Chapter 1598: Olivia's Determination

"Back already?"

Having heard Leon's footsteps long ago, the red-haired Bureau Chief did not look up at him. Instead, she continued to measure her hair with a pair of scissors while asking casually:

"Are things at the Underworld Branch all arranged?"

"I suppose it's on the right track now..."

After responding, Leon looked at the red-haired Bureau Chief, who was still busy measuring her hair, and couldn't help but ask out of curiosity:

"But you, Bureau Chief... what are you doing right now? Getting a haircut?"

"I am temporarily transferring control of the 【Slaughtering Blood Hair】."

After explaining what she was doing, the red-haired Bureau Chief finally determined the approximate position. The bronze scissors in her hand snapped shut with a *click*, severing a lock of bright red hair. She then waved her hand to scatter the fallen strands and explained with a calm expression:

"Although this thing is my anomalous object, it also bears the responsibility of protecting the 【Eleventh Ant Nest】. So, if I want to leave the capital, I must first transfer control of the 【Slaughtering Blood Hair】 to my successor to ensure that the most important ant nest does not run into any problems."

Leaving the capital?

Upon hearing this, Leon couldn't help but blink, then asked with some surprise:

"Has something happened while I was at the Underworld Branch these past few days? How come even you have to go on a mission?"

"You're overthinking it, it's just a vacation."

Glancing at the lock of white hair on Leon's head, the red-haired Bureau Chief paused her scissors and said with a beaming smile:

"Because I have to stay in the capital year-round to ensure the safety of the 【Eleventh Ant Nest】, my time on duty is the longest among all the branch chiefs, and I've never really had any time to rest.

Now that the Slaughtering King Society has been severely crippled and the Dead Realm has been turned into the Underworld Branch by you, it's a rare chance for things to be peaceful for a while, so I'm planning to find a nice place to relax a bit."

So that's how it is...

After hearing the red-haired Bureau Chief's explanation, Leon nodded in sudden realization, but soon felt that something didn't seem quite right.

Based on his understanding of the Bureau Chief, she seemed to be the type who preferred stillness over movement... or to put it bluntly, regardless of whether she wanted to "move" before, once she had drunk enough, she would just "settle down" directly.

For her, the fun brought by going out to relax was far less straightforward and direct than a good drink, so...

"Where do you want to go?"

After revealing a look of keen interest, Leon put his hands behind his back, grabbed the Hearing Hearing Heishanyang by the scalp, and asked with curiosity in his eyes:

"I just finished my work at the Underworld Branch and was planning to take a few days off. Can you tell me how you plan to relax? Maybe I can use it as a reference."

"..."

"..."

"You really are..."

After a brief moment of silence, looking at Leon's right hand hidden behind his back, the red-haired Bureau Chief shook her head helplessly and said:

"You're suspicious even when I'm going on vacation? Your defensive nature is too heavy; can't you be a little more sunny?"

"You were the one who lied first."

Seeing the red-haired Bureau Chief expose him, Leon brought his hand out from behind his back. While openly using the Hearing Hearing Heishanyang for a lie detector test, he narrowed his eyes and said:

"I respect others' privacy, and I don't have to ask about things you don't want to say, but you've been acting strange since I got back, so there's definitely a problem!"

"I'm perfectly normal; what's strange?"

"The fact that you're acting so normal is what's strange."

"..."

"Stop pretending."

Looking at the red-haired Bureau Chief's speechless expression, Leon became even more certain of his guess. He curled his lip and began to pry:

"Based on my understanding of you, at a rare time like this when there's nothing to do, you should have already started drinking while working! If you were truly 'normal,' then what I saw when I first got back should have been a drunk you. Furthermore, you would be winking at me while drinking, asking me if I could help you get an advance on next year's salary now that I'm a Director, or inciting me to go ask Director Taurus for the Wine God's bead.

Even if I didn't agree, you might have used the alcohol to threaten me, claiming that if I didn't help you get the 【Wine-Soaked Bead】, you would go to Veronica and report me for sexual harassment or something. How could you be as serious as you are now?"

"..."

Although these were all groundless speculations about herself, listening to them, it did indeed sound like something she would do...

Facing Leon's reasonable analysis, the momentarily speechless red-haired Bureau Chief smacked her lips, then decisively gave up on the idea of hiding it and nodded decisively.

"You're right, I do have something I'm hiding from you."

"Then you..."

"But I'm just not going to tell you."

"..."

Leaning back in her wide chair and leisurely crossing her legs, the red-haired Bureau Chief looked at the speechless Leon and said with a smile:

"Even if you've become a Director now and your position is half a level higher than mine, you can't make me listen to everything you say, right?"

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As for what I want to do when I leave the capital, if you can guess it, then guess it yourself, or if you can catch up to me, you can chase after me. Anyway, I'm not going to say anything~"

"You're really not going to say?"

"Not going to say."

"Do you want to reconsider?"

"No need."

The red-haired Bureau Chief smiled confidently, her toes swinging lightly as she said:

"Even if you... you?"

"I guessed you might cause me trouble, so before I came back, I specifically went to find Lord Taurus and got the Wine God's bead."

After tossing the small ball, which was only the size of a beer bottle opening, in his hand, Leon gripped the 【Wine-Soaked Bead】, which was emitting a strange fragrance, back into his palm, blocking the red-haired Bureau Chief's wolf-like gaze. He then said slowly:

"You have one more chance to reorganize your words. Are you going to say it, or are you going to say it?"

"I..."

Strange? What exactly is the secret? How is she able to resist so well this time?

After glancing in surprise at the red-haired director who was still putting up a desperate resistance, Li Ang pondered slightly. Then, under the panicked gaze of the Hearing Hearing Heishanyang, he reached out, pried open its mouth, and moved the 【Wine-Soaked Bead】 to the side, making a gesture as if to stuff it in.

"If you don't say it, I'm going to feed this thing to it."

"..."

"Bureau Chief, you know, the Wine God has already been killed by me, and this bead will melt upon contact with saliva, so..."

"Go ahead and feed it!"

"Ah?!!!"

In the midst of Leon's extreme shock, the red-haired Bureau Chief actually withdrew her gaze, clenched her fists, and hummed through gritted teeth:

"It's just some wine, I... I can endure it!"

"..."

No... this isn't right, is it? Are you still the wine-obsessed Bureau Chief I know?

Looking at the red-haired Bureau Chief who was still stubbornly refusing to surrender at a time like this, Leon's mind went blank, unable to believe everything happening before his eyes.

However, just as he was stunned, several strands of red hair that had been severed by the bronze scissors earlier had quietly "swum" over under the cover of the carpet. They climbed up from the Hearing Hearing Heishanyang's fur and tightened fiercely around its pried-open mouth!

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