I have a ghost diary

"That's it. Remember, you are special."

"Take good care of yourself, don't go to dangerous places, and if you encounter any accidents, ask Ms. Zhou for help. Finally, wait for my good news."

After saying that, Chu Jiang waved his hand and left without looking back.

Chen Ke'er touched her forehead and muttered to herself, "Is this what romance looks like in the eyes of a straight man? It's so romantic that I can't understand it at all."

However, immediately after saying that, she picked up her phone, brushed her bangs back, and posted a selfie showing her clean forehead.

Then, when posting on her WeChat Moments, Chen Ke'er added the following text: Men, sometimes, are as innocent as boys~

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On his way to the airport, Chu Jiang called Bruce Miller, the current head of the intelligence department at the U.S. Paranormal Investigation and Defense Agency.

Bruce was overjoyed when he received the call and heard that Chu Jiang was coming.

Right now, Texas is in a state of chaos because of the false god incident, and suddenly a powerful outside help is about to arrive. There couldn't be better news.

"Captain Chu, don't worry. Even if you can't save the people of El Paso, as long as you're willing to go there and take a look, we'll pay you a satisfactory reward."

Chu Jiang frowned slightly. "Has the situation over there worsened?"

According to previous intelligence, the false god has been entrenched in an old church in Texas, while the "Crimson Rose Cult," which worships this demon, is causing trouble everywhere, attracting the combined efforts of major Western organizations to hunt it down.

Bruce coughed. "Yes, it just happened in the last couple of days. Although everything seems normal in El Paso, we've lost contact with our branch there."

"That's not all. The people we sent there to investigate will soon lose contact with us and disappear without a trace."

Chu Jiang thought for a moment, "Are you sure everything looks normal?"

"It can't be said to be completely normal. We tried having local residents' relatives and friends call those residents in the city."

"The call went through normally, and the person on the other end responded normally."

"However, after collecting more cases, our respondents generally reported that their relatives and friends were acting strangely. But they couldn't quite put their finger on what was strange, only that the other person's answers and tone were different from before."

"After summarizing and analyzing the data, we found that the mental state of the city's residents seems to have changed. They have become more energetic and at ease, and even patients with depression sound much more cheerful."

Upon hearing these answers, Chu Jiang thought of those corrupted by the Dark Sun, and asked, "Fanaticism? Excitement?"

"It doesn't seem to have reached that point yet. When outsiders ask about their faith, they still answer with God and our Lord Jesus, or they state that they do not believe in God. There is no situation where the whole nation believes in a false god."

"So, before I made this call, what were your plans?"

Bruce responded seriously: "Our original plan was to send in a special operations force, including several of our BRPD's top combat personnel."

"The purpose of this operation is not to completely resolve this incident, but to try to find out the root cause of El Paso's anomalies, and what the current situation is of the Terrell Church. Is the false god still inside the church?"

"If Captain Chu is interested, we can send out this team as usual and appoint you as its captain, how about that?"

Chu Jiang said calmly, "I'll pass on the captaincy. I'll decide whether to join your team or go and see for myself once I arrive."

"Okay, okay, whatever support you need, just let us know, and we will do our best to meet Captain Chu's requirements." Bruce's biggest fear was that Chu Jiang would come, wander around, and then go back, taking away a billion US dollars and other rewards for nothing.

Chu Jiang's answer now proves at least that he is indeed willing to take the risk.

"By the way, how are those cult followers doing now?" Chu Jiang continued to ask.

It's been several months since the BRPD representatives last came to the research institute to discuss cooperation. Surely they haven't achieved anything at all?

"The Crimson Rose Cult has suffered a severe blow from our side and has now completely withdrawn its battle lines to defend El Paso."

“We suspect that this change in the city may also be related to the fact that the sect is on the verge of destruction, so they want to fight to the death.”

Chu Jiang silently noted, "Was that person from the [International Astrological Association] involved in this operation?"

"Of course, the ghost masters over there helped us a lot. If they hadn't searched for the hiding places of the Crimson Rose one after another, we wouldn't have achieved such significant results so quickly."

"Yes, is Jade with you? Miss Jade Williams."

"This..." Bruce hesitated. Could this tough-minded man be planning to ask them for the woman directly?

"I was just asking." Chu Jiang was clearly aware that his reaction after recognizing Jie De last time would lead the other person to make some special connections.

“Yes, Miss Jade recently returned to the headquarters of the British Astrological Society; she heard about the incident in El Paso these past few days and came here specifically to check on the situation.”

"Okay," Chu Jiang replied, without saying that he wanted to see this person.

"We'll talk about the rest when I get there. I expect to arrive at Texas Airport tonight."

"Okay, we look forward to your arrival."

......

After hanging up the phone, Chu Jiang fell into deep thought.

This is bad. I just decided to go to Texas to check things out, and this has happened there by sheer coincidence. Furthermore, the Holy Word Cult is involved; I wonder if they were behind this incident.

By the way, since the God of the Holy Word Church has its own consciousness, could it cooperate with false gods?

If that's the case, the difficulty for Chu Jiang to retrieve the two pages of the diary will increase dramatically, and he might even have to face two S-class vengeful ghosts at the same time.

Chapter 344 An Exorbitant Demand

At 11 p.m. local time in Austin, Texas, the plane carrying Chu Jiang landed smoothly.

BRPD personnel naturally arrived early to pick him up. As soon as Chu Jiang got off the plane, a row of burly men in suits came to greet him through a special passage.

Unaware of the truth, the fellow passengers thought the Asian-looking man was a boss of some Chinese gang.

