Chapter 30: Deal with the News Agency

The suddenly outstretched hands startled Zhang Hao, and he immediately wanted to Ghost's Retreat.

However, the hands seized him at an extremely bizarre speed.

The moment he was grabbed, Zhang Hao felt his body lose mobility, and the Fierce Ghost inside him seemed suppressed.

The ghost bride also sensed that Zhang Hao was being seized by another Fierce Ghost, stepped forward, and grasped Zhang Hao's other hand.

From the ghost bride's body, terrifying Ghost Power surged into Zhang Hao, contending with the pair of bluish‑black Ghost Hands.

With the ghost bride's addition, the pressure on Zhang Hao's body lessened considerably, and he looked toward the direction the hands were extending.

Behind the wooden counter, next to the printer, a middle‑aged man appeared at an unknown time.

The man's skin was dark, his face and hands bore streaks of bluish‑black mud marks, his eyes were numb, staring hollowly at Zhang Hao while his hands clutched him without letting go.

Facing the Ghost Power the ghost bride bestowed on Zhang Hao, this ghost showed no change at all.

Obviously, this thing's Terror Level was not weaker than the combined effect of Zhang Hao and the ghost bride.

The contact between the two bodies compared the most fundamental aspect between Fierce Ghosts: Terror Level.

Time continuously slipped away during their stalemate.

Even though neither side acted, and Zhang Hao had nothing on him to measure time, he could feel that the stalemate had lasted more than a day.

Finally, a new change appeared.

"Doo! Doo‑doo!"

While the two remained locked, the printer beside them sounded again, printing newspaper just as before.

Soon, a new newspaper was printed.

At the same time, the Fierce Ghost that had been holding Zhang Hao withdrew its hand.

"Hm? What does that mean?"

Zhang Hao stared at the middle‑aged Fierce Ghost, thought for a moment, and reached again toward the printer.

However, this time he was not reaching for the printer, but for the newspaper that had just been printed.

This time the ghost did not block Zhang Hao, allowing him to pick up the freshly printed newspaper.

"September 10, 1919, Changfeng News Agency reporter went to investigate a bus driver route, disappeared unexpectedly, and it has been nearly a hundred years."

"August 15, 2017, it is said the reporter once stayed at Caesar Grand Hotel, but has now disappeared again."

"Hm?"

Looking at the news on the newspaper, Zhang Hao was somewhat surprised.

The newspaper, the news agency, and the fact that he arrived here on the Nineteen, so does that mean the agency's reporter entered Caesar Grand Hotel before he did? "Could it be that the agency's reporter is actually that newspaper ghost?"

Zhang Hao thought this possibility was not small; the newspaper ghost possessed the ability to alter others' perception and memory, making it fitting as a news agency reporter.

Moreover, the newspaper ghost always held a newspaper in its hand, and recalling the agency's papers, it was hard for Zhang Hao not to suspect.

While Zhang Hao was pondering, the middle‑aged Fierce Ghost that had seized him moved again.

He walked to the other side of the counter, took out a blank newspaper, and also retrieved a small Ink Block from the drawer beneath the counter.

Simultaneously, a sound came from the printer side.

Another new newspaper was printed again.

"August 23, 2017, Red and White Double Evil reached a win‑win Cooperation with Changfeng News Agency."

"Cooperation Clause One: Changfeng News Agency sends Red and White Double Evil away from Caesar Grand Hotel."

"Cooperation Clause Two: Red and White Double Evil must locate the missing reporter for Changfeng News Agency and bring them back." "Cooperation Clause Three: After accepting Changfeng News Agency's clause, Red and White Double Evil the agency must pay the corresponding reward."

"Changfeng News Agency offers reward: publish one Blank Newspaper, one Ghost Ink."

"Cooperation Clause Four: Red and White Double Evil must fulfill the clause within two months; breach requires double compensation to Changfeng News Agency."

At the same time, beneath the newspaper, there was an Official Seal stamped with 'Changfeng News Agency'.

At this moment, the middle‑aged Fierce Ghost picked up the previously arranged newspaper featuring Zhang Hao and the ghost bride, along with the Blank Newspaper and Ink Block, and handed them to Zhang Hao.

Looking at the two newspapers and the Ink Block in the middle‑aged Fierce Ghost's hands, he did not rush to take them.

Because in the corner of the newspaper containing the clauses, there was another blank area.

Compared with where the 'Changfeng News Agency' Official Seal was stamped, that spot should be another seal location.

"If I take these items, does that mean I will subsequently reach a Cooperation Agreement with this news agency?"

Zhang Hao looked at Cooperation Clause Four.

It required him to locate the newspaper ghost within two months and bring the newspaper ghost back to Changfeng News Agency.

In fact, he was not very worried about finding the newspaper ghost.

He worried about how, after finding the newspaper ghost, he would bring it to this place.

Although this time he had contact with the Ghost Newspaper Agency, it did not guarantee he could find it next time.

There are too many derivative hotels of Caesar Grand Hotel; I cannot be sure I am in the same space each time I come.

"Unless this ghost has a way to find me, or a way for me to find it."

Zhang Hao looked at the several items the ghost handed over.

The reason he entered here was because he had come into contact with the newspaper.

Thinking that, Zhang Hao stopped pondering, reached out, and took the two newspapers and Ink Block from the middle‑aged Fierce Ghost's hands.

As Zhang Hao accepted these items, another Official Seal imprint appeared on the other side of the clause newspaper — "Red and White Double Evil".

"Indeed, this is pretty much what I thought."

Zhang Hao looked at the middle‑aged Fierce Ghost; although it showed no sign of abnormality, Zhang Hao still felt it possessed intelligence.

In fact, when the news agency traded with Zhang Hao, he already had conjectures about this agency.

After all, in the original work, any Fierce Ghost with trading ability was invariably strange.

Further thinking, even a newspaper ghost that can steal living people's memories and make them work for it is merely a reporter of the news agency.

It's hard not to let Zhang Hao associate the newspaper office with intelligence.

But after thinking of that, Zhang Hao didn't pay much attention.

Although now he and Dry Corpse Bride lack the ability to confront this newspaper office, that doesn't mean they won't in the future.

Dry Corpse Bride, after obtaining the Ghost Painting Aftermath, still has a huge pile of things to complete.

If, in the future, they find that Hong Bai Shuang Sha-colored room, the bride should also be able to, like the newspaper office, control a small Spiritual Realm.

"Your contract says to send me away; then how should I leave now?"

Zhang Hao glanced at the middle‑aged Fierce Ghost, who remained motionless, stopped pondering that matter, and instead asked about the main purpose.

Leaving Caesar Grand Hotel was the main reason Zhang Hao signed this contract; he didn't value the other compensation much.

(End of chapter)