Chapter 625

Trailing behind the two Leons and witnessing their utterly crazed eating appearances, by this point the Goddess of Illusion had already snapped out of it, completely abandoning any hopes of reclaiming her divine throne.

Heaven-sent good fortune, turning danger into safety… Ah pfft! All lies! None of it exists! On the surface, it seemed like she was just catching break after break, seizing chances to reclaim her divine position, but in reality, this unlucky gal had mistakenly stumbled into an internal power struggle within the Clearing Bureau, not even realizing she’d been dragged into it. Among all present, she was clearly the biggest fool! Both the Aquarius Director and the Clearing Bureau side obviously had their own schemes, especially that Level 3 Cleaner… Damn it! How could someone who makes even a True God tremble be just a Level 3 Cleaner? If he really is a Level 3 Cleaner, then I’ll go eat poop in the Poop Realm right now!

“Lady Goddess of Illusion, please step out and speak.”

“…”

No way! Absolutely not coming out! I can’t bear the retaliation from either side! Moreover, I’m hiding so well now; you might not even know where I am. As long as I insist on not coming out, it’s as if I’m not here at all! After calling the Goddess of Illusion twice without receiving a response, the Aquarius Director didn’t rush, instead smiling lightly before extending another invitation:

“You’ve surely seen our current situation; it’s really inconvenient for us to head over to the Moonwell. So, we still hope you would come over!”

“…”

Damn, I’ve actually been found.

Upon hearing the Aquarius Director pinpoint her hiding spot, the Goddess of Illusion’s last shred of侥幸 psychology shattered entirely. With a mournful expression, she activated her Illusionary Conch Shell, trembling as she floated out from the Moonwell.

“I… it’s not that I don’t want to come over, it’s mainly because… I’m unclear about the situation and wanted to observe a bit more…”

“Completely reasonable.”

Without exposing the Goddess of Illusion’s little thoughts, the Aquarius Director spoke with a gentle expression:

“As you can see, we’re currently in a deadlock, so I hope…”

“Goddess of Illusion!”

At this moment, the Archer Director, who had previously been conversing with Leon and had already grasped the situation, suddenly interrupted loudly:

“You need to understand what choice you’re making right now. I advise you not to ruin yourself!”

Hearing the Archer Director’s shout, the Goddess of Illusion, who had been about to emerge from the conch, instinctively recoiled, her heart pounding bump-bump from the sudden yell.

Indeed, although the Aquarius Director is hard to deal with, he’s just one person, while behind the Archer Director stands the entire Clearing Bureau. In terms of threat level…

“It’s been so many years, and you’re still this hasty.”

The Aquarius Director, whose interruption went unnoticed, didn’t get angry. Instead, after the Archer Director finished speaking, he calmly continued:

“Lady Goddess of Illusion, aren’t you curious why the restrictions Pisces placed on you suddenly became ineffective?”

“?!”

The Goddess of Illusion, who had been about to side with the Clearing Bureau, couldn’t help but shiver all over upon hearing this, immediately following up with a skeptical inquiry:

“He didn’t control me… wasn’t it because his soul switched ahead of time?”

“If you think that, then you underestimate Pisces too much.”

Aquarius Director smiled:

“Besides me, who crafted the [Four Souls Chronometer] for him, the person who understands his soul state best is himself. No one knows his weaknesses better than Pisces, so all the anomalies on him are marked with different special imprints corresponding to various soul states.

To put it simply, though you may not have noticed, when his main soul switches to Mimi, uncontrollable ‘True God-level’ anomalies like you would instantly be locked down by secret arts. It was me who forcibly broke his secret art and released you from the fragments of Paradise Lost.”

“So you… you…”

“I have no obligation to help you, so when I let you out, I casually left something on you.”

As the Aquarius Director answered, a golden watch-shaped engraving suddenly appeared on the shell of the Illusionary Conch, with two spiral-shaped needle engravings in the center of the watch slowly rotating, one fast and one slow, like real needles.

And as the needles rotated, this golden watch engraving began to deepen continuously, likely to completely penetrate the shell of the Illusionary Conch in no time.

“The time you have to make a choice is running out.”

In the fearful expression of the Goddess of Illusion, the Aquarius Director leisurely said: “If you help me out of this predicament, you will definitely face retaliation from the Clearing Bureau, but that’s something for later. But if you choose to help them… then you probably only have five minutes left.”

Ah Zhe… I was fine just moments ago, how did it suddenly become five minutes?!

After hearing the Aquarius Director’s threat, the Goddess of Illusion felt as if she had chewed ten tons of Huanglian, bitter from the inside out.

There’s no such thing as a free lunch falling from the sky; if it does, it’s probably an iron pancake! Now, forget about reclaiming her divine throne—her life is almost gone!

What’s worse, even though she’s sure she can’t withstand the retaliation from the Clearing Bureau, she doesn’t dare to switch sides because if she doesn’t help the Aquarius Director, she’ll die immediately!

“One chapter ends here!”

“Don’t listen to him!”

After spitting out a mouthful of blood, facing the only variable at the moment, the Archer Director directly promised:

“If you act now and help us take care of him, I’ll immediately take you back to the General Bureau, remove whatever’s on you, and support you in reclaiming your divine throne!”

The Goddess of Illusion was delighted.

“But can you do it?”

The Aquarius Director calmly countered: “It’s not difficult to save her life indeed; the secret arts of Aries, Scorpio, and Virgo Palaces can all forcibly break the [Temporal Skeleton Seal] I left. But none of them are currently at the General Bureau. What do you plan to use to protect her?”

The Goddess of Illusion was saddened.

“There’s always a way!”

The Archer Director gritted her teeth: “Even if we can’t remove the [Temporal Skeleton Seal] on her, I can at least temporarily preserve her life! As for the seal you left, we can wait until Aries and the others return to remove it!”

The Goddess of Illusion cheered again.

“So what’s the cost?”

The Aquarius Director calmly stated:

“I don’t deny that you can achieve this, but the anomalous items capable of doing this in the possession of the General Bureau are merely [Rebirth Butterfly], [Black Skeleton of Death Lake], and [Mirror Light Roulette].

Regardless of whether you’ll keep your promise and use these precious anomalies to save her life, the side effects of these items alone are something she can’t bear. Even if her life is saved, whether she remains herself is uncertain.”

“…”

(End of Chapter)