Me! Cleaner!.

Chapter 1249 Another Escapee?
Could you talk about Lyon at other times?
Looking at Frederica's curious expression, Lezi the Donkey, whose body was now shimmering with starlight, rolled his eyes and immediately agreed without hesitation:

"Okay, but in exchange..."

"Letting you go is impossible."

Seemingly knowing what Lezi Donkey was about to say, Frederica preemptively blocked him:

"Since you've been in contact with me in other timelines, you must already know that guarding the Ring Mountain and preventing escapees from replacing themselves in different worlds is my mission."

Moreover, each of us should be like me, intending to defeat all the remnants of the Root, gather all the Roots into one place, and completely complete the ultimate mission. Now that I've finally captured you, there's no way I'm going to let you go.

"Tsk."

Faced with Frederica's rejection, Lezi Donkey's face immediately fell, and he muttered unhappily:
"What mission or not? All the pillar gods under your command want to become transcendent beings, but you haven't interfered with any of them, have you?"

"Those are two different things."

Frederica beckoned to the bewildered Sovereign of All Spirits, drawing him over from afar, and then shook her head, saying:
"Although the Transcendent and you Escapers may look similar, their transcendence is limited to themselves and will not affect my completion of the ultimate mission. However, the departure and entry of you Escapers will directly cause the original world to be missing."

With each escapee like you added, the chances of completing the ultimate mission diminish, so even if I'm extremely interested in Leon's secrets, I can't use them to trade with you.

"Fine……"

Faced with Frederica's obvious stubbornness, the Star Lord could only click his tongue, think for a moment, and then speak:

"Then I'll change the condition. If you want to know information about that kid, you have to tell me first why you're so interested in him?"

"Because he is the biggest obstacle to me completing my ultimate mission."

After seizing the approaching Sovereign of All Spirits and snapping his neck, Frederica answered earnestly:
"You captured Number 11, and I captured you. So, as long as we deal with you and the real Number 2 who you imprisoned here, there won't be many people left who still control the Root."

Aside from me, there are only three others left: Leon, Number 4 who is allied with Leon, and Number 5 who is controlled by Leon. Among these three, Leon is the sole core figure, so naturally I will pay close attention to him.

"Isn't it right?"

Lezi Donkey was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, and then retorted:

"Isn't there still number 10? Him and the Earth Origin he possesses... Hiss..."

After sizing up Frederica in front of him, Lezi Donkey raised his front hoof and slapped his thigh in frustration.

"No wonder you only came to arrest me now! You had already been to the boundless wilderness before entering the spiritual realm?"

"Ah."

Frederica nodded and admitted with a smile:
"Number 11 is plotting against Number 12 and your Suspended Star Gorge, while you are eyeing the spiritual realm that Number 11 has built up. Number 4 has left the old land to cause trouble for Leon in the present world, and Leon is probably also focused on preventing Number 4 from causing trouble."

Everyone who could stop me was preoccupied with their own interests, and no one cared about the situation on the 10th. How could I miss such a good opportunity to make my move?

"..."

So... after you woke up last time, you didn't continue to absorb the source, but just waited for more than five months, until everyone was too busy to care about you, and then you went to the boundless wilderness to ambush Number 10?
As for why Number 10 didn't immediately call for help from himself and Number 4 after being ambushed... given his speaking speed of only one word every two years on average, he probably wouldn't have even had a chance to shout before he was gone...

"Hahaha!"

Just as Lezi's donkey-like expression froze, the Lord of All Spirits, whose neck was twisted to the right, seemed to have seen something amusing and couldn't help but burst into laughter. He then tilted his head and imitated the scene with schadenfreude:

"Sigh, we descendants of the Roots are really something. It's always one of us killing the other or the other harming us. If one person is thinking about completing the ultimate mission, the others will scheme against each other to protect themselves. It's so boring every day... Number 2, isn't it your turn to say your last words this time?"

"What the hell are you laughing at!"

The words he had said not long ago were being used against him by the idiot who had caused his downfall. Lezi Donkey's smirk vanished instantly, and he glared angrily at the smug-faced Lord of All Spirits.

