Chapter 234: Past Me?
“The meeting was advanced by one day? Did Headquarters inform you of the reason?” Hearing Cao Yanhua’s words, Jiang Shan frowned slightly and then asked.
Normally, the Captain Meeting convened by Headquarters this time would completely change the domestic situation.
All power in the local areas would be dispersed by Headquarters to the twelve Captains.
The situation of “Vassal Lords” securing the nation and the “Son of Heaven” governing the world would form.
A meeting of this level would not normally change the time temporarily, after all, extending the meeting date would make people suspect Headquarters’ capability.
What’s more, it was advanced?
So Jiang Shan immediately felt that this meeting’s advancement was inseparable from Zhao Jianguo, perhaps he wanted to use this extra day to do some unknown little tricks.
Otherwise, even if the meeting was already prepared in advance, Headquarters would absolutely not advance the date.
“It was Minister Sun who personally called me. Actually, it’s not that the meeting was advanced, but Minister Sun wants you to go to Dajing City one day early.” Cao Yanhua’s voice came from the phone.
Jiang Shan immediately said: “He has noticed something wrong inside Headquarters, so he wants me to go steady the scene?”
“You really know something. Jiang Shan, what exactly are you hiding from me?” Cao Yanhua’s tone carried a trace of unease.
He hadn’t expected Jiang Shan to know the reason and purpose for Minister Sun wanting him to go to Dajing City early.
This meant he had long known that something would happen at Headquarters!
He was deliberately concealing this matter!
Although Cao Yanhua and Jiang Shan hadn’t spent much time together, and back then Cao Yanhua joined the Branch completely because of his disappointment with Headquarters, and Jiang Shan’s words made him feel different, so he chose to take a gamble.
After all, if Headquarters really “rotted.”
Even if the domestic situation became turbulent and chaotic, at least he could still guarantee the safety of the people in the Branch he managed.
Moreover, Cao Yanhua knew that although Jiang Shan was young, he handled many things even more meticulously than him, and most importantly, his stance was very firm.
Expanding the Branch might indicate his ambition.
But the Branch’s various measures and Jiang Shan’s actions proved that he did not want Headquarters to collapse, nor did he want the situation to become turbulent.
So Jiang Shan not informing him of this intelligence must have his reasons.
But it was precisely this “reason” that made Cao Yanhua feel a trace of unease in his heart.
If Jiang Shan wasn’t even willing to tell him, the second-in-command of the Branch, then how bad an impact would this matter have?
It had to be said,
Cao Yanhua’s analysis of intelligence and grasp of people’s personalities were very precise and spot-on.
Jiang Shan indeed did not want to tell Cao Yanhua about the Newspaper Ghost’s Supernatural influencing Zhao Jianguo, after all, he couldn’t ensure whether Cao Yanhua had also been supernaturally influenced.
Once Cao Yanhua also had a problem, it would mean all intelligence was controlled by Zhao Jianguo, and then he would have a lot of room to maneuver at Headquarters.
The enemy in the dark, I in the light,
Even though Jiang Shan’s current strength was enough for self-preservation, he was unwilling to gamble on the worst situation occurring.
But the day of the Headquarters meeting was coming soon, even if Cao Yanhua’s memory had been altered it didn’t matter, Jiang Shan originally planned to tell him everything today.
Since that was the case, he told Cao Yanhua everything about how the Newspaper Ghost altered Zhao Jianguo’s memory through Feng Quan.
“What! Zhao Jianguo’s memory was actually influenced by a ghost?! That’s why you didn’t tell me in advance, you’re suspecting that my memory was also altered?”
Cao Yanhua, upon first hearing the news, was full of shock and anger.
But after quickly calming down, he understood why Jiang Shan had concealed it from him, so with a heavy tone he slowly said:
“I’ll think now about how to handle this matter. Be careful when you go to Dajing City. Headquarters might all have been infiltrated by the Newspaper Ghost’s Supernatural now, and having you go early might have issues.”
“Mm, I know.”
Neither Jiang Shan nor Cao Yanhua mentioned the way to handle not going to Dajing City, because both of them knew.
The terror level of this matter.
If it was just Zhao Jianguo having a problem, perhaps this matter could be handled properly after paying some price.
But once Headquarters was entirely influenced by the Newspaper Ghost’s Supernatural, then this meeting gathering the twelve Captains, what kind of disaster would erupt?
Unimaginable,
Extremely terrifying.
Although Dajing City still had Old Qin sitting there, for this mysterious unknown Old Man, even though Cao Yanhua had seen his terrifying strength, he still felt unsure.
So it was necessary for Jiang Shan to go to Dajing City early.
If Minister Sun’s memory hadn’t been altered, then Jiang Shan could quickly solve this possible erupting crisis with him and Old Qin.
This was the best outcome.
And even if Minister Sun’s memory had been altered, with Jiang Shan’s arrival, he and Old Qin might be able to control the development of the situation to a certain extent, not letting it deteriorate too rapidly.
The more Cao Yanhua thought, the more cold sweat covered his body, countless future situations and possibilities crazily intersecting in his mind.
Next,
After asking some more details, Cao Yanhua hung up the phone. Now he needed to prepare sufficiently for the various possible future situations.
There was still a day and a half; he had to arrange everything during this time.
Looking at the already hung-up phone, Jiang Shan’s expression showed no fluctuation.
Even though he completely didn’t know what would erupt at Headquarters soon, to break this passive situation, what was needed was not just: “Meet soldiers with generals, earth with water.”
More was to try to actively seek opportunities.
There is no perfect thing in the world.
Ghosts also have flaws.
Most importantly, Headquarters still had Old Qin guarding it; there weren’t many ghosts or people in this world that could kill Old Qin.
After returning to Dachun City,
The first thing Jiang Shan handled was the strange noise in his Study Safe House. After listening to the audio Chen Yue sent him, he had already determined the source of this strange noise.
Ghost Mirror Shard.
Ever since the Ghost Mirror shattered, Jiang Shan, who discovered its shards still retained part of the Supernatural Space, chose to use the Ghost Mirror Shard to detain the Fierce Ghosts that escaped from the Ghost Rain.
Because Dachun City’s gold reserve really wasn’t enough to make detention containers for these thirty-plus Fierce Ghosts, that’s why he chose this method.
After all, handling supernatural with supernatural carried certain risks.
And this time the strange noise in the Safe House was a sign that the risk might appear.
“The ghost’s shadow in the Mirror Shard is becoming clearer, and once its form fully manifests, the ghost should escape from the Ghost Mirror’s Supernatural Space.”
Returning to the Study Room and opening the largest Gold Box, Jiang Shan took out the Ghost Mirror Shard and looked at the increasingly clear ghost in the mirror getting closer and closer to him. He already knew the problem:
“Sure enough, an incomplete Ghost Mirror cannot detain a Fierce Ghost. The ghost will escape with time. These Gold Boxes are too small; they can only block the ghost’s perception but cannot isolate physical force. A humanoid ghost escaping from the Ghost Mirror will burst them.”
Jiang Shan immediately informed Cao Yanhua of this problem, having him start preparing to forge Detention Containers right after the gold arrived from the Supernatural Forum.
Next,
The entire afternoon he was researching the Dead Face Ghost’s Ghost Domain.
Looking at his illusory hands that seemed nonexistent in reality, Jiang Shan’s pupils contracted slightly as he couldn’t help saying:
“My current state is—Past Me?”
