Me! Cleaner!.

Chapter 518 Fast or slow?

I never thought that we could come back...

Following the blood-stained Leon through the fog and back to the real world, the three cleaners couldn't help but shed tears as they looked at everything familiar in the world of the living. They were so excited that they could hardly control themselves.

But before they could open their mouths to thank Leon, the blazing sunlight of the present world shone on the souls of the three people, suddenly causing a large amount of invisible white smoke, burning the three people so that they screamed.

"Open your mouth!"

Leon, who was well prepared for this situation, grabbed the souls of the three cleaners, pried open the black goat's mouth, and stuffed all of them in.

"?!!!"

"Suck it in your mouth! But you are not allowed to eat it!"

After giving the black goat a warning, Leon was still not reassured. He was worried that the black goat would not be able to resist the temptation of high-quality souls and secretly taste them, so he threatened directly:
"Remember this! If any of their souls are missing even a little bit, I will send you to the Kingdom of Alesund to be purified along with your whip!"

"..."

Humph, if you don't want to eat it, then don't eat it! As if I want it!
Faced with the threat from purification, the black goat, who had been a little restless just now, suddenly became completely obedient. After rolling its eyes at Leon, it stood still with the souls of the three cleaners in its mouth.

As for the three dead souls that entered the sheep's mouth, they relied on the "blessing" provided by the great devil to successfully escape the harm from the sun and were able to temporarily and safely stay in the world. After Leon finished his operation and understood what he had done, Alger couldn't help but said excitedly:
"They...what are they doing?"

“It’s a little complicated to explain…”

After spying on the movements of the Gate of the Dead, Leon found that no one was chasing him. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then said concisely:

“After I ate the Death Guardian Hound, I inherited some of its powers and could refuse to allow souls to enter the realm of the dead. However, this power has limitations and can only take effect when I am near the Gate of the Dead.

So I just went to the dead world and stopped the three seniors outside the Gate of the Dead before they entered, so I managed to save them temporarily."

"What do you mean temporarily?"

"It means they can't be here all the time."

Lyon said helplessly:

"According to the rules of this world, a body and soul must coexist in order to exist. Even the descending Holy Spirit and the true God must first create a body for themselves.

But the bodies of the three seniors have been destroyed. Although I can prevent them from going to the world of the dead, I can't preserve their souls forever. Problems will still arise over time.

So we still have to find a way to leave the Korok Kingdom, or contact the General Administration in some way, otherwise the souls of the three seniors will still be excluded from this world."

The problem is that we can’t get out now…

After listening to Leon's explanation, the excitement on Alger's face faded a little, and then he gritted his teeth and said:

"How about this, you stay in the Kingdom of Korok, take their souls and Princess Filia and hide them, and I'll go and try to see if I can break out!"

"Senior Alger, you'd better not have this idea."

Lyon shook his head and said:
"I don't know whether your presence has been exposed or not, but I took the lead in kidnapping Princess Filia, so the other party must know about my presence. Since I didn't show up at the Gemini Branch, I must still be in the Kingdom of Korok.

According to common sense, we should be trying to escape now, so the other party's defense must be extremely tight, and the probability of you getting out safely now is close to zero. " "What should we do? Should we stay here and wait?"

"It's not like we're just waiting around. We can still do something."

After pondering the current situation, Leon said thoughtfully:
"In terms of hard power alone, Director Edward has one Zodiac, one Elite Level 1, and three Senior Level 2s. They are definitely not bad. From Nicole's description, they must have been ambushed and lost because the enemy was in the dark and we were in the spotlight, and because of insufficient information. The other side did not show an overwhelming strength advantage.

Now, as long as we hide well enough, the enemy will be in the open while we are in the dark. We can take this opportunity to make up for the lack of information. If the opponent is not that strong, we may be able to compete with them... Three seniors."

At this point, Leon turned his head to look at the black goat and asked the three cleaners in its mouth:

"What exactly happened at the Gemini Branch? Can you tell me as much as possible?"

"To be honest, we are not very clear..."

After hearing what Leon said, Reuben, who had shrunk to the size of a doll, spoke hesitantly:

“In fact, it seems that there is nothing much to say. It was just a round of high-powered artillery fire. Although it was a bit abrupt under the ambush, it only made us flustered for a while, but we still had no problem dealing with it.

But for some reason, the enemy's artillery fire seemed to be extremely fast. We had no time to react and didn't even have time to activate the anomaly. We only had time to see the wall explode, and then we were directly killed."

Very, very fast?
Leon raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and remembered the words of the female reporter relayed by [Secret Tail].

The female reporter did not seem to mention that the artillery fire was particularly fast. According to her, she didn't know what happened. Except for her, everyone else didn't react in time and were directly hit by the heavy firepower.

So...was it the gunfire that was faster, or the people that were slower? Which side was right?
After a brief pause, Leon turned to look at Alger beside him and asked meaningfully:
"Senior Alger, can you react to a thermal weapon fired at close range?"

"no problem."

Alger thought for a moment and replied:

"With my reaction speed, if someone pulls the trigger in front of me, I just need to avoid the direction of the gun. I can avoid it as long as I can see it, even if it is right next to my face.

If it's a sneak attack, it may be hard to say within two or three meters, but if it's farther away, I can definitely dodge it. Even though the speed of artillery ammunition is much faster than small-caliber firearms, it's still no problem to activate the anomaly to save my life with a little thought."

"Mind if I try it?"

As Leon spoke, he took out a small-caliber nail gun, flipped the safety with his thumb, pointed it at the ground in front of Alger's feet, and reminded him calmly:

"I may shoot at the ground at any time. When the time comes, you can activate the anomaly to stop the nails..."

Before he could finish his words, Leon's finger suddenly hooked and fiercely shot out the nail. Alger's eyes became stern, and his right foot in black leather shoes suddenly spread out and turned into a bunch of black silk threads, and then...

Perfectly missed the nail.

"This……"

Alger was stunned as he looked at the [Skin Line] that had just managed to rush over after the nails were embedded in the ground, while Leon sighed and gave his own judgment.

"Seniors, it seems that it is not that the artillery fire of the Korok Kingdom is too fast, but that your reaction has become slow."

(End of this chapter)