“I’ve seen plenty of young people like you. You’ve read a bit and think you can make it in society, make big bucks, strike it rich and reach the pinnacle of life. The truth is, entering society is a painful process; there are many things you can’t do even with a degree. Take you, for example. You want a high income but don’t want to fasten screws in a factory, nor do you want to show your face and set up a stall as a vendor. So, how will you live? Even with a degree, you need to eat. Interested in being my underling? You’ll earn a high income and bring meaning to your life. Interested?”

“I’m not a pyramid scheme, don’t be quick to refuse, consider it first, but make it quick; my underling slots are limited.”

On a bustling street in Dachang City, a young man in a suit with slicked-back hair sat at a small table, using a deep voice to persuade a sixteen or seventeen-year-old young man sitting opposite him.

“I just want to find a part-time job and earn some living expenses, I don’t want to join any organization.” The young man immediately turned away and ran.

“Damn, another underling slipped through my fingers.”

Zhang Wei angrily pounded the table, grabbed the cola nearby, and took a big gulp.

“You guys are such useless lot, at least show some use, it’s all up to me, the boss, to make things happen. Even though I, Ah Wei, am famously capable, you can’t just rely on me for everything. Even recruiting needs me to step in. I really worry that someday when I’m gone, Dachang City’s safety will be a mess.”

Then he turned around and reprimanded the few underlings behind him.

But the few companions behind him only treated Zhang Wei’s words as nonsense, squatting on the ground, playing on their phones, occasionally chatting and laughing.

“Sigh, if it weren’t for you guys being orphans without anyone to take care of you, I would have kicked you out of the organization long ago. Eating my food, using my stuff, and you don’t even care to call me dad.” Zhang Wei said, frustrated.

“Ah Wei, stop rambling, come on, there’s business, hurry up and serve.” One of the underlings reminded him.

At this moment, a curious young woman in her twenties approached, suspiciously asking, “Monthly salary of twenty thousand, no age or education limit, male or female. Is this recruitment info true or false?”

“Of course it’s true.”

Zhang Wei immediately sat up straight, rested his chin on his hand, and said in a deep voice, “Young lady, I can see you’re young and likely tight on cash, living a cramped life. You have neither family background nor skill, and look, searching for a job even at noon. Is this the life you wish to continue? I think you’re fine in every aspect, just missing a chance, right?”

The young woman instinctively nodded.

Zhang Wei’s mouth curled into a smile, “Now the chance is here, as long as you seize it, you can turn your life around. Interested in being my underling?”

“Scumbag, pervert, bah.”

The young woman immediately stood up, cursed angrily, and ran off.

“…” Zhang Wei’s face instantly turned gloomy.

Another underling slipped through his fingers?

He turned around and looked at the recruitment information standing beside him, beginning to doubt whether the salary he offered was too low.

A monthly salary of twenty thousand does seem a bit low, should he increase it? Fifty thousand a month?

“The society’s changing rapidly; I fondly remember those school days. Just a few thousand in pocket money and treating everyone to some meals would’ve gotten Brother Tui to help me copy homework for half a semester. And Brother Tui did it devotedly without complaints. Thinking back now, I was a bastard; Brother Tui treated me as a brother, yet I used money to humiliate him.”

Zhang Wei thought of this and couldn’t help but slap himself.

“Ah Wei, don’t you have something you’ve forgotten? You mentioned a couple of days ago you wanted to prepare for a class reunion, yet here you are recruiting, aren’t you planning to attend the reunion?” At this moment, a young lad named Ah Fei reminded him while playing on his phone.

“…”

Zhang Wei remained silent for a while before standing up and saying, “I think I’ve really forgotten about it, you’re right to remind me. I still need to attend the reunion; here I am wasting my time recruiting with you guys. Lucky I reacted quickly, and there’s still time.”

Saying this, he immediately picked up his phone and opened the classmates’ group to start contacting everyone.

A classmates’ group with dozens of people, most of their avatars were black, resembling memorial photos, only a few avatars still lit up.

Zhang Wei quickly began contacting Miao Xiaoshan, Wang Shanshan, Liu Qi, and the others. After these few gathered, he planned to call Brother Tui.

Soon, Miao Xiaoshan replied, saying she’d arrived at Shangtong Tower.

Wang Shanshan also responded, she’s at Guanjiang Residential Complex.

Liu Qi replied a bit slowly, saying he could return to Dachang City before six today, currently handling some matters outside the city.

“This is all settled then.” Zhang Wei happily said: “Tonight at six, class reunion, don’t miss it, location will be shared in the group later.”

“OK.” Miao Xiaoshan replied.

“Alright.” Wang Shanshan remained icy as usual.

