The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 631: The Bizarre Adventure of Shichijo Masato Part 6 ()

Nanajo Masato pulled his hand away, feeling a little horrified. With this body temperature and touch, this guy didn't seem like a normal person at all!

"Are you the only one on duty tonight?" the guest asked abruptly, "I mean according to the duty roster."

Nanajo Masato was stunned and said, "Yes... According to the duty roster, I am the only one in this convenience store, but I just saw someone in the warehouse..."

"Don't you know? The legend of this convenience store?" The customer suddenly stepped closer and asked, "The legend of the [desperate clerk]?"

"Eh? What?" Nanajo Masato frowned and took a step back.

The customer said quickly, "There was an employee in this store who was on night shift. He was crushed by the shelves while checking the goods in the warehouse. It was late, so no one heard his screams. He struggled for half an hour before dying... You just said you saw someone in the warehouse?"

Nanajo Masato swallowed his saliva. Although this story did scare him a bit, the guest in front of him was more like a ghost.

"Anyway, I'd better go and take a look, just in case..." Nanajo Masato still did not listen to the customer's advice. He walked quickly to the door of the warehouse, took a deep breath, and then opened the door.

But strangely, the goods inside were intact, and the colleague who was checking the goods just now was missing.

"So that scream was..." Nanajo Masato's body trembled a little, and fear began to spread in his heart. He couldn't control these emotions. Although he knew from Inuyama Heita that even if he encountered a ghost, as long as he didn't panic, there would generally be no accidents, but...

It's like a person with acrophobia standing on a glass bridge. Even though you know you won't fall, you still can't help but feel palpitations. This is what ordinary people will encounter after opening their eyes.

He closed the door carefully and looked back, only to find that the customer had left without apparently buying anything.

"I didn't hear the bell again..." Nanajo Masato returned to the cashier counter trembling with fear. He had to work part-time for several days this time. If he gave up halfway and ran away, he would have no money.

ding dong~~
Another guest came in, and Nanajo Masato said subconsciously, "Welcome..." and then he was stunned.

This guy looked even stranger than the previous man in the suit. He was a young man wearing a black short-sleeved skull T-shirt, various metal ornaments on his jeans, and Gothic makeup on his face. His exposed arms were covered with Gothic-style tattoos.

He glanced at Nanajo Masato and muttered, "There are actually people applying for the job..."

Then he walked into the store and started walking around, finally coming to the magazine section and picked up a book to read.

And that sentence made Nanajo Masato even more certain. The accuracy of the legend was known to any two people, except him, the shop assistant!

Fortunately, this guest didn't look like a ghost, but more like someone who works in a nightclub.

"No wonder the salary is so high and I got the job." Nanajo Masato thought in a panic: "Should I just run away? According to Heitaro, if we only come into contact with him once or twice, we can still be saved, but if we are entangled by him, we will really be hurt."

Because of the inexplicable panic, a fierce struggle began to arise in Shichijo Masato's heart. In the end, he made up his mind and decided whether to stay or go.

"Nanajo Masato! Think about it! Think about what kind of enemies Xiao Yi and the others are facing!" Nanajo Masato clenched his fists and thought, "What big talk about going against the enemy! But even ordinary ghosts are so scared! I... I want to become a real psychic, stand with those guys, and fight against the ghosts, and this is just my first step!"

Nanajo Masato forced himself to calm down. Fear and belief were conflicting with each other, and for a moment neither could defeat the other.

Suddenly, screams sounded again from the direction of the warehouse, making Shichijo Masato shiver all over! At this moment, he thought of his conversation with Inuyama Heita.

"Heitaro, what should I do if I encounter a ghost and get haunted?"

"It's Heita... If they are just ordinary ghosts, they usually remain because of some obsession. We just need to eliminate their obsession." "Obsession, is it the same as Mr. Ken's?"

"There are still some differences. The obsession of ordinary ghosts is often the strongest wish before death, which is more inclined to be asking for help or regret. If it is an emotion like resentment, then it is a vengeful spirit."

"What if I met a vengeful spirit..."

"Run away quickly."

In the end, Shichijo Masato still walked over. This was a test, a test of whether he could become a psychic! If he retreated this time, he would retreat again when facing the hundred ghosts, so no matter whether there were vengeful spirits inside, he would choose to move forward.

Arriving at the door of the warehouse, Nanajo Masato opened the door with fear in his heart.

The smell of blood, a strong smell of blood spread from the warehouse. Nanajo Masato saw the collapsed shelves and the bloody man trapped underneath.

“Save me…save me…” The man stretched out his hand to Shichijo Masato.

"..." Nanajo Masato resisted the urge to turn back, gritted his teeth, stepped in, and said, "I'm here to save you!"

He walked to the collapsed shelf and wanted to move it away, but the moment he came in front of the man, the man's bloody hand grabbed his leg, and an indescribable despair surged in from there, just like the heavy shelf in front of him, pressing Nanajo Masato to the point of suffocation.

“Why…why did you come only now…” The man looked at Shichijo Masato through the gaps between the shelves with eyes full of despair and resentment, and said, “If you had come earlier…”

The despair before death made Shichijo Masato almost unable to speak normally, but this feeling made him feel extremely familiar and he adapted to it in a very short time.

"Is this... a curse?"

He looked down at the man, squatted down slightly with his stiff body, grabbed the shelf and began to exert force, saying at the same time: "I will not give up on you, even if you are dead."

The man froze.

Nanajo Masato continued, "You need me, so I'm here. It doesn't matter if you hate me. I will save you... I will save you from this!"

He used all his strength to start lifting the shelf, but the shelf was too heavy and he was almost exhausted halfway through!

"The strength...is not enough!" Nanajo Masato shouted with difficulty.

"Let me help you." A pair of hands reached out from the side and lifted the shelf together with him.

The shelf was lifted up, revealing a convenience store clerk covered in blood. He looked up at the ceiling and murmured, "Finally..."

Nanajo Masato's eyes blurred, and he suddenly found himself standing in front of the warehouse door in a daze, without having entered at all.

"Well done, you have great potential." said a voice.

Nanajo Masato looked to the side and saw the Gothic man leaning against the wall and nodded to him. Nanajo Masato asked in confusion: "You helped me just now? May I ask who you are..."

The man pulled out a black business card from his pocket and handed it to him, then said, "I'm Terao Yu, an exorcist."

(End of this chapter)