As Ato walked along the road, he suddenly felt a chill. He stopped and sharply scanned his surroundings, but did not notice anything unusual.
He could not help feeling that something was strange. "What is this faint sense of unease coming from?"
He always felt like someone was coveting his precious treasure.
But what treasure could a rough man like himself possibly have?
Shaking his head, Ato continued forward.
Thinking of how Mobius had promised that after he got in touch with Levi, she would specially arrange for Blanca to go on vacation with him, he could not help feeling happy.
Even his footsteps became much lighter.
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[In The Chat Group]
[Do you know why Ato suddenly wants to see me?]
Levi asked Ellie in the group.
Although it was perfectly normal for his future father-in-law to want to see him, Levi still chose to ask Ellie the reason, while also doing some preparation and bringing some gifts over.
[I'm not sure.], Ellie replied.
She had heard that Ato had gone to Mobius some time ago to undergo a drug trial, and as a result, something had gone wrong with his body. He had been resting all this time, and she had not seen him at all.
The training of the members under him had also been handed over to Ellie.
When he suddenly came looking for her this time, she had thought he was looking for her, but it turned out he had come looking for Levi.
Ellie rubbed her chin. [I guess it might be because the secret manuals you gave him worked, and his relationship with Blanca has progressed further, so he wants to ask you for advice about relationships.]
Could that really be the case?
Levi did not believe it.
As the author who had personally fabricated those secret manuals, Levi knew exactly what kind of nonsense they were.
He would even despise using them as toilet paper.
If Ato really came looking for him because of that, then he definitely was not coming to ask him for relationship advice. He was coming to demonstrate a Deliberate Punch on him.
However, he had not charged Ato anything. He had only asked for a "harmless" blessing.
For Ato, that was nowhere near enough reason to demonstrate a Deliberate Punch on him.
Well, for the Ato of today, at least.
Afterward, that might not be the case.
So Ato absolutely could not be coming to see him because of the secret manuals.
[Went to Mobius to undergo a drug trial.]
Noticing this sentence in Ellie's message, Levi suddenly guessed that the drug trial Ato had undergone was precisely that laxative he had taken before.
That thing had made even a Herrscher like him go to the toilet twice after getting home.
If an ordinary human like Ato took it, he was probably going to be completely drained from diarrhea.
No wonder the Flame-Chasers had agreed to let him rest.
For a moment, Levi took some pleasure in his misfortune.
Realizing that he was feeling this way, Levi hurriedly put his palms together and silently recited Amitabha ten times.
Taking pleasure in his future father-in-law's misfortune was not the behavior of a "true gentleman".
Levi opened his eyes and looked at Ellie's message again.
Rubbing his chin, he had a new guess as to why Ato suddenly wanted to see him.
Because of Mobius.
She had discovered the problem with his body.
That was why she had used Ato to have Ellie contact him and tell him that Ato wanted to see him.
In reality, it was Mobius who wanted to see him.
Then...
He definitely could not refuse.
Who could refuse the big big big big big... Snake?
This was not the flat flat flat flat flat... Snake from the Elysian Realm fifty thousand years later. There was no comparison.
Super Giant Snake.
That was an epic-level buff, basically.
"Mm~ So hungry..."
Levi looked toward Bailu, who was talking in her sleep. Even while asleep, she was still muttering about being hungry.
Three-quarters of the trash in the trash can beside the table consisted of the garbage left behind from the fried tofu she had eaten.
It was hard to imagine how her little belly could hold so much fried tofu.
Could it be connected to another dimension?
"Hm?"
Just as Levi was about to withdraw his gaze and continue searching through the cabinet, he suddenly noticed the unnaturally bulging pillow.
His brows immediately furrowed.
He lifted it up, and sure enough, the mask he had asked Bailu to deliver to Jing Yuan was under the pillow.
"I knew it!"
A cold smile hung at the corner of Levi's mouth.
His pocket was perfectly intact, so how could that thing have suddenly fallen onto the floor?
And he had not noticed it at all.
He had only discovered it when it fell onto the floor and made a sound.
Picking up the mask, he stared into its hollow eyes.
There was clearly nothing behind the mask. Through the eyes, he should have been able to see the wall behind it, but the back of this mask seemed to be connected to somewhere else.
The eye sockets were pitch-black.
It seemed as though hundreds or thousands of eyes were staring at him from within.
Levi calmly examined the mask in his hand. Last time, he had only taken a quick look before having Bailu take it to Jing Yuan.
Looking at it carefully this time immediately made him think of a name.
The Fool's Mask.
A Curio from playing the Simulated Universe.
Both eyes curved upward, and the corners of its mouth were raised high.
Just looking at it made it possible to imagine someone laughing loudly.
As though infected by the aura of the Elation, the corners of Levi's mouth also began to rise, except that what appeared was still his usual cold smile.
"What a nice mask... It's just right for putting in the toilet.", As he spoke, he walked toward the bathroom, threw the mask into the toilet, and pressed the flush button.
Watching the mask being flushed into the sewer, Levi sighed at how impressive the technology of the Luofu was.
"Even something this big can be flushed down..."
Levi dropped a few other things of various sizes into it and pressed the flush button several times. Surprisingly, it did not get stuck.
He turned and returned outside, only to see the mask standing abruptly on the table. His expression slowly became silent.
So that's why it didn't get stuck. It never went down in the first place.
Holding the mask, he tried several more times, but still could not get rid of it. After thinking for a moment, Levi took out his jade omen and called Herta.
Two seconds later, the call connected, and Herta's voice came from the other end.
"Madam Herta, I..."
"I was just about to contact you."
Herta interrupted Levi. "I have an urgent matter here that requires the cooperation of people from your Divination Commission..."
'Requires people from the Divination Commission to cooperate?!'
Levi instinctively blurted out, "I'll contact Diviner Qingque right away and have her contact you."
Qingque, who was processing data reports, suddenly shuddered. Her eyes were bewildered as she looked around.
Looking at the Diviners rushing back and forth, she scratched her head and continued handling the work at hand.
'I'll go to the bathroom and slack off for a while after I finish this.'
"You're not from the Divination Commission?"
After a moment of silence, Herta asked Levi this question.
"I'm very sorry, Madam Herta. I forgot to inform you.", Levi spoke with a serious expression.
"I'm now a Cloud Knight's Envoy of Patrol. I'm no longer a Diviner of the Divination Commission."
"Whatever, you come to me... Forget it, I'll go to you."
"How could I trouble Madam Herta to come looking for me? Are you at home right now? I'll be there immediately.", Levi spoke in an ingratiating voice, pinching his throat.
"No need."
The voice came from two directions.
Levi glanced at the jade omen in his hand, then raised his head toward the tightly closed door. The shadow shining through the crack showed that someone was outside.
Levi glanced at the mask on the table and threatened it fiercely, "You'd better behave yourself. Don't think I really have no way to deal with you."
It was only a mask, not the body of a Aeon. He did not believe it could withstand the tearing force of a black hole.
Hearing the knocking at the door, Levi immediately put on a smile.
"Coming, coming."
"..."