The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 580: Battle for Ajian (21)

The fourth victim finally appeared.

Qian Xiaoyi stood at the crime scene, outside the cordon, looking at the busy figures of the police in the alley in the distance. His expression was a little solemn. The counterattack of the hundred ghosts was much more difficult than he had imagined.

"The deceased was a retired exorcist." Gui Teng Longguang, wearing a bamboo hat, said beside him, "He has retired from this industry for several years and opened a restaurant as a chef. I didn't expect that he would be the victim this time... Because he is no longer in the circle, no one thought of informing him about the Hundred Ghosts..."

Gui Teng Longguang's tone was also a little heavy.

Qian Xiaoyi lit a cigarette and put it between his lips, saying, "This shows that the way the Green Ghost searches for a target is not to see whether the target is an exorcist. As long as the target is a psychic with a certain level of strength, he may be within his hunting range..."

As he spoke, he exhaled a puff of smoke, which drifted into the alley, forming a twisted shape, like an evil ghost.

The deceased was found in the alley behind the restaurant when the restaurant was about to close. He came out from the back to dispose of some kitchen waste and was then targeted. It can be said that he was met with an unprovoked disaster.

Qian Xiaoyi put the cigarette on the ground, like inserting a stick of incense, then he turned around and said, "Let's go."

Kito Ryuko asked, "Don't we need to go in and take a look? Let's talk to Lord Ashiya. He should be able to let us in to investigate, right?"

Qian Xiaoyi pointed to the people around him and asked, "What would other people think if they saw you?"

Gui Teng Longguang looked around and saw many onlookers holding their mobile phones, curiously observing the scenery inside the cordon.

Gui Teng Longguang nodded: "Well, it's really not a good influence for ordinary people to see us exorcists breaking into the scene... Recently, people have a very bad reputation for exorcists. It's all because of those fake scammers who have ruined the reputation of our industry."

Qian Xiaoyi curled his lips and said nothing, because he felt that the previous Gui Teng Longguang was just like those scammers, just ordinary stuff, who hadn't even fully opened his Yin-Yang eyes. It was not until the end of the competition that he suffered a blow. After practicing for half a year, he was able to reach the level of a real expert and barely passed.

But this guy really has no right to say such things.

"So what should we do next?" Gui Teng Longguang frowned and asked, "Another person died. Once the news spreads, it will be a huge blow to the entire industry... We may just unite to fight against the Hundred Ghosts, but we will fall apart because of these cases... I hope the police can find some useful clues this time."

"I suggest you don't have any hope in them." Qian Xiaoyi said, "The power of the Green Ghost seems to have increased again. An ordinary person holding that knife can drag the psychic into the spirit world, and there is no power to resist. Moreover, the murderer not only kills randomly, but also observes the target's situation in advance and makes sure it is safe before taking action. He will not leave any clues at all. Besides..."

"What's more?" Gui Teng Longguang looked at Qian Xiaoyi.

Qian Xiaoyi shook his head: "Nothing?"

What he wanted to say was that there might be pawns arranged by Hyakki in the Metropolitan Police Department, and it would be very easy to help destroy some clues of the murderer. However, he had no evidence, and once this hypothesis was put forward, it would be a greater blow to the already low morale.

"We have to investigate ourselves." Qian Xiaoyi said, "We can use the methods of exorcists to find clues that the police can't find." Gui Teng Longguang asked, "How should we do it? Rely on psychics like before? I know a few who are quite capable."

"As the Green Ghost becomes more powerful, they will be scared crazy by its resentment." Qian Xiaoyi sighed and said, "But I do have an idea... Since the other party has left a scent, then we need a hound... A very plump hound."

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"What a joke!" Shichijo Masato slammed the table and glared at the company elders in the conference room: "At this time, you actually asked me to get married?! This is what you proposed? What era am I in? Is it hundreds of years ago?"

Now in this conference room, all the board members of the Nanajo Group, big and small, gathered. The leader was an uncle of Nanajo Masato. He belonged to a branch of the Nanajo family and was in charge of a subsidiary of the group.

He originally did not have much say in the meeting, but now he said to Shichijo Masato earnestly: "This is everyone's suggestion. The consortium is currently in a crisis. The consortium's stock price has plummeted due to the WTV incident, and the chairman is sick and hospitalized at this time... Masato, now is the time for you to contribute to the family."

"Yes~" another powerful director said, "Masato-kun, maybe you have been abroad for too long and are not used to the situation in China. But marriage is very normal in the upper class in Japan... No, it is very normal in the whole world. There are many families who have arranged marriages for each other since childhood, and hold weddings as soon as they reach the age. You are already very old, and your grandfather protected you too well."

Nanajo Masato clenched his fists in anger. If his grandfather was here, these people would never dare to speak like this! What qualifications do they have to decide their own lives?

"And how long are you going to be so willful?" said Nanajo Masato's uncle, "You have been making trouble in the company for a while, haven't you? Now is the time when the foundation is facing life and death, and you are still making a big fuss about internal strife and investigating your own people! Shin is the chairman's confidant, and if you continue like this, everyone will have bad thoughts, you know? So everyone unanimously decided that they hope you can contribute to the foundation and marry the daughter of Councillor Tachibana."

"This is impossible! I think you just want to restrain me!" Nanajo Masato said angrily, "And this is too nonsense. Councillor Tachibana will not agree to it."

"Nothing is impossible. We have discussed this with Councillor Tachibana, and he has no objection." Nanajo Masato's uncle said, "I noticed that you had a good relationship with the young lady of the Tachibana family. We are very familiar with each other, and Councillor Tachibana also helped us a lot with the WTV incident. The two families are a perfect match made in heaven. It couldn't be more suitable."

Nanajo Masato couldn't hold back his temper and slapped the table, emphasizing, "She and I are just friends, and even comrades-in-arms, but I definitely don't have that kind of thought! I don't agree with this!"

"Relationships can be cultivated." Nanajo Masato's uncle advised earnestly, "Besides, it's just a political marriage. As the heir to the consortium, you can do whatever you want after marriage. No one will care about you. All we need is a close relationship with the Tachibana family."

"What do you think of Miss Tachibana!" Shichijo Masato shouted, "Just a tool for marriage? You are such a bunch of bastards!"

The directors watched the situation with their eyes and their noses, and did not respond to Shichijo Masato's anger, as if they had heard nothing. However, Shichijo Masato knew that these people were bastards who were fanning the flames behind the scenes.

But Nanajo Masato's uncle's face darkened at this time, and he said with the authority of an elder: "Is this how you talk to your elders? It seems that the president really shouldn't have sent you to study abroad. You don't know the rules of Japanese men at all! Now you are the only one left in the family. If you don't marry and take on the responsibility of the family, are you still worthy of being the heir of the family? At least you have to carry on the family line, right? Masato, I hope you think about it carefully and take responsibility."

The meeting ended unpleasantly. Shichijo Masato watched the elders leave with gritted teeth. Under the suppression of justice, he had no place to vent his anger.

"It's because Grandpa is unconscious that you dare to do this!" Nanajo Masato thought, "There is no time, I must make Grandpa wake up!"

(End of this chapter)