[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-the-cleanup-crew":3,"chapter-i-m-the-cleanup-crew-i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-220":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I'm the Cleanup Crew!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2286056,4472,"Chapter 220: 219 The Real Interrogation (Middle)","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-220",220,"\u003Cp>He actually managed to use the Thief’s Art to steal all the way up to the Enlightener God’s head… If I’d known this would happen, I should’ve given Nathan more life-saving anomalies to begin with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the “old friend” who had served his lineage for fifteen generations, the Water Bearer Director couldn’t help but shake his head, then directly ignored Li Ang and Jerry, lifting his gaze instead to the Director of the Cleanup Bureau with sincere expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Enlightener God has been imprisoned by our Water Bearer lineage for two thousand years, and I alone have extracted its flesh and true soul over a thousand times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how deep a grudge one might hold, it could never match even a fraction of its hatred toward me—would you really doubt a director who has served this Bureau for nearly a century based solely on the word of an outsider god?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry, this isn’t about whether I believe you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After her pale violet eyes flickered slightly, the Director of the Cleanup Bureau answered calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Unlike the private creation of anomalies just now, this matter concerns the safety of the Watch Palace—there is no room for negotiation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether you, another director, or even myself, anyone accused and presented with credible evidence must immediately prove their innocence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you cannot prove your innocence, you must undergo memory extraction immediately… Water Bearer Director, do you have any further defense against these accusations?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“None.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After glancing at Li Ang beside the Cleanup Bureau Director, the Water Bearer Director spoke calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bring the Divine Brain-Eater. I choose to undergo memory extraction immediately… Also, I’m curious—why has *** Branch shown such intense interest in me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only have you coordinated six branch directors to launch this inquiry against me, but you’ve even risked releasing the imprisoned god by forcibly contacting this material used for the Anomaly Creation Ritual…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I am the Enlightener God! You miserable human are the material! Let me out and—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a slight press of his interlocked fingers, using some unknown method, the Water Bearer Director silenced the Enlightener God, then gazed at the Red-Haired Director with deep meaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Olivia, if memory extraction proves I did nothing wrong, could you also submit to memory extraction? And beyond you—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the Water Bearer Director’s words, before he could finish, the Lion Branch Director Beverly rose in anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This second inquiry, even if you didn’t do it, is still tied to you. The first concerns the Watch Palace, and Olivia has done nothing suspicious—why should she be subjected to memory extraction?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you’re talking about suspicious actions, she has indeed committed them—more than one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glancing at Beverly, the Water Bearer Director’s face remained expressionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Bao Hua family, which attempted to overthrow the royal house, should have been executed in full under kingdom law—but Emma Alman, who clearly didn’t meet the standards, was taken in by you at *** Branch, allowed to secretly plot revenge, and repeatedly shielded by you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, last month you took in Li Ang Lyne, who likewise failed to meet Cleanup Bureau hiring standards but possessed a noble inheritance right, and assigned him to investigate the Lyne Estate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The outcome of that investigation was the Lyne Blood Night, during which nearly all high-ranking members of the Lionheart family were killed, the ducal title became vacant, and through a series of coincidences, it was this very Level-3 cleanup agent you illegally recruited who seized it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, the Water Bearer Director paused slightly, then added with deliberate meaning as the branch directors exchanged thoughtful glances:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Also, Tom Lynas, a Level One Disaster Handler at *** Branch with a record of single-handedly expelling a true god, briefly vanished from total bureau surveillance after completing the cleanup mission at Blood Pine Ridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Tom Lynas’s strongest anomaly ability happens to be a pair of dice that can create coincidences, giving every impossible event a sixty percent chance of occurring—and the time he disappeared from surveillance precisely overlaps with the moment Li Ang Lyne gained the ducal title.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having finished speaking,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Water Bearer Director gazed at the Red-Haired Director, whose brow was tightly furrowed, and continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All these issues I discovered while tracking my own replicant. In recent years, my replicant has repeatedly appeared in the capital, cultivating a faction called the Rebels, aiming to completely overthrow the royal house—and you appear to be deliberately gathering the heirs of the old nobility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, I have reason to suspect you once contacted my replicant, received some benefit from him, or even reached a dangerously close alliance—which explains why you’re so determined to question me, and why you always produce evidence I can’t refute.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the Cleanup Bureau Director’s suddenly sharp gaze, the Water Bearer Director spoke calmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Olivia, do my points suffice to warrant your own memory extraction?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strange… why is the Water Bearer Director bringing these up? Is he merely struggling in his final moments—or does he truly have a trump card, confident he can survive memory extraction?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glancing toward the Cleanup Bureau Director and noticing the shift in her expression, the Red-Haired Director rubbed his furrowed brow, and though still uncertain of the Water Bearer’s intent, could only nod slightly in agreement:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine, I agree to memory extraction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But my turn must come after yours—if it’s proven no replicant exists, or if you’re truly plotting against the Watch Palace, then my memory extraction must be canceled!