled like a slug to Shinno Mariko's feet.

Noticing the gaze of Shinno Mariko, the man smiled slyly: "Would you like to have a drink together after get off work?"

“Aa ...

Mariko Shinno was extremely frightened. She jumped and screamed with a sobbing tone in her voice. It can be seen how lethal this disgusting thing is to a woman.

So she didn't notice at all the appearance of a young man in a suit behind her.

With a dull thud, Shinno Mariko's eyes rolled back and she fell to the ground. Inuyama Heita retracted his fist, took out a talisman from his suit pocket, stuck it on Shinno Mariko's body, and activated the talisman.

Then, Shinno Mariko's body, with that human face, slowly disappeared into the ghost realm.

"Huh... the first one." Inuyama Heita breathed a sigh of relief: "This should be enough. After sending her out of the ghost realm, the remaining power of the human-faced dog will interfere with her mind, making her temporarily unable to use her spiritual abilities."

Ken appeared next to Inuyama Heita and said with disdain, "But this power is really disgusting. If someone finds out, you, the Inuyama clan, will have more exorcist titles like 'Greasy Heitaro' and 'Perverted and Damp Boy' in the future."

Inuyama Heita complained: "I don't want to be like this... I also want to defeat the enemy in a fair and square manner like Otoko or King Kong, but if I don't borrow the power of the human-faced dog, I can't beat these veteran exorcists at all."

"Hehehe~ I am so weak, so weak, so weak~" Ken suddenly thought, "Oh, right, do you think that old lady just now was really a ghost? Did we hit the wrong person?" Inuyama Heita shook his head, "It shouldn't be a ghost, at least not the one who controls the ghost realm. The power of the ghost realm has not weakened, and the souls of the victims have not appeared."

"Then we can only go to the next one." Ah Jian asked, "Is it still the same as before?"

Inuyama Heita nodded: "Well, setting traps in various places and rushing over when someone takes the bait is the safest approach. I don't have the confidence to face the enemy's siege head-on."

Ah Jian was about to say something when he suddenly sensed another presence and immediately reminded him, "Someone is coming over there. They must have heard the noise just now!"

Inuyama Heita stretched out his hand and left another face on the wall in the same way, then quietly hid in a room in the corridor.

After a while, the face on the wall opened his eyes and looked in the direction where the footsteps came from. Someone was walking towards this direction.

"I seemed to have heard the voice of Ms. Divine Power just now."

"Really? She wasn't caught by the evil spirit? It seems that her strength is stronger than I thought."

The faces on the wall were clearly visible. One of them was short and the other was thin. One was holding a doll in his arms, and the other was wearing a hunting robe and a tall hat.

It was the puppeteer Komatsu Yuichi and the priest pharmacist Kawai Jin. As soon as they arrived here, they noticed the face on the wall.

"Huh? What is this?" The priest looked at the human face curiously.

The puppeteer noticed the bullet holes on the wall and immediately said, "Don't get too close! This is not the existence of the mansion legend! The enemy is nearby!"

"Eh? So, it's that King Kong... No, it's the Chinese man's assistant?" The priest immediately determined the correct information.

In the room, after hearing what the two said, Ken was surprised and said, "Did you hear that? Inuyama clan, they knew almost instantly that the human face was a ghost that did not belong to the mansion!"

"Yes." Inuyama Heita said: "This means... they are very aware of the existence of the ghost area in the mansion, and they are insiders, so... they are very likely to be the accomplices of Goriki Kaito! We have found the right target."

"But what should we do now?" Ah Jian asked, "They didn't let down their guard and refused to get close to that place, and there were two of them..."

"Let's hide first and wait for the opportunity." Inuyama Heita made the decision. The power of the human-faced dog is destined to be unsuitable for frontal attack.

At this time, the numb faces in the corridor heard another conversation between them.

The priest said, "I can sense traces of spiritual power left by the medium. That guy must have attacked her first and then hid nearby!"

"Leave it to me. Since they have decided to deal with everyone, there is no need for us to pretend anymore." The puppet in the puppeteer's arms smiled and said, "I have collected a lot of souls this time. Let them work for me."

The puppeteer took out the puppets one by one from his clothes. There was a puppet carrying a camera and wearing a baseball cap, a puppet with a scorpion tattoo on his face, a puppet wearing Gothic clothes, and several other puppets. Controlled by the puppeteer's threads, they explored the surrounding rooms.

"Squeak~"

Inuyama Heita's scalp tingled as the door of his room was pushed open.

(End of this chapter)