Ghost Pinching Person

Because of the presence of ghosts within their bodies, those Ghost Tamer can, in most cases, determine whether there are any supernatural entities in their surroundings simply by feeling.

Looking at the female corpse on the ground.

Based on normal reasoning, the female passenger should have died recently, definitely no more than half an hour ago.

But a faint stench of decay lingered nearby.

This is clearly illogical.

Yang Jian knew that the stench of the corpse did not come from the deceased, but from the ghost.

The lingering smell suggests that at some point in the past, a ghost was lurking in the nearby aircraft compartment, and this female passenger was simply unlucky enough to be targeted by it.

"Hello, I am Wang Dong, the flight police officer on duty on this flight. This situation happened rather suddenly. I hope we can cooperate to catch the murderer as soon as possible and not give him another chance to commit the crime."

A composed young man walked over from beside the body and extended his hand.

Yang Jian shook hands and said, "Yang Jian of Dachang City, I'm taking over this case. From now on, I'm in charge of everything on this plane. Everyone, including the pilots, must obey my arrangements—no, my orders. If anyone disobeys, I have the right to shoot them on the spot."

"Therefore, I hope you, Wang Dong, will assist me and prevent the situation from worsening."

Wang Dong frowned immediately. "Yang Jian, this doesn't seem to comply with regulations. Even law enforcement agencies need to obtain approval before proceeding."

"I'm not from law enforcement, but if you have any objections, you can ask your superiors." After saying this, Yang Jian spoke into his satellite-guided phone, "I can basically confirm it; it should be a paranormal event."

Qin Meirou's voice came through the satellite-guided phone. "Can you solve this?"

"I don't know. We've only just confirmed the incident. We'll have to try to figure out if we can resolve it. But judging from the current situation, only one person has died, so the level of terror can't be too high. I just want to know if anyone has died on this flight before? I mean the most recent one. You need to investigate that and also notify the people on the plane to cooperate with my operation," Yang Jian said.

Qin Meirou, "Okay, I'll take care of it right away. We'll stay in touch."

Yang Jian remained silent, simply hanging his GPS phone around his neck before squatting down, lifting the clothing covering the corpse, and examining its condition.

The deceased was a woman in her forties, wearing heavy makeup, but her eyes were wide open, her face filled with despair and terror, as if she had witnessed some unbearable horror before her death.

Although he wasn't a forensic doctor, the woman's cause of death was rather strange.

Yang Jian saw the woman's head turn around her neck several times, the skin on her neck was almost twisted into a pretzel, and below her neck, the skin was covered in purple and blue marks, as if it had been pinched by something.

What a tragic death!

"Vomit"

The flight attendants nearby turned pale upon seeing this, felt nauseous, and staggered to the side to vomit.

At the same time, Wang Dong also received a call from above.

"Wang Dong, the situation is urgent. I'm only giving one order: unconditionally obey Yang Jian's arrangements. Remember, even if he tells you to jump out of the plane, you must obey. This isn't a simple murder case; it's a very serious and complex incident. I'll repeat it again: unconditionally obey Yang Jian's arrangements."

"Yes, I will unconditionally obey Yang Jian's arrangements," Wang Dong said solemnly.

After the call, when he hung up, the look in his eyes as he glanced at Yang Jian was strange.

Despite his confusion and bewilderment, he remained resolute and said, "Yang Jian, I've been ordered to obey your commands and arrangements. Please issue the task."

"Headquarters is quite efficient. There's not much you can do to help, except to calm the other passengers down and keep them from panicking."

Yang Jian remained squatting on the ground. He lifted the woman's head and straightened her twisted neck.

"Don't worry, I guarantee I'll complete the mission," Wang Dong said, then turned to leave.

"Wait a minute," Yang Jian called out to him.

Wang Dong asked, "Is there anything else planned?"

"Is he armed?" Yang Jian.

"No, no," Wang Dong said, his expression shifting slightly.

He is a train police officer, and there are no regulations requiring him to carry a gun, because if he did, there would be a possibility of losing the gun, which would only create a security risk to some extent.

"Words won't sway people in the face of terror. With so many passengers on the plane, if chaos breaks out, you and a few flight attendants won't be able to control them." Yang Jian pulled out a pistol from behind his back and handed it over. "You can borrow it for a bit, return it to me after we get off the plane."

Wang Dong hesitated for a moment, then, remembering the arrangements made by his superiors, he did not refuse and immediately took the pistol.

After he left, Yang Jian had roughly straightened the head of the deceased female passenger.

He wasn't interested in the cause of death; after all, people can die in all sorts of ways when faced with the supernatural. What he cared about was the bruise on his neck—a mark left by a ghost—that was the most important thing.

After the twisted neck was straightened, the bruises on it merged into one large patch.

The bruise formed the shape of a hand.

No, not just one, but a pair of hands.

