Chapter 540

After burping loudly once again, filled with the smell of alcohol, Leon bent over to pick up the head of the stout female cleaner that was screaming and tossed it into a pile of heads belonging to Gemini Division cleaners. He then placed his hands on his hips and bellowed loudly with six-tenths of drunkenness, “Anyone else?”

“Speak up!”

“This is all Gemini Division has?”

“…”

Confronted by Leon who was clearly drunk and causing trouble, the heads of Gemini Division cleaners involuntarily all drew their necks in unison, turning away their eyes. Not a single person dared to look directly at Leon.

We can’t fight him; this is truly someone we cannot fight.

Even with the strongest anomalous item capable of instantly destroying six legions sealed beforehand by “Secret Nails,” the Level 3 Cleaner standing before them, who had only been employed for three months, exhibited an oppressive power that brought despair.

In every location across the entire battlefield, wherever there was even the tiniest reflective surface, a hand holding a knife could suddenly appear, slicing any cleaner lingering nearby into two pieces.

Not even destroying everything around to get rid of all reflective surfaces worked; those terrifying arms and flashes of knives could even emerge from one’s own pupils, cutting apart any body within sight.

As long as that shiny little knife created even a hair-thin cut on someone’s body, whether or not they were protected by an anomalous item, they would be split open while still alive, becoming two separate parts that continued to scream in terror.

On the contrary, all the attack methods used against him lost their effect upon contact, failing to cause even a scratch.

Whether it was direct anomalous item attacks, small meteorites summoned indirectly, unconscious soldiers firing cannons at him, or even sinister soul corruption, all resulted in failure!

That swaying body of his didn’t seem to possess any regenerative ability after injury but rather a complete immunity to damage, absurdly nullifying all harm. After fighting for so long, not even a single hair was out of place.

What’s the point of fighting if you know such overwhelming power either has a damage limit, beyond which it breaks, or is time-limited, where waiting it out could end things?

But knowing what to do and having the ability to do it are entirely different matters. Given the current situation where attacks don’t break through defenses and getting hit means certain defeat, what else can be done besides wait to die? …

This is ridiculous…

Not just the Gemini Division cleaners, even the three Scorpio Division cleaners inside Leon’s stomach were intimidated by his almost unsolvable combat style.

The Gemini Division cleaners were absolutely not weak; each had unique main battle anomalous items. Facing fifty-plus anomalous items attacking simultaneously, even Bureau Director Edward would have struggled to keep up.

After all, no matter how strong a cleaner is, it’s hard to cover all bases, always leaving some vulnerabilities. Targeting these could easily lead to failure. But Leon really didn’t block a single attack, standing right there taking hits.

And after taking a hit, he simply raised his hand with a knife, and the attacking cleaner screamed and fell to the ground. From the start to the end of the fight, he never moved from his original spot, not even taking a single step.

This meant that cleaners at the same level as the three of them didn’t even have the qualification to make him move.

There was nothing left to say—no wonder he could take on six “True God-level” tasks in three months. He was no longer on the same level as the three of them. Compared to bureau directors, he only lacked some Leon Value.

Moreover, what was even more chilling to think about was that Leon, who achieved such terrifying results, still had his strongest anomalous item sealed. If that black goat hadn’t been nailed down and he unleashed the other six abilities capable of fighting alone against ten thousand enemies, could he actually challenge Bureau Director Edward?”Hmph, utterly incapable.”

After shouting a couple of times and looking at the group of cleaner heads whose eyes were darting around, Leon, whose self-control was severely impaired by drinking, let out a humph and then patted his belly.

“Senior Franky, help me tie them up.”

“Sure thing!”

Although Leon still addressed him very politely, hearing his words, Franky instinctively shivered slightly as if receiving an order, hastily pulling fishing lines to bind the twenty-odd cleaners chopped into pieces into a bundle and handed the line ends to Leon.

“Mr. Leon, would you like to have a talk with me?”

“? ”

Upon hearing this cleaner’s inquiry, Leon couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow, pondering for a moment before somewhat uncertainly asking:

“You are…the person controlling these cleaners?”

“Yes.”

The head that spoke first remained silent, while another head moved slightly, slightly grinning and said: “My name is Apheta 00, you can call me Artefact directly.”

Apheta 00?

After hearing Apheta 00’s words, Leon, currently in the state of “Drunk Immortal” with a dull mind, furrowed his brows and asked directly:

“What kind of person are you? What’s your relationship with Apheta 01?”

“I am the first trial product of the soul encoding technology and also the creator of Apheta 01. As for my specific identity… I guess I was a former member of the Crocodile Royal Family. I’m Andre’s aunt, and Phelia, whom you captured, is my niece.”

Andre’s aunt? Does that mean she was made into a mechanical intelligence earlier than Phelia?

Hearing this, Leon remained silent for a while before asking,

“What do you want to discuss?”

“Actually, there isn’t much, just giving you a heads-up in advance.”

After glancing around the surrounding situation, another cleaner’s head spoke up,

“You’re stronger than I expected, and although Andre still has other trump cards, according to my calculations, his chances of winning against you are roughly three to seven. So to avoid you choosing to settle scores with me after defeating him, I specially came to give you a heads-up.”

“Why three to seven?”

At this point, Leon did not respond immediately, but Mona, the female cleaner inside his stomach, couldn’t help but stick her head out, confusedly questioning, “The royal direct command army is gone, the controlled Gemini Division cleaners have lost, how can your win rate still be thirty percent?”

“Nope.”

Surprisingly looking at the soul of the female cleaner, the fourth cleaner shook his head and smiled, explaining, “Andre’s win rate is seventy percent, your win rate is only thirty percent.”

“…”

“As for the reason, don’t ask. I’m still under Andre’s control; if I really betray him, I will definitely be forcibly shut down.”

Sighing with a touch of regret, the fifth cleaner’s head earnestly said, “Come on, if you guys can’t force Andre into a desperate situation, I’ll be in big trouble!”

(End of Chapter)