The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 633 Alliance Meeting
In the office, Qian Xiaoyi had just gone to the hospital to remove the bandages. Now the wounds on his body have almost healed, leaving only a few shallow scars on his body.

Inuyama Heita walked into the office with his schoolbag and said, "Brother Otsu, I'm here."

Qian Xiaoyi said, "Are you here? We have almost finished our rest. It is time to reopen. Are you ready?"

Inuyama Heita nodded: "Well, I can start anytime."

In fact, he had been waiting for this moment for a long time. Not only him, but Suzuki as well, often sent text messages asking when the next commission would be.

"Then let's start accepting commissions as normal tomorrow." Qian Xiaoyi said, "Take advantage of this time when the ghosts dare not act easily and make some extra money... By the way, I haven't seen Zhengren for a long time, how is he now?"

Inuyama Heita thought for a moment and said, "It seems that he has found some part-time jobs, often goes out to work at night, and pays the rent on time. It seems that he is not short of money."

"Ah? He adapted so quickly?" Qian Xiaoyi said, "He's not going to be a gigolo, is he? That guy looks very suitable for that line of work... Never mind, let's ignore him for now. Let's get ready and gather at Huangquan House tonight. Mr. Ashiya said he has important information to announce."

Inuyama Heita was stunned and asked, "Is it the information about those Aquarius Envoys and Hayafune Chizuru?"

"Yes." Qian Xiaoyi nodded: "Now that those guys have shown up, their identities will naturally be exposed. Now we finally know who the next enemy we have to deal with is."

Visible enemies are always more reassuring than those that are invisible.

"But..." Inuyama Heita expressed his concerns: "We have already defeated the raccoon cats and the blue demons. If we defeat the enemy this time and the clues are interrupted again, what should we do? What if the enemy is really like the name of [Hundred Demons] and has a hundred such enemies, how long will we have to fight?"

Qian Xiaoyi smiled and said, "You can rest assured about this. Regardless of whether Baigui really has so many monsters, no matter who our enemy is this time, it will definitely affect the structure of the Baigui organization. It can be said that as long as we kill this enemy, the Baigui organization will fall into chaos."

"Eh? Is that so?" Inuyama Heita asked, "Why do you say that?"

Qian Xiaoyi said: "The enemy this time is different from the previous ones. According to our speculation, because of the precious nature of the nest, each member of the Hundred Ghosts has his own responsibilities. For example, Lai Shanchenggong is responsible for spreading information about urban legends and absorbing the public's cognition, while winning over big figures from all walks of life. He is definitely a high-level person. The responsibility of the Green Ghost is just to collect souls for exploitation, and he is a low-level thug. So... guess, what are the responsibilities of the enemies we are facing this time?"

Inuyama Heita thought for a while, then said uncertainly: "They can recover the demon sword and retaliate against us at the same time... It sounds like a unit in the Hundred Demons Organization?"

"That's right." Qian Xiaoyi said, "The enemies this time represent the true backbone of the Hundred Ghosts, and the instructions they received were issued directly by the top leader of the Hundred Ghosts. In other words, the Hundred Ghosts members this time are directly under the leader of the Hundred Ghosts organization. Just as you said, they are the troops of the Hundred Ghosts organization, representing armed deterrence at the spiritual level and the authority of the leader. Because of their existence, the other Hundred Ghosts dare not fight each other or swallow each other up. If this army is defeated..."

Inuyama Heita's eyes lit up: "The Hundred Demons Organization will begin to become chaotic and even split, because the power that restrains them is gone. They can completely fight for the position of leader and expand their own power."

"That's right." Qian Xiaoyi said, "Then they will reveal their true colors."

Inuyama Heita was still a little worried: "But... what if they all endure it? Just like before." "A group that resists swallowing up other forces will be swallowed up by a larger group." Qian Xiaoyi said dimly: "If they all stay rational and don't fight, then our plan will fail. But... can they endure it? Who is willing to fall behind and be controlled by others?"

Inuyama Heita nodded. This was like a prisoner's dilemma. Everyone knew that maintaining cooperation was in the best interests of everyone, but no one could help but imagine others to be worse because they themselves were like that.

"This time, it's an open conspiracy." Qian Xiaoyi said, "The biggest difficulty lies in whether we can chew this hard bone... Let's go out for dinner first, find a place to kill time, and then go to Huangquan House."

Soon it was night, and Qian Xiaoyi and Inuyama Heita arrived at Huangquan House with ease. As soon as they came in, the place was still so lively, with invisible figures toasting each other in their respective seats.

"Welcome~" Ashiya Yoshisuke's granddaughter, Kiku, bowed to them at the door, and then said, "Grandpa is waiting for you in the room inside, please follow me."

"Oh, thank you, Xiaoju." Qian Xiaoyi nodded and followed the little girl in kimono inside.

Inuyama Heita looked around and found that the structure here seemed to be different from the last time. It seemed that the internal structure of Huangquan House could change at will, which was very magical.

They came to the room at the end of the corridor, and after opening the sliding door, Qian Xiaoyi and Inuyama Heita discovered that it was a large room with people sitting on the tatami in a majestic manner. If the exorcists had not been wearing costumes of their own schools, Qian Xiaoyi would have thought that this was a gathering of gang leaders.

Instead, Qian Xiaoyi and Inuyama Heita, who were wearing ordinary T-shirts and school uniforms, became the outliers here.

Everyone looked over here. Qian Xiaoyi knew many of them. Most of the exorcists who participated in the last typhoon were here.

"Mr. Qian is here too." Ashiya Yoshisuke knelt on the main seat and said, "Please find a seat and sit down."

Qian Xiaoyi nodded and found an open space with Inuyama Heita.

Qian Xiaoyi sat cross-legged on the cushion, while Inuyama Heita nervously imitated the others and knelt down. This was the first time he attended such a serious meeting.

The atmosphere at the scene was very quiet, with only a few people whispering, and it seemed very solemn.

After a while, everyone finally arrived, even the fortune teller Anna was there. It seemed that she had just returned from filming overseas. After seeing Qian Xiaoyi, she smiled at him mysteriously.

"Sorry, I'm late." Xingchang was the last one to arrive. He squeezed next to Qian Xiaoyi, nodded to him as a greeting, and then sat down casually.

"Everyone is here." Ashiya Yoshisuke opened his eyes, put down the teacup in his hand, and said, "Then without further ado, let's start the meeting. This is the first official meeting of our Kanto Exorcist Alliance, so I won't say any pleasantries. I'm sure everyone knows the theme of the meeting... That's right, this time we're going to talk about the results of the investigation and... the true face of the enemy in the world!"

(End of this chapter)