Mysterious Resurrection: Starting with Controlling Sadako

Chapter 45 Wang Xiaoming

“No, I trust your judgment. By the way, after reviewing the case file, Professor Wang seems quite interested in the ghost’s abilities. I wonder if you, Wang Liang, have any plans to hand over this vengeful spirit?” Zhao Jianguo asked.

A terrifying A-level ghost? You're dreaming!

Wang Liang directly refused, saying, "Impossible. Why would I trade ten million for a ghost of this level?"

Zhao Jianguo felt somewhat embarrassed and also felt it was unlikely, but for Professor Wang's sake, he gritted his teeth and continued:
"This is negotiable. For you, we can renegotiate a suitable price for this vengeful ghost, not just ten million."

"Does Captain Zhao think I'm short of money? I've been inexplicably financially independent since I just arrived in Da'an City. I have no interest in money," Wang Liang said.

"Wang Liang, don't rush to refuse. Besides money, we can discuss other things, such as gold or other special resources. The headquarters has more resources than you think. As long as you agree, we can discuss anything."

Wang Liang actually had no intention of exchanging the vengeful ghosts for resources, including the previous stinking ghost and waving ghost.

This is not only because keeping these vengeful ghosts in his possession can be considered part of his resources, but also because he can use them to train subordinates in the future.

Another reason is that these vengeful ghosts are not currently part of Sadako's puzzle, but they may become part of other movie and television ghosts controlled by him in the future.

Keeping them now will be convenient if a suitable one comes along later, allowing him to quickly increase the terror level of the movie ghosts he controls using his ghost inventory.

Although Wang Liang felt that the ghost's supernatural power was quite different from the ghosts he remembered from movies and TV shows, such a powerful ghost would not be easy for others to control.

But he still wasn't going to hand it over. Exchanging it for money was a joke; if its trade value wasn't high, he'd rather keep it. At least he'd feel a sense of accomplishment when he occasionally saw it. So he immediately prepared to refuse:
"No."

"Call me."

Before Wang Liang could finish speaking, another calm voice suddenly rang out from Zhao Jianguo's end.

While Zhao Jianguo was speaking, a young man in a white coat, with an average appearance and around twenty-five years old, walked in from outside the switchboard room. He reached out to Zhao Jianguo for the phone, and his eyes looked tired, as if he hadn't slept all night.

"Professor Wang! What brings you here?" Zhao Jianguo asked in surprise.

"I was just passing by and overheard you talking to the person in charge of handling the Changxing Road ghost burning incident, right? His name is Wang Liang. Give me his number, I'll talk to him."

"okay."

Zhao Jianguo handed the phone to Wang Xiaoming.

After taking it, Wang Xiaoming spoke calmly and slightly quickly:

"Hello, let me introduce myself first. I am Wang Xiaoming. You can call me Professor Wang or just call me by my name. I am quite interested in the ghost you dealt with last night."

I'm in a hurry, so let's cut to the chase. If you'd like to make a trade, I can exchange it for a recent breakthrough from my lab, which I call the Ghost Candle. It's very helpful in dealing with paranormal events.

Its function is simple and direct: once lit, before the candle goes out, people within the candlelight's coverage area are guaranteed to be safe from being killed by vengeful ghosts.

If you agree to the trade, I can give you a ghost candle in exchange for 'Ghost Burning Man'.

Upon seeing that his conversation partner had suddenly become the renowned Professor Wang Xiaoming from headquarters, Wang Liang raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

However, he still hesitated to trade this terrifying ghost.

Wang Xiaoming frowned when he saw silence on the other end of the phone. He should have given a result, whether he accepted the terms or the price was not enough, but the other party remained silent.

He pondered for a moment, seemingly lost in thought, and then spoke:

"You need to keep this ghost? You want to control it? A ghost with a terror level of A is definitely difficult to control, but I can help you after researching it. There's no conflict between the two."

"No, I don't need to control it for now. We can trade, but one ghost candle isn't enough. I need five."

Wang Liang ultimately decided to trade this vengeful ghost, which might not be useful in the future, in exchange for resources that he could obtain immediately.

