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Chapter 757: Sharing the Illness
Chapter 757: Sharing the Illness
The Aquarius Bureau Chief is injured?
Upon hearing the female cleaner's words, Lyon couldn't help but blink, and then mentally adjusted the 'level' of this Aquarius Bureau Chief downward, almost on par with Edward, the Scorpio Bureau Chief.
Although the current situation was somewhat special, the Carnage King Society had extensive and comprehensive intelligence, and they were hidden in the shadows, taking the initiative. It was indeed challenging for the defensive side to guarantee that there would be no issues.
However, as a Zodiac-level Bureau Chief, it was one thing for the Aquarius Bureau Chief to be held back and unable to stop the other party from reaching the Earth's core. But to be injured by a True God that the Watch Tower Palace had suppressed was a bit hard to justify.
If our red-haired Bureau Chief were here, forget about being injured from a sneak attack. Upon seeing the attackers, she would probably laugh heartily and then single-handedly slaughter a dozen True Gods.
In short, as incompetent as Edward.
After secretly muttering these thoughts, Lyon, urged by the female cleaner, controlled the Nightmare River to speed up. Soon, they found the Aquarius Bureau Chief, with his butt in the air, crouching on the ground and coldly licking the ground with his tongue.
Lyon: (￣□￣；)
Melis: ＼(□ l|l)/
The scene before them was so shocking that despite the urgency of the situation, Lyon still stood at the rift's edge for a moment. After a short while, he snapped out of it, turned his head, and looked at the female cleaner beside him with hesitation. "Are you sure... he's your grand-uncle?"
"..."
She was sure, but she didn't want to admit it. Facing Lyon's strange expression, the female cleaner bit her small white teeth on her light pink lower lip. After several mental preparations, she turned her head away and nodded, her small, delicate earlobes turning red with embarrassment.
It's okay, I understand.
Lyon glanced at the female cleaner, who seemed to be in a difficult situation, and empathizing, he didn't say anything more. Instead, he reached out his right hand and gently patted her back in a comforting manner.
Speaking of embarrassment, our red-haired Bureau Chief is no stranger to it. The debt collectors from the royal capital's taverns have been chasing her for payment, and they're even coming to our Virgin Bureau... Well, it's something you get used to.
Just as Lyon and the female cleaner shared this empathetic moment, the Aquarius Bureau Chief, who was licking the ground in the rift, seemed to sense something. He suddenly turned his head and looked in Lyon's direction.
Even though his pupils were covered with a colorful light, and his eyes couldn't directly lock onto Lyon's position, the mere act of him coldly looking over made both Lyon and the female cleaner's hearts tighten, as if they were being stared down by a predator at the top of the food chain.
"Grand-uncle!"
Startled by the Aquarius Bureau Chief's cold and stern gaze, the female cleaner quickly spoke up, "It's Melis! You..."
"It's useless."
Lyon shook his head slightly after noticing a faint mist around the Aquarius Bureau Chief's ear. "Barto's hearing and vision should be sealed by himself. He can't hear our words, so..."
"Melis? Is that you, Melis?"
"?"
Seeing the blue-haired elder in the distance, whose expression suddenly softened, transforming from murderous rage to doting affection, Lyon was taken aback. The female cleaner, feeling embarrassed, explained, "Just like my nose, Grand-uncle has a Perception Anomaly embedded in his temporal lobe, which allows him to observe nearby things in a very special way."
"Oh..."
...
As the two were conversing, the blue-haired elder had already risen from the ground and hurriedly rushed out of the mantle rift, coming to stand before the two.
"Uncle Grandpa!"
Even though she had just found his actions somewhat embarrassing, the female cleaner still quickly rushed over, extending a hand to support the Water Bottle Director’s arm, and with some worry, complained:
"How did you get injured? Oh dear! Such a big hole!"
"Hehe, Uncle Grandpa, I’m getting old. My alertness and reaction speed aren't what they used to be when I was young. Someone got the better of me."
"But you..."
"It’s fine, just that my heart exploded, and if you had come a little later, my heart would have healed."
With a chuckle, he spoke two sentences and pulled his clothes to cover the wound on his chest. The Water bottle director then gently blinked, dissolving the color before his eyes. Immediately, he focused his gaze on the side at Lyan.
"This is the newly appointed Aquarius Director, sir, correct?"
The vertical wrinkle between his eyebrows slightly opened, revealing the pea-sized black and yellow pupil. He quickly glanced at Lyan, and the Water bottle director slightly frowned, closing the third eye simultaneously, and with a deeper meaning, said:
"Director, please ask, what form are you in now?"
"You don’t need to be so formal. Just call me Lyan. As for my current appearance, it is the result of the Nightmare King’s power."
"The Carnage King's illusion and the Heart Lake Deity, preparing to boost the power of the Heart Lake using the souls of nearly a hundred million living beings in Hot River City. To stop him, I could only unleash the Nightmare River, taking all the souls in the city..."
After explaining briefly what he had done, the Nightmare, with a sinister and ethereal aura, smiled darkly at the Water Bottle Director. He then lifted his dead white arm shrouded in thick black mist, pointing it towards the mantle rift ahead.
"Sir Barto, there was just a tremor deep in the Earth's core, I am concerned the Carnage King’s people are preparing to break the seal and release the three Earth Tributes from the Marrow realm. So, should we not walk and talk as we go?"
"That’s what I was thinking."
After nodding to Lyan, the Water Bottle Director earnestly instructed:
"However, if we continue to go down, we must be very careful of the Snow Miser... That's the illusion and the Heart Lake Deity set up by the pseudo-phem and the Heart Lake god. Although his strength is not very strong, the illusions he creates are too real, even I find it hard to distinguish reality from illusion."
"As of now, the only way I found is to get close and lick with my tongue."
"Eh?"
The female cleaner couldn’t help but stare in surprise, then looked at Lyan in confusion.
"To discern the truth, do you have to taste it?"
"Strictly speaking, you have to perceive it with your taste."
Without noticing her puzzled gaze, the blue-haired elder explained to the Water Bottle Director:
"The illusion and the Heart lake deity's power do not necessarily create something entirely false; it can even create a physical form. That’s why it’s hard to judge the truth just by the five senses, even intuition isn’t always reliable."
"However, when he uses his full power, he needs a medium, a part of his body. These parts, once separated from him, carry traces of what he uses to disguise, things he shouldn’t normally possess..."
"A little salty, right?"
(End of Chapter)
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