The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 563: Battle for Ajian (4)

The next day, Inuyama Heita came to the office and told Qian Xiaoyi what happened last night. He asked worriedly whether he should return those things.

"Keep it for fun." Qian Xiaoyi said, "Only kids like you and fat geeks like those things. People won't care about these little things. If he wants to mess with you, he has many ways to do it. There's no need to do these little tricks."

Hearing this, Inuyama Heita just breathed a sigh of relief, but then immediately became nervous again and asked, "Brother Otsu, if Mr. Nanajo really wants to use force and forcibly take Ken away, what should we do?"

Qian Xiaoyi shrugged: "There's nothing I can do. If he really uses tough measures, I suggest you just hand Ajian over to him."

"Wow~~~Brother Yi, please don't do this!" Ah Jian threw himself on the ground, hugged Qian Xiaoyi's thigh and cried, "Don't hand me over to that young master. Who knows how perverted the rich people's ways of playing will be? My body is for Masaki-chan, I don't want to enter the BE line~~~~"

Qian Xiaoyi suddenly grabbed Ajian's head, stopping his noisy crying, because he suddenly had a familiar and terrifying premonition.

"Could it be..." Before Ajian could figure out what it was, Qian Xiaoyi grabbed his head and threw him into the storage room.

"Again?!" Ah Jian screamed as he was thrown into the utility room. Immediately, the laughter of several children was heard from inside, and then a white shadow emerged from the statue on the table and entered the utility room.

Ignoring the noisy voices in the utility room, Qian Xiaoyi said, "I was just joking. I have no intention of handing Ah Jian over to Shichijo Masato. And I also tend to think that Shichijo Masato will not use such despicable means. After all, we fought side by side for a period of time, and at that time he did not have the bad habits of those upper-class people."

"Eh?" Inuyama Heita asked, "Then why don't we help him? It sounds like he's in a very dangerous situation. His grandfather and elder brother also don't seem to be in good condition. Maybe Mr. Nanajo really needs our help now."

"The reason for not helping him is simple," Qian Xiaoyi said, "I don't trust him."

Inuyama Heita showed a puzzled expression: "But didn't you just say, Brother Yi..."

"I only said that I tend to believe him, but I don't believe him completely." Qian Xiaoyi said, "There is something I haven't told you yet. The TV I brought back from WTV is rerunning the Ghost Story Forecast. This means that after we successfully defeated Lai Shan's lair, someone rebuilt the ghost area there and maintained the spread of urban legends."

When Inuyama Heita heard the news, he felt a chill. They had finally defeated the enemy, but nothing had changed? The Nanajo Group that they had taken over was actually related to the Hundred Demons?

"So you understand, right? The Nanajo Group is definitely deeply connected to the Hundred Ghosts." Qian Xiaoyi said, "Moreover, none of us can guarantee whether Nanajo Masato has changed during this period of time. Maybe he has been enchanted by that power and turned into a member of the Hundred Ghosts. He came here this time to lure us into a trap. And even if he has nothing to do with the Hundred Ghosts and is just concerned about his family, who can guarantee that what he saw was not what those people wanted him to see?"

"Terrible..." Inuyama Heita got goosebumps all over his body. Only now did he realize what kind of force they were fighting against.

Qian Xiaoyi said, "That's why I didn't tell him the truth and didn't want to join the consortium to help him. If I told him that his grandfather had a relationship with the Hundred Ghosts, or was even a member of the Hundred Ghosts, would he believe me? Is it possible that he would go against me because of family affection? Although we have fought side by side, we have only known each other for less than a year. Between a friend and a family member, who knows what he will choose? So, I want to confirm whether his personality has changed and whether he will violate his principles."

"Personality?" Inuyama Heita didn't understand how it was related to personality.
Qian Xiaoyi said: "The monster nest made by the Hundred Ghosts can change a person's personality. In other words, if Nanajo Masato did something he would not do before in the case of Ken, it means that his personality has changed. It is very likely that he has been influenced by the Hundred Ghosts. Maybe he has joined the Hundred Ghosts and become a candidate for a monster." "No." Inuyama Heita was a little skeptical of Qian Xiaoyi's statement: "But what if his behavior changed not because of the Hundred Ghosts, but because his relatives were in danger? This is also normal."

Qian Xiaoyi said: "That means we can't trust him. If his grandfather is Baigui, then he may become unscrupulous because of family affection or some other reason. We don't need a comrade who can't stick to his principles.

I know this is a bit aggressive and arbitrary, but you have to know how terrible the enemy we are facing is. If Shichijo Masato can't even stick to his principles in this matter, what if he encounters a more complicated situation? "

Inuyama Heita thought thoughtfully: "So, if he still takes fair and honest measures in the matter of Ken and does not change his original character, and we confirm that he is reliable, then we can help him. On the contrary, if he starts to use any means necessary..."

"Then we can regard him as an enemy." Qian Xiaoyi sighed and said, "He is standing too close to Baigui, so close that he has no idea how dangerous his current situation is. It is much more dangerous than he imagined. If he stays in the consortium, he will either be absorbed or eliminated. There is no other choice. That's why I repeatedly suggested that he leave the Shichijo Consortium so that he can be safe, but he can't understand what I mean now..."

Inuyama Heita could only say: "I hope Mr. Nanajo can stick to his original intention, so that we can help him..."

The target they were talking about was still worried about finding information about the "Masaki-chan" that Ken mentioned.

It's just a name, and we don't even know the exact Chinese characters. There are so many names with the same pronunciation. This is undoubtedly like looking for a needle in a haystack. Even with the financial resources and connections of the Seventh Consortium, there is no telling when we will find it.

Therefore, the most important thing to confirm at the moment is Ajian’s identity.

"As long as we can determine his identity, the time of his death, and the relationships around him, we should be able to confirm the identity of that Masaki-chan..." WTV, Nanajo Masato stood in his senior office, facing the hustle and bustle outside the floor-to-ceiling window, thinking quietly.

But the problem is, he doesn't know Ajian's real name, he only knows that he is called Ajian, and he doesn't know when he died. Even if he can find someone he knows in the Metropolitan Police Department to help him check, it will be very time-consuming.

And although he knew what Ajian looked like, he couldn't record it by taking photos or something like that, so he could only describe it based on his memory. In addition, the ghost's face was a little blurry, so apart from the characteristics of a fat man, he couldn't say anything.

Just when he was in distress, good news came.

"Mr. Nanajo! Got it!" His secretary walked into the office and said, "Our friends at the Metropolitan Police Department have helped us find the information of all the deceased people whose names contain the character '健' in recent years! It has been sent to us now, please confirm it."

Nanajo Masato was very surprised: "Isn't it too efficient? It only took a few days? It seems that I underestimated their speed. After all, they are still using floppy disks instead of computer files. I thought it would take several months to find it."

The secretary slandered in his heart: "That's right, don't you see how much money you gave away..."

(End of this chapter)