The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 87 Speed ​​of Life and Death (10)

"Fuck!" Qian Xiaoyi stood up from the ground, holding his head. Beside him were three cigarette butts that had long gone out. The soft light strip in the tunnel was still on. He pushed Inuyama Heita who had fainted beside him and shouted, "Wake up."

Inuyama Heita woke up in a daze. He felt a splitting headache. Although he didn't feel any pain anywhere on his body, he still felt uncomfortable. Recalling what happened before, Inuyama Heita couldn't help but complain: "Didn't you say that there wouldn't be any car crashes or deaths, so there's no need to be afraid?"

Qian Xiaoyi picked up a cigarette from the cigarette box and lit it. The pleasant aroma rose up. He felt a little better when he smelled it, so he replied: "It is true that there will be no car crash and death. We are not dead, but the car is gone. Don't worry, I am here, so you don't have to worry about us being turned into vegetables."

"That's good... Wait, the Ghost Taxi is gone?" Inuyama Heita asked in surprise, "It was destroyed just like that?"

"It shouldn't be. Check if the business card is still there and whether it is torn." Qian Xiaoyi said.

Inuyama Heita quickly took out the business card. Apart from being a little dirty and the originally blurry handwriting becoming even blurrier, it was not cracked.

Qian Xiaoyi said: "It seems that it has not been destroyed. After all, it is a monster formed by the spread of urban legends. As long as the urban legends are still there, it will be re-formed. However, its strength is still too weak. It is completely inferior to the Slit-Mouthed Woman and the Turbine Granny. So I don’t know how long it will take to condense and form again. It may be a few months, a few years or even more than ten years... In short, it is useless recently. It’s really unlucky. Prepare to go back."

At this time, the sound of a motorcycle came, and Inuyama Heita instantly became nervous. However, this time it was Uncle Kameo who came. He rode his motorcycle to them and asked, "Hey, what happened here? I don't know if it's my illusion, but I seemed to hear some movement in the tunnel just now, as if there was an accident."

"Nothing." Qian Xiaoyi threw down his cigarette butt and stomped it out, saying, "Let's go out."

"Is it done?" Gumi asked, "Will Kuroda wake up?"

"We will know tomorrow." Qian Xiaoyi said calmly.

The next day, in the hospital.

"Thank you, thank you very much!" Sachiko Kuroda and Mrs. Kuroda kept bowing to Qian Xiaoyi to express their gratitude.

Kuroda Sachiko wiped her tears and said, "Dad woke up early this morning. Although he said he didn't remember anything, I think it must be your credit. After all, it was such a coincidence that you went to the Jiuma Tunnel yesterday and Dad woke up today."

"Ah, you are... Mr. Qian, right?" Kuroda sat on the hospital bed and said apologetically, "I'm really sorry this time. I seem to have had a very long dream, and you seemed to appear in the dream. Thank you very much. If it weren't for you, if I couldn't wake up, Sachiko and Mima would definitely suffer a lot, right? I am such a useless man. I actually made the women at home so worried. It's really wrong."

Qian Xiaoyi and Inuyama Heita were both observing Kuroda. He looked very normal, even too normal, and was looking at his family with an apologetic look on his face.

"Dad, don't talk about that." Kuroda Sachiko and his wife hugged Kuroda Nobunaga: "I'm glad you're okay. We are a family. These are nothing."

Qian Xiaoyi stared at Kuroda Nobunaga with scrutiny. He didn't feel warm at all when he saw the harmonious family scene in front of him. Qian Xiaoyi narrowed his eyes and asked, "So, Mr. Kuroda, how do you feel now? Do you feel uncomfortable or... confused?"

Kuroda Nobunaga said seriously, "No, not at all. Rather, I have become much more sober now. Now that I think about it, I have done many things that have let my family down because of my temper, including joining the Lucky Mutual Aid Association and going racing on my own this time. Now that I think about it, I have failed in my duty as a father and a husband."

"Nobunaga, stop talking, it doesn't matter anymore..." Mrs. Kuroda said, holding Nobunaga Kuroda's hand. "Then do you have any plans for your future?" Qian Xiaoyi asked.

Kuroda thought for a moment and said, "I'll ask my former boss for help first. If that doesn't work, I'll go find a job. I want to start driving my own truck again and continue to transport goods to make some money. I can't support my family without a job. In short, I won't lose my temper like before. I will work harder to give my family a better life."

"How about Yegui Niku?" Qian Xiaoyi asked, "It's nice to go there occasionally to meet up with old friends. It helps relieve stress."

"Yakiniku? Ah, that~" Kuroda Nobunaga showed a trace of sarcasm on his face and said, "It's just a child's play. Racing is still too dangerous. I am not alone now. For my family, I can't do those things anymore. This is what a real man should do."

When he said Ye Guini Ku's name, there was no fluctuation in his expression, as if it had nothing to do with him, only numbness.

Outside the ward, Kuroda Sachiko said to Qian Xiaoyi: "Dad seems to have changed a lot this time. I have never seen him like that before. It's like he has become a different person... Ah, sorry, I almost forgot about the commission this time. Here is..."

Just as Kuroda Sachiko was about to take out an envelope from her bag and hand it to Qian Xiaoyi, Qian Xiaoyi pushed the envelope back and politely declined, "Let's talk about the money in a few days. Mr. Kuroda's condition still needs to be observed for a few more days, right? It won't be too late to give it to me when the time comes."

"But Dad seems to be getting better than before..."

"Indeed, I can tell at a glance that he has become very reliable and has become a mature adult. It's really amazing." Qian Xiaoyi said perfunctorily. He took out a talisman that had fallen into a triangle and handed it to Kuroda Sachiko, saying, "This is a talisman that can stabilize Mr. Kuroda's spirit and prevent him from doing that again. Please give it to him and tell him to always carry it with him."

"What about the commission fee?"

"I'll keep it with you first. I won't raise the price." Qian Xiaoyi said, "After a few days, when Mr. Kuroda is sure there is no problem, it won't be too late to give it to me."

"Mr. Qian, you are such a good person..."

On the way back to the office, Inuyama Heita asked in confusion: "Brother Yi, why didn't you accept the commission just now?"

"Because the commission has not yet ended." Qian Xiaoyi replied: "We still have work to do."

"But didn't Mr. Kuroda wake up? He seems to be fine, and his family seems to be very satisfied with his current condition."

"No, that's wrong. He left something important somewhere."

"what?"

"The boy in my heart."

(End of this chapter)