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Chapter 153 The Chosen Ghost (4.8k)

Regarding the details of the handling of the Ghost Temple incident, the information leaked from the island nation makes no mention of Ye Zhen.

This cannot be blamed on the exorcism society targeting Ye Zhen.

It was simply because Ye Zhen went to the Ghost Temple earlier than Lu Ming, and then disappeared without a trace. After dealing with the Ghost Temple incident, he left without giving any explanation.

Therefore, the staff of the exorcism society in charge of this matter assumed he was just an unknown nobody who was kicked to death in the ghost temple incident and did not pay him any attention.

As a result, the legends circulating on paranormal websites are all about Lu Ming, while Ye Zhen is never mentioned.

"Although Xiao Lu is indeed the main force, I, Ye, have also made unparalleled contributions. It would be a bit excessive not to mention him at all."

"The islanders are really despicable; this is simply a suppression of me."

Ye Zhen became increasingly enraged, and finally had no choice but to personally intervene, creating a pseudonym called "King Descends from Heaven" to engage in a verbal battle with the assembled scholars.

I heard that Ye Zhen from the paranormal forum was involved in the ghost temple incident. Without him, it's questionable whether Xiao Lu would have survived.

[Where did you hear this news? Also, who is Ye Zhen?]

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at this time.

Island country.

Lu Ming declined the banquet arranged by President Mishima.

Lu Ming really couldn't get used to the sashimi here. He could barely eat sushi, but it wasn't as good as the barbecue he used to eat.

To put it bluntly, Lu Ming was just doing his job for money and had no intention of getting close to people like Mishima.

He went directly to the exorcism club and met with President Mishima and several other team leaders.

Among them was a ghost tamer named Tianye, who was secretly observing Lu Ming with a cautious and wary gaze.

In Lu Ming's memory, this ghost tamer named Tianye was extremely arrogant, just like Yamazaki, and didn't take people seriously, but in reality, he was just a good-for-nothing.

However, he didn't dare to speak rudely to Lu Ming.

News has spread that Lu Ming single-handedly resolved the incident at the Japanese ghost temple, and at the banquet a while ago, Tano personally witnessed Yamazaki being easily killed by Lu Ming.

Even if he's not very bright, he can still figure out that Lu Ming is a ruthless character who should never be messed with.

"President Mishima, I don't intend to waste my breath on you here. Let's skip the formalities and take me to choose a vengeful spirit."

"Okay, Mr. Lu."

Let alone renege on the debt, Mishima didn't dare to say anything more, for fear of saying something wrong and upsetting Lu Ming. No one knew whether his mental state was stable or not.

"By the way, this was given to me by a Japanese demon tamer I met in the Ghost Temple. It belongs to your exorcism club, right? Anyway, I have no use for it, so I'm returning it to you."

Lu Ming suddenly remembered the jade pendant that the old man had given him in the ghost temple, which seemed to be a symbol of some kind of identity.

He took it out and casually tossed it to Mishima.

Upon seeing this thing, Mishima's pupils contracted, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"This is... a keepsake from Mr. Fukushima?"

After realizing what had happened, Mishima quickly returned the jade to Lu Ming, saying, "Mr. Lu, Mr. Fukushima is the most outstanding demon tamer in our island nation. Since it is something he left for you, please accept it. With this jade pendant, demon tamers in our island nation will show you goodwill."

Lu Ming didn't reach out to take it, but instead gave a stiff yet amused smile and said, "Does that mean those ghost tamers will show hostility towards me without this jade token?"

Lu Ming saw it clearly: so-called respect is earned through strength.

Having status without the means to achieve it is nothing more than a figurehead.

President Mishima broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this: "Mr. Lu, that's not what I meant..."

"Alright, that's enough. I'm not interested in these things. Take me to choose a vengeful ghost."

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Similar to the headquarters of the Ghost Tamers in China, the place where the island nation imprisons the vengeful spirits is also an underground base.

