"Dear Little Leon, by the time you read this letter, I suppose I will be gone."
Looking at the somewhat ominous start of the letter from his director, which while not exactly wrong, wasn’t quite auspicious either, Leon couldn’t help but darken his expression despite spending 9 Copper Wheels on a bumpy journey back to the Purification Bureau.
"The plan against Aquarius at the bureau has already begun. Taurus His Excellency is currently working with the other two directors, using the [Directives List] to influence the Aquarius Director, forcibly ordering him to accept the exposure of the [Death Realm Street Lamp].
To ensure that there are no mistakes in the plan and to prevent Aquarius Director from having any means to escape the Realm of the Dead, I’m planning to linger on the No Return Path of the Realm of the Dead for about a month. Anyone entering the Death World is bound to pass through there, and I’ll return once I see Aquarius Director heading down the No Return Path."
6, So your opening line wasn’t really ill-chosen, was it? Your person is indeed "gone," right?
Also, although I don’t know where exactly the No Return Path is, just hearing the name "the No Return Path to the Death World" sounds like a life-threatening place. You talk about it as if it’s as easy as going and coming back from a vacation...
That’s just fucking ridiculous!
Imagining his red-haired director’s slightly messy handwriting on a sinister path full of staggering dead, and picturing his red-haired director knocking out the unlucky employee in charge of guarding the No Return Path in the Death Realm, while throwing empty beer cans around and drinking, Leon’s mouth couldn’t help but twitch.
"Little Leon~ your task with Pioni should be the first one completed. But based on what I know about him, after completing the task, he will definitely take a few days to wander before coming back, so you’ll be the first to see this letter.
When Emma returns from the Scales Gold Sect, remember to tell Emma that this time, as usual, all her tasks are suspended when I’m not here, and she is responsible for defending the bureau.
To prevent the headquarters from issuing any temporary requirements, and because the [Celestial Globe Mirror] that can only receive information from the living is also unusable in the No Return Path, I didn’t bring it along. It’s currently in my office, and you should ask Emma to take care of it."
"Also, don’t drink all that liquor Taurus His Excellency gave you. I’ve figured out a way to bypass the Word Spirit’s bind and enjoy those fine drinks, so make sure to save some for me.
*I don’t know why, but I feel like the second-to-last sentence is what you really wanted to say more than anything else...*
Seeing the little smiling face winking at him on the back of the letter, Leon couldn’t help but click his tongue. He then reached out to pinch his brow, feeling slightly troubled.
The task of attacking the Sky Clipper went awry. Middle-aged Joshua ambushed them, and although there were no casualties, the whereabouts of both the Rebels’ members and Senior Pioni remain unknown after being handed over to him.
Upon returning, Leon had immediately run to the director’s office, intending to ask her for help in resolving it and see if they could intervene in the situation regarding the Crolock Kingdom.
But unexpectedly, the director had gone ahead. If the timing in the letter was accurately calculated, then her person would already have "descended to the Underworld," which... um... Why was this mirror flickering?
Gazing at the flickering silver mirror in the wine cabinet and recalling the [Celestial Globe Mirror] mentioned in the director’s letter, Leon furrowed his brow and then reached out to open the cabinet door, cautiously touching it with his fingertip.
[Name: Celestial Globe Mirror (Star Palace, Image)]
[Appearance: A mirror that actively changes its material and engravings depending on the communication target. The current frame material is silver, and the engravings depict an Iron Maiden seeping blood from within.]
[Ability: Star Palace positioning, Image transmission]
[Cost: The cost is centrally paid by the Purification Bureau headquarters at the dimmest time of the year for stars, with no individual expenditure required.]
[File: After the Star Dome Compass was shattered by the Supreme Four Pillar Gods, the initial Taurus Director reforged it into the eighty-eight Star Palaces, leaving behind fragments containing trace amounts of Star Palace power, rare but extremely pure.
Considering the Purification Bureau’s lack of remote communication means at the time, the initial Taurus Director crafted hundreds of mirrors capable of cross-world communication using these fragments and distributed them to important bureau members for ensuring timely contact.]
[Evaluation: The Word-Eating Worm, Celestial Globe Mirror, and Mud Sand Book are generally called the director’s trio within the Purification Bureau. Congratulations, you’ve already got two out of three.]
[Contamination Value: Increases with total communication time and distance to the target.]
*So... This mirror’s effect is equivalent to a cross-dimensional video call phone? And it’s one where the annual fee is unified and paid by the bureau?*
Understanding the function of the [Celestial Globe Mirror], observing the Iron Maiden engravings wavering and flashing on its frame, Leon guessed someone might be "video calling" his director, and reached out to brush the silver mirror’s frame with his hand.
In a gentle vibrating sound, like a bee’s wings, the blood-seeping Iron Maiden engraving shifted and moved to the top of the frame, fixing in place, followed by a familiar voice.
"Olivia! Finally, you’ve made a sign!"
With a slightly pale complexion and her body smeared with bloodstains, Senior Emma suddenly appeared in the mirror.