I! Cleaner!-Chapter 418 - 356: First Try Brings Success, Second Is Weaker, Third...

Chapter 418: Chapter 356: First Try Brings Success, Second Is Weaker, Third...

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"..."

After listening to the red-haired director’s "negotiation" details, Leon couldn’t help but feel a bit embarrassed.

Imagining the red-haired director, who was living quite well, threatening the square-headed old man that if he didn’t help, he would spread the word about being his "apprentice" and ruin his reputation, *Leon felt a slight tinge of guilt in his heart.*

After all, even though the square-headed old man was eccentric and had a foul mouth, he was still contributing to the protection of humanity beyond his death. Using such tactics to threaten him seemed a bit inappropriate.

*Apologizing inwardly on behalf of the director to the square-headed old man, and memorizing this useful negotiation tactic,* Leon reached out to touch the pair of translucent, peculiar gloves.

[Name: Hand of Screams (Suppression, Resentment, Resurrection)]

[Appearance: A pair of oddly-shaped translucent gloves, specially reinforced at the knuckles, made entirely of some translucent, thorny nettle. On closer inspection, one could see countless tiny barbs.]

[Ability: Suppression of divinity, Resentment True Word, Temporary Resurrection]

[Cost: Requires no power injection—simply wearing it on the hands activates its effects. However, each time one strikes a target, the tiny barbs inside and outside the gloves penetrate both skins, injecting a large dose of soul toxin capable of suppressing divinity and causing unbearable pain.]

[File: An anomalous object personally forged by the Spirit of Forging, materials include Thoroughwort Nettle growing by the Yellow Springs River, as well as special soul fragments from the Aquarius Director of the Purification Bureau. It has a strong suppressive effect on the distribution of divinity within a True God’s body. Additionally, due to anger at being disgracefully threatened, the Spirit of Forging inadvertently chose an incredibly penetrating Thoroughwort Nettle during material selection. While greatly enhancing the suppression effect, it also inflicts unimaginable pain upon the user and keeps their soul constantly alert and sharp. Upon initial contact without mental preparation, the toxin that seeps into the soul is even enough to momentarily resurrect the dead with pain.]

[Evaluation: One punch, two screams, one yours, one mine.]

[Contamination Value: 0.1]

"..."

Reading the Hand of Screams’ file, emphasizing the part "enough to momentarily resurrect the dead with pain," and the evaluation "one punch, two screams," Leon’s mouth couldn’t help but twitch hard.

"Thank you, Teacher of the Third Generation, for your generous gift!!!

From now on, you are my only teacher in Secret Smithing Techniques! No one can stop me from promoting your fame!"

Carefully storing this item in the Mirror World and warning Young Ha never to touch it under any circumstances afterward, Leon, in a good mood after hearing the Aquarius "death news," turned to look at Emma beside him and asked with a smile,

"Sorry, Senior Emma, I didn’t hear clearly earlier... What does Ellie need?"

"..."

Ellie needs a complete family, especially someone who is particularly good to her... and her mom, to make up for her years of missing fatherly love... of...

"Why are you looking at me?"

Ignoring the red-haired director’s look that said, "Why haven’t you scrammed yet, bestie?"—completely unaware of being an unwanted presence as a third wheel—she remained boldly in Leon’s office, squinting her eyes with a slightly malicious intent, smiling as she urged,

"Say it, Emma~"

"Say what you want to say~ I also like little Ellie very much, and I’ll help with whatever she wants~"

"..."

*If you would just scram, that would be of great help to me and Ellie!*

Emma’s earlobes turned unconsciously red, glaring angrily at the red-haired director with a mischievous glimmer in her eyes, wishing she could stab her into a red-haired hedgehog with her intense gaze. But no matter how fierce her gaze was, she couldn’t bring herself to say the words that were already at the tip of her tongue.

...

There was no other reason than the fact the age difference between them was nearly ten years; even her daughter was almost as old as Leon’s siblings.

Even though Leon had drunkenly said he didn’t mind, if the roles were reversed, it would be like a middle-aged man, once divorced and with a child, proposing to an adolescent girl.

Perhaps Olivia could say such things, but Emma really couldn’t bring herself to be so thick-skinned.

She almost managed to say it the first time because upon suddenly hearing that Ellie could return to normal, her emotions were so agitated that her emotional outbreak temporarily suppressed her rationality.

Even after being interrupted by Olivia once, she was able to speak again because of the belief in "cherishing those in front of you" and wanting to give Ellie a complete family, which barely gave her a courage boost, but was yet again disrupted by Olivia.

Once the excitement waned and the boosted courage was forcibly interrupted, it was already incredibly difficult to speak a third time, especially with a well-acquainted friend like her in the room, staring mischievously...

*How could one possibly speak out?*

After angrily glaring at the red-haired director several times, which were all deflected without injury, realising there was no dealing with such a shameless rogue, Emma could only bite her lip and, suppressing the heat on her earlobes and the unsatisfaction in her heart, spoke with a steady voice,

"Ellie needs peers and friends her age, as well as some normal kid activities. Can she attend a school with Melanie?"

After speaking with some difficulty, Emma, overwhelmed with concern for her daughter, calmed her chaotic thoughts and, slightly worried, continued,

"Ellie is quite introverted and hasn’t interacted with peers before, nor has she attended school. I’m worried she may not adjust to a foreign environment suddenly... So, if possible, could your siblings look out for her?"

"No problem!"

Filled with thoughts of the Aquarius Director’s death news, Leon, with a swelling emotion, being utterly oblivious to the dynamics between the director and Senior Emma, patted his chest and agreed heartily to the request, taking it all in stride as he replied,

"Let Ellie be in the same class as William! If possible, try to have their seats close together! As for Ellie making friends, even though Melanie’s academic performance isn’t impressive, she gets along well with her classmates, with the two of them, Ellie will integrate in no time."

"Thank you..."

Speaking earnestly but with a hint of reluctance, Emma, unable to endure her bestie’s knowing look of two parts ripple, three parts teasing, and five parts intriguing mischief, turned her blushing face away from Leon’s and the director’s line of sight and somewhat awkwardly pushed open the office door, quickly leaving the room as if for dear life, leaving only a slightly trembling voice of farewell behind.

"I... I have something to do and need to leave!"

After her hurried departure, the seemingly calm two remaining in the room simultaneously relaxed their expressions.

Just as Leon was about to ask about the details of the Aquarius Director’s death, contemplating whether there were any doubtful points, he felt a slight tug at his neckline, and a beautiful yet "angry with a smile" face thrust close to him.

"Three days, huh!"

Having seized Leon’s collar, the red-haired director, who had been suppressing for a while, gritted her teeth, wearing a half-smile, half-grimace as she questioned,

"I was only gone for three days! You already managed to drive away my Emma? Do you have to be such an efficient jerk?"

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