Tokyo Fall Guys beats up the supernatural

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Dou Tang slowly raised one hand: "I suppose everyone here feels lost, wondering how they should live in this world, unable to bear the discipline of their elders, or having suffered heavy blows from their family and life."

"Where the future leads is a question you have been avoiding, so you choose to vent, choose to escape, choose to become delinquents, and numb yourselves every day with indulgence and fighting. Some of you have even developed the bad habit of bullying the weak."

"Others see you as delinquents and have never thought about understanding you, let alone how to help you out of your confusion. So you can only stick together for warmth and form cliques. Only when the brothers who have fought with you stand with you do you feel that you are not alone and that you have partners you can rely on."

To be honest, these words don't sound nice.

Those who heard these words began to feel uncomfortable. It was painful to have their past actions so bluntly dissected.

"Now I'll give you a way out." Dou Tang's voice gradually softened.

"Becoming a delinquent does not mean that life has come to a dead end. I have brought new choices to everyone."

"Exchange resources and help each other, guided by a grand goal, and led by an absolutely invincible person."

“You are the first group of people I have chosen. You are people who are eager to change your lives. You want to change your lives and get out of confusion. This is your roar against your life. Now, your roar has been answered.”

Dou Tang slightly raised his hands. At this moment, he completely transformed his image through words. He was not like a taciturn super delinquent, but more like a... leader, and a down-to-earth leader who was telling everyone in front of him his purpose.

“Look around you, look at your brothers. You have come together because you want to change your destiny, and you have become the most reliable brothers.”

"Our goal is to unify all the delinquents in Tokyo and tell everyone, even those who are..."

Even those who have gone astray can find a way out, and the way out for each of us lies in the hands of one another.

"Those who need help or guidance can find what they need in this organization. From today onwards, we are brothers who help each other."

To put it simply, this organization is a platform where we help each other and make each other better. This path may not be easy, but it's better than continuing to sink.

"Wearing these necklaces, from today onwards, the 22 of us will be the core of the entire organization, and from now on, this number will continue to grow."

Chapter 2 Huaiyin's Disappearance

Dou Tang has always been a perfect listener. Due to his special status, he has met far too many extraordinary people and experienced countless entangled emotions.

Therefore, although he appears taciturn, he is actually very experienced in understanding human psychology. If needed, he can use his rich experience to deceive and persuade any person or force.

The same applies to dealing with these high school delinquents.

Dou Tang wanted to incorporate the Tokyo delinquents into his intelligence network, which was a plan he had already made. However, he decided to add another layer of purpose to his simple use of them: to help these delinquents.

In this distorted social system, many people are not born that way; rather, it is the harsh and distorted living environment that leads them down a path different from that of normal people.

Dou Tang couldn't turn these people into normal students who studied hard, but he could at least provide them with a place where they could help each other and not have to face life's obstacles alone.

Debt at home, divorced families, the death of both parents, domestic violence... There are too many unfavorable factors in their growth that led them astray. Dou Tang is not so arrogant as to think that he can help everyone get out of their predicament, but at least he can get some help from the organization he leads.

Even just helping each other can be a rare source of motivation for these troublemakers.

Including Yang Ping, there are a total of twenty-one people. Everyone here wears clone candy beans, which also have the ability to detect nearby things. As long as they sense resentment or evil spirits, they will send a signal to Dou Tang. With the help of this method, Dou Tang's intelligence network has been initially established.

In the future, these delinquents will also operate under Dou Tang's command. Later on, they may even come into contact with the real yakuza members from Xing Yi Ren's side. Although Dou Tang is somewhat resistant, some of them may choose to join them.

But Star Righteous People... at least for now, it's much better for these troubled futures to join Star Righteous People than to join other yakuza groups.

After dismissing the troublemakers, it was already late, and Dou Tang slowly walked home.

Huaiyin still hasn't been going to school, but she seems to have found something to do and is exercising every day. Doutang is puzzled, but he is happy to see his sister so motivated, even if the direction of her motivation is a bit abnormal.

"I'm back." Dou Tang opened the door, entered the room, and then looked somewhat puzzled.

No one was home; Huaiyin wasn't there.

Dou Tang frowned and went to the living room, only to find that the door to the room where various strange objects were stored was open. The items in the room, which were tainted with resentment, were stirring restlessly. However, it seemed that Dou Tang's previous intimidation was too strong, and even though no one was home, these things did not dare to start causing trouble.

Dou Tang entered the room, looked around, and didn't find anything strange, so he asked, "Does anyone know where Huaiyin went?"

The wisps of resentment spreading across the ground gradually condensed into tentacles. This was not the consciousness of any one object, but the result of all the objects present—Dou Tang dared not bring home anything that still harbored a powerful vengeful spirit.

