Upon hearing the "call" from the Aquarius Director, a distant Illusion Color Conch shivered involuntarily but didn’t respond. Instead, it hastily retreated into the hiding well.
Following both Leon figures closely and witnessing their insanely frenzied eating behavior, the Goddess of Pleasure Dreams had fully awakened at this point, completely abandoning her extravagant hope of regaining her divinity.
Lucky encounters, fortunate escapes... Bah! All fake! None exist!
On the surface, it seemed she was getting lucky and grasping the chance to reclaim her divine seat, but in reality, she, the unlucky fool, had stumbled into the internal conflict of the Clean-up Bureau, unknowingly getting implicated. Of everyone present, she was the stupidest!
Whether it’s Aquarius Director or the Bureau’s side, each clearly has their own calculations, especially that level-three Cleaner... Damn it! How can this freakish character, who even a True God would tremble at seeing, be a level-three Cleaner? If he truly is a level-three Cleaner, I’d go to the dung realm and eat crap right now!
"Goddess of Pleasure Dreams, please come out and speak."
Not going out! Absolutely not going out! I can’t bear the revenge from either side! Besides, I’m hiding so well now, you might not know where I am. As long as I insist on not coming out, it means I’m not here!
Twice calling the Goddess of Pleasure Dreams without a response, the Aquarius Director wasn’t impatient but smiled and invited again:
"You should have seen our current situation too. We’re really not very convenient to go to Moonclimb Well, so please come over!"
Damn it, truly discovered.
Hearing the Aquarius Director point out her hiding place, the last bit of hope in the Goddess of Pleasure Dreams was completely shattered. She could only drive the Illusion Color Conch out from Moonclimb Well with a mournful face.
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Without exposing the careful thinking of the Goddess of Pleasure Dreams, the Aquarius Director said gently:
"As you saw, we are now in a stalemate, so I hope..."
"Goddess of Pleasure Dreams!"
At this time, the Sagittarius Director, who had been communicating with Leon and understood the situation, suddenly interrupted sharply:
"You must understand, know exactly what choice you are making. I urge you not to deceive yourself!"
Hearing the shout from the Sagittarius Director, the Goddess of Pleasure Dreams, who was about to come out of the Conch, instinctively shrank back, her heart pounding from the shout.
Indeed, although the Aquarius Director is difficult to deal with, he is ultimately just one person, but behind the Sagittarius Director is the entire Clean-up Bureau, in terms of threats from both sides...
"Same old hasty attitude after all these years."
The interrupted Aquarius Director was not angry. He patiently waited for the Sagittarius Director’s words to fall before speaking slowly:
"Goddess of Pleasure Dreams, aren’t you curious why the restriction Pisces placed on you suddenly became invalid?"
The Goddess of Pleasure Dreams, preparing to side with the Clean-up Bureau, trembled all over and uncertainly questioned:
"Isn’t he unable to control me because his soul switched early?"
"If you think this way, then you’re underestimating Pisces too much."
The Aquarius Director smiled and said:
"Aside from me, who crafted the {Four Soul Watch} for him, the person who understands his soul state the most is himself. No one is more aware of his weaknesses, so all the abnormal objects on him have special marks tailored to different soul states.
In simple terms, although you might not feel it, when his main soul switches to Mimi, abnormal objects of the ’True God level’ like you, which are difficult to control, will be directly locked by a secret technique. I forcefully unlocked his secret technique, releasing you from the shards of Paradise Lost."
Frightened by the words of the Aquarius Director, the Goddess of Pleasure Dreams, seemingly understanding something, stuttered:
"Then you... then you..."
"I have no obligation to assist you, so when I set you free, I left a little something behind."
With the Aquarius Director’s answer, a golden clock-shaped mark suddenly appeared on the shell of the Illusion Color Conch. At the center of the clock, two spiral-shaped pointer marks began to slowly rotate, one fast and one slow, like real hands.
And as the two pointers rotated, this golden clock mark started to deepen continuously, soon it would pierce through the shell of the Illusion Color Conch.
"You don’t have much time left to make a decision."
In the fearful expression of the Goddess of Pleasure Dreams, the Aquarius Director slowly said:
"If you help me, although you’ll surely face retaliation from the Clean-up Bureau, that is something for later. But if you choose to help them... then you should only have five minutes left."
Ah, this... I was living just fine before, why suddenly only five minutes left?!
After hearing the threat from the Aquarius Director, the heart of the Goddess of Pleasure Dreams suddenly felt like she’d chewed ten tons of gall, bitter inside and outside.
Indeed, pie won’t just fall from the sky, and if it does, it’s an iron pie! Now, don’t mention reclaiming the divine seat, even her life is about to be ended!
And what’s even worse is, even though she surely can’t withstand the Bureau’s revenge, she doesn’t dare to side with them either, because if she doesn’t help the Aquarius Director, she’ll die immediately!
"Don’t listen to him!"
Spitting a mouthful of blood, the Sagittarius Director directly promised the only variable present:
"If you act now and help us deal with him, I will immediately take you back to the headquarters, remove what’s on you, and support you in reclaiming your divine seat!"
The Goddess of Pleasure Dreams was delighted.
The Aquarius Director calmly retorted:
"It’s indeed not difficult to save her life. The secret techniques of Aries, Scorpio, Virgo can forcibly remove the {Time Skull Seal} I left, but none of the three are at the headquarters now, so what do you plan to use to protect her?"
The Goddess of Pleasure Dreams was saddened.
"There is always a way!"
The Sagittarius Director gritted his teeth and said:
"Even if I can’t remove the {Time Skull Seal} from her, I can at least temporarily save her life! As for the seal you left, it can be removed after Aries and the others come back!"
The Goddess of Pleasure Dreams was delighted again.
"What is the cost then?"
The Aquarius Director nonchalantly said:
"I don’t deny you can accomplish this, but the abnormal objects the headquarters has that can accomplish this are no more than {Metamorphosis Butterfly}, {Black Skull of the Lake of Death}, {Mirror Light Roulette}, and a few others.
Not mentioning whether you would keep your promise, using these precious abnormal objects to save her life, the side effects alone are beyond what she can bear. Although her life could be saved in the end, whether she remains herself is uncertain."