Chapter 722

The Death-Crow that belongs to me, why has it never come looking for me?

Upon hearing the red-haired Director's question, Leon's breathing couldn't help but hitch slightly.

Regarding this question, the most likely answer was his identity as a transmigrator; he wasn't even a person of this world, so the Death-Crow, which heralds the death of the Leon of this world, naturally couldn't possibly have a reaction.

Secondly, there was the Badge System that accompanied him; perhaps, just like the toad of the Weighing Gold Sect that couldn't buy him no matter how much it stimulated its authority, the Death-Crow's ability to predict a target's death had been blocked by the Badge System.

But whether it was his identity as a transmigrator or the existence of the Badge System, both were his greatest secrets; he couldn't say them no matter what, so how should he answer this question?

"To be honest, I'm not very sure either..."

After hesitating for a moment, looking at the red-haired Director in front of him whose expression was serious but lacked hostility, Leon ultimately chose to tell her "partially" the truth, and answered:

"Regarding the reason the Death-Crow didn't come, although I have a vague guess, it involves some of my... uh... secrets, so I don't really want to say, is that okay?"

"..."

Is that okay... do you think it's okay?

After hearing Leon's answer, the red-haired Director was almost amused to the point of anger.

According to the situation that crocodile just relayed, you are currently carrying the suspicion of being a "Spy of the Old Earth"! There is a high probability that you are a person of the Old Earth who infiltrated the Cleanup Bureau, preparing to harbor evil intentions!

And although I haven't been very competent these years, I am, after all, the Director of the Cleanup Bureau's Virgin Branch, a genuine high-level official of the Cleanup Bureau! In the end, you didn't explain anything at all, just a single sentence about having secrets you don't want to tell, and you want to fool me here?

"No!"

After glaring at Leon with annoyance, the red-haired Director said somewhat irritably:

"Do you really think I will accommodate you unconditionally? That crocodile has already told me everything you said to the Goddess of Wealth. Do you know how serious this matter is?

According to the Bureau's rules, just based on the suspicion that you might be a person of the Old Earth, I should immediately arrest you, tie you up, and send you to the General Bureau to let that God-tier Brain-Eating Demon lick your brain!"

Phew... looks like I should be able to pass!

After the "unreasonable request" he made was sternly rejected by the red-haired Director, looking at her pretty face with a hint of annoyance, Leon's heart not only didn't feel anxious, but instead suddenly relaxed quite a bit.

If the Director really suspected him and felt that he might harbor evil intentions, then based on her style of doing things, she would definitely have taken him down first and used every method available before talking.

But now, not only did she give him a chance to explain, but even after he gave up on explaining, she still didn't directly move to capture him, but instead scolded him for not knowing the gravity of the situation and threatened to tie him up to let a Brain-Eating Demon lick his brain; these actions instead proved that things hadn't reached that point.

And if he hadn't chosen to tell the truth just now, but instead played tricks and tried to fool her, he likely wouldn't have been able to hide it from the sober Director, and it would very likely have been exposed by her, making the situation serious instead.

"If it's that serious... then can I say a little bit?"

After raising his hand to make a "little bit" gesture, Leon tentatively said:

"Director, you know that according to the files, my ability is to forcibly obtain information about anomalous objects through touch, but actually, my ability is a bit more special..."

"..."

"..." That's it?

After waiting for a long time without seeing any follow-up, looking at the "tiny bit" gesture Leon made, the red-haired Director's face immediately turned dark.

So when you said you'd say a little bit, you really only said this tiny bit!

"That... this is just one possibility..."

After looking at the red-haired Director's increasingly unfriendly expression, Leon had to cautiously add:

"Besides this, there is another possibility, which is my background. I am actually not Anna's biological brother; it's because of that family photo..."

"Hearing you say that... because there shouldn't be a person named Leon Laien, so there is no corresponding Death-Crow?"

After hearing Leon finish explaining the situation of 【Warm Home】, the red-haired Director frowned and said:

"But this is just your one-sided guess, and the ability of that anomalous object has also changed; now even testing it is impossible. Doesn't this mean you still haven't explained anything?"

"Anyway, I've said everything I can say!"

After barely finding two reasons to get by while trying his best not to lie, Leon spread his hands very frankly and said:

"I also can't be sure why I don't have a Death-Crow; even these are just guesses. But I know for sure that I am not some person of the Old Earth who infiltrated the Cleanup Bureau wanting to cause destruction; these were all her own wild guesses, and I never admitted to a single word of it."

"In short, Director, if you believe me, then just pick one of these two to believe. If you don't believe me, then tie me up and send me to the General Bureau, let that God-tier Brain-Eating Demon lick my brain. How you choose is up to you!"

"..."

How I choose is up to me? How else can I choose?

You took such a big risk this time, even directly facing a True God, and saved Auntie Auntie Ai Ma who was captured because of my mistake. Can I still report you to the higher-ups just because of some baseless things?

Besides, even if I could really harden my heart and insist on sending you to let a Brain-Eating Demon lick your brain, the General Bureau is already completely closed off and not allowing entry or exit. Should I fly you more than seventy thousand kilometers up and force my way into the General Bureau to punish you?

This little bastard! He has figured out that I won't do that; he doesn't even want to pretend anymore!

Unable to resist glaring at Leon, who had directly given up, the red-haired Director said with a straight face:

"Don't think you can just fool me like this! I will keep this in mind for you! Make sure you write the cleanup operation report for this time properly too!"

"However, because the relevant suspicious points haven't been investigated clearly yet, we'll forget about the Old Earth person stuff for now. Let's just write it according to what the Goddess of Wealth compiled... *cough cough*... according to what she said. Just write that the Lord of Desire-Dreams ambushed the Goddess of Wealth and you barely escaped."

"Also, remember to write the previous process in more detail, but don't write about what happened at the end."

"After all, you haven't seen the Lord of Desire-Dreams, and I'm afraid that what you write won't be accurate enough and will mislead the General Bureau's investigators. So write the report well and hand it in early; let me help you review it and fill in the details first, you hear me?"

Ah yes yes yes, it really does need someone to help review it!

Understanding that he had finally passed this hurdle, Leon couldn't help but respond with a chuckle, indicating that he would definitely write the operation report well this time, guaranteeing that not a single detail would be left out.

Looking at the relaxed smile on his face, the red-haired Director, whose attempt to probe him had failed, couldn't help but curl her lips, and then asked with a hint of displeasure:

"For Auntie Auntie Ai Ma's sake, I won't ask about those secrets of yours; just keep them in mind yourself."

"Also, I heard from that crocodile that the Holy Spirit Pendant that Lord Taurus made for you was directly destroyed by the Goddess of Wealth?"

(End of chapter)