Chapter 161 Mountain Ghost
Three days later, with the help of the lawyers of the Bloodstain Gang, Zhuo Bao was released from the police station after paying a large sum of temporary bail fees.
Because of the deliberate delay by the police station, his arm had missed the best time to be reattached, and while being dragged to the police station for custody, even though he was injured, he was beaten up using various overt and covert means, so he now looks extremely lethargic.
When he got to the car that came to pick him up, an old man sitting in the back seat saw that he was silent. He looked at his bandaged severed hand and advised him, "Forget it if your hand can't be reattached. I'll give you an implant. It's guaranteed to be better than the old one, and it won't affect your combat effectiveness."
He gestured for the driver in front to drive off and continued, "But how did you manage to be defeated by a Wuyi student? You're also the Five Claws of our Blood Scar Gang, the face of our company. This is very embarrassing, don't you know? I've already had someone suppress it, so don't mention it again."
Zhuo Bao grinned, revealing a neurotic smile, "I'm going to kill that guy."
The old man shook his head. "Don't even think about it. I've checked. That kid's uncle is the captain of the police station, and he has connections in the upper echelons of the police station. If we mess with him, the police station will definitely make things difficult for us."
Zhuo Bao turned his head and stared at the old man with bloodshot eyes, looking as if he would explode in anger at any moment. "Uncle Han, are you saying that this matter should just be dropped?"
Uncle Han looked back at him and said in a deep voice, "There's been trouble all over the gang lately. Besides the Iron Chain Gang, there's another force targeting us, and there are even people secretly trying to rush over and take a bite out of us. Don't cause trouble for me now. Wait until the gang has settled the things outside, then you can find an opportunity. I won't stop you then."
On the other hand, as soon as Zhuo Bao was released, Chen Chuan received a notice from the police station, telling him that if this man appeared in front of him again during the period of release and showed any provocative or aggressive behavior, he could be shot dead without any responsibility.
Chen Chuan thanked the person who notified him, but he didn't care about it. If it weren't for the fact that he didn't want to expose his unlimited self-defense certificate, he would have killed Zhuo Bao at that time.
As for the Blood Scar Gang's revenge, not to mention that the Blood Scar Gang is currently unable to take care of itself, even if they really come, they will only be giving him practice moves without using guns.
There is no comparison between ordinary people and fighters. As the alienated organization becomes stronger, the gap between him and ordinary people has become larger and larger, and they cannot be compared at all.
What he needs to be more wary of now than the Bloodstain Gang is the Mutual Aid Association.
At noon that day, Cheng Zitong came over, sat down, and said to him, "Xiaochuan, I asked someone, and Director Lei's information is very accurate. Last time, due to the water pollution incident, many government officials were dismissed, so many officials have been transferred recently. Liu Zhan has also been active before.
Although his transfer won't be so quick, it's just a formal appointment, and the transfer letter may come in advance. As soon as he gets this thing, he may disregard his promise."
Chen Chuan nodded. He could understand that a bureaucrat like Liu Zhan had made his previous promise entirely for the sake of Director Lei's face. In addition, the Foreign Affairs Bureau had been controlled by the Secret Religious Inspection Bureau and had to look at Director Lei's face. Once he was transferred out, he would no longer care about this.
In Director Lei's words, this person would most likely use this matter to benefit himself, and then the matter of the evaluation would probably be known to the Mutual Aid Association immediately.
Cheng Zitong said in a deep voice, "Teacher will follow up on the situation over there. There shouldn't be any changes before the end of the month, so you can move around without worry. The day before yesterday, Teacher sent a telegram to Lao He, but he hasn't replied yet. Maybe he's still practicing. I sent him another letter, and he should see it in the next two days."
Chen Chuan thought for a moment and said, "Teacher, I want to try to do that ghost story commission, and the company can also give me an explanation."
"That strange story..."
Cheng Zitong immediately knew who he was talking about. This strange story had no precedent and was quite difficult, so they, as teachers and students, had discussed it many times before.
He said, "You're doing the right thing. If the Mutual Aid Association were to take action against you, and you couldn't handle it, you'd have to go out and hide. The company would also have to give an explanation. If you can keep this strange story going, you'll be doing them justice."
Although this strange story seemed quite complicated, he had confidence in his students, so he didn't stop them. He just gave them a few instructions and reminded them of some important points to pay attention to. After giving them instructions, he stood up and said, "Okay, I have something to do, so I'll leave now. Wait for my call from Lao He."
Chen Chuan said hello, and after sending Cheng Zitong away, he began to prepare to deal with this strange story.
He wanted to find that ghost story not just to give an explanation to the company, but also because he needed to improve his combat effectiveness as much as possible.
In particular, he needs to increase the time of overlap with the second me as much as possible.
He doesn't know what kind of enemy he will encounter now, but the Mutual Aid Association will definitely collect all kinds of information about him and make careful and targeted arrangements. Increasing the overlapping time can effectively improve his chances of winning.
The last time he took the unlimited defense certificate test, he had to add more than an hour of overlap time, and the total overlap time had increased to more than four hours.
Defeating Zhuo Bao a few days ago only added a quarter of an hour, and the improvement was quite limited. That was because this man did not bring him much pressure, unless he gave up his weapons and fought him bare-handed.
