The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 632: The Bizarre Adventure of Shichijo Masato Part 7 ()

Shichijo Masato took the business card and looked at it in detail.

This business card is completely black, but under the light, a dark gold Gothic pattern can be vaguely seen. On the front of the business card is Terao Yuu's name, and on the back is a mobile phone number. It looks... very childish. In short, if it was Nanajo Masato himself, he would definitely not choose this style.

"Wait... Terao Iku? I seem to have heard of this name somewhere?" Nanajo Masato thought with a frown, but he couldn't remember where this name came from.

Since he couldn't think of anything, forget it. Nanajo Masato put away the business card and said, "Thank you for your help just now... Oh, one more thing, did you see anyone when you came in just now..."

Nanajo Masato told Terao Iku about the man in a suit he met earlier, and asked with some concern, "Is that man also a ghost?"

If that's the case, it means there's more than one ghost here. You know, he has to work part-time here for several days.

"I didn't see the person you mentioned," Terao Yu said, "but for that kind of thing, wouldn't it be enough to just look at the surveillance video?"

Nanajo Masato was stunned, it seemed to be true. After all, if it was a ghost, it would definitely appear suddenly like in supernatural incidents, and would not appear normally in every picture. So he and Terao Iku checked the previous surveillance footage together.

So Nanajo Masato watched the previous video. At that time, he was attracted by the footsteps coming from the warehouse and stood at the door motionless, as if he was in a daze. It was very strange, but Nanajo Masato clearly remembered that he had entered the warehouse at that time.

The guest came in at this time. He was in a trance and did not hear the doorbell.

After that, he returned to the cashier counter and saw the man in a suit standing in front of the freezer in the surveillance video. The man in the suit opened the freezer and took out a can of coffee. He held it against his neck, as if he was too hot outside.

"It seems... like a normal customer." Nanajo Masato said somewhat embarrassedly.

Then, the man in the suit suddenly turned his head and looked to the side with a frightened expression, which made the man in the suit quickly put down his coffee and went back to the door without buying anything. What happened next was what Shichijo Masato experienced.

"No wonder, it turns out it's because he took the iced drink before." Nanajo Masato suddenly realized: "That's why his hands are so cold, not like a living person... And the reason why he is pale is because he saw something moving in the direction of the warehouse? But why is he wearing such a tight suit in such hot weather? And it's so late..."

Terao Yu was not surprised at all by the doubts raised by Nanajo Masato: "Looking at the guy's appearance, you can tell that he is a corporate slave who works overtime until this hour. He almost lives in the company. The air-conditioning in the office is turned on very high. Or maybe it is the company's dress code requirement, so he dresses like that. It's normal. Maybe he is too sleepy, so he came out to buy coffee."

"Working overtime so late? He even bought himself coffee and insisted on working." Nanajo Masato nodded and sighed: "It seems that he is a good employee who cares about the company~"

"...What?" Terao Yu had a strange look on his face.

Terao Yu didn't pay any attention to Nanajo Masato's nonsense and said, "It seems that this legend is also very famous around here. Even those office workers know about it... So, you are also a psychic, right? Did you awaken recently?"

"Yes." Shichijo Masato nodded.

Terao Yu smiled and said, "It's true. Otherwise, it would be impossible to contact the vengeful spirit so quickly. But you are very talented. You didn't run away. You should know that if you ran away like that, the other party's vengeance would definitely haunt you. This is why those people didn't last long before."

Nanajo Masato seemed to be thinking about something, and asked, "So...overcoming the fear in your heart and strengthening your own beliefs, is this what a true psychic should do? I understand." "Very smart." Terao Yu raised a finger and said, "If you want to be a qualified psychic, you must keep yourself in a perfect balance, not too unrestrained, so that your aura does not affect the surroundings, and you will not let other things affect you in turn, and stay awake~"

"Thank you, Mr. Terao." Nanajo Masato asked, "But you happen to be here so late, isn't it just a coincidence?"

Terao Yu laughed and said, "Yes, I am practicing to be an exorcist. In addition to being an exorcist, I am also a sorcerer. The vengeful spirits just now are my target. I need to absorb the curses from them to increase my own power. At the same time, I can also purify them. So I have been searching for information about [Part-time Dark Worker] recently."

"Eh? Dark part-time job?" Nanajo Masato asked in confusion: "What is that?"

Terao Yu sneered: "What is it? Didn't you expect it? Inexplicably high wages, need to work for several days in a row to get settled, with some strange taboos, workers often can't hold on until the last moment..."

Nanajo Masato responded: "Is this the kind of job I have now?"

"That's right." Terao Yu told the truth: "These shady part-time jobs are all done by unscrupulous bosses who take advantage of the fact that ordinary people can't stick to it and offer generous conditions, so that the part-timers can work for nothing or even pay liquidated damages. Also, they don't want to bear the cost of exorcism, so they just leave it alone."

Nanajo Masato frowned. "These guys are so abominable! No wonder no one competed with me for this commission."

Terao Yu said, "Ordinary people have slow perceptions and need several days to slowly sense the original existence, and then give up at the last moment. But this time they made a mistake and recruited a half-baked psychic like you to attract that guy to show up on the first day. If it wasn't for me just now, you might have encountered an accident."

"What kind of accident?" asked Nanajo Masato.

Terao Yu thought for a moment and said, "It was probably just like that vengeful spirit, accidentally crushed under the shelf."

Nanajo Masato was a little frightened, but he also became more determined to become stronger.

He said, "Um... you just said that you were collecting ghosts according to the intelligence from those dark part-timers, right? Can I be included?"

Terao Yu looked at him strangely: "What did you say? You know that it is very dangerous for a half-baked person like you to come into contact with those evil spirits, right?"

Nanajo Masato explained, "I'm short of money recently, and I can be a spy to help you test the authenticity of those dark part-time jobs. If it's really like what you said, those people will only recruit those who can't pass the test to work part-time, then I will definitely be selected... Maybe, we can cooperate, you get those vengeful spirits, and I get the salary, and at the same time, I can also practice the basics of being a psychic."

Terao Yu showed an interested expression: "Oh? That's a bold idea. Tell me in detail. Besides being short of money, I'm afraid there are other reasons for you to do this?"

"I have a reason to become stronger..."

The two began to have a lively conversation.

(End of this chapter)