Chapter 404

"Here to apply, right? What's your name?"

"Li Ang... Li Ang-Laien."

Laien?

Hearing this quite familiar surname, the bored female interviewer behind the desk raised her eyebrows, looked up at the thin young man with a sallow complexion in front of the desk, and asked with surprise:

"Laien... The Laien of the Lionheart Duke?"

"No..."

The young man seeking a job seemed to be used to being asked this question. After shaking his head slightly, he explained skillfully:

"Although the pronunciation is the same, that Lionheart King's surname is taken from the golden lion 'Laien' on the family crest, while my surname is taken from the 'Laien' of Laien County. Our ancestors seem to be civilians from there."

"Oh... I thought so too."

The red-haired woman nodded clearly, and by the way, felt ridiculous for her sensitivity.

That annoying family that prides itself on pure golden hair color has not produced a few clansmen with other hair colors in total. How could there be descendants with black hair and black eyes? And they were reduced to coming to her for a job?

After looking at Li Ang's clothes, and staring at his old coat that was washed clean but worn out at the corners, the red-haired woman seemed to lose interest in him, lowered her head again, and then while using a quill to draw something on the list, she said absent-mindedly:

"Then fill in the family situation as civilian. For others, there are cultural level, whether there is faith, whether you have accepted prosthetic modification, whether there is a micro-differential machine implanted under the skin, and what specific crime you committed. Report these items one by one."

Hmm? Wait! What specific crime you committed?

Li Ang couldn't help but be slightly startled upon hearing this, and then asked with some doubt:

"Excuse me, the last item you just mentioned, does it refer to my 'criminal history'?"

"?"

Hearing Li Ang's question, the red-haired woman couldn't help but frown, then bent her knuckles and knocked on the table heavily, scolding unceremoniously:

"I advise you to be honest! This is the Cleaning Bureau, not a court! If it weren't for a serious crime that must go to the gallows, would you come to this kind of place to apply? Just tell the truth about what happened, don't try to play tricks with me!"

?!

Not... I'm just looking for a job, how did it get involved with the gallows?

Tsk, evasive, looks like he didn't do anything good!

Looking at Li Ang who didn't know how to answer for a while, the red-haired woman opposite snorted with disdain, then knocked on the table forcefully again, and said with a cold face like interrogating a prisoner:

"I repeat one last time, this is the Cleaning Bureau, not a court!

I neither have the interest nor the interest to judge you. The reason I want to ask what crime you committed is because I want to report your name and cancel the Kingdom's wanted order for you, so you'd better be honest! Avoid causing trouble for yourself, understand?"

Wanted order?

After smacking the red-haired woman's words, Li Ang, who realized something was wrong, had his pupils shrink slightly, and then asked carefully: "Excuse me... is your place the First Cleaning Bureau of the Capital?"

"..."

Cleaning Bureau?

This time the one who was stunned was someone else. The red-haired woman thought for a moment, and seemed to understand something.

After looking at the thin body of the man who looked a bit skinny due to long-term malnutrition, the red-haired woman, who was full of disgust just now, was silent for a moment, then sat up straight and pointed out the window, reminding with a frown and lowering her voice:

"You went to the wrong place. This is the... is the Sixth Anomalous Cleaning Bureau, which is considered an extra-departmental department of the Police Department. The Cleaning Bureau you want to go to is a department under the Road Administration Department, so it's in the building diagonally opposite. The one with a long queue at the door is it."

"Oh oh!"

Finding that he had gone to the wrong place, Li Ang let out a long breath. Damn, scared to death. I said how can I want to be a street-sweeping cleaner and have to be wanted before I can get the job. It turns out this is not the Cleaning Bureau I want to go to.

Also, speaking of which, didn't they only recruit ten positions this time? Why is the queue at the Cleaning Bureau so long? Is there so many people staring at a street-sweeping job?

"Sorry, sorry to bother you."

After politely expressing his apology, Li Ang looked at the long queue in the building opposite through the window, and then inexplicably looked at the red-haired woman, and asked softly with hope:

"That... if you are also short of people here."

"You are not suitable."

"..."

Looking at the expression of the man who was only sixteen or seventeen years old and suddenly dimmed, the red-haired woman hesitated for a moment, then explained:

"Although the Cleaning Bureau has a good income, higher than ordinary municipal civil servants, there is a death rate of about eight per thousand, so unless you are really at the end of your rope, you'd better not come to me."

Eight per thousand?

After hearing the cold word "death rate," Li Ang was not scared away, and even a small surprise appeared in his eyes.

Kidding, this is close to one percent!

If it were the previous life, that would be it, but in this strange world where steam carriages run all over the street, the basic death rate of workers doing work like furnace burning, mining, magic energy infusion, and reagent purification is close to two percent. Because of machine crushing and reagent volatilization, people who are disabled or poisoned are several times more than that.

And according to their average "working age" of about thirty years, workers who can work for a lifetime without illness or disaster almost don't exist. This annual death rate of less than one percent is completely...

"I might not have made it clear just now."

Seeing Li Ang's moved expression, the red-haired woman shook her head and explained:

"The death rate of the Cleaning Bureau is not calculated by year, but by month."

"..."

Calculated by month... eight per thousand per month, that would be close to one-tenth per year? This so-called Anomalous Cleaning Bureau loses one-tenth of its employees on average every year?!!!!!!

Looking at Li Ang who was full of shock, the red-haired woman shook her head slightly, then waved her hand to drive people away:

"If you understand, go. We only accept those who have committed capital crimes, or those who carry controllable 'anomalies' themselves. Ordinary people like you can't handle the work of the Cleaning Bureau at all. This place is not suitable for you."

"Then... sorry to bother you..."

Accompanied by the red-haired woman's gentle but undeniable rejection, Li Ang only felt a fierce pain in his brain, and a very harsh buzzing sound came from his ears.

【Due to the 20th job application failure, you successfully activated the Black Iron Badge "Unemployed Youth"】

【Unemployed Youth: A young person who is temporarily unemployed due to insufficient education, lack of experience, or economic downturn】

【Wearing effect: When your parents talk to their peers, they will stably trigger the special state "evasive," automatically avoiding topics about you】

【Advancement route: If you continue to wear this badge for more than two months and still fail to get a job, provided that you live with your parents, this badge will automatically advance to the Bronze Badge "Parasite"】

【Hidden characteristic (no need to wear): When the "Unemployed Youth" badge is activated and the total family assets are less than 200 gold wheels, the possibility of you obtaining a partner of the opposite sex through matchmaking will automatically decrease by 80%】

"..."

(End of chapter)