I! Cleaner!

[Due to consuming the corpse of a True God in your soul form, you terrified a group of Death's guardians into fleeing, successfully activating the hidden golden badge "God of Food and Evil"]

[God of Food and Evil: An audacious and lawless supreme malicious soul, that would even dare take a bite out of a True God when hungry. Its eating manners are brutally savage, fiercer than any fierce ghost, causing even True Gods to shudder at the sight]

[Equipped Effect: Through the extreme evil deeds of becoming a God of Food, you've obtained partial authority left behind by the God of Death. Though limited by your low status, you can only temporarily wield its authority without truly absorbing it. Until the God of Death is resurrected, you are the most loyal protector of death]

[Advancement Path: Once the God of Death is revived and you completely kill it, this badge will automatically upgrade to a multicolored badge "Protector of the God of Death"

If you locate and kill the Evil God of Consumption and devour it, this badge will automatically advance to a multicolored badge "Corpse-Eating Evil God"

If you choose to continue hunting other True Gods of the Netherworld, once you've consumed all True Gods of the Netherworld, this badge will automatically upgrade to a hidden multicolored badge "I Am the End of Death"]

[Hidden Trait (No Equipping Required): As Death's guardians scatter and flee, Leon's terrifying name as the God of Food has spread widely throughout the Realm of the Dead, becoming a horror story that can stop a child's cries at night. Any creature below the True God level in the Realm of the Dead trembles upon hearing your name.

Furthermore, due to extracting part of the authority of the God of Death by killing and devouring True Gods, you are feared and loathed by all True Gods of the Netherworld, and there is a strong likelihood of being besieged by them.

They haven't acted against you immediately because the God of Death has not yet revived. Killing you before it happens could result in you fully replacing its place, becoming part of the Realm of the Dead's rules.

But this safety is only temporary. When the God of Death revives, its first bark will be the war horn of the Netherworld's True Gods against you]

"..."

Oh, this...

Looking at the new badge on his panel after the Death's guardians fled, Leon couldn't help but take a sharp breath, feeling a slight sense of weightlessness beneath his feet.

This damn… Is the revival of the Three-Headed Canine Deity the time for the Netherworld's gods to avenge?

"Leon?"

Seeing Leon's pupils suddenly contract and his face full of shock, the female reporter couldn't help asking:

"What's wrong with you? Why do you look so pale?"

"It's nothing…"

After slightly calming himself, Leon's cheeks twitched slightly as he said:

"I just suddenly remembered that the Canine Deity wasn't completely killed. Once it revives, it'll surely seek revenge on me, so I'm a bit worried."

"..."

You're worried about revenge?

Hearing Leon's response, the female reporter's cheeks couldn't help but twitch as well.

Previously, while working under the Aquarius Director, she had seriously considered Leon's information due to the attention on this "Enemy of Aquarius".

Back then, looking at those reports, she thought this person was a bit outrageous. Just having joined for less than a month, he dared to take on a holy spirit single-handed; seized the opportunity of searching for abnormal objects to take down over two hundred nobles in one go; soon after becoming official, he dared to storm into a Scales Gold Sect gathering, participating in missions against a True God;

Not long ago, he subdued a nightmare envoy alone, held the descending King of Nightmares at bay, released the Dream Eating Anomalous Carapace, and devoured half of the Dream Realm; now, right in front of Death's guardians, he devoured the Three-Headed Canine Deity live, highlighting an audacious and ruthless disregard, capable of anything when cornered.

Honestly speaking, although the proportion of madmen in the Clean-up Bureau is quite high, from Leon's extremely wild record, even among this sea of lunacy, he ranks among the craziest.

Yet someone like him, who seems to gamble his life daily, goes around radiating an air of death-defying bravery, and now he talks to me about worrying over revenge?

What a joke!

There are loads of people who want to kill you! Aquarius Director, the Goddess of Wealth, King of Nightmares, and Dream Realm's gods... Compared to those who would love to eat you alive, even if Angsi came back to life, they'd have to take their place in line first, right?

...

"I think you don't need to worry too much about this."

After holding back the flood of retorts surging to her lips, the female reporter awkwardly attempted to console:

"That's a rather distant event. Although the Aquarius Director left Canine Deity's authority without completely destroying it, it's not that easy for it to revive; it needs at least twenty to thirty years to do so, focus on more immediate concerns instead."

Twenty to thirty years, huh…

Hearing the reporter's comfort, Leon contemplated for a moment, and his expression improved a lot.

Although I've only been with the Clean-up Bureau for nearly three months, I've already acquired quite a number of abnormal objects, and my Contamination Value is nearing that of a Second-level Cleaner. In another twenty to thirty years, there's a chance I could occupy the Director's position.

Even if truly unlucky, becoming a branch director at the Zodiac Branch Office, like my current boss, shouldn't be too difficult. By then, if the Netherworld's True Gods want to mess with me, it means going against the entire Clean-up Bureau, meaning safety isn't a concern.

And these assumptions are conservative. If I truly showcase divine prowess, achieving the capability of exploding a group of gods single-handedly like my boss does, it might be my turn to actively hunt down those deadland deities for badges.

Hmm... Advantage is mine!

After weighing the current situation, Leon's slightly suspended heart settled back into place with a thump.

Just as he was about to speak further with the female reporter, a bright red point emerged from the deep gray mist outside the [Gate of the Deceased].

"Boom!"

With the fearful expressions of the dead, the sky outside the Gate of the Deceased burst open, and the frenzied aura of the living rushed in through the cracks, cleansing the area around the [Gate of the Deceased].

Then the vivid red in the mist bloomed suddenly, and the red-haired boss, full of fury, shot out from the mist like a missile tearing through the sky, with strange red tails formed by countless fiery hairs, fiercely blasting into the death realm, rapidly heading towards [Burial Garment Mirror Lake].

"..."

"..."

Damn!!!

Watching far away as the red-haired boss tore through the deathly gray sky, like a burning red comet crashing down toward [Burial Garment Mirror Lake], Leon's heart, which had just settled back in his chest, shot right up to his throat again.

Boss, I'm really touched by your urgent rush to save me, but please look below!

Although the traces left suggest I was taken away by [Flesh Female Deer], I was bitten off right after passing through the Gate of the Deceased, not even going further inside! Boss, please don't be impulsive!

Please don't take action! Uh... go ahead, take action if you must, but don't destroy someone's turf... Ah, this... fine, destroy it if you like, but just don't... My god! Now it's really game over!