374 Taboo Rebirth
After Tong Qian was restrained, Yang Jian delegated the aftermath management to Feng Quan.
Due to the unique identity of the ghost, it wasn’t appropriate for him to handle it alone, so the best course of action was to let Feng Quan take care of it, who naturally proceeded to contact headquarters.
Speaking of headquarters.
Zhao Jianguo was not having an easy time at the moment because his command mistake led to the supernatural invasion of the communication room, causing considerable casualties. Although the incident was promptly stopped, many operators nonetheless fell victim and died.
The death of the operators led to many subsequent tasks being mishandled, causing a great deal of indirect damage.
If it weren’t for Zhao Jianguo’s recent recruitment of Yang Jian, it’s likely that just this one mistake at work would have gotten him fired and put into solitary confinement by the headquarters.
“Zhao Jianguo, you’re not a newcomer to handling special incidents, so how could you make such a severe mistake? I really don’t know how to properly criticize you.”
In the office, Deputy Minister Cao Yanhua, furious, looked at the table: “Look now, look, thirty-two operators are dead.”
“Do you realize how hard it was for these operators to build a good rapport with their respective ghost controllers? Now they’ve all perished here. Even if we replace them with newcomers, can you imagine the consequences in the meantime?”
Generally speaking, unless a ghost controller dies, headquarters would not readily change operators.
Just like Yang Jian’s case, his operator was Liu Xiaoyu, and in the later stage, due to his importance, new operators would be added but not replaced.
After all, earning the trust of a ghost controller is not an easy task.
“This matter was my mistake, I won’t argue.”
Zhao Jianguo said while lowering his head, showing deep remorse.
Cao Yanhua continued, “By saying this, it means you still don’t understand your wrongdoings. Your true error was not that one phone call. I’ve already reviewed the recording of the entire incident. Yang Jian, while dealing with the supernatural event in Z City and after confirming that Tong Qian was a ghost, had already called you.”
“This point is key.”
Here, he spoke angrily, “You know very well what Yang Jian is like—he might be a bit rebellious, but he doesn’t talk nonsense like those slippery types in society. Anything that comes out of his mouth is of great importance. You overlooked this, failing to understand the risks behind that call from Yang Jian, and this is the main reason you caused this incident.”
“Therefore, I am really uneasy about having you continue to be responsible for Yang Jian after this event…”
Zhao Jianguo stood with his head bowed, enduring the reprimand without rebuttal, because he indeed bore the primary responsibility for this occasion—those thirty-two operators’ deaths were all caused by him.
However, just at that moment, the office door suddenly opened.
“What is it?” Cao Yanhua asked, his anger subsiding, very seriously.
“Minister, we’ve received news from Feng Quan in Z City. He says that the matter there has been resolved, that the ghost which replaced Tong Qian’s identity has been restrained. He’s asking us to arrange for someone to take over,” hurriedly reported a staff member.
“Good, I understand,” Cao Yanhua thought for a moment and said, “Arrange for Shen Liang to go.”
“Yes, Minister.”
The staff member quickly left.
Zhao Jianguo also sighed inwardly, considering the Deputy Minister’s arrangement, it was very likely that Shen Liang would be in charge of Yang Jian from now on. Although he often met Shen Liang, to be honest, he did not quite like the man, because even though Shen Liang was very capable, Zhao could not accept some of his ideas.
At this very moment, in Z City.
Yang Jian, after restraining the ghost, did not rush to leave the area, but he also did not feel at ease staying alone in this district.
Although the ghost had been restrained, the danger had not completely ended.
Who knows how many more people had their memories tampered with, secretly watching him, and he certainly couldn’t catch each one and restore their memories.
So the best course of action was to head to the suburbs and find a secluded, uninhabited place to hide.
Luo Su Yi had a villa in the outskirts of Z City, where Yang Jian decided to temporarily stay for a few days to also deal with Ghost Face.
As for Xiong Wenwen.
Yang Jian didn’t leave him behind but contacted headquarters directly and had them send a special plane to pick him up.
He had done his utmost to help Yang Jian survive several crises. If it weren’t for Xiong Wenwen’s premonition ability, perhaps he would have died in their first encounter and wouldn’t have lasted until now.
“Hopefully, he can find a way to survive,” Yang Jian sighed in his heart after sending Xiong Wenwen away.
If the child died due to the resurrection of vicious ghosts, it would be a pity, and even more, a tragedy.
Whether Xiong Wenwen could survive depended on whether the headquarters was willing to expend some effort to help him control the second ghost.
And in this, Yang Jian was powerless.
Evening.
Outside a villa in the suburbs of Z City, Luo Su Yi had set up a barbecue grill and was enthusiastically grilling skewers with a companion named Huang Fei, both drinking beer and in high spirits, clearly very happy.
After all, they had just managed to survive the ordeal in Z City; the feeling of escaping death was not something one could enjoy all the time.
“To celebrating our survival once more,” Luo Su Yi raised his beer bottle and shouted.
Huang Fei laughed and toasted.
However, Lin Luomei next to him watched Luo Su Yi with a look of tolerant amusement. Without a word, she fiddled with a brand-new business card in her hands.
It was a card Yang Jian had given her, which was blank except for a special phone number.
It was Wang Xiaoming’s private contact method.
Yang Jian had given the opportunity to control a second ghost to Lin Luomei, and she was now contemplating when to make that call.
Of course, not just yet.