Paranormal Investigation Notes

Chapter 241 I am the leader
At this moment, Zhang Dingshan's expression was still calm.As if he was telling an unimportant matter, he said indifferently: "In this way, I can know what the secret is."

"no!"

"no!"

"no!"

At this moment, almost subconsciously, He Wei, Lu Qingliang, and Lu Ming said these two words in unison.

After that, He Wei's brows stood upright: "I disagree! Captain, you don't know how much risk there is in this?"

Among the three leaders, the first leader committed suicide.The second leader turned into an idiot.The third leader was "extraordinary" and no longer valued anything in the mundane world, not even his own life.Now, Zhang Dingshan is going to be the fourth leader?
Lu Qingliang said anxiously: "Yes! Captain, this case, the big deal is that we don't investigate it, so we can just report an unsolved case? Which team doesn't have many unsolved cases? It's not like our team has never done it before! Taking such a big risk, No need!"

Lu Ming also said: "Yes! It's an unsolved case at worst!"

At this moment, Lu Ming even regretted what he did back then.

If I hadn't traveled to Haiye City back then, hadn't met Lin Shen, or if I hadn't been so curious after meeting Lin Shen...would things have been completely different from now?
Who would have imagined that what was thought to be a trivial matter at first turned out to be a mire for one's own side, unable to move forward or retreat.

Zhang Dingshan sighed lightly.He looked a little emotional, but his voice was still calm.

"As long as we pretend that there is no such thing, does this thing really not exist? Being an ostrich... huh."

Lu Ming was stunned and remained silent.

"At the beginning, when you joined the second team of the Operation Department of the Planetary Security Agency, I remember that you are not like you are now."

Lu Ming lowered his head slowly, while He Wei forced himself to distinguish: "This is different, this..."

"What's the difference?"

Zhang Dingshan looked straight into He Wei's eyes, and his tone was calm, but it seemed to carry great strength: "You tell me, if we face danger, we choose to retreat, and even pretend that this matter does not exist, the purpose is just to avoid ourselves What is the difference between us and Action Sixteen?"

One idealist, one realistic.

Lu Qingliang said weakly: "I feel a little worthless..."

This matter has been completely resolved by the Fate Organization so far.There will be no more victims in the future.The sarcophagus is under close surveillance by our own side, and things like Lin Shen will definitely not happen in the future.

In other words, except for Lin Shen's problem, everything else can be said to have been solved.Then, for the sake of an ordinary person in an ordinary city, let a captain like Zhang Dingshan take a huge risk, is it... worth it?
Zhang Dingshan slightly raised his voice: "Qing Liang, you mean that Lin Shen is just an ordinary person, and it's not worth the risk for a high-ranking person like us, right?"

For the word "high position and weight", Zhang Dingshan slightly accentuated his voice.Lu Qingliang's face immediately flushed red, he murmured for a while, and finally lowered his head: "I'm sorry, I was wrong."

"The world government has given us authority, and we have to assume corresponding responsibilities. Is this matter just a matter of Lin Shen?"

Lu Ming looked ashamed.

At this moment, Lu Ming once again felt Zhang Dingshan's irreplaceable role in the second action team.He is the banner of the second action team and the spiritual core of the second action team.In this team, everyone is replaceable, but he alone is irreplaceable.

Without He Wei, it is not impossible to find excellent military and action capabilities.Without Lu Qingliang, excellent logistics leaders can also be found.Even without myself, there must be many people who can take on the role of think tank.

But without Zhang Dingshan, the team completely disintegrated.Even if it still exists, it's just in name only, with nothing but appearance.

Lu Ming scratched his hair: "Alright Captain, what you said is right. I'm just a little worried about Xiao Lizi..."

Thinking of the lovely face of Zhang Dingshan's daughter Zhang Li, Lu Ming felt a little sad.

She has lost her mother.If even Zhang Dingshan is in an accident, then...

Lu Ming's expression became firm.He raised his head and also looked directly into Zhang Dingshan's eyes: "I agree to continue the investigation of this case. However, we may not be sure about one thing. That is, to appoint another person to succeed the leader in order to pass this There is a way to obtain different effects from members of the Fate organization, so as to know the secret, is this... really necessary?"

