The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 579: Battle for Ajian (20)

Shinno Mariko looked at Ashiya Yoshisuke and Qian Xiaoyi with endless hatred in her eyes.

Suddenly, she raised her hands and inserted her fingers into her eyes, as if she wanted to dig out her eyeballs.

"Oops!"

Qian Xiaoyi broke out in a cold sweat and subconsciously kicked Shenneng Mariko to the ground, stopping her movements. Then Qian Xiaoyi pressed his knee on Shenneng Mariko's chest, quickly bit his right middle finger with his teeth, made a hand gesture, chanted a spell, and put the blood oozing from his middle finger on Shenneng Mariko's forehead, leaving a red dot.

The next second, Shinno Mariko screamed, and the resentment rushed out of her body frantically.

Bang! The door of the room was opened, and the police officer looked inside with a pistol in his hand and shouted: "What happened!"

Then he saw Qian Xiaoyi sitting on Shinno Mariko. Shinno Mariko looked confused, Qian Xiaoyi looked embarrassed, and Ashiya Yoshisuke shook his head at the police officer and blinked.

“…Sorry, I thought it was a corpse that had resurrected…” The police officer muttered, “Sorry to bother you, please continue…”

Then he closed the door considerately.

Qian Xiaoyi sighed and said helplessly: "I always feel that he misunderstood something."

As he said that, he stood up from the ground and released the suppressed Shinnosuke Mariko.

Ashiya Jisuke smiled and put the talisman in his hand back into his arms, saying: "As expected of Mr. Qian, it seems that notifying you to come here to help is the right choice."

"Grandpa, you can handle it without me, right?" Qian Xiaoyi helped the dazed Mariko up from the ground.

Ashiya Jisuke shook his head: "This is not the spirit world. I don't have the quick reaction of young people. There must always be someone to help in case of accidents... Mariko, how are you? Are you okay?"

Shinno Mariko heard someone calling her name and slowly regained consciousness. She seemed to recall what happened before and said to Qian Xiaoyi with some gratitude: "I... I'm fine, thank you, Mr. Qian."

Including the time at Fujiyoshi's mansion, this was the second time she was rescued by this young man.

——My stomach still hurts a little. That kick was quite hard.

"No big deal~" Qian Xiaoyi responded casually, and took out a Band-Aid from his pocket and put it on his middle finger.

Ashiya Kichisuke asked, "So, what did you see, Mariko?"

Shinno Mariko said in horror: "Aoki! That guy called himself Aoki, and he said he wanted revenge on the exorcist."

Qian Xiaoyi waved his hand: "Everyone knows this, tell us something we don't know."

Shinno Mariko tried to recall: "I also saw... no, I felt the scene of him killing the previous two people. He became more ferocious each time. When he murdered this person, the victim couldn't even escape... He seemed to be getting stronger and stronger."

Ashiya Yoshisuke and Qian Xiaoyi looked at each other in surprise. Can you become stronger by killing the exorcist?
Qian Xiaoyi asked, "Have you seen the other two bodies?"

Ashiya Kichisuke nodded: "Yeah, I saw it a few days ago, and it's the same as what Mariko said. The first victim who died still had signs of struggling and escaping, and there wasn't much resentment left. But the second person who died a day later had more resentment left. And then the third victim here..." Qian Xiaoyi pondered: "Is it because of the blue ghost's resentment for revenge, and the characteristics of the demon sword? It seems that it is a special attack weapon that can target exorcists, allowing an ordinary person to have the power to suppress the exorcist."

He thought to himself: Not only that, perhaps the recent public opinion has also added fuel to the fire. The public's disgust with exorcists and mediums has strengthened the enemy's power?
Ashiya Yoshisuke sighed and said, "It seems that we have found a troublesome enemy this time. We must find him as soon as possible. We can't let the murderer continue like this."

"The murderer is getting more and more skilled at killing people~" Qian Xiaoyi turned around and asked, "Ms. Shen Neng, did you see any other scenes?"

Shinno Mariko closed her eyes, frowned and recalled: "And... I also saw... he was looking for his next prey..."

In her memory, she heard a conversation between two people.

"I noticed that there is an exorcist here! Kill him quickly! Kill him!"

"Don't be like this, Master Qinggui, we can't be exposed. We have to be patient! After this period of time is over..."

"Die! All the exorcists must die! Do you want to die too?"

The faceless man watched in fear as the knife in his hand slowly moved towards his neck.

"Please stop! If I die, Lord Qinggui will be discovered! Please let me observe for a while and find an opportunity to strike! I will kill him!"

"Seven days! Let me kill at least one exorcist within seven days! Otherwise I will kill you!"

After hearing the scene described by Shinno Mariko, Ashiya Kichisuke nodded: "Anything else?"

Shinno Mariko covered her head and said in pain, "No more, that's all. I can only see so much through those resentments."

Qian Xiaoyi stroked his chin and said, "This is good news for us... It means that the holder of the demon sword cannot control it, but is controlled by it instead. In other words, that guy will not lie in wait for the storm to pass before making a move."

"But we don't know who his target is," said Ashiya Yoshisuke.

Qian Xiaoyi said helplessly: "We can only let everyone be careful. Now everyone knows about this samurai sword killer. If he is still killed by the guy wandering around with a samurai sword, then we can only blame him for being too careless... And judging from the scene seen by Ms. Shenneng, the holder of the demon sword can sense the nearby exorcists. Maybe we can set a bait?"

Ashiya Jisuke nodded thoughtfully: "Fishing? That's a good idea. I will arrange for someone to try it. However, our enemy is very cunning this time. He knows how to observe in advance and wait for the opportunity, so we still have to notify everyone and let them pay attention to the movements around them."

After coming out of the morgue, Qian Xiaoyi returned to the office. He had turned down all the commissions during this period. He was not prepared to take any risks before finding the murderer. He also notified the people around him.

The appearance of the murderer cast a shadow on everyone's heart.

"Wait..." Qian Xiaoyi suddenly thought of a question: "This victim died a few days ago, and the seven days mentioned by Shenneng Mariko... Is it possible that they were calculated from that day?"

Qian Xiaoyi quickly picked up the phone and dialed Gui Teng Longguang's number.

"Master Ghost Vine?" Qian Xiaoyi said, "There's no time to talk! You have the contact information of many fellow exorcists, right? Contact everyone and ask them to confirm if there is anyone around who suddenly cannot be contacted! The murderer may have struck again!"

(End of this chapter)