"Hmm, it must be the last one!"
Seeing that Aquarius chose to back down, Leon’s lips involuntarily curved slightly, and he immediately asked:
"What’s going on with the Crolock Kingdom? Why are they so crazily searching for energy? Even to the point of waging war against other countries?"
"Also, what’s the situation with the Gemini Branch? What exactly did you talk to Atifei-01 about? Why did you give up on the Gemini Branch and leave with Nicole after your conversation? How is the royal family of the Crolock Kingdom now? They..."
"Damn it! You call that one question?"
"Uh... you can think of it as I’m still asking the first question, ’What’s going on with the Crolock Kingdom,’ and the other small questions are part of that bigger question."
If you put it that way, why don’t you just ask me what I experienced this entire century!
"Just one! No more than that!"
"Don’t you wish for Nicole to have a more..."
"Do you want to live or not? If not, I’ll give you a quick end!"
Leon internally grumbled about Aquarius’s pettiness before choosing the question he most wanted answered from the pile.
"What’s the deal with Atifei-01 and the Gemini Branch?"
"I’m not familiar with her!"
Fearing that Leon might continue to pester like a sticky candy, the Aquarius Director didn’t bother to count how many questions were in that statement and hinted directly:
"It’s the same unfamiliarity as with the Reincarnated Doe!"
Does that mean... Atifei-01 is also a member of that organization? You even recruit artificial intelligence?
Under Leon’s surprised gaze, the Aquarius Director quickly said:
"As for the Gemini Branch, all its members are now controlled and cannot disobey her orders. The entire Crolock Kingdom is hers, running according to her will... Goodbye!"
"Then what exactly is her will?"
"Are you still there?"
Looks like she’s really gone this time...
After waiting a while without hearing anything, Leon couldn’t help but click his tongue and then pulled the box cutter out of his neck, pushing the female journalist’s rear with a weak voice:
"Move aside, I need to get out."
"Just wait a bit longer!"
Unaware of the conversation Leon had with the Aquarius Director, the female journalist, standing in front of the dog’s mouth, warned cautiously:
"The Aquarius Director might not have left. If you come out now, what if he attacks you?"
Well, your dad already attacked me, not only that, but he also chatted with me for a bit...
"It’s fine... I guess he should be gone..."
After a casual assurance, the soul-transparent-like-a-plastic-bag Leon used the last of his strength to pry open the canine deity’s mouth and carefully crawled out, sitting down on the ground afterward.
Really, this time... though my soul is still intact, having been swallowed by the dog and slit on the neck, I’ve truly suffered not a little, feeling my soul begin to float...
Helping Leon up, the female journalist couldn’t help but ask worriedly, seeing Leon’s soul become light as a veil:
"Why not go back inside and hide? Your soul doesn’t seem in good shape, and near the Gate of the Deceased, winds from the living world occasionally blow your way. You shouldn’t get blown away by the wind."
Indeed, feels like if not for you holding on, a gust of wind might lift me away.
Feeling his frighteningly light soul, Leon couldn’t help but sigh. Then, although he didn’t crawl back into the dog’s mouth, he circled the Three-Headed Canine Deity’s corpse to find a sheltered spot to huddle.
Hmm... wait, what’s that smell?
Just as the tired-to-death Leon closed his eyes to rest, a strangely alluring scent suddenly rushed into his nose... or maybe not just his nose.
Suddenly opening his eyes, Leon found, to his surprise, that the Three-Headed Canine Deity he was leaning against was exuding a horrible, indescribable attraction on his entire soul, making him kind of want to...
"Stop staring, I feel the same way, but it isn’t hunger."
Noticing Leon’s gaze, the female journalist quickly reminded:
"Your soul may be complete, but over eighty percent was digested by the Canine Deity and integrated into its body. So your weakened soul is instinctively longing to take back what it lost from it."
"So that’s how it is..."
Hearing the female journalist, Leon nodded with sudden understanding, then hesitantly asked:
"If I eat it, can I restore my missing soul?"
Baffled by Leon’s question, the female journalist replied in shock:
"You... say that again? What do you want to do?"
"I mean, can we eat it?"
Smelling the "tempting" Three-Headed Canine Deity, Leon, whose eyes looked "hungry" with a hint of green, gritted his teeth and said:
"With the current strength of my soul, I can’t control my body at all; I’d have to lie in bed for a year or two, needing people to feed me water... I don’t think that’s acceptable! We need to reclaim what we lost!"
"But... it’s the True God..."
Looking at the huge corpse of the Three-Headed Canine Deity, Leon felt a bit hesitant, disgusted by the thought of eating something that could talk.
But thinking of potentially lying bedridden for years or even longer due to a weak soul, unable to control his body, Leon immediately regained his determination.
Within a month, it’ll be the Director of Taurus’s ascension day. Who knows what the scheming Aquarius will do. At such a crucial time, I can’t be lying down!
Moreover, the princess hasn’t ascended yet, and the situation is not 100% stable. The mysterious organization targeting the royal family is still active. There’s also the Reincarnated Doe suspected of causing Senior Emma’s tragic life, and the possible future invader Atifei-01 of the Kingdom of Lutung...
So many life-threatening issues waiting, just lying in bed for a year doing nothing, needing help even to drink, eat, and use the toilet?
"To hell with the True God!"
Resolutely, Leon took a deep breath, pulled out a wooden-handled silver-blade box cutter under the female journalist’s somewhat horrified gaze, and slashed it hard on the Canine Deity’s body.
"It doesn’t matter what kind of god, if it wanted to eat me just now, then I have the right to eat it now, that’s true fairness!"
As Leon wielded the box cutter, cutting meat from the Three-Headed Canine Deity, a sorrowful howl suddenly echoed from the top of the Cliff of Doomsday in the deepest realm of the dead.
The howl, filled with intense resentment, pierced the gloomy sky of the dead, spreading outward from the deepest parts, causing the lost souls on the No Return Path to raise their heads and drawing the attention of all living in the realm of the dead.
Hearing the howl, all the denizens of the realm of the dead wore looks of shock.
As a guardian canine of death, the range of the Three-Headed Canine Deity’s activities should be limited near the Gate of the Deceased, unable to penetrate deeply into the realm of the dead.
But now, its howl suddenly echoed from the top of the realm’s end, the Cliff of the End. This could mean only one thing...
The guardian canine of death was killed by someone!
Facing this once-in-a-millennium upheaval, the entire realm of the dead awoke to the howl, with nearly all Overlords of the Dead Realm sending emissaries to investigate, and those impatient hurried there personally.
Countless wisps of dense death energy cut through the night sky, burning the dark grey sky until it boiled like oil dropped into boiling water, pressing heavily down on the realm of the dead.
Even the death guides circling above the No Return Path were terrified into screeching cries, stopping their guidance of the hidden dead and fleeing in all directions in panic.
In the very end, even the No Return Path itself, spanning the realm of the dead, shuddered with the realm’s turmoil, issuing unintelligible cries toward the stone statues lining the path.
"Go see what happened! Who’s behind this!"