He Wei and Lu Qingliang's eyes lit up.

Before, because they were too shocked by Zhang Dingshan's words, the two subconsciously ignored this issue.

Indeed, the case can be determined to continue to be investigated rather than listed as a pending case.But, do you really want to check in this way?Is this really necessary?

Zhang Dingshan nodded: "I think it is necessary to investigate in this way. Because this secret must be very important. Moreover, this secret is almost certainly of great significance to our follow-up investigation."

"Don't forget, even if you know the secret through the method of succeeding the leader, it is almost impossible for you to tell it. If this is the case, what's the point?"

For three consecutive terms, and two of them can be sure that they are greedy for life and afraid of death, they failed to reveal this secret.Zhang Dingshan must be special, can he tell this secret?

Zhang Dingshan said: "I know, it is really impossible for me to tell this secret. However, I can continue to direct the follow-up investigation operations."

As long as I know this secret, I can arrange follow-up investigations based on the premise of sufficient information.As long as this can be done, does it matter if I tell you this secret?
And it is.At the same time, Lu Ming knew in his heart that it was precisely because of this reason that the possibility of "finding other irrelevant people to replace the members of the Destiny Organization or the members of the second action team to succeed the leader and know the secret" was also ruled out. Lost.

the reason is simple.It is impossible for the command of the second action team and the direction of investigation to fall on irrelevant outsiders.Because one's own side cannot ensure their reliability.

For those who can ensure reliability, it is impossible for our own side to let them take additional risks.

After all the calculations, only these four members of the second action team could be candidates.

Lu Ming said: "But the risk involved, have you considered the risk? Don't forget, the previous three leaders all ended badly."

Zhang Dingshan shook his head: "At least life is not threatened. Here is a living example."

As long as one's own side does not force the secret to be known, the person who knows the secret will not choose to commit suicide.However, under the premise of knowing the consequences, even if Zhang Dingshan really knows the secret, is it possible for our side to force him?

Obviously not possible.

In this case, Zhang Dingshan's life is not threatened at all.

But... there may still be unpredictable risks.

He Wei gritted her teeth: "Captain, you can't go. Let me go. I will succeed the leader."

Zhang Dingshan shook his head: "It is recorded in the classics of the Destiny Organization that the successor leader must be a male."

Although this record is not necessarily true.Maybe it could also be dispensable things like bathing and incense, sincere prayers, etc. in the ceremony, but if it is a woman who inherits the position of leader, it will always add a lot of risks.

Maybe the sarcophagus will treat He Wei as a pregnant woman who came to sacrifice, and then find that He Wei is not pregnant, so it will directly treat He Wei as a fetus, depriving her of luck?

Before He Wei could speak, Lu Ming immediately said firmly, "I can do it too!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned to the video interface and exchanged glances with Lu Qingliang.

While he was speaking, Lu Qingliang also said these four words at the same time.

Zhang Dingshan shook his head again.

"Qingliang, you can't do it. You're an employee."

Lu Qingliang gritted his teeth, as if he was extremely contradictory.After a while, he finally slumped down on the back of the chair.

Because of family factors, he couldn't even serve as a field worker, so he could only stay at the headquarters to do some back office work.To be able to achieve such a level, I don't know how much I have paid. In this situation, do you still want to succeed the leader?
Zhang Dingshan looked at Lu Ming: "You can't either."

Lu Ming was startled: "Why can't I?"

"Because you are a team member and I am the captain."

Zhang Dingshan's words are very straightforward.Let me, the captain, not go up, let the team members rush to the front line?Is this kind of thing possible?

Lu Ming thought for a moment, then shook his head: "No, captain, I think it doesn't depend on the identity of the captain or the team members to know who will succeed the leader and know the secret. It's more appropriate to see who is more suitable. I think it's more suitable for me. Because , After knowing this secret, I can deduce more things from it, and I can better formulate follow-up investigation plans.”

I am afraid no one can deny this point.

