Chapter 1572: Old, weak, sick, and disabled

Because this meeting happened too suddenly... and awkwardly, both the Faceless One who opened the lid and Leon who was caught in the act for no reason were stunned on the spot.

And after a full few seconds of silence, having shaken off the initial shock, the two who recognized each other sprang up almost at the same time. One ran away without hesitation toward the outside of the cemetery, while the other, because he got up too fast and his soul was unstable, fell back in with a thud.

"Leon!"

Reaching out to catch Leon who fell back, Auntie Auntie Ai Ma, who was startled, hurriedly hugged him in her arms, checking his restless soul while calling out anxiously:

"How do you feel? Is there anywhere uncomfortable?"

"I... I'm fine..."

Shaking his head to indicate it was fine, Leon stiffened his neck twice, wanting to climb out of Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma's soft embrace.

But the incomplete soul and body couldn't be perfectly synchronized, and it had just been repaired halfway before being too roughly interrupted, so he tried several times but couldn't get up, instead turning over and lying back down, saying in a muffled voice:

"Just got up a bit too fast... what happened just now? Why did the Faceless One suddenly break in?"

"He should have seen me..."

After coming over to check Leon's soul and confirming that except for being slightly chaotic, he hadn't suffered any other damage, the Pisces Director in the state of a middle-aged woman couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, then said with a somewhat guilty expression:

"Although I am also a Pisces Director, compared to the real Pisces Director, my strength is still a bit worse, and it is difficult to perfectly hide my own soul. And just now when I went out to check the situation of the Road of No Return, I should have been discovered by him."

"This is not your fault."

After patting the Pisces Director's spine, the Sagittarius Director on the side comforted:

"Prying into souls is the instinct of the Lords of the Dead World. If it weren't for the shielding effect of the Sage's Cemetery itself, they would be able to discover everyone just by looking, and any disguise can only reduce one's own sense of existence, it is impossible to completely escape the observation of the Lords of the Dead World.

And if I didn't guess wrong, the Faceless One likely arrived outside long ago and targeted the Sage's Cemetery. In this case, even if I or Taurus went out, we would be discovered just the same... Aquarius?"

Looking at Leon, who was twisting in Auntie Auntie Ai Ma's arms like a big meat worm, the Sagittarius Director couldn't help but frown, then asked with some doubt:

"How come you seem to have difficulty even sitting up? Is the lack of a quarter of your soul that damaging to you?"

"Seems... it's a bit bigger than I expected..."

Upon hearing this, Leon couldn't help but smile bitterly, then stopped struggling and explained helplessly:

"Although the coffins in the Sage's Cemetery can repair the soul, the price is similar to that of Regret City, and one must constantly re-experience the regrets of one's life.

And I... my regrets are not few, plus my soul was already missing a big chunk, so I can't really resist this kind of disturbance. Therefore, before the initial repair of the damage is completed, my soul state will instead be worse than before."

"Alright, you'd better lie down!"

Reaching out to hold Leon's head buried in her arms and not letting him continue to move around, Auntie Auntie Ai Ma, whose neck and earlobes were slightly red, raised her head and asked with a look of request:

"Director Sagittarius, Leon's state is indeed not very good right now, can you let him continue to rest for a while, and wait until his soul is initially stable before participating in the Bureau's ambush plan?"

"It should be so, let him rest first."

After looking at Leon's clearly embarrassed expression, the Sagittarius Director's usually drooping corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly, smiling very rarely, but soon became serious again, and sighed helplessly.

"And judging from the Faceless One's performance just now, he is afraid that he has already become suspicious. Whether this ambush plan can succeed is probably hard to say."

"Despicable Cleaning Bureau!" After fleeing the Sage's Cemetery in a panic before the Faceless One, the somewhat shaken Lantern Old Man couldn't help but curse angrily:

"It was agreed to negotiate in ten days, but now there are more than one director here with several days left, and even the Eating God has arrived! There must be an ambush in the Sage's Cemetery!"

An ambush, huh...

Turning his head to look at the Sage's Cemetery covered by thick fog and finding that no one had chased out, the Faceless One thought thoughtfully:

"Not necessarily... did you see the state of the Eating God just now?"

"Ah?"

Upon hearing the Faceless One's inquiry, the Lantern Old Man was slightly startled, frowned and recalled for a while, then said somewhat uncertainly:

"He seems... his soul is unstable?"

"Yes."

After nodding slightly, the Faceless One turned his head to gaze at the quiet Sage's Cemetery, and analyzed with certainty:

"Humans are different from us. Losing a quarter of their soul at once is a fatal injury for most people. Only existences that have crossed the threshold between human and god are slightly better.

And the Eating God... although he can explode with strength surpassing a Pillar God under suitable conditions, his essence is still a human, and he doesn't seem to have crossed that threshold."

When he heard this, the Lantern Old Man seemed to understand something and said with some surprise:

Read every word correctly!

"So you mean... he came to heal his wounds?"

"Yes!"

Recalling Leon's incredibly astonished expression when he saw him, the Faceless One couldn't help but nod vigorously.

"A quarter of the Eating God's soul was pushed off the Cliff of the End by you and me together. Now he must be seriously injured, and the Sage's Cemetery happens to have the ability to repair the soul.

So he should have secretly sneaked into the Sage's Cemetery and is using the rules of the Sage's Cemetery to repair his damaged soul, and the Sagittarius Director and Pisces Director are estimated to be specially protecting him! And most importantly..."

When he said this, the Faceless One paused slightly, then became more and more certain:

"Look at his appearance at that time, and the posture of hugging that female human... there's no way to set an ambush like that?"

Put that way... it really seems like that?!

After listening to the Faceless One's analysis, the Lantern Old Man couldn't help but nod in agreement, then said with some excitement:

"So... now in the Sage's Cemetery, it's likely only them?"

"High probability that's the case."

The Faceless One nodded, then gazed at the Lantern Old Man, who was full of surprise, and said with confidence:

"If we rush in now, inside there should only be the Sagittarius Director who is about to die of old age, a weak female cleaner, the Pisces Director with serious soul-splitting ailments, and the Eating God whose soul is incomplete and urgently needs repair.

Facing such a few old, weak, sick, and disabled people, we are sure to win!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1573 =====