Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 151 Six Captains
To become the head of Greater Hangzhou?
After listening to what Cao Yanhua said, Li Hui showed a look of surprise. He had actually made many guesses before, but he never expected that the "meeting content related to himself" that Li Wanyu mentioned would be about publicly making him the person in charge of Dahang City at the meeting.

This surprised Li Hui.

According to what he said when he joined the headquarters, they only had a cooperative relationship and did not truly join the headquarters like other ghost riders. Therefore, theoretically speaking, the headquarters would not allow him to become the city manager, especially in a large city like Hangzhou.

But then I thought about it.

Li Hui quickly understood the other party's intention.

This is clearly a decentralization by headquarters.

According to headquarters' plan, the number of team leaders will be controlled to around 12. Each team leader will have the right, and will most likely form their own Ghost Tamer squad, to assist them in handling some sudden paranormal events.

Now that Captain Li Hui's identity has been made public, he naturally needs to be given corresponding authority. Being stationed in a large city is both a right and a responsibility. If this were in ancient times, it would be the relationship between being granted a king and a fiefdom.

However, doing so has both advantages and disadvantages.

Once Li Hui takes office as the head of Dahang City, the entire city will become his personal fiefdom, and even some neighboring cities will be affected by him.

If Li Hui were to harbor other intentions at that time, he might very well become the second Ye Zhen, and his Ghost Tamer team might also become the second Supernatural Forum.

Given Li Hui's strength, even headquarters wouldn't be able to expend a lot of energy dealing with him, just like headquarters has always let the paranormal forum in Dahai City go unchecked.

It's not that we lack the ability to manage it, but rather that the losses outweigh the gains, and the price we would have to pay would be unacceptable to the Ghost Tamer Headquarters.

But think about it the other way around.

If Li Hui is willing to do practical things, then even if Dahang City becomes his personal fiefdom, as long as all the supernatural events that break out in Dahang City can be successfully resolved in the first instance, then the ordinary people of Dahang City will be safe.

With paranormal events occurring frequently around the world, there is a growing sense that they are spiraling out of control. If Li Hui can protect a region, then it wouldn't be unacceptable for him to want to become an independent 'vassal king' headquarters.

Think of this.

Li Hui had to admit that the headquarters had been very 'generous' in this regard.

The only thing that surprised him was that headquarters discussed this matter publicly at a meeting, because appointments like this, where someone becomes the head of a city, could usually be decided after asking for opinions privately.

While thinking.

Li Hui began by asking, "Who is currently in charge of the Greater Hangzhou area?"

In large cities like Dahang, there are usually people in charge. Even if someone in charge dies in a paranormal event, another ghost-controlling person will quickly take their place. Dachang City is the most typical example of this.

Upon hearing this, Cao Yanhua said, "Currently, there is no official person in charge in Dahang City. The former person in charge, Zhang Feng, died in a sudden supernatural event. Currently, a ghost tamer named Zhao Fan is temporarily taking over the position, but he is not from Dahang City; he has only been temporarily transferred there."

"Is this so..."

Li Hui nodded knowingly.

Cao Yanhua's words have confirmed a lot of information, including that there are no powerful local ghost tamers in Dahang City, otherwise it would not have been possible for headquarters to send a ghost tamer from another place to support them.

Li Hui then continued, "Since there is currently no person in charge in Dahang City, I will accept this position."

In this short period of time, Li Hui thought a lot, but in the end he still agreed to become the person in charge of Dahang City.

To be precise, when he was determined to build his own power and gather other ghost tamers, including Zhang Lei, he had already thought about which city to develop in.

Now that the headquarters has taken the initiative to offer this, it is undoubtedly a good thing for him, especially since he is going to manage the greater Hangzhou city area.

It is a large city, ranking among the top in China in terms of economy, population, and land area. It is adjacent to many other cities of all sizes, such as Dahai City, Xiaojia City, Xiaoshao City, Dayong City, Xiaotai City, Dasu City, and Dachang City.

"Okay, the headquarters will arrange the necessary transfers. Once you arrive in Hangzhou, Zhao Fan will assist you with the handover."

At this moment, Cao Yanhua also showed a smile on his face and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, the proposal to appoint Li Hui as the person in charge of Dahang City was not his idea, but an order personally issued by the minister beforehand. He was just an executor.

