The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 553: Hong Kong Past (34)

“Aa ...

Violent screams echoed throughout the Kowloon Walled City. Taoist Jingde looked at the bloody eyeball in his hand with great satisfaction.

Ah Fa was lying on the ground screaming, but after his eyeball was dug out, half of his vision went black, and half of the images disappeared as well!
The burning sensation on his back also decreased a lot, so Ah Fa realized that as long as he became a blind man and turned a blind eye to those things, he would not have to endure that kind of mental torture and torment.

"Master! Master, save me!" Ah Fa said desperately and devoutly.

"There is one more, and you will be free soon." Taoist Jingde stretched out his bloody hands and pointed the knife towards Afa's other eye.

"Jingde!!!"

A golden light flashed, and Ah Fa's only remaining eye saw an astonishing scene.

Taoist Jingde was like being hit by a meteorite. The ground collapsed and he was directly knocked to the bottom of the city. Ah Fa struggled to climb to the wall and looked at what was happening below.

Taoist Jingde was stepped on by Taoist Lingkong. Looking at the copper coin sword within reach, he smiled and said, "Master Qian, you are here after all."

"It's not too late to turn back now." Taoist Lingkong said angrily, "You haven't made a big mistake yet. Everything can be redeemed."

Taoist Jingde looked up at Taoist Lingkong and said, "Do you think what I did was wrong? They are just two scumbags, but you want to destroy the results we worked so hard to get? This is our stuff, it's fine if you don't want it, but why are you trying to stop me?"

"This kind of place shouldn't exist. I've always thought so." Taoist Lingkong said, "You can't beat me in a head-on fight. Just surrender. Let's go back to the mainland and pretend nothing happened."

"Master Qian, let me tell you something." Taoist Jingde said to himself, "In fact, when we were sparring before, I couldn't beat you because I didn't want to use too much force and was afraid of hurting the harmony between us. But now I have finally found my life goal, and not only do you not support me, but you try to stop me in every way. This makes me a little unhappy."

"Jingde! Do you know what the consequences will be if our research results are abused?" Taoist Lingkong was still arguing, "The reason why we work so hard on this theory is to completely eliminate these phenomena and allow humans to control their own destiny instead of relying on these ghosts! Do you want to trample on others for your own selfish interests?"

"You old stubborn man." Taoist Jingde sighed and shook his head, "We have done so much for our ideals, but what have we gained in return? Don't you understand the principle of putting away the bow after the birds are gone? I never thought that the country would be so courageous, so although our cognitive faction won, we also lost... Well, I know I can't convince an idealist like you, so let's see the real thing with our hands."

Taoist Lingkong snorted coldly: "You have already been restrained by me, why do you want to fight with me?"

"With this." Taoist Jingde took out Afa's eyeball and squeezed it with a little force.

Ah Fat felt uncontrollable pain coming from his good eye. At the same time, an earthquake occurred in the entire Kowloon Walled City and began to shake violently.

Ah Fa could only feel that the heaven and earth began to turn upside down. In the Kowloon Walled City, two monstrous figures began a crazy fight to the death. Deafening sounds and brilliant golden lights continued to appear.

Ah Fa curled up on the ground, his body and eyes could only feel endless pain. He didn't know how much time had passed, until he was exhausted from the pain, the earthquake finally stopped. Ah Fa looked around again, and the Kowloon Walled City was in ruins, with broken walls and burning flames everywhere.

With a loud bang, two figures fell from the upper floor and landed not far from Ah Fa. Ah Fa was unable to speak due to the pain and could only watch.

Ah Fa saw clearly that Taoist Jingde was stepping on Taoist Lingkong's chest, his head covered in blood, and the peach wood sword in his hand was pointing at Taoist Lingkong's throat. This time, his peach wood sword did not break, but the copper coin sword in Taoist Lingkong's hand was scattered all over the ground.

Taoist Jingde sighed and said, "We all agreed to kill together, the winner will be the king and the loser will be the bandit, but in the end you still can't bear it, Master Qian, you clearly had the opportunity to kill me just now... How can you let me do it?"

"Senior Brother Jingde, it's still not too late to turn back now." Taoist Lingkong coughed and spat out a mouthful of blood foam.

"..."

Taoist Jingde was silent. He withdrew his foot irritably and said, "You old stubborn man, you are so annoying... I have to admit that I have given up on you. Okay, okay, I don't want this thing anymore. You can do whatever you want with it."

He threw Ah Fa's eyeball on the ground like a piece of garbage.

Hope appeared in Taoist Lingkong's eyes, but Taoist Jingde's next words shattered Taoist Lingkong's hope.

