I! Cleaner!
Chapter 478: Nightfall’s End

Chapter 478: Nightfall’s End

"Alright."

Upon hearing the words of the red-haired director, Leon nodded and directly handed over the .

Even though the director is somewhat of a boozehound, whose brain doesn’t function particularly well when inebriated, he’s quite dependable when it doesn’t involve alcohol, making him someone you can somewhat trust.

"Leon, there’s something I must say first."

The red-haired director did not immediately take the and said seriously:

"This might very well be borrowed without return. If you’re genuinely unwilling to lend it, you don’t have to, I can still..."

"No need, just take it."

Before the red-haired director could finish, Leon shook his head and said:

"If you’re asking me for something, it must be for a good reason. There’s no need to explain, even if it doesn’t come back, that’s fine."

"Alright..."

Seeing Leon hand over this rather precious anomaly without even asking its purpose, showing a degree of trust that could be considered unconditional, the eyes of the red-haired director warmed slightly.

After accepting the from Leon, the red-haired director took a lock of his own hair, replacing the string of the , and then surprisingly tied it around the neck of the Snow Maiden.

"This item was crafted from the weapon of the [Master of Desire Dream], and even if you’ve lost the nightmare core, it should still ensure your safety in the dream realm.

However, giving this item to you isn’t without cost."

The red-haired director, squinting his fox-like eyes and speaking solemnly, instructed:

"Remember, once those [Dream-Eater Mutant Shell] perish naturally, you must take action immediately, go find the item I instructed you to find, but after finding it, you must not act on your own, you need to come back and tell me immediately. If you can’t find me, go to Leon, understand?"

"Understood..."

Feeling the slightly warm red pendant on her chest, the Snow Maiden nodded relaxedly, then reached out and drew a slash in the void with the .

"Slash!"

With a sound like shattering glass, the area in the air where the small red fork passed cracked open, revealing a small breach that was clear to see but somehow seemed non-existent.

...

Finally, I can go home...

Seeing the familiar atmosphere of the dream realm through the tiny crack, the Snow Maiden almost burst into tears.

Tonight had been absolutely terrible!

First, she was forcibly dragged out of her companion dream, then her nightmare core was crushed and she was banished, after which she was bought through a strange contract, forced to carry someone like a mount throughout the nightmare.

And even more ridiculously, she thought these were the limits of her bad luck, only to find there was even more to come!

After being knocked unconscious by the descended King of Nightmares and waking up, the King of Nightmares and most of the dream realm were just gone! She was then forced by a smirking wicked woman to sign a whole bunch of messy contracts and got assigned an incredibly dangerous task.

Ugh... I’m never coming back to this wretched place!!!

With eagerness, she stepped through the breach between the dream realm and the real world, and once back in the comforting home, the comically unlucky Snow Maiden let out a long sigh of relief.

The dream realm is better after all... though it’s currently plagued by bugs, at least I won’t be... huh?

In the empty Nightmare River, upon seeing a few familiar faces, the Snow Maiden paused for a moment and then a hint of joy appeared in her eyes.

Green Wave Sea Monster, Plague Maiden, Swamp King Snake... and even the Sand Dune Giant Worm! Not a single one missing!

"Great! You’re all still alive!"

Discovering that all her longtime colleagues had survived, the Snow Maiden excitedly rushed over.

As Nightmare Envoys under the King of Nightmares, the seven Elite Nightmares shared a kinship, after all, there’s no better way to bond than having a common enemy.

And since all of them were nightmares captured by the King of Nightmares and had their nightmare cores taken, forced to become nightmare envoys, they harbored deep resentment toward the King of Nightmares, so naturally, their colleague relationships were quite good.

So you also managed to return alive, huh!

Upon seeing the Snow Maiden, the other six Nightmare Envoys, all wounded, eagerly gathered around.

After some brief exchanges, since the Black Gold Beetle was rapidly multiplying, the seven surviving colleagues dared not venture too deep into the dream realm, and instead, sat together in the rift between the dream realm and reality, speaking with lingering fear:

"The people from the Clean-up Bureau are terrifying!"

"Yeah! Especially the Scarlet Hair Lady, she killed more nightmares today than I’ve seen in my entire life! The Nightmare River was dyed red!"

"No, no, no, she is terrifying, but the bug-thrower is even scarier!"

"I agree, the bug-thrower is crazier, the way things are, it seems like he’s going to devour most of the dream realm!"

"Yes, indeed, he’s completely reckless, intent on letting us die! I wonder what the King of Nightmares did to provoke him."

After chattering for a while, the Swamp King Snake flicked its black tongue, its snake face relaxed, and said:

"But thank the heavens the King of Nightmares is dead, we should have a few relaxing decades now."

"Yes, yes."

"Hiss... speaking of the King of Nightmares... why do I feel a bit scared?"

"What are you scared of? It still needs decades... hiss... why am I shivering too?"

"I... I... I also... feel... a bit shivers..."

Like it was contagious, all six Nightmare Envoys except for the Snow Maiden started shaking one by one, and it seemed the closer they were to her, the more they trembled, with the Epidemic Maiden sitting right beside her already uncontrollably chattering her teeth.

"What’s wrong with you guys? Why are you all trembling?"

No, no, no, it’s not what’s wrong with us, it’s what’s wrong with you!

After shivering away from the Snow Maiden, feeling slightly better, the Epidemic Maiden with a hint of terror in her eyes said:

"You... you have... a terrifying... scent!"

A terrifying scent?

Hearing this, the Snow Maiden paused, checked herself, and then said puzzledly:

"I don’t detect any scent?"

"There is... there is..."

Moving further away, feeling the oppressive aura that instinctively made one tremble, the Epidemic Maiden said with chattering teeth:

"The pendant! The scent on your pendant, it’s more... it’s scarier than the King of Nightmares!"

...

"I knew it would be as I thought."

Feeling the mark that originally belonged to the King of Nightmares rapidly dissipating in his soul, that bound soul regaining freedom, the young man in a light blue robe couldn’t help but smile, then raised his glass lantern, blowing out the light that had shone throughout the night.

"Nicole, take the Dream Wandering Lantern and make a trip to the dream realm."

Handing the lantern to the female reporter behind him, the Aquarius Director, standing on the clock tower, squinted at the sunrise creeping over the horizon, and with a nonchalant expression, instructed:

"Make sure to be quick, if my guess is correct, Olivia should already be figuring out how to locate that sleeping me in the dream realm.

If she finds the me sleeping in the Nightmare River first, all my effort would be in vain!"