210, the second place
“This is the person in charge of each district in Dachang City.” Sun Yi brought Yang Jian to another office.
The room was filled with important personnel from various departments of Dachang City.
A middle-aged man in a shirt nodded at Yang Jian with a smile.
“This is the person in charge of Eastern City District … and those over there are captains from other districts.”
“Besides, there are several people who were preoccupied today and didn’t have time to attend, so they couldn’t preside over this meeting. However, it’s not a big impact. By the way, you should have met Zhao Kaiming, the person responsible for Dachang City, before,” he added.
Sun Yi introduced each person sitting in the room, ending with Zhao Kaiming.
From today onward, their positions would be the same.
“Zhao Kaiming?” Yang Jian narrowed his eyes and focused his attention on him.
Zhao Kaiming sat there with a frosty expression, looking at Yang Jian. He would have never thought that Yang Jian, after surviving an assassination attempt by Xiaoqiang Entertainment Club, would miraculously become the second person in charge of Dachang City—a precedent not yet set domestically.
As it was known, the number of ghost manipulators at headquarters was not large, and some cities didn’t even have a person in charge.
The emergence of Yang Jian undeniably sent an ominous signal to Zhao Kaiming.
“Yang Jian, congratulations. I hope to learn much from you in our work as a fellow ghost manipulator,” Zhao Kaiming said with a smile, but it was a particularly cold one.
“I should be the one saying that to you,” Yang Jian replied.
If it weren’t for the occasion, he might have even started fighting with Zhao Kaiming on the spot.
Zhao Kaiming said, “You’re too modest, Yang Jian. With the recent surge in supernatural incidents in Dachang City, I think having someone as young and capable as you to assist will make the upcoming work much easier.”
“Let’s hope so,” Yang Jian said, choosing not to continue the conversation.
By showing up in such a situation, Zhao Kaiming had made it clear that he trusted Yang Jian would not do anything to him in this setting.
Sun Yi then said, “According to previous regulations, the appointment of a person in charge in Dachang City requires corresponding personnel support.”
“That sort of thing, I think we can put on hold for now. With Zhao Kaiming here, I just need to be in name only,” Yang Jian immediately said.
Sun Yi was taken aback.
He didn’t quite understand Yang Jian’s intention.
Why be in charge just in name and undertake such responsibilities? Isn’t that superfluous, and just like that, it’s equal to giving up many rights.
“Furthermore, before that, there is an especially important matter that needs handling. You all must be aware of the incident that happened yesterday at Guanjiang Residential Complex,” Yang Jian continued.
“Indeed, a serious event did occur yesterday, and it was targeted at a person in charge, which has had a significant impact. Most of the culprits have been killed, but two key people are still at large. One is Wang Xiaoqiang from Xiaoqiang Entertainment Club; the other is one of the club’s members named Ye Feng.”
A staffer took out a file and used a projector to show it to everyone.
The others in the room were all aware of the gravity of the situation, having received orders from above the previous night to deal seriously with the matter.
Yang Jian said, “I’m not clear about the current situation and won’t interfere with your work, but I have only one goal now: find a way to locate these two individuals, secure their position, and then personally lead a team to deal with them, ensuring they have no chance to escape.”
After speaking, he glanced at Zhao Kaiming beside him.
Zhao Kaiming narrowed his eyes, understanding that Yang Jian was killing the chicken to scare the monkey, expressing his surface attitude toward him.
“Xiaoqiang Entertainment Club is in Eastern City District of Dachang City—this operation will be under my jurisdiction,” a middle-aged man with a heavy voice declared. “Such dangerous individuals absolutely cannot be left unattended. I will take charge of the operation and hope for everyone’s cooperation, aiming to resolve this within three days.”
“Wang Xiaoqiang and Ye Feng are ghost manipulators, so everyone should be prepared,” Yang Jian stated.
The rest of the group took a deep breath, their expressions growing solemn.
It seemed the words “ghost manipulators” carried a certain taboo.
“I will take responsibility for the consequences of this matter, and there will be no chaos, but I just need to know when we can start the operation,” Yang Jian inquired.
“The operation can commence as early as this afternoon,” answered the middle-aged man in uniform.
Yang Jian said, “Good, then we’ll take action this afternoon.”
“This guy is ruthless enough. I used to think this kid was just an ignorant student, but it looks like I’ve underestimated him. The more he is like this, the more it proves my earlier suspicions were correct. Dachang City will either have him without me or me without him. It was right to make the first move, only a pity that there was a problem with Wang Yue’s part, otherwise he would have been eliminated yesterday,” Zhao Kaiming thought with a particularly gloomy expression on his face.
If it weren’t for the unfortunate coincidence of the Ghost Door Knocker incident happening just then, with Wang Yue dying in the Ghost Domain, how could things have evolved this way?
Yang Jian had really just been too lucky; man’s plans are inferior to those made by heaven—he had dodged the deadly trap set for him.
Setting up another plan specifically for him now would be extremely difficult.
If Yang Jian knew what Zhao Kaiming was thinking, he would find it laughable.
Luck?
He had never relied on luck to survive. From the first supernatural incident, he had relied on his own abilities, and the Ghost Door Knocker incident had erupted precisely because Yang Jian had made arrangements well in advance.
Zhao Kaiming thought to himself, “I wonder if Wang Xiaoqiang has heard the news and fled. If not, today Wang Xiaoqiang is probably going to meet his end here.”
He still hoped in his heart that Wang Xiaoqiang could escape.
That way, Yang Jian’s attention wouldn’t be on him for the time being.
But that was quite unlikely.
Because this was not a one-man operation, but the collective effort of the entire Dachang City, Wang Xiaoqiang had become like a rat in the sewer, ever on the run.
Even if Yang Jian spared him today, headquarters would not let him off the hook.