The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 544: Hong Kong Past (25)

After following Ah Fa's figure into the dark and cramped fortress, the killer suddenly stopped because he thought of two questions.

——Where is this place?
——Why did I come in?

For some reason, these two thoughts only popped up in his mind now, which made him shudder. The dim corridor seemed to have turned into a big black mouth, swallowing him in one gulp.

"Wasn't Kowloon Walled City demolished a long time ago?" The killer thought more and more about it and felt more and more terrified: "Then what place did I come in from?"

His sudden realization made him break out in a cold sweat and he was ready to turn around and leave. He realized belatedly that this was definitely not a good place and that chasing the enemy was not as important as his own life. But when he turned around and walked back, he could no longer find the way he came. The roads here were too complicated, like a maze.

The killer explored the walled city with a gun, trying to find a way out. He discovered traces of human survival here, and could even hear voices coming from the houses on both sides. It seemed like a normal place, but his intuition told him that something was wrong.

He didn't know how long he had been walking around. At a hidden staircase, he found a drug addict squatting on the ground and shivering. The killer approached quietly, put the gun to the other's head, and said, "Take me out, or I will shoot you to death."

The drug addict turned his head tremblingly, not because of fear, but because his drug addiction kicked in. His whole body was shaking. He saw the killer with his lifeless eyes, and then suddenly his dark mouth opened wide, and he pounced on him with a roar, not like a living person at all.

With two gunshots and a scream, the walled city finally returned to peace.

It wasn't until the next day that anyone noticed his whereabouts. After the park staff found this guy, they immediately called the police because he had a gun in his hand.

At this time he had gone mad, and he kept muttering words like "walled city" and "there are ghosts". When he saw people approaching him, he would go crazy and keep pulling the trigger, shooting at people with the pistol in his hand that had no bullets. The police had no choice but to subdue him and send him to a mental hospital.

Since then, people in the surrounding area have continuously claimed that they saw the Kowloon Walled City that had been demolished before, but it disappeared in the blink of an eye. Some people have even been inside. For a time, urban legends about the Kowloon Walled City began to spread, and various versions emerged one after another.

But one thing is certain in the legend, that is, the Kowloon Walled City, which was supposed to be demolished, has reappeared.

"Have these re-gathered cognitions begun to affect those people with supernatural physiques around us?" Qian Xiaoyi asked, "Is this the result you want?"

Taoist Lingkong replied: "Further research on this topic is to see if we can use the characteristics of urban legends after creating an artificial ghost domain, that is, by changing public perception, we can transform the artificial ghost domain into what we want. Now, the experiment is going well, and the ghost domain of Kowloon Walled City is really beginning to take shape and start to develop on its own."

Qian Xiaoyi sighed and said, "You have come up with something incredible."

"Yeah~" Taoist Lingkong also murmured: "It's really amazing..."

The scene jumped to the moment after Ah Fat escaped from danger. All he remembered was that he was chased into the walled city. Relying on his familiarity with the walled city, he got rid of the enemy and then returned to his former home in Kowloon Walled City. The things he saw were so real, just like what he remembered.

Ah Fa lay down on his bed exhausted, and when he opened his eyes again it was already the next day. He was indeed in his own bed, but in a new house he rented after the demolition of the Walled City.

Covering his splitting headache, Ah Fa went downstairs and asked the younger brother guarding the door about the situation.

"I saw you coming back last night." The younger brother said, "You looked very strange. I asked you if you wanted to see a doctor, but you ignored me."

"I'm sorry." Ah Fa explained, "I was thinking about something yesterday and didn't hear you. I'll treat you to a meal another day."

So he left here in a hurry to deal with what happened last night.

In the following days, Ah Fa finally found the person in the society who wanted to harm him through investigation, and then after a series of overt and covert struggles, he successfully found evidence of the other party colluding with the enemy. He joined forces with other big guys to bring down the traitor, which made his prestige rise. In just one year, there were calls for him to be the double-flowered red stick (gold medal thug), and he began to have a say in the society.

But these contents were not Qian Xiaoyi's focus, so he did not look at them carefully and quickly skipped over the scenes about Afa working hard in the society.

During this period of time, Ah Fat was busy dealing with matters in the society, and in order to prevent the two Taoists from getting into trouble, he did not go to the rental house again. However, since that night, he would dream of Kowloon Walled City every night.

The connection between that place and him became closer and closer. Ah Fat also went from being frightened at the beginning to being at ease and comfortable in his dreams, as if he had returned to the carefree days of his youth. He didn't have to think about anything and slept soundly every night. He could even greet the residents of Kowloon Walled City in his dreams. Those people's faces became clearer and clearer.

However, what he didn't notice at the time was that the dream was indeed beginning to have some subtle effects on him.

One day later, the opportunity that Afa had been waiting for finally came.

"Ah Fa, we're taking you to meet some big shots this time, so you have to dress nicely." A big boss of the society patted him on the shoulder and said, "We can't let people look down on our society. Whether we can prosper or not only depends on this once, there won't be such a good opportunity in the future."

Ah Fa nodded seriously: "Don't worry, Brother Long, I have already rented a high-end suit. With my handsomeness, I will definitely seduce a rich lady and marry into a wealthy family to bring honor to the club."

"Still trying to seduce girls? Where can you seduce girls?" The big boss scolded and laughed as he patted Ah Fa's head. Then he warned: "The people here this time are all big bosses and company executives. Don't use your gang tricks. It would be bad if you scare them. Remember, we will be serious businessmen by then. You must seize this opportunity. Once this deal is done, I will take you overseas and we will be rich men together. You can live a carefree life. There is no future if you just fight and kill people."

"Thank you, big boss." Ah Fa said quickly.

"Let's go back." The boss said, "Whether we can get in touch with the Japanese tomorrow depends on this time."

(End of this chapter)