The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 62: The Adventures of Ah Jian (3)

Inuyama Heita's face became a little painful. It turned out that the sequel to this crappy game was not called "Tokimeki Bishoujo Adventure 2", but "Tokimeki Bishoujo Adventure: Revelation"... Is there something wrong with the producer's brain?
Resisting the urge to complain, Inuyama Heita asked, "Do you know?"

"Of course~" the uncle stroked his chin and said, "I can't forget it even if I want to~ More than ten years ago, there was a fanatic fan of this game who froze outside all night to buy this game from me. As a result, the gas was gone the next day. This incident was reported in the newspaper at the time. I have a deep memory of that guy~ Education experts used it as a negative example to judge the harm of cute games to society, saying that this kind of thing is inestimable. It's really stupid. What's wrong with men liking cute things!"

Inuyama Heita thought silently: If you knew that the ghost of that guy had been guarding behind the telephone pole outside the door for more than ten years, wouldn't you remember it even more clearly?

"Why? Why do you ask about this?" the uncle asked, "You should still be drinking milk at that time, right?"

Inuyama Heita said, "Because there are some things that bother me. I checked online and found that the sequel to this game could not be produced because the company went bankrupt due to poor management. So why are you still selling it here?"

The uncle said: "This is an old story. Although the works of that company were bad at that time, they still had a group of loyal fans, all of whom were lolita control otakus who couldn't find girlfriends. So even the first generation of the game would only be sold at a few fixed outlets. My place was one of them at that time~
Although the company closed down before the second generation of the game was completed, there was still a semi-finished product. In order to recoup some of the costs, the game company spread rumors among the otakus that the game was out of print, hoping to sell the semi-finished product at several times the price. As a result... due to the scarcity of outlets, many otakus came to my place to line up the day before the release, and then one of them died. It was really unlucky."

Inuyama Heita felt a little sad for Ken. He was actually tricked into coming here by a half-finished game, and then ended up here. He was even reported in the newspaper as a negative example. It was really miserable.

Then he asked, "Do you still have that game in stock?"

The uncle showed a strange expression: "Tsk~ How could it be possible? It's been more than ten years. Apart from those otakus, no one else would buy this kind of game. It would have been cleared away as garbage long ago."

Inuyama Heita asked, "Do you know where else there is one?"

"Who knows~" the uncle waved his hand: "Maybe those otakus still have them in their collection? Anyway, they are the only ones who would buy them, but they are almost forty years old now, right? Who knows where they have gone? Maybe they have already married and had children, and become upright people in society. You can look for them online, but the hope is not great. At that time, people still used CD-ROM drives to install games, and the games were half-finished. I guess those people found out that they were cheated after buying them back?"

"Thank you." Inuyama Heita walked out of the store, thinking about how to tell Ajian about this.

After thinking for a while, Inuyama Heita decided to tell the other party directly, to see whether the other party would be hit and turned into an evil spirit, or directly dissipate, or some other situation. Anyway, Inuyama Heita had no other choice.

But when he explained the facts to Ajian, Ajian did not become evil or collapse, but showed a thoughtful expression.

"Really? Then I don't need to queue here." Ajian said. He tried to step out, and then he actually left the telephone pole, and walked towards the street in a trance, and it seemed that he would disappear soon.

"Wait, where are you going?" Inuyama Heita hurried forward to stop him. This guy actually turned directly from the state of an earthbound spirit into an ordinary ghost!

Ajian said: "Can't you see it? Of course we should leave here and look for clues to "Heart-beating Girl Adventure: Revelation"! " "Do you need help?" Inuyama Heita quickly took out the jade pendant.

"Hmm? How can you help... Oh oh oh oh! What is this?" As soon as Ah Jian got closer to look at the jade pendant, he was sucked inside. His voice came out from the jade pendant: "It's so cool in here! Much more comfortable than outside!"

Inuyama Heita said, "If you want to live here, you have to pay rent. How about you come to work in our office and I'll help you find the game?"

"Work? I hate work the most! But games..." Ah Jian sounded very conflicted. He hesitated for a long time, then as if he had made up his mind, he said, "Of course I can, but you have to meet my requirements."

Inuyama Heita asked, "What? You speak first."

Ah Jian said, "Although I don't know what you want me to do, but if I work, I need a salary, right?"

"You are a ghost now... How can I pay you?" Inuyama Heita asked, "Can ghost money be used?"

"I don't want money." Ah Jian said, "After hearing the news you just said, I seem to be much more sober. I suddenly have a lot of things I want to do. I want to taste fried chicken again, drink Coke in big gulps, and play the new games in the arcade! I want to do a lot of things! But in my current state, I can't do it at all. If you can promise me to let me experience life every once in a while..."

"What? How can I possibly do this!" Inuyama Heita said in surprise.

"Hehehehe... Of course you can do it. I find that we two seem to get along very well~" Ah Jian suddenly laughed obscenely: "Don't resist, let me borrow your body~"

Inuyama Heita only felt a chilly feeling invading his body from the jade pendant. After a while, he felt dizzy, as if he was drunk and his body was moving out of control. He could feel all kinds of sensations, but also felt very fragmented.

"Very good! That's it!" Ken laughed wildly, "Inuyama, let's go eat first! Let's go to McDonald's! I want to eat a Big Mac!"

"Wait! How did you do that?" Inuyama Heita suddenly felt something was wrong: "Aren't you a ground-bound spirit? How do you know about this? Wait, could it be..."

Inuyama Heita suddenly looked up towards the office. The moment he looked up, he clearly saw Qian Xiaoyi standing at the window and quickly pulling up the blinds to cover himself. At this time, Inuyama Heita finally came to his senses.

——He was betrayed by Qian Xiaoyi again. This guy knew this would happen! He was just waiting for this moment!
Inuyama Heita now has a swear word in his mind, but he doesn't know whether he should say it or not.

(End of this chapter)