"Since everyone agrees, let's settle it this way!"

After glancing at the pattern on the table in front of the Capricorn director and confirming he had no objections, the Taurus director spoke up and decided:

"The location is set for the Sage's Cemetery, with personnel limited to the six of us plus seven Zodiac Bureau directors. As for the specific time... tentatively ten days later seems appropriate."

"Ten days?"

Upon hearing this, Leon frowned and said:

"Can't it be sooner?"

"It really can't be sooner. Ten days is already the shortest time."

After fondling the "True God Slayer Sniper" that Leon handed over, the Taurus director regretfully said:

"The batch of 'materials' you've brought is a bit too good, and my current condition is truly not great, with my soul and body not fully synchronized.

If it were just about handling the physical bodies of these True Gods, it would be fine, but there are still twenty-four souls of True Gods, as well as one complete Pillar God remaining. In my current state, it's difficult for me to manage, so I have to ask the Third Generation Lord for help.

And the preliminary processing of this batch of materials will take about seven to eight days, counting the time after arriving at the Sage's Cemetery, with the Third Generation Lord overseeing the forging, plus a little leeway, ten days really can't be less."

So that's how it is...

After hearing the Taurus director's explanation, Leon nodded and remained silent. The other directors also raised no objections to this timing. Seeing that everyone had reached a consensus, the Taurus director spoke up:

"If there's nothing else, let's conclude this board meeting here. I'll be in the Taurus Palace this week processing the materials. If there's any change, gather over there... for now, that's it, meeting adjourned!"

With the Taurus director's announcement, the corresponding Star Palace patterns on the round table faded. This board meeting, held in the Capricorn Palace, officially ended.

After nodding at Leon, the Sagittarius director disappeared first, presumably to schedule his time with the Realm of the Dead. The Taurus director, after smiling at Leon, collected all the materials scattered on the table and floor and quickly left the Capricorn Palace's inner hall. The Cancer and Pisces directors also nodded towards Leon before leaving.

When Leon got up from his chair and followed the Pisces director out of the inner hall of the Capricorn Palace, he found the surrounding world eerily silent, not even hearing his footsteps. Only then did he remember he still had the beans Taurus director gave him in his ears.

When Leon reached up to remove the two Silence Beans, restoring his normal senses, he discovered a thin male face staring at him intently from less than a foot away, with his eyes sparkling.

"What the hell!!! What are you doing?"

"Don't worry, don't worry, I'm not doing anything, just looking at you."

Seeing Leon jump in surprise and step back several paces, the tall and skinny Capricorn director smiled and said eagerly:

"Aquarius, I heard that during the selection process, you simultaneously received recognition from five Star Palaces? And you also learned all the secret techniques at once?"

"There's indeed such a thing..."

Hearing this, Leon's expression changed as if he understood the reason he was being sought, so he nodded to admit it, then tentatively asked back:

"Capricorn, so you're looking for me because you want..."

"I want to purify you using the Capricorn Palace's secret technique." 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

As expected, he wants to teach me the Capricorn Palace's purification se... huh?

Blinking in surprise, Leon asked, bewildered:

"What did you say?"

"I said, you've accumulated too much 'filth' on your body. I want to use the Capricorn Palace's Abnormal Purification secret technique on you."

Pointing with his hand in the direction of the Taurus Palace, the Capricorn director explained with a smile:

"You've become a Cleaner and started encountering anomalies for too short a time, but you've killed quite a few True Gods. You're not yet at the True God level yourself and are not sensitive to various divine powers, so I'm worried that the True Gods you've dealt with might have left hidden curses and markings on you.

Aquarius, although your number of simultaneous True God kills nearly broke the Bureau's record, you can't really think True Gods are merely like that. Almost every True God has unique means.

Even though you may not feel it now, that's because your condition is stable enough and you haven't stepped into their domain. If you accidentally step into their domain while in a vulnerable state, these True God's curses and markings might erupt.

Moreover, you've been in contact with too many negative True God powers before reaching the True God level yourself, which might impact you, causing changes in your personality and abilities, so I hope to help you purify a bit."

What a scare... turns out it's this kind of purification.

Although the Badge System didn't provide any curse notifications, understanding that the system might not cover everything, Leon accepted the Capricorn director's goodwill, standing and waiting for the Capricorn director's purification secret technique.

After Leon secured all his affected anomalies and stood firm in the outer hall of the Capricorn Palace, the Capricorn director extended a hand glowing with faint white light and gently waved it across Leon's face from a fist's distance away.

"Sizzle!"

A sizzling sound like butter in a skillet rang out, and under Leon's somewhat surprised gaze, wisps of dark gold smoke seeped from his temple, dissipating under the white glow of the Abnormal Purification secret technique.

"Hmm... this seems to be a mark from the Goddess of Wealth."

After examining the golden coin pattern on Leon's forehead, which only he could see, the Capricorn director rubbed his chin and said:

"However, it's not really a curse but merely a tracker. If you approach her, she'll be able to sense your position in advance... just as I suspected, you've got quite a bit of this sort of stuff on you... let's see."

Walking toward the main hall, retrieving a large mirror, the Capricorn director ran a hand around the mirror's edge, then set the over-meter-high mirror in front of Leon, slapping it hard on the surface!

"Buzz!"

With an odd hum, the pale glow of the Abnormal Purification secret technique flowed from the Capricorn director's hand, rapidly enveloping the entire mirror.

When the glow faded, the reflection of Leon in the mirror wavered, and then as if splashed with paint, his entire body displayed large patches of multicolored patterns and spots.

What the hell! Why so many?!!!

Looking at the mirror depicting him as a little colorful character, Leon's mouth twitched before he looked to the Capricorn director and asked:

"Are these all marks left on me by those True Gods?"

"Uh... not exactly all of them..."

Observing the multicolored Leon in the mirror, the Capricorn director's smile faltered, then his expression turned somewhat awkward as he said:

"Strictly speaking... although they have some tracking effect, they are actually Source God's Language."

"Source God's Language?"

"It's a distinct form of communication among True Gods, usually only visible to those who have entered the Source God Platform and possess powers, but I've researched a bit."

After explaining what Source God's Language is, the Capricorn director pointed to the pink bubbles on Leon's arm, translating:

"For instance, this should have been left by a True God of the Dream Realm, and it means, 'What the hell is this thing, emerging from that toilet in the Demonic Soul Abyss and gnawing through my palace'."

"..."

"And this one was likely left by the God of Forging. It says... well... I won't read the exact content, but the gist is that it hopes to establish some overly friendly relationships with your female elders."

"..."

"This one is probably a mark left by the Guarding Death Hound, and a direct translation would be 'Woof woof!' But I happen to know a little dog language; it's probably saying, 'Damn! Next time this brat comes to the Realm of the Dead, I'll eat him!'"