The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 717 Hope and Despair (20)

After committing two crimes in a row on the first night, Fuki Yin seemed to know that everyone was looking for him, so there was no news about him in the next two days. It was as if he had given up on revenge and disappeared completely.

But no matter which side it is, no one thinks Fumu Yin will let it go.

In a seemingly ordinary old house in the suburbs, Okubo put down his phone, wiped the sweat from his head, turned around and said, "Master Fushigi, this target is not a good choice either. Since you caused two major incidents a few days ago, everyone's vigilance has increased."

This is the safe house prepared by Okubo. As the saying goes, a cunning rabbit has three burrows. Even if Okubo is doing well in the Hope Cult, he knows that he is cooperating with an extremely dangerous organization, so he naturally prepared some backup plans.

No one except him knew about this room. There were enough food in the room to last them for half a month.

Fu Muyin sat on the sofa, never leaving his knife.

He looked at Okubo coldly and said, "Are you fooling me?"

"How dare I?" Okubo glanced at his reflection on the window glass. The damn doctor was still lying behind him. The mental pressure made him sweat. Okubo immediately said, "It's just that what you did in the past two days was too conspicuous. Some people have guessed that you can get the information of other saints through 'torture', so everyone has suspended their activities these days..."

Okubo stared at Fushigi Yin cautiously and said, "Sir, they want to wait until you are found by the police and the underworld before resuming their activities. Even I have been notified and asked to ask the gang to find your whereabouts. Your face is already on the wanted list, which means that the Hope Church has already known your identity."

Fushigi Yin didn't say anything, as if he was thinking about a countermeasure. Okubo continued, "And me, even though I'm just a small-time errand boy, I'm also a Saint in name. If I don't show up for a long time, others will definitely get suspicious."

Fu Muyin said: "So, you'd better be able to play a role for me, otherwise..."

Okubo felt as if a pair of hands were tightening around his neck, making it a little hard for him to breathe and giving him goose bumps all over his body.

This time he didn't dare to look at the reflection in the glass. He had been a little nervous these days. Okubo said quickly, "I already understand your purpose. You want to rescue your wife's captured soul, right? So you need to know the whereabouts of the saint or Amahara Mari. Generally, when Amahara Mari appears, she will always be accompanied by the saint, like a bodyguard... But so far, the saints who can know his exact location... are probably only the first few."

"But you don't know their identities." Fumu looked at him coldly.

Okubo shrank his neck and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. The higher the ranking of the saints, the more powerful they are. They don't need to do anything, just their existence is a deterrent... Maybe we can start with the saints who are a little bit behind. Although I don't know how many saints Amahara Mari has canonized, there should be about 20 to 30. There must be someone who knows some information, and I can trick them out..."

"Do you think I'm a fool? Can't you see that you are stalling for time?" Fu Muyin said, "But I just don't have enough time right now, so our targets are only those saints who are ranked high. If you can't do it, then there's no need to talk about it. Maybe, I can use your death as a bait..."

Fuki Yin stood up, grasped the demon sword Blood Sakura, and pulled it out of the scabbard. As soon as the sword was out of the scabbard, Okubo seemed to smell a strong smell of blood, and the wound on the back of his hand that had not yet healed began to ache. He knelt on the ground, prostrated himself and said: "Please stop! I get it! I have a message that I haven't told you yet!"

Fumu Yin pointed the knife at his head and said, "You are indeed a businessman. You won't reveal your bottom line until the last moment. Tell me, I am losing my patience. Maybe I can torture you with a curse, and the effect will be the same."

"You won't get my help if that happens!" Okubo gritted his teeth and said, "What I want to tell you is the news about the First Saint! The First Saint whose true identity no one knows!"

"The First Saint?" Fu Muyin asked, "Isn't that Saintess the First Saint?"

"No." Okubo said, "The Saint is a Saint. Her status is higher than that of a Saint. In the Church of Hope, she is second only to the leader Amahara Mari. And the first Saint is someone else."

"Do you know his identity?" Fu Muyin asked.

"I don't know. No one knows his identity except Amahara Mari." Seeing Fushigi Yin's expression, Okubo quickly said, "But... I know some information about him! I am the saint in charge of logistics, so once a new Aquarius appears, I will contact some friends to help those new Aquarius deal with... uh, some troubles."

Fuki Yin's expression turned ugly. Of course he knew what those troubles were. The birth of an Aquarius Messenger was often involved in some tragic stories, so they needed professionals to help them clean up the aftermath. He didn't expect that the guy in front of him was one of them.

"Go on." Fu Muyin said, suppressing his anger.

"Although I don't know the identities of those saints who rank high, I am sure of one thing." Okubo said: "Every saint has a group of Aquarius users who are willing to contribute their talents. Some saints have a few, while others have more. Every saint has a different way of recruiting Aquarius users. Saints do not share Aquarius users. However, due to the special nature of my work, I always have access to information about these Aquarius users."

Fuki Yin put away his katana and said, "Let's get to the point."

Seeing the blade sheathed, Okubo breathed a sigh of relief. He said, "Just like the Eighth Saint you killed, his Aquarius Envoys often come from some hospitals as patients or family members, so my job is to help them settle some medical bills... Through these clues, I can roughly summarize the activities of some saints. Even if I am not familiar with other saints, they occasionally appear in activities held by Amahara Mari, but the First Saint is different. He has never shown up, and some people even suspect that he does not exist at all."

"So what?" Fushigi Yin became interested. He had figured out that as a businessman, Okubo regarded everything as a commodity, even the information of the Hope Church members. So he had been collecting intelligence on the Hope Church in order to sell it for a good price. This was also the reason why this guy was able to survive until now.

Okubo said: "Among these Aquarians, I found a group of people who came from a place that absolutely conflicts with the Church of Hope! It's only because of their public identities that they are not allowed to join the Church of Hope, so the First Saint is not convenient to show up!"

"Drive me there." Fuki Yin's heart began to beat violently. He had a premonition that he was very close to his wife's soul. If he could capture the First Saint, he would have enough bargaining chips for exchange. As long as Yoko could wake up, it wouldn't matter to him even if he fell into hell.

(End of this chapter)