Chapter 64

Even though the Clearing Bureau didn’t enforce attendance checks, it was still the first workday after returning, and many tasks that had been delayed due to hospital stays needed to be pushed forward again.

This specifically included wrapping up the aftermath of the Scale Gold Religion Holy Spirit attack incident, investigating under the guise of visiting relatives at the Lane Family to find the whereabouts of some miscellanies, brushing up on his shooting badge progress when he had time, and helping Emma Senior with something he promised at the Red Brick Road Hospital incident.

Oh, and today happened to be Friday. According to “Lazy Demoness’s Rent Broom,” around 3:30 PM, a feline would knock on his door.

He’d have to take a leave later to buy some treats for it to ensure the Witch’s Broom functioned properly. If there was time, he should also visit Happiness Apartment, check if it’s safe, and brush up on his parkour badge proficiency…

After carefully reviewing everything on the way, Leon couldn’t help but feel a headache coming on as he realized just how much there was to do. His impression of those secret police worsened even more.

As a new hire still in the probation period, he had already taken four days of sick leave after only working for a week. Not only that, he disappeared for half a day without a word, and now he’d have to ask for leave again in the afternoon. Even if the Red-haired Bureau Director was easy-going, surely…

…

“No problem! Take your leave!”

The Red-haired Bureau Director hadn’t even finished listening to Leon’s reasons, only getting a brief understanding of why he wasn’t present in the morning, before swiftly approving another half-day leave with surprising ease.

“These are all irresistible forces. Taking leave because of an accident is completely normal. Don’t think I’m so bad~”

Looking at the slightly relieved Leon in front of him, the Red-haired Bureau Director’s throat moved slightly, then changed the topic with a smile: “However, while your leaves are justified, they’ve been a bit too frequent. Reporting all these leaves at year-end might make our bureau seem a bit slack… How about this? This time, let’s not report your leave and try something different?”

Something different?

Upon hearing this, Leon slightly froze, looked at the Red-haired Bureau Director’s squinted fox-like eyes, and immediately became wary, hesitantly saying:

“Actually… I don’t necessarily have to take leave today. If it doesn’t work out…”

“Aiya, stop being so suspicious! Am I going to harm you?”

With a glare, the Red-haired Bureau Director gave Leon a light scolding look before smiling sweetly:

“Don’t worry, it’s just adjusting your working hours. This time, we won’t record your leave but convert it into an off-hours field task instead. However, you won’t get the field duty allowance… What do you think? Can you accept this condition?”

In other words… the half-day leave time will be moved to after work to make up for it?

After pondering the Red-haired Bureau Director’s conditions, Leon didn’t find anything wrong, but those squinted fox-like eyes always made him feel uneasy.

“Alright… but can I ask a few questions first?”

Warily looking at the suspiciously smiling Red-haired Bureau Director, Leon cautiously asked:

“How far is this field task?”

“It’s a bit far from the Clearing Bureau, but still within the Capital City.”

“Will it take a long time?”

“Not long. With your… level, it should be done in one night.”

“Could it… involve facing dangerous enemies?”

“No need. It’s just your specialty – a survey mission.”

“Oh come on! Why so many questions!”

Seemingly annoyed by Leon’s inquiries, the Red-haired Bureau Director glared at him and said irritably: “One Emma is enough to cause headaches! Can you stop mimicking her? Or how about this? I’ve been idle these days anyway. If you’re worried about danger, I’ll accompany you!”

Accompany me? Hmm… The Clearing Bureau has one Bureau Director, twelve directors, then comes the Twelve Zodiac Divisions. The Red-haired Bureau Director’s strength must be incredibly formidable. If she goes, there shouldn’t be any issues…

After hearing the Red-haired Bureau Director’s proposal, Leon thought about it and couldn’t find any potential pitfalls or reasons to refuse, so he reluctantly nodded in agreement.

“Alright, I’ll take this field task, but I have quite a few unresolved matters on hand, so if possible, I hope we could delay it by a couple of days.”

“Hmm, no rush, no rush… Oh, wait, don’t leave yet. There’s something else I need to tell you.”

Seeing that she finally found someone to partner up with, the Red-haired Bureau Director happily stopped Leon who was about to leave, and smiled sweetly:

“The corpse of that toad from the Scale Gold Religion and the money it spat out are excellent materials. If nothing goes wrong during production, you’ll soon possess a very powerful anomalous item.”

“That’s great!”

Upon hearing the Red-haired Bureau Director’s announcement, Leon, whose current two anomalous items were functional types with guns as his only offensive means, was overjoyed and full of anticipation as he asked: “What kind of abilities will this anomalous item have once it’s made? Do you know?”

“I don’t know, but I can guarantee the first person to know will be you.”

Smiling at a confused Leon, the Red-haired Bureau Director explained with a grin:

“According to the General Bureau, the rank of that toad itself was high enough to create a fairly advanced anomalous item.

But due to severe damage and excessive loss of power, it’s impossible to fully retain all its concepts. We can only choose one concept from the three main ones as the core of this anomalous item.”

At this point, the Red-haired Bureau Director paused slightly before raising a finger:

“The first concept is money, or rather currency.

Melting together the toad and the money it spat out, adding a touch of divinity to enhance its rank, can create an anomalous item based on money.

As the Scale Gold Religion’s Holy Spirit, money is the strongest concept of that toad. An anomalous item created using this concept cannot be used for combat, but its practicality is absolutely astonishing, and it’s my top recommendation.”

So… another functional anomalous item?

Looking at Leon who involuntarily frowned upon hearing “no combat ability,” the Red-haired Bureau Director’s expression turned serious as she earnestly reminded him:

“Leon, I know you desperately need an offensive anomalous item, but the value of an anomalous item isn’t solely reflected in combat.

Choosing this anomalous item means you’ll never run out of money for life. You can directly produce the corresponding currency wherever you go, exchanging for whatever you want.

It’s not limited to our world. From the depths of the ocean trenches to the far side of the moon, from ancient kingdoms lost in the past to future worlds spanning time, even in the Abyss filled with demons.

As long as they have intelligence and life, use something that can be called currency, and agree to trade with you, you can directly pull out the corresponding money and buy whatever you want!”