Due to geographical factors, island nations frequently experience earthquakes, but this underground base remains unaffected.

The structure used here is a high-precision shockproof structure, in order to ensure that the imprisoned evil spirits will not be released due to the influence of the external environment.

"Mr. Lu, please come in."

Mishima led the way with great respect at the front of the passage.

Lu Ming handled all matters in the island nation himself, mainly because Mishima didn't really trust his subordinates.

If any of his subordinates were to have a moment of madness and offend Lu Ming, he would have no one to turn to for help.

"All the ghosts imprisoned here are vengeful spirits, and they are classified according to their level of danger. Mr. Lu, just tell me which one you like."

As they went deeper, the atmosphere in the underground tunnel became increasingly cold and gloomy, almost seeping into their very bones.

Despite the latest lighting fixtures overhead, the light still felt dim and oppressive, making it difficult to feel safe.

Doors made of gold began to appear on both sides of the passage. Their material could prevent the ghost controllers outside from probing inside through supernatural means, and could also prevent the vengeful ghosts inside from triggering their terrifying killing patterns.

Ahead, an old wooden sign with the words "Grade C" marked in red.

According to the hazard level classification, the vengeful ghosts here are all classified as Level C.

Lu Ming said, "Let's start with Level A."

President Mishima's expression stiffened upon hearing this, and he sighed inwardly.

As expected, Lu Ming came specifically for the A-level vengeful ghost, and didn't even linger in the C-level area for a moment.

You should know that for their exorcism society, handling a single Class A paranormal event is already very difficult, let alone imprisoning and restricting a vengeful ghost.

Now that Lu Ming is about to take away two A-level vengeful ghosts in one go, Mishima is naturally heartbroken.

“Okay, Mr. Lu, the area where the A-level vengeful ghost is imprisoned is deeper inside.”

Ghosts cannot be killed, and the island nation imprisons terrifying vengeful spirits underground, which can only temporarily prevent these supernatural events from erupting.

Many years later, the vengeful ghosts here will inevitably reappear for some reason.

Moreover, even if a ghost tamer is allowed to control a vengeful spirit, the tamer's own lifespan has a limit. Top-tier ghost tamers may even need to dismember their own supernatural entities before they die to reduce the level of terror.

This is the cruelest truth of this world.

While thinking about these random thoughts, Lu Ming followed President Mishima to the deepest part of the passage.

The wooden sign here is older than the previous one, and the red paint on it looks like it was made of congealed blood.

"President Mishima, please give me a brief introduction, preferably in detail."

"Yes, Mr. Lu."

The two stopped before reaching the first golden compartment.

Mishima said, "This vengeful spirit's code name is Kyusha no Tori, and it is also called Yamata no Orochi by some of our exorcism group... It looks terrifying, and its killing pattern is also very special. As long as you make eye contact with it, you will turn into a stone statue and be killed."

As he introduced the document, Mishima took out a file and showed it to Lu Ming.

The file contains detailed records, as well as a blurry photograph taken from a poor angle.

As President Mishima had said, the photo showed a terrifying, inhuman ghost.

Its body was already rotting, and it looked extremely creepy and terrifying. But what sent chills down your spine the most were the eight heads on its neck.

These are the heads of eight dead people, both men and women, with empty, numb eyes and dense lividity on their exposed skin.

It has nine necks, but only eight heads.

What makes this vengeful ghost terrifying is that no matter where the ghost-controller is, the ghost can launch a supernatural attack without any blind spots.

Making eye contact will lead to death.

According to the records, in order to contain this ghost, the island nation's exorcism society lost three team leaders.

Moreover, many residents in the surrounding area were turned into lifeless stone statues by the vengeful ghost.

"Does its appearance resemble the Yamata no Orochi, and its killing pattern somewhat resemble Medusa from Western mythology?"

