Chapter 265

“Stop overthinking it. You’ve already done everything you could to the best of your ability.”

After glancing at Leon’s furrowed brows, the Red-haired Bureau Director couldn’t help but offer some comforting words: “On the bright side, even if Aquarius has some targeted anomalous items up her sleeve, if her standing isn’t high enough, she might not withstand the dual onslaught of the [Indication List] and the [Deathscape Streetlamp]. She might just get eliminated outright.”

“Moreover, the directors of each division have the backing of their respective Star Palaces within their ‘jurisdictions,’ which elevates their capabilities by a notch. If there were a direct confrontation, Aquarius, who’s already had her Star Palace usage revoked and suffered severe injuries, wouldn’t stand a chance against many ordinary division directors. She can’t cause much trouble anymore.”

“As long as the three directors free up in six months, or if other directors or even bureau directors return ahead of schedule, no matter how many tricks he has up his sleeve, he’ll only end up dead!”

Sigh… For now, this is all we can do…

Although Leon still felt uneasy inside and hoped the Clearing Bureau would act immediately to take out both the Gemini Division and Director Aquarius as soon as possible, since the three directors had made a conservative decision, Leon, as a mere Level 3 Accident Handler, could only comply. Still, he decided to be extra cautious.

…

“By the way.”

Perhaps sensing the heavy atmosphere, the Red-haired Bureau Director thought for a moment and then placed four small boxes on the table before smiling and saying:

“Since you gave me a surprise, I’ll return the favor… Can you guess what’s inside?”

After taking a look at the appearance of the small boxes, Leon asked with pleasant surprise:

“Director, did you manage to get my sheep stomach back?”

“Tch…”

Seeing that Leon figured it out instantly without even guessing, the Red-haired Bureau Director’s expression fell slightly as she pushed the four small boxes over. She nodded unhappily:

“Yes, your sheep stomach is back. I traded it along with two other little things for your ‘Bed Under Ghost Hands,’ and I also got the Honorable Taurus to adjust it to its optimal state.”

“Now, there’s no need for additional maintenance; once you have it in hand, it will already be at an 8-point Leon Value level. Additionally, I’ve informed the others in the bureau that if anyone finds other parts later, they’ll try to set them aside for you first…”

Ah… Now I remember, a few days ago, the [Relation Client] badge flashed twice. So, the resources provided ended up here!

Hearing the Red-haired Bureau Director’s words, Leon couldn’t help but feel delighted inside.

With the sheep stomach in front of him, out of the seven parts of the Black Goat, he had now gathered the horn, heart, and stomach. The sheep tail was still on the female journalist, but it should be retrievable too, making it four parts collected.

The Black Goat once bragged that combining all its parts into an anomalous item would rank around 20th to 30th in the Clearing Bureau, meaning between codes 020 and 030.

Although the Black Goat’s boast was debunked by the Director and the Honorable Taurus, according to their estimates, even with the “High Compatibility (Demonic Badge)” boost, the Black Goat’s strength was more likely between code 100 and 70-80, far from the top 20-30 rankings.

However, after collecting all the parts, his Demon Badge would also upgrade. With the complete Original Sin Seven Sheep Parts combined with the upgraded Demon Badge to the heterochromatic level, perhaps he truly could rival the top-tier anomalous items! “Thank you, Director!”

With the excitement of imminent power surge, Leon sincerely thanked the Red-haired Bureau Director. Then, he took the four small boxes from the table and touched each one in turn.

[Name: The Insatiable Stomach (Fallen, Greedy, Desire)]

[Appearance: Four locked metal small boxes containing the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum of a ruminant animal. Even without any connection to other digestive systems, these four stomachs continue to move ceaselessly. Approaching them carelessly will result in hearing demonic whispers greedily asking you to give it anything valuable.]

[Cost: Present it with an insatiable desire or satisfy its desires before each use. However, beware that once its desires are satisfied, the next ones will become even stronger.]

[Record: The stomach of a near-divine-level great demon that lost consciousness due to severe injuries and instinctively sought flesh and souls to replenish itself, mistakenly entering a slaughterhouse. Later, it was purchased by a man surnamed Chaer, becoming his possession.

After gaining a small fortune through the wish-granting abilities of the “Insatiable Stomach” but losing much more, the owner quickly realized its danger and locked it in a specially-made metal box, hiding it away unless faced with unsolvable problems.

Through extreme caution and wisdom, the owner successfully ensured his own safety, but this caused the “Insatiable Stomach” to remain extremely weak due to unfulfilled desires until it was handed over to the Clearing Bureau to save his daughter…]

[Assessment: This is an exceptionally special functional anomalous item. Besides guiding the user to satisfy their own desires, it can also digest swallowed anomalous items, temporarily increasing one’s taint value. It can raise the taint value up to 59 points at most.

Unfortunately, this incredibly powerful effect cannot be used alone and requires pairing with the ‘Wasteland Savage Tongue’ to work. Swallowing anomalous items through other methods won’t truly reach the ‘Insatiable Stomach’.]

[Taint Value: 8 (5.2)]

[Your taint value has increased]

[Current taint value: 5.2]

Wow! Not only can it guide users to fulfill their desires, but it can also swallow anomalous items and temporarily increase one’s taint value? Up to a maximum of 59 points? One step reaching near-divine combat strength?! After seeing the true effects of the “Insatiable Stomach,” Leon couldn’t help but suck in a sharp breath.

For big shots like the Red-haired Bureau Director and the Taurus Director, this item’s effects mean nothing since their taint values have already surpassed 60 points. They don’t need the sheep stomach to accumulate taint values.

But for someone like me, a “warrior with only 5.2 taint,” this thing’s effect is astonishingly strong! After all, the potency of anomalous items and the number of items that can be used simultaneously are closely related to the user’s own taint value. With only 5 taint points currently, I can’t even fully activate the [Holy Spirit Pendant], which requires 48 taint points, let alone the Black Goat requiring 8 taint points. To use multiple anomalous items simultaneously, I’d have to weaken the overall “output.”

What’s even better is that I’ve learned an incomplete version of the Taurus Secret Art from the Taurus Director, which will definitely produce a lot of abnormal items like [Sensitive Eggs]. These can all be fed to the [Insatiable Stomach], using minimal cost to gain temporary near-divine combat strength!

All I need now is to find that [Wasteland Savage Tongue], obtain the ability to swallow anomalous items, and stockpile enough useless anomalous items through the Taurus and Aquarius secret arts. My abilities might truly skyrocket! It’s… absolutely perfect!

With the hope of gaining temporary near-divine combat strength and teaming up with the director to beat up the Aquarius Director, Leon tightly gripped the small box in his hand and probed his will into it.

“Hmm?”

Upon detecting Leon’s “intrusion,” the dormant will inside the small box awakened instantly.

After sensing the will attempting contact and making a quick judgment of the other party’s soul strength, the will of the [Insatiable Stomach] couldn’t help but ‘tsk’ in disappointment.

“So weak… Just the level of an ordinary Level 3 Cleaner. Are the people in the Clearing Bureau who distribute anomalous items blind? I was once a notable great demon, even in my current state.”

After complaining unhappily, the will of the [Insatiable Stomach] followed Leon’s will back, mumbling disinterestedly: ‘Well, though you’re a bit weak, it’s better than being locked up all the time. Let me see what desires you have… Hmm?’

‘Ah?!!!’

(End of Chapter)