Me! Cleaner!.

Chapter 1262 An Unexpected Encounter

Is Leon the 'external force' that changes fate?
After hearing the explanation given by number 2, Frederica, the old ox stared in surprise, but after thinking about it for a moment, he felt that it was indeed the most reasonable explanation.

Leon has too many strange and peculiar traits, and he also possesses a whole host of bizarre abilities that I can't understand. In addition, he has strange ideas that are quite different from most people... In short, he really seems like an "outsider".

"Moo? (So, what are you going to do after you find him?)"

"I intend to burn everything I have and send him back to the most distant past."

"?!!!"

Under the astonished gaze of the old ox, Number 2, Frederica, closed her eyes and said:
"With all the roots on a timeline as fuel, plus me, who has been 'alive' from the past to the present and has spanned all of time as a beacon, it's enough to send him back to the very beginning."

Those who are subject to fate cannot change it, but those who come from outside of fate are different. If they could be sent back to the very beginning of the past, allowing 'fate' to complete her research ahead of time, perhaps everything would be different.

"Moo... (Then you...)"

“As I just said, I am the ‘beacon’ that guides his way, and also the ‘fuel’ that sends him back to the past. And the result of fuel is naturally just ashes.”

"Moo... Moo moo? (Does this mean... You're going to die? Why are you doing this?)"

"Maybe it's because I regret it?"

Sensing the fourteen roots that had fallen into complete silence after she left her original timeline, and recalling that utterly stagnant and decaying world, #2 Frederica opened her eyes again, her expression complex as she self-deprecatingly said:
"Maybe I've never truly known myself. The real me is more ruthless than I imagined, but also weaker than I thought... Alright, that's enough. I've told you everything I needed to tell you. Ah Huang, you should take me to find someone now."

"Moo?"

Faced with Frederica's urging, the old ox trembled slightly and then responded with a confused moo.

What are you talking about? Aren't I already taking you to find Lyon?
"Stop playing dumb."

Reaching out, she patted the old ox's slightly sweaty back and said helplessly, "..."

"I raised you myself. You may look honest and simple, but you're full of clever ideas... Ah Huang, the time turbulence you brought me to isn't the same one that Lyon went to, right?"

"Moo... (Hehe...)"

Even the best of us make mistakes. Sorry, I went the wrong way just now... But it's nothing serious. I didn't go too far astray, just a little bit.

After giving Frederica No. 2 an awkward moo, the old ox slowly turned its body around. Instead of leaving the new timeline, it switched to a nearby timeline, tried to push its head out, and then crawled out with Frederica No. 2 on its back.

Since Leon wasn't "sent" back this time, but rather actively entered a new timeline, he wasn't "located" to the Ring of Time. Similarly, No. 2 Fu and the old ox, who were chasing after him, didn't appear in the Ring of Time, but instead appeared in a city.

Sunlight streamed down, a gentle breeze blew, and on the spotless streets, a large number of demons hurried by... Wait a minute? Isn't something amiss?
Seeing the demons on the street dressed in human clothes, imitating human manners, and even walking in a "human-like" way, the Fu Niu duo couldn't help but be slightly taken aback.

When they followed the direction these demons were heading and saw the exaggerated statue, at least 500 meters tall, in the huge square in the center of the city, even Frederica No. 2 was stunned.

No... are you sure you only went a little off course just now?

Gazing at the statue of Leon in the distance, who was giving a thumbs-up and flashing a bright, sunny smile, Frederica frowned again and asked:
"Didn't he only recently enter this timeline? How come there's a statue of him? Did you accidentally travel to the future, decades from now?"

"..."

I don't understand! The fragments of Leon's soul were pointing this way...

After looking at Lyon's giant statue with equal bewilderment, Old Huangniu, who was more familiar with Lyon, suddenly realized what was happening and quickly explained:

"Moo moo moo! (No, no! This isn't the Leon we're chasing, this is another Leon, the original Leon from this timeline!)"

Another Lyon... Indeed, if you only look at the statue, it feels somewhat different.

