After the time reversal, everything returned to the origin; the piercing killing intent and uncontrollable madness beside him vanished, leaving only reassuring tranquility.
In the morning at the Order Bureau, Lebius stood once again in front of the coffee machine, holding a cup of hot coffee.
With a gloomy gaze, Lebius pondered for a moment, took a sip of coffee, placed it by the coffee machine, and then quickly walked towards the Sublimation Furnace Core.
At the end of the fifth time reversal, Lebius had a direct confrontation with the King’s Shield Guard. With the storyline progressing this way, the upcoming loss of control of the Immortal Heart seemed inevitable, and relying solely on his current strength, it was clearly difficult to resolve all this.
He was not sure how Bologue handled it in the end, but trusting Bologue, Lebius believed Bologue had already convinced Aimou.
With this thought in mind, Lebius couldn’t help but align with Bologue; both wanted to completely resolve this time anomaly event in this sixth time reversal.
So this operation was not just a simple trial and error; they had to go all out.
Lebius reached the corridor corner, and the mark on the back of his hand emitted a warm sensation. The temporary authority from the Decision Room was granted to Lebius, making his actions unimpeded within the Cultivation Room.
"Notify Belli Yiyeta that I will arrive in one minute."
Lebius said to the Cultivation Room.
He could have forced his way in, but Lebius felt that even if disaster struck, one must maintain a certain level of composure and grace.
The Decision Room heard Lebius’s instructions. As Lebius advanced, the gray-white bricks on the wall at the end of the corridor split and moved aside, revealing a heavy iron door, metal writhing on its surface, forming a jagged emblem.
A fruit entwined by a snake.
There was no need to go to the Pillar Courtyard to take the elevator; under the effect of the temporary authority, the Cultivation Room opened a convenient passage for Lebius, straight to the Sublimation Furnace Core.
No... This goes beyond just reaching the Sublimation Furnace Core.
Belli wrapped herself in the blanket, nestling on the bed like a giant caterpillar.
She had excellent sleep quality, sleeping like a corpse every time, so Belli had three alarm clocks by her bedside to ensure she woke up on time.
But this time, before the alarm could ring, the phone beside her blared loudly, the sound deafening.
Belli was immediately startled awake by the piercing sound. After the panic, anger filled her eyes as she grabbed the receiver, eager to know who dared disturb her at this hour.
"Lebius Lovisa will arrive in one minute, please prepare."
A cold, neutral voice sounded in the receiver, a voice Belli was all too familiar with from the Decision Room.
Belli wasn’t fully awake and didn’t grasp what was happening at first, but after a while, she snapped back to reality, terror painted across her face.
What was going on? Why was the Decision Room contacting her, and why was Lebius coming?
Belli sensed something was amiss, and soon enough, the wall opposite her bed began to writhe and transform.
Belli’s heart sank. As a director, she had witnessed major events before, and she knew well what this meant. Someone was using the Decision Room’s granted temporary authority to reach her room.
It should be understood that the authority granted by the Decision Room wasn’t merely an elevation of permission levels; it also signified the Decision Room’s acknowledgment.
If the Order Bureau was seen as an empire in the shadows, then someone with this authority was akin to an imperial envoy assigned by the royal court, and if necessary, the operations of the Order Bureau would tilt in his favor.
The emergent iron door swung open, and Lebius emerged from the emergency passage. Without waiting for Belli to speak, Lebius immediately said.
"Regarding your embezzlement and falsification of accounts, please explain it yourself to the Decision Room later."
Lebius opened with a heavy hammer.
In the last time reversal, when Lebius arrived at Belli’s room, Belli confessed her crimes to him while feigning tears.
Even the battle-hardened Lebius was taken aback by such an absurd turn of events, needing some time to process and understand what the minister of the Sublimation Furnace Core had done during her tenure. Read complete version only at novel{f}ire.net
Belli hadn’t wanted it to be this way; she had prepared several excuses to account for herself. However, she never expected Lebius to be the one to come.
It’s important to note that Belli was not yet old, and she considered herself a witness to the secret war. To her, Lebius was a legend extending from her childhood to the present.