"If you fall into Number One's hands, you will only face death. But if Number One wants another version of himself to complete the ultimate mission, then he can't really kill me. At most, he can only strip me of most of my origins and memories, and then throw me back to the original time through the Ring Mountain!"

Even if I suffer terribly later, it'll still be better than you dying right now, right? Besides, if you hadn't been so stupid as to try and penetrate my mental domain without even breaking the alliance, would I have fallen into her hands?

"hehe."

Faced with Lezi Donkey's retort, the Sovereign of All Spirits couldn't help but sneer and retort:

"I'm not breaking the alliance because it's unnecessary! Once I've connected the spiritual realm and the astral plane, even if Number One manages to enter through the alliance, she won't be able to do anything to me. If it weren't for you, I would have succeeded long ago!"

"Stop arguing, you two are actually about the same."

Watching the Lezi Donkey and the All-Spirit Ruler bickering, Frederica shook her head, raised her hand and beckoned to the slain body of the All-Spirit Ruler, extracting a dreamlike source of illusion, and then dispelling the lighthouse mark mixed within it.

"When I handed over the Dream Source, I also left a small mark inside. As long as the Astral Realm and the Spiritual Realm begin to connect, I can temporarily separate the Dream Source and then come over in time to catch the two of you."

So whether you dissolve the alliance or not, the outcome is the same for both of you. The only difference is the order in which you get caught; in the end, I will still win.

"..." x2
"Alright, answer my question now."

With a flick of her finger, she shattered the Sovereign of All Spirits, who seemed about to say something, into nothing more than basic spiritual energy. Then, while rummaging through the countless spirits that had fallen after the Sovereign's "death," Frederica urged him on:

“I’ve already told you why I’m interested in Lyon; now it’s your turn to tell me about him.”

"That won't work."

After glancing at the countless spirits left behind after the death of the Lord of All Spirits, Lezi Donkey shook his head and refused:
"You're not telling the truth, so our deal is invalid."

"?"

Upon hearing this, Frederica paused slightly in her movements, then turned to look at the Star Lord, frowning as she said:

"Everything I said is true."

"I didn't say you were lying."

Knowing he couldn't escape, Lezi the donkey raised his hoof and tapped the star fragments beneath him, saying:
"What you said is true, but you haven't finished speaking. The reason you're interested in that kid is definitely not just because of some major obstacle. There must be something else... Number 1, tell me the truth!"

With a single hoof shattering the star fragments beneath its feet, "Native Number 2" was released. The escapee's two donkey-like eyes stared intently at Frederica, asking expectantly:
"What's going on with this Lyon? Is he also a fugitive like me, who slipped in from another time when you weren't looking?" "..."

So you don't know the situation either? You were just trying to get information from me?
Seeing that the Star Lord had asked the question she most wanted to ask, Frederica frowned, then raised her right hand without hesitation and squeezed the Lezi Donkey hard.

Just before she made her move, the native donkey, who had been forcibly imprisoned by the escaped donkey, managed to break free from the Star Prison and howled furiously with its neck raised.

"Ugh—ugh—(Damn it! You've kept me locked up for so long! You… wait, wait?!)"

Feeling the rapidly draining astral energy within him, looking at the astral and spiritual realms that had already been opened up around him, and gazing at Frederica, who looked somewhat annoyed, the unfortunate native donkey remained silent for a moment before looking at his other self with disbelief in his eyes.

"You??? I finally got out, and I haven't even had a chance to watch anything yet, and now I'm about to be taken down by Number One? You son of a bitch..."

"Look at you, what are you in such a hurry for?"

Seemingly worried that the local donkey would pounce on him and fight him, the escaped donkey quickly backed away, then cheerfully promised:

"We're basically the same person, how could you not know me? The fun I promised you is definitely coming... Number 1, I'll tell you what Leon was doing at other times, can you spare my life?"

Seemingly worried that Frederica would refuse, the escapee donkey quickly added:

"Don't worry, you can take the Roots as you wish. All the Astral Roots are yours. You don't need to give him any freedom; just let him watch for fun... How about this deal?"

