Chapter 296 The Director Passes Away

'Dear little Leon, by the time you read this letter, I will probably be gone.'

Seeing his chief's start, which was not wrong but not very auspicious, and the bumpy journey including the boat ride and transfers, which took 9 copper wheels to get back to Lyon of the Cleanup Bureau, his face suddenly darkened.

'The Bureau's plan against Aquarius has already begun. Lord Taurus, together with the other two directors, is influencing Director Aquarius through the [Instruction List] and forcing him to accept the illumination of the [Death Realm Street Lights].

In order to ensure that the plan goes smoothly and prevent Director Aquarius from leaving a backup plan to escape from the world of death, I plan to stay in the road of no return in the world of death for a month or so. People heading to the world of death will definitely pass by there, and I will come back when I see Director Aquarius on the road of no return.'

"..."

6. So your opening sentence is not a misnomer. Your person is indeed “gone”, right?
Also, although I don't know where the Road of No Return is, the name "Road of No Return to the World of Death" alone sounds like a place that could kill people. You're talking about it as if you can go there whenever you want, and it sounds as easy as going on a trip...

Really outrageous!
Looking at the red-haired chief's somewhat sloppy handwriting, and imagining the gloomy road full of stumbling dead bodies, his own red-haired chief knocked down the unlucky employee who was responsible for guarding the road of no return in the dead world, and then drank and threw empty beer cans around, Leon's mouth couldn't help but twitch.

"Little Leon, you and Pioni should be the first to complete your mission, but from what I know about him, after the mission is completed, he will definitely go out and travel for a few days before coming back, so you will definitely be the first to see the letter.

When Emma comes back from Chengjin Sect, please remember to tell Emma for me that this time, just like usual, all her tasks will be suspended while I am away, and she will be in charge of guarding the bureau.

In order to prevent the General Administration from issuing some temporary requirements, and because the [Celestial Mirror] can only receive information from the living, and cannot be used in the Road of No Return, I simply did not bring it with me. It is now in the office. You can ask Emma to collect it.'

'Also, don't drink all the wine that Lord Taurus gave you. I already have a way to bypass the constraints of the Word Spirit and drink those good wines. You must leave some for me.

Love you~(^_-)'

"..."

I don’t know why, but I always feel that the second to last sentence is what you want to say the most compared to other words…

Looking at the little smiling face drawn at the end of the envelope, which was winking at him, Leon couldn't help but sigh, then reached out and pinched his brows, feeling a little worried.

The mission to attack the airship went awry and was ambushed by middle-aged Joshua. Although there were no casualties, neither the members of the rebel group nor Senior Pioni knew where he had been sent.

As soon as he came back, he ran to the director's office, intending to ask the director to help him get some money. By the way, he also told her about the situation in the Korok Kingdom to see if the bureau could intervene.

But I didn’t expect the director to get ahead of me. If the time in the letter was not miscalculated, then she must have already gone to hell. So... um... why is this mirror flickering?
……

Looking at the flickering silver mirror in the wine cabinet, Leon couldn't help but frowned when he remembered the "celestial mirror" mentioned in the director's letter. Then he reached out to open the cabinet door and tentatively touched it with his fingers.

[Name: Celestial Mirror (Star Palace, Image)]

[Appearance: A mirror that changes its material and carvings depending on the target of the call. The current frame is made of silver, and the carving is an iron maiden with blood oozing out of it.]

[Ability: Star Palace Positioning, Image Transmission]

[Cost: The cost will be paid by the General Administration of the Cleanup Bureau at the time of the darkest moment of the year. No individual cost is required.]

[File: The Star Dome Compass was broken into pieces by the Four Supreme Gods, and then recast into eighty-eight star palaces by the first generation of Taurus Directors. A portion of fragments containing trace amounts of star palace power remained. Although the content was not much, it was extremely pure.

Considering that the Cleanup Bureau lacked long-distance communication means at the time, the first Taurus Director used these fragments to create hundreds of mirrors that could transmit messages across the world, and distributed them to important members of the Bureau to carry with them to ensure timely communication with each other.

[Evaluation: Word-eating earthworm, celestial mirror, and mud book. These three mass-produced anomalies are usually only available to the director of a branch. Therefore, they are also jokingly called the director's three-piece set within the Cleanup Bureau. You have already obtained two of the three. Congratulations.]

