Chapter 464

Having no clue about what was happening outside, Leon, who had already entered the dog’s stomach, caught the female journalist who fell from another esophagus. He then couldn’t help but complain with a face full of speechlessness: “It already said you could go back, so why don’t you just go back? Why do you have to butt in? Wouldn’t it be better if you went back and called for backup? At the very least, you could pass the message back and tell the bureau director how I met my end so she can avenge me!”

Now look, because you got involved, it ended up being buy one get one free, and we both ended up as dog food. This dog thing is now stuffed to the brim, what a waste!

“…”

After hearing Leon’s complaints, the female journalist couldn’t help but fall silent.

It seems… that’s indeed the case… but…

Touched the blood-red deer horn mark on her forehead, the female journalist’s eyes couldn’t help but dim slightly, her emotions visibly dropping.

She felt that the reason she impulsively made such an immature move was partly due to feeling indebted to the other party, and probably also because of this mark.

When she was captured by the Blood-Haired Maiden in the dream realm, she really prepared herself to repay the Director’s upbringing grace with her life. But the Director actually left a backup in her soul, and once she tried to leak secrets, her soul would immediately be sent to the Deathscape.

He didn’t trust her at all… Hmm… But it’s not wrong that he didn’t trust her, after all, she was indeed tortured by guilt and prepared to reveal some information. He wronged her, but she also wronged him.

“Alright, stop spacing out.”

Looking at the female journalist who almost wrote “autism” all over her face, Leon couldn’t help but shake his head speechlessly and then urged:

“While we haven’t been digested yet, let’s quickly think of any possible solutions! Most of my anomalous items are ‘physical’, and they can’t be brought here now. Do you have any that can take effect with the soul and be carried together? If so, report them quickly, let’s see if we can hold on a bit longer!”

“Haven’t you given up yet?”

Hearing Leon’s words, the female journalist looked up and asked somewhat blankly: “We’ve already been swallowed by the Hound God, even if it’s weak, it’s still a True God level. Our life levels are different, we can’t resist. Even if we get out, we won’t be its match.”

“You should try before giving up, right?”

Seeing the female journalist starting to “accept death”, Leon immediately felt a headache and had to persuade earnestly: “Be more optimistic, we’re not necessarily going to die right now.

Think about it, if the Director finds no movement and comes to check, she will definitely notice our missing souls. And as long as she finds us, it’ll be the turn of this dead dog to suffer.”

“Sorry, that possibility is slim.”

The female journalist shook her head upon hearing this: “【Slaughter Bloody Hair】 took too much of the Blood-Haired Maiden’s energy, she’s not good at soul-related things. Even if she notices our souls disappearing, she might not immediately associate it with the Deathscape, she won’t come that fast.”

“…”

“One step further, even if there are people in your bureau who are sensitive to souls and detect traces from the Deathscape, they won’t suspect the Watchdog of Death, they’ll directly delve into the Deathscape.”

Pointing to the deer horn mark on her forehead, the female journalist explained somewhat dejectedly: “This is the power mark of the Doe of Afflicted Flesh. Those who can detect traces of the Deathscape will surely sense this.

Even if the Blood-Haired Maiden finds the Deathscape, her first move will be to rush to 【Corpse Soil Black Forest】 and 【Funeral Garment Mirror Lake】, directly asking the Doe of Afflicted Flesh for us. She won’t linger here at the Gate of the Dead and the Hound God Angesi, let alone think that we’ve already been eaten.”

“…”

“Sorry, I know you’re not willing, but under the current situation, struggling is meaningless.”

Seeing Leon completely silenced by her analysis, the female journalist couldn’t help but speak with a hint of shame:

“…”

Can we not bring up that “painful past”? It’s quite embarrassing, you know…

Made uncomfortable by the female journalist’s overly sincere apology, Leon remained silent for a while, then simply opened his mouth and said:

“If you think like that, since we’re going to die anyway, wouldn’t it be better to cause some trouble while we’re not fully dead instead of being digested slowly? Even if it’s just making this dead dog uncomfortable for a while, we can’t let it be so comfortable!”

“Could work…”

Looking at Leon who hasn’t given up even at this moment and is still thinking of striking back, the female journalist couldn’t help but show a look of admiration in her eyes and then said:

“Most of the anomalous items on me are also physical, confiscated when I was captured by the Blood-Haired Maiden, only two exceptions. One of them is these hands of mine.”

Lifting her palms glowing with pure white fluorescence, the female journalist explained:

“This thing is called the Incontact Hand, its ability is…”

“Is to touch anything below the True God level, or put it another way, although it looks like touching with hands, there’s no substantial contact, always a little gap, so no matter what you touch, you won’t get hurt… Right?”

“Not a single mistake!”

“How did you?”

“I shook hands with you.”

Leon explained:

“And whenever I touch an anomalous item, I can know the corresponding information… What about the second one? What’s the second anomalous item you brought?”

“The second anomalous item…”

Upon hearing this, the female journalist hesitated for a moment, then looked into Leon’s eyes and said:

“My name is Nicole… Long time no see, do you remember me?”

“???”

What long time no see, are you crazy?

After hearing the female journalist’s question, Leon couldn’t help but pause slightly. However, before he could ask, some scattered memory fragments quietly awakened from the depths of his memory.

Back when he hadn’t moved out of Veteran’s Lane, his neighbor seemed to be a girl named Nicole. When he was sick and couldn’t get out of bed, she once took care of him for Anna; when he was doing ice-breaking and rope-hauling work in the deep winter and fainted from cold water immersion, his lips blue and being carried home by others, Anna happened to be out buying bread, it was her who woke him up and cooked him a bowl of hot soup;

And later, when Anna suddenly fell critically ill, he entrusted William and Melanie to her, carried Anna to the hospital, and borrowed some money from her to pay for the Red Brick Road Hospital’s bed fee…

Wait! Isn’t something off somewhere?

(End of Chapter)