Chapter 12: Target: Shangtong Building!

After the meeting ended, they left Xiaoqiang Club; the meeting had lasted only half an hour, but outside the scene had shifted from the initial hazy gray to pitch black, and in the darkness only a faint glow from streetlights a dozen meters away could be seen.

Yet it was only around four or five in the afternoon, and besides the bluish-black color, nothing could be seen in the sky.

Zhao Kai Ming glanced at everyone, then, leaning on his cane, led He Chuan and the others away first; as the person in charge of Dachangshi, Zhao Kai Ming and He Chuan naturally regarded him as the leader.

Beep beep beep beep

Not long after Zhao Kai Ming left, Yang Jian received a phone call.

"Yang Jian! Where are you? A woman named Zhang Liqun has been waiting for you, and she won't leave; besides, the sky suddenly turned dark, and I'm terrified! Please come back quickly, okay?"

A sweet, affected voice came from the other end of the line.

"I understand."

At that moment Yang Jian still had human feelings; besides, his residential area was also in the east city, matching his patrol route, so going home first would not draw any objections from Sun Yi and the others.

"Then I'll be going first, Chen Shoushan—you just arrived and have nowhere to stay, right? After work, come to my residential area and I'll arrange something for you; we'll look out for each other."

Yang Jian said this to Chen Shoushan.

"Sure! I will!"

Chen Shoushan nodded and agreed.

Yang Jian left, taking Sun Yi and two others with him, and after Yang Jian departed, Zhang Han also left.

Besides the patrolling security officers, only Chen Shoushan and the three of them remained at the entrance; Wang Xiaoqiang looked at Chen Shoushan and asked, "What should we do next?"

Ye Feng glanced at Wang Xiaoqiang, thinking Wang Xiaoqiang would rush to seize this leadership opportunity, since he had always liked to show off—otherwise he wouldn't have founded the Xiaoqiang Club—but he didn't expect Wang Xiaoqiang to proactively ask this stranger, which made Ye Feng feel a bit surprised.

This also caused Ye Feng to set aside his contempt for Chen Shoushan; moreover, Chen Shoushan had a natural gentle demeanor that inspired confidence, so Ye Feng did not object and instead looked at Chen Shoushan as well.

Under the gaze of the two, Chen Shoushan smiled and asked, "Boss Wang, have you heard of Shangtong Building in Dachangshi? I think we might need some specially made weapons."

Hearing this, Wang Xiaoqiang pondered for a moment; he naturally knew Chen Shoushan wasn't talking about ordinary weapons—otherwise he could just ask Wang Xiao Ming for them, and there would be no need to speak to himself.

What Chen Shoushan likely wanted were weapons made of gold, which would not be affected by spiritual powers, and only such weapons could give the Ghost Master some help.

Although Wang Xiao Ming currently controls Dachangshi's gold reserves, turning them into firearms and such weapons would probably not be possible anytime soon.

"Shangtong Building! Their boss is a foreigner named Paul, with an unusual background; I once had a deal with him, originally planning to use them to eliminate Yang Jian and then get rid of them, since Dachangshi only needs one voice..."

The rest of what Wang Xiaoqiang didn't finish saying, Chen Shoushan could guess: it was nothing more than Wang Xiaoqiang failing to eliminate Yang Jian and instead almost being eliminated by him.

Hearing Wang Xiaoqiang's words, Ye Feng wore a thoughtful expression and said, "How did Wang Xiaoqiang manage to hire so many foreign mercenaries that day?"

"Come on, let's go meet Mr. Paul!"

Chen Shoushan showed a kind smile, making those who didn't know think he was going to meet a friend.

If I remember correctly, there is also a safety room made of gold inside Shangtong Building, which Paul and the others relied on to survive during the Starving Ghost Incident.

After all, this is the real world; Chen Shoushan dare not pin all his hopes on Yang Jian, so keeping a retreat route for himself is also necessary.

"But Shangtong Building is to the west of the city, while my brother ordered us to patrol the north."

Wang Xiaoqiang said hesitantly.

Ye Feng, standing aside, couldn't help but sneer: "Wang Xiaoqiang, what's wrong with you? You never let anyone mention your brother before, yet now you're scared stiff by Yang Jian, afraid that if you stray far from your brother he'll have you killed."

Wang Xiaoqiang glared at Ye Feng, but before he could speak, Chen Shoushan interrupted him.

"You two, stop arguing; let's go quickly and return quickly so we don't delay anything."

Chen Shoushan's words carried a persuasive tone, easily convincing the two; after all, they had little objection to the matter itself, so they were readily persuaded by Chen Shoushan.

The three borrowed a car from the nearest security officer and headed toward Shangtong Building; since Chen Shoushan couldn't drive, the driving task fell to Wang Xiaoqiang and Ye Feng. After staring at each other, Ye Feng ended up driving, because his ability to control the second ghost was thanks largely to Wang Xiao Ming's help, so he had to be the one behind the wheel.

The three drove in the direction Zhao Kai Ming had taken; the car lights could only illuminate five or six meters in this eerie darkness, but fortunately there were still some streetlights and security officers with glow sticks on the road, so they wouldn't be lost in the dark.

"Strange, we haven't seen Zhao Kai Ming and his group all along."

Wang Xiaoqiang, sitting in the passenger seat, asked strangely, knowing that their direction of travel was the same as the direction Zhao Kai Ming and his group had left, yet after driving so long they hadn't encountered them, and asking nearby security officers yielded the same answer: they hadn't seen them.

"With the sky so dark, who knows which alley they slipped into."

Ye Feng said irritably.

Meanwhile, Chen Shoushan sat in the back seat, pondering how to deal with the trouble that was Zhao Kai Ming; behind Zhao Kai Ming stood a Wish Ghost, which seemed to possess a certain intelligence and purpose, and the Starving Ghost Incident in Dachangshi occurred because it was manipulating Zhao Kai Ming from behind the scenes.

Thinking this way, the Door-Knocking Ghost incident likely broke out at Seventh Middle School, and Zhou Zheng just happened to appear there—could it be unrelated? Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that Zhao Kai Ming took over Dachangshi immediately after Zhou Zheng's death?

"Damn! Could this thing be part of the Spectator Sequence?"

Chen Shoushan thought with a headache, having to admit that some ghosts in the Mysterious Revival world are, in certain aspects, comparable to the angels in the Lord of Mysteries—like the reboot ability possessed only by angels of the Fate pathway, which has been overused in the Mysterious Revival world.

(End of chapter)