[Infection value: increases with the total duration of the communication and the distance to the target]

So... the effect of this mirror is roughly equivalent to a mobile phone that can make cross-dimensional video calls? And it's the kind that the bureau pays for annual fees?
After understanding the function of the [Celestial Mirror], looking at the Iron Maiden carvings that kept moving and flickering on the frame, Leon guessed that someone was "video chatting" with his director, so he reached out and tentatively stroked the frame of the silver mirror.

"Om~"

With the sound of a bee's wings fluttering softly, the bleeding iron maiden carving moved for a while, moved to the top of the mirror frame and fixed it, and a familiar tone sounded immediately afterwards.

"Olivia! You're finally making some movement!"

Senior Emma, whose face looked a little pale and whose body was covered with a lot of blood, suddenly appeared in the mirror.

At this moment, she seemed to be seriously injured. There were many chips on her beige slim dress, and there were wounds on her right leg that looked like they had been bitten by the teeth of a trap. On her round shoulder, which was half exposed, there were also marks like those left by a whip that looked like snake scales.

The five fingers of the right hand holding the "mirror" were twisted unnaturally, and the scallion-white little finger had been bent back to the back of the hand, as if it had encountered some irresistible force and was forcibly twisted off.

"There's an ambush here at Chengjin Sect!"

In Leon's shocked eyes, Senior Emma, who seemed to be suffering from great pain and had cold sweat on her temples, reported very quickly:
“Aquarius seemed to know that I would come, and sent someone to contact the Scale Gold Cult in advance. They directly brought down the snake spirit, and when I broke into the gathering, it bit my leg.

Although the snake was no match for me and was temporarily repelled by me, its status was higher than mine, so it could continuously "buy" my immortality through the wound left on my leg. It has now bought more than 300 of my snakes..."

When Senior Emma said this, as if to prove her words, an unknown currency shining with a strange light suddenly appeared in her palm.

The moment the coin appeared, the light in Senior Emma's eyes dimmed slightly, as if she had lost focus. Her body immediately stopped moving and she unconsciously leaned back slightly...

"No! I can't die yet!"

Accompanied by a vague voice like a dream, Senior Emma, whose right hand had begun to disintegrate, managed to stand firmly again. As her immortal body took effect, all her injuries healed immediately, and even her broken fingers straightened themselves.

But her condition only lasted for a moment, and the black tooth marks on her thigh reappeared like a thorn in her flesh, and strands of bright red blood flowed down the cracks once again...

"Senior Emma?!"

Leon came back to his senses with a tense expression, and hurriedly shouted at the mirror: "The director is not in the bureau! And we can't contact him in a short time. How long can you hold on?"

"Senior Emma? Say something!"

"Who else can I contact? Is there any way? Is it too late to contact the General Administration through the royal family? Can you hold on?"

"Senior Emma?"

……

I don’t know if it was because Senior Emma was so badly injured that she lost consciousness and couldn’t hear what Leon said, or because Leon was not the owner of the celestial sphere and couldn’t really “connect” the video.

In short, no matter how Leon shouted, Senior Emma on the other side of the mirror did not respond at all. She just stood there with lifeless eyes. Even the picture in the mirror began to twist slightly, as if it might be "disconnected" at any time.

No! We have to think of a solution quickly!

Unexpectedly, he encountered such an emergency situation as soon as he returned to the bureau. Leon couldn't help but clench his fists, regretting that he hadn't thought of this before.

Since Joshua was able to contact the Chengjin Sect and ask the snake spirit to attack him, he could naturally also inform the Chengjin Sect of the whereabouts of Senior Emma. Now, Senior Emma has been attacked by that damn snake, and the situation does not look optimistic. He must help quickly!

After rushing out of the director's office holding the [Celestial Globe], Leon ran wildly in the corridor on the first floor of the Cleaning Bureau, wanting to see if there was anyone else there, but all the office doors were tightly closed. At this moment, just as the director said, he was the only one left in the Virgin Branch.

This is too bad, Chief! Can't you recruit a few more people? Everyone's tasks are more and more full, and I can't even find anyone to support me!

After unable to help but complain in his heart, Leon took a deep breath, then put the mirror aside and kicked Emma's door.

He definitely couldn't deal with the snake by himself, so he had to ask for help. Contacting the Cleanup Bureau headquarters through the royal family was probably the fastest way to get help right now.

But Senior Emma's condition is not very good, and it is unknown how long she can hold on, so I have to make preparations for both situations. While contacting the headquarters, it would be best for me to also go outside the gathering of the Chengjin Sect to cause trouble and see if I can help relieve her pressure.

