Chapter 2 The Visible Boy
Three months later.
Qian Xiaoyi slumped on the sofa in the office, holding an unlit cigarette in his mouth, staring blankly at the red clouds outside the window.
Three months, three whole months, he did not receive a real commission. He could only survive by relying on some Chinese people introduced by Brother Zhang to help with Feng Shui and the like, otherwise he would have been there long ago. Starved to death. Of course, I didn't make much money. After all, I had already boasted about Haikou, and the people introduced by Brother Zhang were given half off, and I didn't encounter any evil spirits, so I could barely make ends meet.
It’s not that Japan doesn’t have as many ghosts and ghosts as the Lingkong Taoist thought. Compared with the mainland, there are really too many ghosts in Japan. Qian Xiaoyi can see one or two wandering around casually when he walks on the street. Ghosts in the crowd, but no one could notice them at all. Qian Xiaoyi would show some kindness at first and go to the crossroads in the middle of the night to perform rituals to liberate these harmless ghosts. But unfortunately, after two or three times, passers-by called the police and he was arrested as a suspicious person. In the end, Brother Zhang came and took him out.
Then he understood that the social atmosphere here determined that these harmless ghosts could not be purified. Anyway, they would dissipate on their own if he didn't care, and then new lonely ghosts would appear, so he might as well forget about it.
In the past three months, Qian Xiaoyi has tried various advertising methods, such as advertising online and printing flyers by himself. But no one takes it seriously. It has to be said that the Japanese are indeed very xenophobic, especially the people in Tokyo. Although they appear to be polite on the surface, they remain extremely indifferent in their hearts. Most people will only follow the general trend. Everyone is If a person does something that he does not do and looks different, he may be bullied. This kind of bullying is usually displayed through words and actions. It is probably the cold attitude of "no one will play with you". Violent routines, occasionally mixed with some cynicism, are extremely effective for the average Japanese.
As a foreigner, most Japanese would stay away from Qian Xiaoyi, let alone seek him to remove spirits. But Qian Xiaoyi is not Japanese, and he doesn't care what those people think or how he should live. Now he is in ruins.
After lying down for a few more hours, he looked at the time and saw that it was already past eight o'clock in the evening. Qian Xiaoyi stretched himself, stood up and went out with a cigarette in his mouth. He was now going to a nearby supermarket to grab discounts. Bento, this is his food these days. If he goes late, he might only have the plum bento, which is the kind of "Hinomaru" bento that is a box of lunch with only one prune in the middle. I don't know what the Japanese are. How can I eat it?
Coming downstairs humming a song, there was a fat figure next to the telephone pole downstairs. He saw Qian Xiaoyi and greeted him respectfully: "Hello, Brother B!"
"Ajian, are you still here? How about going to become a Buddha?" Qian Xiaoyi asked.
“No!” Fatty replied: “I have to wait until that game is released!”
“Oh, that’s up to you.” Qian Xiaoyi waved his hand and walked to the supermarket. Go, completely ignoring the strange look in the eyes of the old lady passing by.
The fat man just now is a ghost, as everyone thought, and can't be seen by normal people. The difference between him and the lonely ghost is that this guy is an earthbound spirit. The first floor of Qian Xiaoyi's house is a video store that specializes in selling some two-dimensional and other things that fat people like, and also sells some electronic products. Products such as games. Fatty Ajian is a local. A few years ago, he suddenly suffered a heart attack while queuing up to buy games in the middle of the night. He died next to a telephone pole. His last wish was to play a game called "Heartbeat Girl". In the sequel to the game "Great Adventure", his strong resentment turned him into an earthbound spirit and stayed outside the store.
——To be honest, Qian Xiaoyi has only seen the ghosts produced by this kind of obsession in Japan.
However, the game did not release a sequel, and the store even removed the game itself from the store. Jian's resentment became stronger and stronger, and he was about to turn into an evil spirit, attacking those store employees and players who had forgotten the game. , Xiao Yi, who rented the second floor here, happened to pass by. Before he really started to do anything, he just said a word to A Jian, and A Jian was scared out of his wits and turned into an earthbound spirit again. "I'm sorry! I've caused you trouble! I'm really sorry!" Ajian stood down from his seat facing Qian Xiaoyitu at that time, and looked down on him. When he discovered that he could be seen by others, he was so frightened that he lost all his resentment and did not dare to do anything bad.
Qian Xiaoyi discussed with him to give him salvation, but unfortunately this fat otaku was too obsessed with life and death and had to wait for the game to be released, so Qian Xiaoyi went with him. , I don’t want to leave, and forcing him to escape would hurt Tianhe. Anyway, it doesn’t hinder anything, so I just ignore him.
“When you lose your ambition, you can’t help but sigh, and when you are down and down, you can’t help but feel scared...” Humming the song, Qian Xiaoyi came to the supermarket, planning to buy a few more discounted lunch boxes and put them in the refrigerator to eat for two days without leaving the place. Unexpectedly, several people who were ready to grab discounted lunches had gathered near the bento area. There were office workers who looked very depressed, several middle-aged and elderly ladies, and poor teenage high school students. When the time came, the clerk just The bento had a half-price tag on it, and those who gathered stretched out their hands to grab the bento.
Qian Xiaoyi picked up the right time and arrived at a favorable position. With quick hands, he successfully grabbed two boxes of half-price fried pork cutlet bento and some discounted fruits. He was about to take it to the counter to check out, but he saw An interesting scene.
The high school student grabbing a bento was squeezed in the back and only grabbed a box of fried dried fish bento. When he was about to take it to the checkout line, he stopped in the shelf because the passage in front of him was blocked. He wanted to go around, but the man always blocked him and refused to let him pass.
"Um...please give in, please?" the poor male high school student said weakly.
"Sure enough..." The figure heard the high school student's request and actually laughed. He raised his head and said with a bloody smile: "Sure enough, you can see me!"
< br>"?!" The high school student was shocked. He hurriedly threw down his lunch box, and under the strange looks of everyone, he rushed directly through the ghost's body, rushed over, and escaped from the supermarket.
"...You can't escape! I will find you! You can't escape!" The ghost said to himself with a smile. This smile looked very ferocious against the blood on his face. . He then walked through the wall and followed the high school student.
Qian Xiaoyi originally wanted to stop him, but after looking at the discounted lunch box in his hand, he thought about it and decided to settle the bill first. Otherwise, it would be a pity to throw away the lunch box he finally grabbed like that high school kid.
When he finished queuing, paid for his purchases, and left the supermarket, the man and the ghost had long since disappeared.
However, Qian Xiaoyi had already expected it. He took out a small Bagua compass from his pocket. After playing with it for a while, the pointer in the middle pointed in one direction and swung slightly.
(End of this chapter)