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“What? Someone is causing a disturbance in the rest area?”

After the alarm was raised, the situation in the rest area was quickly reported to headquarters, and then forwarded by staff until, about three minutes later, Cao Yanhua, who was the Deputy Director, received the information. Immediately, he stood up abruptly from his seat in the office.

The individuals residing in the headquarters’ rest area were all significant figures.

The top ghost masters in Asia, candidates for the team leader project, and some individuals with peculiar abilities.

The impact of any sudden incidents would be immense.

“What’s the exact situation, has it been clarified?” Cao Yanhua asked urgently.

The staff member reported, “It’s still unclear now, but from the surveillance footage, it seems that the disturbance is coming from Rest Room 12, codename Ghost Conman, where Gao Zhiqiang is located. It might be a scuffle caused by a personal conflict.”

“So to put it simply, someone’s fighting?” Cao Yanhua furrowed his brow after listening.

The matter was neither serious nor trivial.

If it involved ordinary people, then it certainly wouldn’t be much of an issue, but when ghost masters were involved, fighting became a different matter entirely.

“What about Shen Liang? Didn’t he deal with it?” Cao Yanhua asked again.

“Team Leader Shen is already on the way. Since it involves special personnel, his capabilities are limited, and it’s feared that he may not handle it well…” the staff member suggested cautiously.

Cao Yanhua, with his hands on his hips and a touch of irritation in his voice, said, “They are all ghost masters with certain special abilities, none of them respect each other, and they start fighting at the slightest disagreement. How can they fight so recklessly? No matter who wins or loses, it’s a loss for headquarters. Someone had it right; these problematic youngsters just lack a person strong enough to keep them in check. Otherwise, every one of them would become lawless.”

“We ordinary people can’t control them. Go, inform Old Qin about this, have him make a trip here. It’s imperative to quell their arrogance, they dare to fight at headquarters now, who knows what they’d dare if they become team leaders.”

“Alright, Deputy Director, I’ll go and notify Old Qin right away,” the staff member hurriedly said.

After the staff member left, Cao Yanhua called for another person, “Prepare to convene the meeting ahead of schedule, notify Professor Wang to get ready on his end.”

Convening the meeting ahead of schedule meant bringing up this incident during the meeting to avoid any future trouble.

And at this very moment.

In front of Rest Room 12 in the rest area.

Yang Jian stood erect in front of a broken door, his gaze was cold as he watched Gao Zhiqiang hurriedly fleeing.

Clearly, Gao Zhiqiang was not the kind of ghost master that possessed the Ghost Domain. He was merely running forward in an ordinary way, his speed not too fast. If he wanted to pursue, Yang Jian could catch up immediately, but he did not do so, allowing Gao Zhiqiang to disappear from his sight.

“What’s going on? Just letting Gao Zhiqiang run away like that? Isn’t Yang Jian going to make a move? Or was he just intimidating him a moment ago and now decided to let him off now that the situation has improved?” Many who saw this scene were filled with questions.

“He looked like he was ready to attack viciously just before, how come there’s no movement now? Could it be that Yang Jian used the Ghost Domain? No, I didn’t feel the oddities of being enveloped by a Ghost Domain.”

“Let’s just wait and see.”

Many onlookers remained silent, realizing that the conflict wasn’t developing as they had anticipated.

Gao Zhiqiang had run off, and Yang Jian stood there motionless.

The atmosphere turned somewhat awkward.

To the unaware, it might seem as if Yang Jian had turned coward.

However, most had very keen judgment; it was likely that Yang Jian had already made his move, just not in the way ordinary people would—one running, and the other giving chase.

“Ghost Conman, huh? A very special ability.” Yang Jian’s gaze shifted slightly.

His eyes indeed saw Gao Zhiqiang running franatically ahead, and by now, he had run out of his field of vision.

But his forehead’s Ghost Eye didn’t see Gao Zhiqiang fleeing.

In the world seen by the Ghost Eye, covered in red light, there was no trace of Gao Zhiqiang.

In other words, the Gao Zhiqiang who was supposedly fleeing was nothing but a fake.

The eyes had been deceived.

“However, this running Gao Zhiqiang isn’t an illusion, as others have also seen him running, and many are convinced that Gao Zhiqiang has fled. In other words, nobody doubted the authenticity of the running Gao Zhiqiang; in their eyes, he was real.”

Yang Jian’s gaze shifted slightly.

This ability was indeed very bizarre.

Considering that all present were top ghost masters, and even they couldn’t discern the truth from false, it’s clear how flawless the Ghost Conman’s ability was.

“But, it seems his ability is restrained by my Ghost Eye,” Yang Jian slowly turned around, his forehead’s Ghost Eye scanning other locations.

If the fake Gao Zhiqiang had fled, then the real one must be nearby.

Now, to find him.

“Nothing?”

After Yang Jian’s Ghost Eye had scanned around, he still couldn’t locate the real Gao Zhiqiang.

“Is the power of a single Ghost Eye still too weak?”

He felt he might have underestimated the ghost masters at headquarters—thinking he could fully counter someone’s ability with just one Ghost Eye was perhaps a bit naive.

“Now that my Ghost Eye can stack and even counter-infiltrate the Ghost Coffin, I refuse to believe you can hide that deep.”