Taoist Jingde said, "I know the current trend in the mainland is exactly what you want to see. Monsters and ghosts no longer exist, and society develops harmoniously. So, I will never go back in this life. I will not harm the Chinese people, but the Japanese. Is that okay?"

"Wait..." Taoist Lingkong spat out a mouthful of blood: "That's not what I meant..."

"Shut up! Master Qian! This is the maximum concession I can make." Taoist Jingde said with a cold face: "I have done enough for the cognitive school. Ask yourself, the two of us have been partners in the world for decades, and I have never done anything wrong. We have helped countless people, but never got the corresponding rewards. Instead, those beasts in human clothing got all the benefits. So, I have the ability to stand at the top of society, why not do it?" He turned around and said, "That's it, I originally thought that the two of us brothers would be rich and prosperous together, but it seems that this is just a luxury. I shouldn't have told you my idea... I guess we will never meet again. You go back to the inland to suffer, and I will go to a more developed place to enjoy life."

Watching the figure of Taoist Jingde gradually walking away, Taoist Lingkong gathered his strength and shouted:
"I really regret not killing you! Jingde!"

Taoist Jingde paused for a moment, then disappeared in the fire.

Ah Fa's eyelids became heavier and heavier, and he slowly fell asleep. The nightmares continued to torment him, making him feel like he was in hell.

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, he suddenly jumped up from the bed and found himself in a familiar room.

Ah Fa's vision was only half blind, so he touched his face in a trance and found that his left eye had been wrapped in a bandage. He tried to reach towards his left eye, but could only feel dryness and severe pain. The pain was unbearable for him.

"Master! Master Lingkong!" He stumbled out of the door, but there was no sign of Taoist Lingkong in the room. There was only a fat man watching TV.

Afa subconsciously reached for his waist, but there was no gun. However, when he found out that the fat man was not a stranger but the landlord, Afa breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are you awake?" the fat landlord said, "I haven't seen you for a long time. How did you become like this? You've been unconscious for two or three days."

Ah Fa asked, "Where is Master Ling Kong?"

"Him?" the fat landlord said, "After bringing you back here, he said he was going back to the mainland, so he packed up and left. He asked me to take care of you for a few days. Oh, this is what he gave you."

It was a small cloth bag. When Ah Fa opened it, he saw only a glass eyeball and a piece of paper inside.

[Afa, this is the eyeball I made for you. Maybe it will allow you to sleep more peacefully in the future without having to suffer that kind of torture. In addition, I hope you can find true loyalty and live an upright life. This is the only way to eradicate your pain.]

Ah Fa didn't understand these words. He accepted them and left in a hurry. If what he remembered was true, then it meant... Brother Long had been killed by him!

Killing his own boss, betraying the society, colluding with the Japanese...

He no longer has a place to stay in Hong Kong and must escape quickly.

Just as he thought, everyone outside was looking for him. Several societies jointly issued a reward for him, and countless people were searching for him in places where he might appear.

After learning about these things, Ah Fa felt very disappointed. This meant that the human traffickers would not dare to send him abroad again. Even if there were brave enough ones, he could not afford to pay so much money. In other words, he did not dare to go and get the money.

Even if he wasn't killed now, he would starve to death.

Just when he was in despair, he suddenly thought of a way out.

Ah Fa called a Japanese businessman. He had had a pleasant cooperation with that businessman before. However, because of the previous incident with Yamada, he was not sure whether the other party would help him, so he was taking a gamble. If he won the bet, then he would still have a chance of survival, but if he lost, he would be finished.

The call was connected. After learning about Ah Fa's situation through the translator, the other party actually agreed to help him. As for Yamada's situation, the other party said puzzledly, "Yamada is fine?" Nothing happened.

This made Ah Fa feel a little strange. Could it be that Yamada didn't tell anyone else about his affairs? Or was he trying to calm him down? To prevent him from getting suspicious?
But with no way out, Ah Fa had no choice but to take a gamble this time, as it was his only chance.

Perhaps it was God’s blessing, and the other party actually brought him safely to Japan, but that was all.

In the following years, Ah Fa worked as a laborer, odd jobs, and garbage collector to make a living. He had not yet learned Japanese, so he was not doing well. And because of his previous experience, he was like a wounded beast, trusting no one, hiding in a corner, licking his unhealed wounds, and living in fear every day, worried that the killer would come to his door.

Only when he slept could he hide in the deserted Kowloon Walled City and enjoy a few moments of peace and quiet.

Until one day, he saw a familiar figure appear in front of him.

"I can help you solve your problem." Taoist Jingde said to him, "It's very simple. Just get another tattoo to suppress Guan Gong."

(End of this chapter)