Chapter 555

Just like Leon, who lost so directly he just muted his mic, the three Level 2 Cleaners from the Scorpio Division, facing a battle result that couldn’t be called a total defeat but could only be described as utterly incapable, had no choice but to retreat into Leon’s belly with despair in their hearts and heads hanging low.

There was nothing more to say; even though the combined three veteran Level 2 Cleaners could rack up 59 taint values, they couldn’t craft a carefully prepared set of anomalous items capable of handling all sorts of situations. They certainly lacked years of experience dealing with anomalous items and definitely didn’t possess the reaction speed of a True God.

Facing Leon rushing forward with a knife, the Scorpio Bureau Director immediately unleashed a batch of sturdier puppets. After just a little probing, the problem with the “Silver Knife” was discovered, and the director quickly shifted the attack towards Leon’s wrist.

Once it became clear that Leon wouldn’t get injured by attacks and there was no way to damage his wrist, the Scorpio Bureau Director changed tactics again, starting to use restriction-type anomalous items while avoiding direct contact with the “Silver Knife” as much as possible.

After Leon wildly swung his eight blades, slicing through six or seven puppet anomalous items, finally, a speed-type puppet successfully avoided the blade of the “Silver Knife” and grabbed hold of Leon’s wrist.

With his only weapon capable of breaking through the “Puppet Realm” restrained and lacking other strong offensive means, Leon naturally had no choice but to surrender when surrounded by a group of indestructible dolls.

Leon, having delivered his tough talk, didn’t even make it to the Scorpio Bureau Director. After taking five or six steps, he was buried by a bunch of dolls that suddenly emerged from a suitcase, thoroughly pinned down in a textbook example of an instant face-plant.

From the moment Leon bravely charged forward until being taken down by the group of dolls, it took only about twenty seconds. The “Whale Shark Puppet,” which had been tied up by branches before, hadn’t even sunk to the bottom of the lake yet.

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“If you don’t want to talk, then never mind.”

Looking at Leon, who refused to communicate and sat silently with a sullen expression, the Scorpio Bureau Director shook his head and gave up on further exchanges with his defeated opponent.

He picked up a peculiar-looking thrusting sword and casually slashed twice in mid-air, severing the tree roots binding the “Whale Shark Puppet.” Like repairing other puppets damaged by the “Silver Knife,” he controlled the two halves of the “Whale Shark Puppet” to slowly merge together.

“Hey!”

But just as he waited for the “Whale Shark Puppet” to fully restore itself, Leon, who had remained muted, suddenly looked up and asked:

“Bureau Director Edward, since you’re this strong, why did you almost die from artillery fire earlier?”

“That… you mean that…”

Upon hearing Leon’s words, the Scorpio Bureau Director hesitated slightly, unsure if it counted as leaking confidential information. But looking at Leon, whom he’d already captured and who couldn’t possibly escape, he decided to answer after some thought:

“Two weeks before I moved against Reuben and me, the entire Crocodile Kingdom’s sprinkler system had already been infused with diluted adrenaline antidote. Normally, you wouldn’t feel anything, but during critical moments, the reaction speed just wasn’t there, so I couldn’t even activate my life-saving decoy doll.”

“Oh, when you were vomiting and I couldn’t dodge, getting covered in your vomit—that was the adrenaline antidote taking effect… Unfortunately, if I had realized that back then, maybe things wouldn’t have turned out this way.”

“A single reagent took you down?”

After glancing at the Scorpio Bureau Director, whose expression seemed somewhat unwilling, Leon frowned and said:

“After Mona and the others died, they almost managed to return from the Deathscape. At your level, even if your body was destroyed, you should still be able to fight for a bit using just your soul, right?”

“Yes, but my soul was sealed.”

Sighing softly, the Scorpio Bureau Director continued chatting idly with Leon as he waited for the whale shark to mend: “Prince Andre is a member of the Execution King Assembly. He invited people from the Execution King Assembly to help, killing a True God and burning its flesh, sending part of one member’s strength here.

When I was preparing to separate my soul from my body, the part of the strength sent down by the Execution King Assembly forcibly pushed my soul back. Since the soul existing apart from the body is a rule of the present world, and my body was unconscious, the soul couldn’t remain awake independently, and that’s how I got caught.”

After firmly remembering this name, Leon asked disdainfully, continuing: “So you didn’t even resist and got caught straight away?”

“Not exactly, I did resist a bit.”

The Scorpio Bureau Director shook his head:

“But Prince Andre had dismantled all the anomalous items seized from the Gemini Division’s warehouse, decomposing them into materials to create something called ‘Principle Stones,’ which were scattered across over eight hundred districts of the Crocodile Kingdom.

When I retaliated, I was already at the end of my rope. Being further dispersed by those Principle Stones, the remaining effects were only one-eight-hundredth of what they originally were, causing no harm and barely making the entire Crocodile Kingdom shake.”

After finishing recounting the details of his failure, the Scorpio Bureau Director crossed his legs and sat down, smiling and actively asking: “Do you have any other questions? Considering you saved Reuben and the others once, before the effect of your Undying Anomalous Item ends and I completely kill you, I can satisfy your curiosity a bit more.”

“Nope, I’ve asked pretty much everything I wanted to know.”

Hearing the Scorpio Bureau Director’s words, Leon slightly shook his head, paused briefly, and then said:

“Bureau Director Edward, let’s put it this way—since you’ve been so patient with me, once this matter is over, if you want to know exactly how you lost, I can also give you a proper explanation.”

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“Huh?”

Upon hearing this, the Scorpio Bureau Director was slightly stunned and then frowned: “What do you mean? I don’t understand.”

“Burp… You’ll understand soon enough… oh yeah…”

After letting out a belch full of alcohol, Leon grinned, achieving his goal of delaying time, then nodded toward the Scorpio Bureau Director’s feet and cheerfully asked: “Do you like beautiful feet?”

“???”

Completely unable to follow Leon’s train of thought, the thoroughly confused Scorpio Bureau Director could only follow his gaze down to his own feet, where he saw a human right foot sculpture with smooth muscles and clear bone joints, resembling marble.

“What is this?”

In the Scorpio Bureau Director’s puzzled expression, Leon smiled and explained:

“This thing is called the ‘Foot of Fitness,’ an anomalous item I forged myself. Its effect is to make a person’s right foot exceptionally good-looking, and now it belongs to you.”

“???”

Belongs to me? What am I supposed to do with this thing? Still not understanding Leon’s intention, the Scorpio Bureau Director was about to ask further when he suddenly noticed something felt off. The moment the “beautiful foot” appeared, it felt like something was suddenly “missing” from his heart.

At the same time, the “Whale Shark Puppet,” which had already sunk to the bottom, strangely turned its head, flapping the fins near its chest and tail with all its might, charging straight into the cooling core of the Mechanical Intelligence at the bottom of the lake.

Before the sound of this violent collision could reach, the two-meter-thick glass protective wall around the Mechanical Intelligence core exploded under the shocked gaze of the Scorpio Bureau Director! Instantly, a massive amount of lake water rushed in, crushing the extremely delicate internal mechanisms inside!?!!!! (End of Chapter)