Chapter 785: A Touch

No... what on earth did he dream about?

Watching the capital city, which had been blasted into nothingness—not even ruins remained—by the golden-haired version of Li Ang, the old investigator's mouth twitched violently twice.

And the female reporter beside him, who had sensed something was wrong and hurriedly returned to the area covered by the 【Dream-Roaming Lantern】 to avoid the previous strike, was so terrified that her face turned pale.

Even if it was just a fabricated dream, the destructive power to instantly destroy a city was truly too exaggerated. Many numbered anomalous objects didn't even have this kind of destructive power. How was she supposed to deal with him?

"Why are you two hiding?"

After bombarding the two people who had retreated into the lantern's range and discovering that any attack would simply vanish once it approached the light emitted by the lantern, Li Ang, realizing that the area around the lantern was a "safe zone," stopped his meaningless bombardment and turned to mock them viciously:

"I thought you said you'd spare my life? Is this how you spare it?"

"..."

"Didn't you say I was just an empty shell? Then come out~"

"..."

"Don't be cowardly, come out quickly. At worst, I'll let you use one hand!"

"..."

What's the use of letting us use one hand? If it weren't for the safe zone marked by the 【Dream-Roaming Lantern】, the two of us would have already been blasted away along with the capital!

Watching Li Ang, who was glowing with golden light and flying around the sky at a terrifying speed while mocking them, the old investigator's face turned dark. He then shook the 【Dream-Roaming Lantern】 with a grim face, preparing to withdraw from this overly absurd dream as quickly as possible.

This damn guy, I don't know what kind of bizarre settings he added to himself. Not only did he destroy the capital in one hit, but even when flying, he brought sonic boom clouds with him! And looking at his movements, if his own reaction speed hadn't been unable to keep up, he probably could have been even faster than he was now.

Can't fight this! This really can't be fought!

"Don't go~"

Watching the old investigator, who was huddled in the "safe zone" and shaking the lantern vigorously, Li Ang simply landed and extended a warm invitation through the lantern's light:

"Come out and play? Don't worry, I promise I won't kick your balls this time!"

???

Damn it, you still dare to mention that?

Hearing the female reporter's breathing suddenly hitch, the old investigator's aged face flushed slightly, and he couldn't help but grit his teeth:

"If this weren't your dream, would a Level 3 cleaner like you deserve to..."

"I don't deserve to."

Admitting without hesitation that he was no match, Li Ang smiled and raised his leg through the dim light screen:

"But I did kick your balls."

"..."

"That was because we were at the Virgin Branch!"

Feeling the increasingly strange gaze of the female reporter beside him, the old investigator took a deep breath, then said with cold eyes:

"If it weren't for the fact that the Blood-Haired Lady wasn't far from you, and I was worried about exposing my identity prematurely, I..."

"I also kicked you more than once."

"..."

Damn it, I shouldn't have engaged with him in the first place!

Watching Li Ang outside the light screen smilingly raising his leg in a mock kick, constantly hinting at something, the old investigator closed his eyes and shook the lantern in his hand vigorously. The capital city, which had been blasted into a flat plain by Li Ang, also trembled slightly.

Steady your mind, don't be provoked by him!

My soul is severely damaged, and I don't have many means left. I must save them to restrict the most troublesome Blood-Haired Lady. I absolutely cannot waste them on him, and even less so in a fake dream.

"We will meet again!"

After coldly glancing at Li Ang, the old investigator twisted the handle of the Dream-Roaming Lantern, moving the lantern flame representing Li Ang's dream away from the center of the lamp.

"Three days." Before the golden hedgehog-haired version of Li Ang disappeared along with the capital, the old investigator said expressionlessly:

"It doesn't matter if you tell the Blood-Haired Lady about today's events. Three days from now, I will make everything... You?!"

"Let me touch it!"

Stepping into the range covered by the light screen, Li Ang, whose hair had instantly returned to black, slapped the old investigator's wrinkled forehead in his stunned state.

"The texture is really bad... Bye-bye!"

As the old investigator's eyes widened and he pulled a bright red token from his bosom, wanting to take action to keep him there, Li Ang, having achieved his goal, immediately relaxed his suppression of his self-consciousness. Following the increasingly irritable cursing of the Hearing Hearing Heishanyang in his ear, he forcibly detached himself from the dream.

"You damn bastard! Wake up!"

"Fuck! Sleeping like a dead pig!"

"I'm really impressed! Bring the boiling water kettle over!"

"You're still laughing! I'll make you laugh!"

"Anyway, you're the one who told us to do it, you damn bastard, just wait! We... *Cough, cough, cough, cough*, you finally woke up."

Seeing Li Ang lying on the carpet finally open his eyes, the Hearing Hearing Heishanyang breathed a long sigh of relief, then secretly signaled the young hound to put away the kettle with the lid already unscrewed, and said with a concerned face:

"I just noticed your soul wasn't right and was worried you'd fallen into an ambush. Fortunately, nothing happened... Who exactly is spying on Watching Watching Qiaoshuya's dream? Also, how are you feeling now?"

"..."

I feel okay now... but if I hadn't woken up just now, were you planning to pour boiling water on me?

After giving it a speechless glare, since it was his own instruction to wake him up immediately if anything unusual was discovered, Li Ang didn't say much. Instead, he scrambled up from the carpet and grabbed the goat head in his hand.

"No time to explain... Go! Back to the Bureau quickly!"

???

"What's wrong?"

Being carried by Li Ang as they hurriedly left Watching Watching Qiaoshuya's bedroom, the confused goat head couldn't help but ask:

"What did you dream about just now? Why are you in such a hurry?"

"No time to waste! I just discovered that Director Aquarius is actually still alive! And he's that old investigator whose balls I kicked!"

"Ah?"

"That's impossible!"

Hearing the news that Director Aquarius was still alive, the red-haired Director, who had been awakened from her sleep, shook her head with a furrowed brow:

"I saw it with my own eyes. Director Aquarius's soul entered the depths of the Dead World. Even if he didn't die completely, he definitely wouldn't be able to return in the short term... I even severed a part of his soul to make you a pair of gloves."

"The Director Aquarius you saw was real, but he was only a part of the true Director Aquarius!"

Recalling the intelligence he had "touched" out of Director Aquarius's forehead, Li Ang explained with a serious expression:

"Director Aquarius's soul was divided into two long ago according to good and evil. The one we contacted in the past was only the part of his soul representing evil, paranoia, and unscrupulousness."

"And the part of his soul carrying his positive traits, such as kindness and compassion, joined the Cleaning Bureau under another identity—that is the old investigator named Camus!"

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 786 =====