The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 496: Gambling (5)

Qian Xiaoyi looked at Zhang Chunfa's current state, thoughtfully. Although the things in front of him were only residual cognition and had no ability to think independently, they were not the souls suffering in hell as Zhang Chunfa imagined.

But seeing Zhang Chunfa's condition, it would be better not to tell him. Letting him repent more would also strengthen his determination to resist.

"Did I harm all these people?" Zhang Chunfa could see the endless scenes as far as he could see. He asked tremblingly, "Have I harmed so many people?"

Qian Xiaoyi said: "That's not the case. In fact, it's not just the place you manage. Souls from other places are also collected by this nest. There are also many desperate people who mistakenly come here and lose their lives..."

"Stop talking, I get it." Zhang Chunfa struggled to get up, and said with evasive eyes: "Let's finish the work quickly, I don't want to stay here for a second."

Seeing that his attitude had changed from being desperate at the beginning and being forced by the situation to now actively wanting to end this place, Qian Xiaoyi nodded and said, "Let's go. If this nest is a factory, then this is equivalent to the raw material extraction room. Going inside should be the part where these forces are transported."

As he spoke, he held a compass in his hand and led Zhang Chunfa deeper inside. Various tragedies happened in front of Zhang Chunfa's eyes one after another, making him tremble even more violently, as if he was being taken on a tour of hell.

"Will I go to hell too?" Zhang Chunfa suddenly asked in fear, "Like here? Suffering over and over again?"

Qian Xiaoyi asked casually: "What do you think?"

Zhang Chunfa was silent for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, I will... But there is a saying that goes, 'Put down the butcher knife and you will become a Buddha instantly. Is there any way you can make me..."

He didn't finish his words, but Qian Xiaoyi already knew what he meant and said, "It depends on how much debt you can repay and how much karma you can eliminate. The more you can do, the less debt you will have."

"So... I went from being a debt collector to a debt payer? How ironic, but it's also retribution..." Zhang Chunfa no longer looked at the things around him. His eyes became firm and he said fiercely, "I understand. Let's go quickly. I really can't stay here any longer."

It seemed like there was no end here, and the two could only keep going deeper and deeper, looking for a passage.

No one knew Qian Xiaoyi was here, and no one even noticed that he was missing. Everyone was concentrating on the game outside. At this time, the first round of the vanguard battle had come to an end after a tense battle.

"Hehehe~"

Mikazuki Hokuto's eyes widened as he watched a Hanafuda card on the table suddenly open its mouth and eat the other card next to it, instantly reversing his originally good situation. The onlookers exorcists sighed.

"Oh my... this is really..."

"He guessed wrong~"

"It's hopeless. It's hopeless."

"I thought we were going to win, but we were just a little bit short."

Mikazuki Beidou lowered his head and said through gritted teeth: "I lost."

Actually, he was not that unwilling to win this competition, even though half of the Hanafuda cards he brought were burned by the opponent and the other half were replenished by the red demon. There were some special "ghost cards" hidden in those cards that could interfere with his hand pattern and make all kinds of unexpected moves, such as changing points, swallowing other cards and so on.

This greatly increases the variables of the bet.

However, the remaining half of the cards still gave him a considerable advantage, but even so, he still lost.

Because the woman opposite him was a gambling expert. She relied on her skills to win, and she didn't have any magic tricks like him. In terms of gambling skills, he, an exorcist, was not as good as a professional gambler, so he simply admitted defeat. "Very good~" Chigui applauded, "What a wonderful game, watching me is almost sweating all over, oops~"

He pretended to wipe the non-existent sweat from his head, then looked at Ashiya Kisuke across the arena and asked, "How is it? Lord Ashiya, do you acknowledge the result of the Vanguard Battle?"

"Let's start the next round." Ashiya Yoshisuke said calmly. He looked at the red devil as if he was looking at a dying person and would not respond to any provocation from him.

The red ghost snorted coldly, "What a boring answer. Then as you wish, according to the rules, since you lost the first round, you will still have to choose the game type for the second round. Please make a decision quickly. As long as it is a game type in the game hall, it will be fine."

"We actually lost the first game?" Xingchang Rang said, touching his chin.

Mikazuki Hokuto came over, he touched his bald head awkwardly, and said dejectedly: "Sorry, everyone, I underestimated the enemy and made that mistake."

"It's not your fault." Xingchang Rang said, "We made those gambling tools very concealed because we wanted to prevent the opponent from pointing out loopholes before the game. This greatly weakened their defensive capabilities. Just be careful next time."

"So who should we send next?" Gui Teng Longguang suddenly had an idea and asked, "By the way, where is Mr. Qian? If he comes, we should be able to win the second game easily."

Terao Yu agreed, "That's right, Mr. Qian has many tricks up his sleeve, which is more than enough to deal with this situation."

Mikazuki Hokuto said: "You seem to be very confident about that person... So where is he? Young man, where is your master?"

Everyone looked around but couldn't find any trace of Qian Xiaoyi. Just when they were wondering about Qian Xiaoyi's whereabouts and looked at Inuyama Heita, Inuyama Heita had to bite the bullet and step forward. He made up an excuse and said, "He...he had diarrhea and went to the toilet. He may not be back for a while."

Xingchang Rang couldn't help but ask, "Diarrhea again?" What he meant was that this excuse was too bad.

"Again? Could it be that..." Terao Yu took out a small notebook and wrote: The psychic detective seemed to have a stomach problem.

"Then who will go up next?" asked Gui Teng Long Guang.

Everyone looked at each other, trying to see if anyone else was interested in playing. After all, the loss in the first game made them realize that this game might not be as simple as it seemed, and that they could kill people with magic. If they lost, they would be embarrassed in front of so many peers.

"I'll go." said Inuyama Heita.

"You?" Gui Teng Longguang questioned, "Brother Inuyama, I know Mr. Qian is very capable, and the person he likes must be good, but you should be just a newcomer who debuted not long ago, right? Can you handle this complicated situation?"

King Kong grinned and said, "Mr. Guido, please rest assured. I believe in Heitaro's ability. Since Mr. Qian said before that he would leave it to him, it means that Mr. Qian also has confidence in him."

Xingchang Rang also said: "I think so too, does anyone have any opinions?"

At this time, someone stepped up to take the blame, and others were fine with it, because there was a big guy speaking for him anyway, and if they opposed it, it would be a slap in the face~
So in the second game, Inuyama Heita came to the arena.

"Hello everyone, my name is... Heitaro." Inuyama Heita said nervously, "The event I'm going to compete in is..."

"——Arcade games."

(End of this chapter)