Chapter 1542

Deep Abyss Prison……Alright.

Faced with the Capricorn Director's dissuasion, Li Ang hesitated slightly before nodding.

Although he did not greatly approve of the Cleanup Bureau's modus operandi, for a senior who had served as a director for several decades, based on past experience, Li Ang still chose to heed the advice.

Seeing him nod, the tense-faced Capricorn Director could not help but let out a slight sigh of relief, then proactively spoke up to ask:

"Aquarius, Jeanne d'Arc's side still needs ten days to prepare; these few days, are you planning to stay at Headquarters? Or do you want to return to the Virgo Sub-bureau?"

"Or return to the Virgo Sub-bureau."

Li Ang thought for a moment and replied: "Since setting out for the Land of the Witch Maidens, it's been over half a month now; I'd like to go home first to check things out."

Li Ang nodded and said: "Following Lord Taurus's intention, this operation only conscripted the Zodiac Bureau Chiefs; specifically, Aries, Sagittarius……these few, Bureau Chief, you still cannot move, you need to stay behind to guard the 【Twelve Ant Nests】, ensuring this thing does not pose a danger."

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You big drunkard……

With her unrestrained movements, the pristine sleepwear and the two even fairer, smoother thighs overlapped each other; under the soft lamp light on the table, they actually appeared more beautiful than the morning glow on the horizon, unconsciously drawing Li Ang's gaze to follow.

"Huh?!"

"Huh?"

After nodding in a half-understanding manner, Li Ang bade farewell to the Capricorn Director, then proactively stepped into the range of the light pillar; and after a moment of the world spinning, when he opened his eyes again, the world before him had shifted from the main hall of Capricorn Palace to the familiar gate of the Virgo Sub-bureau.

"Come on, don't use the front door—just climb in through the window!"

After glancing out the window at the sky already showing fish-belly white, the red-haired bureau chief opened another bottle of wine, then assumed a rather ungraceful posture by crossing her legs, sitting on the table with a smiling, squinting expression as she asked: "This time's director meeting, are you discussing the issue of the Dead Realm? Did you few directors reach any conclusion?"

"I just knew……"

"I thought it was someone else……turns out it's you who came back."

Didn't quite grasp the specific principle, but it sounded quite impressive.

Raising his hand to point at the white light pillar, the Capricorn Director said:

"Alright, then I'll see you off."

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"Bureau Chief."

"Directly declare war on the Dead Realm? Those old……cough, old-timers who always like to play it safe, this time they actually made a decisive move?"

After poking his head out and squinting to take a look, the sleepy-eyed red-haired bureau chief couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, then smiled and waved at Li Ang standing at the doorway.

"Like that……" The red-haired bureau chief nodded upon hearing this, then tilted her head up to glance at Li Ang standing before her, her expression slightly tinged with regret as she took another big gulp of wine.

"Director is just a title, whereas Bureau Chief you……"

In these years of purifying Paradise Mountain, I have slightly intercepted a small portion of this 'summoning' rule, and redirected the summoning target from the foot of Paradise Mountain to myself, enabling me to forcibly summon anyone I sense possessing a 'benevolent thought' directly to my side.

"I've already adjusted the position."

After hearing Li Ang's retelling, the red-haired bureau chief couldn't help but nod, her expression suddenly enlightened as she said: "This is the director meeting I understand; if it weren't for the Dead Realm's conditions being too harsh, plus your interference, this time's result would absolutely still be continuing negotiations with the Dead Realm……Speaking of which, who all went this time? I'm sure I was excluded again."

"Seems like there was a result after all."

"Hehe, this thing isn't some abnormal object."

"Then you go rest first; I won't disturb you."

After gulping down the strong liquor in the bottle in one go, the red-haired bureau chief with two faint blushes on her cheeks stared somewhat dazedly at Li Ang for a moment, then smiled teasingly: "Hehe, being a director is different, huh—you've started bossing me around……Say, want a sip?"