The resentful tentacles flew out of the room and pointed in the direction of the front door. With the limited intelligence these monsters possessed, this was probably the best they could do.

Dou Tang shook his head helplessly.

I can't help at all, of course I know Huaiyin went out.

Seemingly sensing Dou Tang's dissatisfaction, the resentful tentacles retreated back into the room, pointing to the bed covered with a white cloth. Dou Tang looked closely and saw that it was pointing to a narrow indentation.

"...Did she take something with her?" Dou Tang asked doubtfully, then examined the dent more closely.

What was placed here before was... the knife from the foot of Mount Wanling!

She went out with a knife?!

Dou Tang glanced at his phone; it was already past seven. Where could Huai Yin have gone alone? And with a knife… what was she planning to do?

"Tsk."

I tried calling Huaiyin, but after a long wait, there was still no answer. But at least I knew she was in a place with a signal... which was the only good news.

Dou Tang immediately dialed Lu Zizhen's number again.

"Hey? Baby, are you missing me?" came Lu Zizhen's nonchalant voice as she ate potato chips on the other end of the phone. Dou Tang could even picture her curled up in a beanbag chair like a cat.

Dou Tang paused for a moment and said, "To be honest, yes, there is a little bit. I went out for the past two days and didn't contact you. Sometimes I wonder what you're doing. I've been thinking about you."

A heavy thud came from the other end of the phone, followed by Lu Zizhen's cry of pain. Then, she seemed to cover her mouth and nose and groan for a moment before finally saying, "You, why are you suddenly being so blunt... Oh no, I can't take it anymore..."

Dou Tang shook his head helplessly, then said, "Let's not talk about that. Is your intelligence network still working? I have something urgent to attend to."

"what's up?"

“槐

The sound has disappeared.

"...Understood, I'll start thinking of a solution right away. Keep your phone on, use this one, it has satellite calling capabilities."

Dou Tang frowned: "My phone has satellite calling? How come I didn't know that?"

"That's enough for me," Lu Zizhen replied casually, then added, "By the way, don't you feel... like this is a bit like Batman and Butler? You know, you're in charge of fighting, and I'm in charge of intelligence and stuff... or Jarvis and Iron Man?"

"...Yes, that's true, but you're also a very capable fighter yourself?" Dou Tang honestly analyzed.

"Pfft... Yes, okay, I'll hang up now. I'll start helping you find her."

Dou Tang nodded, then looked around at the obedient ghosts in the room before hanging up the phone.

"I'm going out for a bit. You all... take care of yourselves," Dou Tang said, then closed the door.

The pure white door closed, plunging the master bedroom into darkness once more. In the shadows, the surfaces of countless eerie objects shimmered with a faint glow, and rustling whispers filled the air.

Dou Tang quickly tidied himself up, slung his sword over his shoulder, and went out the door.

It was almost winter, around 7 p.m., and the sky was already dark. A cool evening breeze was blowing through the streets.

Dou Tang, carrying a fishing bag with a sword on his back, walked through the crowd and made contact with the 21 scattered candies in Tokyo.

………………

Tokyo has countless shrines of all sizes, many of which have been forced to shrink due to urban development. However, some privately owned shrines and those in remote locations have maintained their original size and tranquility.

Huaiyin, carrying a long sword, stopped under the torii gate of a shrine.

"Girl, is the person you invited almost here?" A hoarse voice, audible only to Huaiyin, rang out.

At this moment, Huaiyin was wearing a sports jacket on top and a tight-fitting sportswear and shorts on the bottom, along with thick-soled and wide sports shoes, which made her look very fashionable and dynamic, quite different from her usual gentle appearance.

"They're almost here... Grandpa, are you sure you don't need to tell my brother?"

"No... unless you want him to protect you forever."

"Although we're not from the same world anymore, I have to tell you, girl, among the same generation of the Ren family, there's never been a method of one protecting the other; it's always been about complementing each other."

"Haoli and Guibo have always been one."

Chapter 3: Huaiyin's Great Adventure!

"Haoli and Guibo are one and the same? What does that mean?"

Huaiyin murmured to herself as she walked up to the torii gate. This shrine did not seem to have any lineage of exorcists, so crossing the torii gate would not affect her or the elder from the Ren family.

"Hmm... You shouldn't know this yet. Let Grandpa keep you in suspense for now. There will be plenty of time to tell you later."

Huaiyin sighed and continued to think to herself, "Well... I feel that even though I've studied Chinese and read a lot of history books, I still know very little about China."

The old man laughed heartily in Huaiyin's heart and said, "A mountain range of just a few dozen miles is enough to change a person's language, let alone a distance of thousands of miles. If you are not a native of this land, no matter how much you understand it, you will only know a little."

"Alright, enough chit-chat, girl, go on."

On the path leading to the shrine, several stylishly dressed people were chatting idly, the atmosphere seemingly harmonious, with occasional bursts of laughter.

