Chapter 328

“Aha hahaha!”

The instant she was kicked out of the cemetery, the red-haired Bureau Director, who had been holding back until her face turned bright red, couldn’t help but burst into laughter, laughing loudly while forcefully pounding Leon’s back.

“Good grief! I’m dying from laughter! The expression on Square-headed Old Man’s face when he watched you forge was like watching someone cook poop in his rice pot—his face even started turning blue!”

“…”

“Aha hahaha… oh no, I can’t go on! I really can’t!”

After grabbing Leon’s shoulder, the red-haired Bureau Director leaned half her weight onto him, struggling to mimic the square-headed old man’s expression with a long face as she chuckled and panted,

“Third Generation Old Man… haha… although he’s not a bad person… that mouth of his is truly annoying! Honorable Taurus is such a kind person, yet every time he sees her, his first question is always about when she’ll die. I’ve wanted to teach him a lesson for ages! Aha hahaha!”

After finishing her little grudge against the square-headed old man, the red-haired Bureau Director laughed heartily and said, “Leon! Do you know what he told me before you came back? He looked down on today’s smiths, thinking they focus too much on the forging process and are just a bunch of hopeless trash.”

“But later, when teaching you, he almost stood behind you, directly guiding your hands step by step. Every time your hands trembled, his face would immediately follow suit…”

“Oh no, I can’t stop laughing!”

“…”

If purely as an observer, Leon might have joined in the laughter at this moment, but as the person in the joke who was metaphorically “cooking poop,” he found it hard to laugh.

Looking at the red-haired Bureau Director, who was laughing so hard she was leaning most of her bodyweight on him, Leon couldn’t help but say helplessly, “Director, if you keep this up, I won’t be able to walk. We’ve been kicked out for quite some time now, and we haven’t even walked ten meters yet…”

“Mm-hmm, then let me… ha ha… try to hold it in for a bit!”

After tightly pressing her lips together, the red-haired Bureau Director finally managed to barely suppress her laughter, then hummed while biting her lower lip,

“Alright, you’ve probably held back for a while too. Ask whatever you want!”

“So, I’ll ask… were all those things earlier deliberate?”

“Yes, but not entirely~”

The red-haired Bureau Director smiled and said,

“My purpose in bringing you here was actually to ask him to help create a new main combat anomalous item for you and give you some pointers on forging secrets, maybe even trick him into giving up a few good materials.”

“You saw how much stuff he’s hoarded; because it’s been buried for too long, many of the materials’ strength has already dissipated. Rather than letting him bury them until they’re useless, it’s better to use them to make anomalous items for you.”

“But… I didn’t end up creating anything useful…”

Recalling the things he had forged, Leon involuntarily twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, then sighed and said,

“Compared to being wasted by me, those materials would have been better off staying buried in his coffin.”

“That’s not necessarily true.”

Upon hearing this, the red-haired Bureau Director shook her head and reminded him with a smile,

“Did you forget? Besides the [Desire Dream Infiltrator], Third Generation Honorable also made another anomalous item for you. Don’t you want to check it out first?”

Another anomalous item? That roll of black snake skin? Could its ability alter the anomalous items I created? But how did you know? After hearing the Bureau Director’s reminder, Leon couldn’t help but ask curiously, “Director, do you understand forging? Can you see the function of that roll of snake skin?”

“I don’t understand forging, but I do understand luck.”

The red-haired Bureau Director smiled and said,

“And so far, I’ve made two wishes today. The second wish was to help you obtain the most suitable anomalous item, and my gut feeling tells me that the roll of snake skin must be the perfect thing for you.”

Birthday wishes?

After hearing the Bureau Director’s words, Leon couldn’t help but pause momentarily.

Last year, during his birthday, he accidentally triggered this blessing, but according to the Black Goat, this blessing also came with a curse: after a streak of good luck, misfortune would follow, and each fulfilled wish would bring one calamity.

This precious once-a-year wish, which required paying a price, was used to help him acquire an anomalous item? How could he ever repay such a favor? “Thank you…”

Looking at the smiling red-haired beauty in front of him, Leon said with deep emotion,

“Director, I…”

“Alright, no need for thanks. Just helping me fulfill my first wish will be enough.”

After securing a promise from Leon, the red-haired Bureau Director smiled and urged him on,

“One touch of that roll of snake skin, I’m very curious about what abilities the most suitable anomalous item for you will have?”

“Okay!”

Hearing this, Leon nodded, then carefully took out the roll of black snake skin, gently stroking it as if it were something extremely precious.

…

[Name: Unfair Snake Pact (Trade, Contract)]

[Appearance: A roll of smooth black snake skin. When unfolded, it becomes a reusable black contract for writing.]

[Ability: Equivalent Exchange, Forced Binding]

[Cost: Cannot be written with ordinary methods. Must consume a large amount of the user’s blood to leave text on the contract.]

[File: An anomalous item personally forged by the “Smith Spirit,” using the material of the wealth goddess’s black snake tail generated after swallowing the snake spirit. It contains the special ability called “All Things Can Be Exchanged” and part of the “Contract” ability belonging to the Goddess of Wealth.

When the user uses their own blood as a catalyst to sign both their name and the target’s name on the “Unfair Snake Pact,” a unilateral trade contract will be forcibly established. Any item currently held by the other party can be written down for a fair equivalent exchange.]

[Assessment: Please do not use your ability to obtain information about the other party’s anomalous items; nor should you write any findings on the contract as forced trade targets; and absolutely do not use the garbage anomalous items you personally forged, with high taint values, to forcibly exchange others’ valuable core anomalous items.

Because such tactics are truly despicable, even if you win the battle, you won’t feel happy!]

[Taint Value: 59 (6.5)]

“Hisss…”

After reading the description of the [Unfair Snake Pact] and understanding the effect of this “most suitable” anomalous item for him, Leon instantly sucked in a breath.

Just touching the enemy’s anomalous item and writing it on the [Unfair Snake Pact] allows for a forced equivalent exchange?

So, after losing their powerful core anomalous item, the equal-value new anomalous item they receive could make your right foot look better, help you come up with a trendy demon name, grow a stylish wolf fur collar, turn your voice into a seductive bass, recall what you ate for lunch last time, or even relieve constipation?

Despicable! Truly despicable!(Chapter End)