At the head of the crowd waiting to pick up passengers was a blond white man, who was none other than Bruce himself.

He smiled and extended his hand, "Long time no see, my friend. Even here in the United States, we still hear about your victories from time to time."

Chu Jiang shook hands with him. "Take me straight to the workplace. I need all the detailed information about the [False God Incident]."

Bruce looked hesitant. "Well, how about we take you to the best hotel in town first? We can head to the Texas branch tomorrow morning to discuss the action plan in detail."

Chu Jiang asked in confusion, "Why? Give me a reason."

“This…” Bruce rubbed his hands together. He couldn’t very well say that there were people within the BRPD who were very dissatisfied with Chu Jiang and believed that hiring outside help was an insult to the great spirit of freedom and independence of the United States.

The word "arrogance" is deeply ingrained in the blood of Anglo-Saxons, especially their arrogance towards other races.

Although Bruce speaks fluent Chinese and is very polite to Chu Jiang, he clearly cannot fully convince his compatriots.

Even among the higher-ups, there were some disagreements about involving the Nine Provinces Ghost Master in this matter; not everyone shared the same opinion.

Therefore, Bruce's idea is that the top management should hold consultations overnight and reach an agreement before 9 o'clock tomorrow.

Then, senior leaders would step in to suppress and appease certain troublemakers within the organization, making sure Chu Jiang gets into El Paso first.

In this way, whether Chu Jiang successfully seals the false god, fails, or even dies inside, it is not a bad thing for the United States or the BRPD.

Seeing the other party stammering, Chu Jiang guessed what was going on and his expression turned cold. "You invited me here, and this is your attitude?"

Bruce immediately said, "That's right, there's been a minor issue within our BRPD."

"Please don't worry, it's not directed at you. Let's get in the car first. Before we start work, you can make some requests, and we will give you a price quote."

Seeing this, Chu Jiang said nothing more, but left the airport with the other party without expression.

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After arriving at the presidential suite of the five-star hotel, Bruce and Chu Jiang sat facing each other and began to discuss the compensation for hiring outside help this time.

Chu Jiang didn't rush to make any demands; he just wanted to see what the other party could offer.

"First of all, please come across the border. Putting everything else aside, one billion US dollars is just a small token of our appreciation."

"In addition, we can also provide you with a batch of sealing tools, twenty of our independently developed one-time sealing items, and ten level one, two, and three sealing items."

"If you need some special ghosts, we also have some sealed reserves. You can choose a few that interest you from the list."

"Or if you are physically or mentally weakened by the evil spirits and are on the verge of collapse, we can also provide you with corresponding treatment plans."

By the time Bruce got to this point, he had already prepared for Chu Jiang to ask in detail about the proportion of the first, second, and third levels among these ten sealed items.

It's important to know that the value of a sealed item varies greatly with each level of its seal, so this is a deliberately ambiguous area left to allow for negotiation.

But to Bruce's surprise, Chu Jiang simply held up two fingers and said, "I don't care for those ordinary goods. I only have two conditions."

"First, I need one hundred sealed demons;"

"Secondly, I need a level zero sealed artifact."

Bruce's expression changed drastically, and he said with a somewhat unpleasant look, "Mr. Chu, please don't make such a joke."

This is outrageous! A hundred sealed ghosts?! What does that even mean? Is he going to drain half of the paranormal resources that the BRPD had built up by killing countless people?

Not to mention level zero sealed artifacts, which are strategic resources, with only a handful in the entire world. How could they be given away casually as rewards?

Chu Jiang, of course, made an outrageous demand, asking for an exorbitant price but settling for a lower one.

Moreover, judging from the people inside the BRPD, they didn't seem to like him that much. He had already arrived in the United States and was determined to get involved in the S-level incident; yet they were still in a state of hesitation. Naturally, he wanted to take advantage of them even more.

“Captain Chu, please reconsider. We absolutely cannot accept these two conditions; they are too outrageous. Even if I submit them, the higher-ups will never agree to them,” Bruce argued forcefully.

However, Chu Jiang was not so easy to talk to. He simply stood up and said nonchalantly, "Then forget it, I'm leaving."

"No, no, wait." Now it was Bruce's turn to panic. He stood up and said, "We're discussing this. We can talk about it slowly."

"And you're asking for such a high price, are you absolutely confident you can defeat the false god? Just asking you to make a trip to the Terrell Church to check on the situation shouldn't require us to pay such a high price, right?"

Chu Jiang nodded. "These two conditions are indeed the price for sealing the false god. If I ultimately cannot fulfill them, you only need to meet one of them."

Hearing that Chu Jiang had softened his stance, Bruce breathed a sigh of relief and continued to reason, "We believe that it depends on the specific findings of Captain Chu's research."

"If you can save most of the residents of El Paso and find the root of the anomaly, and keep the influence of the false god confined to the church, that would be a great achievement."

"But if you're just going to walk around the city and you expect us to provide a hundred ghosts, that's really difficult for us to do."

"Furthermore, our special forces will also be going in to assist Captain Chu in handling this matter. It's not like you're going to face the false god alone. That's a factor to consider, isn't it?"

After listening to Bruce's explanation, Chu Jiang finally asked seriously, "If I can truly eliminate the false god, can you meet one of these two conditions?"

“Well…” Bruce hesitated. “I need to call and ask my superiors first before I can give you an answer.”

"Okay, ask away." Chu Jiang clearly wanted an answer right now.

P.S.: It's getting late as I write this. I'm having a circumcision tomorrow, so I hope it won't delay my updates...