Chapter 549

Is she... afraid?

Stopping his struggle and identifying the red-haired Director's state, Li Ang was slightly stunned. Then, enduring the super-strong pressure comparable to a hydraulic press, he leaned into her ear and asked softly:

"Are those people starting to scold you?"

"Mm..."

After a slight sob, the red-haired Director nodded slightly, then, as if desperately trying to avoid something, she trembled uncontrollably while desperately burrowing into Li Ang's chest.

Stop burrowing, if you keep burrowing, I'm afraid I'll be gone!

Although the red-haired Director's exceptionally weak little appearance was pitiful, feeling his ribs creaking and his lungs being squeezed of thirty percent of their air in an instant, Li Ang felt that he was the more pitiful one.

Crossing his hands to push against the red-haired Director's forehead, using all his strength to push outward, he finally saved his lungs. Li Ang, whose face was flushed red, took two deep breaths, then reached out and covered the red-haired Director's ears.

"How about this? Can you still hear them?"

"I can hear them..."

Nodding pitifully, the red-haired Director sobbed in a low voice:

"They don't scold me through my ears, covering my ears won't help me escape..."

If it's not the ears, then what is it? Spirit? Soul? But I've looked upstairs when I usually use the Hearing Hearing Heishanyang, and I couldn't see anything at all!

Pricking up his ears and listening hard for a long time, but still not hearing the so-called "scolding," Li Ang had no choice but to pat the red-haired Director's back forcefully and urge her:

"Be good... let go a little, you're holding on too tight..."

"I won't..."

After rubbing her head against Li Ang's chest, the red-haired Director seemed to have turned into a five or six-year-old girl, sobbing:

"If I let go, you'll run away just like the others, I don't want that!"

You don't want that, but I can't afford it! If you keep strangling me like this, I won't be able to run, but my soul will probably run away first!

Feeling the two iron gates behind him tightening, Li Ang could not help but pat her back forcefully, trying to coax and deceive her:

"I won't run! I definitely won't run! And not only will I not run, I'll help you scold them!"

"Re... really?"

"Really, if you don't believe me, look into my eyes!"

"Then... then let me see..."

After rubbing forcefully against Li Ang's lapel, she raised her head with red eyes, looked at Li Ang suspiciously, and finally pulled her arms back. She gripped Li Ang's lapel again and said pitifully:

"Actually... you don't have to scold them, as long as you don't sneak away like the others and leave me alone to be scolded..."

"Mm-hmm, I won't run."

I definitely won't run! If I get caught and hugged again, I'm afraid I'll really be done for!

Just wanting to leave earlier had almost caused his waist to be strangled, and it had taken so much effort to coax her to let go, so Li Ang naturally dared not act rashly now.

And to avoid her being stimulated while being "scolded" and suddenly reaching out to give him another bear hug of death, Li Ang pondered for a moment, then chose to reach out and hold the red-haired Director's shoulders, turning her over bit by bit.

After changing from the original face-to-face embrace to a posture close to back-to-back, Li Ang gritted his teeth and used all his strength to hug her back tightly, firmly locking those two deadly arms.

He absolutely could not let go before she was sober! If he were hugged from the front again, his bones would definitely snap with a "crack"!

"Li Ang... you're so good..."

Unable to see the gritted-teeth expression Li Ang had when he was exerting force, and feeling the "warm" and "powerful" embrace behind her, the red-haired Director with tear stains curled up her body and finally leaned into his arms with peace of mind. Then she said softly with some regret: "When Auntie Ai Ma still lived in the Bureau, she would occasionally hold me like this to sleep, but one time I drank a bit too much, and after hugging her back to sleep for a whole night, she wouldn't let me hug her anymore, and the next day she moved back to Redwood Street..."

"..."

So the previous victim was actually Senior Ai Ma?

After hearing the red-haired Director's words, Li Ang, who was in tears from the pain, shuddered all over and hugged her even tighter.

Can't let go! Absolutely can't let go!

Even Senior Ai Ma, who had an immortal body, couldn't handle the Director hugging her for a whole night. He didn't have an immortal body to fall back on; if she turned around and hugged him again, he would really be finished!

Also, that damn Hearing Hearing Heishanyang, how dare it say my luck is fine? I just saw the Director was drunk and wanted to send her upstairs to rest, and I could encounter a life-and-death crisis and almost be strangled to death. Is this what you call fine luck?

"By the way, Li Ang."

Just when Li Ang was desperately praying for her to fall asleep quickly and not have the habit of tossing and turning, the red-haired Director, who had received the embrace, finally stopped trembling uncontrollably. Instead, she calmed down, leaned against him, and said softly:

"Do you want to know what's really upstairs?"

Hmm?

Upon hearing her words, Li Ang was slightly stunned, then reminded her:

"Director, although I don't know what's upstairs, according to the confidentiality regulations, things that can be guarded by the Director of the Zodiac Branch should be kept confidential from Level 3 incident handlers."

"It doesn't matter."

The red-haired Director shook her head and said:

"Unlike other anomalous objects of the same level, the existence of that thing is not a secret. Not only the branch directors, but many old employees of Level 1 and 2 also know about it, and even know that it is in my hands.

For this kind of news, even if the danger level is very high, it has already been classified as public secret news, just like the 【Watchtower Palace】. Even if I tell you, it doesn't constitute a violation, so you can listen without worry."

I always feel... the Director's speech has suddenly become much more logical. Is she sober after tossing and turning for a while?

Li Ang, who sensed something was wrong, pondered for a while. He vaguely saw that the red-haired Director didn't really want to clarify things for him, but needed someone to listen to her pouring out her heart. He loosened his arms slightly, nodded, and said:

"Then tell me, I'm actually quite curious."

"Okay, hug me tighter, and I'll tell you."

Seeming quite greedy for the warmth behind her, the red-haired Director, whose wine-red cheeks had faded by more than half, squeezed into Li Ang's arms, closed her eyes, curled up, and said softly:

"What's placed on the top floor is an anomalous object with a number, the number is 004. As for the 129,600,000 'people' who have been scolding me, they add up to another anomalous object with a number, currently the number is 013. Their owner is currently me."

Number? 004? 013?

"The number I'm talking about is the manual ranking of anomalous object strength by scholars at the General Bureau, combining factors such as the user, past combat records, effect intensity, scope of effect, cost paid, and impact produced, before you proposed the Li Ang Value."

Seeming to know that Li Ang would have questions about the number, the red-haired Director didn't continue, but closed her eyes and explained softly:

"Usually, the lower the number an anomalous object gets, the more terrifying its effect is when pushed to the limit. Like your Holy Spirit Pendant, if it could be pushed to the limit, the number would probably rank within the top 150.

And if you gathered all seven parts of that goat, relying on the super-high compatibility between you, it would have a chance to squeeze into the top 100 when used by you."

Hearing Hearing Heishanyang... That thing brags all day that it's invincible under the True God, but it's only in the top 100? And it has to rely on the enhancement effect of the Gold-rank badge to "have a chance" to squeeze in?

(End of chapter)