Chapter 1251

Cleaning Bureau Headquarters, in a small conference hall named the Shade Room.

"Everyone, Director Sagittarius and I have summoned you here this time because there are several very important matters that need to be notified to you as soon as possible."

With the main seat vacant, Director Taurus, sitting in the second seat, looked around at the eighty-plus virtual shadows summoned and informed them with a complex expression:

"First of all, according to the investigation by the Scorpio branch, the Gemini branch located in the Kroke Kingdom has been confirmed to be completely destroyed. Nearly half of its members were killed or imprisoned, and the rest were also subjected to soul-level enslavement. Only one person, the original Gemini branch first-level cleaner Nicole Koroman, was spared."

"?!!!"

Although they knew that with the headquarters self-isolating, temporarily summoning all branch directors to participate in a remote meeting must mean something incredible had happened, but for it to be so explosive right from the start was still beyond everyone's expectations.

Facing such shocking news, all the branch directors of the Cleaning Bureau, although their true bodies were not present and they couldn't "whisper to each other," still had shocked eyes flying everywhere, and some had even secretly started "private chats."

"Everyone, please keep quiet!"

After clapping his hands forcefully to forcibly cut off the 'private chats' between all the branch directors, Director Taurus said with an unpleasant expression:

"Regarding this matter, you can discuss it yourselves after the meeting. What we need to do now is to discuss what to do about the vacant Gemini branch!"

What to do about the vacant Gemini branch?

After hearing Director Taurus's words, a virtual shadow with a somewhat hunched figure in the seats of the Twelve Zodiac branches coughed twice and then raised his hand:

"Lord Taurus, Boris, the director of the Furnace branch, broke through 60 points of Leon value twenty years ago and can directly fill the vacancy and take on the responsibility of rebuilding the Gemini branch."

After hearing the hunched shadow's words, a group of virtual shadows suddenly realized, then raised their arms one after another and recommended one after another:

"Lord Taurus, I recommend Anduin, the director of the Goblet branch!"

"I also recommend Boris of the Furnace branch!"

"Lord Taurus! The Compass branch self-recommends!"

"Silence!"

After clapping his hands again to interrupt the recommendations of the virtual shadows, Director Taurus couldn't help but glance at the seats of the Virgo branch, then said:

"The situation this time is a bit complicated. It's not just a matter of directly selecting someone to fill the vacancy."

Although most of the cleaners of the Gemini branch were saved, many of them participated in the rebellion initiated by Director Aquarius and had a large number of violations, all of which need to be slowly investigated and held accountable.

In addition, it wasn't just the Gemini branch that had problems. Prince Andre, the third prince of the Kroke Kingdom, also colluded with Director Aquarius and killed the vast majority of the royal family members... Forget it, Edward!"

After calling out to Director Scorpio, Director Taurus raised his hand to support his forehead and said helplessly:

"You are the leader of this investigation mission. You should be the one to talk about the situation in the Kroke Kingdom."

"Okay..."

After responding, Director Scorpio's virtual shadow stood up, hesitated slightly, and then confessed directly:

"Everyone, the Kroke Kingdom is gone."

"?!!!"

Facing the bombshell thrown by Director Scorpio, the bodies of all the virtual shadows present trembled in unison, and the red-haired director sitting opposite him widened her eyes unconsciously, a feeling of extreme ominous foreboding suddenly surging in her heart.

"Lord Edward?"

After a long time, the hunched shadow who first recommended a candidate broke the silence, his voice full of shock: "Can you explain it more clearly? What exactly is the situation with the Kroke Kingdom?"

"The Kroke Kingdom... has been completely destroyed."

Director Scorpio lowered his head slightly and said:

"Although the 1.3 million citizens are all still there, over 99% of the territory has been completely incinerated, almost all royal family members have died, and the only remaining princess has no intention of inheriting the throne and has surrendered to others on behalf of the Kroke royal family. The Kroke Kingdom is completely gone."

"This..."

Even though they had some psychological preparation, after hearing the ending of the Kroke Kingdom, everyone present couldn't help but gasp, and the hunched figure who spoke first asked incredulously:

"Lord Edward! Can you please explain to us why the Kroke Kingdom was still completely destroyed with you there to hold the line?"

"..."

Because I was careless for a moment, was ambushed and almost died, then was forcibly controlled, fought fiercely with the surviving cleaners on our side, and finally, after being saved with great difficulty, I fell asleep again. By the time I woke up, the Kroke Kingdom was already gone. Not only did I not help at all, but I added a lot of trouble...

If I explain it like that, I might as well have died directly in the Kroke Kingdom!

Just then, Director Scorpio's clothes were tugged, and a virtual shadow flashed out from behind him.

"Branch directors, Director Edward's injuries have not yet healed, so let me explain the next part."

After bowing halfway to the big shots, Leon, who was brought into the meeting by Director Scorpio, said:

"I am also a member of this investigation team. This investigation mission was extremely dangerous. The enemies we had to face were not only the King-Slaying Society, which targets royal families of various countries, but even the royal family itself, which should have been protected.

Director Edward noticed the abnormality in advance, so he specially divided the team into two. I was responsible for protecting Princess Felia, who had already been saved, and Senior Alger, a first-level cleaner, was specially left behind, while he led the team to continue the extremely dangerous investigation.

After being ambushed and plotted against, he first tried his best to resist the enemy's control, buying time for me and Senior Alger, and keenly noticed the problem with the control method. Relying on the tacit understanding between him and me, he cleverly broke free from the enemy's shackles.

Even when he discovered that his soul had been tampered with, he risked soul damage afterward and resolutely let me swallow his soul, providing the important power that helped me and others break free from the danger and finally turn the tables..."

Those who could reach the position of branch director generally had decent intelligence. Therefore, after listening to Leon's account of the entire investigation mission, the dozens of branch directors' virtual shadows exchanged glances, and then saw a look of realization on each other's faces.

So... greedy for merit and advancing rashly, suffering an ambush, miserably controlled, lying down until the end?

Regardless of how hard this new kid tried to cover for him, judging from the facts, Edward was definitely the one dragging his feet in this investigation mission. The person who really shouldered the burden was probably this kid he brought along.

"So that's how it is..."

After glancing at Leon, who had retreated behind Director Scorpio after explaining the situation, considering that if he encountered such a situation, he would probably flip his car just like Edward, the hunched shadow didn't continue to ask, but chose to give Director Scorpio some face, nodded and said:

"Then that really can't blame Edward. The enemy this time was indeed too tricky. In order to ensure the Watchtower was not affected, incinerating the Kroke Kingdom was also a last resort... Edward."

After calling out to Director Scorpio, the hunched shadow sized up Leon, whose face was not very clear behind him, and asked curiously:

"The one who just spoke is a cleaner from your Scorpio branch, right? He seems to have made quite a few contributions this time. Can you introduce him to us?"

(End of chapter)