Chapter 466: After Modification: Chapter 466 Keep Calm and Don’t Be Hasty
"Mage, we know you’re kind-hearted, but the urgent matter now is to get rid of the evil spirit near the slaughterhouse!" Someone shouted.
The crowd also joined in, clamoring, "Mage, you must distinguish between the important and the trivial! You can’t delay the major issue of the town for one person..."
Facing the agitated crowd, the middle-aged woman also flinched. Although she was frightened by Master Sande, she wasn’t completely bewitched.
She had been ’getting Fire’ for some days now, and though it might be due to evil spirits causing trouble, nothing too serious had happened.
If she asked the mage for help and something went wrong at night, Master Quan would hate her.
Rather than becoming the town’s enemy, she might as well wait until tomorrow to ask the mage. After all, delaying a day wouldn’t cause much trouble, the worst that could happen is staying in the temple!
"Ma... Mage, I appreciate your goodwill, but now eliminating the evil spirit is more important. I will ask for your help tomorrow!" said the middle-aged woman.
Her words immediately earned the applause and cheers from the people in the shop, praising her for being considerate of the larger issues and her selflessness.
Master Sande, who was left out, was utterly speechless. What the hell? Are the people in Stone Town crazy?
People don’t act without self-interest. They prefer to be troubled by evil spirits and ask him to catch them first? Damn it!
The deputy manager of the slaughterhouse saw the middle-aged woman refuse the mage’s aid, so he invited the mage to return and have a meal.
Given the current situation, helping people with disasters at Jiji was no longer possible. Master Sande had to resentfully sit back down.
The two companions continued to praise him, assuming he had a benevolent heart and couldn’t bear seeing people suffer.
Just when everyone was flattering Master Sande, journalist Lin Wan squeezed through the crowd and stormed into Jiji.
Seeing Master Sande dining, she was instantly furious and yelled, "So it really is you? I thought it was just someone with the same name!"
The crowd saw Lin Wan was familiar with Master Sande but had such a rude attitude. They were momentarily perplexed and didn’t know how to react.
Master Sande, who was drinking, saw Lin Wan and was as scared as a mouse seeing a cat, trembling all over.
Zhang Dadan, who was sitting behind Master Sande, noticed his fear towards Lin Wan and frowned, wondering if there was some hidden secret.
When the whole store was full of doubts, Lin Wan shouted, "Don’t be fooled by him. He is just a con artist who deceives ignorant people!"
Zhou Yong encountered a ghost last night, and Master Sande pointed out he had an evil aura. Because of this, the customers in the shop believed in Master Sande’s power.
Now, hearing Lin Wan call him a fraud, they were skeptical. Someone questioned, "Why do you say the mage is a fraud? What evidence do you have?"
Seeing the disbelief, Lin Wan took out her journalist ID and said to the crowd, "I am a journalist. I once investigated a haunted news case."
"There were no ghosts at all. He was just pretending. The so-called ghosts he caught were merely chemical reactions!"
Though the crowd heard her speak convincingly, they still didn’t believe her. After all, Stone Town was indeed haunted, and they had witnessed the mage’s extraordinary abilities.
"Based on your one-sided words, you want to slander the mage? Stop talking nonsense, we won’t believe you!" Someone shouted, and others followed, questioning Lin Wan.
Originally anxious, Master Sande saw the crowd defending him and regained some courage, saying sternly, "Young lady, who are you? I’ve never met you!"
"I haven’t offended you, have I? I don’t understand whether you’re going against me or the entire town?"
The crowd exploded at his divisive words, whether customers inside or onlookers outside, all blaming Lin Wan.
Lin Wan, a young and inexperienced journalist, faced the overwhelming hostility and couldn’t argue back.
Seeing her in a desperate situation, Zhang Dadan felt compassion and pulled her aside.
The crowd slightly relented when they saw Zhang Dadan pull her away, but Master Sande grew more fearful.
This Boss Zhang kept ruining his plans. Now, he pulled over the journalist who knew his identity. What was he planning?
Could it be he had uncovered his identity and planned to team up with the journalist to expose him?
Lin Wan, though inexperienced, had a fervent heart full of justice, always wanting to reveal the darkness and expose ugliness.
She loathed people like Master Sande, who manufactured fear and profited from it, wishing to send them all to prison.
Now, seeing him deceiving Stone Town again, she naturally wanted to expose him publicly, saving the town residents from his harm.
However, instead of appreciating her efforts, they treated her as the villain, leaving her speechless, unable to defend herself.
Fortunately, Zhang Dadan intervened in time, pulling her out of the trouble. Though grateful, her fiery passion remained, questioning:
"Zhang Dadan, are you letting him deceive people in your shop? Or have you also been bewitched, considering him a so-called Great Mage?"
Just as Zhang Dadan was about to explain, Bai Jie retorted, "Do you have any manners? Dadan helped you out and you don’t even thank him, but act so rude!"
Lin Wan, though stubborn and assertive, considered herself a gentle girl. Hearing Bai Jie call her rude, she was naturally displeased.
As she was about to argue with Bai Jie, she suddenly found her familiar, hesitantly asking, "You... Are you Bai Jie?"
Still angry, Bai Jie softened her attitude upon hearing her name called, looked Lin Wan up and down, asked, "Do we know each other?"
"No, but I’ve heard about you for a long time!" Lin Wan’s attitude also calmed down.
No woman, regardless of status, is free from vanity, and Bai Jie was no exception. Hearing Lin Wan’s praise, she immediately discarded her indignation.
With a glance at Zhang Dadan, Bai Jie smiled proudly, "Oh? Am I that famous? I wasn’t aware."
"I’m a TV reporter. How could I not recognize you, Miss Bai? Our station has always wanted to interview you!" Lin Wan said excitedly.
She had just been promoted and wanted to prove herself. Now, meeting Bai Jie, she couldn’t hide her excitement.
While the two young women were mutually flattering each other, not far away, Master Sande was on edge.
He didn’t understand why Lin, who hated him moments ago, suddenly ignored him and started chatting with someone.
Was it some new tactic? Would she strike when he let his guard down? It didn’t seem necessary, though?
The two companions saw him lost again, raised their glasses to compliment, "Master Sande, look how much the people in our town respect you!"
"Indeed... You’ve come to our Stone Town to exorcise ghosts, benefiting all living things. Everyone sincerely appreciates you!"
Although their flattering words were cliché, Master Sande had heard them countless times, they still reminded him to regain his composure.