The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 723 Hope and Despair (26)

"I found your father." Qian Xiaoyi said bluntly.

Yes, he lied to Inuyama Jun and told Inuyama Heita directly. The location was downstairs of Inuyama Heita's apartment.

It was late at night and Inuyama Heita was getting ready to go out with strange anger in his eyes.

But when he saw Qian Xiaoyi, he was shocked because he had sneaked out without notifying Qian Xiaoyi at all.

What Inuyama Heita didn't know was that Nanajo Masato and Ken were not resting at all, but were just watching his movements and pretending to be asleep.

So in fact, even Shichijo Masato and Ken were following him from behind.

Just when Inuyama Heita was getting a little nervous and thought he would be questioned about what he was doing, Qian Xiaoyi came up with this sentence without any context, leaving him stunned on the spot.

"Huh?" Inuyama Heita asked without any response.

"Don't you believe it?" Qian Xiaoyi took out his mobile phone, opened the photo album, found a photo of Inuyama Jun standing in front of a tombstone in the rain and showed it to Inuyama Heita. Inuyama Heita was stunned. He instantly forgot the purpose of going out and stood there in a daze.

"There's something interesting to watch!" Nanajo Masato and Ajian hid behind the door of the apartment building, their ears alertly looking in this direction.

Qian Xiaoyi said to the dazed Inuyama Heita, "Are we going to stand here forever? Why don't you invite me up to have a drink of water?"

"Ah? Ah..." Inuyama Heita turned around stiffly, just in time to see Nanajo Masato and Aken eavesdropping from behind. The two of them stood there awkwardly pretending to look at the scenery.

However, Inuyama Heita couldn't care about these trivial matters at this time.

"Please have a drink." After returning to the apartment, Inuyama Heita took a bottle of ice drink from the refrigerator for Qian Xiaoyi, then sat on the sofa beside him, fidgeting.

There were only two of them in the living room. Nanajo Masato and Ajian pretended to be sleepy and went to sleep, but they were actually eavesdropping from behind the door.

"That man...has he been there all the time?" Inuyama Heita broke the silence and asked.

Qian Xiaoyi leaned on the sofa, crossed his legs, took a sip of the drink in his hand, and nodded: "Yeah, he stared at you for as long as you stood there today."

There was another silence. If Inuyama Heita didn't say anything, Qian Xiaoyi wouldn't take the initiative to speak. After all, it's difficult for a judge to judge family affairs. Qian Xiaoyi wouldn't advise anyone to be magnanimous to the father who had abandoned Inuyama Heita for so many years.

"When did you know?" Inuyama Heita asked again.

Qian Xiaoyi said vaguely: "I suddenly had an idea and wondered if he would go there that day, so I had nothing to do and waited there to give it a try. As a result, you and he both came."

He spoke as if he had discovered Inuyama Jun by accident.

"Anyway, I talked to him later and found out about your family's situation." Qian Xiaoyi said, "Do you want to meet him?"

Although he promised Inuyama Jun, Qian Xiaoyi did not intend to really hide it from Inuyama Heita, as he and Inuyama Jun were not familiar with each other.

"No, I don't want to." Inuyama Heita said angrily, "Since he has been gone for such a long time, I don't want to see him again!"

Qian Xiaoyi asked: "Okay, it seems that you don't want to talk about that guy, so let's change the topic - what did you want to do just now?"

"Uh..." The topic changed too quickly, and Inuyama Heita was stunned. The anger in his heart had been disrupted by the news about his father. Now he could no longer be as tough as before. Facing Qian Xiaoyi's questions, he could only stammer but could not find any excuses.

"Going to seek revenge on the Hope Cult? Are you alone?" Qian Xiaoyi asked, "Are you sure?" Inuyama Heita's momentum was obviously much weaker: "I... I just want to get some information."

"Eh? That's awesome, Heitaro." Qian Xiaoyi said sarcastically. He looked at Inuyama Heita in surprise: "You are actually capable of investigating by yourself. Then can you analyze your source of information with me?"

"I can't let those people go!" Inuyama Heita looked up and argued.

Qian Xiaoyi asked curiously: "I didn't want you to let them go, did I?"

"..."

Inuyama Heita was speechless. It seemed like they couldn't continue the conversation. It was the first time he felt that Qian Xiaoyi was so sarcastic.

Qian Xiaoyi looked at him with empty eyes and said, "I think you are just acting on impulse. You want to take revenge by yourself and don't want to ask others to do it, right? But can you win?"

"It's none of your business!" Inuyama Heita suddenly stood up and yelled at Qian Xiaoyi for the first time, angry and humiliated: "Whatever I do, it's my family business! In the end, it has nothing to do with you!"

Behind the door, Nanajo Masato and Takeru opened their eyes wide, and Nanajo Masato exclaimed, "How dare Heitaro talk to Kootsu-chan like that?"

Ken's expression was serious. "No, Inuyama is... a little abnormal. I can feel the breath of despair. Those things are still in Inuyama's body and are still affecting him. The strange feelings in the past few days are all caused by those things... I wonder why Brother Yi didn't help Inuyama remove those weird things before?"

Qian Xiaoyi sat on the sofa with his arms folded, looking at Inuyama Heita with a flat reaction. At this time, a distorted aura began to emanate from Inuyama Heita's body, making his face blurred. Strands of messy black lines crawled out of his body and continued to grow, making the atmosphere in the living room dim and weird.

"Is this what you rely on?" Qian Xiaoyi laughed, "Do you think you can control this power like those people, or even be stronger than them?"

Qian Xiaoyi shook his head, stood up, faced Inuyama Heita, blocked him, and said, "It seems that I overestimated you. I thought that after so much training, you could suppress these things."

The distorted aura in the living room had no effect on Qian Xiaoyi at all, as if there was a transparent barrier around him.

"Brother Yi, get out of the way." Inuyama Heita said with a distorted face: "I don't want to hurt you. This is a force that even you can't resist, right?"

He was sure that this was the case. On the night of the previous typhoon, even with the combined efforts of Qian Xiaoyi and his companions, they could only manage a draw with that "monster".

"Heitaro, come to think of it, I haven't taught you a lesson in a long time, right?" Qian Xiaoyi's feet didn't move at all, he smiled and said, "Then come on, let me see what you are capable of now. If you are not capable enough, I will give you a good beating."

Nanajo Masato said in panic: "They are going to fight? What should we do? Should we go up and stop them? Ajian?"

Ken said in an even more panicked voice, "Quick! Go get some potato chips! Nanajo! We can't miss the exciting scene of Otoko beating up Inuyama!"

Just when the atmosphere outside was tense and a war was about to break out, a phone rang suddenly.

Qian Xiaoyi made a pause gesture to Inuyama Heita, and then went to the side to answer the phone. Because of this accident, Inuyama Heita's body, which was ready to go, froze, and even the black lines became stiff.

"Hello? What's up so late?"

"What? Have you found him? What's the situation now?"

"Okay, I got it. I'll be there soon."

Qian Xiaoyi put down the phone, looked at Inuyama Heita, and said, "We found Fuki Yin. It seems to be related to the saints of the Church of Hope. Do you want to come?"

(End of this chapter)