The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 718 Hope and Despair (21)

A few days passed, and Fushigi Yin disappeared in the city. Neither the police nor anyone else could find any trace of him. It was as if he had evaporated from the face of the earth. Of course, the capabilities of the Japanese police are obvious to everyone, and there is no Sky Eye surveillance network in the city, so it is normal that no wanted criminal can be found.

Therefore, if you want to find people, you usually have to rely on grassroots forces.

"Are you all looking for this hunk?" Zhang Chunfa sat opposite Qian Xiaoyi in the coffee shop, eating a sundae and said, "He's really been in the spotlight these days. People are looking for him everywhere."

Upon hearing this, Qian Xiaoyi asked, "Did anyone else find you?"

"There are quite a few." Zhang Chunfa said, "Not only did the above clubs send out photos, but even the liaison of the Hundred Ghosts, [Tian Xie Gui], came to my dream and asked me to find that person. They are anxious. They were so proud when they sent Qing Gui to kill people before, but now you send a death squad in return, and they can't help it."

"These big shots don't take other people's lives seriously, but their own lives are not that serious." Qian Xiaoyi smiled bitterly, "But... that person was not sent by us, don't make a mistake."

Zhang Chunfa said, "I told you that you didn't ask me for help with this matter, but you had to ask a lunatic to muddy the waters."

Qian Xiaoyi said: "Plans cannot keep up with changes. This is an emergency. In short, we must find him quickly, otherwise the Hope Church will be forced into a corner and send fanatics to fight us. By then, both the exorcists and the Hope Church will suffer losses, while the hundreds of ghosts behind will not be harmed. That would be terrible."

The Alliance wanted to proceed step by step, attacking only in the ghost realm without involving the real world, until they could kill the Hope Cult in one blow before launching a general attack. The Hope Cult was afraid of the exorcist's methods, and since they didn't suffer any apparent losses, they would not retaliate too aggressively.

But this tacit understanding was broken by Fushigi Yin before it was formed. Now the Hope Cult probably thinks that the exorcists have gone crazy. Except Inuyama Heita, many exorcists have been attacked by the Hope Cult's fanatics. Some were even attacked with knives by the fanatics when they went out on the street. If they hadn't run fast, they would have almost died.

The fanatic was naturally taken away by the police, but so what? The Hope Cult, which launched a desperate counterattack, was like a wounded beast, especially the top leaders of the Hope Cult. They didn't care about the lives of the cannon fodder below, not even the cannon fodder themselves.

"It sounds like the situation is very serious..." Zhang Chunfa leaned on the sofa in the booth, holding the spoon for eating sundae between his fingers as if he were holding a cigarette, and subconsciously took a sip of it.

"Is it good to smoke?" Qian Xiaoyi asked curiously.

Zhang Chunfa put the spoon back a little embarrassedly and said, "I'm trying to quit smoking recently. I can't help it. I can't help it."

"Why did you suddenly think of quitting smoking?" Qian Xiaoyi asked.

Zhang Chunfa smiled and said, "After that incident, I knew what Jingde had done, so I started to exercise. I can't be out of breath when I'm chopping people. The doctor told me that smoking is a taboo for exercise and told me to quit, so I quit."

After saying that, he took a big bite of ice cream, as if he wanted to use sugar to forget the temptation of nicotine.

"I have an idea about this matter." Zhang Chunfa said, "I am in the underworld, whether it is finding people or escaping, I have some experience. After all, I have helped the society collect a lot of debts over the years. Many debtors, even if they hide in the countryside, I can find them. The current situation is very strange. Since he is not a killer arranged by you, he just acted on his own. It is impossible for him to disappear without any trace. People need to eat and use money to buy things." "So?" Qian Xiaoyi asked, "What do you think?"

The reason why he asked Zhang Chunfa to send the message this time was that he wanted to hear the opinions of professionals.

"It's dark under the lamp." Zhang Chunfa held the spoon in his mouth and said, "Either he has been killed and thrown into a corner to stink, or someone inside the Hope Church is helping him, so he can't reveal his tracks at all. This can only happen if there is a traitor inside the Hope Church itself, which wants to find him the most."

"An insider?" Qian Xiaoyi frowned. "You said that there are different forces in the Hope Cult that want to attack the leader? So you want to use Fumu Yin, the Avenger?"

Zhang Chunfa shook his head: "That's not necessarily the case... You also asked me to investigate the Hope Cult, so I have some understanding of this cult. In this kind of extreme religious organization, if anyone in the group shows signs of opposing the leader, they will be torn apart immediately by other fanatical believers. Therefore, I am more inclined to believe that Fumu Yin has kidnapped a certain influential believer."

"That makes sense." Qian Xiaoyi stroked his chin and said, "Fumu Yin is an exorcist, and the Hope Cult itself started out by using those evil methods, so he might be able to control a certain cadre of the Hope Cult through some magic."

Zhang Chunfa said: "I hope that the Cult will mobilize all its forces to find this Fu Mu Yin. They will probably soon find out that the reason they can't find him is that someone is leaking the information. We can guess that there is a traitor inside, and they will soon discover this fact. As long as they think of this possibility, they will immediately check the cadres inside, so it is only a matter of time before Fu Mu Yin is exposed."

Qian Xiaoyi said: "If this is really the case, Fu Muyin will take advantage of this opportunity to retreat, so that he can get away with it... But I don't think he will do that, after all, his wife is still lying in bed, and the purpose of his doing this is for his wife."

"So he will definitely attack a high-ranking member of the Hope Cult when no one can find him and get the most crucial bargaining chip." Zhang Chunfa concluded. He knew the psychology of these "fugitives" very well. He had also gone through such a period before.

"Yes." Qian Xiaoyi nodded: "If he wants to take action, it should be in the next two days. I'd like to trouble you to keep an eye on him. It would be even better if we can find out the identity of the Hope Teacher who assisted Fumu Yin before he does."

As a local yakuza organization, its intelligence capabilities in some aspects are much stronger than those of the Japanese police.

"I understand. I'll let you know as soon as I have any news." Zhang Chunfa said, "Let's go. Have some tea at your leisure."

After he paid the bill, he left the cafe.

Qian Xiaoyi shook his head, feeling somewhat helpless about the changes caused by Fu Muyin, but even if he was worried now, it would be of no use, and he could only wait for news from Zhang Chunfa.

What's more, he has more immediate matters to deal with.

"It's time to investigate what happened to that kid Heitaro." Qian Xiaoyi took a sip of coffee, looked out the window, and thought: "Is it related to the Hope Church? Calculating the date, the time should be coming soon..."

(End of this chapter)