Chapter 1380: Chapter 1230: A Pause in Secret Technique Study

It’s done!

Looking at the entire row of [Arcane Inheritor] badges on the panel, a hint of joy flashed in Leon’s eyes.

Perhaps due to the increase in his own Contamination Value, the progress in learning the thirteen secret techniques of the Bureau was much faster than he expected. It only took a few days to successfully obtain all the badges except for the Aries Secret Technique.

Now, as long as the problem with the Old Soil is resolved, and then he goes to Ring Time Mountain to rescue the Aries Director and Director Amendo, he can obtain another powerful strange-color badge, thus gaining an extra card to counter Number 1...

"Impossible!"

Looking at the two items... or rather, the two lumps on the table, and the scale that achieved perfect balance between the two lumps, the Libra Director, who had just returned to headquarters for two hours, felt a dizzying sensation, his thin arms trembling involuntarily.

No! This isn’t right! There must be something wrong!!!

Trembling, he pulled out the scale used for studying the [Anomalous Imbalance] secret technique of the Libra Star Palace and measured the balance of the two anomalous items again. Unable to comprehend the "Miracle" before him, the Libra Director, with veins bulging on his forehead, couldn’t help but exclaim:

"What I taught you was clearly the Imbalance Secret Technique! It’s about altering the efficacy of anomalous items by affecting their internal ratios... and you... you’ve changed these two anomalous items so much that they don’t even have a shape anymore, yet the scale shows zero deviation? Not even the tiniest shift?

And! Are you sure you really learned [Anomalous Imbalance]? I told you to use your imagination and transform two things with completely different ratios but from the same source; what are these two lumps you came up with? Aren’t they the same?"

"Uh... actually, there is a difference..."

Seeing that like the previous Scorpio, Virgo, and Lion directors, the Libra Director seemed a bit unable to accept reality, Leon hesitated for a moment, prepared to physically calm him down, and patiently explained:

"The original material you provided was [Evil Breath Candy]. I used the Anomalous Imbalance Secret Technique to break it apart into [Evil Breath] and [Candy]. The substitute for the former is something with a stench, and for the latter, another kind of candy.

And after doubling the material, I used the Libra Secret Technique to turn them into these two anomalous items, one called [Chocolate-Flavored Shit], the other [Shit-Flavored Chocolate], they’re indeed from the same source with completely different ratios, it should meet your requirements, right?"

"..."

If you put it that way... it doesn’t seem wrong, but what does this have to do with anomalous items?

"Of course it’s related."

Faced with the Libra Director’s skeptical gaze, Leon thought for a moment, pointed to the lump on the left, and said:

"This lump... this mass should be [Chocolate-Flavored Shit]. I completed the [Evil Breath] with chocolate, changing the flavor of the shit, making honey taste spicy, which is an anomaly in taste.

And this lump on the other side is [Shit-Flavored Chocolate]. This time I completed the [Candy] with shit, turning the candy into real shit, equivalent to turning coal into diamonds, which is a transformation on the essential level."

As he spoke, Leon hesitated slightly, then withdrew his hand and pointed to the right, adding uncertainly:

"It’s also possible that I didn’t judge accurately just now, maybe this one is actually [Chocolate-Flavored Shit], and the one on the left is [Shit-Flavored Chocolate]... uh... or maybe it’s the other way around?"

"..."

So you can’t even tell which lump is shit!!!

Feeling a surge of emotions from Leon’s answer, the originally kind-faced Libra Director gnashed his teeth with a ferocious expression:

"Then don’t you leave yet! So far, it’s all your inference, it doesn’t prove you really learned the Imbalance Secret Technique! I... I need to verify it!"

"Okay, sure."

Seeing that he didn’t pounce in a hysterical fit like the previous directors, Leon felt relieved, then stayed put, waiting patiently.

The most direct and effective way to determine if Leon truly mastered the secret technique was to check the properties of the two anomalous items and see if they had changed as he claimed.

After making considerable psychological preparations, the Libra Director took a deep breath, then clenched his fists, bracing himself, and cautiously leaned over to sniff the... chocolate on the left.

???

His nose was less than a fist away, yet he couldn’t smell anything, prompting the Libra Director to look up at Leon, who was standing across from him.

"Sorry, my use of the secret technique isn’t very proficient yet."

Reflecting on his operational process, Leon explained with an apologetic smile:

"I can only control limited ’elements,’ so I only extracted the core elements squeezed out, which were the sweet taste and... uh... that other taste, but I didn’t realign the scent, so you can’t smell anything."

Can’t smell anything?

After hearing Leon’s explanation, the Libra Director froze, his eyes suddenly filled with a deep sense of hopelessness as he looked at Leon.

Not being able to smell it means... you have to taste it?

"Perhaps you should just let it go?"

Feeling that he might have overdone it with his secret technique, Leon couldn’t help but persuade as he watched the Libra Director’s alternating blue and red face, clearly in a fierce internal struggle:

"I actually have other means to confirm whether I’ve learned the [Anomalous Imbalance] secret technique; there’s really no need for you to verify it this way... Oh shit, you’re really going to eat it!"

Seeing the pale Libra Director grab a lump of "chocolate," ready to shove it into his mouth without hesitation, the startled Leon quickly reached out to hold the Libra Director’s wrist and neck, forcefully stopping him.

"Let go!"

The restrained Libra Director struggled and roared with bloodshot eyes:

"This is definitely not the Libra Secret Technique! I’ve studied the Libra Secret Technique for decades, it’s definitely not like this!"

"Yes, yes, you’re right, I didn’t learn the Libra Secret Technique at all!"

"You saying so doesn’t count! It’ll only be known after I verify it!"

"But you don’t have to personally verify it!"

Fearing that the Libra Director, in a moment of madness, would actually eat all the chocolate and... chocolate on the table, Leon hurriedly advised:

"How about this, I’ll leave these two things here, and you can find a..."

"Can’t find anyone!"

The Libra Director shook his head vigorously, declining with a pale face:

"Even though the effects of these two things are trash, they were altered by you with all your might. Without 70 points of Contamination Value, just touching them would lead to complete contamination; at the minimum, a Column God is needed to barely maintain sanity. Where can we find a Column God qualified to eat them now?"