"can."

After a moment's thought, Frederica nodded, and then, to the native donkey's utter bewilderment, she waved her hand and shattered its shell, turning it into countless glittering starlight. She then conjured a clear dream and flicked it towards the native donkey's will.

"Boom"

With a soft popping sound like a soap bubble, the bewildered local donkey, having been killed, was resurrected in a small dream, still looking bewildered. It was then pulled to Frederica's side by a rope that suddenly appeared in her hand.

"No... this is the fun you promised?"

After the two donkeys looked at each other for a moment, and then at the rope tied to their noses, the native donkey turned its head to look at its other self, and said with a speechless expression:

"You said there would definitely be a lot of fun to see, which is why I didn't choose to die with you back then, and instead chose to be locked up and wait."

So what you called a great joke was that you used my identity to mess around, causing me to be caught and killed by Number One, and then resurrected as her mount.

Also, I'm a donkey, okay? Number 1, is that nose ring for tethering a cow? And the size is wrong too! Are you... um?

"Okay, let's talk."

After silencing the incessant chatter of the native donkey, Frederica looked at the escapee donkey, whose life force had been reduced to a mere sliver, and urged him:

"Tell me, what was the situation with Lyon at other times? Why didn't they disguise themselves as Number 3?"

"I don't know."

"???"

“I visited over a hundred different places, but I didn’t run into him at any of them. It wasn’t until I got here that I first learned about him.”

He spread his hands towards Frederica... and after stomping his hoof, the escaped donkey chuckled:
"As you know, I'm an escapee! If I were caught by you, the one guarding the Ring Mountain, I would definitely be sent back to that boring world. So I never stayed in any world for too long. I just had some fun, grabbed some sources, and ran away."

The reason I even considered staying here is because I saw a fake Number 3, and I thought there would be some new fun to be had. Otherwise, I would have left long ago!

"..."

"But don't be angry. Although I don't know what the situation is like in the other parts of Lyon, I saw something interesting when I was climbing up from your mountain."

Having successfully outmaneuvered Frederica and avenged himself, the amused donkey raised its hoof and chuckled as it added:
“You know what? I’m not the first person to escape from here… When I climbed up, I found signs of climbing in the Ring Mountain, which proves that someone else climbed out of here before me. Can you guess who it was?”

"I guess……"

Looking at the mysterious-looking donkey in front of her, Frederica remained silent for a moment before answering:

"I bet you don't know who he is either."

"Tsk...you got it right."

The Star Lord, having failed in his attempt to clown off, slumped down with displeasure and nodded.

"After I caught myself in this world, I searched everywhere for quite a long time, but I still couldn't find out who the other escapee was. However, I think that kid is the most suspicious."

"Leon?"

"That's right."

Lezi the donkey snorted:

“I haven’t seen him at other times, but he’s here at this time. At other times, number 3 is someone else, but he’s the one impersonating number 3 at this time. He’s naturally the most suspicious… Isn’t that what you think too?”

Lezi Donkey raised its hoof and pointed at the spirit body that the Lord of All Spirits had "burst out," saying with a regretful expression:
"If I'm not mistaken, you're planning to find 'Deer Spirit' and then have Deer Spirit go to the real world to report that you've captured me and Number 12 in this world, and trick that kid who doesn't know the relationship between Deer Spirit and the Ruler of All Spirits into coming here."

As for where to lure him... Mount Huanshi, right?

"I do intend to do so."

After sifting through more than ten thousand spirits, Frederica finally identified the deer spirit that had been disguised as the ruler of all spirits and answered:

"Only those who possess the Root can climb out of the Ring of Time. If Leon is indeed an escapee, then I can't just deal with him directly. I need to send him and the Root he carries back to ensure that my other self can complete his mission normally..."

"Alright, Number 2, you've been dragging this out for so long, you must have other plans. So what are you waiting for? Are you waiting for Leon and Number 4 to come and rescue you?"

　2…1…emmm…Or2…

　　
　
(End of this chapter)