The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 466: Mystery of the Hundred Ghosts (11)

"I didn't expect that Brother Pingtai's father is still alive?" Maria sighed while wiping the cup.

In the blues bar in the afternoon, Qian Xiaoyi and Maria discussed what happened when Inuyama Heita encountered his father before.

"Anyway, that's what happened." Qian Xiaoyi said, "According to Heitaro, when he saw him, his financial situation was not very good, and his clothes were very old, but he looked very clean."

Maria said, "But even though that's the case, he still has the money to go there to bet on horses. We met by chance. Does that mean that Heita's father often goes there?"

"That's what I thought, too." Qian Xiaoyi said, "But if we look for him based on this information, there are so many people betting on horses every time there is a race, and the scene is packed with people. Plus, he will definitely learn from his mistakes and disguise himself, or simply not go there for a while, so it's still hard to find him. In addition to betting on horses, the only information we can confirm is that he should still be living in the Tokyo area."

"Tokyo is so big, looking for it like this would be like looking for a needle in a haystack~" Maria said.

Qian Xiaoyi said: "So judging from his clothes and the fact that he has no home to return to, he is most likely a homeless person."

The vagrants in Japan are not only those who are homeless and destitute and choose to wander. Some of them choose to wander on their own initiative. For example, people who come from the countryside to the city and cannot find a job, but are reluctant to leave the prosperity and convenience of the big city. Or they can't stand the family and social environment and choose to exile themselves.

"Mr. Kuroda once chose to wander, right?" Qian Xiaoyi said, "Maybe he can find out something. Anyway, I'll leave this matter to you."

As he spoke, he placed a photo on the table. It was an old photo of Inuyama Heita's father. It showed a man in a suit and tie, looking very high-spirited.

"It doesn't look like a homeless person here~" Maria put away the photo and said, "I'll tell the other people in the mutual aid association and ask them to help look for him. But don't hold your hopes too high. Tokyo is too big. It's impossible for everyone to search every park and street. Besides, the places where the homeless live will change, so it's not that easy to find them."

"Yeah, I know." Qian Xiaoyi nodded.

Maria sighed, "So what happened in Brother Pingtai's family to make it like this? It's really heartbreaking~"

"I'm not sure about that~" Qian Xiaoyi shrugged.

A few days later, late at night, in Lingkong Office, Qian Xiaoyi and Inuyama Heita were tinkering with the old TV on the table. Qian Xiaoyi had taken some time to get the TV repaired these days. It turned out that the reason it could not be turned on was that Qian Xiaoyi had installed a part in the wrong position. The originally insensitive antenna was also replaced, and it was finally able to be used normally.

After plugging in the power cord, Qian Xiaoyi adjusted the antenna, but the TV was still all white, and he couldn't receive any images. This was natural. Qian Xiaoyi learned that this old TV could only receive analog signals. Now Japan has already switched to digital signals. If you don't buy a set-top box, you can't watch anything. But it's more convenient to buy a card and watch TV on a computer than to buy that thing.

So Inuyama Heita asked curiously, "Is it necessary to repair this? If you want to watch the TV station in the ghost area, you don't need a signal at all, right? You don't even need electricity."

Qian Xiaoyi said: "But in our understanding, the 'antenna' is used to receive signals from far away. If we know that this thing is broken, then even in the ghost domain, it will interfere with the operation of this thing. Anyway, it has a certain effect. We will know after trying it later."

"So that supernatural show really appeared again?" Inuyama Heita asked in surprise, "Didn't we defeat the raccoon cat in WTV?" Qian Xiaoyi said, "The raccoon cat is gone now, but the urban legend of the TV station is still there. We just cleaned up the original nest."

Inuyama Heita said: "You mean, a new nest has appeared again?"

"Not necessarily, it shouldn't be that easy." Qian Xiaoyi explained: "From the current situation, a complete nest should include a complete set of operating systems. The nest in WTV previously included three functions: [Collecting cognition], [Disseminating cognition], and [Absorbing power].

[Spreading Awareness] can allow urban legends to spread among more people and allow the ghost realm to take shape.

[Collecting knowledge] makes the nest more stable and even stronger. As long as the above two points are met, it is possible to form a ghost domain or thing of urban legend.

The last one, [Absorbing Power], is the core of the formation of the nest. By increasing the influence in reality, it indirectly affects the ghost realm, making the nest stronger and turning the owner of the nest into the main body of the ghost realm, that is, the monster. The three together form a complete monster nest, and none of them can be missing. "

Inuyama Heita pondered, "So this is why Fujiyoshi Mansion was not built into a nest? Although it has the function of collecting cognition in urban legends and can form the outline of the ghost area, it is not enough to form a nest just by collecting the common cognition of tourists. It must rely on the extraordinary cognition strength of the exorcist... and because the matter of the artist agency was exposed at WTV, the element of [absorb power] has become invalid, and it can no longer form a nest?"

"That's right." Qian Xiaoyi said, "As long as it has no influence in reality, then it is at most a location of urban legend."

"But... why did the Hundred Ghosts need to repair that ghost area alone?" Inuyama Heita asked, "What's the point?"

Qian Xiaoyi said: "If my guess is correct, then the significance is huge. I mentioned earlier that [spreading cognition] can shape the ghost domain, and the urban legends of that supernatural program can not only promote itself, but also promote other urban legends."

"That is to say!" Inuyama Heita suddenly realized: "The Hundred Ghosts regard that place as a communication system. In addition to providing funds, it can also spread knowledge and stabilize the existence of other nests?"

Qian Xiaoyi patted the TV and said with a smile: "Originally, except for those with psychic physiques all over Japan, no exorcists could watch this program, because professionals know how to protect their cognition and will not let strange things invade themselves.

Now we have this TV that was taken from WTV, and we used it to watch that program, so we can receive the signal of that program from here~
We have figured it out now. The Hundred Demons' Lair is basically built based on the locations of urban legends. Although the locations of those urban legends are not fixed, as long as we have this..."

"We can then find the lair of the hundred demons!" Inuyama Heita's eyes lit up and he said.

Qian Xiaoyi looked at the time and said, "It's almost time now, come out and work, Ajian."

"Alas...you guys can't survive without me?" Ah Jian floated out slowly, pretending to be helpless and said, "I really can't do anything with you~"

The lights in the office were turned off, and the office fell into darkness. After a while, a faint light came from the window accompanied by a rustling noise...

(End of this chapter)