Chapter 1367

"Everything is handled."

Amidst the terrified gaze of the last cleaner, Director Cancer, who was called to handle the aftermath, stuck out his tongue to lick his forehead and ate about three hours of his memory. He put down the unlucky cleaner, whose face was wet, then stared at Leon and asked with enthusiasm:

"By the way, are you really not considering giving up the identity of Director Aquarius and taking the exam again here with me?"

"......"

"Alright! Now is not the time to talk about that!"

After stopping Director Cancer, who still wouldn't give up and wanted to continue poaching, Director Sagittarius turned to look at Leon and asked with a frown:

"Leon, what did you mean by what you said before? Didn't Aquarius already ascend the palace? Why can he still cooperate with you?"

"To be honest, I'm not very clear about how he managed to do it."

Under the gaze of the four directors—Taurus, Pisces, Sagittarius, and Cancer—Leon answered:

"According to my guess, he should have left a small amount of fragments in the Aquarius Palace when he split his soul, or some other similar handiwork, so after ascending the palace, he still maintained a connection with the Aquarius Palace."

"However, the reason I asked you all to come over is not that Aquarius can still maintain contact with the present world, but this."

After taking out the 【Bookmark of the Past】 with the future written on it and handing it to Director Taurus, who was closest to him, Leon turned and relayed with a serious expression:

"According to Director Aquarius, in the future he saw, the King-Slaughtering Society will plan a total of four actions and succeed in three of them, cutting off the bloodlines of three royal families."

"And after that, the effect of the 【Watchtower Palace】 will weaken three times in a row, causing True Gods with a Leon value of 60 or more to be able to descend freely into the present world and break out into a war with our Cleaning Bureau!"

Three royal bloodlines cut off... Watchtower Palace effect significantly weakened... war at the True God level...

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the four directors froze in unison. Immediately after, Director Sagittarius took the lead in questioning:

"This is news passed down by Aquarius. Can you be sure that everything he said is the truth?"

"It's hard to say about other things, but what is written on the paper should be true."

After recalling the information he had dug out, Leon said with certainty:

"And he has something to ask of me. The things on this 【Bookmark of the Past】 count as a 'down payment' for us to verify his sincerity, so the credibility is still very high."

Something to ask of you?

Upon hearing Leon's words, Director Sagittarius couldn't help but look at Director Taurus, and then Director Taurus asked:

"Leon, can you tell us all the specific details of that cooperation?"

"Of course I can."

Leon nodded upon hearing this and told the story of his experience in the Aquarius Palace, picking what could be told.

And after hearing the "cooperation process" he described, Director Cancer couldn't help but summarize with a strange look in his eyes:

"So... in order to obtain some information, he wants to help us deal with the King-Slaughtering Society, help us seize 【Law Book】 fragments, and then fulfill the duties of a Palace Sitter, continuing to help us transmit dangers that may appear in the future?"

"Correct."

Correct my ass!

Looking at Leon, who was nodding seriously in front of him, Director Cancer's lips moved, and he finally swallowed the complaints that had surged to his mouth.

Is this something Aquarius can do? Are you kidding me?

"Leon, I think there is a problem with this cooperation." Director Cancer didn't open his mouth to complain, but the young version of Director Pisces, who had been listening quietly from the side without saying a word, reminded him with a calm expression:

"I am not denying your judgment, it's just that your contact with Aquarius is not enough, and it's hard to find where it's wrong. But we and Aquarius have been old... acquaintances for decades, and we are more familiar with him than you."

"And judging from your description just now, whether it's his demeanor or reaction, that is not the Aquarius in my impression. The one in my impression should be calmer, colder, and his emotional expression wouldn't be so intense."

"I have this feeling too."

After Director Pisces finished speaking, Director Sagittarius on the side added with a frown:

"In my impression, he is not a person who likes to talk so much. With his past personality and performance, facing your threats and tests, there should only be two ways to respond."

"If your test holds, he would smile and admit it frankly, then think of a way to turn the tables. If your threat is meaningless, he would only smile faintly and then remind you that your judgment was wrong."

"But the Aquarius in your description, his performance is strange in every aspect. He feels somewhat impatient, likes to cover things up, doesn't want to state his intentions directly, and... hmm... is inexplicably a bit familiar."

Familiar is right!

After glancing at Director Taurus, who seemed to understand something and whose face became very strange, Leon nodded and acknowledged:

"You are right. The Director Aquarius in my impression indeed didn't have such..."

When he said this, Leon paused slightly, subconsciously glanced at Director Taurus, and then reorganized his language:

"Didn't have such intense emotions, such... innocent thinking, such defenselessness against people, such disregard for whether he suffers a loss, such kindness to the world..."

"Alright, stop talking!"

After raising his hand to stop Leon's deliberate protection, Director Taurus, with a flushed face, coughed and explained for him:

"The way Aquarius confused the Watchtower Palace was to copy everything about me almost perfectly. Soul, body, memory, emotion... all of these were within the scope of the copy. He had to give up everything about himself and actively be completely covered by me to have a possibility of obtaining the recognition of the Watchtower Palace."

"So in a sense, the real Director Aquarius disappeared on the ladder to ascend the palace the moment he completed the copy. The one who survived in his place is just another me... who possesses Aquarius's obsession and memory."

"......"

Oh... then it's fine.

After recalling Director Taurus's usual behavior, the eyes of the other three directors couldn't help but flash with understanding.

Such a losing cooperation, the real Aquarius definitely couldn't do it.

But if it were replaced by a certain director who is honest and sincere, has slightly large emotional fluctuations, is relatively easily stimulated, has too high a status so everyone respects him, doesn't use his brain much for seventy or eighty years, and is very easily deceived by others' words... then it's indeed not impossible.

Hmm... or to put it another way, after being covered by Jeanne's brain, not showing his bottom line the moment he saw Leon can already be considered an extraordinary performance of Aquarius's residual obsession.

"In short, relying on the filth... edification of Lord Taurus, the current Director Aquarius seems not completely unbelievable."

Looking at the three directors whose tense bodies suddenly relaxed and instantly unloaded 90% of their defenses, Leon continued:

"In my feeling, although the obsession is still very heavy and feels a bit stubborn, the current Director Aquarius seems to hold some kindness toward humans and the Cleaning Bureau, so the credibility of his reminder is very high. So... should we call back all the directors who are out?"

(End of chapter)