Looking at the statue of Lyon in the square, laughing so freely and dressed in what appeared to be extremely ornate attire, Frederica No. 2 nodded slightly, acknowledging the old ox's assessment, and then asked:

"Then we don't need to worry about that. Right now, only Lyon on your side is confirmed to be an 'external force,' so he's still our primary target... What's the situation with the soul fragment you have? Where is he?"

Where is Lyon?
After sensing the state of that fragment of soul, and finding that it had fallen silent again, and seemed to be drifting away from the world, the old ox couldn't help but say awkwardly:
"Moo moo moo... Moo moo? (It seems he's gone again. Maybe we arrived a bit late, and he couldn't find a way home here, so he went to another timeline... But this isn't the Ring of Time, how did he get to another timeline?)"

"Never mind all that, let's catch up first."

"Moo...Moo...(This...I'm afraid we'll have to wait a while...)"

"What are you waiting for?"

"Moo (waiting for his soul fragments to adapt to the new timeline)"

The old ox explained helplessly:
"Moo moo moo... (I can't find him myself; it's all thanks to his soul fragments attracting him spontaneously. But souls incompatible with bodies don't react so quickly...)"

"No need to say anything more, just tell me how much longer it will take."

"Moo...Moo? (Um...two hours?)"

Two hours...that's not bad.

After nodding slightly to indicate that she could accept it, Frederica No. 2 was about to give some more instructions when she noticed that the huge statue in the distant square turned its head slightly, and then a pair of spiraled black goat horns grew from its head, looking at her position with malicious eyes.

"Who is it? How dare they invade the territory of the Great God of Original Sin?"

The Great Sin God Leon… So, the Leon of this world isn't human but a demon? However, the statue's aura doesn't seem like his; it's more like a lower-ranking demon left behind to "guard the house." Gazing at the colossal statue in the distance, engulfed in black flames and radiating an evil aura, Number 2 Frederica frowned. She then used her Astral Roots to envelop the old bull, teleporting him far away to another plane.

The most important thing right now is to find that 'external force' Lyon as soon as possible. We should avoid all this messy trouble, and it would be best to avoid any encounters with the "native Lyon". If the "native Lyon" gets too close, it will cause the soul fragments in Ah Huang's body to "malfunction".

"(Moo!) Alright, alright! Let's go!"

"Um……"

After glancing at the old ox who, in his haste, had reversed the sounds of "moo" and "human," Frederica No. 2 mobilized the fourteen roots in her hands and forcibly pulled the projection of the Ring Mountain over. Then, following the old ox's guidance, she entered another timeline.

When the Fu-Niu duo traveled through time again and arrived at a completely new world, what appeared before them was an endless expanse of deep water and a magnificent coral palace at the bottom of the ocean, whose grandeur was almost indescribable.

A colossal banner, nearly a hundred meters long, was tied horizontally to two branches at the very top of the coral palace. A former descendant of the Whirlpool Mermaids, holding a megaphone longer than his arm, was excitedly shouting:

"Fellow tribesmen! It is with the greatest honor of me to announce that my daughter Evangeline and that damned Lyon's child have turned one year old today! Who... are you?"

This is so troublesome...

After once again mobilizing the Astral Roots to complete the teleportation and avoiding the sea creatures celebrating Lyon's child's full moon, a somewhat troubled Frederica (Number 2) looked at the old ox and asked with a frown:

"What do you mean? This isn't him either?"

"Moo..."

"He left again? Went to another timeline? You still have to wait two hours?"

"Moo..."

Fine……

Having exhausted all other options, Frederica #2 sighed and dragged the projection of the Ring Mountain over again. After the old ox's "CD" finished spinning, she followed it and completed her third jump, and then...

"War! The world may change, but war and law will remain forever! The great and benevolent father, Lyon, is about to lead his army to punish the world and use giant ships and cannons to wipe out all lawless elements!"