As for why the minister issued such an order, he had no idea.

Then Cao Yanhua continued, "Besides Li Hui, the second captain is Li Jun, whose achievements are well known to everyone..."

"Sure enough, after the butterfly effect occurred, everything changed." Li Hui thought to himself as he watched Cao Yanhua standing in front of the conference table talking about the other team leaders.

In the original work, the meeting mainly revolved around the ghost messenger incident, discussing how to deal with the ghost messenger. In the end, Wang Xiaoming made the final decision to lure the ghost painting and then let the two S-level supernatural events collide.

As for the Captain Project, it was only briefly mentioned at the first headquarters meeting, and no list of candidates for Captain was announced at all.

Speaking of the Captain Project, Li Hui remembers that the original work seemed to have some deviations from the established rules.

Initially, it was said that the list of team leaders was hidden and not made public, and that people without sufficient permissions could not view it. Later, however, it somehow became known to everyone.

The most outrageous thing is that the original intention of the Captain Plan was to select a captain and then have other ghost riders cooperate with the captain's actions. However, the captain's selection was not made public, so how were the others supposed to cooperate?

at the same time.

On the other side, when Cao Yanhua brought up the 'Captain Project' again, Yang Jian couldn't help but ask, "What exactly is this so-called Captain Project?"

He had heard these four words before, but no one had ever explained to him what they meant. He only knew the general meaning, but not the details.

Yang Jian asked Feng Quan, who was sitting to his right, but the person who answered him was an ordinary-looking man with a calm expression, who was sitting to his left.

The man then said, "The meaning of the Captain Plan is just like the name of the plan itself. It means to select a captain among the Ghost Tamers to 'manage' the other ordinary Ghost Tamers."

"Who are you?" Yang Jian looked at the man curiously.

At this moment, the man responded, "My name is Li Leping, and I am the person in charge of Dachuan City. You must be the person in charge of Dachang City, right? Ghost Eye Yang Jian, I have seen the files of the Hungry Ghost, so I know a little about you."

Li Leping?
Upon hearing this, Yang Jian glanced at the nameplate on the table in front of the man, confirming his identity, but there was still a hint of something unusual in his eyes.

Yang Jian discovered that once the person who called himself 'Li Leping' left his sight, he could no longer remember what Li Leping looked like. He could only vaguely remember that there was such a person, but he couldn't remember his appearance.

"A person whose face cannot be remembered?"

Yang Jian thought to himself.

At this moment, Yang Jian felt no trace of being invaded by the supernatural, nor did he feel that there was anything wrong with his thinking. However, Li Leping was only known by his name in his mind, but not by his appearance. This was obviously a very terrifying ghost tamer!
"I thought that after I was resurrected from hanging myself and became an anomaly, I could be considered a first-class ghost tamer. It seems that I am still far from it. None of the ghost tamers who came to this headquarters meeting are simpletons. Let's not talk about Li Hui for now. This Li Leping is no simpleton either, and there are others..."

Thinking.

Yang Jian glanced at the other ghost tamers sitting on either side of the conference table.

Many of them looked incredibly strange, enveloped in a chilling aura, their bodies slightly stiff, and emanating a faint stench of death.

Judging from their appearance alone, many of the people present looked no different from real ghosts, obviously because they had been ghost tamers for too long and their bodies had been excessively eroded by supernatural forces.

At this point, Yang Jian was no longer a clueless novice. He knew that all such ghost tamers were extremely terrifying, because the increased resurgence of the vengeful spirits within them allowed them to use the power of the vengeful spirits to the maximum extent.

In this situation, those who possess wisdom are even more terrifying than some vengeful ghosts!
However, if they were to actually face off, aside from Li Hui and a few others, Yang Jian was not intimidated by the others present.

After all, he was also an anomaly after being resurrected from hanging. The headless ghost was completely dead. With the dead ghost suppressing him, the ghost eye in his body also showed no signs of revival, and he could also use the supernatural power of the vengeful ghost to the maximum extent.

However, when it comes to Li Hui, there is another old man who also makes him feel wary.