However, although he had returned to the royal city area and was affected by the blessing of the snake spirit, causing Yang Xin's effective range to be greatly reduced, he had also "contacted" those death row prisoners again and gained immortality again. However, the strongest holy spirit pendant was still sealed, and his current combat effectiveness was shockingly low, so he had to find a way to replenish it.

And in Senior Emma's office, there happened to be a lot of abnormal objects that looked like torture instruments. I was immortal like her, so maybe there was an abnormal object among these things that I could use!
"Bang! Bang!"

With two heavy kicks, the cast iron door lock broke. Leon pushed the door open and broke into Emma's office. After confirming that there were no dangerous "anti-theft" measures, he took the initiative to reach out and touch the abnormal objects in the room.

[Name: Executioner Set No. 19 - Wheel of Punishment (Blood and Flesh, Punishment)]

[Appearance: A huge wheel cast with iron caltrops, with special grooves for tying up criminals. It is covered with dark brown dried blood and exudes a bloody smell that lingers all year round]

[Ability: Flesh and Blood Wear, Sin Punishment]

[Price: Bear the same injuries and pain as the prisoner]

[File: Emma Alman, a first-level cleaner at the Virgin Branch of the Cleanup Bureau, commissioned someone to build one of the anomalies based on her immortality. The Executioner Set has a total of 49 pieces.

When activated together with several anomalies such as [Sin of the Treasure Flower], [Book of Collective Responsibility], and [Bloodthirsty Execution Platform], this anomaly can drag no more than 3 life forms within a capture range of kilometers in diameter into the execution ground, tie them to the torture instruments and receive the punishment of being wheeled.

With the subsequent use of abnormal objects such as the [Music Box of Suffering], [Scales of Satisfaction], [Crown of Thorns of Repentance], and [Psalm of Pain], the pain endured by the prisoner will be infinitely magnified and "played" in a continuous loop.

If one fails to endure the dual torture of flesh and soul, and even has the slightest desire to be free, he will be forcibly captured by the [Coffin of the Dead] that is paired with the [Bloodthirsty Execution Platform] and sent directly to the world of death, never to be able to return.]

[Evaluation: A fairly mediocre Law Anomaly when used alone. Its only special effect is its additional punishment for evil deeds. However, when activated as a set or used with specific anomalies, it can make the demons in hell tremble at its cruelty.]

[Infiltration value: 3.5]

"Hiss..."

After reading the introduction of the first anomaly, Leon couldn't help but take a breath, and understood why the gentle and kind senior Emma was given such a bloody title as "Corpse Executioner".

Unlike herself who is still pursuing the power of a "single" anomaly, Emma's anomaly is a combination of anomalies.

Judging from the description, it is probably centered around the immortal body, which drags all targets into an execution ground from which there is no escape, and then one suffers the execution himself, while all others suffer the doubled-pain punishment an unlimited number of times.

In addition, the prisoner must undergo a spiritual "weighing", repent for the crimes he has committed, and endure the double torture of body and mind. Once he can no longer bear it or confesses his guilt, he will be carried away on the spot by the abnormal object connected to the world of death.

Moreover, the target of this device is not just one or two, but thirty thousand! Thirty thousand!

……

Is this the strength of a first-level elite cleaner?

Looking up at the various torture instruments piled up in a mess in the room, Leon couldn't help but shudder slightly. For the first time, he felt a little bit afraid of the gentle and reliable senior Emma.

No wonder Senior Emma never brought all her stuff with her, and even had problems in places like the Red Brick Road Hospital. It turned out that her anomaly did not distinguish between friend and foe after being activated, and the scene was too bloody, so it was really difficult to take action under normal circumstances.

If she really brought all 49 instruments of torture of the executioner's set and maximized the capture range of the [Bloodthirsty Execution Platform], a full 3 people would be sent to the execution platform.

Not only will each of these 3 unfortunate souls have to endure the endless bloody torture of 49 kinds of horrific torture instruments, but they will also have to confess their sins in tears under the influence of abnormal objects...

That's really like living hell!
Compared with such a horrifying scene, Emma-senpai's nickname can even be considered conservative.

After shaking his head slightly, Leon looked at the torture instruments in the room, then took a deep breath and patted his shiny cufflinks.

Bring it on! Bring it all on!
(End of this chapter)

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