Chapter 9: Ye Feng

After leaving Chen Shoushan and the other person behind, the driver rushed home nonstop.

"We have no choice but to go on foot."

Yang Jian glanced at the panicked civilians around; it was obvious they couldn't find another taxi to take the two of them.

At this moment, most pedestrians on the streets of Dachangshi were hurrying, vehicles were rushing home, and the security officials on the road were directing traffic to prevent congestion while nervously watching the surrounding pedestrians.

In fact, the Dachangshi municipal bureau dispatched many security officials for two reasons: first, to urge citizens to return home quickly; second, to use traditional manpower observation to confirm the supernatural incident in Dachangshi. Being able to do this in such a short time shows that the city's high-level officials also had contingency plans; otherwise, such a swift response would be impossible.

A security official directing traffic suddenly paused his action, then, as if hearing some instruction, looked toward Chen Shoushan and the other person standing at the roadside, exchanged a few words with his companion nearby, and hurried over to them.

"As expected of a big city! It's just convenient."

As an Extraordinary Person on the path of a lawyer, Chen Shoushan quickly noticed the nearby surveillance cameras and couldn't help but exclaim.

It's obvious that as soon as Chen Shoushan and the other person entered Dachangshi, they were seen by the ubiquitous surveillance; without using extraordinary or supernatural abilities, hiding one's movements in modern society is difficult, let alone in such a big city as Dachangshi.

"May I ask if you are Detective Yang Jian?"

The security official first saluted before asking.

"I am!"

Yang Jian nodded.

"Please follow me, I will take you both to your destination next!"

Thus, with the security official's help, Yang Jian and Chen Shoushan quickly arrived at the Xiaoqiang Club, where many security officials with live ammunition were patrolling outside.

However, Yang Jian and Chen Shoushan were not stopped for questioning; instead, they entered the Xiaoqiang Club without hindrance.

Soon, under the security official's guidance, Chen Shoushan and the other person arrived at the large conference room on the top floor, pushed the door open, and found many people already seated inside, including Wang Xiaoqiang, with whom Chen Shoushan had a passing acquaintance.

However, Wang Xiaoqiang at this moment looked listless, his eyes dull; even seeing Yang Jian, who had once nearly killed him, walk in only earned a glance.

As Chen Shoushan and the other person entered, everyone's gaze gathered on them, but more attention focused on Chen Shoushan; most people knew Yang Jian, since during his time as a Ghost Master in Dachangshi he had done many notable things: he had tamed two ghosts and had slaughtered the Xiaoqiang Club down to just a few small fish and shrimp, making it hard not to draw attention to him.

But Chen Shoushan was purely a new face, yet no one else was stupid; basically everyone who could attend this meeting were Ghost Masters, except for Wang Xiaoming, this national treasure.

"Ye Feng? Since you dare to show up here!"

Yang Jian coldly glanced at a man wearing a hood, head lowered, very low-key; hearing Yang Jian's words, the man helplessly lifted his head.

Indeed, this man is the sole Ghost Master of the Xiaoqiang Club who has tamed two ghosts; not long ago, after attacking me, he was put on the wanted list by Headquarters, yet now he sits here openly attending the Headquarters meeting!

Ye Feng smiled and said: "Professor Wang asked me to come; he has temporarily lifted my wanted notice, and Headquarters also promised that if I can protect Professor Wang and get him out of Dachangshi alive, I can join Headquarters. Although we had some conflict due to our positions before, we can now barely count as allies, so I hope we can temporarily set aside our differences."

Hearing Ye Feng's words, Yang Jian's face grew colder: a wanted criminal who once attacked an international police officer is still being allowed to join Headquarters—what does that make him think, the one he attacked?

No wonder Yang Jian in the original work is so cold toward Headquarters; some other Ghost Masters also lack a sense of belonging to Headquarters, except for those like Zhou Zheng and Li Jun who originally came from official Ghost Master ranks.

Of course, we cannot rule out that Headquarters is just painting a big pie for Ye Feng; whether it's true or false only Headquarters knows. But judging from earlier circumstances, Ye Feng, who has tamed two ghosts, is undoubtedly a strong Ghost Master. If this time he also successfully rescues Wang Xiaoming, Headquarters accepting Ye Feng on the grounds of making up for past mistakes would be perfectly reasonable; besides Yang Jian, other Ghost Masters wouldn't quibble, after all Ye Feng attacked Yang Jian, not them.

"Allies? You have to stay alive to become one!"

Yang Jian gave no regard to Headquarters's face and directly issued a threat.

Ye Feng's expression changed; he was about to speak when Zhao Kai-ming from the side stopped him.

"Yang Jian! Now is not the time to quarrel over such trivial matters; resolving Dachangshi's supernatural incident is the top priority."

Zhao Kai-ming appeared to treat everyone fairly on the surface, not deliberately favoring anyone, but Chen Shoushan could clearly sense that Zhao Kai-ming was on Ye Feng's side.

Seeing Zhao Kai-ming speak, Ye Feng also stayed silent; he knew of the conflict between Zhao Kai-ming and Yang Jian, so Zhao Kai-ming was on his side.

At this moment, a man with a somewhat unsavory appearance also stood up and soothed: "Yang Jian, forget it; the meeting is important—if there's anything, let's discuss it after we finish handling Dachangshi's incident."

Sun Yi actually also felt that Headquarters's handling this time was underhanded; temporarily lifting Ye Feng's wanted notice to deal with Dachangshi's supernatural incident is understandable—after all, Yang Jian's purge drastically reduced the number of Ghost Masters in Dachangshi, and now the city faces a suspected S‑level supernatural incident, so uniting all forces is indeed necessary—but letting Ye Feng join Headquarters afterward isn't that a slap in Yang Jian's face?

Yang Jian thought it over and did not immediately turn hostile; he sat down with a cold face at a random spot, while Chen Shoushan, who had been watching the drama from the sidelines, gave everyone a friendly smile.

"Hello everyone, I am Chen Shoushan, a Ghost Master from Dahe City, and I can be considered a prospective member soon to join Headquarters; please look after me."

After saying that, he sat down beside Yang Jian, deliberately neither distancing himself from Yang Jian because of Ye Feng's group's targeting, nor approaching Ye Feng's group because of Yang Jian.

(End of chapter)