The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 577: Battle for Ajian (18)

After returning to the company, Nanajo Masato felt that his current condition was so good that he wanted to rush to the hospital immediately and ask Ajian to help his grandfather and elder brother remove the curse.

But Fuki Yin still warned him that it was not the right time yet. The evidence was that when Ken absorbed the curse, Shichijo Masato did not hold on to the state of possession and bounced Ken out.

If the enemy set up any traps in the hospital ward, then Jian would be eliminated the moment he was discovered. So in order to ensure that everything was safe, Fumu Yin still suggested that he not be so anxious, at least wait until he and Jian were more compatible before going.

So Shichijo Masato calmed down. He couldn't risk the lives of his grandfather and elder brother. If something unexpected really happened as Fushigi In said, the situation might get worse.

But what excited him was that this method really worked, which meant...

——He now has the method to remove the curse, so he can fight Ashin without any worries.

"Connect me to the Finance Department." Nanajo Masato ordered his secretary, with a flame burning in his eyes. It was time to fight back against Ashin. Although he was now alone among the company's top executives, those people did not dare to have deep contact with him because they were secretly on Ashin's side.

But he believed that as long as his inheritance rights were still there, he would have a chance to defeat the other party! Only by defeating Ashin could the problem be solved fundamentally.

He felt that the reason why his grandfather was only in a coma and not dead was because of this reason - Ashin was afraid of his inheritance rights. Once his grandfather got into trouble, he would naturally inherit the assets of the consortium. At that time, no matter how arrogant Ashin was, he would be suppressed by him.

Therefore, Ashin can only take advantage of this window to weaken his voice in the consortium, gain more power, and make plans for the future.

A more extreme idea is that Ashin actually wants to kill him with a curse, and then find a relative from a branch of the family as a puppet, and then completely control the consortium behind the scenes and become the actual master of the Shichijo Consortium.

Thinking of this, Nanajo Masato became even more determined. He swore in his heart: "Just wait, Shin, I won't let you succeed. I must save my grandfather and my eldest brother! Save the Nanajo Group!"

Half an hour later, in the ward of the Nanajo family's private hospital, Ashin was sitting on a chair beside Nanajo Hiroshi's bed, slowly peeling an apple with a knife, while Nanajo Hiroshi was still lying quietly on the bed, looking very ill.

At this time, Ashin's phone rang.

He answered the phone in silence and listened to the report on the phone. After a while, he said, "I see. Let him check it out. He won't be able to find anything anyway. Just give him what he wants."

After hanging up the phone, Shin looked at Nanajo Hiroshi on the bed and said faintly, "Master Hiroshi, your grandson is really energetic~ But no matter what he does, it's all in vain."

As he said this, he took a bite of the apple and juice splashed everywhere.

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On the exorcist forum [GHOST], the topic of "Exorcist Killer" has become a hot topic, and everyone wants to find where this time bomb is hidden. After all, no one wants to be the next person to be killed.

This killer is like a sword of Damocles, hanging over everyone's head, and no one knows when it will fall.

Maybe in the next second, maybe a few days, months, or even a year or two, everyone has forgotten about it, and then he suddenly appears and commits a crime... That kind of situation is scary to think about. So the exorcists are all in danger, and they are afraid of enemies in every corner, but the question is - how to find him?
It’s not that there are no clues, but that there are too many clues.

Everyone shared the information brought by their own connections. The connections of the exorcists were mixed, including those upper-class people as well as various industries at the bottom. But the problem was that Tokyo, with a population of more than 10 million, was too large.

The identity of the murderer is unknown. Although the camera captured the blurry figure of that guy, no one can be sure whether he was dressed like that. Perhaps in reality, he is actually a local with a legitimate job, but he was bewitched by the evil sword, so he disguised himself to kill people.

This variety of information not only failed to help the search, but also made the already chaotic situation even more confusing.

[This is a provocation from those monsters to the exorcists! ]

[We absolutely cannot allow them to do this, this is completely breaking the rules of the game! ]

[They say that exorcist matters should be resolved with exorcist methods, but to actually kill someone so directly... that's too much! ]

The counterattacks in the forum were fierce, but Qian Xiaoyi knew that this was just an image created by these people to cover up their fear and cowardice. They tried to use this method to stick together and create a sense of security. Once the murderer could not be found for a long time, those who shouted the loudest would show their other side, and they would probably be the ones to surrender the fastest.

As for the police... Qian Xiaoyi didn't plan to count on them. The news and newspapers nowadays have begun to gradually lean towards the guilt of the victims. They are all discussing cases of scammers who call themselves "exorcists" and "mediums" defrauding ordinary people, and believe that the murderer is also one of the victims of the scam.

Only when one is desperate will one do such a crazy thing. Otherwise, why would a person indiscriminately attack a stranger exorcist?
If it were normal, if there was an indiscriminate murderer in the city, it would definitely cause panic among the nearby residents, and the pressure would definitely be put on the police, such as accusing them of being useless and unable to even handle a murderer, and that the tax revenue they collected each year would be better spent on raising a dog, etc., forcing them to investigate with all their strength.

But this time it was different. All the pressure was put on the exorcist industry, so the police were under a lot less pressure. Solving the case was not so urgent, so fewer people were assigned to the job.

What is even more troublesome is that what the media say is indeed the truth. In the exorcist industry, the number of scammers is indeed the largest, which makes it difficult for truly capable psychics to express their suffering.

All these circumstances combined have led to their current dilemma of not being able to find the murderer at all. Qian Xiaoyi doesn't believe that there is no Bai Gui behind this. There may even be people from Bai Gui on the police side, which would make the case even more difficult to solve.

——So they can only rely on themselves to find the murderer.

But if he wanted to find that person, there was no other way except to wait for his next move. What Qian Xiaoyi feared most now was not that the other party would make a move, but that the other party would not make a move at all.

What Qian Xiaoyi didn't expect was that this wait would end...

The phone rang. Qian Xiaoyi took a look and answered it: "Hello? Mr. Ashiya, what's going on? Do you have any clues?"

"A new victim has appeared." Ashiya Kichisuke asked, "Would you like to come over and take a look?"

Qian Xiaoyi raised his eyebrows: So fast? It seems that the murderer is a bit anxious...

(End of this chapter)