The bruises on the neck were arranged in the shape of two hands, one on the left and one on the right. The finger marks on the hands were delicate, and there were even wounds where fingernails had dug into the skin.

"These are a woman's hands." Yang Jian frowned, gesturing with the hand from the corpse.

They are exactly the same size.

"So, he strangled himself to death? And while he was at it, he twisted his head around his neck several times?"

Seeing this, he knew things were getting complicated.

An unknown ghost, with a pattern of killings, unclear actions, and even how it appeared is unknown.

It's a complete mystery.

The only saving grace is that this ghost is of a low level, not as terrifying as those encountered before. Its method of killing is relatively gentle, and so far only one person has died, which means that this ghost is not very terrifying.

"Create a new paranormal file, horror level C, code name: Ghost Pinching Person," Yang Jian said.

"The file has been created," Qin Meirou's voice came through. "Furthermore, the flight situation of the plane you are on has been thoroughly investigated over the past six months. There has never been a similar incident before, not even a single passenger has died. There have only been a few instances of passengers suddenly falling ill on the plane, but none of them resulted in any accidents."

Upon hearing this, Yang Jian narrowed his eyes. "The ghost has started killing people, which means it's active. Under these circumstances, everyone on every flight should die. The fact that there haven't been any accidents before means the ghost isn't lingering on the plane, but was brought on by a passenger."

"Perhaps that passenger was also Ghost Tamer, but on this flight, he had a moment of madness and accidentally killed someone. Or perhaps that Ghost Tamer had already died on the plane, causing the vengeful spirit to resurrect. In any case, this paranormal event is highly likely to be man-made."

"Is that so?" Qin Meirou was somewhat surprised.

However, judging from Yang Jian's analysis, this is indeed very possible.

Yang Jian added, "Currently, I have two solutions. You can ask Headquarters to consider them."

"You say it," Qin Meirou said immediately.

Yang Jian, "The first method is for me to use my Ghost Domain to take everyone on the plane away from here. After we get to the ground, we can investigate all the passengers one by one to find the possible Ghost Tamer. This is the safest approach. Of course, we can't rule out the possibility that the ghost is on the plane. In that case, the ghost will be released into another place when the plane crashes."

"The second method is to keep the plane flying and try to deal with that thing on board. However, this would likely result in some injuries or even deaths among the passengers. But the advantage is that it would give us a chance to deal with that ghost."

"You can decide on your end. There haven't been any second deaths yet, so you still have time to think it over. Again, give me your answer in five minutes."

Yang Jian stood up and covered the body again.

It has been confirmed that the corpse is normal, not Ghost Tamer, and certainly not a ghost; it was just an ordinary, innocent passenger.

As for the two proposals he put forward, they each have their advantages and disadvantages.

The first option is to save lives and avoid contact with the supernatural.

If there is Ghost Domain in Yang Jian, direct casualties can be avoided, but this would mean letting the supernatural go unchecked. The ghost on the plane might appear elsewhere and continue killing people, and the casualties then might be even greater than they are now. After all, it takes time for a ghost to start killing people, to be discovered, and to be dealt with. During this time, the ghost can kill people indiscriminately, and the casualties will definitely exceed the number of people on a passenger plane.

The second option is to resolve the paranormal event in exchange for ensuring the safety of other areas and eliminating potential hazards, but this would likely mean sacrificing some, or even all, of the people on board.

We must save lives first, even if more people might die later.

Let some people die first, to prevent others from dying later.

Either choice would result in deaths, that's for sure, so Yang Jian wouldn't make that decision. He left it to Headquarters to decide.

Following Yang Jian's words, a heated conference call immediately commenced at Headquarters.

"Saving lives is the top priority. We need to save lives first. We can deal with the ghost later. Nothing is more important than saving lives."

"Bullshit! If we don't deal with that ghost now, more people will die when it reappears than we saved today. Besides, we've already located the ghost. The plane is only so big; with Yang Jian's abilities, containing that thing shouldn't be a problem. We can't let such a good opportunity slip by."

"I suggest resolving this on the spot. All lives are equal. We can't sacrifice the safety of a group for the safety of a few. Besides, the supernatural has only just begun to emerge. Taking action now will minimize casualties. How long has it been since the Dachang City incident? Have you all forgotten?"

"Can't we let Yang Jian rescue the person first before dealing with that thing?"

"No, no one can guarantee that the ghost isn't hiding among the people. If it is, saving people would be the same as releasing the ghost as well."

After a brief but intense discussion.

Qin Meirou relayed the order to Yang Jian: resolve the paranormal events on the plane.

Yang Jian wasn't surprised when he heard about this arrangement.

From a broader perspective, addressing paranormal events when they first appear minimizes the losses. If the ghost is released to save the few dozen people on the plane, the number of people saved next time might be less than a fraction of the death toll next time.

The people at Headquarters couldn't be that short-sighted.

"Solve it here? I understand. I'll do my best," Yang Jian replied calmly.