[{"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-54":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},2285890,4472,"Chapter 54","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-54",54,"\u003Cp>54 Bottom Card\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Modified)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t that just nonsense? Who the hell would sell their life to you?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though I really wanted to refuse like that, the opponent’s ability was forced purchase—just now, when dragging me over, he even bought “distance” itself; I had no power to refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the toad before him, grinning in a chilling way, Li Ang had no choice but to meet its dense cluster of compound eyes and grit his teeth to challenge:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Selling my life to you… isn’t impossible, but the price you’re offering is far too low!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Li Ang’s reply, the golden toad, who had merely intended to tease this human and chat with an “old friend,” tilted its head and smiled back:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then how much do you think you’re worth?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m priceless, okay? I wouldn’t sell for any amount of money!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though this was true, seeing the golden toad’s mocking gaze, Li Ang knew saying that would be useless; he swallowed the words and shifted tactics:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I think… some things can’t be measured in money.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So you’re not only questioning my judgment of value, but also my understanding of this world?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Li Ang’s words, the golden toad, who had previously seemed gentle, suddenly turned cold; its massive compound eyes slightly recessed, countless tiny spherical surfaces aligning precisely on Li Ang, staring at him almost word by word:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Money is omnipotent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since the first shell used as currency conquered humanity with its shine and beauty, currency and the wealth it represents have become the goal of every intelligent life!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not just your tiny kingdom—even the fish-people at the deepest depths of the endless ocean, up to the native inhabitants on the far side of the moon—in every place where intelligent life exists, omnipotent money is indispensable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only money is the foundation upon which this world operates! And your insignificant life? Merely the most pitiful thing it can buy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sigh… forget it. What’s the point of explaining this to you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Li Ang, who hadn’t immediately retorted but clearly still thought of a comeback, the golden toad shook its head wearily:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if chosen by a great demon, you’re still just a servant. You don’t need to understand any of this—just obediently accept domination… Come now! Let me appraise your insignificant life!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the golden toad spoke, countless reflections of Li Ang in its eyes trembled, then rapidly replaced by a chaotic flood of new scenes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The innocent, naive childhood, the happy years spent at his parents’ knees, the wailing grief after losing them, then vast stretches of hollow darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After enduring the endless dark expanse came a half-year-long feverish illness, draining nearly all the family’s savings on treatment, followed by frantic scrambling for money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Painting villa walls under the scorching sun, hauling sacks at the docks with his frail body, wielding a two-meter-long special pole to laboriously scrub smoke-blackened ferries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the river froze and shipping halted, he took over a discarded newspaper stand, huddling in winter cold to sell papers, occasionally stacking shoes to fake his age, sneaking into loosely managed temporary factories to do menial jobs requiring no resume, earning meager pocket change…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, after over two years of hard labor, the poor household in the scene grew not richer, but emptier; occasionally flashing glimpses showed a girl’s face growing pale, her cough worsening, two indistinct children also growing thinner…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A boring life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than a second,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>after witnessing over five thousand days and nights, the golden toad shook its head, ready to “cut off” the scene—when suddenly, a flash of vivid red hair caught its eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>?!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That woman?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frantically bulging its eyes, the golden toad immediately halted the subsequent images, its expression darkening as it turned to the goat’s head in the shopping bag, incredulous:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it! You’re collaborating with the Clearance Bureau?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shut up, nonsense!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the golden toad’s accusation, the black goat, too destitute to face anyone it knew, could no longer pretend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It strained to extend its tongue, licking two holes in the shopping bag, revealing its furious eyes as it glared at the familiar toad:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We didn’t collaborate with the Clearance Bureau! We’re just temporarily staying there, and in exchange for occasional extreme evil sacrifices, we casually grant them a bit of power.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So you’re not even collaborating… Are you hired by them? Or… did you get completely captured by the Clearance Bureau and become their dog?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re the dog!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black goat, stabbed in the wound, instantly broke down, roaring curses:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re just temporarily staying there! Do you understand ‘temporary’? Are your damn ear-holes plugged shut? Fuck! Only because we haven’t recovered yet—wait till you’re dead, you bastard toad!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmph, a dog!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a sneer at the black goat, ignoring its furious curses, the golden toad turned its head back, its two massive compound eyes fixed on Li Ang, voice icy:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So… are you with the Clearance Bureau?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Correct!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the golden toad’s tone, Li Ang realized it was likely a sworn enemy of the Clearance Bureau; he decided to go all in, lifting the black goat and shaking it, tilting his head to taunt:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You may look down on it now, but when you fall into our hands and become an anomaly, I guarantee your fate will be ten times worse than its!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>???\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait, why are you talking about it and dragging me into this?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the black goat’s suddenly shrill curses, the golden toad didn’t grow angry; instead, it narrowed its massive compound eyes, studying Li Ang’s expression, then tilted its head in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re trying to provoke me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noticing Li Ang’s suddenly tensed muscles, the giant golden toad grinned, casually snatching up a handful of golden wheels, piling them before itself as it mused calmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Human, you don’t seem to think you can escape, yet you don’t look prepared to die—yet you dare openly provoke me… that’s interesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I’m not mistaken, you still have a powerful bottom card—but you can’t control it yourself, or it only activates under attack?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>?!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again, seen through?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the toad, whose mere eyes had pierced his situation, Li Ang’s breath hitched slightly—he recalled the red-haired director’s evaluation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be… I really am that easy to read?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh, looks like I guessed right.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the unmistakable confusion in Li Ang’s eyes, the golden toad’s grin widened; it tapped the pile of golden wheels now stacked like a small mountain, smirking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry, I don’t enjoy crude physical attacks—I prefer fair, reasonable transactions to directly buy the lives I want to harvest. Your bottom card won’t be useful here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take these thirty thousand golden wheels. Hand over everything to me. For your boring life, this is already the most generous price I can offer.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1126,"2026-06-20T03:18:28.556Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","b6565225a2c912d9ecdd8365e65d7ff60cafff091452317d7a4e9bd05a92173d","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-55","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-53",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-the-cleanup-crew-cover.jpg"]