"A very peculiar appearance, and the pattern of killing is also very peculiar..."

Lu Ming recalled his ghost dream.

No one could control Ghost Dream, so in the end, it was a black dog that controlled Ghost Dream.

Like the ghost in front of me, it is a fierce ghost in the form of an animal.

“I’ve never seen a ghost with this kind of killing pattern before, but to be honest, it’s not very useful in practice. You can guess without even trying that controlling this ghost would be extremely difficult, and it’s not compatible with my own supernatural abilities.” After considering it briefly, Lu Ming gave up on getting the ghost. He handed the top-secret file back to President Mishima and said, “Keep leading the way. I don’t like this ghost.”

Afterwards, Lu Ming wandered around the area where the A-level vengeful ghosts were imprisoned.

He discovered that many so-called Grade A ghosts, when placed in China and rated according to the headquarters' standards, would only be classified as Grade B.

Lu Ming could understand this.

After all, the supernatural powers in island nations are weaker than those in China. Even a single incident involving a knocking ghost can force the entire island nation to seek external assistance.

"This place is small, but densely populated. In addition, the exorcists in the exorcism society are not very effective, so it is normal for a supernatural event to have a significant impact."

The Oni Temple incident in Kamiyama Town, after absorbing the human head balloons, became even more terrifying than an S-rank event.

If the Oni Temple were located not in the sparsely populated Kamiyama Town, but in a metropolis like DJ City, the casualties would be incalculable.

If that's the case, Mishima will be even more anxious than he is now.

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Lu Ming wasn't particularly interested in the ghosts that barely reached Grade A, or even those that could only be considered Grade B.

Until we arrived at the last room.

Judging from the photos in the archives, a mirror was imprisoned here.

Its style is different from that of a typical floor mirror. Calling it a dressing mirror wouldn't be accurate either, as it is much larger than a regular dressing mirror.

If you insist on using it, you can hold it in your hand to tidy your appearance.

Lu Ming found it hard to imagine what the person who made this mirror was thinking.

It seems they wanted the mirror to be bigger so they could see something better.

Codename: Ghost in the Mirror

Hazard Level: A

The ghost is hiding in the mirror, or rather, the mirror itself is a vengeful ghost.

Lu Ming's eyes lit up when he saw the description in the file.

Lu Ming was very interested in these ghostly or supernatural props related to mirrors.

Because mirrors can serve as a medium for Sadako to invade reality, and their reflective properties can also become an opportunity to achieve infinite superposition later.

"President Mishima, please give me a detailed introduction to this vengeful ghost."

The records about this ghost are very simple, mostly just descriptions of its appearance.

The specific patterns of the killings, the methods of restraint, and the limitations were not mentioned at all.

Mishima's expression changed slightly, and he said cautiously, "Mr. Lu... it's not that I'm unwilling to tell you, it's because this ghost is too strange. Anyone who looks in the mirror will disappear... and then after a while, the corpse will appear out of thin air."

"If the ghost tamer dies in it, it will be even more troublesome. The resurrected vengeful spirits will crawl out along the mirror and start killing people..."

Lu Ming glanced at Mishima; his fearful expression didn't seem like he was lying.

Lu Ming still remembered that there was a ghost mirror inside the abandoned old house behind the Guanjiang residential area.

However, it is fundamentally different from the exorcism societies in island nations.

The former can imprison evil spirits.

A blurry human figure is left in the mirror, and after death, one can walk out of the mirror and be resurrected.

However, the specific rules of the latter are unclear. Rather than supernatural props, it seems more like a vengeful ghost that only knows how to kill.

"Could it be that there's a ghost hiding in the mirror, and looking in the mirror triggers the ghost's murderous tendencies?"

"It might not be that simple, otherwise Mishima wouldn't have been completely oblivious to any patterns. Regardless, this mirror is strange..."