But even if he had the chance again, he would not do it this way. If he could defeat the enemy in a simple way, he would try to use the simple method and would not choose any other way.
However, only by encountering a stronger target and defeating it can the overlap time be effectively increased. At present, the company's ghost story commission is a suitable target.
But you have to be prepared and bring some appropriate tools.
He then spent a day preparing and called the company to express his willingness to take on the commission.
The next day, he packed his belongings and asked driver Xiao Wei to drive him to Xieshan Mountain, southeast of Yangzhi. When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, they encountered a small village. Driver Xiao Wei said, "Expert Chen, I didn't expect there to be a village here. I didn't see it on the map."
Chen Chuan knew that many villages were not on the map, especially those that were a little far from the city and were small in scale. They would not be marked because most of them were not recognized by Yang Zhi.
Looking from a distance, I can see that the houses here are very old. Like other villages in other places, they have a distinct style of the pioneering era, and the original outposts have been converted into warehouses.
After entering the village, they tried to ask around. When the villagers heard that they were here to solve the strange story in the mountains, they all felt very curious and came out to watch. Because since the last team that tried to eliminate this strange story failed, no one had come for many years, and even they themselves were almost accustomed to this strange story.
An old man who looked like the village chief asked doubtfully, "Young people, can you really solve this?"
Driver Xiao Wei said, "Don't disbelieve me, this expert Chen solved the flying head monster. It was a commission from the Government Affairs Bureau."
"The Flying Head Monster." When this was mentioned, the villagers looked at Chen Chuan differently. After all, the Flying Head Cult had a long history in this land, and its scope and influence were much wider than the strange stories here.
Since they can deal with the flying head monster, they can probably also deal with the thing on the opposite mountain. After all, this ghost story has been a problem for many years. At the beginning, the villagers pooled some money to ask someone to commission it, but after several failures, no one was willing to take it. If they can live a normal life, who would be willing to live with a ghost story day and night?
So the villagers kindly found a hunter to lead them.
There is only one way into the mountain, and only the first section is drivable. Cars can no longer go up the rest of the way, so you have to walk.
Chen Chuan told driver Xiao Wei to go back to the village and wait while he followed the hunter into the mountains. After more than two hours, they reached a high slope. The hunter pointed to the opposite hilltop and said, "Expert Chen, it's right there. That's the temple. My uncle's generation, and my grandfather's generation, led people in there."
Chen Chuanshuo said: "Thank you, you can go back, I can walk here by myself."
Seeing that he was alone, the hunter was worried and said, "Expert Chen, you really don't need help? If I go back to the village and ask the neighbors, I can find more than ten good people."
Chen Chuan patted his sturdy shoulders and said, "Go back. I'll take care of the rest."
The hunter said, "Then be careful."
After Chen Chuan and the other hunters left, he looked towards the hilltop and recalled the information about this strange story.
This strange story is called "Mountain Ghost" and has a long history. There is a record about this in the Sanshan Legend, which says that there is a temple in Xieshan, which originally enshrined a statue of a god, but at some point it was replaced with a statue of a ghost.
Two children went to the temple to play and came back saying that the eyeballs of the statue could move. When the villagers found out, they thought it was the mountain god appearing, so they offered sacrifices to him one after another. The mountain ghost "ate them with his stomach and chewed them like candy."
The villagers were overjoyed at first, thinking that the mountain god had appeared. However, who would have thought that the mountain ghost not only ate the offerings, but also ate the people who brought the offerings, and would come to the village to eat people one or two nights every month.
So every night, every household would close their windows and doors, hoping that it wouldn't be their turn. But even so, no one left the village.
Because this place is remote, people hiding in the mountains do not have to pay taxes or perform labor to the government. They would rather endure the danger of being eaten than go down the mountain.
At the end of the legend, the villagers were scattered, and finally a group of people from the Esoteric Buddhism came and detained the mountain ghost, which is also a protagonist that often appears in the Three Mountains Legend.
When the Republic of China was founded, a new village was rebuilt in the originally deserted place. It was fine for the first few decades, until someone discovered a mountain ghost temple in the mountains, and the past happened again.
But the villagers today are different from those in the past. After all, they all came here during the great development. The villagers were very tough. When they found something wrong, they immediately mobilized manpower and weapons to encircle and suppress the rebels, and even asked for commissions. But in the end, all ended in failure, and few of those who went there came back.
To this day, villagers nearby leave their livestock in the village at night and hide in a distant fortress to avoid being disturbed by ghost stories.
But even so, over the past twenty years, more than a dozen villages originally surrounding Xieshan have disappeared one after another, and most people have died of strange diseases.
After learning about this, Chen Chuan has been thinking about how to solve this strange story. He used to feel that his ability to protect himself was not enough, but now that he has reached the second limit, he has become somewhat confident.
After watching for a while, he was about to step forward when he suddenly realized something. He raised his hand to look at his wrist, where a strand of the flying-head monster's hair was tied. It reacted slightly at this moment.
He thought for a moment, thinking it was probably because he had just slapped the hunter. He silently lowered his hand, looked back at the hilltop, and holding the Xuejun Knife tightly, he walked in that direction.
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(End of this chapter)
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