These people are so-called paranormal exploration broadcasters.

Huaiyin was familiar with many paranormal exploration broadcasters online, and at this moment she participated in a fan event of one of the channels, which was to explore an abandoned mental hospital in a remote part of Tokyo.

Although she had already encountered many evil spirits while following her brother and Lu Zizhen, she came out alone this time and didn't even know if she would encounter any evil spirits. She could only say that she came out to try her luck.

This was the exercise plan that she and the grandfather had agreed upon together.

Huaiyin will not choose to be protected by Doutang forever, and the elders of the Ren family will not tolerate this situation. Therefore... Huaiyin will try to remove the spirit with her own power.

This is the girl's growth, and also the first step in her determination to fully immerse herself in another world.

In the past, even though she had a spirit-absorbing constitution and had seen many evil spirits, she still had a chance to extricate herself because she was not someone who was truly fighting against evil spirits; in the end, she could only be considered to be involved in them.

Now that Huaiyin is determined to truly rely on her own strength to exorcise and kill the evil spirits, she has officially stepped into the gate of the strange world.

"Sorry I'm late," Huaiyin said with a smile as she stepped forward.

There were six people present, and they were all a little puzzled when they saw Huaiyin carrying a long fishing rod bag.

But the young man with blond hair, glasses, and slightly protruding teeth who was leading the group still greeted them with a smile: "Ah, welcome! You must be the lucky fan 'Kiki'-san who was drawn last! I didn't expect you to be such a young girl!"

The blond, buck-toothed man in front of me is called "Tokyo Senior," a broadcaster who mainly shoots funny videos. He usually records videos of unboxing strange items. He was invited to participate in this paranormal project, but because of his rich experience, he became the leader of the show.

A woman with long black hair came up to greet us. She was the real initiator of this paranormal project. She was a well-known paranormal adventure streamer on YouTube. Her name was... Linlin or something like that, anyway, it was just her online name.

The senior colleague and Linlin were the main guests for this event. Besides them, there were two others...

One photographer, three fans.

Both photographers were men, while the three fans, including Huaiyin, were women.

After a brief introduction, Linlin and the senior seemed to realize that Huaiyin had a rather quiet and introverted personality, so they shifted their focus away from her—the fans' role was just to create atmosphere, but the real protagonists were still the two broadcasters.

The two broadcasters had chartered a minibus, which was parked outside the shrine. The group boarded the bus, and the senior broadcaster turned around from the front seat to look back and said, "Um... everyone, you all know where we're going this time, right?"

He was somewhat excited, and when he smiled, his teeth protruded slightly. He said, "This is the most famous abandoned mental hospital near Tokyo, but because it is located in a remote area, no one has ever explored it."

"This project aims to explore this dilapidated mental hospital and uncover the secrets behind its abandonment!"

Linlin clapped her hands in time with the occasion and smiled sweetly.

The two photographers let out a "whoa," and the two fans joined in the cheering. They were clearly excited to get close to their idol. Only Huaiyin blinked and pulled her hood up even deeper, hiding her face beneath it.

It seems like they're no different from some of the people we've encountered before. Could there really be evil spirits in the places this kind of group goes to?

The minibus slowly drove out of the city. The tall buildings on both sides of the street disappeared, replaced by cozy villas with lights on, or wasteland.

From Tokyo, to Tokyo Metropolis, and now to the outskirts of Tokyo, to be honest, this is the first time that Huaiyin has traveled to such a far place by herself.

The girl couldn't help but feel worried and uneasy. She even started to wonder how she would get back from that godforsaken place if she really encountered evil spirits and all of them died.

Taking a taxi? You'd never be able to get one... Walking back? It'd probably be dawn by the time you got to the city... No, no, why am I assuming all of this will die?!

The light outside the window kept passing by. Huaiyin stared at the scenery outside the window, lost in thought. He held the fishing rod bag in front of him tightly in his hand, gradually calming his breathing and adjusting his state.

I hope this trip wasn't in vain... I hope there really are evil spirits there, and I hope I can protect these people.

For the first time, the girl felt her heart pounding so fiercely, urging her originally weak body to reach a higher level.

"Girl, relax. Grandpa's here. Just do it."

Will Grandpa help me?

"Ah, this... I don't know!"

"Huh???" Huaiyin's eyes widened suddenly.

"If you want me to help you, I can, but you'll have to exchange your soul for mine. Only the soul of a powerful and evil spirit can make me appear."

Huaiyin scratched his head and fell silent.

Suddenly, the car stopped.

Huaiyin looked out the window again. Unbeknownst to her, the minibus had already driven into the deep mountains and stopped at an old parking lot that was covered with fallen leaves.

"We've arrived, everyone get off the bus!" the senior called out in a strong voice, opening the door and getting out of the car.