The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 58 Urban Legend 2 ()

"Then, of course, the newlyweds were scared to death," Qian Xiaoyi said. "They placed a lot of candies and other offerings on the balcony, and set up an incense burner to burn incense, hoping to appease the ghost of the child who died unexpectedly. But the next day, they found that the offerings had been moved, the incense burner had been overturned, and the footprints of the child that had been cleaned up appeared again! They were really scared to death this time."

"Is it your turn to perform next?"

"That's right." Qian Xiaoyi said, "The elderly in the newlyweds' family knew my master. When they heard about this happening, they contacted us immediately. We haven't encountered this kind of supernatural event in several years, so we immediately went to the apartment. However, no matter how we checked, we couldn't find any traces of ghosts. The feng shui of the house was pretty good, and there was nothing abnormal about the couple, so this shouldn't have happened. Ghosts can't leave footprints, so my master came up with a trick and asked them to borrow a camera and set it up on the balcony to shoot at night. As a result, guess what the camera captured?"

"What is it?" Inuyama Heita was already fully engaged.

"You'll never guess it." Qian Xiaoyi laughed, "It's a cat! A cat wearing shoes!"

"A cat wearing shoes?" Inuyama Heita asked in surprise, "Why would a cat wear shoes?"

Qian Xiaoyi laughed and said, "Because it was winter, the family next door was afraid that their cat would get cold, so they bought it a piece of clothing and two pairs of shoes. When the cat went out for a stroll at night, it stepped on the soil in the potted plants, which resulted in that kind of 'supernatural phenomenon'. Because the couple didn't dare to tell others about what happened at home, the neighbors didn't ask. If they had asked more, maybe this wouldn't have happened."

Inuyama Heita was confused: "This is too... Such a horrible phenomenon was actually caused by a cat."

Qian Xiaoyi put away his smile and said, "This is what I want to tell you. A seemingly incredible thing is 50% man-made and 50% coincidence. Only after eliminating all options can the remaining one be a true supernatural event."

After they finished their food, Qian Xiaoyi clapped his hands and said, "Well, let's get down to business. This is the last intersection. If you really can't do it, just go back. It's almost time for today. You still have to go to school tomorrow."

"Yes!"

They came to the intersection. Inuyama Heita stood in front of the zebra crossing, waiting there blankly, while Qian Xiaoyi stared at him from behind with a compass.

The two of them stood there for an unknown amount of time before a taxi drove over from a distance. The headlights of the taxi were particularly conspicuous in the dark, making it difficult to see the driver. At this time, the compass in Qian Xiaoyi's hand also made some movement.

Even without Qian Xiaoyi's reminder, as the automatic door of the taxi opened, Inuyama Heita felt a cold breath coming towards him.

"Ah~ Is the car finally here?" Qian Xiaoyi urged, "Hey, Heitaro, hurry up and get in the car. I don't want to be blown by the wind here."

Inuyama Heita swallowed his saliva and got in, followed closely by Qian Xiaoyi. After the two got into the taxi, the car started and took them away.

After getting in the car, Inuyama Heita suddenly remembered that the car they were riding in was probably an older model, and it didn't have an automatic door system at all! He carefully took out Kawasaki's urban legend notebook and turned to a certain page, where he saw the following words:

[The Ghost Taxi at Night - an urban legend circulating in the XX District. It is said that there was a taxi driver who died suddenly due to overwork. He hated the living people so much that he would pick them up at the crossroads at night and send them to hell.]

"Where are you going, my dears?" the driver asked. Because of the wide-brimmed hats, the two of them couldn't see each other's faces in the rearview mirror. "To Osaka," Qian Xiaoyi said.

"?!" Inuyama Heita was shocked. They were a long way away from Osaka. One was Kanto and the other was Kansai. How could they agree to go there!
"I understand..." the driver agreed, and continued driving in silence.

This guy actually agreed! Inuyama Heita was even more shocked. One dared to say it, and the other dared to agree! If this were a real taxi, based on the Japanese taxi fare, wouldn't it cost several million yen to go from Tokyo to Osaka? Even if they sold them, they couldn't afford it!

So Inuyama Heita thought: Are they really going to send us to hell?

At this time, Inuyama Heita's phone vibrated. He picked it up and saw that it was a message from Qian Xiaoyi:

Qian Xiaoyi: [Don't worry, it's not as exaggerated as the rumors say. It's just a ghost who doesn't know he's dead. He won't send us to hell. He only acts on instinct and doesn't have much brain. As long as he doesn't realize he's dead, then everything will be fine.]

Inuyama Heita typed a response: [What's up with this car? How can a ghost drive a car? ]

Qian Xiaoyi: [Eh? Didn't you notice? We are already in the ghost realm. Anything that can happen in the ghost realm is possible.]

Inuyama Heita: [So that means... in reality, we are just standing there blankly? Or are we walking around unconsciously?]

Qian Xiaoyi looked at him with a look of disappointment and continued typing: [Didn't I say this before? Ghosts don't exist objectively, but they are real subjectively. That's only the case when someone observes us. The current situation is that we are indeed in a taxi, and we don't know where we will be taken. Even if we are photographed by the camera when we get off the taxi, it will only show that we got off an ordinary taxi, and no other information about the taxi can be found. This is the interesting part of the ghost world.]

Inuyama Heita was almost confused: [So where are we going now? We are not really going to Osaka, are we? ]

Qian Xiaoyi: [How is that possible? If we get off the bus halfway, we will end up in a strange ghostland, and then slowly walk out and return to a normal place. If we stay in the bus all night without saying anything, then when we fall asleep, we will most likely end up in other places in Tokyo when we wake up... In short, this driver is not as manic as the rumors say, so just treat him as an NPC. Besides, it's much more dangerous outside the bus than inside. If I were you, I would check what's outside now. After all, this is a ghostland~]

After reading the message, Inuyama Heita suddenly looked up and looked at the scenery outside the window. They were now passing through a tunnel. There seemed to be nothing unusual, except that the lights in the tunnel were unusually dim.

It was not until he looked in the rearview mirror and saw a small black dot approaching the taxi. When the black dot gradually grew larger, Inuyama Heita was horrified and shouted in his heart:
"What am I going to do here!"

An old woman with disheveled hair and wearing a kimono was running as fast as she could, overtaking the taxi little by little, completely ignoring them and running towards the front of the tunnel at a speed that was impossible for a human to reach.

“It’s Granny Turbo ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!”

(End of this chapter)