Chapter 73: Mr. Xu
"Ding!"
In the midst of a difficult situation, a "ding" sound came from the stairs on the third floor. It seemed that someone happened to be going upstairs at this moment.
Han Zhengde is now next to the elevator, he has a strong headache.
He never thought about leaving Chu Jiang behind and running away, he just felt that the situation was already too complicated. If someone were to come at this time, it would be best if it was a rescue team, not just any staff passing by.
However, when the door opened, there were no fully armed rescue soldiers, only a long-haired girl holding a cup of milk tea.
There was a pair of sunglasses clipped to her shirt on her chest, and she had a cheerful expression. When she opened the elevator door and saw so many people outside, she was a bit surprised.
The girl took a sip of milk tea, with an embarrassed smile on her face, and walked out of the elevator. "Oh dear, I'm late. May I ask if the meeting is already over?"
Seeing no one talking, she curiously walked over to Chu Jiang and Yan Wanli, then looked at the two who were kneeling and standing. "What are you guys doing?"
"Hmph, I'll let it go this time, because of your face." Yan Wanli said harshly, while suppressing the power of the ghost, standing up from the ground with no expression on his face.
Then he put his hands in his pockets and walked towards the elevator without even looking back at Chu Jiang.
This left everyone stunned. Hey, wasn't it you who said "[Yuwen Ting is just a name]" earlier? Now Yuwen Ting herself has come, and you're saying you're giving her face??
"Wait, everyone is here, let's come back and have a meeting!" The middle-aged manager paused for a moment and hurriedly shouted.
Unexpectedly, Yan Wanli just waved his hand, "I'm busy now, let's talk next time."
As he spoke, he entered the elevator, his expression stiff, and pressed the button for the tenth floor underground.
After what just happened, Yan Wanli didn't have the face to stay here anymore.
He urgently wanted to know why this happened. He wanted to find a professional expert who could give him an answer.
Yuwen Ting seemed confused too. That person with the surname Yan, weren't they always at odds with each other?
Then she looked at Chu Jiang, "I didn't expect to see you again so soon. I haven't made it up to you yet, have I?"
Only after Yan Wanli left did Chu Jiang finally breathe a sigh of relief. He was also under a lot of pressure.
Faced with Yuwen Ting's greeting, Chu Jiang just shook his head, "Forget it, it was an accident."
"Next, I need to go and complete my employee procedures. You go ahead and busy yourself. We should meet again in the future."
Seeing Chu Jiang's insistence, Yuwen Ting reluctantly nodded, "Let's talk about it later then."
Waving her hand, Yuwen Ting, with long flowing hair, walked towards the meeting room while holding a cup of milk tea.
As for Chu Jiang, he walked towards Han Zhengde amidst the interested gazes of a group of team leaders, and they temporarily went back to the second floor together...
"Who is that kid? Could he be a new recruit?" The woman in red asked Yuwen Ting.
"Seems like a newbie. I just met him today. We happened to be on the same flight to Yunjing City," Yuwen Ting said, leading the way into the large conference room.
"Vice Minister, what's going on?"
The middle-aged supervisor shook his head repeatedly, "That guy surnamed Yan was too arrogant, and he ended up being targeted. Let's go, let's discuss the details inside."
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Han Zhengde took the elevator back to the second floor, still feeling a bit scared.
Rushing back to his own office with Chu Jiang, Han Zhengde drank a few sips of tea before saying, "Brother, I really admire you. You actually scared Captain Yan into kneeling."
Chu Jiang shook his head, "The situation is a bit strange, even I can't quite understand."
"By the way, who is that guy? Why is he so arrogant?"
"I'm not exactly sure, but I know that this Yan Wanli is one of the first Ghost Masters recruited by Research Institute No. 21."
"His code name is 'Ghost Corpse' and he has at least three ghosts with him. He's very powerful, and now he's already a captain-level figure."
"It's difficult to control Ghost Masters like him who have strong individual abilities."
"And both the institute and the country need their power. So it's completely tolerable for them to have some temper, as long as they don't cross the line."
"In fact, the temper of many Ghost Masters is no better than Yan Wanli's. But you want them to give their lives for you and also expect them to meet the standards of top employees in all aspects, which is unrealistic."
"You are the Ghost Master yourself, so you should understand that feeling very well. It's difficult to manage people who have short lifespans and possess powers beyond ordinary humans."
"On our side, the research institute, we can only use a combination of rewards and the use of even stronger powers to intimidate them."
Chu Jiang became curious when he heard this. "What do you mean by stronger powers? I don't think it's just high-tech weapons."
Even a regular Ghost Master can still destroy using physical strength.
But once they reach the rank of captain, those individuals are probably half-human, half-ghost. You can blow off their head and they won't die. Such beings can even sweep through a foreign armed base.
Additionally, those captain-level individuals seemed to have discussed this before. But Chu Jiang's attention was focused solely on Yan Wanli at that time, so he only vaguely heard some words about "that person."
"The stronger powers naturally involve ghost-related abilities."
Han Zhengde hesitated for a moment when mentioning this before saying, "Anyway, you are about to join us soon, so there's no harm in telling you these things now."
"Not all of our Ghost Masters in the research institute were recruited from outside. Since the day the institute was established, we have had our own group of Ghost Masters."
"I don't know much about where they come from, but I know that they are all very strong and reliable because they have received training."
"There are a few Ghost Masters who are very strong, and the strongest among them, I even suspect is a ghost, a controllable ghost. Otherwise, how could he make all the Ghost Masters who have seen him behave obediently?"
"We usually don't directly call him by his name, and no one knows his full name. We often refer to him as 'that person', or 'Mr. Xu', or 'Mr. Xu, the Elder'."
Chu Jiang thought for a moment, "So, have you seen him with your own eyes?"
"I once caught a glimpse of him from a distance at an important gathering. At that time, it felt as if I was not looking at a person, but rather staring into an abyss that could devour all light."
Han Zhengde still felt a lingering fear when talking about this matter.
"I couldn't see his face clearly, but I could see him wearing a gray robe from the Republican era, dressed like a teacher."
"Although everyone calls him Mr. Xu, I remember that he stood tall and didn't have the frail appearance of an old man. His voice, however, was hoarse and old, as if he had truly lived for over a hundred years."
