The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 69 Urban Legend Part 2 ()

"Then I'll go first." Kawasaki looked at Qian Xiaoyi with excitement: "Please, Teacher Qian!"

Qian Xiaoyi held an unlit cigarette in his mouth and nodded perfunctorily: "Well, go ahead, I'll watch here, you'll be fine."

"Yes! Slit-mouthed Woman, here I come..." Kawasaki kept repeating the name of Slit-mouthed Woman, imagining her appearance, and resolutely walked towards the deserted street. Qian Xiaoyi secretly winked at the ghost of the dead house beside him, and Ajian sighed and said, "Got it~ I'll follow him, and I'll come back to report if there is any problem." After that, he slowly followed.

Sato and the fat girl, who had just returned to the Supernatural Department recently, looked at him as if he were a liar and were whispering to each other. Qian Xiaoyi knew they were talking about him without eavesdropping. Qian Xiaoyi didn't care at all. He stared at the compass in his hand, thinking about how to deal with the Slit-Mouthed Woman if she showed up later.

At this moment, his cell phone vibrated. Qian Xiaoyi took it out and looked at it, and found that it was a text message sent to him by Inuyama Heita. He glanced over there and saw that Inuyama Heita was pretending to be unfamiliar with him and was listening to other people chatting.

[Brother Yi, come over here later. I found something when I was at school today and I want to tell you.]

【OK. 】

Qian Xiaoyi replied to the text message as if nothing had happened, and continued to wait for Kawasaki's return.

About ten minutes later, Ajian came back following Kawasaki. Kawasaki looked disappointed. It seemed that he did not encounter anything strange.

"When I see your expression, I know nothing is going to happen again." Member Sato said with a smile, "We are all bored waiting here. This time is much more boring than before."

Kawasaki said depressedly: "I have been walking for a long time but I haven't seen the slit-mouthed woman. Maybe it's because I am not sincere. Teacher Qian, do you feel anything?"

Qian Xiaoyi shrugged: "According to the commission, I do not provide consulting services in this regard."

"Ah...that's right." Kawasaki was a little embarrassed.

Another male member said, "Who's next?"

Before Inuyama Heita could say anything, Suzuki unexpectedly stood up. She adjusted her glasses and said, "I'll go."

"Very good!" Kawasaki said happily, "As a new member, I'm glad you're so motivated! Go, and be sure to find the slit-mouthed woman!"

Suzuki nodded and walked deeper into the street. Ajian followed as usual. After a long time, Suzuki did not come back, but Ajian came back alone. Qian Xiaoyi raised his eyebrows and was about to ask when he heard Kawasaki's phone ringing. He picked up the phone and said something for a while, then hung up and said helplessly, "Suzuki said she suddenly received a call from home on the way back, so she went back first."

"What? You really didn't get scared so you ran away?" The fat female member said disdainfully, "You pretended to be so calm on the surface, but you're actually such a coward."

Ah Jian floated to Qian Xiaoyi and said, "She didn't run away halfway. She just turned around and headed towards the station. She had no intention of staying. I followed her for quite a while."

Qian Xiaoyi almost laughed out loud. The little girl didn't believe in this at all. She was just pretending to come along this time. She probably decided long ago to just take a look around and then run away home. "I'll go next." Inuyama Heita said.

"Oh oh! Keep going, Inuyama-kun!" Kawasaki said.

"Yes!" Inuyama Heita and Ajian set off.

Five minutes later, Qian Xiaoyi pretended to have discovered something, stared at the compass in his hand and said, "I'll go check the situation. You guys wait here, I'll be back soon."

Kawasaki said excitedly: "Did you find any trace of the Slit-mouthed Woman?"

"No, I'm just checking the situation." Qian Xiaoyi said, "We agreed before that I won't interfere with your ceremony, but you can't ask me for relevant information."

Kawasaki was itching to know what was going on over there, but due to the agreement, he had no choice but to say, "Okay..."

Qian Xiaoyi nodded and walked in the direction where Inuyama Heita left.

"Brother Yi, this way, this way."

As soon as he turned the corner, he saw Ajian waiting there to lead the way. After a while, Qian Xiaoyi met Inuyama Heita on a street.

"You said you found something?" Qian Xiaoyi glanced at the compass, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual, he asked, "What's wrong?"

Inuyama Heita said, "I investigated the past of the Supernatural Department at school today and found something strange. I wanted to investigate it again tomorrow, but just now when we were waiting for you, I heard Sato and the others talking, which confirmed some of my guesses, so I wanted to report to you."

"Well, tell me."

"Regarding the Psychic Club, I found that this club is not as simple as it seems." Inuyama Heita said, "If I used to think that they were just a group of chuunibyou playing house, then the news I heard today surprised me. In fact, over the past year, the Psychic Club has accumulated more than a dozen members, and there is a chance to apply for the establishment of a club, but those members joined one after another, and they would quit after a short time, resulting in the number of members remaining below the standard."

Qian Xiaoyi asked curiously, "No wonder Kawasaki didn't apply to set up a club. In my opinion, if he had the chance, he would definitely make the name of the Supernatural Club real instead of setting up a club like the current one. So, what's the reason why those people quit the club?"

Inuyama Heita said: "The reason is very simple. It is that after they joined, they would soon participate in the activities organized by Kawasaki. Among the original members, several people claimed that they saw supernatural phenomena at the time and were very scared. In order to avoid any accidents, they quit the club. The most serious one was during the summer training last year. A girl was scared and went to the hospital. The rest of the members who did not experience supernatural phenomena also quit the club because of this."

"Then there are only two people left in the supernatural department, Kawasaki and Tanaka." Qian Xiaoyi said.

Inuyama Heita frowned and asked, "Tanaka never participated in paranormal activities and only read books in the activity room, so he didn't quit and didn't encounter any paranormal events. But what about Kawasaki? He always claimed that he wanted to find evidence of the existence of ghosts, and he organized every activity. He would also lead by example and be the first to try these rituals. I guess it's because several people have seen paranormal phenomena, but he himself didn't, so he is so persistent... But why is it that every time something happens to other members instead of him?"

(End of this chapter)