It was the old man with age spots and a wrinkled face who had come in with Cao Yanhua and Wang Xiaoming earlier, leaning on a cane. According to Liu Xiaoyu's previous description, Yang Jian suspected that the old man was very likely the legendary 'Number One Ghost Tamer of Dajing City'!
Moreover, according to Liu Xiaoyu, the title of the number one ghost tamer in Dajing City is widely recognized, which is a bit frightening.

Given the rich history of Dajing City, there must be a considerable number of ghost tamers, both overt and covert. To be recognized as the number one by everyone speaks volumes about the old man's strength. According to Yang Jian's guess, even if the old man is not as good as Li Hui, he is probably not far behind.

Most importantly, the old man's age...

He looked to be at least eighty or ninety years old, maybe even close to one hundred. Based on this age, it's possible that the seemingly ordinary old man was from the Republican era.

Based on the information Yang Jian currently has, it seems that all the supernatural events point to the special era of the Republic of China. Whether it is the ghost mirror or other items, or the old house where the ghost mirror is stored, they all belong to that period. Moreover, there are also clues related to that period in other events he has experienced.

Think of this.

Yang Jian suddenly had the idea of ​​having a conversation with that old man.

at this time.

Whether it was sensing Yang Jian's probing gaze or not, Old Qin, who was sitting at the conference table, suddenly turned his head and looked in Yang Jian's direction, but only glanced at him before turning his head back, as if he had just glanced at him unconsciously.

Upon seeing this, Yang Jian's expression shifted, thinking to himself that the old man had incredibly powerful perception. He then shifted his gaze away from the old man and instead focused on Cao Yanhua.

At this moment, Cao Yanhua's 'speech' was about to end. He said, "After the headquarters' selection, these are the six team leaders. The headquarters plans to have 12 team leaders, which means that six more team leaders will be selected in the future."

"That concludes the main points of the Captain's Plan at this meeting. Does anyone have anything to add? If so, please speak now. Otherwise, the meeting will move on to the next phase, which will be chaired by Professor Wang."

Done.

Cao Yanhua glanced at all the ghost tamers on both sides of the conference table below, waiting for their feedback.

However, no one spoke at this moment; everyone was still absorbed in the captain candidates that Cao Yanhua had just mentioned.

Li Hui, Li Jun, Li Leping, Liu San, Jiang Shangbai, Cao Yang... a total of six team leaders have been selected.

Everyone knows that this is actually out in the open, and the remaining 6 captain positions have definitely been decided in secret, but it hasn't been made public yet.

Even among the six captains who have already been announced, there are pre-selected captains, such as Jiang Shangbai and Li Jun.

Therefore, this so-called captain plan can only allow everyone to compete for three or four spots, or even fewer, only two or three. The rest are all pre-selected spots.

Although everyone knew that those who were not selected were also very unwilling, such as Guo Fan and Zhong Shan, they were not foolish enough to actually express their inner thoughts. They simply remained silent and quietly watched how things developed.

Meanwhile, many people also focused their attention on the Ghost Rider who was confirmed as the team leader.

Everyone knows Li Hui's abilities, so no one was surprised that he became the captain. Everyone also understands Li Jun's achievements, so he was basically assumed to be a captain by everyone long ago.

As for Jiang Shangbai...

Although Fang Shiming, the former leader of the WeChat Moments, had been killed by Li Hui, the foundation of the WeChat Moments was still there. They heard that Jiang Shangbai had reorganized the WeChat Moments and had become the new leader. Therefore, although everyone was somewhat dissatisfied with Jiang Shangbai being elected as the captain because of the power of the entire WeChat Moments, they could actually accept it.

What about the remaining three: Li Leping, Liu San, and Cao Yang?

Why do they?
Therefore, most of the people in the meeting room focused their attention on these three people, their faces full of inquiry, their eyes filled with doubt and resentment.

Their expressions seemed to be saying silently, "What do you three have that surpasses us? What right do you have to be chosen as captain?!"
However, despite the strange looks from everyone, neither Liu San nor Li Leping showed any expression on their faces, and they calmly looked at everyone in the conference room.

Cao Yang even had a smile on his face as he nodded and greeted the others in the conference room, seemingly oblivious to the fact that their expressions had darkened considerably.

(End of this chapter)