Chapter 146

“Hmm…”

After letting out a soft sob, the Red-haired Bureau Director nodded slightly, then as if desperately trying to avoid something, trembled involuntarily while frantically burrowing into Leon’s embrace.

Stop burrowing! If you keep this up, I’ll be gone for sure! Though the exceptionally weak appearance of the Red-haired Bureau Director was pitiful, feeling the ribs creaking and having three-tenths of the air squeezed out of his lungs, Leon thought he himself was more pitiable.

With hands crossed, he pushed against the forehead of the Red-haired Bureau Director with all his might, finally managing to save his own lungs. With a face flushed red from holding his breath, Leon took in two deep breaths before covering the ears of the Red-haired Bureau Director.

“Like this? Can you still hear it?”

“I can still hear it…”

Nodding pitifully, the Red-haired Bureau Director whimpered softly, “They’re not cursing me through my ears, even covering them doesn’t help…”

If not the ears, then what? Spirit? Soul? But when using the Black Goat, Leon had looked upstairs and couldn’t see anything at all!

Listening hard with his ears propped up for half a day but still hearing no so-called “cursing,” Leon had no choice but to pat the back of the Red-haired Bureau Director forcefully and urged her,

“Be a good girl… loosen up a bit, you’re hugging too tightly…”

“I won’t…”

Rubbing her head against Leon’s chest, the Red-haired Bureau Director seemed like a five or six-year-old little girl, sobbing softly, “If I let go, you’ll run away like everyone else, I don’t want that!”

You don’t want it, but I can’t handle it! If you keep squeezing like this, my body won’t leave, but my soul might escape first!

Feeling the two iron gates tightening behind his back, Leon couldn’t help but fiercely slap her back, trying to coax her gently,

“I won’t run! Definitely won’t run! And not only will I not run, I’ll curse them for you too!”

“R-really?”

“Really, don’t believe me? Look into my eyes!”

“T-then I’ll look…”

After rubbing vigorously on Leon’s collar twice, she lifted her teary eyes, looking at Leon doubtfully before finally pulling her arms back, grabbing onto Leon’s collar again, and said pitifully, “Actually… it’s fine if you don’t curse them for me, just please don’t sneak away like others do, leaving me alone to be cursed, that’s enough…”

“Mm-hmm, I won’t run.”

Definitely won’t run! If I get caught again and hugged, I’m afraid I’ll really be done for!

Just wanting to leave earlier nearly got my waist snapped, so after barely coaxing her to let go, Leon naturally dared not make any rash moves.

To prevent her from getting startled while being cursed and suddenly giving him another death hug, Leon pondered for a moment and chose to grab the shoulders of the Red-haired Bureau Director, slowly turning her sideways.

After changing from a face-to-face embrace to a position almost facing away from him, Leon clenched his jaw with all his might, turning around and tightly hugging her, locking those deadly arms firmly.

I absolutely cannot let go before she sobers up! If I get hugged again from the front, my bones will surely snap with a crack!”Leon… you’re so kind…”

Unable to see Leon’s expression of gritted teeth while exerting force, feeling the warm and strong embrace from behind, the tear-streaked Red-haired Bureau Director curled up her body, finally relaxing and leaning against him, then whispered regretfully,

“…”

So the previous victim was actually Emma Senior?

After hearing the words of the Red-haired Bureau Director, Leon, who was in pain to the point of tears welling up, couldn’t help but shiver all over, immediately hugging tighter.

Cannot let go! Absolutely cannot let go! Even Emma Senior, who has an indestructible body, couldn’t withstand being hugged all night by the Director. I don’t have such protection; if she hugs me again, I’ll really be finished!

And also, that damn Black Goat, still dares to say my luck is fine. Just wanting to escort the Director upstairs for rest after seeing her drunk, and yet I encountered a life-and-death crisis, almost strangled to death. Is this called fine luck?

…

“By the way, Leon.”

Just as Leon was praying for her to fall asleep quickly and hoping she didn’t have a habit of tossing and turning, the Red-haired Bureau Director, now embraced, finally stopped trembling and calmed down again, leaning on him and whispering softly,

“Do you want to know what’s upstairs?”

Huh? After hearing her words, Leon couldn’t help but pause slightly before reminding her,

No part of the content inside is allowed to be reproduced without permission!

“Director, although I don’t know what’s upstairs, according to confidentiality regulations, things that can be guarded by the Yellow Path Branch Director should be kept secret from Level Three Incident Handlers.”

“It’s fine.”

The Red-haired Bureau Director shook her head and said, “It’s different from other abnormal items of the same level. The existence of that thing isn’t a secret. Not only the directors of the branches, but many senior employees of Levels One and Two also know about it, and even that it’s in my possession.

For such information, even though the danger level is high, it has been categorized as public secrets like the [Watchtower Palace]. Telling you wouldn’t constitute a violation, so you can listen without worry.”

I feel like… the Director is suddenly speaking much more coherently, did she sober up after all the commotion? Realizing something was off, Leon mulled it over for a while and vaguely sensed that the Red-haired Bureau Director wasn’t really trying to explain things to him but needed someone to listen to her vent. Loosening his arms slightly, he nodded and said,

“Then tell me, I’m actually quite curious.”

“Good, hold me tighter, I’ll tell you.”

Seemingly quite greedy for the warmth behind her, she squeezed closer into Leon’s embrace, her cheeks already losing most of their wine-red hue. Closing her eyes, she curled up and whispered softly, “What’s placed on the top floor is an anomalous item with a number, its code is 004. As for the one hundred twenty-nine million six hundred thousand ‘people’ that have been cursing me, together they form another anomalous item, currently coded as 013, and their current owner is me.”

Code? 004? 013?

“The code I mentioned is the artificial ranking scholars of the General Bureau determined based on factors like the user, past battle records, effect intensity, effective range, payment cost, and generated impact before you proposed the Leon Value.”

As if knowing Leon would question the code, the Red-haired Bureau Director didn’t continue but closed her eyes and explained softly, “Typically, the closer an anomalous item’s code is to the front, the more terrifying its effect when used to its limit. Like your Holy Spirit Pendant, if fully utilized, its code should be within one hundred fifty.

And if you gather all seven parts of that goat, thanks to the extremely high compatibility between you two, it should have a chance to enter the top one hundred when used by you.”

Black Goat… That guy brags about being invincible under the True God, but it’s only ranked in the top one hundred? And only gets the “chance” to enter after being enhanced by the Gold Rank Badge?

(End of Chapter)