Chapter 1278: The Child

So… Director Pisces was attacked and turned into a child?

After barely managing to figure out what had just happened through the conversation between Li Ang and the Bandage Woman, the cleaners, who had just been fleeing in all directions, suddenly had no choice but to bite the bullet and gather back together.

"Director… Pisces."

A female cleaner from the Aries Branch cautiously moved as close as she could, then stood five meters away and shouted:

"It's no longer safe here. The enemy who attacked you could return to kill at any moment. Could we please ask you to send us back immediately?"

"Okay!"

Upon hearing the female cleaner's request, the child version of Director Pisces nodded blankly. Then, clutching Li Ang's pant leg, she responded somewhat nervously:

"What should Mimi do to send you all back?"

Huh?

Brain-dead from Director Pisces' counter-question, the female cleaner from the Aries Branch couldn't help but open her mouth, then tentatively said:

"Just… use your anomalous object to repatriate us all, that will do."

"Okay."

After nodding again in a compliant manner, Director Pisces shook her crookedly braided pigtails, blinked her large eyes, and asked back:

"Then which anomalous object should Mimi activate to send you all back?"

"……"

We're doomed!

After hearing the exchange between the Aries Branch female cleaner and Mimi, the cleaners felt as if a basin of ice water had been poured over them in the dead of winter, leaving them chilled to the bone from the inside out.

In Director Pisces' current state, let alone the fact that her soul strength had significantly declined, even if her strength were greater than her original old-man form, it would be impossible for her to utilize it given her current mental level.

And what's even more fatal is that with Director Pisces' strength plummeting and the attacker potentially returning at any moment, they were still trapped in the Dream Realm, with absolutely no idea how to get back…

"Mimi."

Li Ang, who also understood this point, pondered for a moment before immediately speaking up to ask:

"What anomalous objects do you have on you? Can you take them out and let me have a look?"

According to currently known intelligence, they had all arrived in the Dream Realm via the 【Dream-Play Fungal Spore】, and Director Pisces should be in possession of the 【Dream-Play Fungal Mother Spore】, or the 【Fragment of Paradise Lost】 where the mother spore grows.

It must be one of these two anomalous objects that kept all the cleaners in the Dream Realm. If he could rely on his own ability to find these two anomalous objects, as long as he borrowed the usage rights temporarily via the 【Unjust Snake Contract】, he should be able to forcibly repatriate everyone.

However, it was a pity that although Li Ang immediately thought of a way to solve the problem, he was met with a flat refusal from Director Pisces.

"That's not allowed!"

As if triggering some keyword, Mimi immediately let go of Li Ang's pant leg, covered the side pocket of her little dress with one hand, and shook her two pigtails desperately:

"Jeanne told me that no matter who wants my anomalous objects, I must absolutely not give them away!"

"I don't want them, I just want to borrow them to take a look."

"Jeanne said looking isn't allowed either!"

"As long as you let me look at your anomalous objects, I might be able to send everyone back."

"Then…"

Director Pisces hesitated upon hearing this, but in the end, she shook her little head and refused:

"No, no, what Jeanne says must be right! Whatever she doesn't let Mimi do, it must be for Mimi's own good!"

"……" No, who is this Jeanne? Why do you listen to her so much?

"Jeanne is Niu Niu!"

What is Niu Niu… holy crap, could it be Director Taurus? Director Taurus actually goes by this name?

Ah, no! Never mind what Director Taurus is called, I was just thinking that in my head, I didn't say it out loud? How do you know what I'm thinking?

"Because Mimi has a very powerful anomalous object~"

After once again using an unknown method to "read" Leon's inner thoughts, the Pisces Director puffed out her small chest and said with a face full of pride:

"The anomalous object Niu Niu made for me is called 【The Child's Eyes】. It lets Mimi see through the thoughts 'dirty adults' have about Mimi, and once someone approaches with bad intentions, wanting to hurt Mimi, Mimi will be sent directly back to Niu Niu's side."

"……"

Got it, this 【The Child's Eyes】 must be the "safeguard" Director Taurus gave her.

After locking eyes with Director Pisces' clear and transparent pupils, Li Ang immediately understood that this path was likely a dead end. Although her mind had become that of a child, Director Pisces' "mental imprint" was extremely deep.

His 【Good Brother】 badge, while capable of increasing her trust in him, couldn't compare to her decades-long "friendship" with Taurus. As for using methods like coaxing…

"Lying is something only bad children do! If you lie to Mimi, Mimi will hate you."

I haven't even started lying yet, I just thought about it and already got a hate warning. How the hell am I supposed to lie now…

Avoiding Director Pisces' pure gaze, Li Ang, a strange sense of guilt welling up in his heart, furrowed his brows and stopped speaking, starting to think of other ways.

Seeing that he hadn't gone on a rampage and started eating people, and with Director Pisces there to hold the fort, the cleaners finally gathered back. Clustering in the direction closer to Mimi and further from Li Ang, they bitterly tried to persuade her:

"Director Pisces, why don't you just let him take a look at the anomalous object!"

"No, Niu Niu will be angry."

"Who is Niu Niu?"

"Niu Niu is the sensible Niu Niu!"

"Ah, this…"

"Director Pisces! You don't have to believe him, but you can believe me!"

"Don't believe you, your soul is a bit stinky."

"Then can I? I…"

"You're not just stinky, you're also sleazy."

"ヽ(；Д｀)？？？"

After a series of extremely awkward and bizarre exchanges, the cleaners who wanted to try coaxing the child retreated one after another, and not a single one could trick her out of a "ticket" home.

Likely annoyed by the "stinky and sleazy" adults, Director Pisces pouted, took an exquisite little conch out of her little dress pocket, puffed out her cheeks, and blew into it hard.

"Pop, pop, pop, pop…"

A series of dream bubbles were blown out of the conch and burst one after another. The cleaners who were surrounding her and trying to persuade her, even resorting to moral kidnapping, were horrified to find that their mouths had simply disappeared.

This disappearance wasn't their upper and lower lips being forcibly closed, but rather, from their lips to their teeth, tongue, and throat, every organ that could be called a mouth had been completely replaced by new muscle and nerve tissue the moment the little conch sounded, as if the organ known as a mouth had never existed at all.

"You stinky adults, you are not allowed to surround Mimi!"

After angrily warning the terrified cleaners, Director Pisces looked left and right. Likely still feeling that Li Ang's scent was better, she moved back to his side and said unhappily:

"You guys… eh?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1279 =====