The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 697: The Journey to the Mountain of Osorrow (50)

"And then? Anything else?" Qian Xiaoyi wanted to get more information: "Oh, by the way, I showed you this photo before. You were a little confused at the time. I'll show it to you again and see if it can help you remember something."

He took out his phone from his pocket, found the photo of Ashin accidentally captured by Shichijo Masato, and handed it to Granny Tao: "This is it. There's a guy with a burn on his face in the corner. Do you see it?"

Granny Tao took the phone, picked up the reading glasses beside the bed and put them on, carefully examining the photo. After a long time, she said, "...This person is in the corner. I can't see it clearly after the photo is enlarged. And after I helped that person build the first few nests, he never came to me again. So I don't know what he has become in the past 20 years, and I can't be sure if this is him."

Qian Xiaoyi was a little disappointed, but Granny Tao said, "But...the burn on his face reminds me of something."

"Please tell me!" Qian Xiaoyi said seriously, "This is very important to me!"

Granny Tao said with a smile: "Of course, I would tell you even if you don't tell me."

After laughing, Granny Tao said seriously, "In fact, I was also wary of this Chinese man who suddenly appeared at my master's funeral... After all, a strange guy suddenly appeared and told me that he could revive my master, and then he really showed me this possibility. Although I was bewildered at the time and agreed to his request, it would be impossible for me to not be on guard at all, so I wanted to use my ability to spy on his past at the beginning."

"Peek into the past?" Qian Xiaoyi nodded. The trick of a psychic is to use his superb perception to infer some necessary information from the target. It is similar to what fortune tellers do, but fortune tellers mostly calculate the possibilities of the future, while psychics explore the past.

Qian Xiaoyi asked, "What did you find out?"

Granny Tao said, "Nothing happened. It was clearly in my own consciousness, but I saw him turn around, smile and tell me not to try again. I am still surprised when I think about it now."

Qian Xiaoyi shook his head, feeling a little regretful, but this was also natural. If Jingde was prepared, he would naturally not reveal his origins. This was not a difficult task for Jingde, a master of cognition.

"Since you didn't see anything, why are you telling me this?" Qian Xiaoyi frowned. He was waiting for Grandma Tao's answer. He believed that Grandma Tao would not tease him at this time.

Granny Tao said, "Don't worry. Although I haven't seen his origins, I have placed the breakthrough point on the people around him."

Qian Xiaoyi was a little curious: "Who is around him?"

"A translator." Granny Tao said, "When he first commissioned me to defeat the evil spirits, his Japanese was not very good, so he always had a personal translator with him. Even at my master's funeral, the translator was still by his side."

Qian Xiaoyi raised his eyebrows, remembering that in Zhang Chunfa's story, Shichijo Hiroshi, who used the pseudonym Yamada and was Shichijo Masato's grandfather, had an interpreter with him when he went to Hong Kong as part of a business delegation.

"What did you see in that person?" Qian Xiaoyi asked.

"Fire." Granny Tao said, "The fire of Nirvana."

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After Qian Xiaoyi returned to the hotel, he was immediately pulled to the restaurant by Kongo and Terao Yu.

"We must drink enough tonight!" King Kong held a glass of beer and laughed proudly, "After a victory, a banquet is the most suitable!" Qian Xiaoyi held a beer in his hand and looked at the table full of high-quality sushi and various cooked food specially prepared for him, such as tempura and ramen. He asked curiously, "Such a sumptuous meal? It must not be cheap, right? Did Master Gui Teng pay for it? After all, he did not participate in the battle this time."

He looked at Gui Teng Long Guang teasingly. Gui Teng Long Guang smiled at him, then took a sip of beer without saying anything. It seemed that he had started practicing silent meditation again.

Qian Xiaoyi actually had no ill will towards Gui Teng Longguang. Gui Teng Longguang's position in the team this time was like a driver. The job might be inconspicuous and ordinary, but it was indispensable and not everyone could do it.

Terao Yu said excitedly, "Teacher Qian, you weren't here just now, so you didn't know. This meal was invited by Ms. Naraku Hanako. She came to the hotel specially to thank us for everything we did for Granny Tao, so she asked the boss to prepare this table of food and wine for us, and also paid for our room fees for the past few days."

"Isn't that natural? Ha~" Suzuna gulped down a glass of wine, her face flushed. She gritted her teeth and said, "I thought I was here to travel and get some special training, but who could have thought I would face such a scary monster! It's already a big loss to confiscate their high commissions! No, I must eat it back today! Takuya, you eat too! Eat up all the food in the hotel!"

Her brother sighed and ate sushi silently. He did not participate in the battle last night because he was using his blood relationship to help Suzuna share the pressure of the Yamagami Noh mask somewhere. Otherwise, with Suzuna's own strength, she would not be able to hold on for that long.

"So we're not the ones paying for it~" Qian Xiaoyi suddenly realized: "I was wondering why you guys are so extravagant."

He also thought of the reason why he didn't meet Grandma Tao's niece in the hospital before. It turned out that they missed each other. When Qian Xiaoyi went to chat with Grandma Tao, Naraku Huazi came over to express her condolences.

"Forget it~ I don't want to think too much about it." Qian Xiaoyi was in a good mood: "Everyone worked really hard yesterday, let's enjoy ourselves today! Cheers to celebrate the victory!"

"Cheers!" Everyone clinked their glasses together and started to drink loudly. They continued drinking until very late before returning to their rooms.

The next morning, Suzuna was awakened by a knock on the door. She got up with disheveled hair, covered her head and opened the door.

"Sister, are you not ready yet?" Takuya, who was dressed neatly, looked at her strangely and said, "I called you an hour ago and asked you to get up, right?"

Suzuna lost all her image, yawned, and asked, "I forgot, why are you in such a hurry? Can't I sleep a little longer? I drank too much last night, and now my head hurts."

"Didn't we talk about this yesterday?" Takuya said, "We're going back to Tokyo this morning. Go pack up."

Suzuna was urged to wash up, and it took her an hour and a half to pack her luggage, put on makeup, and go out beautifully.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting~" Suzuna finally appeared in front of everyone. She was no longer as decadent as before. She pretended to be cute and said, "Hey~ Ladies always take a little longer to prepare~"

Everyone looked at her expressionlessly. As for Suzuna, after having been with her for so long, they already knew the true face of this woman.

"Forget it, we still have time." Qian Xiaoyi checked the time, put on his bag, and said, "Let's go, we should go back to Tokyo."

(End of this chapter)