I! Cleaner!

This strange thought, once emerged, seemed to plant itself directly, lingering in Leon's mind.

Through the increasingly thin red web, Leon strained to see the gaunt giant enveloped in gray haze, and seemingly in the shattered mirror on its crown, he vaguely saw his own bewildered face.

It's me! It came for me!

Even without any evidence to prove his guess, upon noticing the emaciated face faintly aimed at him, and the abyss relentlessly sinking in the King of Nightmares' eye sockets, Leon instinctively determined that the target was definitely himself!

"How much longer?"

Sensing the impending crisis, Leon took a deep breath, his expression tightening as he urged:

"Hurry up! Just tell me! How much longer before you bring him out!"

"..."

Upon hearing Leon's question, the Snow Woman, forced to sell herself, glared at him, then tightly pursed her thin lips, refusing to speak.

Although you have my body, you'll never have my heart!

"..."

Damn it! It seems the [Unfair Snake Pact] can only make her work, exhibit the abilities of an anomalous object, but cannot completely dominate her will and make her obedient.

Realizing the Snow Woman was unwilling to cooperate, Leon had no choice but to take another deep breath, forcibly calm himself, and desperately start analyzing the current situation.

The Scorpio Bureau chief won't emerge anytime soon, but the King of Nightmares will break free in a while.

If he stays in reality, even if he can use the [Immortal in Liquor] to save himself, he can't stop it from spreading nightmares to the sleeping ordinary people, and he might even be forcibly dragged into the dream realm and subjected to eternal enslavement.

After all, the [Immortal in Liquor] has limited duration and only ensures he isn't harmed, not necessarily exempting him from non-direct harm methods.

So there's only one way left!

...

"Stop searching!"

After slapping the back of the Snow Woman's head, Leon updated the previous command through bodily contact.

"Open the path to the nightmare and send me in first!"

"???"

"Hey! This is what you want, right?"

Under the shocked gaze of the Scorpio Bureau chief, Leon stood at the edge of the passage to the six-layered nightmare, took out the bottle filled with remaining [Dream Eating Anomalous Carapace] he had given before, shook it towards the gray haze giant in the night sky, and shouted loudly:

"If you want it, follow me, the mother worm of the [Dream Eating Anomalous Carapace] is in the dream!"

Fearing a misjudgment, that his "priority" in the King of Nightmares' heart is not as high as he assumed, to ensure it would follow, Leon decisively added:

"But you'd better hurry up, if you stay outside for more than a second after fully manifesting, I'll immediately start running, making it so you'll never find me again, and I'll toss a batch of sub-worms in the dream realm every day, then tell the other dream realm rulers who is to blame!

If you fail to clean them up even once, these worms will infinitely multiply, devouring nearly half of the dream realm in one go! As for whether I can do it or not, you can surely try!"

After provoking, under the gaze of the empty eyes of the King of Nightmares, Leon grabbed the unwilling Snow Woman and leaped down the passage leading to the six-layered nightmare!

To think of such a method... this kid is simply a born Cleaner!

Watching Leon hold the bottle containing the [Dream Eating Anomalous Carapace], threaten the King of Nightmares, then use himself as bait to jump into the six-layered nightmare, the dog-faced Scorpio Bureau chief immediately revealed a strong expression of approval.

If at the beginning, he mainly took a fancy to Leon's talent and potential, reluctantly taking a bit of interest, now he was entirely filled with admiration!

Even if the plan fails, remaining calm and rational without any rush; trapped in a deadlock, not giving up and striving to find a way to break the stalemate with a strong-willed nature; swiftly analyzing the situation, weighing pros and cons to find what might be the only answer with sharp insight and wisdom...

Apart from these already rare qualities, more importantly, he dares to provoke even when facing True Gods, and has the decisiveness and courage to use himself as bait to lure them in!

If we also consider the powerful anomalies at hand and that he's about to advance to level two in just two months, in the entire Scorpio Branch with over a hundred Cleaners, none can hold a candle to him!

Rare! Damn rare!

After thinking for 0.0001 seconds using the dog's mind, the Scorpio Bureau chief made a decision.

Damn Olivia! That lousy drunk isn't worthy of bowing to me?

Such a talent being wasted in the Virgo Branch is like dumping gold into dog poop, never quite so wasteful, instead of having Olivia bow and apologize, it's better to change the conditions, and after everything's over, have her hand over this perfect subordinate!

Well... saying perfect might be inappropriate, this kid is outstanding but does have a few flaws... for instance, he's not meticulous enough.

"Woof!"

Seeing the completely closed passage before he entered, the Scorpio Bureau chief, inhabiting a dog, couldn't help but bark loudly.

"Woof woof woof! You went in alone? Should've thought of bringing me along too! Woof woof woof!"

...

"Glug glug glug... ptooey!"

Spitting out the salty sea water inadvertently swallowed, the corpse of the Swamp King Serpent shuddered, then suddenly opened its eyes, fearfully lifting its head from the sea.

"No... is this guy mad?"

Looking up at the higher layer of the dream realm shattered everywhere, with half its tail chopped off by some sharp tool, the body still not fully healed, the Swamp King Serpent couldn't help but complain to others full of resentment:

"Before we took on this task, didn't that damn Aquarius Director say, once the opponent knows breaking free requires a heavy price, they'll give up and stay trapped by us? Why are they going all out now?"

"Exactly!"

Hearing the Swamp King Serpent's complaint, the other four nightmares who helped revive it couldn't help but vent their grievances.

"You believe his nonsense too?"

"We might've been duped."

"Damn humans, every single one is a liar!"

"He's burned through my desert three times!"

After writhing the enormous body covered with red blisters, the Dune Giant Worm opened its circular-toothed mouth, speaking apprehensively:

"Initially, I thought it'd be safe diving deep into the sand, instead he fired it, burning the sand a hundred meters deep into glass, roasting me inside!"

"It's similar on my end..."

Raising a giant whale fin and pointing to a large black rock in the distance, the Green Wave Scourge sighed:

"Last time he drew magma from the sea floor, created a small island, and boiled me alive... what about you? How's it in your dream realm?"

Upon hearing the Green Wave Scourge's inquiry, the Bark Giant whose entire left half was charred and below the chest carbonized, couldn't help but grimace.

"I'm a human-faced forest spirit! Forest spirit! Encountering a fire user is like serving as firewood! My Miasma Deep Forest is now practically renamed Miasma Pit of Fire!"

"Sigh..."

Listening to the colleagues' endless complaints, the Plague Maiden with her belly pierced by six daggers, utterly scarred, sighed softly:

"If I knew it'd be this awful, I should've swapped with the Snow Woman initially; her task might be easeful... a level three Cleaner who just joined the Clean-up Bureau, it should've been easier for her."