“No problem, I’ll be on time at six.” Liu Qi replied as well.

Zhang Wei nodded his satisfaction and then said, “Today’s recruiting is over, have a break, I’m heading to the class reunion. You guys should keep to yourselves, don’t stir up any trouble while I’m gone. I’ve heard recently people have been going missing in Dachang City, the public security gets a bit unstable.”

“Stop spouting nonsense and leave already, don’t interrupt my gaming.”

“Ah, yeah, yeah, you’re right about everything.”

Zhang Wei left angrily, grumbling, if it weren’t for something important to attend to today, he would’ve wanted to give them a beating.

“First, head back to the office, retrieve my big axe. Last time at the class reunion there was a ghost scare, almost killed Miao Xiaoshan’s cousin, can’t let such an accident happen again. Although Brother Tui is there, I can’t rely on him for everything, since I’m quite competent myself.”

Immediately, he headed straight to Shangtong Tower by car.

The big axe Zhang Wei mentioned was indeed the supernatural axe he picked up at the abandoned No. 7 Middle School a couple of days ago.

However, this supernatural axe was still in Doctor Chen’s possession for research, attempting to figure out the supernatural power on that axe. Judging by the progress, it couldn’t be clarified in these short two days.

But Zhang Wei couldn’t wait any longer.

He found Doctor Chen and forcibly took the axe away.

Doctor Chen didn’t resist much. He only advised Zhang Wei not to lose it and to return it after use since the research wasn’t finished.

Of course, Zhang Wei agreed without hesitation.

“Doctor, would letting Zhang Wei take the axe result in any adverse consequences?” the assistant inquired.

Doctor Chen said, “I have used the axe also. This supernatural item is quite stable and very suitable for ordinary people to use, because the stronger a person’s supernatural power is, the heavier the axe feels, and it doesn’t carry any curse. For now, there shouldn’t be any problem, let him take it, after all, the item originally belonged to him.”

While he spoke, he was also very curious inside since he had never seen such a special supernatural item.

If it weren’t for some unique properties, he’d even suspect it was just an ordinary axe.

It seems the best way to confirm the axe’s supernatural ability is through personal experimentation.

“But this information should still be reported to Officer Yang, so he’s aware.” Doctor Chen added later.

Shortly afterward, Yang Jian learned of this matter, but he didn’t say anything and simply consented to Zhang Wei’s action.

At that moment, Yang Jian had other things to attend to. He found a quiet spot to review the archives of supernatural items at headquarters. He wanted to determine what resources were available there, for convenient future use.

“z0327, z0512….. Bring these numbered items to me, I want to call them up.” Yang Jian picked up the phone and contacted headquarters.

“Okay, Officer Yang.”

The person in charge at headquarters was very courteous and did not refuse Yang Jian’s request.

The items represented by these numbers in the archival records were all bizarrely colorful ghost money.

Indeed.

There was ghost money in the stockpile at headquarters, including three-yuan notes, seven-yuan notes, in substantial quantities. These were acquired by various officials from supernatural events without knowing their purpose, eventually handing them over to headquarters for safekeeping.

Now it’s a boon for Yang Jian.

“Zhang Xiangguang advised me to prepare more ghost money, and earlier, the elderly from the herbal shop suggested collecting some ghost money when free. Clearly, this stuff is very valuable; hence, before other captains notice, I should take all the paper money from headquarters first.” ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel·fire.net

Yang Jian thought quietly to himself.

Though he was the Enforcement Captain, other captains also had the right to call up supernatural items from headquarters, so it was a matter of who acted first would benefit.

He calculated.

If he could take all the ghost money from headquarters, Yang Jian would have as much as fifty yuan, a significant sum.

This amount would be enough to buy two coffins on Ghost Street and several pieces of clothing in Baishui Town.

“Officer Yang, the item with the number z0512 is no longer available.” Suddenly, headquarters staff reported.

“Who took it?” Yang Jian’s expression slightly changed.

The staff replied: “Captain Cao Yang requisitioned it a few days ago.”

“Got it, bring me all the remaining ones.” Yang Jian said.

“Alright, they’ll be retrieved in ten minutes. Not sure when Officer Yang needs them.” Headquarters staff responded.

Yang Jian said: “I’ll collect them immediately once they’re retrieved.”

“Understood, Officer Yang.”

Yang Jian realized that Cao Yang must have discovered the utility of ghost money and started using it.

He was not surprised about this.

These captains are quite well-informed about supernatural events, so discovering ghost money’s purpose is quite normal.

Fortunately, he acted quickly enough, otherwise, if delayed by a few months, all those ghost money at headquarters would be called up.

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