He possesses a ghost fire basin and the ability to traverse supernatural realms. Most importantly, although he has an alternative reboot, he cannot avoid attacks from vengeful spirits of consciousness. In critical moments, having a ghost candle would be a safer option.

Especially since he wasn't sure what type of vengeful ghost he would be encountering in a few days.

In the switchboard room, Wang Xiaoming shook his head and said:

“You may have misjudged the value of ghost candles. The value of one ghost candle is equivalent to five ghosts, and currently only my laboratory has them. They are rare and cannot be bought even if you have money, so five are impossible. There is only one,” Wang Xiaoming said.

“Five C-level ghosts can’t compare to one A-level ghost. It’s pointless to talk about quantity when it comes to ghosts. You want me to exchange an A-level ghost that can help people travel through haunted places for just one candle? I can’t live with that,” Wang Liang replied with a smile.

After thinking for a moment, Wang Xiaoming frowned and said:
"Here's what we'll do. The red ghost candle can protect people from attacks by vengeful ghosts, while my lab has also produced a derivative of the ghost candle, a white ghost candle, which is used to attract vengeful ghosts and can sometimes have miraculous effects."

One red ghost candle and three white ghost candles. The red ghost candle was only recently developed, and production is still very slow. The current output and quota can only give you one.

However, the production of white ghost candles is still acceptable, with one red and three white ones. Moreover, once this ghost is in the hands of headquarters, it will not be traded to anyone else. You can apply to headquarters to get it back when you need it.

If that doesn't work, then forget it. This vengeful ghost isn't my primary research focus right now, nor is it something I absolutely need to obtain.

"You're even offering up such terrible effects like white ghost candles for trade? Since you can't increase red ghost candles, I also want all the ghost money from headquarters. It's a colorful paper currency. Since you say headquarters has deep resources, you should have quite a bit on hand, right?" Wang Liang continued.

He didn't try to increase the number of ghost candles anymore; it seems that getting more red ghost candles out of headquarters is really difficult right now.

In the original storyline, Yang Jian even exchanged the ghost messenger and the ghost coffin for a single ghost candle from headquarters.

While it's possible that headquarters thought Yang Jian didn't understand the value and dismissed the matter with just one ghost candle, there's also the possibility that current production levels are indeed low.

Then he turned to asking for ghost money.

"Ghost money? Paper money? Do you know what that's used for? Can you tell me?"

Wang Xiaoming knew about this thing, but didn't know its purpose. It was collected and submitted by some responsible persons, but that wasn't his research topic, and he hadn't studied it much yet.

"I don't know either. I've seen it by chance, but unfortunately I didn't get my hands on it at the time. I'd like to find some more to study."

Wang Liang certainly knew the purpose of the ghost money, but he couldn't possibly tell headquarters.

Money makes the world go round, and the "ghost banknotes" come in denominations of three, four, and seven.

The more terrifying the ghost, the more money it will receive. Once the ghost has received the money, it will not attack the person who gave it the money.

Ghost money can also be used to purchase special items in places similar to ghost streets.

The headquarters hasn't realized the function and value of the ghost banknotes yet, so it's definitely the right thing to do to collect them early.

"Is that so? Sure, but not all of them. I checked and the headquarters only has 48 yuan in banknotes right now, but I can't give you all of them. Here are three-yuan, four-yuan, and seven-yuan denominations. I can give you two three-yuan and two four-yuan notes each, but only one seven-yuan note. That should be enough for you to study. There's no need to haggle anymore. I'm short on time, and this is the most I can offer."

"Okay, that's it."

If we can squeeze out nearly half of the ghost money while headquarters is unaware of the intelligence, that's about right.

"Okay, you can talk to Zhao Jianguo about the rest."

Wang Xiaoming handed the phone back to Zhao Jianguo, then hurriedly walked out of the switchboard room to his laboratory to continue his research.

Zhao Jianguo coughed lightly and said:
"Alright, since we've reached an agreement, it's settled then. Once Professor Wang's ghost candles arrive, I'll immediately have someone take them and the kind of paper money you just mentioned, uh, to Da'an City to exchange with you."

“Okay, but it’d better be quick. I’ll be going on a business trip soon and won’t be in Da’an City for a while,” Wang Liang said.

"Going on a business trip?"

(End of this chapter)