Thinking of this, Lu Ming said to Mishima, "I want this vengeful ghost. After you choose another one, help me open the Golden Gate, and then I will take the ghost away."

"Okay, Mr. Lu."

After exploring the area where the A-level vengeful ghosts were imprisoned, Lu Ming only found the Mirror Ghost, the vengeful ghost he wanted to take away.

He then proceeded to the area where Class B and Class C vengeful spirits were imprisoned.

Although Lu Ming was most interested in the A-level ghosts, he also needed to check the other two areas to prevent any from slipping through the net.

The severity levels of these ghosts are only assessed by the exorcists themselves, and are inevitably biased.

Moreover, the level of harm and the degree of terror are two different concepts.

Some are single-target killers without any vengeful ghosts in the ghost realm; their danger level is not high, but their terror level may be very high.

Conversely, some less terrifying ghosts can also cause significant harm.

Lu Ming stopped in front of a certain prime-looking private room.

He looked at the description of the vengeful ghost in this compartment.

[Code Name: ???]

Hazard Level: C

"Why doesn't this ghost even have a code name? Is it another kind of unusual existence, like the ghost in the mirror?"

Mishima replied, "Mr. Lu, the vengeful ghost imprisoned in this compartment is even more special than the ghost in the mirror. It doesn't even have a physical form; it only exists as a blurry ghostly shadow."

"Some of those affected by this ghost became ghost slaves, while others transformed into even stranger things... as if they had been exposed to radiation, becoming deformed monsters."

Listening to Mishima's description, Lu Ming suddenly thought of the deceitful ghost inside Gao Zhiqiang's body, which was mentioned in his WeChat Moments.

If the one imprisoned here is also a malevolent ghost, then Lu Ming will have struck it rich.

A malevolent spirit is an extremely rare existence.

It's perfectly normal that these people from the exorcism society lack the knowledge to understand its existence.

"President Mishima, I've made my choice."

"I want this vengeful ghost, and that ghost in the mirror from before."

"If there are no problems, please remove the vengeful spirit for me."

There was one Grade A and one Grade C, and the Grade A one that was chosen was the one whose usefulness was still unclear.

Although Mishima didn't understand Lu Ming's decision at all, it was a good thing for him and for the entire exorcism society.

So he bowed very respectfully to Lu Ming and said, "Mr. Lu, I will take care of it for you right away."

Under Mishima's arrangement, several staff members dressed in exorcism uniforms came over and, after some busy work, carefully took out two gold containers.

The staff members all looked solemn, tense, and serious. They were wearing gloves made of a special material, and they were still very careful when touching the ghost through the gold.

You should know that these two golden containers contain real vengeful ghosts.

These things related to the supernatural could kill a person if they were even slightly exposed to them.

One is a very ordinary gold box, which should contain a vengeful ghost codenamed "Mirror Ghost".

The other was a body bag made of gold, with a faint outline of a human figure visible inside.

Lu Ming pointed to the space in front of him: "Put it here."

He then turned to Mishima and said, "President Mishima, I'm going to open these two containers right here. You don't have any objections, do you?"

Opening the container holding the vengeful ghost is certainly not something to do to invite trouble or commit suicide.

On the contrary, this behavior is actually quite necessary.

Firstly, it was for inspecting the goods.

Even after leaving the demon temple, Sadako continues to clash with the demon well, and is in the process of integrating with and controlling it.

In order not to disrupt the existing balance, Lu Ming did not intend to control any other new vengeful ghosts before the Ghost Well was completely controlled.

These two ghosts will naturally have to be put aside for a while.

Lu Ming needed to confirm that the vengeful ghost that Mishima gave him was indeed the ghost in the mirror and the vengeful ghost without a code name.

Secondly, the records of the exorcism society regarding these two ghosts are not comprehensive, and Lu Ming cannot be sure whether some of his guesses were correct.

If Lu Ming is not satisfied after inspecting the goods, he will request an unconditional return from President Mishima.

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