Chapter 1333: Settling Old Scores

"You know, last night was really too extreme."

Facing Li Ang's stunned look, the Red-haired Bureau Chief tilted her head and took a gulp of wine, then explained helplessly:

"【Thirty-Two Imperial】 has a few teeth specifically responsible for guarding the soul, and my soul was forcibly dragged out of my body, so those teeth kept colliding with my soul and should have suffered some damage; they're a bit loose."

"..."

Although it sounds a bit outrageous, it seems... reasonable enough?

Since he had rested for a while and was somewhat curious about the Red-haired Bureau Chief's situation, Li Ang leaned over and asked:

"But I don't know how to repair anomalous objects, how can I help you look at your teeth?"

"You don't need to repair them, just reach out and touch them."

The Red-haired Bureau Chief lay on the sofa, listless:

"Since Lord Taurus is safely back, you can check for me in advance which of the 【Thirty-Two Imperial】 have been damaged, so it will be easier when I find her to fill my teeth later."

"Fine..."

After listening to the Red-haired Bureau Chief, Li Ang nodded slightly and leaned closer to the Red-haired Bureau Chief's sofa.

"Move closer."

"You come over instead."

Lying lazily on the sofa, the Red-haired Bureau Chief closed her eyes and said:

"Good Li Ang, I really don't want to move... You come over and help me look at my teeth, how about I treat you to a drink another day?"

"..."

You really are... forget it. If it weren't for you being so capable last night, forcibly holding onto millions of souls, something big would have happened. Given your great contribution, I'll let you be lazy if you want to be lazy...

Shaking his head helplessly, Li Ang put down the wine bottle, got up and walked to the front of the Red-haired Bureau Chief, then urged:

"I'm over here, sit up straight, open your mouth!"

"Can't you just lean over? Ah~"

"..."

I'll let you be lazy to death...

After sighing in his heart, facing the Red-haired Bureau Chief who refused to move, Li Ang had no choice but to turn his back to the conference room door, reach out to support the back of the sofa, and lean over toward her open mouth.

And because of the Red-haired Bureau Chief's overly lazy "lying posture," Li Ang had to step over her legs to barely lean over, looking as if he were lying on top of her.

Uh... wait a minute, in this situation...

Noticing their current posture, which seemed a bit wrong, Li Ang suddenly remembered something and looked back at the door behind him.

Sure enough, a familiar figure was standing at the door, covering her flushed face, at a loss, while peeking through her fingers.

"..."

I knew it...

Under Li Ang's extremely speechless expression, the "Caught-in-the-Act" Miss, who appeared at the critical moment as usual, screamed, covered her face, and turned to run, but was stopped by a bundle of red hair and dragged into the conference room on the second floor.

Happy times are always short~

After sighing faintly in his heart, the Red-haired Bureau Chief raised her fair neck, drank the brandy in her hand in one gulp, and smiled at Leila, who was blushing:

"Since you're already awake... then the others should be about the same, right?"

"Yes... yes..."

Appearing at the perfect time and perfect place, successfully catching the exciting scene of the Bureau Chief and her subordinate having an affair, the unlucky "Caught-in-the-Act" Miss gripped her skirt tightly and promised proactively:

"Bureau Chief, I... my mouth is very tight! I guarantee I won't tell anyone about what just happened!"

"..."

Forget it... based on my understanding of you, there hasn't been a single thing you've caught that has been successfully kept secret...

"It's okay, you can tell whoever you want."

Looking at the terrified "Caught-in-the-Act" Miss, the Red-haired Bureau Chief smiled:

"We weren't doing anything shameful just now, I was just asking Li Ang to look at my teeth, nothing to be afraid of people knowing."

"Look at teeth? Li... oh right, right! Look at teeth!" Perhaps too afraid of losing this job, the "Caught-in-the-Act" Miss's somewhat lacking emotional intelligence suddenly exploded, and she nodded repeatedly.

"Yes! Just looking at teeth just now, I... I only saw you looking at teeth, I didn't see anything else!"

"..."

Forget it... I feel like the more I explain, the worse it gets...

Shaking her head helplessly, the Red-haired Bureau Chief took the initiative to change the subject and asked gently:

"Leila, do you have something to report?"

"Ah, right! There is something!"

Hearing the Red-haired Bureau Chief's inquiry, the "Caught-in-the-Act" Miss suddenly realized and hurriedly said:

"Bureau Chief, the mirror in your office is ringing. A man with thick eyebrows and a very... very upright look is talking to me in the mirror, asking me to notify you to go to the General Bureau for a meeting!"

A man with thick eyebrows and an upright look... that must be the Sagittarius Director!

Subconsciously making eye contact with Li Ang, the Red-haired Bureau Chief's eyes narrowed slightly. She took the remaining half bottle of wine from Li Ang, drank it in one gulp, and then sneered:

"A meeting is good. I happen to have something I'm prepared to ask him about!"

"Everyone, I've called you here for a meeting because there is something very important to notify you of."

The General Bureau, which had been closed off, reopened. On the empty ground where the year-end evaluation was held, the Sagittarius Director, covered in wounds, said with a heavy heart:

"I regret to inform you all that the matter of Lord Taurus's ascension has been completely ruined."

"What?!"

"He actually succeeded..."

"Sigh... this is going to be a huge problem!"

Facing the Sagittarius Director's notification, the eighty-plus branch chiefs were in an uproar, and a large amount of "encrypted" soul fluctuations flew everywhere, exchanging information they knew.

The Sagittarius Director, whose mood was clearly very bad, did not stop the private exchanges among the branch chiefs, but stood silently in the center of the venue, letting the large amount of agitated soul fluctuations run wild.

"Lord Sagittarius."

After a round of information exchange was completed, having barely figured out what happened, a short branch chief's phantom stood up from his seat and asked unkindly:

"Lord Taurus had an accident during the ascension, right?"

"Yes."

"But the ascension time you told us was eight days later, so can I assume that you forced Lord Taurus to ascend early before we were ready, ultimately leading to this result? Regarding this point, shouldn't you give us an explanation?"

"..."

Facing the branch chief's questioning, the Sagittarius Director fell into silence.

After a while, he sighed slightly and said:

"Ninety percent of the fault for this matter lies with me, and I am willing to take full responsibility. However, compared to my problem, there is now a more important matter that needs everyone to discuss together."

Something more important than the failure of the ascension?

Although a big mistake had indeed been made, the Sagittarius Director still had some prestige. Seeing that his expression was indeed very heavy, the branch chiefs temporarily suppressed their questions and waited for his explanation.

"Before Aquarius ascended, he once told Taurus that he was willing to briefly take on the responsibility of the Palace Keeper and continue to pass on news about potential future crises to us."

Under the surprised gazes of the branch chiefs, the Sagittarius Director said while taking out a note and unfolding it, then introduced with furrowed brows:

"This is the first message he just passed down, but the content... you'd better see for yourselves."

What did Aquarius write?

Hooked by the Sagittarius Director's words, looking at his indescribable expression, the branch chiefs narrowed their eyes one after another and gazed at the note in the Sagittarius Director's hand.

And on this note, which was both brand new and old, as if it had gone through countless ages but looked as if it had just been cut, most of the space was empty, with only a very short word written in the middle in extremely sloppy handwriting.

"F*ck!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1334 =====