Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 488 Prophecy
In the middle of the long street, a man was pierced in the chest by a wooden beam as thick as his arm. He knelt with his head down and motionless amid the burning flames.

Matsudaira Johnny saw the lifeless face of the kneeling man...

"This person... is me?"

It was, surprisingly, his own face.

"And... another person..."

Through the firelight that was devouring its prey, another figure was reflected behind the man.

"Xia Fan...it's Xia Fan!"

Just by taking a glimpse of those captivating eyes, Matsudaira Johnny confirmed the man's identity.

"It was he who killed me?"

"No... I finally crawled out of that grave... I have defeated death before, there is no way I can die so easily!!!"

The memory of a death that lingered in the heart was ignited after many years, bringing out endless fear like a volcanic eruption.

"Huh...huh...huh..."

After the exclamation, everything disappeared and Matsudaira Jenny returned to the cold Buddhist temple.

"The disciple thanks you, and the Lord has given me a prophecy..."

His face was ashen, his forehead was covered with sweat, and he slowly and solemnly kowtowed three times and bowed nine times to the white bone Buddha statue.

"The prophecy of the Lord is never wrong, but it is not 'predestined'..."

"Perhaps in the future, I will be killed by Xia Fan, but since I already know it in advance, I must have a way to avoid danger and seek good fortune."

Forcing himself to calm down, Matsudaira began to think silently.

As the god in charge of "words", in addition to being able to grant some special "word spirits", the most powerful power of Yiyanzhu is prophecy.

Since Matsudaira Geni began to believe in the "Lord of One Word", the other party has given several prophecies in the form of "future vision" just now...

With the help of these "prophecies", his business journey has been smooth sailing over the years and he has never made a mistake.

With so many years of practical experience, Matsudaira Jenny knows very well that the prophecy of "One Word Master" is only the most likely one among countless futures, but it is not unchangeable.

"How about going overseas for a vacation for a while?"

After thinking it over, Johnny Matsudaira picked up his cell phone and called his assistant.

The unknown god behind Xia Fan is too terrifying, and is backed by an official supernatural organization. A head-on confrontation may not be enough, so he can only avoid the limelight temporarily.

"Arrange the nearest flight to Maldives for me immediately."

As soon as the phone was connected, he couldn't wait to give orders.

No matter how powerful Xia Fan, the "God Killer", is, as a popular idol surrounded by public opinion, it is impossible for him to follow me to a small island in the Indian Ocean quietly to hunt me down, right?
"You can escape for a while, but you can't escape forever..."

But the voice that came from the other end of the phone was not the assistant's voice, but an extremely low and hoarse sound, like the friction between copper and iron.

"Hyakumonogatari?"

This familiar voice made Jenny Matsudaira frown slightly. He held the phone away and found that the screen was indeed covered with snowflakes.

"Even the Lord of the Yunwai Mirror who hid in the Mirror Sky was defeated by Xia Fan..."

"It's not safe for the agent of Yi Yanzhu to hide on a small island."

The voice of "Hyakumonogatari" came out from the receiver slowly and at a considerate level, the volume was turned up.

"Hmph, Mr. Hyakumonogatari, since you knew from the beginning that I and Xia Fan were both here, why did you pretend to be deaf and dumb until now?" Throwing the phone to the ground, Matsudaira Johnny took a few steps back warily.

Since listening to "Hyaku Monogatari" a few years ago, he has tried to communicate with the other party, but has never received a response, as if this strange existence is really just a "one-way call" like a "supernatural radio station"...

But today, "Hyaku Monogatari" actually came to the door on its own initiative, obviously not coming for no reason.

"I know all the strange stories in the world, and I spread them through divine intuition. I have no idea where the listeners are or who they are."

The sound of Hyakumonogatari echoed in all directions, filling the screen with dots of snow, overflowing from the screen like a living thing, and crawling on the tatami...

"As the saying goes, all the strange stories in the world are heard by me, and all the mysteries are beyond the human heart..."

The next second, the snowflakes rose from the ground and turned into a grayish-white silhouette...

"And Mr. Matsudaira Keiei is also one of the protagonists of the strange story 'Tower of Human Souls' that I wrote. How could he not recognize him?"

This is an old woman in a palace dress whose skin color, facial features, and clothes are all grayish white. She holds a grayish white lantern in her hand. The swaying green candlelight inside gives people a chilly feeling.

She bowed gracefully, and her pair of lifeless grey eyes on her wrinkled face looked at Matsudaira Johnny, who was like facing a formidable enemy, without any emotion.

"You...where did you know this name..."

"No, Matsudaira Keiei, he died a long time ago in the Tokyo BBQ several decades ago!"

Whether it was excitement or fear, when he heard the name "Matsudaira Keiei", Matsudaira Jenny's whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.

"Matsudaira Keiei, of course he's dead."

"As early as when the human disaster came, the Matsudaira clan, under the planning of you, the clan leader, borrowed the power of the ancestors in the Human Soul Tower and survived from the brink of death."

"You, who were resurrected in the body of your descendants, escaped from the shackles of the Human Soul Tower with the power of the One Word Master..."

"Otherwise, you would have been one of the seven living dead in the Songping family that were purified by Xia Fan that day."

The old woman in palace dress had no expression on her face as she spoke word by word, and her tone was exactly the same as in "Hyaku Monogatari".

"It was Xia Fan, the disaster star, who destroyed the Songping family's soul tower..."

"Yes, I am Matsudaira Hiroshi. It doesn't matter if I admit it. I won't play tricks like you do."

Speaking through gritted teeth, Matsudaira Johnny admitted it frankly.

Matsudaira Keiei was the head of the Kawagoe Matsudaira clan. Like other dandy nobles of that era, he was obsessed with things like yin and yang and strange stories.

When the war destroyed his clan, under the guidance of the ancestral ordinance in the "Human Soul Tower", he used the clan members who committed suicide as "human pillars" and set up the vicious soul-summoning formation...

In modern times, when "Matsudaira Johnny" who fled to the other side of the ocean returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors and traced his roots all the way to a "homeland" somewhere in Saitama Prefecture, Matsudaira Keiei, who had the strongest resentment, was the first to "resurrect".

After his resurrection, Matsudaira Johnny dug out a large amount of gold and silver treasures that were buried by the Matsudaira family, and laundered the wealth by investing in the "entertainment industry".

Later, he accidentally bought the divine body of "One Word Master" from an antique dealer. Matsudaira Jenny worshipped day and night and finally won the favor of the god. With the word spirit to stabilize the dead soul, he no longer needed to return to the Human Soul Tower regularly to nourish his soul.

After that, he devoted himself to running J Club, using the entertainment industry as a cover to quietly develop believers. He also did not forget to use real estate development to develop that place into a "happy community" so that more members of the tribe could be "resurrected."

"I don't intend to play tricks."

"I am meeting you in my true form today because you and I are old acquaintances..."

"I didn't expect that we would meet again. You have lived two lives, and I have become so decadent."

The old woman shook the green lamp in her hand.

(End of this chapter)