The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 819: Enemy in Honnoji Part 38 ()

The rift called "reality" continued to expand in the Yellow Springs House, chasing after Taoist Jingde who was fleeing like a stray dog.

When his skin began to become loose again, his body slowly became hunched, his hair turned gray, and even his movements gradually became slower and slower, looking at the Taoist master Lingkong who was gradually becoming clearer around him, Taoist Jingde understood everything.

"Everything is prepared! He is just waiting for me to come out!" Taoist Jingde felt desperately that the ghost domain behind him was about to collapse and catch up with him. He couldn't help but think in his heart: "It's all bait! He hurt himself to use the Slit-Mouth Woman as bait! Injuring himself to exhaustion is also bait! Let Liuliyuan seal the Slit-Mouth Woman is also bait! From the beginning, he was sure that Ashin was not me! This is all because of... you!"

He looked at the shadow of the Taoist priest Lingkong beside him and murmured, "You are a common acquaintance of Qian Xiaoyi and me. The curse was created in your image. Only people who know you will be affected. Qian Xiaoyi used this trick on Ah Xin at first, and then Ah Xin found me and wanted me to help him remove the curse. But apart from being visible to me, you pose no threat at all. You are just an illusion... your purpose is to mark me!"

"No wonder that little bastard dared to come to Japan alone!"

The shadow of the Taoist master Lingkong smiled and said, "Brother Jingde, is my disciple okay?"

"Asshole! How dare you use such a disgusting thing against me! Don't forget, I am also a cognitive person!" Taoist Jingde, who had completely transformed back into the short body of Shichijo Hiroshi, roared, "I will hold on to show you! Master Qian! I will survive to show you!"

Finally, the crack caught up with Taoist Jingde who could no longer run.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

A scream was heard in the alley of Kabukicho, and a short old man in a kimono stumbled out, looking dazed.

"President?! Are you okay?" Seeing his appearance, the bodyguards guarding outside immediately surrounded him and asked worriedly.

"Go back." The old man murmured, "Send me back..."

"Quick! Help the president get in the car! Tell the doctor to wait!"

He was put into the car, and in the car, the old man suddenly started talking to himself.

"I'm... Nanajo? No, that's not right. I'm Jingde! Old ghost! We've already made a deal!"

"Get lost! Mr. Qian! Get out of here! Stop talking nonsense in front of me!"

"Ahhhhh!!! I'm going to kill him! Kill that kid!"

"I can't forget... I can't forget! I want to... become an immortal!"

Taoist Lingkong stared at the old man and said with a smile: "Brother Jingde, accept the reality. You have been tricked. It is only a matter of time before you disappear completely. You should just come with me honestly. Your so-called immortality is nothing but a fool's delusion. Now you and I are both illusory."

"Shut up! Shut up!" the old man yelled.

The driver's palms were sweating when he saw his president suddenly yelling crazily in a mixture of Chinese and Japanese. He was afraid that something might happen to him in the car, or that he would hear something he shouldn't hear and be sunk into Tokyo Bay.

After an unknown amount of time, the old man slowly calmed down and seemed to have stabilized, which made the driver breathe a sigh of relief. However, looking in the rearview mirror, the president's body was still shaking and his condition had not improved much.

"President, are you okay?" the driver asked cautiously.

"Kill him!" the old man murmured weakly.

"What did you say? Who do you want to kill?" The driver didn't hear clearly.

The old man seemed not to hear and continued to mutter to himself: "He must be killed..."

"I haven't lost yet..."

"Before my consciousness completely fades, I still have a chance, the only chance..."

The car accelerated and drove away into the distance.

At the bar, Qian Xiaoyi woke up from the bar counter. He seemed to have just fallen asleep on the table and had not gone anywhere. It was as if he had just had a hazy dream. "Um...ah~" Qian Xiaoyi sat up and stretched. He felt great. The world had never been so clear and real.

Qian Xiaoyi's action seemed to have woken up other people in the bar.

"Hmm?" Xingba Rang wiped his saliva and woke up from the sofa in the corner. He opened his eyes and saw that he was in a bar. There were many familiar people here besides him, Qian Xiaoyi, Ashiya Yoshisuke sitting opposite him, Miba who was still sleeping beside him, Fushiki Yoko who had also woken up and was sitting not far away, and...

"It's this guy! He's here too! Everyone be careful!" Xingchang Rang stood up immediately and looked vigilantly at the person standing in the middle of the room - Ashin.

It seems that Qian Xiaoyi is not the first person to wake up.

"Xiaoyi! Stop daydreaming! There are enemies!" Xingchang Rang shouted, and he and Fushigi Yoko came to Qian Xiaoyi.

Fushigi Yoko drew her samurai sword, stared at Ashin, and said, "Mr. Qian, please hide behind me!"

Qian Xiaoyi did not stand up from his high chair in front of the bar. He turned around slowly and said, "You are really reliable. But don't worry, he probably doesn't want to attack us now."

"What do you mean?" Xingchang was a little confused, but he immediately noticed that something was wrong with Ashin.

Ashin's eyes trembled as he looked at his hands, muttering to himself, "It's all gone... I can't feel anything, I can't feel anything! My strength! Where is my strength?! I am Lord Jingde! Where is my strength?!"

He raised his head mechanically and saw Qian Xiaoyi, with a look of fear in his eyes.

Ashin screamed, "It's you! Don't come near me! Don't come near me!!!"

He moved.

Just when Fushigi Yoko and Hoshiba were extremely nervous and ready to fight, Ashin screamed and rushed out the door and escaped from the bar. Everyone even heard the painful sound of him falling down the stairs.

Qian Xiaoyi sighed, "He's crazy. He's still drooling even after being cured."

"Come to think of it..." Xingchang Rang felt something was wrong with his body after waking up, but he didn't find out what was wrong. Instead, Ashin's actions reminded him, so Xingchang Rang carefully thought about where this strange feeling came from.

After a few seconds, he finally found the source of the problem.

"What? Where is my God of Misfortune?!"

Xingchang was surprised to find that his body was empty.

No, it can't be said that way, nor is it empty, but he can't feel the state of "emptiness" at all. This awkward [sense of reality] makes Xingchang a little dazed, as if the supernatural world is all an illusion, and he has not woken up until now.

He hasn't had this feeling since he opened his eyes as a child.

"Me too..." Fushigi Yoko was surprised to find that she was the same. The feeling of being a psychic suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Qian Xiaoyi sighed: "Although I know you have good intentions, didn't I tell you to leave quickly at that time..."

"Qian Xiaoyi...what have you done?" An old voice came from behind the bar.

The three of them turned and looked at Ashiya Kichisuke.

Qian Xiaoyi spread his hands and said, "As you can see, old man..."

"——Now, we are all ordinary people."

Qian Xiaoyi seemed to understand Ashiya Yoshisuke's expression and added:
"Yeah, me too, that's fair, right?"

(End of this chapter)