Chapter 14: Ghost Infant First Appears?

Soon, public security officers holding riot shields took the lead, with many more public security officers following behind them, and finally Chen Shoushan and his two companions came at the rear.

"Who's there? No entry allowed here!"

In the darkness, although they couldn't see each other clearly, they could still vaguely make out some figures within a certain distance.

The public security officers who filed in were still discovered by the people inside the building, but no one paid attention and they continued forward.

Only when the distance closed enough for both sides to see each other did the public security officers rush forward.

"Don't move! Get down and put your hands up!"

Under the guns of the public security officers, the building's security guards honestly threw their batons to the ground one by one and complied.

They were just migrant workers, not natives of Dachangshi; otherwise they would have gone home already.

The public security officer in charge glanced at the security guards crouched on the ground, gestured for a few people to watch them while the rest continued forward, because the building's elevator had an independent power supply, so even if the rest of the building's power was cut off, the elevator could still operate normally.

The public security officers split into three groups: one group guarded the first-floor lobby, one group took the elevator toward the top floor, and another group proceeded toward the top floor via the stairs.

Chen Shoushan and his two companions acted together with the elevator group; as the elevator rose rapidly, it soon stopped at the top floor. When the elevator doors opened, the public security officer beside Chen Shoushan filed out first, simultaneously shielding Chen Shoushan in the middle.

The top floor had only one office; at Chen Shoushan's signal, a public security officer holding a shield kicked the door open with a fierce thrust.

"Oh my god, fuck, who are you? Where's Dave? Dave!"

A foreign man, hurriedly pulling up his pants while cursing, while simultaneously a woman with a panicked expression crawled out from under the office desk.

"He's Paul!"

Wang Xiaoqiang pointed at the foreigner who was pulling up his pants, turned his head, and said to Chen Shoushan,

"Oh my God! Boss Wang, it's you! Haha, do we sometimes have misunderstandings between us? You forgot? We did business before."

At that moment, Paul also came to his senses from his anger, seeing the dense array of guns pointed at him, and broke out in a cold sweat involuntarily.

The beautiful woman beside him trembled even more, and just then intense gunfire came from downstairs.

Damn it! I shouldn't have been annoyed and sent my subordinates downstairs.

Paul forced a smile while inwardly regretting.

Actually, Paul's mercenaries had originally been staying with him, but because Paul wanted to fool around with his secretary, he sent them all downstairs—after all, now everyone in Dachangshi is on edge, so no one would come looking for trouble for them.

"You go downstairs to reinforce; we three will handle things here."

Chen Shoushan ordered the public security officer captain beside him.

"This... Captain, please be extra careful!"

The captain hesitated a moment, but still followed Chen Shoushan's orders and led the other members away.

"May I know your name, sir? Is there some misunderstanding between us?"

Paul also realized that the mild-mannered gentleman in the middle was the real boss; while asking, he reached his hand toward the drawer.

"Hello!"

Chen Shoushan smiled at Paul, then pulled the trigger on him.

With a bang, Paul fell to the ground, his eyes full of confusion: "Why? Wasn't he just greeting me?"

The gunshot not only caused the secretary beside Paul to scream loudly, but also left Wang Xiaoqiang and Ye Feng on either side of Chen Shoushan somewhat dazed—how could they just start shooting like that?

"Ma'am, please keep quiet!"

Chen Shoushan turned the gun toward the female secretary beside him, and indeed she immediately fell silent.

Wang Xiaoqiang and Ye Feng exchanged a glance, both feeling a bit at a loss.

Chen Shoushan walked slowly to Paul's corpse, nudged it lightly with his foot to push it off the desk, reached out, and opened the drawer that Paul had secretly tried to open.

Inside the drawer, aside from some documents, there was only a record; Chen Shoushan knew this was a weakened version of a supernatural item produced by a foreigner codename "Missionary" Ghost Master.

Because every supernatural item is actually a ghost, and this record is merely contaminated by supernatural power.

Chen Shoushan took out the record; it should have two uses—playing it or destroying it—both ways can harness the supernatural power within the record.

Wang Xiaoqiang and Ye Feng's expressions changed; both being Ghost Masters, they could naturally sense the record's abnormality—this record involves supernatural power!

Before the two could ask, Chen Shoushan turned to the female secretary and asked, "Where did Paul and his subordinates put their weapons?"