"Just walk in, and upon landing you'll be at the Virgo Sub-bureau gate." "Strictly speaking, 【Paradise Path】 is actually a special effect of this Paradise Mountain plane.

"Although at first the situation still leaned toward continuing talks, after the Sagittarius Director finished stating the Dead Realm's demands, I handed over the materials of those forty true gods to Lord Taurus, asking her to forge a special abnormal object targeting the Dead Realm's sovereign, after which it basically passed unanimously."

The Capricorn Director heard this, smiled, then proceeded to explain:

As for sending you back to the Virgo Sub-bureau, it's merely a reverse application of this ability."

"……"

"Li Ang."

After nodding to indicate he understood, the Capricorn Director's blue pupils flickered slightly, emitting a faint white glow, while the light pillar belonging to 【Paradise Path】 in Capricorn Palace also flickered, then shifted position to appear before Li Ang.

After glancing at the somewhat messy thin blanket on the sofa, Li Ang stared at the red-haired bureau chief's wine bottle, unable to suppress a frown as he asked: "You were just sleeping, right? How come you just woke up and started drinking already?"

Seeing the red-haired bureau chief open another bottle amid their banter, take a sip, and hand it over, Li Ang couldn't help but take the bottle, somewhat helplessly saying:

After muttering discontentedly, the slightly displeased red-haired bureau chief shifted her crossed legs.

"I was summoned to headquarters by the Capricorn Director using 【Paradise Path】; after the director meeting ended, I returned, and Leila and the others should still be on their way back."

"I'm not just waking up; I'm having a few more drinks to prepare for sleep……Mmm……"

After calling out, Li Ang lifted his head to gaze at the pitch-black night sky, feeling that Anna and the others should still be asleep at this hour; after thinking it over, he decided not to rush home yet, instead turning toward the red-haired bureau chief and walking over, climbing through the window into her office.

Li Ang thought for a moment and replied: "The bureau is preparing to go to war with the Dead Realm."

At the moment Li Ang landed, the window in the northeast corner of the first floor was suddenly pushed open, revealing a somewhat messy red-haired head.

In a one-by-one look!

After casually picking up the wine bottle on the table and taking a gulp, the red-haired bureau chief in silk pajamas plopped directly onto the office desk, then curiously asked:

Upon hearing this, the red-haired bureau chief who was drinking couldn't help but choke, spilling half a mouthful of wine onto the front of her white sleepwear, leaving a large patch of deep pink damp stain.

"Director……hey……although the bureau's style has always been to promote the capable, your promotion speed is still too fast—from recruiting you to now it's been less than half a century, I never expected I'd have to address you as Director Your Excellency."

Wow, global-level precise positioning teleportation? This is too convenient! Enviously glancing at the light pillar before him, Li Ang couldn't help but ask: "Capricorn Your Excellency, how did you obtain this 【Paradise Path】? Does the bureau have any similar abnormal objects?"

"I was saying……"

"Forget it, it's this late already; what am I still sleeping for?"

"How come you came back on your own? Where are Leila and Joshua?"

"……"

"……"

Old-timer, right? You mean the old-timer is right, right! Seeing the red-haired bureau chief stare wide-eyed in surprise as if discovering a cockroach could beatbox, Li Ang couldn't help but speechlessly nod and say:

"Right."

Just as entering the mortal world grants a physical body, and entering the Realm of the Dead leaves only the soul, Mount Celestia has its own planar rules; it and the Abyss's Hundred Prisons are two sides of the same coin, able to respectively lock onto "good thoughts" and "evil deeds," and issue a summons or enticement toward them.

"Pretty, isn't it?"

Glancing at Hearing Li Ang, who had spaced out for a moment, the corners of the red-haired Bureau Chief's brows couldn't help but rise slightly; she then dipped a fingertip in the spilled liquor, traced it lightly across her smooth thigh, drawing a wine-red streak brimming with allure, and proposed with a smile:

"How about a deal? If you stand guard for me, I'll let you touch it~"

"..."

(End of Chapter)