The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 538: Hong Kong Past (19)

In the next two months, the people in Ah Fa's gang found that Ah Fa's temperament seemed to have slowly changed. From the cynical and stupid boy at the beginning, he became more calm and reserved. Even though he still wore sunglasses every day, he no longer looked like a pretentious person like before, but really looked like a big boss.

His style of doing things became more and more direct and concise. He was often able to find the key point of things and then solve the problems. Even Scarface, the boss who had always treated him as an errand boy, began to look at him with admiration.

"Wow~Xia Yanfa, what happened to you recently? You seem like a completely different person. When you just came in, I thought some big boss from somewhere came to inspect you."

"Don't laugh at me~ What boss? You are my boss, Brother Ji. The protection fee from Temple Street has been received, please count it." Ah Fa threw a stack of money on the table.

"You are really amazing. You even got the money from that place." Scarface gave half of the money to Ah Fa with satisfaction, and said generously: "No need to order. I trust you. This is your share. You have been doing really well recently. You are not as stupid as before. How come you suddenly got the hang of it?"

Ah Fa smiled calmly and shrugged: "Nothing, I met two masters and asked them to tell my fortune. They said that if I don't use my brain before doing things, I will die on the street sooner or later, so I started to use my brain~"

"Those are two real masters! Introduce them to me someday." Scarface didn't care at all. It was a good thing that his subordinates were capable. As the return was getting closer, the streets were becoming more and more chaotic. The various branches of the gang were also in a panic. Most of them wanted to make a fortune and run away, and he was the same.

Scarface patted Ah Fa's shoulder and said, "You are so capable, doesn't it make me, the boss, look useless? Now, don't say I didn't take care of you. There are several big guys in the society who are in urgent need of people. They have come to me several times, but I am exhausted. Except for you, my subordinates are all useless. So I want to recommend you. If you do well, sooner or later you can take my place and become a red stick. Then I will retire. What do you think? Are you interested?"

Ah Fa laughed and said, "Brother Ji, you brought me up, how can I take your place? This position is yours, so it's yours. If you don't give it to me, I can't take it away from you. This is the same even if I follow a bigger boss in the future. Otherwise, how can I be worthy of the "Second Brother Guan" tattooed on my back?"

Scarface was very satisfied when he heard this. He patted Ah Fat on the shoulder and laughed, "Well said, good brother. Let's go. I'll take you to a massage today and find a pretty schoolgirl for you to be your bridegroom!"

"Being a groom... no need..." Ah Fa said in a weak tone, "I was already a groom last night, and I can't handle it again today. Let me go, brother Ji, I have an appointment to go to the cinema to watch a movie today~"

"Are you still making an appointment? Take it easy, kid. Be careful of kidney deficiency." Scarface teased Ah Fa with a lewd look, then patted him on the back: "Go ahead, I have some Indian magic oil here, do you want some?"

"No thanks, Brother Ji~ I can still hold on." Ah Fa said goodbye to the boss with a grin, but after walking out of the door, his face immediately fell.

"The bride is indeed a bride..." Ah Fa muttered to himself, "But she is a ghost bride..."

Yes, he did serve as a bridegroom last night, but it was a ghost marriage.

Thinking back to the strange things he encountered at Bride's Pond, Ah Fa was still frightened. If it wasn't for the power of Lord Guan behind him yesterday, he might not have been able to escape and would have had to live in the same coffin with that horrible female ghost. Even the two masters said it was very dangerous at the time and they were too late to rescue him.

When he thought about the movie he was going to watch later, Ah Fa also smiled bitterly, but in this bitter smile, for some reason, he still had a hint of anticipation.

"Hey, look at you guys, you've made him like this." Qian Xiaoyi nudged the Taoist priest Lingkong with his elbow and said, "During this period of time, you have arranged several ghost realms for him to go in for trials. Isn't that a bit too cruel?" Taoist priest Lingkong said indifferently, "Don't you think he is enjoying it? Anyway, Senior Brother Jingde and I are backing him up, so he won't die. The worst result is that he gets frightened and loses his bottom line, and becomes a coward. This is a good opportunity for him to quit the gang and find a decent job."

"But now he looks a bit like the big brother Zhang I know." Qian Xiaoyi said: "At first I never thought he would be that kind of young man."

Taoist Lingkong smiled and said, "Everyone has a time when they are young and foolish. You are one of them, too. When you were in middle school, you carried a magic sword with you all day long, pretending to be a knight, saying that you wanted to fight demons and defend the way. But then the school teacher called me and said that your sword had been confiscated and asked me to go and get it..."

"Okay, okay, let's watch the show~" Qian Xiaoyi waved his hand quickly and fast-forwarded to the scene in front of him.

Ah Fa came to the door of a movie theater, which was a bit remote. Two Taoist priests had been waiting there for a long time.

"What should I do this time?" Ah Fa complained, "Also, is my schedule too full? Yesterday I almost got married to a ghost, and today I have to go to the movies with a ghost?"

Taoist Lingkong held up the compass and said, "To calculate the time, I used the perpetual calendar and Feng Shui. These ghosts are lining up to appear. What can I do? Can I make them come out later?"

"Is it not possible?" Zhang Chunfa asked tentatively.

"Do you think we are gods?" Taoist Jingde scolded with a smile, then he took out a movie ticket and said, "Go in, this seat is the Tuo seat, no one else will see it except you, you have booked the whole theater this time, you may meet those good brothers, you have to watch the whole movie without being discovered by them, come on."

The so-called "Tuodi position" refers to the position for ghosts to sit, just like the "ghost shows" that used to be performed specifically for ghosts. This term also exists in movie theaters in Hong Kong.

"So evil?" Zhang Chunfa shuddered. Although he had experienced this kind of thing many times in the past few months, he still couldn't fully adapt to it. After all, human aura was still in conflict with those things, and both sides felt uncomfortable when they encountered each other.

"Come in, the movie is about to start." said Taoist Lingkong.

Ah Fa could only sigh, but according to Taoist Jing De, his destiny was about to be completed, so how could he give up here?
So he had no choice but to go in. Although the cinema was empty at this time, he still sat in the so-called seat according to the movie ticket. When the movie started, he leaned back in the chair and watched the pictures on the screen. This movie was a very bad ghost movie, the kind that was poorly made. It was getting late, no wonder there were not many people showing this movie.

The plot was so boring that Ah Fat felt sleepy and almost fell asleep. Nothing had happened yet, so he forced himself to stay awake, got up, went to the bathroom to wash his face, and then returned to the cinema.

And when he came back, all the audience turned their heads and looked at him quietly.

(End of this chapter)