Chapter 217: 216 Twin Jinghu

？？？Actually didn't even struggle and just admitted it directly?

Facing the Aquarius Director who lay flat and admitted his guilt, the six branch bureau directors who stood out to point him out were stunned at the same time.

Although they collected so much evidence with the goal of making the Aquarius Director unable to deny it and dragging him directly to accept memory reading, the Aquarius Director's act of frankly admitting his guilt still exceeded everyone's expectations.

「However~」

After sweeping a glance at the six branch bureau directors, the Aquarius Director's mouth curled slightly, and he said unhurriedly:

「These things, although they were indeed done by 'me', they cannot be completely counted as done by me. Although I am indeed guilty, I am not yet at the point of being dragged to memory reading. 」

「Aquarius Director, please make your words clearer. 」

The Cleaning Bureau Director frowned and warned:

「Additionally, my time is limited, so stop speaking in riddles.

If I haven't understood your words before the time flow in the Old Land recovers, then I can only assume that you are delaying time so that I don't have time to vote, and I will cast this vote directly to the side that hopes to impeach you. 」

「Sorry, I'm old and my brain is slow, and I always like to be careful when speaking, hehe. 」

Facing the Director's merciless threat, the Aquarius Director apologized with a smile and said slowly:

「Everyone, I am not as frank as Taurus, nor am I used to being watched by many people's eyes, so I have never revealed my true identity.

But now that I've been forced to this point, it seems I can only reveal the bottom line myself… Besides the identity of the Aquarius Director, I am also the previous director of the Gemini branch bureau. 」

……

The previous director of the Gemini branch bureau?!

Hearing the Aquarius Director's words, the eyes of a group of branch bureau directors instantly cast toward the Gemini branch bureau director, hoping to get verification from this current director. And the Gemini branch bureau director, after being silent for a while, asked back expressionlessly:

「According to the records in the bureau, the previous director was driven into the great rift at the bottom of the Changyang Sea while mediating the war between the Sea Clan and the Crustal Creatures. Because he got lost and accidentally entered the depths of the earth's core, he should have already died. 」

「I did indeed die, but not thoroughly… However, this has nothing to do with what I want to say. In order to avoid the Director voting to impeach me, let's leave these things for later. 」

After waving his hand to disperse the thin mist blocking his face and clearly showing his originally somewhat blurry facial features, the Aquarius Director said indifferently:

「Just like the Virgo branch bureau director needs to be responsible for guarding the 【Thirteen Ant Nests】, the Gemini Bureau director also guards an anomalous object with a serial number. The name of that thing is 【Twin Jinghu】, and its file number in the General Bureau is 021.

And as the guardian of 【Twin Jinghu】, I am the previous Gemini branch bureau director. You should be able to check all of this, right? You should also have an impression of my face. 」

The Gemini branch bureau director was silent for a while again, then nodded:

「That's right, there is indeed such a thing. 」

「It's easy to handle if you can check it. 」

The Aquarius Director nodded slightly and continued to explain:

「Every drop of water in 【Twin Jinghu】 is a double-sided crystal with almost no thickness. Two hundred billion water droplets stacked together are only as thick as a person's thumb nail, so they can be carried close to the body. And when I went to carry out the mediation mission, this thing was carried directly on me. 」

Speaking to this point, the Aquarius Director paused slightly, then looked around at the expressions of everyone, sighing with some emotion:

「Every drop of twin water in Twin Jinghu is a natural mirror, but what I didn't say is that any wisdom life form reflected by these mirrors will immediately split into two identical people. If these two hundred billion drops of twin water melt into the ocean, the consequences are simply unimaginable. 」

「You don't need to say any more; I already understand what you mean. 」

After interrupting the Aquarius Director's narration, the Cleaning Bureau Director frowned:

「Are you trying to tell us that those twin waters were drunk by you after you drank them, and they copied another you, and those things were done by the other you? 」

「Although it sounds like I'm shirking responsibility, the facts are indeed like this. 」

After nodding and acknowledging the Director's statement, the Aquarius Director said helplessly:

「This matter is indeed my dereliction of duty, and it can be considered my personal shame, so I have never reported it to the bureau, but have been pursuing it privately, hoping to use my own method to make up for this mistake. 」

「Unfortunately, that other me copied from twin water has the same strength as me. I have pursued him for so many years, but I have never succeeded. 」

「But seeing that he acts very secretly, and the damage he caused in previous years was not great, and the anomalous objects he produced can even add some 'income' to the bureau, I hid this matter out of selfishness. 」

「Sorry, I did indeed violate the bureau's regulations. As atonement, I am willing to resign voluntarily, step down from the position of Aquarius Director, and continue to lead people to pursue the other me. Is this punishment enough? 」

「……」

……

Enough my ass! Isn't this just playing rogue?

After hearing the reason given by the Aquarius Director, the red-haired Director's face sank, and the Leo Bureau Director Beverly was so angry that her lungs were about to explode, and she couldn't help but stand up and roar:

「If this can also be considered an explanation, wouldn't it be that no matter who did what, as long as they say they have a copy, the bad things were done by him? 」

「Also, the situations you mentioned were only attended by you alone. How do we know if what you said is true or false? If I go to your house and kill you, can I just say I have a copy and get away with it? 」

「It's not impossible. 」

After patiently waiting for Beverly to finish speaking, the Aquarius Director, who had a crying face, answered with a smile:

「As long as you can take out a second 【Twin Jinghu】 and copy another copy with enough strength to kill me, then even if I am killed by a person named Beverly, I will firmly believe that the murderer must be the copy, not you. Are you satisfied with this answer? 」

「You!!! 」

「Additionally, the things I said have other ways to be proven. 」

The Aquarius Director said with a smile:

「Everyone can open the instrument used for sealing in the Gemini Bureau and see if 【Twin Jinghu】 has disappeared. 」

「Additionally, the few directors who took the lead in initiating the inquiry against me might as well compare their respective records to see if there are any conflicts in time. 」

「Is it possible that when you discovered 'me', the real me was actually doing other things in another place? 」

「No need to check. 」

After refusing the Aquarius Director's proposal and stopping Beverly, who still wanted to say something, looking at the Aquarius Director who smiled slightly at him and seemed to be in control, the red-haired Director could not help but sigh in her heart.

Checking is useless. Since the Aquarius Director dared to mention these, he must have an "alibi." And among those hundreds of records of the Aquarius Director's appearances, as long as there were two or three that could determine the location of the other Aquarius, the remaining records would be equivalent to all being in vain.

If she guessed correctly, the Aquarius Director likely thought about how to deal with it when he was discovered before he manufactured a large number of anomalous objects, and he might even have prepared this reason in advance twenty or thirty years ago.

During these twenty or thirty years, as long as he found ways to deliberately appear in two places at the same time a few times, it would be enough to prove that the "copy" he proposed really existed.

And with the status of a director in the bureau, if she didn't have solid evidence, it was impossible to drag him to accept memory reading. As for the consequences caused by the so-called copy, he voluntarily resigned, so what else could she do?

This inquiry, it seems, was lost on her side, lost because of insufficient preparation.

She and Beverly only collected evidence for a month for the inquiry, while the Aquarius Director had prepared for today for at least twenty years. How could they compare? ===== CHAPTER 218 =====

This inquiry seems to have been lost on my side, lost due to insufficient preparation.

Beverly and I only collected evidence for a month for the inquiry, while the Aquarius Director had prepared for at least twenty years for today. How could this compare?