The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 536: Hong Kong Past (17)

"Oh my god..." Ah Fa held a candle in his hand and walked nervously towards the direction where the laughter came from. He muttered to himself: "Why candles... Can I have a flashlight? Candles are really useless..."

Because he had to protect the candle flame, Ah Fa took very slow steps, fearing that the candle flame would be extinguished if he took a slightly bigger step.

Moreover, the sky was covered with dark clouds tonight, and there was no moonlight at all. Only the dim light of the candles could illuminate the area around him. Further away, there was only a tiny blurry shadow, which made him feel more and more stressed. He tried to look back, but the light from the altar was completely out of sight.

"Oh, right, I can't look back..." Ah Fa turned his head quickly, and after waiting for a while, he found that nothing happened, so he murmured: "Fortunately, fortunately, the master should have said not to look back when taking the children out. Now I haven't been targeted by ghosts... Lord Guan, bless me."

He took a deep breath and continued walking forward.

The children's bell-like laughter was getting closer and closer, making his palms begin to sweat. But when he reached the source of the laughter, the laughter suddenly disappeared. There was dead silence all around, but Ah Fa's body was stiff. He seemed to feel that many eyes were looking at him.

"What the hell...what should I do next?" Ah Fa thought for a moment, then tried to lift his legs up high and then put them down, swaying his body from side to side, and shouted nonchalantly: "The train is leaving~ The train is leaving, beep~"

It was a shameful thing to do, but there was no one around (except two grinning onlookers), so he imitated the sound of a steam whistle, protecting the candle in his hand, and began to stagger forward in the open space, raising and lowering his legs.

After walking for a while, a pair of pale arms suddenly rested on his shoulders, causing him to stiffen for a moment. He couldn't understand how those children, with their height, could place their hands flat on his shoulders, but he didn't dare to look back.

"Here comes one!" Ah Fa's teeth were chattering, but he still suppressed his fear and shouted, "Toot! The train is starting, kids, come and play." Then he continued to go around in circles.

As he did so, the children's laughter finally began to sound behind him again, which seemed very eerie in the empty space.

"How many children are there now?" Ah Fa thought, "I can't look back, so how can I be sure that I have brought all the children with me? Oh, right, footprints."

His peripheral vision caught sight of the footprints he had left when he came here before, so he began to drive the "train" in circles, shouting "drive the train" while continuing to check the footprints on the ground.

"One pair, two pairs, three pairs..."

He found that behind his big feet, there were several more pairs of small footprints, which made Ah Fa very excited, which showed that his method was effective! The number of those children was increasing.

Only after he had circled the open space dozens of times and confirmed that enough children had caught up with him did Ah Fa turn around and head back the way he came.

"The train is leaving, kids, keep up." Ah Fa shouted excitedly, "The next stop is just ahead, don't fall behind, beep beep~~"

Now his mission has been mostly completed. As long as he walks back, he will be able to return to the altar of the two masters and get rid of these ghosts!

However, just when he thought the most difficult stage was over, a gust of wind blew from behind him, causing the flame behind his palm to sway, and it seemed that it was about to go out.

"Oh no!" Ah Fa reacted quickly and protected it in his arms. The flame as small as a soybean then started burning again and was not extinguished by the strong wind just now. Ah Fa breathed a sigh of relief. But when he just raised his head, a pair of small hands appeared in front of him and covered his...sunglasses?
"Damn! I was wondering why the candle light was so dim, it turns out I didn't take off my sunglasses!" Ah Fa realized the seriousness of the problem. He had not taken off his sunglasses before, so it was so difficult for him to find the way. But now it turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as the little hands were covering his sunglasses instead of his eyes.

So he looked down through the gap in his sunglasses, then protected the candle and walked straight forward, without any ghost covering his eyes or going in circles. "The one covering my eyes should be the little ghost looking for a substitute in the advertisement, right?" Ah Fa's heart was pounding, and he thought, "This way, everyone is here. As long as I can get out, I can change my fate..."

He carefully protected the candle and shouted, "Children, don't get off the train. Keep walking with me. The train is leaving and I'll take you out~Toot~"

Ah Fa was in a good mood and symbolically raised his hand to pull the whistle twice. At this time, the little hand covering his sunglasses loosened, and a group of children's laughter and strange cries imitating the whistle came from behind.

The flame in his hand flickered, and the road ahead of Ah Fa became increasingly dark. He continued to walk forward, but in the woods on both sides, some figures appeared vaguely. Ah Fa broke out in a cold sweat and did not dare to look around, so he quickened his pace: "The train is speeding up, kids, keep up~"

When he walked a distance away, he seemed to hear a light behind him.

"Afa, that's all." The voice of Taoist Jingde came from behind him: "Thank you for your hard work, leave the rest to us."

Ah Fa felt another big hand on his shoulder, as if wanting him to turn around.

"Hey, Master, isn't this the right place?" Ah Fa said, "I haven't seen my car yet."

"The car is here." A beam of light shone from behind him, which seemed to be in the shape of a car light.

Ah Fa still didn't dare to turn around: "The key is here, I remember I locked it, how did you open the door?"

"You will know if you look back." said Taoist Jingde.

"The train continues to run, kids." Ah Fa said quickly. Hearing the children's laughter behind him, he knew that the person behind him was definitely not a good person!
So he forced himself to move forward, trying to get rid of the hand, but the hand was so strong that he could not move at all. In a hurry, Ah Fa shouted, "The train has stalled. Children, can you help push the train? I will give you candies after we get out."

"Okay~" The well-behaved voices of the children came from behind.

Then, Ah Fa felt a force pushing on his back, allowing him to barely break free from the restraints and move forward.

He walked for a long time, ignoring the sounds behind him.

"Afa, kid, you're hanging out in this damn place again! Come home with me!" That was his father's voice.

"Hey, Afa, is there something wrong with you? You didn't respond when I called you, are you trying to rebel?" This was the voice of his boss.

"Uncle~ Someone is left behind~" This is the voice of an unfamiliar child.

"Ah? Falling behind?" Ah Fa was shocked. In a hurry, he subconsciously turned back. If someone fell behind, then his mission would fail!

(End of this chapter)