Seeing Leon coming out with his things in less than ten minutes after entering, the female police officer "on duty" at the door couldn't help but be slightly taken aback and asked in surprise,
"Did you finish asking your questions?"
Leon nodded and said,
"I didn't have many questions to ask, so it didn't take long… By the way, about your Secret Investigation Bureau's chief, does he have anything strange about him?"
Huh? Why did he suddenly ask this?
After hearing Leon's question, the female police officer hesitated slightly, then spoke,
"Strange… Does personality count? He doesn't like to take on responsibilities, but when push comes to shove, he's quite reliable…"
"That's not what I'm asking."
Leon shook his head and said,
"By strange, I mean something more unusual, like being physically exceptional or completing seemingly impossible tasks."
"Well… nothing particularly special like that…"
After thinking for a moment, the female police officer shook her head,
"If I had to say something, it's that the chief is very skilled in combat, almost as good as I am. His shooting scores are also impressive, and he's very adept at capturing…"
No, that's not right.
Hearing this, Leon couldn't help but shake his head.
These all sounded within the "normal person" range and weren't related to Anomalous Objects. The scar-faced brute's Ability likely wasn't among these traits.
Hmm… Thinking about it, it made sense. The Purification Bureau was just at the corner of the police department, merely a few buildings away from the Secret Investigation Bureau.
Although their chief's perception Ability didn't seem very strong, if the other side had used an Anomalous Object at such close range, their chief would surely have caught it already…
Seeing Leon with furrowed brows, clearly pondering something, the female police officer couldn't help but ask curiously,
"What did you talk about inside? Why did you suddenly ask about the chief?"
Leon hesitated slightly, then directly divulged,
"Because your chief is a traitor."
"Traitor might not be entirely accurate. He might not have betrayed the Secret Investigation Bureau; he was probably a spy who infiltrated from the start."
Glancing at Leon's "fake serious" face and recalling how he insisted on interrogating the prisoner alone, refusing any observers, the female police officer wrinkled her nose,
"Forget it if you don't want to talk. I won't chase you for answers, why tease me with such jokes?"
"I wasn't teasing you. Your chief really is a spy."
Seeing Leon still joking with her, the female police officer cooperated by making a face expressing "Wow, really?" then grudgingly said,
"Let's go, since you're done with your business, we should return the 'spy's' hand order. If we take too long… why are you pulling me?"
Watching Leon's exceptionally serious expression as he held her arm, the female police officer finally came to her senses, her expression changing repeatedly, then speaking in shock,
"You mean… the chief really is?!"
Nodding to confirm the answer, Leon led the female police officer quickly outside. Upon reaching the registration place, he showed her the name on the list and explained what he could, though the explanation was a bit far-fetched due to being unable to reveal the existence of Anomalous Objects.
However, the female police officer had witnessed Leon's "performance" firsthand; she knew he had monster-like interrogation skills. After hesitating repeatedly, she reluctantly believed his explanation and mumbled with a complex look,
"No wonder… No wonder the Rebels seemed to have eyes in the sky, always avoiding our sieges in the past two years, with only the chief barely able to catch their tails… So it was…"
So you've been playing cat-and-mouse for years.
Finishing the second half of the thought for her, Leon advised,
"It's fine if you know about this yourself, but don't act rashly. Your chief has some… unique qualities. The Secret Investigation Bureau can't handle this alone. For safety's sake, I'm planning to return to the Purification Bureau to get help. You should wait here for now…"
As he spoke, seeing the dazed expression on the female police officer's face, as if she had taken a big hit, Leon paused slightly and promptly changed his tone,
"Forget it, you should come with me!"
Having been a secret police officer for several years, constantly fighting the disruptive Rebels, discovering her own chief was a Rebel was too much of a shock for the female police officer. Her brain essentially malfunctioned, and when Leon grabbed her hand, she subconsciously followed.
Yet when they entered the stairwell one after the other, climbing several flights of stairs to leave the dungeon, they both froze in place.
For no other reason than, when they pushed open the door of the stairwell and stepped out, it wasn't the spacious and bright first-floor lobby of the Secret Investigation Bureau that appeared, but a dim and narrow corridor.
The registration desk was not far to their right, and Leon even saw their signatures left moments ago.
Okay, there was no need to guess this time. The scar-faced chief's Ability was probably this.
"How… how is this possible?!"
Somewhat understanding what had happened, Leon was contemplating how he'd "exposed" himself. Meanwhile, this was the female police officer's first encounter with an Abnormal's activity, leaving her completely stunned by the situation.
After rushing into the stairwell with Leon, only to find the registration desk once more, she was utterly bewildered by this situation.
"What on earth is going on? Why are there so many identical dungeons?"
"It's not that there are many identical dungeons, but a single dungeon infinitely repeating."
Pointing at the registration desk, Leon rubbed his forehead and said,
"Before we went up the second time, I folded the bottom right corner of the registration form… Look, the crease is still here, so we should be seeing the same dungeon."
After explaining his initial judgment, Leon picked up the registration form, then actively led the female police officer back into the stairwell.
After the two "descended a floor," seeing the desk without the registration form, Leon couldn't help but shake his head slightly disappointed.
"Confirmed, it's likely not a dungeon that can be infinitely duplicated. It's probably the same dungeon's top and bottom connected. We must be trapped by your chief."
The dungeon's top and bottom… connected?
Barely understanding what Leon meant, the female police officer exclaimed in shock,
"So… this is… this is the person's unique trait?!"
Without saying much more, Leon paced from one end of the dungeon to the other and again entered the interrogation room, finding the female prisoner had disappeared. With only the two of them left in the entire dungeon, he blinked thoughtfully.
"Hold onto my hand, and step back a bit."
After pulling the female police officer over to the wall, Leon pinched the Holy Spirit pendant on his chest, inhaled deeply, and conjured an invisible hand to slam into the dungeon wall!
Accompanied by an invisible explosion, the wall beside them burst open, spewing broken bricks and dust everywhere, revealing a massive hole.
Cautiously peeking through and looking outside the hole but not seeing another identical dungeon, just a dirt-filled pit, Leon finally relaxed his frown.
*I thought it was a great Ability… was this it?"*