Chapter 1355

Good heavens, so you are also strictly selected by five palaces?

After being pushed up from the ground by the black big fish, looking at the female cleanup agent who was screaming and hugging the white fish's neck, Leon's eyes narrowed slightly, and a large number of guesses surged into his mind in an instant.

The Aquarius Director's backup plan? A spy sent by the King-Slaying Society? A hostile force infiltrating the Cleanup Bureau? Or a True God who successfully descended into the human world?

After all, according to the Director, before he joined the Cleanup Bureau, although there were cleanup agents recognized by more than one star palace, he had never heard of anyone reaching the level of "strictly selected by five palaces"!

And just after he achieved the feat of being strictly selected by five palaces, a genius who was on par with him popped up immediately? How could there be such a coincidence in this world? This smell is wrong as soon as you smell it!

But what's strange is that when he threw her into the lake to bait fish earlier, his palms directly touched the skin of her calves and neck. At that time, the 【Materialism】 badge didn't move, proving that she should be a human, not something else.

In addition, the Sagittarius Director mentioned earlier that she was a candidate specifically recommended by the Aquarius branch Director, Bart. Since the Aquarius branch Director dared to recommend her to participate in such an important secret technique selection, it proves that he must have investigated her repeatedly, at least confirming that she had no major problems.

Then what is her situation? Could she really be a wild genius?

"..."

Being stared at by Leon's skin-peeling and bone-dismantling gaze, the female cleanup agent, who was hugging the white fish's neck, felt a bit itchy in her heart and instinctively wanted to block her face to avoid Leon's eyes.

But recalling Leon's previous "offense," a nameless fire rose in her heart. She then reached out to block her flat chest and mustered the courage to glare back.

"You... what are you looking at?"

"..."

Maybe I'm overthinking it...

Looking at the female cleanup agent, whose first word was imposing but whose momentum leaked away in the second half of the sentence, and whose tail sound was so weak it could hardly be heard, Leon couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

The feeling she gives... has a kind of purity that hasn't been polluted by knowledge, and she doesn't look like someone who can be involved in a conspiracy.

And a genius strictly selected by five palaces must have been repeatedly investigated by several Directors. Since even the Directors didn't find anything wrong, the possibility of her having any problems is really not high.

"Nothing, just saw your arm."

After temporarily suppressing his doubts, Leon's tense demeanor relaxed, and he asked gently:

"This... er... this young lady."

"My name is Mery..."

After reporting her name speechlessly, looking at Leon, whose expression had relaxed a lot, the female cleanup agent couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

I don't know why, but when the smile on this person's face suddenly disappeared and his two eyes stared at her fixedly, the feeling it gave people was not just a little scary, making people feel itchy in their hearts...

"Sorry."

After nodding apologetically, Leon pointed to the female cleanup agent's arm and asked again:

"Miss Mery, I would like to ask, what is the pattern on your arm?"

Aha! Finally someone asked! I didn't waste the effort of having someone shorten my sleeves!

Upon hearing Leon's words, the female cleanup agent's back suddenly straightened. She then proudly puffed out her small chest, reached out to block the pattern on her arm, and then tried hard to keep her mouth straight, saying calmly:

"Nothing, just the qualification for this selection. The day before yesterday, when I was sleeping in my... my bedroom, it suddenly appeared on my arm, and it kept flashing and flashing, scaring me a lot."

"..."

Confirmed. Although this child isn't stupid, the smell of being inexperienced in the world is too strong when she speaks and acts. At a glance, you can tell she hasn't suffered much. "Is that so? That's really amazing."

After responding perfunctorily, Leon looked at her clothes and found that although they were sticky and wet, the material and embroidery were extremely exquisite. At a glance, they were high-end goods that were not cheap.

Rich or noble, family background is well-off?

After narrowing his eyes and pondering, Leon's expression relaxed again, and he asked with a smile:

"By the way, how long have you joined the Aquarius branch?"

"I joined... why are you asking this?"

"Nothing, just chatting."

Facing the female cleanup agent's vigilant expression, Leon couldn't help but smile. He then reached out and patted the black fish under him:

"It looks like it will take us a while to get to the Cancer Palace. It's really boring to wait silently like this, so I thought about chatting with you... By the way, I joined the Cleanup Bureau three and a half months ago and am now a third-level cleanup agent in the Virgo branch. How about you?"

"I..."

After hesitating slightly, seemingly feeling that this wasn't a secret that couldn't be told, the petite female cleanup agent blinked her big eyes and revealed:

"I joined the Aquarius branch two months ago and am also a third-level cleanup agent now."

Two months, huh...

Upon hearing this time, which was even shorter than his own, Leon narrowed his eyes again, blocking the look of realization that flashed in his eyes.

As of now, her background should be very good. Not only is her family background very well-off, but she has also been protected very well since she was a child, and she is even a bit naive. So it's probably not just as simple as being rich, it should be more inclined to "noble," and not just ordinary noble!

In addition, she doesn't seem to have a proud personality, but she has a rather strong desire for expression. This point is also a bit strange. Children from well-off families since childhood usually don't behave so "unbalanced."

She looks more like she has just broken away from her original well-off environment, "fallen" from a status of being sought after by everyone, and after joining the Cleanup Bureau and coming into contact with a broader world, she is urgently looking forward to being recognized. And she is also very sure of her own talent.

Then the way she joined the Cleanup Bureau shouldn't be the "crime—sentencing—atonement" mode, but rather her outstanding talent was discovered, and she was "exceptionally" recruited by the Aquarius branch Director, and was given high hopes and a lot of preferential treatment.

Also, the short stutter when she mentioned the origin of the five-palace strict selection is also very suspicious.

Not to mention whether the Aquarius branch has something like a bedroom, the word "bedroom" itself has nothing worth "stuttering" about in one's brain, unless what she wanted to say at first wasn't bedroom, but some other word, for example...

Palace?

Staring at the female cleanup agent's flat chest and observing repeatedly, and keeping the family crest embroidery showing through her inner shirt when her outer coat was soaked in water firmly in mind, Leon smiled and said:

"Then we really have a fate."

"Ah?"

"Look."

After rolling up his left sleeve and showing her his arm, amidst the shocked expression of the petite female cleanup agent, Leon smiled and tried to get close:

"Both joined the Cleanup Bureau a few months ago, both are third-level cleanup agents, and both were selected by five star palaces... We have quite a lot in common."

(End of chapter)