I! Cleaner!
Chapter 477 - 413: Lend Me That for a Bit~

Chapter 477: Chapter 413: Lend Me That for a Bit~

Indeed... these True Gods are not easy to deal with...

After learning from the red-haired director the reason why the Kingdom has no name, Leon couldn’t help but frown.

It seems that the role of these True Gods is somewhat like "wedges" that stabilize the world. If they were to be recklessly replaced or completely removed, it would cause instability in the originally stable world.

Therefore, no matter how strong the Clean-up Bureau is, they can only temporarily eliminate the troublesome True God and let it stay quiet for a while before its resurrection. They can’t directly destroy its roots...

"Stop thinking about it."

After seeing Leon’s furrowed brows, the red-haired director advised:

"This time, we not only directly killed the King of Nightmares, but also let the insects devour its Nightmare River, and took down more than half of the nightmares it commanded. It won’t recover in ten or twenty years."

The always elusive King of Nightmares has rarely suffered such a major loss. The last time it was this embarrassed, it probably traces back to the ancestors of the royal family. You’ve done very well."

"..."

It won’t recover in ten or twenty years... does that mean in twenty or thirty years, it will recover?

Upon hearing the underlying meaning in the red-haired director’s comfort, Leon couldn’t help but recall the image of himself, blankly touching a photo album in the mirror crown, as displayed by the King of Nightmares. His heart ached fiercely.

Not enough! Twenty years is not enough!

Leon, who had his defenses brutally breached by the King of Nightmares, unconsciously gritted his teeth. Although he didn’t say anything more, he remembered this grudge in his heart.

When the King of Nightmares resurrects in the future, if I am still alive, I might reach a "Zodiac Bureau Director level" by then. At that time, I must visit the dream world again... no! Every ten or twenty years, I will visit the dream world and make it die again immediately!

Once I reach the level where I can enter the dream world alone, as long as I live a day, it must obediently die a day!

...

After fiercely marking a note against the King of Nightmares in his mental notebook, a disgruntled Leon found the unconscious Snow Maiden and pinched her philtrum hard.

"Ah!!!"

The Snow Maiden cried out after being pinched awake, then asked in confusion:

"You... what is this...?"

"You’re still alive, the King of Nightmares has been eliminated."

"Huh?"

The Snow Maiden passed out right at the peak of the King of Nightmares’ arrogance, only to find it gone when she opened her eyes again, which astonished her greatly!

"What happened? Wasn’t it..."

"It’s dead, and considering that after the King of Nightmares’ death, the dream world will temporarily lose balance, we’ll be sending you back."

Feeling incomplete revenge, Leon did not answer Snow Maiden’s question, but sternly announced her outcome and then reminded:

"Also, in the next week, more than half of the dream world will be devoured by the [Dream-Eater Mutant Shell]. Be careful when you go back."

"Huh???"

The Snow Maiden, completely confused by three consecutive pieces of news, gasped in astonishment and then joy before being baffled again, as her ice-blue eyes went slightly vacant.

No... weren’t we still being chased by the King of Nightmares? How did everything flip in an instant? What’s going on with the dream world? How long was I unconscious? A week?

"You... I..."

"Judging by your look, you seem to have no questions... if not, get going quickly!"

Looking up at the sky, which faintly turned pale, Leon, who hadn’t slept in more than thirty hours, couldn’t help but yawn and urged:

"In at most an hour, the sun will rise, and by then, you won’t be able to leave even if you want to."

"Oh! Right!"

Upon hearing Leon’s words, the Snow Maiden shivered slightly, then hurriedly puffed her cheeks like before to traverse dreams, exhaling... air.

???

Unbelieving, the Snow Maiden puffed her fair cheeks again and tried several more times, but she couldn’t produce the icy wind that allowed her to traverse dreams, even as her face flushed red.

Seeing her blow air but not leave, Leon couldn’t help but frown.

"What are you doing?"

"I... I don’t know!"

"I think I know what’s happening."

The red-haired director said knowingly, watching the panicked Snow Maiden:

"Hasn’t your nightmare core been destroyed?"

Trembling at the sight of the red-haired director with hair dark red like blood, as though able to hear screams of numerous nightmares from up close, the Snow Maiden instinctively hid behind Leon, then cautiously nodded.

"Yes...my nightmare core was crushed by the King of Nightmares..."

"No wonder," the red-haired director said knowingly.

"The Demonic Soul Abyss hasn’t fully left, and reality and the dream world still overlap. With your nightmare core gone, by the rules of the current world, you’re almost like a pure human. Typically, humans find it difficult to enter the dream world while awake."

The Snow Maiden hesitated and said: "But... but earlier I could take him through the nightmare!"

"But earlier, the King of Nightmares wasn’t dead either," the red-haired director shrugged.

"Earlier, you could take Leon in and out of nightmares mainly because of your status as a nightmare emissary. The King of Nightmares took your nightmare core but granted you a small portion of authority to utilize nightmare powers.

But now, the King of Nightmares, representing nightmares, has been eliminated by us. The nightmare powers themselves have weakened to the limit, and the remainder mostly returned to the depths of the Nightmare River, busy resurrecting the King of Nightmares, leaving no effort to respond to your call."

"..."

Understanding her current predicament, the Snow Maiden pitifully requested: "Can... can you send me back..."

"No," the red-haired director replied, smiling.

"Don’t overdo it. You invaded my jurisdiction following the King of Nightmares. Already not killing you outright is pretty lenient. On what grounds can you make demands of me?"

"But... the dawn is almost here..."

"Yes, dawn is almost here, but what does that have to do with us?"

"I... I..."

...

What’s the director scheming now?

Looking at the red-haired director who neither eliminated the Snow Maiden nor agreed to send her back to the dream world, but just kept pressuring her, Leon instinctively knew she must be plotting something.

Sure enough, as dawn approached, the Snow Maiden was completely flustered.

Her mind, already not very sharp, was bewildered by the director’s coaxing, first signing something, and then an old collar was placed around her fair neck.

Leon, taking one look, knew that those items were anomalous objects for controlling people. The unfortunate Snow Maiden probably sold herself completely, most likely not even leaving undergarments behind.

Yet, after sweet-talking and tricking the Snow Maiden, the red-haired director still didn’t send her back immediately. Instead, she pointed to the [Lust Dream Invader] on Leon’s neck, smiling as she asked:

"Leon, could I borrow your pendant for a while?"

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