In the extravagant office, all office supplies and decorations have been replaced by a window bill with a Buddhist scripture, an incense burner, and a hand-cranked bell.

In the middle of the office is simply a makeshift reception table and two chairs.

The middle-aged man with glasses, known as the minister, respectfully invited the mysterious monk to sit down.

The monk removed the hat on his head, revealing a young face below, only in his early twenties, and his appearance looked very handsome, but on his head was a short black hair, which seemed to be different from the hosts and owners of those temples.

Although Director Aoyama was full of displeasure, he still served a cup of fragrant tea to the guests from afar in accordance with the rules of hospitality.

"Excuse me, please give me a few cups of ice cream, the more the merrier, I want vanilla, mango, strawberry, cherry, pineapple and chocolate flavors. I'm sorry for you. The young and handsome monk said apologetically to Director Aoyama.

"It's really troublesome, and I don't know what I'm here for..."Director Aoyama muttered quietly, "Look at how much you can eat, support you~" Although he was unwilling in his heart, he still ordered his subordinates to immediately go to the cold drink shop near the TV station to buy the desserts requested by the guests, which was really not worth mentioning in terms of the TV station's expenses.

Soon someone bought the ice cream, and it was full of a dozen cups, and the small round table for the reception was full.

"You're the peacock master of Koyasan, right? The director has already instructed me about your identity. The middle-aged minister wiped the sweat from his head and said, probably because it was the first time he faced the mysterious exorcist in religion, his expression looked a little nervous.

"Although he looks young, he is unexpectedly strong in mana. In terms of the strength of exorcism, Master Ajali gave you an evaluation that it can already be matched with senior ascetics, it is really a rare talent, and the Koyasan Shingon Sect has produced another young man, which is gratifying. ”

"I heard that your Dharma name 'Peacock' is taken from the Dharma name of the Dharma King Peacock Ming Wang of Buddhism, and you are the first practitioner in the history of Japan to practice the Peacock Ming King Method, and you can be regarded as the founding patriarch of this lineage. People are saying that you are the incarnation of the Peacock King, hahaha..."The middle-aged minister faced the young monk, regardless of the age gap, and patted the other party's ass vigorously.

"Oops~ don't praise me anymore..."The monk's handsome face finally rose, but he swallowed the ice cream in his mouth, and said vaguely, the corners of his mouth were sticking to the ice slag that had not yet melted, and his hands were still sending cold drinks to his mouth. After a short while, there were six empty cups in front of him.

"Actually, I'm not as strong as you say. A previous exorcism failed in a mission. Not only was the client killed by the monster on the spot, but a large house was also burned down..."The monk, known as the peacock, rubbed his head embarrassedly, "I reported to Acharya in the upper courtyard. However, the master said that the reason why the client died was also because he was not a good person in the first place, and evil was rewarded with evil, which should also be the merit of the Buddha... Hahaha!"

The peacock's words immediately frightened the minister, and the lighter in his hand forgot to light the cigarette in his mouth, and he took off the cigarette regardless of it, and leaned forward, "Is that the case?" Then may I ask the peacock master, are you completely sure about this exorcism? The director specially instructed that 30 million yuan of tribute had been paid in advance, and the remaining 50 million yuan could only be donated to your temple after the matter was over. ”

"It shouldn't be too much of a problem. I've probably heard about it on Koyasan, and I've read the information you provided... But do you have any other new clues about this?"

When the middle-aged minister heard the peacock monk's reply, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, re-lit his cigarette, and took a long puff, "This... It's all because of the work aspect. You also know that there are usually some minor frictions when it comes to problems at work, but there is nothing particularly grudgeful. Logically speaking, it should not be resented by others. ”

The peacock listened to the minister's words and couldn't help but think.

Looking at the dozen or so empty cups in front of the monk, the minister asked earnestly, "If you think it tastes good, do you need to enjoy some more?"

The peacock immediately asked with surprise, "Really? That's great~ You know, in the mountains, it's hard to eat things in this kind of metropolis. Haha, it tastes good~"

"Qingshan, let someone bring another guest over, according to this weight. The minister turned his head to Director Aoyama, who was leaning against the wall and was silent.

"Aoyama, didn't you hear me?" Seeing that Director Aoyama was still motionless, the minister was a little unhappy, this was the subordinate who lost his face in front of the distinguished guests, and immediately raised his voice.

Director Aoyama is a woman, and she has been holding her temper for a long time, and at this moment she finally vented, "Minister! But just because a few people died, the company blamed ghosts or curses or something, it's really boring." Moreover, everyone has been deceived by this monk who doesn't know where he came from, if this spreads, what will others think of our company? It will definitely affect the reputation of the TV station, and those advertisers will not believe this!"