With Lebius’s prevailing iron-blooded style in the Field Operations Department, Belli had no intention of resisting. She feared that if she hesitated a moment too long, she would be dragged into the Crow’s Nest for harsh interrogation.
Rewinding to this sixth time reversal, hearing Lebius’s words left Belli dumbfounded. She was just about to confess leniently, only to find out that Lebius already knew everything.
Could it be that... everything I’ve done has long been discovered by the Decision Room, but the people there were magnanimous and didn’t hold it against me? If that’s the case, what is Lebius coming here for?
"We are experiencing a time axis disorder event, and soon the Immortal Heart will go out of control. I need some Alchemy Armament to suppress the resurrection of flesh and blood."
Lebius asked Belli; one of the advantages of Time Reversal is that it allows for preparation of Alchemy Armament based on the encountered situation.
Belli took a dozen seconds to understand the current situation. Realizing the severity, with a mindset of redeeming herself, she spoke.
"Recently, the tenth group has been operating in the Narrow Countries, fighting the Sect. For this, they applied for a batch of Alchemy Armament targeting the Sect, which is still in the warehouse, not yet dispatched."
"Alright, I understand."
Lebius continued instructing, "Hand over those Alchemy Armaments to the Observation Tower, notify them to stand by, and prepare for deployment."
Lebius was about to leave but hesitated for a moment and said to Belli, "Wear the Whistle after you wake up and connect to the Heart Core Net; we may need your support."
After delivering these instructions, Lebius pulled open the iron door and disappeared.
Belli sat on the bed with a dazed look, pinched her cheeks hard, and, realizing this wasn’t a hallucination, scrambled to her feet, didn’t bother with brushing her hair, quickly changed clothes, and rushed out the door.
Lebius’s next stop was the warehouse Belli mentioned. In the previous Time Reversal, Belli had talked about these Alchemy Armaments of the tenth group, and he even left with two boxes.
But what he took were just some conventional consumable Alchemy Armaments, which didn’t play a role in the battle with the King’s Shield Guard.
Lebius forcefully pried open several boxes; the Sublimation Furnace Core had pressed the valuable items to the very bottom, no wonder he didn’t notice them last time.
Carrying so many Alchemy Armaments at once was obviously unrealistic, but fortunately, the Observation Tower could deploy them at any time. For this reason, as usual, Lebius prepared two boxes of Alchemy Armaments and then left.
In the parking lot, Lebius didn’t encounter Bologue; he quickly walked towards the Undying Club.
Opening the door, he saw Bologue still sitting at the bar, holding an empty glass. When Bologue turned around, his expression was terrible, as if he had just swallowed a lemon.
Bologue asked, "Am I late?"
The conversation with Serey seemed to have wasted quite a bit of time.
Lebius glanced at the watch and shook his head, "Not much time wasted."
Lebius knew clearly that no matter how much time Bologue wasted, he could make up for it on the road. Bologue was a great driver, but once he held the steering wheel, he’d become extremely road-raged, capable of all sorts of crazy maneuvers.
"I think I convinced her; let’s solve everything in this Time Reversal."
Bologue walked over; "Serey’s Heart" was quite useful, and he felt as if he had been injected with adrenaline, overly excited.
"I think so too," Lebius nodded.
"Wait a minute! What Time Reversal?"
Hearing their conversation, Serey behind the bar realized something was amiss.
The two had no intention of explaining it to him; just as they were about to reach the door, Bologue suddenly stopped and said to Lebius.
"Wait for me a moment."
In these few rounds of Time Reversal skirmishes, Bologue always felt something was missing. Until this moment, Bologue suddenly woke up, realizing he had forgotten something.
Maybe too focused on Aimou’s matter, this part was completely forgotten by Bologue, but fortunately, he remembered now, and it wasn’t too late.
Lebius looked at Bologue, puzzled, not understanding what he was going to do.
Bologue dashed up the stairs, expertly finding that room in the corridor.
Opening the door, a wave of snoring and the smell of liquor hit him.
Bologue jumped onto the bed, straightened Palmer’s drunken face, and delivered two physically awakening slaps.
Finally, Bologue got the words out, feeling extremely relieved.
"Time to save the world!"