Chapter 54: Preparations Before the Ritual!

The situation became increasingly chaotic, the number of soldiers dwindling; if it weren't for Chen Shoushan corrupting many civilians, the defensive line would probably have been breached by now.

Person-in-Charge Tong Qian, the civilians are about to charge over; please retreat with us first.

Meanwhile, outside the tent, two soldiers rushed in with tense expressions.

But at this moment the tent was empty; Tong Qian was gone, she was not in the tent.

The two soldiers' originally anxious faces suddenly turned blank, their gazes dull as they stared at the empty tent.

In the melee, Chen Shoushan calmly turned his head to look toward the Caesar Hotel; he had bribed Tong Qian beforehand—connection—so he could now clearly sense her position.

This was one of his small preparations, covertly letting Tong Qian enter the Caesar Hotel to prevent Chen Shoushan from having Tong Qian steal his base while he digested the magic potion.

Moreover, Chen Shoushan knew that someone in the army had definitely had their memory altered and was monitoring him and Tong Qian, yet Chen Shoushan still left Tong Qian's side.

One reason was to preemptively digest the Chaos Mentor's magic potion, or to find an opportunity to perform the promotion ceremony for Chaos Mentor.

The other was to give the Newspaper Ghost a chance, a chance to see Tong Qian alone; even if countless strategists gave it advice, its essence remained that of a ghost.

Faced with the Spirit Puzzle, the Newspaper Ghost would likely appear in person, for only a true Newspaper Ghost can command ghost faces.

At that point, it would be the only opportunity to imprison the Newspaper Ghost, because the Newspaper Ghost can change faces infinitely, thus gaining infinite identities, making it hard to imprison; but once its true form is found, imprisoning it becomes easy.

Unfortunately, only Tong Qian and Chen Shoushan were present just now; Li Jun and Li Le Ping had not yet arrived, otherwise it would suffice to let Li Le Ping guard Tong Qian's side, no need to risk entering the Caesar Hotel.

Chen Shoushan silently reviewed his plan, checking where variables might still arise, while casually kicking the raving person before him several meters away.

Huh?

Chen Shoushan keenly noticed that in the chaotic crowd, a small corner had strangely fallen silent; he had always been attentive to changes around him, so he detected the anomaly immediately.

In that corner, whether civilians or soldiers, their faces bore a bewildered expression, as if they had forgotten what they were about to do just moments ago.

Moreover, that corner was slowly expanding, the bewildered people increasing in number, and besides Chen Shoushan, no one else noticed; even the mad aunt who had been wildly waving a cleaver a second ago now looked bewilderedly at the cleaver in her hand.

Li Le Ping!

Upon seeing this ability, Chen Shoushan knew that headquarters' reinforcements had arrived—the person in charge from Dachuan City, Li Le Ping, who possesses the ability to make the world forget.

One of the twelve squad leaders of headquarters.

Chen Shoushan broke free from the crowd; this is an opportunity! When Li Le Ping makes everyone forget, that is the moment to end the chaos, and also the best chance to promote to Chaos Mentor.

But Chen Shoushan felt it wasn't enough; the head-shaped balloons in the sky are also a cause of chaos; if we clear them too, the ceremony would undoubtedly be more perfect.

By the way, headquarters also reinforced Li Jun, also one of the twelve squad leaders; the ghost fire he commands undoubtedly makes him an early Ghost Master who possesses the Ghost Realm.

If he acts, the head-shaped balloons in the sky will soon be cleared cleanly.

Even a temporary calm would be enough!

Chen Shoushan began searching for Li Jun's figure; since Li Le Ping had arrived, Li Jun should also be present on the scene.

Following the direction where Li Le Ping first appeared, since Li Jun and Li Le Ping came together, their general direction should be roughly the same.

Using the barbarian's superhuman vision and the insight brought by the lawyer, Chen Shoushan soon spotted a distinctive figure in the crowd.

A tall, sturdy build, a tough demeanor, eyes bright and sharp; even from afar, one could feel his hatred of evil like an enemy.

This was exactly the Li Jun seen earlier in Dachangshi; Chen Shoushan detoured around the chaotic crowd and walked toward Li Jun.

"Major General Li, long time no see!"

Chen Shoushan smiled as he approached Li Jun, standing out starkly from the bewildered crowd around him.

Li Jun noticed Chen Shoushan; his iron-blue complexion improved considerably, and Chen Shoushan's demeanor gave Li Jun a feeling of camaraderie—not the camaraderie of headquarters' person-in-charge, but the feeling of being colleagues within the same establishment.

Perhaps because in his previous life Chen Shoushan also belonged to the official forces.

"Person-in-Charge Chen, how is the situation here?"

Li Jun asked with a worried expression.

"Yang Jian and the others have lost contact; they still haven't reestablished contact, and Tong Qian has gone inside."

"Tong Qian? Why?"

Li Jun asked doubtfully, knowing full well that the Caesar Hotel was dangerous, yet why would Tong Qian still go in?

Chen Shoushan explained his plan in full; Li Jun then suddenly understood, saying with a ashamed tone: "Sorry, we arrived too late; otherwise we wouldn't have let Tong Qian voluntarily enter danger."

"No need to apologize; we should quickly quell the chaos outside, then go support Tong Qian and the others."

Chen Shoushan continued with an unchanged expression: "I hope Major General Li will use the Ghost Realm to quickly clear the head-shaped balloons in the sky."

"The existence of these head-shaped balloons constantly harvests the lives of soldiers and civilians; this is too dangerous."

Chen Shoushan naturally knew Li Jun's character; he would sacrifice everything for Huaxia, and with Chen Shoushan's persuasion, Li Jun would readily act.

Sure enough, upon hearing Chen Shoushan's words, Li Jun furrowed his brows, weighed his current state, and after confirming that using the Ghost Realm would still allow him to participate in the subsequent Caesar Hotel operation, he said:

"Good!"

Li Jun, also being a military man, is naturally decisive.

"I will help you."

Chen Shoushan produced the coin he carried and handed it to Li Jun.

Bribery—Weaken!

Li Jun trustingly accepted Chen Shoushan's coin, then looked at Chen Shoushan in shock.

"No wonder, no wonder Professor Wang didn't let himself speak of having seen Chen Shoushan in Dachangshi; this ability is simply unbelievable."

"Hurry up, Major General Li."

Li Jun nodded.

Strange green ghost fire ignited on Li Jun's body; this color resembles that of the burning red Ghost Candle.

At this moment, the countless head-shaped balloons above the Caesar Hotel vanished into thin air—not because they were dispelled, but because Li Jun enveloped them in his ghost fire Ghost Realm, making them disappear from people's sight.

Originally planning to arrange the Chaos Mentor's ceremony within the Ghost Painting, but everyone said the Sequence Five ceremony doesn't need to be so grand, and nobody likes watching power suppression, so alright!

(End of chapter)