"In my judgment, these things must be the work of unknown perverts. In that case, it is better to hand over the case to the police, so that it can be considered correct!" Director Aoyama retorted bluntly.

The minister said angrily, "You... Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand!" As he spoke, he loosened the tie around his neck, a minister who was over fifty years old, his body had long been blessed, and when he was a little excited, sweat came out, and he had to loosen the tie on his shirt.

Director Aoyama ignored the minister's roar, and instead said to the young monk, "You're the peacock, right?"

Peacock looked at this big sister who suddenly lost her temper with a puzzled face, although she was very beautiful, but she had a lot of personality, she dared to yell at her boss in the company, and she disobeyed it in person, and was oppressed by her sudden momentum, and involuntarily replied, "Yes... Yes, please advise. ”

"You are really wronged by selling yourself so hard. I hope you don't use the ridiculous profession of exorcist next time, but change to a smarter name, so that it sounds better and more people will be fooled!"

After saying these words, Director Aoyama immediately turned around and left, "I still have a lot of work to do, and I can't talk with you anymore, so please forgive me for leaving!"

"Green... Aoyama! You are really so unreasonable! You dare to talk to the master with such an attitude! You come back to me!" the minister shouted behind Director Aoyama, but he couldn't stop Director Aoyama's steps.

Just as Aoyama was about to walk to the door, he suddenly heard a voice, "Can you please wait a minute, lady?" It was the voice of the liar named Peacock. "What? After I poked you in the face of a liar, you couldn't help it?"

Aoyama turned around and saw the young man walking towards him.

Aoyama had a disgusted expression on his face, "I've already told you, I'm very short on time, I have a lot of work to do, and I don't have any extra time to mess around with you!"

The peacock didn't say anything, but walked in front of Qingshan and stopped, and without saying a word, he grabbed Qingshan's ear.

"Dry... What are you doing?!" Looking at the young man's strange behavior, Director Aoyama couldn't help but shout.

"Don't move~" The peacock spoke, his right hand waved like an afterimage, and he grabbed it in Qingshan's hair at a very fast speed, and suddenly the two people in the room focused their eyes on the peacock's hand.

"Squeak... Squeak..."Just between the peacock's retracted fingers, a three-inch monster with black fur and blue skin, claws on all four limbs, and long tails and sharp teeth kept struggling, and this cry came from the monster's mouth.

Looking at this monster with a bird's beak and sharp teeth but the body of a lizard, Director Aoyama leaned weakly against the wall, so that his body did not slide to the ground, but he was still too nervous to speak.

The minister who hurried over looked at the monster in the peacock's hand and asked eagerly, "Master!

"This kind of thing is called a ghost, and it's an inferior ghost that lives in resentment. But it's so big, and it can be seen with the naked eye, it's rare to see this~ I'm afraid the situation is not good, it seems that something is entangled with you, Qingshan. As the peacock spoke, he pinched a period seal in his left hand, and quickly recited a mantra in his mouth, and the haunted house on his right hand immediately turned into a cloud of white smoke and disappeared.

"Possessed by something like this, I guess you're probably going to be its next target. It's about tonight, so you're in danger..."

Aoyama's frightened pale face slurred, "It's magic... It must be magic! I won't believe your deception!"

The minister sweated profusely and said, "It's better to be careful, Aoyama, don't be reckless." ”

Peacock nodded, "For the sake of prudence, let's set the exorcism location in your house, I hope it won't cause too much damage." ”

The minister hurriedly agreed, "There is no problem, Qingshan, and the company will make up for all the losses caused by this." ”

Aoyama House (PM 9:35)

The furniture in the living room has been moved to the wall, and everything that gets in the way has been put away.

In the center of the living room, the peacock uses four thin wooden sticks wrapped around white paper hemp rope to form a simple barrier, and a brazier is burning in the middle of the barrier. There was no light in the living room, and the three of them knelt in front of the knot, and the first person was the peacock. And at this moment, the peacock's mouth is reciting Buddhist scriptures with righteous thoughts.

At this moment, it is summer, the living room is not turned on the air conditioner, but the brazier is burning, the temperature is very high, Aoyama and the minister have taken off their coats, but they still can't stop the sweat all over their bodies.

"No, I'm going to take a shower, this hellish weather is really unbearable! The temperature is more than 30 degrees, and there is a brazier at home, where is the place for people to stay?" Aoyama chattered as he got up.

