NO.079 A DARK STAIRCASE
On the afternoon of the next day, Zhang Yaoyang appeared in the city hall on time.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman." The receptionist in the hall was still the same woman as she had that day, and she was looking respectful, "Mr. Mayor has been waiting for you in the office for a long time. β
"Good." Zhang Yaoyang nodded and walked straight in front of the other party.
When he came to the mayor's office, he didn't knock on the door, Zhang Yaoyang pushed the door directly and entered, and immediately saw the treacherous mayor of Barmania sitting at the desk.
Seeing Zhang Yaoyang's appearance, Bamania immediately wanted to stand up, but Zhang Yaoyang frowned, and suddenly, Bamania coughed, stretched out his hand and clasped his buttocks, covering up his previous subconscious actions.
"Mr. Mayor." Zhang Yaoyang nodded, greeted with a smile, and sat down on the seat in front of the other party, "Our company needs to apply for a batch of new projects recently, and we need a lot of engineering materials, and we ask the mayor to take care of this." β
"New projects?" Bamania pondered, "What kind of project?" β
"It's about the establishment of the subsidiary."
Zhang Yaoyang took out a crumpled document from his trouser pocket and threw it to the other party, "Mr. Mayor, you are so forgetful, didn't I just buy a piece of land some time ago?" We need to set up a new company on that land, which includes a shooting range, a training camp, a small airport, and so on, and you should have heard the news that we are going to build a security company. β
"So that's it." Bamania shook his head, "Okay, I approved this, as for the process of the private security company, I can help you, but you also know that there are a lot of difficulties in funding for municipal projects recently, so I'm afraid your project needs to be postponed." β
"Oh, Mr. Mayor is going to do municipal engineering? That's great news, and the citizens of Bangalore will praise you. Zhang Yaoyang smiled and took the Indian black tea handed by the secretary, took a sip casually, and then immediately put it on the table and never touched it again, "As a member of the city, I feel that we in Black Watch are actually obliged to contribute to our city." β
"Hahahaha!" Bamania glanced at Zhang Yaoyang, and the two laughed at the same time, "Sure enough, I didn't see the wrong person, since Zhang has this heart, then I will also attach importance to your project, not to mention anything else, at least during the period when you are building a new company, there will never be any uneyed people to disturb you." β
As he spoke, Bamania looked up at the secretary beside him, "Kumar, do you hear that?" Convey my orders to those who are restless, and if anyone dares to harm our distinguished guest in Bangalore, I will surely clean him up with all the rage! β
"Yes, Mr. Mayor." The secretary known as Kumar nodded hurriedly, then bowed slightly to Zhang Yaoyang, turned around and left the office.
It wasn't until the secretary left that Barmania showed a blank expression, "BOSS, is it okay to do this?" β
"You're doing a good job, keep it up, by the way, just in case, don't call me boss at any time in the future, just call me according to the original Bamaniyah habit." Zhang Yaoyang reminded him, and suddenly spoke again, "By the way, did anything happen last night?" β
"What's going on? Zhang, what do you mean ......"
"The St. Martinton neighborhood, near the ghetto area of Wieland Square." Zhang Yaoyang reminded, "Did you find a body?" Or something abnormal. β
"I'm afraid I need to contact Sheriff Habbani." Bamania picked up the phone and pressed a number.
The police station was less than two blocks away from City Hall, and within ten minutes, a thin, dark, bearded man in a police uniform walked in.
"Sheriff Habbani, please take a seat, and tell Zhang what happened near Wieland Plaza last night." Bamania said.
"Okay," Habani said with a flattering look, "Mr. Zhang, I did hear that there was a problem near Wieland Plaza. β
"Please." Zhang Yaoyang nodded.
Habani sat down beside Zhang Yaoyang, trying to maintain the habit of the original owner of this body, "Actually, this matter is not a day or two, since a month ago, we have received alarms, and then, there are more and more similar alarms, even more than ten. According to the police, they heard a knock on the door at home, but when he opened the door, he found that it was not the street that was filled with stinking water and garbage, but a ...... Deep staircase. β
"Stairs?" Zhang Yaoyang narrowed his eyes.
"Yes, a black, barely visible staircase." Habani's voice was muffled, "Many of them closed their rooms as soon as they could, cowering in bed in fright, until they opened the door again hours later, only to find that the door had returned to normal. But according to some people's accounts, there are also brave people who simply enter the stairs without doing anything and keep going down......"
"And then?" Zhang Yaoyang narrowed his eyes.
"I heard that the staircase was very dark and dark, even with a flashlight, it couldn't shine beyond the tenth staircase, and then the stairs were very long, and some people claimed that even if they went down to more than 50 floors, they didn't go down to the bottom of the stairs."
"Then why don't those people continue?" Zhang Yaoyang seemed to be joking, and asked as if he was serious.
"Because some people said they heard crying in the stairs." Habani's expression became serious, and he thought for a moment before adding, "Well, a young girl's cry, it seems to sayβHelp me! Help meοΌ β
When the word 'help me' was spoken, Habani unconsciously pretended to be a woman's shrill voice, coupled with exaggerated body language, and Bamania on the side was immediately amused to laugh.
Zhang Yaoyang glared at Barmania fiercely, and the other party closed his mouth.
"Actually, if it weren't for the fact that this incident was so bizarre, our police department would almost have taken it seriously." Habani suddenly changed the topic and couldn't help but shrug his shoulders, "You know, there is more than one person who called the police for this matter, since a month ago, there have been more than a dozen people who have called the police, and those people all claim to have encountered that ladder, and the transcripts are not much different, I really don't know whether they discussed to trick us, or for some other reason, and a few people claimed that their husbands or children also went in, and never came out again." β
"So you didn't check to see if their family members were really missing?" Zhang Yaoyang asked suddenly.
"Uh......" Habani suddenly looked embarrassed, "Actually, the Indian police are very busy......"
"In other words, this staircase, could really exist?" Bamania interjected suddenly.
"Perhaps, maybe that staircase leads to the back garden of Lord Shiva's house." Habani joked, took out a small note, wrote two lines on the paper, and then handed the note to Zhang Yaoyang, only to see that the note was written with the words "This incident is true, please be careful, boss".
Zhang Yaoyang nodded, took out a cigarette and put it on his mouth, burned the note while lighting the cigarette, and then looked out the window, revealing a thoughtful expression.