"Dear followers of the God of Wealth! Yesterday, the God of Gold issued a divine decree to use his wealth to buy the entire Heavenly Mountain, hire all the angels as helpers, and distribute benefits to all family members at 8 PM on Singles' Day, first come, first served!"

"The evil rebels are staging a coup; a despicable villain has seized supreme power; an ambitious man is about to become the thirteenth king; the King of the Curtain will arrive at the meeting tomorrow to speak; His Excellency Lyon has graced the gathering of the Twelve Kingdoms with his presence and has offered several pieces of guidance."

"The current president of the Witches' Society, the greatest astrologer of all time, Lord Lyon, says that his astrology is absolutely correct; the problem is that the stars are not in their proper places. Therefore, he plans to go to the Old Earth next Thursday to straighten out that unruly star and put it back on the right track."

"Eat shit!!! That damned Cleanup Bureau is a traitor! They actually violated the Shit-Free Treaty and sent out the Shit-Eating Duo before our King Slaughter Society even attempted to destroy the world! Shit God Amin and Food God Leon have already set out! We... ugh... run! Run now!"

"..."

What kind of bizarre timelines are these?!

Looking at Leon, who had dragged an entire "sea of ​​excrement" into the distance and drowned thirty true gods in it, and Frederica, number 2, who had concealed her form with the help of the Root, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. Then, with a black line on his face, he patted the old ox's back.

"Ah Huang... are you really taking me to find Leon?"

I searched, I really searched! But who knows what went wrong with him? He's traveled through so many worlds and didn't even stop to look, just glanced at everything and left. There's nothing I can do about it...

Sensing the anger of Frederica No. 2 on his back, the old ox could only wear a mournful expression and frantically began to rub the few fragments of soul Leon had left behind. Then, following the subtle fluctuations, he dragged Frederica No. 2 back into the new timeline, and then solemnly promised:
"Moo moo moo! (It's definitely true! This time it's definitely true! I swear on my bull's head!)"

You'd better...

Recalling the chaotic timelines she had encountered on her journey to find Ang over the past half-day, Frederica No. 2, who was feeling somewhat tense, took a deep breath and then looked up at the new world. Everything before her was different from the previous chaos and seemed exceptionally beautiful.

Grass and woodland, mountain rocks and clear springs, a girl in a white dress dancing gracefully among orchids, and a handsome young man clapping and laughing lightly outside the flower bushes... handsome in a way that isn't particularly obvious.

"So beautiful... I wasn't talking about the dance moves."

In the deathly silence of the Fu-Niu duo, Leon reached out to Fu-3 from afar, pulled her out of the flower bushes, and then gazed at Fu-3's flushed cheeks, admiring her with deep affection:

"Frederica, do you know what? There seems to be... a cow in your eyes?"

Seeing Leon, who trembled violently upon seeing them and immediately prepared for battle with a surge of scattered Origin Power, Fu No. 2 and Old Ox couldn't help but shudder. They then simultaneously revealed an even more tense expression than before.

Judging from his reaction, this should be genuine without a doubt, but... what the hell are you doing?
……

Of course, I had my reasons for doing this...

Looking at the strange-looking old ox across from him, and the other Frederica with an extremely complicated expression, Leon couldn't help but open his mouth subconsciously.

In the sea creature world I visited before, I asked my son, but he said there were too many sons who had lost their fathers, and he didn't know which one I was, so he couldn't help me. The only one who could send me back to my original world was Frederica.

Considering that Frederica is the guardian of Mount Chronosphere, essentially the "queen" of Mount Chronosphere, Mount Chronosphere can be considered her property, and I happen to have a "freeloader" badge that allows me to mooch off the queen's property.

So as long as I coax her to Huan Shi Mountain, then hug her from behind and activate [The Man Behind the Queen (Milk White)], I can gain the right to use that [Shi Mu Tower] and use it to find my way home.

So I was just eager to get back, and my methods were a little underhanded. I wasn't some perverted lecher trying to deceive the naive Fu No. 3... But looking at your expressions, I feel like there's no need to explain anymore...

(End of this chapter)