I! Cleaner!

"Take this."

Just as Leon followed the red-haired director upstairs and entered the warehouse where abnormal objects were stored in the Virgin Branch, somewhere in the middle of a dark river where countless broken dreams flowed, a man with a mirror crown on his head was shrouded in dark gray mist. The tightly guarded giant stretched out his right hand towards the old man in front of him.

"This is a ship order that can be used in the Black Abyss of Fallen Souls. It will allow you to travel freely through my nightmares. It will be useful when dealing with the Blood-haired Princess."

Following the strange and harsh voice of the giant, its skinny and slender gray palms spread out on the river, and its five sharp blade-like fingers slowly opened. The dark nightmare gathered in the palms quickly dissipated, revealing a small Small wooden sailing ship.

"Since it is a ship order issued by the Nightmare King himself..."

After looking at the small wooden boat with soft lines and exquisite carvings, following the rhythm of his own breathing, floating slightly in the palm of the gray fog giant, the old investigator...or Director Aquarius smiled, and then took the nervous female reporter with him. , took the initiative to step forward.

"Then I'll accept it with confidence."

After the two of them boarded the boat one by one, the gray fog giant's palm slowly dissipated, and the wooden boat landed lightly on the dark river, creating circles of dark water ripples.

However, as if some mysterious switch had been touched, as the dark water ripples swayed, the dark river flowing with countless nightmares immediately began to tremble violently.

Countless human arms with different clothes and different shapes, like lake fish that have discovered the bait, rolled out of the black river like waves, pointing straight upward like reed poles, scrambling to grab on The side of a small wooden boat.

"?!!"

Seeing the weird and terrifying scene in front of her, the female reporter couldn't help but tense up slightly. She instinctively took a step forward and reached out to sweep the palms clinging to the side of the ship, but Director Aquarius grabbed her wrist first.

"Don't be nervous."

After signaling the female reporter to calm down, Director Aquarius straightened his somewhat stooped back, raised his foot and lightly stamped the small wooden boat under his feet.

Immediately afterwards, as if they had been burned by a red-hot iron, a large number of painful screams came from the dark lake. The hands clinging to the side of the boat hurriedly let go, fled away from the small wooden boat, and retracted back to the Black River. in the dream.

"They're just people trying to escape the nightmare. As long as you can stand firm on the boat, they can't get on."

After using the power of the small wooden boat to disperse all the arms that surged out of the black river, Director Aquarius looked up at the gray fog-filled giant in front of him, smiled and said to the female reporter behind him:

"The Nightmare King's reputation is pretty good. At least until the cooperation is completely successful, we don't have to worry about it attacking us...

But after I wake up in reality, this ship will not be so stable. Remember to get off the top early, otherwise it is hard to say what will happen next. "

"Quack quack~"

After listening to the words of Director Aquarius, as if he told a very funny joke, the gray fog giant laughed strangely for a while. The gray figure, which was taller than the tower, twisted twice, and the gray fog like a robe swayed. , revealing countless skinny arms that are clasping each other inside.

"You were really annoying when you were still in the Cleanup Bureau, and you ruined a lot of my good things."

The face obscured by the gray mist tilted downward slightly, and after aiming what seemed to be eyes at the two of them, the erratic Nightmare King laughed and said:

"But after you defected from the Cleanup Bureau, I suddenly found you much more pleasing to my eye. No matter what you say or do, you are all to my liking... Well... let's do this, are you interested in settling down in the Dream World and being me from now on? The apostle?"

"forget it."

Facing the Nightmare King's sincere invitation, Director Aquarius shook his head with a smile and said:

"I don't object to becoming a dream creature, but do you really dare to let me be your apostle?"

"Well... you are right, I really don't dare."

After hearing Director Aquarius's rhetorical question, the gray fog giant pondered for a while, and then nodded slightly and said:

"You have such a big heart that even the Cleanup Bureau can't accommodate you. If you come to the Dream World to be my apostle, I will definitely be worried about whether you have other plans, and I won't be able to sleep well in the future.

Forget it, pretend I didn’t mention what I just said, it would be better for us to continue to be partners. "

"As it should be."

After nodding calmly, Director Aquarius raised his eyes and stared at the face of the gray fog giant, and said calmly:

"Also, although I have thought of a way to transfer all the cleaners from the Maiden Branch out in advance, the Blood-haired Princess is not without helpers.

Remember to pay more attention to the third-level cleaner with black hair and black eyes named Leon next to her. It is best to deal with him in advance to avoid him doing bad things. "

"Level 3 cleaner?"

After hearing Director Aquarius's instructions, the gray mist giant's figure drifted slightly, and for some reason, he appeared in the black river under the small wooden boat.

The huge head wetted by the black river water rested silently on the stern of the boat. The Nightmare King's eyes covered by the gray mist stared intently at the back of Director Aquarius, and then curiously asked:

"You didn't tell any lies... I'm curious, is a mere third-level cleaner worthy of your attention?"

"worth."

After turning around unhurriedly and blocking the female reporter behind him, Director Aquarius said seriously:

"The reason why I have fallen to the point where I need to join forces with a bastard like you is all because of him. Although Leon's power is not worth mentioning, there are too many strange things about him.

My advice is that when you meet him, don't be careless, but don't be curious.

If you don't want to be inexplicably overturned for some strange reasons, then just use your fastest speed to kill him with the purest power, and never give him the opportunity to speak or play tricks!"

"Is that so? Interesting~"

After listening to the repeated emphasis of Director Aquarius, the gray fog giant's face, probably where the mouth is, opened a reverse crescent with both ends facing downwards, and two rows of shark teeth soaked in sticky ink droplets rubbed against each other several times with a clanging sound, and then grinned a somewhat hideous and weird smile.

"Not quite right?"

"If you really want me to stop communicating with him and kill him directly, you shouldn't say such things."

The huge head floated along the side of the boat, erratically and strangely circling the boat. After taking in everything that happened to the two people on the boat, the Nightmare King said in a slightly cold voice:

"The root of dreams is one's own ignorance and curiosity about the world, which gives rise to unwarranted fantasies that are free from the constraints of will. Curiosity is the instinct of all creatures in the dream world.

And you know that I can't control my curiosity, but you still give such advice... Then can I think that you hope I don't kill him immediately and give him the opportunity to kill me in return?"