The peacock closed his eyes and stopped chanting, "Please bear with me a little longer, it's too dangerous for you to leave now." ”

"How long will it take?"

"Hmm... Just wait until dawn. ”

As soon as Qingshan heard the peacock's words, he immediately stopped, "Don't be kidding! Wait, you wait here! I'm going to take a shower and eat a little cold drink to cool down!" After saying this, he ran out of the living room without looking back.

After only a few minutes, a scream of extreme fear suddenly sounded in the silent room, and it was Aoyama's voice.

"Master, something is wrong!" the minister, who was kneeling on the ground, did not have time to get up.

The peacock ran to the bathroom and said, "Damn! The bathroom of this house is in the direction of the ghost gate, I didn't even notice it before!"

Sure enough, the peacock opened the bathroom door and saw Aoyama sitting naked on the floor of the bathroom, looking at the opposite wall in horror.

On the opposite wall, a large cloud of black gas was spinning counterclockwise, and a black hole suddenly appeared, and the black did not know where it led, and the edge of the hole actually flashed with electric light, making a crackling sound in the air.

"Huh~", a giant claw with red hair stretched out from the black hole, the whole skin was faintly red, and the hair on the skin was half a foot long, but it was dark red, shiny and thick, and it looked extraordinarily strange in the black deep hole.

The giant claw is clearly not a human hand, it is more than a meter wide, and it is nearly two meters upright, and it immediately grabs the calf of Qingshan, who is paralyzed on the ground, and when he mentions it, Qingshan's whole person stands upside down, seeing that the giant hand is about to drag Qingshan into the black hole.

The peacock man was in the air, pounced on the giant hand, his hands quickly formed a sun wheel seal, and his mouth let out a sound of "azole!" Suddenly infinite light came out of the peacock handprint, like an endless stream of fine needles roaring towards the giant hand.

These light needles pierced the giant hand, the giant hand was in pain, and immediately let go, and the green mountain in the claw immediately fell to the ground, and then as soon as the giant hand was retracted, it was about to return to the black hole.

"Want to escape?!It's not that easy!" The magic seal in the peacock's hand changed again, and the light needles that pierced the giant hand immediately combined and turned into a ribbon of light, wrapping around the giant hand, burning the skin of the giant hand with a sizzling sound.

Finally, the black hole couldn't bear the entanglement of the light band, and suddenly shrunk, broke off its small arm, gave up its giant hand, and disappeared on the wall.

The giant hand snapped and fell to the bathroom floor, still twitching and clawing.

"Master Peacock, look!" the minister who rushed to see the black hole disappear and immediately reminded the two people present.

I saw that the giant claw that fell to the ground was entangled by white light, and the red hair on the skin was burned to the point that it was all gone, and it gradually shrunk itself, and the entire skin was mottled with scorch marks everywhere, and green gas continued to emerge in the light bands turned into white light, and finally turned into the size of a child's arm.

The peacock picked up the strange hand on the ground and said with a solemn face, "It's a ghost chasing a ghost." ”

"The ghost of chasing the ghost?" the minister took a suit and draped it on the naked Qingshan, and after hearing the peacock's words, he couldn't help asking.

The peacock nodded, "The so-called chasing is a kind of blessing ceremony from Huaxia. During the Chinese New Year, some people wear masks and dress up as ghosts to parade through the streets. And every household was to sprinkle beans on him, and the words 'Devils go out, blessings come in.' It indicates that before the arrival of the new year, all demons and disasters will be driven away, and a new life will be ushered in. ”

"Sounds normal, huh?" asked the minister, puzzled.

Peacock shook his head, "But after this custom was introduced to Japan in the Heian period, it gradually transformed into a game where the strong bullied the weak. The ghosts are often chosen among the weak, and they walk through the streets, and the rest of the citizens, rich and poor, young and old, with dissatisfaction and hatred of life, throw stones at these ghosts, in order to gain temporary joy and forget their sorrows. As a result, there has been a lot of bloodshed, and there have been many deaths of the weak who pretend to be ghosts. ”

Therefore, when the weak who pretend to be ghosts are cruelly treated in a collective form, and the grievances of the weak cannot be redressed, then the souls of the dead weak become real ghosts in extreme resentment. I don't think you're unfamiliar with this kind of situation, right?" the peacock finished speaking, and immediately looked at the minister and Aoyama.

The two men bowed their heads in shame, not daring to look at them.

"Let's go, go back to the TV station, this ghost will come and retrieve its arm tonight, and then there will be a chance to eradicate it!"