The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 690: The Journey to the Mountain of Osorrow (43)

"Senior! Wait!" Inuyama Heita didn't expect that Kawasaki would slip away without any warning. He had already run ahead before he noticed. He could only try his best to catch up with him.

"Ah, Minister, please stop running around alone, seriously."

"Don't you think this place has suddenly become a little scary?"

The members behind saw that Kawasaki and Inuyama Heita had already run far away, and followed them while complaining.

Kawasaki, who was leading the way, had the "supernatural radar" in his head beeping. As a senior supernatural enthusiast, he was keenly aware of the changes in the atmosphere inside the temple. In addition, they were driven out without explanation to feed the mosquitoes before, so something must have happened inside!
And this is Mount Osore, the most mysterious and haunted place in Japan... Is there any need to think about it? It must be related to the supernatural events!
Thinking of this, Kawasaki was so excited that his body was shaking and he ran forward happily. He had never run so fast during physical tests in physical education classes.

No one stopped him along the way. It would be more accurate to say that there was no one here at all. It was eerily quiet.

Inuyama Heita ran after Kawasaki's back, and thanks to his good habit of morning exercises every day, he finally caught up with Kawasaki. Before Kawasaki stepped into the inner courtyard where the festival was held, Inuyama Heita took a breath, accelerated, and pounced from behind, knocking Kawasaki in front of him down.

Inuyama Heita looked up at the half-open door of the inner courtyard and breathed a sigh of relief, finally preventing Kawasaki-senpai from breaking in.

"Ah! It hurts!" Kawasaki's legs were hugged and he fell flat on his face. He covered his aching nose and looked back. He found that it was Inuyama Heita. He complained breathlessly: "What are you doing, Inuyama? Why are you doing this all of a sudden?"

Inuyama Heita replied: "I kept calling you from behind, but you didn't hear me, Senior."

Kawasaki touched the back of his head and smiled, "Really? Maybe I was too focused... No! I was asking you why you stopped me?"

Are you kidding me? How can I not stop him? Inuyama Heita was a little impatient. There was a very dangerous accident ahead! Of course he had to stop this troublemaker.

"I... let's go back." Inuyama Heita argued, "That place is not open to people. Doing this will cause trouble for them. What if someone finds out..."

"Were we discovered?" Kawasaki looked around: "Where is there anyone here? I didn't see anyone. Something must have happened inside."

The large group behind them finally arrived at this time. Sato supported his knees and asked with a heavy breath: "Buler! Why are you running so fast? What if you encounter any danger?"

Kawasaki said disdainfully: "What kind of danger can there be in the scenic area..."

"ah!!!"

A scream startled everyone. They turned around and found that the one who screamed was Yui Maeda. She pointed in the direction of the inner courtyard door and said tremblingly: "Look... look at that... there is someone behind the door..."

Everyone looked in the direction she pointed and found that behind the half-open door, they could see an arm sticking out from the side and lying quietly behind the door.

Seeing this scene, everyone shuddered and got goose bumps at the same time.

"Hey, are you okay?" Kawasaki swallowed, plucked up his courage, and walked forward to ask.

The owner of the arm did not respond. Because the door was ajar, they could only see an arm but not the scene inside. "I feel something is wrong..." Ono Haruna hugged her arms tightly and said tremblingly, "Should we go? I feel like there is something incredible inside."

Seeing Ono Haruna's reaction, Inuyama Heita thought, "Sister Ono has been possessed by foxes several times. She has a sensitive physique, but she is not a psychic after all... She can feel the aura inside, so the others should be able to do it soon."

"Are you kidding me? There's someone lying there! How can you just leave like that?" Kawasaki said, "If something happens, at least we should call the police... But, that person behind us can't be a corpse..."

He himself was frightened by this conclusion. Supernatural events and fatal accidents are not on the same level. He wanted to see ghosts, but he didn't want to see someone die in front of him.

Just when he was still hesitating, Suzuki came up silently from behind, pushed open the door directly, and began to check the situation of the person behind the door.

When he pushed open the door, there was indeed a person lying on the ground behind it. It seemed that he was trying to escape from the yard, but he fell down before he succeeded. Judging from his attire, he should be an exorcist. Suzuki squatted down and touched the person's neck, which was still warm and beating.

"He's still alive, but he fainted for some unknown reason." Suzuki turned around and reported, and then he saw everyone in the supernatural department staring at him with panic expressions on their faces.

Suzuki was confused at first, but soon realized that the person was not staring at him, but at the scene in the yard behind him.

She frowned, looked back, and saw a horrifying scene.

The mediums, monks, and exorcists who had been fine during the previous ceremony were now all lying in the yard, without a sound, as if they were dead.

“No… You can’t go in!” Ono Haruna’s face turned pale as she took a few steps back, muttering, “There’s something terrible in there… Run away!”

Fear had spread throughout her brain, and she involuntarily turned around and ran in the direction she came from.

When she ran away, Sato and Komaeda Yui were also infected by the panic. They screamed and ran outside with Ono Haruna, leaving only Kawasaki, Inuyama Heita and Suzuki.

"Ah, they all ran away... Inuyama, let's go in and take a look." Kawasaki scratched his head. He was about to call Inuyama Heita in, but he saw Inuyama Heita staring at the yard as if he was facing a great enemy, and even stood further away.

Inuyama Heita's head was covered in cold sweat. The moment the door opened, he was certain that as long as he stepped into the yard, he would be dragged directly into the ghost realm! As a psychic, sometimes he is more likely to encounter danger than ordinary people.

"Senior Kawasaki... aren't you afraid?" Inuyama Heita couldn't help but ask. Kawasaki looked like nothing had happened, even more excited. Didn't he feel the aura inside? Even an ordinary person should be able to feel it.

Kawasaki's eyes widened. "Afraid? This is an opportunity! It's rare to encounter such a thing. How can we do it without careful investigation?"

He turned around and saw people lying on the ground in the yard. He suddenly realized, "Ah, you mean those people inside? Didn't Suzuki test them just now? They are just fainted, not dead, so there is nothing to be afraid of, and..."

He opened his backpack, revealing a bunch of amulets and magical instruments inside, and said with a sly smile: "Even if I encounter danger, I still have these things."

(End of this chapter)