Chapter 390 The Beginning
"Ah sneeze!!!"
After sneezing loudly for the third time, Leon couldn't help but rub his nose vigorously.
Strange, what happened today? Why is my nose always itchy?
After blowing his nose hard, he still felt uncomfortable. Leon, who was waiting for someone at the dock reception area, frowned and looked at the tall chimneys on both sides of the river. He was just about to find a piece of paper to blow it with. His nose and back were lightly tapped.
"We meet again."
A tall and thin middle-aged man, holding a large suitcase in his right hand, quietly appeared behind Leon without even alerting the black goat.
After looking at Leon's face to confirm that he had found the wrong person, the tall and thin man slightly raised the top hat on his head with his free left hand, smiled and proactively greeted:
"Sorry, The ferry is queuing up on the other side of the river, two hours later than the timetable... I didn't keep you waiting long, did I?"
"No, Mr. Edward."
After looking at the "Scorpion Pushing a Dung Ball" emblem on the opponent's suitcase, Leon, who came to pick him up two hours late as suggested by the red-haired director, also nodded politely and answered honestly:
"I just arrived, so I didn't wait long."
"Haha, that's good."
He didn't ask why the red-haired director didn't come to pick him up in person. The tall and thin man who came to support in a rather simple way took a step forward and took the initiative to walk out of the reception area along with the flow of people. As he walked, he turned sideways and walked toward Leon, who caught up quickly, explained: "I didn't mean to keep you waiting. It's just that when I was a first-level cleaner, I once went on a mission with the former director to clean up the ghosts of the past who had escaped from the normal time sequence. , but accidentally, a small piece of his soul was chewed away.
From then on, my time was wrong and I was always two hours behind everyone.
So if there is any situation and you want me to arrive on time, when you tell me the time, you have to calculate the two-hour allowance in advance. If you want to make an appointment at eight o'clock, you have to tell me six o'clock, otherwise you have to wait. I have two hours. "
"Know."
Leon, who was following behind him, nodded, handed over a pocket watch that had been adjusted in advance and said: "Before I came, the director had told me in advance and asked me to follow the time in the royal capital. , help you adjust the watch in advance.”
"Not bad, very thoughtful~"
After taking the pocket watch with a satisfied look on his face and replacing the old watch hanging on his lapel, the Scorpio Branch Director, who seemed to be in a good mood for some reason, carefully looked at Leon's expression, and then said with a smile:
“The watch is good, and so are you.
Although he was only a third-level cleaner, even though he knew that he would face the Nightmare King next and would be permanently enslaved if he failed, he still chose to stay and fight alongside Olivia.
Let’s not talk about strength. The courage and courage that a cleaner needs most are still good enough. I admire you very much... Do you want to join our Scorpio branch like your predecessors? "
"..."
It’s still the familiar solicitation...
Looking at the tall and thin man who offered him an olive branch again after saying only a few words, Leon's cheeks couldn't help but twitch slightly.
The previous time he went to the headquarters, Director Edward of the Scorpio Branch had already tried to poach him in front of the red-haired director, but he was the one who tricked him later.
According to the other party, almost most of the cleaners who left the Maiden Branch went to him. The biggest conflict between him and his director came from this...
"Sorry, I have no plans to change jobs recently."
After shaking his head slightly, Leon did not backhand the opponent like last time. Instead, he respectfully reminded: "In addition, when the pointer of your watch turns to about half past nine, the king's capital will It will be nightfall soon, which is also the time when the Black Abyss of Fallen Souls and reality begin to overlap, so please be prepared."
"Yeah, I know."
Hearing Leon mention "business", Director Scorpio's smile faded slightly. He stretched out his hand to straighten his hat, then lifted up the pocket watch hanging on his front and looked down at the hands.
"There's still more than half an hour... What about the arrangements after the Black Abyss of Fallen Souls arrives? Has Olivia told you?"
"I told you."
Looking at the other person's index finger opening the suitcase buckle, he understood that he was indeed ready. Leon, who was slightly relieved, answered:
"The director and the three directors of the headquarters applied for support. When the Black Abyss of Fallen Souls coincided with reality, the three directors moved the location of the headquarters to a suitable place and briefly projected a quarter of the sun for three seconds. Burn the approaching Dream World and the Black Abyss of Fallen Souls.
After the dream world is burned by the sun, the director will take the initiative to enter the dream world and fully deploy the [Slaughter and Blood Hair] to block the dream world creatures that rush towards reality with nightmares in their mouths, and to minimize the consequences of the arrival of the Nightmare King. influence.
And you are mainly responsible for guarding reality, hunting the dream creatures that she missed, and waiting for the Nightmare King to arrive, find its location, and entangle it for as long as possible. I will notify the director and come over to stop the Nightmare with you. king. "
"Heh, it's a simple and crude plan... but it's not bad at all. I don't want to join forces with her to enter the dream world."
After listening to Leon's story, the tall and thin man snorted, then turned his head to look at Leon, and asked with interest: "Also, from what you said, you are mainly responsible for following up. Be by my side and deliver the message to her for me?”
"Yes."
After tilting his head slightly and showing the tall and thin man a look at the red hair wrapped around his shoulders, Leon cautiously answered:
"The director gave me a bunch of [Slaughter Blood Hair]. If you successfully intercept the coming Nightmare King, she will sense the aura here and come directly to surround and kill the Nightmare King with you. ”
"Is that so? Then I have to take a good look first."
After listening to Leon's words, the slender man's right eye socket, which was as dark as Leon's, moved very strangely twice, and then the pupil quickly lost color and turned into pure white like the eyeball.
"Rolling his eyes" fiercely at Leon, and after checking his body and soul, the tall and thin man's mouth unconsciously turned up slightly, and he commented with a smile: "According to the latest information from the bureau, In terms of division, the 'Lyon Value' of a third-level cleaner is between 1-10 points, the 'Lyon Value' of a second-level cleaner is between 11-30 points, and your 'Lyon Value' is about 7-8 points.
Your level is pretty good among level three cleaners, but it's not worth mentioning any higher. In front of the Nightmare King, whose 'Lion Value' is over 63 points, you're not much different from an ant on the roadside. There's no point in staying here. "
"..."
"Listen to my advice and give me Olivia's hair, and then you can go wherever you want."
After extending his right hand towards Leon, the tall and lanky man said calmly: "Considering that you have only been exposed to abnormal objects for a few months and are in a high-speed transformation period, with your current infection speed, you might In two years, one can reach a level above 30 Lyon points, and from 31 points onwards, one is already at the level of a first-level cleaner.
If you have no prospects, then you will die, but you are still a talented person with good potential. It would be a waste to die before you have grown up...
Come on, hand over Olivia's hair. Anyway, it won't make much difference whether or not you are on this mission. Rather than letting you die like this, it's better to retain a future elite for the bureau. "
(End of chapter)