As he spoke, he slowly raised his palm to block his forehead.

The palm faced outward, and the second ghostly eye eerily rotated within his palm, restlessly surveying its surroundings.

The two ghost eyes had overlapped.

At that moment,

less than three meters from Yang Jian’s side,

Gao Zhiqiang still leaned against the wall, letting out a slight sigh of relief. Seeing that the others were all looking towards a fake version of himself, even Yang Jian was no exception, which made him realize that his ability had taken effect.

He went by the nickname Ghost Conman, as he could deceive not just people, but other entities as well.

Just now, Gao Zhiqiang had used a ghost’s ability to deceive everyone’s line of sight, making them think that he was running away, when in fact, he was still in the same spot.

Their line of sight was deceived, and to them, he was like the air, completely invisible.

Not only that, but Gao Zhiqiang could even deceive the ghost within his own body, causing the ghost that would normally continuously revive to believe that it would not revive. Therefore, he could use the ghost’s abilities without any concerns. Besides, this kind of fierce ghost’s ability could even affect reality.

For example, he had nearly been kicked to death by Yang Jian a moment ago, and then Gao Zhiqiang deceived his body into believing that it wasn’t injured.

And so his body recovered…

Therefore, though Gao Zhiqiang was only controlling one ghost, he was an anomaly among ghost controllers, someone who didn’t worry about the ghost’s revival and yet possessed such a bizarre capability, naturally was of great value.

“Even if this Ghost Eye Yang Jian is formidable, my self-preservation ability is not bad either. To think of killing me is wishful thinking,” Gao Zhiqiang sneered from the corner of his mouth.

He acknowledged that this Yang Jian might be ridiculously powerful, but which ghost controller at the headquarters wasn’t? It was just a matter of different specialized abilities.

“First, I need to get away from him and find a place to stay for a bit. Once the meeting starts in about ten minutes or so, there’ll be no issue,” Gao Zhiqiang secretly thought, preparing to leave while the others were still unaware.

His ghost’s ability could affect reality, but this effect applied mainly to ordinary people, and had very limited influence on ghost controllers.

The illusion would quickly be discovered, so he had to leave.

However, just as Gao Zhiqiang was preparing to slip away unnoticed, he suddenly realized that Yang Jian was not pursuing the fake him but instead standing still, turning around and looking around.

Yang Jian’s gaze inadvertently swept over him, causing a chill in Gao Zhiqiang’s heart.

“What the hell is with this guy? Does he know the one that ran away just now was fake? No, that’s impossible. His line of sight was clearly attracted just then, but why didn’t he act? Damn it, this guy is more special than I thought…”

Not daring to linger any longer, he immediately left.

Soundlessly and invisibly, no one would suspect anything.

“Where are you going, Gao Zhiqiang?” Suddenly, Yang Jian’s cold voice rang out.

Gao Zhiqiang’s steps froze, and he instinctively looked back.

He saw an eye.

It was an eye that stared at him fixatedly, devoid of any emotion, cold and numb, emitting an unnervingly bizarre presence, feeling as if he was being watched by a fierce ghost, causing his hair to stand on end and a sense of dread to fill his heart.

“He saw me?” was Gao Zhiqiang’s only thought.

“Two layers of Ghost Domain were enough to find you. You’re not as special as you thought,” Yang Jian said, approaching with large strides, his chilling aura enough to freeze the soul.

In front of him, a tall shadow quickly spread across the ground towards Gao Zhiqiang.

“Yang Jian, don’t go too far. If we truly fight, I can still take a bite out of you,” Gao Zhiqiang shouted with a front of bravado but internal timidity.

“If you think you can, then go ahead and try. I can even deal with prime ghosts, let alone you, a ghost controller,” Yang Jian said, and in the middle of his speech, the Headless Ghost Shadow invaded Gao Zhiqiang’s body.

An icy chill caused Gao Zhiqiang’s body to rigidly freeze.

But to the others, this scene appeared as if Yang Jian was speaking to thin air.

“The Gao Zhiqiang who just ran away was fake?” This situation led many people to realize instantly what had happened before.

At this moment, Gao Zhiqiang’s body started contorting out of control, and as it twisted, some mysterious force bizarrely began disassembling him.

His legs, as if they were fitted on, suddenly snapped off, dropping to the ground,

and his arms also fell from his torso on their own.

“How could this happen…” Gao Zhiqiang’s body lost its balance, and his face betrayed an expression of disbelief.

Only when he looked down at the eerie black shadow at his feet, did he understand that this must be the ability of the second ghost under Ghost Eye Yang Jian’s control.

He was too guarded against the ghost eye, which led him to neglect other details.

Finally, Gao Zhiqiang’s head also uncontrollably detached from his neck and fell heavily to the ground.

He became a pile of parts.

However, Gao Zhiqiang was still not dead; the remaining head just widened its eyes, looking at Yang Jian with a frightened expression.

“Now try again and see, whether you can reboot one more time,” Yang Jian approached, looking down at Gao Zhiqiang’s head on the ground.

Under the suppression of the Ghost Shadow, he wanted to see if Gao Zhiqiang could continue to use the ghost’s abilities within his body.

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