The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 745: The Narrow Gate (16)

"Mr. Qian!" King Kong parked his car downstairs of the office and greeted Qian Xiaoyi enthusiastically.

Qian Xiaoyi, carrying her bag, nodded to him and said, "You're really on time. Thank you for picking me up."

He opened the door and got in.

"It's not a problem at all." Kongo started the car and said, "This is an extraordinary period. Who knows what those crazy people in the Hundred Demons will do? Add to that what happened to Mr. Fushigi before, maybe those fanatics will attack directly in public... By the way, I heard that Heitaro was visited when he was out. How is he now?"

Qian Xiaoyi said: "The boy is fine. He is at home now. We can just go and pick him up."

"I understand." King Kong nodded, and then asked curiously: "Are you going to visit Father Kamino this time? I have always heard of his legend, but I have never seen him take action. Is he really that powerful?"

Qian Xiaoyi said: "Probably. Father Zhiye had been unknown for a long time. It was not until that incident that everyone knew his name."

Qian Xiaoyi once asked other people about the story of Father Jinye. To talk about how he went from an unknown priest to a highly respected senior in the industry, the opportunity for this happened about 20 years ago.

Father Kamino was already in the church at that time. His adoptive father was the old priest of this church, so when the old priest died, he inherited the church.

At that time, Father Kamino was only in his twenties and had just graduated from seminary. Not many people in the industry knew him. In the eyes of others, he was just an ordinary priest who preached in the church every day and presided over various ceremonies. There was nothing special about him.

I heard that it seems that because the church is not very popular, it has been in disrepair for many years and even leaks on rainy days.

In order to preach and raise funds, the priest had to go from street to street, introducing his church to people like other colleagues, but the results were not very good. Usually only some old men and women without anyone to accompany them were willing to visit him to chat and donate some pocket money.

But this little money is better than nothing and it cannot help the church get out of its predicament.

Until one day, a believer's relative encountered some strange things and asked a priest to perform an exorcism. Father Kamino, who had no idea what to do, had to bite the bullet and perform the exorcism ceremony according to the process in the book.

No one knows the specific circumstances, but that incident was probably very dangerous, because it was said that it was during that incident that Father Kamino awakened his psychic abilities.

After this incident, Father Kamino learned that there was such a profession as exorcist. Because he was a devout believer, he always thought that those pagan exorcists were all liars.

——More importantly, this line of work can make much more money than being a poor priest!
So Father Kamino started to step into this line of work, and within a few years, relying on his own beliefs, he quickly grew from a newcomer to a top exorcist in the industry. The time when he gradually made a name for himself was after four of the five strongest exorcists had fallen.

Due to the deaths of four masters, Ashiya Yoshisuke retired and no longer accepted exorcism commissions. As a result, over time, a number of difficult commissions that ordinary exorcists could not solve accumulated.

It was at this time that Father Kamino appeared in people's vision and demonstrated his strength to other colleagues through one commission after another.

Just when everyone thought that this priest would be another leader in the world of exorcists after several top masters, Father Kamino retired from the world of exorcists and returned to his church. He no longer accepted commissions and would only take action when his believers encountered strange things.

Everyone said that the priest had earned enough money to renovate the church, so he quit.

Although the exorcists all expressed regret over the priest's withdrawal, they were also secretly glad that they had lost a strong competitor. Even now, although Father Kamino rarely took action, the legend about him was still circulating in the world.

"It's really touching~" King Kong said while driving, "Such a powerful person can actually resist the temptation of the world, abandon his youth, and stay in the church... Maybe this is why Father Kamano is so strong? Anyway, I can't do it if it's me."

Qian Xiaoyi said: "Strong practitioners often have their own persistence. If they can't even resist the temptation of worldly interests, how can those great monks be called great monks?"

The car drove to the bottom of the apartment building, picked up Inuyama Heita, and started heading towards the destination.

"Well...if you are going to visit the senior exorcist, why do you want to bring me along?" Inuyama Heita was a little curious. He felt that his position in the office was to do odd jobs. Qian Xiaoyi rarely took him to social activities without supernatural events, so he was a little confused.

"Isn't it good to go out and see the world? It will be beneficial to you in the future to get to know the respected seniors." Qian Xiaoyi said casually.

Kongo also smiled and said, "Yes, Heitaro! Master Kitano told me that in the business of exorcist, in addition to strength, connections are also indispensable."

Inuyama Heita was a little confused: "Ah... is that so?"

He always felt that Qian Xiaoyi had other purposes this time and it was not just a simple social activity, but he couldn't tell why.

"We are going this time to ask the priest to come out of seclusion." King Kong said, "In addition to us, Mr. Liuliyuan and Mr. Xingchang will also go. I heard that Mr. Liuliyuan was a good friend of the priest when he was young, and they often communicated together."

Inuyama Heita suddenly realized: "If we can ask Father Kamino to come out, the alliance will have an extra powerful force."

"Yes." Qian Xiaoyi said, "You have been training so hard recently, aren't you just training to fight against those demons? If Father Zhiye is really that kind of decent person, he will definitely not stand idly by and watch the current situation."

King Kong laughed: "Hahaha~ Could Father Kamino be the villain? Don't worry, we will definitely be able to ask the priest to take action this time!"

"I hope so." Qian Xiaoyi also smiled.

"But..." Inuyama Heita also began to be curious about the priest: "I have never seen how the priest exorcises demons. Have you seen Brother Yi and King Kong?"

"No." They both said.

King Kong said casually, "It should be like in the movies, sprinkling holy water or reading the Bible, right?"

"Maybe there are also holy water grenades and magic-breaking silver bullets." Qian Xiaoyi joked.

Inuyama Heita didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "How is it possible..."

The car drove past a van parked on the side of the road. No one paid attention to this car that could be seen everywhere. Everyone was still discussing the deeds of Father Zhiye. Only Qian Xiaoyi glanced at the rearview mirror calmly. After they moved away, the van seemed to start up slowly.

(End of this chapter)