Chapter 1455: An abstract Sea King route?

If you won't drink the toast, you'll drink the forfeit!

After screwing the cap back onto the Snow Fir wine bottle, Li Ang, having successfully manipulated the situation, snorted and took the last leaf from the red-haired Director, who was full of resentment.

"Sss~"

【Name: Memory-Remaining Leaf (Memory, Destruction)】

【...】

Accompanied by the familiar subtle noise, another memory with a completely different style entered Li Ang's mind along the veins of the 【Memory-Remaining Leaf】.

In the first scene of this blurry memory, the Director, who had changed into a long bright red dress, reached out to tuck a head of vibrant long hair to the side of her neck, unconsciously biting her lower lip, and called out softly with a shy and timid expression:

"Li Ang..."

Huh?

Before Li Ang could react to the shocking fact that the "female lead" of the seventh leaf was the red-haired Director, the red-haired Director in the scene tightened her collar, blocking that indescribable beautiful scenery, and pushed him away with hesitation:

"By doing this, aren't we being a bit unfair to Auntie Ai Ma?"

Huh??

As Li Ang's brain buzzed again, stunned and at a loss by this "hidden route," the tone belonging to himself suddenly came from the scene, along with a sleazy line that rushed across time and space.

"Since we're pursuing excitement, let's see it through to the end~"

Following "Li Ang's" reply, the lights in the scene went out and figures moved; a pair of tightly embracing figures were reflected on the floor of Senior Auntie Ai Ma's office by the moonlight filtering through the window.

Huh???

No way... am I this abstract on this "route"?

As the memory with cinematic language flashed continuously, Li Ang's sanity seemed to be hit by eighty 100-ton trucks going downhill, shattered by the outrageous memory in the seventh leaf.

"Li Ang, by doing this, aren't we being a bit unfair to Fei Liya?"

"Li Ang, by doing this, aren't we being a bit unfair to Nicole?"

"Li Ang, by doing this, aren't we being a bit unfair to Mei Li?"

"Li Ang, I..."

Am I actually a glutton for lust?!!!

Looking at this memory that skipped all "plot processes" and was just messing around from start to finish, Li Ang, who thought his self-perception as a good man was still accurate, couldn't help but be deeply shocked.

No wonder the Director didn't want to give him the leaf. The version of himself in this memory wasn't just at the Sea King level; he was a goddamn ultimate bottom-trawler! He was casting a net and frantically scooping from the bottom of the sea, even taking the little fish fry with him!

Knowing such an outrageous possibility, how can I face the Director and Senior Auntie Ai Ma in the future? This "Sea King" route is too... wait! Sea King?

Thinking of this, Li Ang hurriedly opened the badge panel and flipped through it, finding a black iron badge he had forgotten about.

【Scumbag: Not loyal enough in relationships, establishing intimate relationships with more than one person of the opposite sex... and a male human with poor conduct.】

【Wearing Effect: Your charm will be slightly increased... however, for some people of the opposite sex with special fetishes, your attractiveness will rise significantly.】

【Advanced Route: Continuously ask for money from intimate people of the opposite sex with whom you have an ambiguous relationship more than 10 times, and this badge will automatically advance to the bronze badge "Soft-Rice Eater," current progress 5/10;】

【Or, by relying on your own outstanding charm, after establishing intimate relationships with 10 people of the opposite sex, this badge will skip the bronze stage and directly advance to the silver badge "Sea King," current progress 9/10】

【Hidden Trait (No need to wear): The mental damage you actively cause to people of the opposite sex will be increased】

Sea King... could it really be Sea King?

After staring at the 9/10 behind "Sea King" for a long while, Li Ang couldn't help but shudder violently.

Could it be that the version of me on this route, for some reason, needed to quickly improve combat power, so I tried to grind this 【Sea King】 badge, and then... it got out of control?

This... this...

"Is there something wrong with this leaf?"

"Huh?"

Looking at the red-haired Director who had leaned over at some point, watching him with a gossipy expression, Li Ang's breathing stalled slightly, then he asked back with suspicion:

"You didn't watch it?"

"I wanted to watch, but I couldn't."

The red-haired Director said with some regret:

"Although the memory inside is just one of countless possibilities and might not necessarily happen, it ultimately involves part of the future, and the price of revealing the future is very high."

"Like an existence below True God like you, if you take a look at your own future, the burden isn't much. But if someone like me, who is infinitely close to a Pillar God, reveals a specific future regarding myself, the consumption would be enough to drag the Great Witch King and that woman from the Pisces Branch Bureau half to death."

"..."

So... you only know the "female lead" should be you, but you don't know exactly what we did?

Upon hearing the red-haired Director's words, Li Ang felt as if he had been granted an amnesty, feeling that his persona, which had been on the verge of collapse, finally had a chance to be saved.

And just as Li Ang breathed a sigh of relief, the red-haired Director on the other side seemed to become suspicious. Her gaze, which had been full of gossip, suddenly became sharp, and she narrowed her eyes and asked:

"Li Ang? Did you see something strange?"

"I... I did see some strange things..."

After steadying himself, relying on his own strong psychological quality and excellent facial control, Li Ang's stiff face softened instantly, and he then clicked his tongue in wonder and spouted nonsense:

"Director, do you know? In the future I saw, you actually quit drinking because of me! Hahaha, this is truly... Director?"

Looking at the red-haired Director, whose pupils contracted uncontrollably and who was clearly startled, Li Ang couldn't help but raise an eyebrow in confusion.

And looking at Li Ang, who was somewhat confused in front of her, the red-haired Director's left arm behind her back trembled involuntarily, then immediately returned to normal, and she said with full disgust:

"Living like that would be too boring. Men aren't as good as wine. Fortunately, I didn't actually have anything happen with you!"

"Hehe, I think so too."

After exchanging a few words with a normal expression, Li Ang looked up at the sky, then hurriedly found an excuse and said goodbye with a smile.

And after he pushed the door and left in a somewhat disheveled state, the red-haired Director, also smiling, relaxed her whole body, then slowly moved back behind her desk, placing the crystal she was holding in her left hand on the table with exhaustion.

Scared me... he suddenly mentioned quitting drinking, I thought the 【Memory-Tampering Crystal】 had failed...

Reaching out to stroke the messy-colored crystal block, after extracting the real memory she had swapped out while Li Ang was receiving the memory through the 【Memory-Remaining Leaf】, looking at the blurry light and shadow continuously flickering in her palm, the red-haired Director couldn't help but sigh faintly.

When the winter jasmine bloomed on the street before, filling the city with pollen, Nicole had discovered Li Ang's anomaly and specifically talked to her about Li Ang's background, judging that he might be from the Three Eastern Kingdoms across the sea.

And Nicole's judgment was actually only half right. Although Li Ang did come from across the sea, he didn't come from the Three Eastern Kingdoms, but from the "Four" Eastern Kingdoms.

His identity before being captured by that photo and brought to the Capital from across the sea was likely a survivor of the East Kalevin Kingdom, which she had destroyed with her own hands. And judging by Li Ang's extraordinary courage, he might even be a royal bloodline of East Kalevin.

And he himself... had once personally destroyed everything he had!

(End of chapter)