The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 696: The Journey to the Mountain of Osorrow (49)

"Nest..." Qian Xiaoyi was not very surprised. He asked directly, "How many of those buildings did he ask you to build?"

The key to solving the problem of hundreds of ghosts is to find the key problem!
And the key problem has now arisen. If we can get all the coordinates of the ghost nest from Granny Tao, then it is not an empty talk to annihilate this huge organization of Hundred Ghosts in one fell swoop.

Granny Tao said, "I know what you are thinking, but unfortunately, I am afraid I will disappoint you. I have not gained the trust of that man. In his eyes, I am just a tool, an experimental device. Fuji Mansion is the only place I know the exact location, but it is more like a testing ground than a formal nest."

Qian Xiaoyi nodded. He did know the situation of Fuji Mansion. It had the conditions to become a nest, but because it was hidden in the deep mountains and forests and could not collect much knowledge, it could not maintain its form for a long time and was a defective product.

"In other words, you don't know the exact location of the other ghost lairs?" Qian Xiaoyi sighed, "Come to think of it, if you knew this information, given that guy's personality, he probably wouldn't have let you live to this day. After all, only the dead can keep secrets."

Granny Tao had a strange expression on her face: "Then I should thank him for being merciful and not killing me?"

Qian Xiaoyi said, "That's not necessary. The reason why he didn't do anything to you is probably because he wanted to use your clue as a trap to warn people. As long as something unexpected happens here, he will know that someone is here to find him."

"Warning?" Granny Tao said, "You mean, he's afraid of people coming from the mainland?"

Qian Xiaoyi said: "As a traitor, he should be afraid of things like cleaning up his family, otherwise he wouldn't have to go to such great lengths to hide his identity."

Granny Tao said dimly, "But it took you twenty years to send someone here. Although I don't know where he is now, it's obvious that his power has grown..."

Qian Xiaoyi smiled awkwardly and said, "There is a reason for this."

He was vague and didn't want to say more, and what he didn't say was that if he hadn't come to Japan, probably no one else would have come to see Jingde.

"Let's get back to the point." Qian Xiaoyi asked, "What happened after Fuji Mansion? You should have helped him build other nests, right? Why don't you know where they are?"

Granny Tao replied, "About a year after the spiritual ceremony at Fuji's mansion, he found me again. This time, his experiment must have been successful, and he began to actually build those nests. Because I accepted the deal with him, every time before the ceremony, I would be blindfolded, get in a car, and drive around for a long time. When I arrived at my destination, I was already in the spirit world, so I said I didn't know their real location."

Qian Xiaoyi snorted coldly: "That guy is really very meticulous in what he does...How many nests have you helped him build?"

Granny Tao thought for a moment and said, "If you don't count Fuji's mansion, there are four, right? A casino, a studio, an ancient city, and... a place I don't know what it is."

Qian Xiaoyi asked: "Only four? He should have built more nests." The power of the Hundred Ghosts is very large. If there are only four nests, even if one of them is destroyed, it will usher in a desperate counterattack from the other side. However, the other side's reaction was completely different, which means that they have more than just these four nests.

"These are the only four places where I evoked memories." Granny Tao said, "He never contacted me again after that. I'm afraid that when he was watching me perform the spiritualistic ritual, he had already found a way to replace me. Or even... he may have completely seen through my spiritualistic method, so he no longer needs me."

"There is such a possibility." Qian Xiaoyi nodded. It should be said that the possibility is very high. As a cognitive school, if Qian Xiaoyi did it himself, it would be impossible for him to hand over the important links in making the nest to other people. The monsters in Baigui are not easy to deal with. Jingde must prevent them from being abandoned after their death, so it is necessary to master the key technology in his own hands.

Thinking about the information in Grandma Tao's words, Qian Xiaoyi thought: The casino and the studio are both right, and I have found a way to break them. Together with the other two places, I am afraid that these four nests are the original appearance of the Hundred Ghosts. No matter what organization it is, it develops from a weak position, and the Hundred Ghosts are definitely no exception, so these four nests should be the structure that can maintain the operation of the Hundred Ghosts organization at the lowest level.

The more Qian Xiaoyi thought about it, the clearer his ideas seemed. First of all, the studio, or TV station, had the function of spreading knowledge about the supernatural, attracting audiences with supernatural physiques, creating soil for the existence of supernatural legends, and providing a foundation for the existence of other nests. In reality, it performed the function of [diplomacy], creating a complex network of relationships and acting as a bridge for various upper-class people.

At the same time, the Shichijo family should also have a close relationship with Keide.

Then there is the casino [Golden God] game hall, which is a place in the ghost realm where chips or currencies are produced and circulated among organizations to reward and control members of the organization. Their real responsibilities are [violence] and [exploitation], which is equivalent to the bottom level of people who specialize in doing odd jobs and illegal work to collect protection fees. The core of the group is Jingde’s first test subject in Hong Kong, Zhang Chunfa.

What is this? Waste recycling?

There are two left... Qian Xiaoyi feels that the Hope Cult behind those [Aquarius Messengers] and [Monsters] must be one of the four original nests. As for whether it is the ancient city or that unknown place, he doesn't know.

Qian Xiaoyi asked, "Grandma, what do you mean by 'an unknown place'? Isn't there any clear landmark?"

Granny Tao replied, "I am only responsible for summoning the memory of that land. I have never seen the nest you are talking about, but it must be completely different from what I summoned at the beginning, because the buildings I summoned are all empty on the outside. There is nothing inside."

Qian Xiaoyi understood. To put it simply, Granny Tao was only responsible for laying the foundation, and at most she had only built a skeleton of a building. The rest of the decoration work was still done by Jingde himself. Things like water, electricity, doors, windows, floors, and most importantly, the residents were all taken care of by Jingde.

Granny Tao said, "If I must say, the biggest feature of that place is that it's all white."

"It's all white?" Qian Xiaoyi was a little confused: "Nothing else?"

"No." Granny Tao said, "It looked like this at first. I don't know what it became. It might be completely different from the beginning."

(End of this chapter)