Chapter 204: Get Me A Pack Of Cigarettes
After announcing the “Haunted House” plan at the meeting, to avoid revealing his whereabouts, Jiang Shan was now taking a plane to ZS City.
Because it was stuck at the critical moment when the Newspaper Ghost appeared at Caesar Grand Hotel, plus the branch plan had just been established.
So he needed to create the illusion that he was still in Dachun City. This was not only to stabilize the morale of the branch staff, but also to prevent Ghost Wielders like Wang Chaling from causing trouble.
After all, the current Jiang Shan was the pinnacle of Ghost Wielders in this era.
It could even be said that,
Wherever he was, that place was the branch.
And regarding the matter in ZS City, Zhao Jianguo had said that Headquarters was deliberately concealing this incident.
His current identity was extremely special. If it was discovered that the number one Ghost Wielder in the Supernatural Circle had entered ZS City, wouldn’t that announce to the outside world that the Supernatural Event in ZS City was extremely serious?
Various reasons mixed together, so there was no need to be so high-profile.
“Minister Jiang, Headquarters has sent the final communication recording of the person in charge in ZS City. Do you want to listen?”
The accompanying staff member next to him was secretly sizing up Jiang Shan at this moment.
Not because of some emotion beyond friendship between man and man, but purely out of curiosity.
Rumors said he casually solved the Starving Ghost Incident; his Ghost Domain could cover half a province; he slaughtered the entire Circle of Friends in one night—the legendary Ghost Wielder. Anyone would want to learn more about him.
This was human curiosity toward the unknown and the mysterious.
“Sure.”
To confirm if Tong Qian’s encounter deviated from the Original Work and to ensure subsequent actions, Jiang Shan did not refuse.
“I am Tong Qian. I am very sorry regarding the Human Head Balloon incident in ZS City. I cannot resolve it effectively in a short time. But after I checked the recordings and videos across the city, I found that the initial few human heads were floating in the sky above South City in ZS City.” Jiang Shan was now wearing earphones, listening to the final communication recording between Tong Qian and her operator:
“Today I searched for another day. Relying on some instinctive sensing, I arrived in front of the famous Caesar Grand Hotel in South City. Some instinctive sensing told me that this hotel seemed problematic, and I needed to investigate it personally.”
The voice paused here.
“There… is a problem.” The last sentence of the recording played, and Tong Qian’s voice was never heard again.
“It seems Tong Qian’s encounter is no different from the Original Work.”
After confirming everything was fine, Jiang Shan glanced at the positioning of Feng Quan and Guo Fan displayed on his mobile phone.
He found that the two were still inside Caesar Grand Hotel, so he tapped the mute button on his mobile phone and said to Jiang Qingwu on the other end of the phone:
“Can you contact Feng Quan and Guo Fan now?”
Jiang Qingwu’s voice came from the phone: “Although their satellite phones have recovered some signal, they are still in a state where contact is impossible.”
“Got it. Notify Zhao Jianguo that after I enter ZS City, I will head to Caesar Grand Hotel. If they still haven’t come out by the time I arrive in ZS City, once contact is restored, have them stay in the first floor hall of the hotel waiting for me.”
“Moreover, starting from when I enter Caesar Grand Hotel, detain and handle anyone associated with Caesar Grand Hotel as ghosts. No exceptions for anyone, no matter the reason.” Jiang Shan’s attitude was very firm.
Because he still did not know the Newspaper Ghost’s killing pattern or how it killed Tong Qian and stole her body.
So the simplest and most brutal way was to restrict all personnel related to the Newspaper Ghost and then screen them one by one.
Although this method wasted manpower and resources.
But it was indeed the most effective measure to find the Newspaper Ghost’s true form at the smallest cost in the worst situation.
“I’ll notify Minister Zhao right now.” Jiang Qingwu replied immediately.
During the call, suddenly, the plane flying normally in the air seemed to encounter something, tilting sharply to the right. Several people in the cabin almost lost their balance and fell.
“What happened?” An accompanying staff member next to him immediately asked.
The co-pilot immediately said, “We’ve entered the airspace above ZS City. Just now during flight, we nearly collided with something.”
Jiang Shan, who already knew what it was, remained calm, but he still looked out the window.
He saw objects floating in the sky above ZS City like balloons, drifting above the city, swaying constantly with the wind. Although scattered, a casual glance revealed at least several hundred of them.
And the nearest dozen or so balloons seemed to drift over intentionally.
“So many human heads? This number… The situation in ZS City has deteriorated to this extent, and Headquarters is still thinking of concealing it? It seems Headquarters really has no available Ghost Wielders on hand.”
Looking at the dense scene outside the window, almost forming a sea of human heads, Jiang Shan frowned slightly.
For some reason, the Human Head Balloons had killed more people than in the Original Work.
Although given the terror level of the Human Head Balloons, it killing more people was no big deal for Jiang Shan, the Unexpected Change differing from the Original Work still made him vigilant.
Even though he now had sufficient means to protect himself, facing a Fierce Ghost with caution was always worthy of praise.
“What… what the hell are these things?”
The accompanying staff looked at the Human Head Balloons outside the window in horror.
Although he didn’t notice anything unusual about the Human Head Balloons—they seemed like just ordinary dead human heads.
But not noticing anything unusual didn’t mean it was fine.
Because would ordinary dead human heads float like this in the sky above the city?
“Try to avoid these things. You can land at any airport nearby, then you can leave.” Jiang Shan said.
“Okay.” The pilot replied immediately.
The plane finally stopped at an airport under construction.
This place was far from the city center, and there were pitifully few buildings around. Even in such a desolate area, there were still quite a few human heads floating in the sky.
After the plane descended, Jiang Shan saw several Temporary Command Centers here and a few helicopters parked.
These should be the special planes of Guo Fan, Feng Quan, and others.
As soon as he got off the plane, a person hurried over: “Minister Jiang, I am Wang Yu, the liaison officer for special events in ZS City. During your action, I will be responsible for liaising with you and providing related support work.”
“If you have any needs, I will fulfill them immediately.”
“Good, then no more chit-chat. Go prepare a car now—any car will do. Drive me to Caesar Grand Hotel in a bit. Zhao Jianguo should have received my other requests. Handle those matters well, with no oversights.”
Jiang Shan issued the order without any courtesy.
“I’ll get it done right away.” Wang Yu said immediately: “Do you have any other requests?”
“Yes, when you come with the car, bring me a pack of cigarettes.”
