Mysterious Resurrection: Starting with Controlling Sadako

Chapter 16 Autonomy

After hearing Zhao Jianguo answer the phone, Wang Liang continued:
“I just heard from the operator about some of the benefits for Interpol officers, but I think it’s unreasonable. I’m willing to join, but I want to change some of the conditions.”

"Oh? You can tell us first, and we'll try our best to accommodate your request."

"If I want to become the city's leader, I want to stay in Da'an City."

Da'an City?
Zhao Jianguo pulled out Wang Liang's personal information at the bottom, confirmed that his birthplace was indeed Da'an City, nodded, and responded:

"Yes, the person in charge of Da'an City was confirmed dead a month ago in a paranormal incident. If you become an Interpol agent, you can be transferred to be in charge of Da'an City."

Even if you join Interpol now, you won't immediately become a formal head of a city; you'll need to pass an assessment. However, you can choose to take up a position first as a temporary head, enjoying the same benefits.

Wang Liang said, "Being a temporary person in charge is fine, but what I mainly want to talk about is the issue of compensation. I require that after I become the person in charge, headquarters cannot force or interfere with me in handling paranormal events, nor can they forcibly demand the return of the vengeful spirits I have imprisoned."

I also want absolute autonomy over the city's paranormal affairs, control over the gold, and the authority of a normal person in charge over all local parties.

"If headquarters requests me to provide support in a city outside my jurisdiction, they should negotiate additional resources based on the difficulty of the paranormal event, rather than forcibly ordering me to go and help."

"So you just want the power to be in charge without dealing with paranormal events?" Zhao Jianguo frowned.

"No, if you can agree to my conditions above, I will indeed take responsibility for handling all the paranormal events in that city and guarantee that there will be no problems."

Headquarters can verify the situation at any time, and if it doesn't meet the requirements, they can remove me from my position as the person in charge at any time. My main request is that headquarters cannot forcibly interfere with or arrange any of my actions.

Professionals should do professional things. Supernatural matters cannot be equated with combat command. You office workers would never truly understand what people like us face.

So you can only offer suggestions, and I will handle those paranormal events at my own pace; otherwise, I'd rather quit.

Zhao Jianguo understood, but hesitated because Wang Liang's request meant that headquarters had no right to interfere in anything Wang Liang did; they could only give him the authority, and how he used it would be up to Wang Liang himself.

This seems to be no different from dividing up territory and ruling over it!

Compared to Ye Zhen from Dahai City, who didn't really respect the headquarters, Wang Liang at most had the advantage of being able to listen to the headquarters' advice and was nominally one of the headquarters' people.

“I understand your conditions, but I cannot make a decision on this level of change; I need to communicate with my superiors.”

"ASAP."

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Zhao Jianguo handed the phone back to Su Xinxi and used another phone to call Cao Yanhua, the deputy director in charge of internal affairs at Interpol headquarters, and quickly explained the general situation.

"What's his character and ability like?" Cao Yanhua asked over the phone.

"It can easily withdraw from the ghost domain by some special method and appear five kilometers away. It can also accurately track the ghost domain again after it comes out. After the incident, which is tentatively named the knocking ghost, no signs of its condition deteriorating were observed from the monitoring."

Based on the information available, Wang Liang either possesses a ghost realm or some other powerful supernatural ability. Simply watching surveillance footage containing his image would cause the surveillance video to be slightly affected by his supernatural influence.

"As for his character, he was a teacher before, so he's very mature and efficient in his dealings with people." At this point, Zhao Jianguo hesitated for a moment, then continued, "Someone who would chase after the Ghost Realm for their students must be quite responsible; after all, most people wouldn't do something like that."

"Okay, I understand. In the end, he just wants enough autonomy. As long as he has the ability, it's not too much to ask, as long as he can solve the paranormal events in that city as he says."

The situation is getting worse. The old methods might work for certain special people, and hiring people to provide external support is acceptable for those who are capable. However, the city's gold reserves cannot be completely handed over to him for free use. So, you tell him that the treatment will be improved, we will still be responsible for the basic gold used to deal with paranormal events, and the gold quota for his independent use will be increased to four hundred kilograms.

If more gold is needed, an application must be submitted, specifying the intended use to headquarters. If it doesn't cross any red lines, approval can still be granted. However, preventing problems in that city is the top priority!

"Okay, I'll tell him now."

After hanging up Cao Yanhua's call, Zhao Jianguo relayed Cao Yanhua's words to Wang Liang.

“Okay, then that’s settled. I choose to join Interpol,” Wang Liang said.

"That's good. You can go to Da'an City soon. Several supernatural events have already occurred in Da'an City, but the headquarters can't spare any manpower for the time being, so it has to be temporarily sealed off."

This satellite phone will temporarily serve as your communication tool with headquarters. This phone is specially made and will not be corrupted by the power of evil spirits. Its battery life can last for a year.

Su Xinxi will become your personal contact person. Once you arrive in Da'an City, tell Su Xinxi, and she will contact the local contact person for you.

After a while, headquarters will send someone to Da'an City to conduct a mental evaluation of you. Once you pass, you will be promoted from temporary to official person in charge. After that, you just need to come to Dajing City for training.

In a moment, you'll receive a website address on your satellite phone. It's a network jointly established by various countries, and only authorized personnel can log in. You can take a look at some of the content there.

"No problem, I'll hang up now, I have something to do."

beep.

Wang Liang hung up the phone. He did so in such a hurry because a peculiar feeling suddenly arose in his heart.

Wang Liang used Sadako's supernatural abilities. In his vision, a gray line leading into the distance was gradually deepening, indicating that the end of the gray line was coming into contact with something supernatural.

"Yang Jian? Finally, the newspaper ghost has appeared!"

Wang Liang used Sadako's supernatural powers to release a curse along the gray lines.

In the room,
It was dull, oppressive, and almost suffocating.

After returning home, Yang Jian felt sleepy and lay down on the bed.

But the more he slept, the more uncomfortable he felt. He was still relatively conscious, but he couldn't move his body, as if he were being paralyzed by a ghost.

Gulu.

Beneath Yang Jian's skin, a round, spherical object was wriggling. As the flesh grew cold, a scarlet eye emerged from beneath the skin, turning eerily.

As the ghost eye opened, the perspective of the ghost eye on Yang Jian's cheek also appeared in his mind.

One ghost eye opened, and five other ghost eyes moved around in various parts of the body.

Wherever the demon's eye moved, flesh seemed to be torn apart, causing intense pain to spread throughout the body, as if subjected to unimaginable torture.

'What's wrong with me?!'

(End of this chapter)