Chapter 153: Bad Habits and Bad Flowers

Is this... the photo Anna lost?

After recognizing what it was through the gaps in the hair, Leon opened his eyes wide in surprise.

"Commander, how come you have this thing?"

"Then you'll have to ask your good senior."

The red-haired director smiled and said:
"You don't really think that Jerry can resist the thieving habit and not touch you when he sees you, do you?"

"But... this thing should be in my house, not on me."

"That's the effect of an abnormal object called [The Lucky Hand]. When Jerry wants to steal your things, let alone at home, even in another world, the result will be the same.

As long as he gets close to you and touches you, the thing that has had the greatest impact on your life so far will be taken away by him. Even true gods cannot be completely immune to this ability. "

After briefly explaining Jerry's abilities, the red-haired director smiled and asked:

"Although he did something bad to you, I also asked him to double compensate you. Are you satisfied with his apology?"

"..."

I see… No wonder Senior Jerry was so generous and insisted on buying one and getting one free. Not only did he give me two anomalies, he even taught me a lot of tricks on how to use them, and gave me an extremely expensive bomb…

"Very satisfied, Senior Jerry helped me a lot."

After figuring out the reason, Leon shook his head speechlessly. Then he thought about the two investigators' comments on the members of the Virgin Branch, and couldn't help but ask:

"By the way, Chief, is the reputation of our bureau... not very good?"

“It’s really not that good, or it can be said to be very bad.”

After hearing Leon's question, the red-haired chief nodded, frankly admitted the bad reputation of the Virgin Branch, and then sighed:

“But there’s nothing we can do about it. Everyone in our bureau is born with abnormalities, and behind these abnormalities are also curses that everyone cannot get rid of.

Jerry who has thief's hands can't help stealing, Emma who has immortal body is particularly afraid of death, Tom who holds the dice can't give up gambling, Harry who can stick to anything can't always keep anything... These all belong to this category. While everyone gains power, they also have to pay a corresponding price.

Although other branches may have people in similar situations, they are either not strong enough, resulting in not such extreme situations, or they are very few in number, only one or two, not as many as us, so they have not caused any major trouble.

As for us… although we are not bad people, we all have bad habits that are hard to change. We have indeed had many problems in the past. In addition, with me, the notorious executioner, our reputation is naturally not very good. "

That's it...

After hearing what the red-haired chief said, Leon couldn't help but nodded with a look of understanding, and after glancing at him, the red-haired chief couldn't help but wonder about his situation.

As for Little Leon... forced intelligence acquisition is an ability that belongs to the category of cognitive world. According to this line of thought, could his "bad habit" be... excessive curiosity?

No, that's not right!

Thinking back to Leon's usual behavior, the red-haired director felt that although he valued knowledge, it was far from reaching the level of a "bad habit". He shook his head slightly and denied his guess.

It seems that Leon's "bad habit" is not the "positive reinforcement" of abnormal things like Jerry, but more like the "reverse conflict" type like Emma and Harry...

“Director?” The red-haired director’s thoughtful gaze made Leon’s scalp tighten a little. He quickly picked up the photo on the table and said goodbye:

"I don't have any other questions, so I'm leaving now!"

"Well, let's go, let's go!"

After Leon pushed the door open and left, the red-haired director crossed his fingers, leaned lazily on the back of his chair, and continued to think about the question just now.

There are two most common "bad habits" that a cleaner develops after being infected.

Either it is a positive reinforcement of the abnormality, such as the ability to steal [The Lucky Hand] and Jerry's kleptomania; or it is a negative conflict that is contrary to the ability, such as the [Immortal Body] that can make the physical body immortal and Emma's cautious personality that is extremely resistant to death.

Leon's abnormal ability belongs to the cognitive world. Since he does not show excessive curiosity, it is not the first case, but the second case. His own personality and abnormal ability are exactly the opposite.

So if we look at the world in reverse... Leon has a complete understanding of the laws of the world, and it is extremely solid and will not be easily changed?
……

Leon didn't know that the director had already stripped off 70% of his underwear, which was about to be pulled down to his knees. When he returned to his office, he didn't start working immediately, but checked the family photos of his sister Anna and his parents.

[Name: Warm Home (Under Repair, Unusable) (Prayer, Doll, Modification)]

[Appearance: A brand new family portrait. Nothing unusual when viewed from the front, but when viewed from the back, a large number of unhealed cracks and dark brown burn marks can be found. It seems that it has been torn repeatedly and burned with flames.]

[Abilities: Obtain family, control family, modify the world]

[Cost: Updating, visible after repair]

[File: One of the large number of functional anomalies created by Director Aquarius of the Cleanup Bureau in order to fulfill his wish, tentatively numbered 0006.

This anomaly with very special abilities was born out of a child's deepest desire for a family. However, what it can bring is not a family that truly loves the user, but a group of puppets that obey its orders.

After discovering this, its creator simply denied the significance of the anomaly and tore it apart completely, removing the control over the "family" but also causing irreparable damage.

But after years of mutual companionship, its creator and the family brought by this anomaly slowly became a true family. The significance of this anomaly was also recognized again, and it began to slowly repair itself.

Please note that after this repair is completed, its abilities will change based on the creator's situation, with completely unknown new changes.]

[Comment: Even if it is a bad flower born from deception and malice, as long as you persist in watering it with kindness and love, it may not fail to bear warm and beautiful fruits.]

[Infection value:? ]

So... I was not originally Anna's biological brother, but a fake family member who was "kidnapped" by this anomaly?

Although he had similar speculations a long time ago, after reading the family portrait file, Leon still couldn't help but close his eyes and leaned back in his chair with mixed feelings. However, this complicated mood did not last long and was violently broken by a strong sense of crisis.

Another Aquarius director!

Looking at the information about Director Aquarius that appeared again in the family portrait file, Leon couldn't help but frown.

Unexpectedly, Anna's family portrait was also one of the anomalies he created to fulfill his wish... So what is Director Aquarius's wish? Will he cause harm to Anna in the process of fulfilling his wish?

(End of this chapter)

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