Chapter 215: 214 The inquiry that started early

「……」

After hearing her good friend's question, the smile on the red-haired Director's face could not help but stiffen slightly, and then she rolled her eyes at her angrily.

Can't you stop mentioning such a frustrating question when I'm so happy?

And, is it that I want to be ranked last? With the remaining two and a half people in our bureau, being able to clean up the anomalies within the Kingdom every year is already as hard as we can be, okay?

What's more, our bureau's performance this year was actually quite good. In the first half of the year, we swept away more than a dozen nests of the Baian Black Sect and seized a large batch of anomalous objects. In the second half of the year, we even killed a descended Holy Spirit.

With these achievements as a foundation, even if we couldn't rank at the front, it was still a performance above the middle. Who knew that so many things would suddenly pop up at the end of the year?

……

「Perfunctory! Lazy! Shameful! 」

While the red-haired Director was exchanging glances with her good friend, the phantom of the Cleaning Bureau Director in the center of the venue was still patting the marks of the few branch bureaus ranked last in performance, criticizing with heartache:

「As the last barrier between humans and anomalies, you are carrying the safety of the entire race on your shoulders! Look at this shameful review result; I feel ashamed for you! Especially the Virgo branch bureau, you actually had the nerve to laugh just now! 」

After heavily patting the "Dung Beetle Maiden" badge of the Virgo branch bureau, the Cleaning Bureau Director glared and scolded angrily:

「The Dog Bureau and the Lyra Bureau are one thing. The old director of the Dog Bureau just retired, and the new director is not familiar with the work and needs a few years to hone; the Lyra Bureau's main force was frozen in the glacier while dealing with the Polar Remnant attack two years ago and hasn't been rescued yet. It's understandable that their performance is poor.

But Olivia, what do you have to say? In the first half of the year, your bureau and the Serpent Bureau conducted a joint encirclement and suppression, but only caught five believers of the Baian Black Sect, but you knocked down more than eighty colleagues from the Serpent Bureau in one breath! What exactly does your Virgo Bureau want to do? 」

「Director, that time was just an accident, and it wasn't any joint encirclement and suppression; it was just that the actions of both sides happened to collide. 」

Hearing this, the red-haired Director couldn't help but stand up and complain:

「I took the Baian Black Sect operation very seriously. After the General Bureau issued the encirclement and suppression order, I sent Auntie Ai Ma, the strongest in our bureau, directly to complete the task arranged by the General Bureau as quickly as possible.

At that time, Auntie Ai Ma had already reached the gathering place of the Baian Black Sect and unfolded the 【Execution Platform】 to prepare to catch people. Who knew that people from the Serpent Bureau were also ambushing nearby, and their crimes were even heavier than those cultists engaged in sacrifices, so they were accidentally injured. 」

Under the glare of the Serpent Bureau Director, who looked like he wanted to eat her, the red-haired Director continued to defend herself with certainty:

「You know, Auntie Ai Ma's Execution Platform takes effect according to the degree of 'crime,' and the effect doesn't distinguish between friend and foe. On this side, her Execution Platform was just set up, and on that side, the people from the Serpent Bureau were already lying down, and they were howling one by one more miserably than the cultists. Auntie Ai Ma had no choice but to stop, which allowed those cultists to escape into the dream.

Director, if I were to say, instead of blaming Auntie Ai Ma for being heavy-handed, you might as well check those cleaners from the Serpent Bureau to see what crimes the people they recruited have committed, and why they lay down faster than the cultists under the 【Execution Platform】. 」

「Fine, then this time with the Baian Black Sect is a misunderstanding. 」

Too lazy to argue with the red-haired Director, the Cleaning Bureau Director patted the Dung Beetle Maiden badge vigorously and continued to question angrily:

「What about these few times at the end of the year? Anomalous attack incidents happened right under your nose, and clearly there were cleaners on the scene, but hundreds of nobles died in one breath, causing the road administration and military affairs of your Kingdom to be paralyzed for nearly two weeks. What do you have to say this time? 」

「This… that time with the Laien family was purely an accident…」

After cursing Li Ang fiercely in her heart, the red-haired Director defended herself with a stiff scalp:

「Liang hadn't even been transferred to a regular position at that time; he was just a newcomer who hadn't joined for a month. The other side was the heart of a near-god-level great demon… hmm… the sudden situation was really helpless.

And the other side blocked the manor. He had no way to seek support from the bureau, but in the end, he not only protected the safety of most people but also successfully solved the anomalous incident. I think this cannot be considered dereliction of duty, and should even be commended. 」

「Hehe, you have reasons every time.

Even failing to clear the anomaly in time, causing casualties of more than two hundred nobles, you have the nerve to say it was turning the tide and protecting the safety of most people. The thickness of your face can also be considered an anomalous object. 」

After mocking a few words, the Cleaning Bureau Director's expression softened a bit and continued:

「However, since that Liang is a newcomer and the situation is special, this result is acceptable, barely passing for you… But what's going on with the Royal Family?

According to our agreement with the royal families of various countries, each royal family must provide funding and materials and unconditionally support our cleaning activities. The branch bureaus stationed in various kingdoms have the obligation to protect the safety of the royal family and avoid the royal family members and important nobles from being harassed by anomalous objects.

But on your side, first the Princess was attacked by an anomalous object and forgotten by the whole Kingdom, and later when the cleaners from the Virgo Bureau visited, they had a quarrel with the Prince and blocked him in the reception room and beat him for a long time… and looking at the King's complaint, it seems this is not the first time he has done this? 」

「This… this can also be explained. 」

After adding another black mark to Li Ang in her heart, the red-haired Director defended herself with a stiff scalp under the strange gazes of more than eighty colleagues:

「Although Liang did have a small conflict with the Prince, the Princess had promised his marriage proposal before, so besides being a cleaner in the Virgo branch bureau, he is also a Prince of the Kingdom.

Without using anomalous objects, because of a quarrel, he lightly beat his wife's younger brother a few times. This should be considered an internal conflict of the Royal Family and is not within the jurisdiction of our Cleaning Bureau.

As for the problem of the Princess being attacked, although there is also the reason for our bureau's lack of precaution, it is mainly because someone designed it behind the scenes, and even borrowed part of the effect of the 【Illusion Can】. I suspect that there may be the hand of a certain director behind it, and I have also submitted an inquiry application to the bureau in advance. 」

「Oh? 」

Hearing this, the Cleaning Bureau Director could not help but be slightly startled, then frowned and asked:

「You actually prepared to initiate an inquiry against a director? Olivia, why didn't I receive a report on such an important matter? 」

「This…」

The red-haired Director felt a bit embarrassed upon hearing this:

「You previously received a hint from the Watchtower and have been chasing the Old King of the First People for these years. It's been almost eight years since the last time you appeared. When we submitted the inquiry to the directors, we didn't expect you to be able to project back this year…」

「Is it that you didn't expect me to be able to return, or that you didn't expect me to still be alive? 」

The Cleaning Bureau Director's phantom lowered his head upon hearing this, looked at the few directors on the director's seat who had somewhat embarrassed expressions, and snorted coldly:

「Don't worry, the time flow in the Old Land is only one-fiftieth of yours. Even if you all grow old and die, I can live just as well here!

Hehe, I originally only contacted you during the year-end review to see the situation in the bureau, but I didn't expect to catch up with an inquiry against a director… Tell me, Olivia, which director did you catch the flaws of? 」 ===== CHAPTER 216 =====