Chapter 181: Ye Zhen’s Arrival
After killing all the headquarters high-level officials who were cooperating with the Circle of Friends, Jiang Shan calmly used Li Yao’s mobile phone to make a phone call.
After a brief wait, a familiar voice came from the other end of the phone:
“Hello, this is Zhao Jianguo. May I ask who you are?”
Seeing it was an unfamiliar number, Zhao Jianguo asked the name with doubt.
Because many ghost wielders usually called his private phone with unfamiliar numbers, he did not show much surprise.
“This is Jiang Shan. Tell headquarters that tonight it’s time to collect the corpses for certain people. Those people were all killed by me. If headquarters has any dissatisfaction with me or wants to take any measures, I await the headquarters’ people.”
“If headquarters does not plan to do so, I know headquarters is going to hold a captain meeting and branch executive meeting recently. Remember to prepare compensation at that time. As for what the compensation is, let headquarters arrange it themselves. What I want is headquarters’ attitude.”
“Jiang Shan.”
Before Zhao Jianguo could speak, Jiang Shan hung up the phone after speaking.
Zhao Jianguo, who was currently in the headquarters satellite surveillance room, was somewhat dazed. He looked at the middle-aged man with furrowed brows beside him and asked doubtfully:
“Minister Sun, what exactly are you still hiding from me? Why did Jiang Shan use ghost domain to cover Dajing City tonight? What does he mean by telling headquarters to collect corpses for people? What exactly have you all been doing these past few days?!”
Zhao Jianguo, who had just been promoted to vice minister because Cao Yanhua left, seemed unaware of the transaction between headquarters and the Circle of Friends. He only knew that recently many people’s faces at headquarters inadvertently showed expressions of anxiety and unease.
He had only seen that kind of expression on the faces of those stock traders in the trading club more than a decade ago.
There is a problem.
Headquarters has a big problem recently.
It was as if an invisible big net had enveloped headquarters, enveloped the country, and the purpose of this big net was clearly not that simple.
Although Zhao Jianguo was also investigating, he, who had just entered the power center, could not possibly be accepted by a group of conspirators.
Hiding the truth, borrowing a knife to kill.
Retracting the branches’ power and strengthening their own forces, that was what the “big shots” behind the Circle of Friends wanted to do.
Jiang Shan’s phone call, plus the recent rumors in the supernatural circle, made Zhao Jianguo already understand something.
At this moment, his gaze carried anger as he stared unblinkingly at Sun Huafeng.
“Brother Zhao, allow me to say some words off topic. You know how headquarters was established back then. Without those people from the Circle of Friends, headquarters might not even have been built now. Even though we have support from above now, the big shots behind the Circle of Friends, their power is beyond our imagination.”
“Do you think I haven’t thought about promoting you? You have ability and responsibility, but the fact is, even as the headquarters minister, I have no power. Rather, it’s not that I have no power, but I cannot promote you. Promoting Cao Yanhua, the Circle of Friends’ forces in headquarters must account for sixty percent.”
After everyone in the surveillance room left, Sun Huafeng looked at Zhao Jianguo with a bitter expression and said mockingly.
But as he spoke, he suddenly smiled faintly, then slowly said:
“But from the looks of it, those big shots who could cover the sky with one hand might already be dead now.”
“Dead?” Zhao Jianguo said somewhat incredulously.
“That group wanted to use the Circle of Friends to retract the branches’ power, and now Jiang Shan has appeared in Dajing City. No need for me to say more about what happened, right, Brother Zhao.”
After hearing Sun Huafeng’s words, Zhao Jianguo, having understood what exactly happened in Dajing City, had his pupils shrink sharply, his face full of shock.
“Those people above who participated in this matter… all died?”
“Mm, but there aren’t many at that level. Many among them are at the same level as you and me, some even have lower official positions.”
Looking at the silent minister, he already understood that some words could not be said, but there was one thing they now had to consider.
Although the Circle of Friends and the forces behind it had been wiped out, what kind of impact would headquarters, which had always been parasitized by the Circle of Friends, suffer.
Transformation?
New life?
Or would it collapse with a bang?
Thinking of the various unexpected changes that would appear in Dajing City next, Zhao Jianguo inevitably felt heavy-hearted. He exchanged a glance with Minister Sun, then sighed deeply and said:
“I understand. I won’t ask anymore nor say anymore. First conceal the news of the deaths of the high-level officials above and related personnel. The most urgent matter is not handling headquarters’ internal problems, but the captain and branch matters.”
Zhao Jianguo clearly knew what kind of impact such a scandal within headquarters would have on the current situation.
According to headquarters’ current capabilities and the domestic trends, the implementation of the branch plan and captain plan is an inevitable trend.
But the people managing headquarters and granting power actually wanted to retract power, even resorting to controlling headquarters and joining with folk organizations to assassinate the minister.
How could this make the already cautious and suspicious Yang Jian, Liu San, and others willingly serve as captains?
If the “feudal-style” system of captains and ministers could not be established, then domestic supernatural events would completely lose control.
At that time,
The country would be plunged into misery and suffering, with ghost disasters and human chaos!
After the phone call, Jiang Shan’s eyes flickered. He did not care what kind of turmoil would arise within headquarters.
If headquarters lacked management ability, that was just the country’s sorrow.
But if these people behind the Circle of Friends did not die, then not only him, but all ghost wielders, even everyone in the country, would forever have a poisonous snake coveting their lives behind them.
So cleansing was necessary, even if the price might be very high.
Glancing at the corpses all over the ground, Jiang Shan was expressionless, without the slightest movement. Through peeking into the shattered memories of the Circle of Friends crowd, he now knew:
“That ghost eye was provided by Wang Chaling. For this, the Circle of Friends also helped him steal the starving ghost in advance. A group of beasts indulging in debauchery.”
Knowing all this, Jiang Shan’s eyes were ice-cold.
Regarding the starving ghost, he had originally planned to demand it back from the branch when headquarters held the captain meeting, not giving Wang Chaling a chance.
Although it felt somewhat redundant, after all, Jiang Shan’s strength at that time was indeed insufficient to possess the starving ghost.
Even though he was already a top-tier ghost wielder of that era back then, he had no power or influence and did not have the strength to suppress the crowd.
If he forcibly kept it, not only would he face pressure from headquarters, but he would also have to be on guard against attacks from teams formed by folk ghost wielders at all times.
So Jiang Shan gave up the starving ghost, but he did not expect the unexpected change to come so quickly.
“Now the starving ghost was stolen by Wang Chaling in advance, and the wishing ghost is also nowhere to be found. If these two meet, then Wang Chaling’s hypothesis might really succeed… Looks like I need to find time to ‘visit’ him.”
Just as Jiang Shan was pondering, the phone in his hand rang again.
“This number is Cao Yanhua’s?”
Looking at the mobile number on the screen, Jiang Shan guessed that Zhao Jianguo had told Cao Yanhua Li Yao’s number.
After answering, Cao Yanhua’s somewhat helpless voice came from the phone:
“Jiang Shan, Ye Zhen is here.”