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not just you—the Level Three Incident Handler must also undergo memory extraction.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pointing toward Li Ang, the Water Bearer Director smiled at the troublesome man who had once been ignored by him but had captured Nathan and delivered crucial evidence within two days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Given your close relationship, if I’m proven innocent, he must undergo memory extraction as well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I object—this has nothing to do with Li Ang!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the Red-Haired Director’s expression tightened as he protested:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s only been in *** Branch for a month. If memory extraction is necessary, I’m enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, aside from the Lyne Blood Night, every mission Li Ang has undertaken has been carried out with diligence and excellence—even killing a Holy Spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And being subjected to memory extraction by a Divine Brain-Eater is equivalent to forced contamination by a true god—it will inevitably destabilize his psyche. For a cleanup agent with such immense potential, this is undoubtedly a…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“His psyche doesn’t need contamination—it’s already profoundly unstable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Interrupting the Red-Haired Director, the Water Bearer Director spoke coolly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I reviewed his dossier carefully. After the Lyne Blood Night, the two investigators sent by the total bureau gave him a remarkably telling evaluation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They unanimously deemed him extremely dangerous, possessing rigid, near-delusional beliefs, and harboring numerous dangerous secrets—recommending strict surveillance by the total bureau.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, to find evidence to bring me down, he made contact with the Enlightener God, making him susceptible to control or even parasitism by it. Subjecting him to memory extraction alongside you might even be a form of protection…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Protection your mother!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the massive cage slowly rise from the chamber floor and the Brain-Eater inside—uglier than a lamprey—he felt his scalp crawl at the thought of its tongue licking the grooves of his brain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this counts as protection, then I wish you were protected by the Cleanup Bureau for the rest of your life!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worse still, even though the Red-Haired Director argued passionately, after hearing the Water Bearer Director’s proposal, the Cleanup Bureau Director showed signs of being swayed—especially upon hearing Li Ang might be controlled by the Enlightener God, her eyes narrowed unconsciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On one side was the risk of the Enlightener God escaping; on the other, a Level Three cleanup agent whose potential was merely “alleged.” For a director who wanted the Cleanup Bureau to remain stable, these two stakes were incomparable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the one objecting weren’t Olivia, who possessed two numbered anomalies and ranked among the top directors in combat strength, but another branch director, he might have already made the decision outright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Olivia, who possesses two numbered anomalies and ranks among the top in combat power among the directors; had it been any other branch director, he might have already slammed the table and made the decision outright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the Cleanup Bureau Director seemingly convinced, the Red-Haired Director turned to the hesitant Taurus Director, seeking help:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve met Li Ang—you even personally crafted an anomaly for him. You know his potential. Subjecting him to divine-level contamination so early will damage his mind. If memory extraction is truly necessary, I’ll do it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve met Li Ang, even personally crafted an anomaly for him—you know his potential. Exposing him to a True God’s influence so early will surely damage his mind. If memory extraction is truly necessary, I can handle it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hesitating, the Taurus Director nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That boy’s potential is outstanding—he’s steady-minded and intelligent. He’ll likely become a Level One Handler, even replace a branch director someday, becoming a protector of humanity. Subjecting him to memory extraction now would be a tragic waste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention, after contamination by a divine-level demon, the [Holy Spirit Pendant] I crafted for him would inevitably be affected—its effectiveness might drop by over half, effectively severing his future.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving aside other concerns, after he was contaminated by a True God-level demon, the [Holy Spirit Pendant] I crafted for him would inevitably be affected—its efficacy would likely drop by more than half, effectively severing his future in advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Taurus Director finished, the Water Bearer Director’s eyebrows dipped slightly, his tone cold:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Taurus Director, on one side is the risk of the Enlightener God escaping; on the other, merely a Level Three cleanup agent whose potential remains unfulfilled. I see no valid comparison.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Taurus, on one side is the risk of the God of Enlightenment escaping; on the other, merely a third-tier cleaner who hasn’t yet fulfilled his potential. I see no comparison.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough. No more talk.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a slight distortion of his form, the Cleanup Bureau Director spoke slowly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My time flow is slowing. The window to contact you is closing. The most urgent matter is the safety of the Watch Palace—I will decide now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, Water Bearer Director will undergo memory extraction. If he’s guilty, no further discussion. If he’s innocent, then Olivia must undergo extraction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if Olivia is also proven innocent, then this cleanup agent, Li Ang, will be exempted from memory extraction… Water Bearer Director, proceed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if Olivia also has no issues after the memory read, then this cleaner named Li Ang can be exempted from the memory read... Director Aquarius, please go ahead!\u003C\u002Fp>",1766,"2026-06-20T03:18:31.831Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","6d7928b28cbb9032846fa2daee0e817c85fda54637de0b08ce99b8cd762174d5","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-221","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-219",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-the-cleanup-crew-cover.jpg"]