Chen Shoushan didn't directly ask about Paul's safe house; instead, he had the female secretary explain it, since Paul, even in his arrogance, wouldn't openly leave his weapons outside—they must be hidden in the safe house.

"Yes, in that room over there—I've seen Paul go in."

The trembling female secretary pointed to the bookshelf beside the office, which held many books.

Chen Shoushan gestured for Wang Xiaoqiang and the other two to go look, while he himself kept his eyes on the female secretary.

Wang Xiaoqiang and the other two didn't think anything was wrong; they naturally obeyed Chen Shoushan's command and stepped forward to examine the bookshelf closely.

Indeed they found something suspicious—the bookshelf could be opened from the middle; Wang Xiaoqiang and the other two quickly joined forces to pull it apart, and where it had been, a password door appeared.

"What's the password?"

Wang Xiaoqiang turned back and asked the female secretary.

"I don't know; only Paul knows the password."

The female secretary said through tears.

Wang Xiaoqiang looked at the corpse lying on the ground, blood still oozing from its forehead—obviously beyond saving—so he turned his gaze back to Chen Shoushan.

Beside Wang Xiaoqiang, Ye Feng furrowed his brow, stroking the wall in front of him, feeling that something was off—could it be made of gold?

If it really were made of gold, that wouldn't just mean this place is Paul's armory; it could also serve as a shelter.

The more Ye Feng thought about it, the more plausible it seemed—Paul could still be playing around with his secretary at this point, so he must have some backing; thus it's quite possible the safe house here is made of gold.

Ye Feng turned his head to look at Chen Shoushan, wondering whether Chen had deliberately brought them here or if this was merely an unexpected windfall; if it was intentional, what benefit would it bring him?

Among Ghost Masters, Ye Feng, who counts as an elder, instinctively suspected Chen Shoushan, but seeing Chen's courteous demeanor made him think otherwise—yet upon reflection, a courteous Ghost Master would be even more terrifying!

Which Ghost Master doesn't have some quirks? Yet on Chen Shoushan there's no trace of irritability or anger—he seems almost too normal to be a genuine Ghost Master.

Chen Shoushan didn't know what Ye Feng was thinking at that moment; he told Wang Xiaoqiang, "Don't rush—once we've cleared the building, we just need to find someone who can pick locks."

Anyway, the building is already in our grasp; Chen Shoushan isn't in a hurry either—it's only 6 or 7 p. m. on the first day, and there's still some time before the hungry ghost incident in the original story breaks out; mainly, rushing wouldn't help.

Wang Xiaoqiang heard Chen Shoushan's words and also forced himself to calm down; although the ghost he controlled would not actively revive, it still to some extent influenced Wang Xiaoqiang's personality, making him somewhat eager for quick success and instant benefit, yet he wanted to be the boss but couldn't tolerate his own temperament, which naturally wouldn't work.

The gunfire downstairs soon ceased; Poluo of Shang Tong Building had already mobilized many mercenaries, even from other regions, to attack Yang Jian, so only four or five people remained inside the building, and under the assault of dozens of well-prepared security officers, the battle quickly ended.

A security officer captain came forward to report: "Report, commander, all four bandits have been eliminated, mission accomplished perfectly!"

"Hmm! How are the casualties?"

Chen Shoushan asked.

"Commander, rest assured, only seven soldiers suffered minor injuries."

The security officer captain replied, mainly because the interior of the building was too dark, and furthermore the mercenaries were all well-trained; even though the security officers had made preparations, they still inevitably suffered some minor injuries.

Chen Shoushan was about to offer a few words of encouragement when he suddenly heard the security officer captain's walkie-talkie ring.

"Captain, captain, there's a situation on the first floor; there's movement in the darkness outside the building! The specifics are unclear, but someone heard faint baby crying, as well as what sounded like chewing; please advise!"

The walkie-talkie transmitted a somewhat trembling voice.

Upon hearing the words from the walkie-talkie, everyone present was startled; even at the rank of security team captain, one naturally knows some inside information.

But after Ye Feng's surprise, he also felt some joy; isn't the ghost infant that Wang Xiaoming wanted just dropped right in front of him? If he captures this ghost infant and brings it back, he will not only obtain some precious items from Wang Xiaoming, but also earn merit; by then, if Yang Jian wants to act arbitrarily against him, he will have to consider the headquarters' opinion as well.

(End of chapter)