Chapter 1352

Facing Leon's proposal to use her as bait, the female cleanup agent, who was the bait, couldn't help but break down on the spot.

No... so it's either you eat me, or the fish have to eat me? Is it that if I don't feed them something today, this matter won't be over?

"Don't misunderstand, I'm really making a serious proposal."

Looking at the female cleanup agent, whose corners of her mouth were uncontrollably drooping and who seemed ready to cry at any moment, Leon organized his language and promised with a serious face:

"Although I can't guarantee 100% success, as long as you can jump down one more time, I have at least a 70% certainty that I can get us out of the fish tank and pass the Pisces Palace assessment."

As long as I jump down, I can pass the assessment?

After looking at Leon's rather sincere expression, the female cleanup agent was stunned for a moment, then asked suspiciously:

"You mean... you already know what this assessment is about?"

"It's just a guess for now, but it should be very close to the truth."

After smiling at the petite female cleanup agent, Leon asked back:

"Do you still remember what the Pisces Director said before she left?"

Before the Pisces Director left?

Upon hearing this, the female cleanup agent recalled and then said uncertainly:

"To keep it up?"

"Er... the sentence before that."

"There's movement in other fish tanks, and she has to go take a look?"

"Yes, that sentence is the key."

After nodding slightly, Leon explained:

"The Pisces Director's sentence proves that there are other cleanup agents currently undergoing the assessment with us."

"And if the specific content of the assessment was just watching how fish swim by the lake, then why separate everyone? Wouldn't it be enough to just throw everyone into one fish tank?"

"It seems that's really the case! So..."

"So the assessment of the Pisces Palace should require cooperation, and at least two people need to conduct it together."

After giving his judgment, Leon turned to look at the lion-head goldfish in the lake, his expression quite determined:

"Although the secrets of these fish tanks are not easy to discover, they are not hard to see through if someone reminds you. And since it's not one fish tank per person, the Directors separating the people participating in the assessment is definitely not because they are afraid of the cleanup agents 'copying answers' from each other, but for other reasons."

"And among the reasons I can think of, the most reasonable one is that the Pisces secret technique cannot be cast by a single person, at least not when you first learn it. You need at least one person to cooperate to successfully enter the door."

Need at least one person to cooperate...

After pondering along Leon's line of thought, the petite female cleanup agent said uncertainly:

"You mean... if you want to use the Pisces secret technique, you need one person to interfere and another person to complete the observation?"

"Yes."

Looking at the female cleanup agent who gave the summary after he just mentioned it slightly, a flash of surprise appeared in Leon's eyes. He then nodded slightly:

"That's exactly what you said... After all, if even your and my secret technique aptitude can't find that 'real fish,' then other cleanup agents will probably find it even harder."

"And besides that, there are many other doubts."

"For example, why didn't the Pisces Director take action to save you the first time she saw you being chased by the goldfish? It's very likely that in her eyes, you being chased by the goldfish is part of cracking the secret technique, so she wasn't in a hurry to save you. And a little earlier, you clearly showed resistance to me and really didn't want to come over with me, but the Sagittarius Director still took action forcibly and sent us to the Pisces Palace together. I guess he did this maybe to make up the numbers."

"Ah?"

Upon hearing Leon mention what happened before, the petite female cleanup agent shuddered, then said in a low voice with an awkward expression:

"Mr. Leon, I... I wasn't resisting you, it's just... it's just..."

"It's just that you heard some bad rumors from others, right?"

"Er..."

"Those rumors are all fake, basically prejudices against me."

Leon sighed helplessly, then asked back:

"Those guys who call me the God of Food and spread rumors that I eat people whenever I'm hungry, aren't they all still alive and well? If I were really that crazy, could they still be alive now?"

"But... but it wasn't just one person who said so..."

Facing Leon's defense, the petite female cleanup agent shrank her neck, then said cautiously:

"For example, in our Aquarius branch, there were two seniors who participated in the previous promotion assessment. After they came back, they swore that they were really swallowed by you and almost died in..."

"Swallowed, yes, but look at which one of them actually died?"

Upon hearing this, Leon couldn't help but complain speechlessly:

"The situation was critical at the time, I was protecting them!"

"If they hadn't been swallowed by me in time, with their level, could they have resisted the Nightmare King's assassination? Or could they have withstood the siege of a million nightmares? If I hadn't been there for the last promotion assessment, it would be good if half of the people who participated came back!"

"..."

It seems... it's not without reason?

Looking at Leon, who was clearly unhappy but had clear eyes and a calm demeanor, and couldn't find any trace of madness, the petite female cleanup agent nodded and tightened the coat Leon had given her.

The seniors who participated in the last promotion assessment did indeed return safely from the Dream Realm. Except for being a bit overly frightened, they didn't even get hurt. And Mr. Leon, after my clothes got wet, just lent me his coat, which was quite gentlemanly. So he...

"Alright, enough small talk, you go into the water first!"

"?!"

Looking at the astonished female cleanup agent, Leon thought for a while and explained:

"It's not that I don't take care of you, it's mainly because you've been in the water once before, your body is already wet, and you've been chased by fish once, so you're more familiar with the situation. So it's more appropriate for you to go down than for me."

"..."

I admit what you said makes some sense... but I'm a girl, and you look older than me. Usually, wouldn't a man display some gentlemanly style at a time like this?

After looking at the goldfish in the lake with lingering fear, the petite female cleanup agent turned her head and said helplessly:

"Mr. Leon, how about..."

"How about this."

After looking at the sticky female cleanup agent, and considering that Anna definitely wouldn't want to spend money to wash clothes, if he were really swallowed by a fish, she would probably insist on washing it by hand in this cold weather. Leon decisively bluffed:

"I take back my previous explanation. What the people in your branch said isn't all rumors. For example, I really do eat people when I'm hungry... and I didn't eat breakfast today!"

"..."

Liar! You're definitely saying that because you don't want to go into the water!

(End of chapter)