Chapter 390 The Beginning

Chapter 390 The Beginning

Chapter 390 The Beginning

"Ah sneeze!!!"

After sneezing loudly for the third time, Leon couldn't help but rub his nose hard.

Strange, what happened today? Why does my nose keep itching?
After blowing his nose hard, Lyon still felt uncomfortable. He was waiting for someone in the reception area at the dock. He frowned and looked at the tall chimneys standing on both sides of the river. Just as he was about to find a piece of paper to blow his nose, someone patted him on the back.

"meet again."

The tall and thin middle-aged man, carrying a large suitcase in his right hand, quietly appeared behind Leon without even alarming the black goat.

After looking at Leon's face and confirming that he had found the right person, the tall and thin man raised his hat slightly with his free left hand, smiled and took the initiative to greet him:
"I'm sorry, the ferry is lined up on the river side and is two hours later than the schedule... I hope I didn't keep you waiting too long?"

"No, Mr. Edward."

After looking at the "Scorpion Pushing Dung Ball" emblem on the other party's suitcase, Leon, who came to pick him up two hours late according to the red-haired chief's suggestion, also nodded politely and answered honestly:
"I just arrived too, and didn't wait long."

"Haha, that's good."

Without asking why the red-haired chief didn’t come to pick him up in person, the tall and thin man who came to support in a very simple way took a step and took the initiative to walk out of the reception area along with the flow of people. As he walked, he turned sideways and explained to Leon who was catching up with him:
“I didn’t mean to keep you waiting. It’s just that when I was a first-level cleaner, I followed the former director on a mission to clean up the ghosts of the past that escaped from the normal time sequence. As a result, I accidentally had a small piece of my soul bitten off.

From then on, my time was inaccurate and I was always two hours behind everyone else.

So if there is any situation and you want me to arrive on time, you have to calculate the two-hour margin in advance when you tell me the time. If you want to make an appointment at eight o'clock, you have to tell me six o'clock, otherwise you have to wait for me for two hours. "

"know."

Leon, who followed closely behind him, nodded and handed over a pre-adjusted pocket watch.
"Before I came, the director had already told me in advance, and asked me to adjust your watch in advance according to the time in the capital."

"Not bad, very thoughtful~"

After taking the pocket watch with satisfaction and replacing the old watch hanging on his lapel, the Scorpio Branch Chief, who seemed to be in a good mood for some reason, carefully looked at Leon's expression, and then smiled and said:

“The watch is good, and you are good too.

Although he was only a third-level cleaner, even though he knew that he would have to face the Nightmare King next and would be enslaved forever if he failed, he still chose to stay and fight alongside Olivia.

Let’s not talk about strength for now. The most important thing for a cleaner is courage and guts. I admire you very much... Do you want to switch to our Scorpio Branch like your predecessors?"

"..."

Still a familiar solicitation...

Looking at the tall and thin man who extended an olive branch to him again after only saying a few words, Leon's cheeks couldn't help but twitch slightly.

The previous time when he went to the headquarters, Chief Edward of the Scorpio Branch had tried to poach him in front of Chief Red Hair, but he was tricked by him later.

According to him, most of the cleaners who left the Virgin Branch went to him, and the biggest conflict between him and his own director came from this...

"Sorry, I don't have any plans to change jobs recently."

After shaking his head slightly, Leon did not give the other party a slap in the face like he did last time. Instead, he respectfully reminded him, “Also, when the hands of your watch turn to around 9:30, it will be night in the capital, which is also the time when the Soul-Fallen Abyss and reality begin to overlap. Please be prepared by then.”

"Ok, I know."

When Director Scorpio heard Leon mention "business", the smile on his face faded slightly. He reached out to straighten his hat, then picked up the pocket watch hanging on his lapel and looked down at the pointer.

"There's still more than half an hour left... What are the arrangements for after the Fallen Soul Black Abyss arrives? Did Olivia tell you?"

"I told you."

After looking at the other party's index finger that was unlocking the suitcase buckle, Leon realized that he was indeed ready, and with a little relief, he answered:

"The director and the three directors of the headquarters requested support. When the Soul-Fallen Black Abyss overlapped with reality, the three directors moved the headquarters to a suitable place and briefly projected a quarter of the sun for three seconds to burn the approaching dream world and Soul-Fallen Black Abyss.

After the sun burns a hole in the dream world, the director will take the initiative to enter the dream world and fully deploy [Killing Blood Hair] to stop the dream world creatures that are rushing into reality with nightmares, and minimize the impact of the Nightmare King's arrival.

You will be mainly responsible for guarding the reality, hunting down the dream creatures that she missed, and finding the location of the Nightmare King after he arrives, and trying to entangle him for as long as possible. I will notify the director and come over to help you intercept the Nightmare King."

"Heh, a crude and simple plan... but it's not bad. I don't want to join forces with her to enter the dream world."

After listening to Leon's retelling, the tall and thin man snorted with disdain, then turned his head to look at Leon and asked with interest:
"Also, from what you said, you are mainly responsible for staying by my side and passing on messages to her for me?"

"Yes."

After tilting his head slightly to show the tall and thin man the red hair wrapped around his shoulders, Leon answered cautiously:

"The director gave me a bunch of [Murderous Blood Hair]. If you successfully intercept the Nightmare King, she will sense the aura here and come directly to kill the Nightmare King together with you."

"Is that so? Then I'd better take a good look first."

After hearing what Leon said, the tall and thin man's right eye socket, with the same dark pupil as Leon's, moved twice in an extremely strange way, and then the pupil quickly lost its color and turned into the same pure white as the eyeball.

He rolled his eyes fiercely at Leon, and after checking his body and soul, the tall and thin man's mouth corners unconsciously curled up slightly, and he commented with a smile:
“按照局里最新的划分方式，三级清理员的‘里昂值’在1-10点，二级清理员的‘里昂值’在11-30点，而你的‘里昂值’差不多7-8点左右。

Your level is pretty good among the third-level cleaners, but it's not worth mentioning if you're above that. In front of the Nightmare King with a Lyon Value of more than 63 points, you're not much different from an ant on the side of the road. There's no point in staying here."

"..."

"Take my advice, give me Olivia's hair, and then go wherever you want."

After extending his right hand towards Leon, the tall and thin man said calmly:
"Considering that you have only been in contact with abnormal objects for a few months and are in a period of rapid transformation, at your current rate of immersion, you may be able to reach more than 30 Lyon points in one to two years. From 31 points onwards, you will be at the level of a first-level cleaner.

If you don't have any future, then you'll die, but you're still a talent with good potential. It's a bit of a waste to die before you grow up...

Come, hand over Olivia's hair. Anyway, it doesn't matter whether you are on this mission or not. Rather than letting you die like this, it is better to keep a future elite for the bureau."

(End of this chapter)