I! Cleaner!
Chapter 156 - 156: 135 Who would seriously play a game of sneaking in_1

"Not bad, so far, everything is smooth."

Struggling slightly as he emerged from the rose bushes, Leon looked at the magenta six-story building not far away. Having successfully infiltrated Rose Manor, he couldn't help but nod in satisfaction.

Although Redwood Avenue was chaotic, with people searching for his whereabouts everywhere, with the soul vision from the Black Goat, he merely took a slightly roundabout route and successfully avoided them.

The sentries at Rose Manor were the same. Although the guards of the Marseille family were fairly diligent, he opened the "full map cheat." Once the patrols left, he simply walked through the woods for a bit, climbed over two walls, and entered the heart of Rose Manor.

According to Lady Lisa's directions, all he needed to do next was to bypass the magenta main building in the courtyard and enter the four-story low-rise on the east wing of the manor to successfully rescue those inside... huh?

Seeing the soul vision filled with a disorderly crowd of souls, Leon frowned slightly. But before he could react, the alarm bells in the manor were rung by someone. Two glaring xenon lamps were lit up, shining like giant spotlights in a dance floor, beginning to sweep wildly towards the southwest corner of the rose garden.

It was daytime...

Looking at the two bright lights obviously aimed at him, Leon's expression darkened a bit. If the Marseille family didn't customarily hold parties during the day, then it meant his infiltration had been discovered. Moreover, it seemed he was utterly exposed, with the opposition even pinpointing his approximate location.

"This way!"

"Follow the lights!"

"Spread out! Keep formation!"

"Don't let him escape!"

Hearing the increasing clamor and seeing the souls swiftly approaching in his soul vision, Leon, whose infiltration had failed, immediately began plotting his next move.

If he retreated... his current position was in the heart of Rose Manor, and the guards were all advancing towards the point of light. If he turned back to retreat, not only would he have to run a significant distance, but he'd also likely crash into the thickest circle of envelopment.

And the straight-line distance between him and the target was only three or four hundred meters. At his maximum speed, that distance could be covered in just slightly over half a minute.

So he could completely choose to continue moving forward, passing through the main building, rescuing the hostage by breaking the wall, and then leaving from the other side of the manor. This way, he could both complete the mission and avoid the swarming guards... no time to waste, charge!

Taking a second to assess the current situation, Leon made a split-second decision to continue forward, sprinting out of the rose garden towards the main building. After just a few breaths, he reached the bottom of the main building.

"Bang!"

Blasting the window open with the help of the Holy Spirit pendant, Leon smoothly flipped through the window thanks to the parkour badge's enhancement. He entered what was probably the kitchen, and, under the shocked gazes of several chefs, he barreled out of the kitchen door, dashed through a hallway, and stormed into the first-floor foyer.

"What's happening?"

"What the heck?"

"What are you doing... ow!"

Ignoring the disturbed individuals, Leon maintained his high speed as he sprinted through the foyer, kicking over a tall old man with a purple-black soul. Without stopping, he charged into the opposite hallway, burst into what was likely a servant's lounge, and amidst the screams of several young maids, broke out through another window.

In about ten seconds flat, Leon barreled through the main building, continuing on to the low-rise in the east wing. Simultaneously, he gripped the Holy Spirit pendant tightly.

"Boom!"

With an intense blast, the wall on the second floor of the east wing low-rise exploded. The woman inside, who had been attempting to pick a lock, let out a terrified scream as Leon swooped in and slung her over his shoulder. He then charged out of the room.

"Ah!"

"Boom!"

"Don't!"

"Boom!"

"I'm going to die!"

"Boom!"

Amidst the woman's screams on his shoulder, Leon tore through four walls, leaping off the other side of the low-rise into the surrounding woods of the manor. He only needed to run another seven or eight hundred meters to reach the outer fence of Rose Manor.

Perfect!

Carrying the woman forward a bit longer, completely ditching all pursuers, Leon finally allowed a faint smile as he eyed the nearby fence of the manor.

He had done it; despite some hiccups along the way, he had managed to escape unscathed. Next, he only needed to return Charl Department Store's young lady, and his mission would be complete.

"Wait... wait a minute... um..."

Just as Leon took a deep breath and opened the iron fence ahead, the woman on his shoulder finally recovered from the harrowing escape and chase.

Though she didn't know Leon's identity, or even what he looked like, since he had rescued her from Rose Manor, he definitely wasn't one of Marseille's men, and was likely someone her father had sent to save her.

After catching her breath, suppressing the nausea from being jostled about, the young heiress kidnapped mid-move held her mouth and gently patted Leon's back.

"Who... who are you?"

"..."

*Right, because of the unexpected events during the operation, the infiltration and rescue had turned into a forced breakout, and there was no time to explain his identity or tell her he was sent by her father.*

After glancing back toward Rose Manor and confirming that no one would catch up soon, Leon set the thoroughly jostled woman on the ground, helping her balance before answering:

"I am sent by yo—huh?"

Before Leon could finish, the woman in front of him suddenly vanished, replaced by an intimidating woman with large eyes and several incredulous old men.

Witnessing Leon's wild dash from upstairs, and finally deciding to ask the brown-robed woman to step in, the few were also caught off guard by his unorthodox "introduction," leading both sides into a brief silence due to the unforeseen developments.

Shortly after, it was the experienced brown-robed woman who first reacted, smiling towards the promising new Duke of Lionheart in front of her, offering her goodwill.

"I am the Bishop of the Scales Gold Sect's Fortune branch. You may address me as—"

"Bang!"

While touching the forehead of the Black Goat to see if these people were good or bad, Leon didn't hesitate for even a second upon hearing the words Scales Gold Sect. Directly activating the Holy Spirit pendant, he blasted her head into pulp like a smashed watermelon.

Dying so suddenly, the brown-robed woman's soul hadn't even reacted, still hovering cluelessly in place. A massive question mark floated up from her purple-black soul.

*It was indeed not that simple, seemingly an ambush!*

Although unsure of the situation, Leon, having killed the Holy Spirit of the Scales Gold Sect, and long having formed a blood feud with them, swiftly turned his gaze to the remaining members of the Scales Gold Sect, clutching the Holy Spirit pendant tightly again.