For a long time, Lu Ming has always acted as the team's think tank during the investigation of the case.Moreover, his performance also proves that he has sufficient qualifications and abilities to take on this role.

The previous few cases, if it wasn't for Lu Ming, not to mention the second action team, would definitely not be able to investigate the case clearly, but it would be much more complicated and difficult.

Zhang Dingshan still rejected him.

"I think that in this case, wisdom is indeed important. But... what is more important than wisdom is will."

Lu Ming was taken aback.

"Lu Ming, we can now almost conclude that this secret about the mountain god must be extremely shocking. Then, after knowing this secret, are you sure that you will still maintain your state of mind and make a calm judgment?"

After a pause, Zhang Dingshan continued to say calmly: "Okay, I admit that I am not sure. But, my certainty is at least higher than yours, right?"

Having said that, Lu Ming was completely unable to refute.Because it is.

Zhang Dingshan stood up: "Okay. It's going to be fine. Everyone get ready, and then we'll start."

This concludes the video conference.After that, Lu Ming and He Wei started the preparatory work in silence.After everything was over, the sorceress was summoned again.

After hearing that the order this time turned out to be to make Zhang Dingshan the successor leader, the sorceress was shocked and took a long time to recover.Afterwards, his gaze towards Zhang Dingshan was filled with admiration.

In the past, for members of the Destiny Organization, becoming the leader was of course a dream.But now, time has passed, and the position of leader has long been shunned by everyone like a snake and a scorpion.Now, the sheriff in front of him is willing to take risks, which is really not an ordinary person.

After everything is ready, the ceremony begins.

But this time the ceremony was a little different from the previous ones.This time, following Lu Ming's suggestion, the second action team simplified the ceremony process.Just like sacrificing pregnant women and beasts, all the suspected dispensable links are removed, and only four of the five core elements of "moonlight, hexagram, male, kicking the ground, and before the sarcophagus" are retained.

Yes, for the first ceremony, even the moonlight reflection was temporarily excluded.The purpose, of course, is for further verification and testing.

In the solemn and solemn sanctuary, accompanied by the sound of continuous kicking on the ground, the ceremony ended after ten minutes.

During this process, Lu Ming and He Wei kept staring at Zhang Dingshan's figure closely.The remaining dozen armed guards were also ready to obey orders and intervene at any time.

Zhang Dingshan slowly raised his head, stood up from the ground, and looked at Lu Ming and He Wei.

"I didn't feel anything. The ceremony must have failed. Let's do it again. This time, wipe off the six-pointed star."

Zhang Dingshan wiped off the hexagram painted on his body, walked out of the cave to shine in the moonlight for a while, and then came to the sarcophagus again.

But this time the ceremony still failed.Zhang Dingshan still couldn't feel anything.

After that, he successively tested each of the five core elements, and finally confirmed that no matter which one was missing, the ceremony would fail.So for the sixth time, Zhang Dingshan integrated each of the five elements and started the ceremony again.

Under the watchful eyes of Lu Ming and He Wei, Zhang Dingshan came to a place one and a half meters in front of the sarcophagus with a solemn expression, then knelt down and put his hands on the ground.

The sorceress did not dance the spirit dance, but her feet began to tap the ground continuously.

Zhang Dingshan's body remained motionless.He Wei and Lu Ming also remained motionless.

Lu Ming felt that his palms were sweating.He Wei's body was tense, like a bow fully charged, ready to shoot an arrow at any time.

Time passed quietly, every minute and every second.Gradually, 5 minutes passed.

According to the experience of sacrificing pregnant beasts in the past, 5 minutes is a long enough time to take effect.

If the ceremony of succession to the leader is the same as the ceremony of sacrificing pregnant women and animals, then at the moment when the five elements are integrated, the ceremony should have been completed.Perhaps... Zhang Dingshan has already sensed something.

The sorceress stopped kicking.Zhang Dingshan stood up slowly.He turned his head to look at He Wei and Lu Ming, so Lu Ming noticed that Zhang Dingshan's body was trembling slightly.

(End of this chapter)