The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 77 Urban Legend Part 10 ()

In front of the laptop computer on the coffee table in the Zen room, a middle-aged monk wearing a cassock and holding a rosary in his hand is sitting in front of the screen. There are several small windows on the screen. It is obvious that he is holding a video conference.

"Everyone, I think everyone knows the reason why I contacted you this time, right?"

"What's the matter? I went to bed early yesterday. What happened?"

"Ah, is it about what happened yesterday? I can sense that guy's aura. Liuliyuan, you still can't forget about that incident... By the way, why can't I see my own face?"

"Grandpa, you need to turn on the camera~"

"Hey, monk, you don't want to provoke her, do you? Let's just let it go. As long as we don't provoke her, she won't cause any large-scale harm, right?"

"Eh? Which one is Mr. Liuliyuan talking about?"

"I say, man, forget it, don't think about it."

Everyone in the video was talking at once.

"How could I forget it!" The monk named Liuliyuan's originally peaceful face suddenly changed color, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Eighteen years ago, several of the top exorcists near Tokyo gathered together, including my father. They accepted super high commissions of tens of millions of yen just to cooperate in completely eliminating the slit-mouthed woman. At first, they thought it was just a piece of cake, just like the previous work content, but then, they found that they could not eliminate the monster no matter what. She would only be reborn over and over again, and each time she would become more powerful. In the end, those master exorcists were almost all wiped out, and only one survived..."

In the upper right corner of the small window, on the completely black screen, the old voice sighed: "The one who survived is me. The scene at that time is still vivid in my mind. It was really horrible... By the way, where is the camera button? I can't find it."

"It's in the settings in the upper right corner, old man!" another young man who attended the meeting reminded.

"Oh, thank you. Old people don't quite understand these things. You young people know more... I found it. Is this it?"

Then, the black screen window was closed directly.

Young man: “…He ordered the wrong one.”

"Don't worry about that old man with Alzheimer's disease." A woman with smoky makeup and Bohemian style, who looked very eerie and mysterious, asked lazily while doing her nails, "I say Liuliyuan, what on earth do you want to do? Tell me quickly, I stayed up very late yesterday doing psychic divination for someone, and lack of sleep is a taboo for women."

"What do I want to do?" Liuliyuan said, twirling the rosary in his hand, "I've been keeping an eye on that monster. Yesterday, the aura of the Slit-Mouthed Woman suddenly appeared, and it was very strong. This is not an ordinary event. The last time this happened was eighteen years ago. What does this mean? It means that the Slit-Mouthed Woman was on a rampage yesterday! Something must have happened to cause this."

"You mean..." a Mediterranean uncle dressed as a priest asked, "Someone is fighting the Slit-Mouthed Woman?"

"No, although Tokyo is big, the circle of exorcists is small, and there are only so many who are truly capable, and the rest are all liars." The monk from Liuli Temple said, "In Tokyo, there are only a handful of people who can force the Slit-Mouthed Woman to go berserk, and they are not one of them. Normally, if the Slit-Mouthed Woman appears, she will only kill people calmly and then disappear quietly. Only when she is forced into a desperate situation will she reveal her true face. This is the painful lesson my father and others have learned in the past eighteen years. And just now I made a few phone calls and asked around, and everyone is still fine, so I infer...the Slit-Mouthed Woman's runaway this time is a real runaway. Her power has finally broken through the limit, and she has become a more harmful monster." After these words came out, everyone in the video conference looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

"Um..." The woman with smoky makeup asked hesitantly, "You called us here, don't you want us to deal with her together?"

A gloomy man with long hair and a mole between his eyebrows asked, "Hey, hey, hey, monk, are you kidding me? That kind of monster has unfathomable spiritual power. Even if we go together, we will just die, right? And you are just guessing, there is no evidence, right? Maybe the slit-mouthed woman just wants to vent her anger. By the way, have you asked the Metropolitan Police Department to find out where there are large-scale cases?"

Liuliyuan said: "I asked someone to ask, and there is no such incident happening so far, and no bodies killed by the slit-mouthed woman have been found, but..."

"Don't say buts." The man with the mole waved his hand and said, "If you don't have it, then don't provoke her. These monsters in urban legends will only act according to their own behavioral logic. They are not very harmful, and it is not easy to get rid of them. Only people with a mental illness would do such a thankless task. And you know the strength of the slit-mouthed woman. She is one of the most powerful monsters among all the monsters... No, she is the most powerful one. She is immortal and can regenerate infinitely. The more she is suppressed, the stronger she will become. There is no chance to seal her... So, give up."

Smoky Makeup also smiled and said, "Besides, it's not easy to find her. The whereabouts of the Slit-Mouthed Woman are almost a mystery. Sometimes she appears during the day, sometimes at night, and the location she appears is completely random. Even if you use divination, you can't find her."

The priest agreed, "That's true. It won't be too late to discuss this matter until there is evidence that she has started to go berserk."

"But..." Liuliyuan tightly grasped the rosary in his hand and gritted his teeth and said, "Last time it was my father and the others who were not prepared and careless. I think if we are prepared this time and call more people, we can definitely destroy the monster. Everyone, please help me."

"It's a bit hot today, haha, um..." The priest wiped the sweat from his head and said, "Sorry, I have to go to the confessional soon to listen to the confessions of the believers. I don't have time today. Let's talk about it another day." Just as he finished speaking, he was seen pointing at the screen with his hand and exiting the video chat.

The woman with smoky makeup yawned and said, "I'm going to catch up on my sleep too. Don't mention these things anymore. The Slit-Mouthed Woman is not one of those weak spirits. She can really kill people."

"Me too..." The young man said embarrassedly, "Our shrine is about to start preparing for the summer festival. I really don't have time recently, and my grandfather won't let me participate in this kind of commission. Sorry."

The man with the mole spread his hands and said, "Look, monk, no one wants to do this. To put it bluntly, you still can't let go of your father's death and want revenge. I advise you to give up and manage your temple well. I remember your child is still young, right? What will she do if something happens to you? Do you want her to seek revenge like you did? That's all for now, see you later~"

"Same here..."

"Feel sorry……"

"Let's talk next time..."

As the video windows went dark one by one, Liuliyuan was very angry, but the fighting spirit in his eyes was still not extinguished. He raised his head and looked firmly at the slit-mouthed woman in his imagination. He made up his mind and said, "Slit-mouthed woman! No matter how powerful you are, I will definitely defeat you!"

(End of this chapter)