Chapter 619: Twin Jinghu

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He didn't even struggle, just admitted it directly?

Facing Director Aquarius, who lay flat and admitted his guilt, the six branch Directors who had stood out to identify him were momentarily stunned.

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

"However~"

After sweeping his gaze over the six branch Directors, the corners of Director Aquarius's mouth split slightly, and he said unhurriedly:

"These things, although they were all done by 'me', cannot be entirely counted as done by me. Although I am indeed guilty, I am not yet at the point of being dragged away for memory reading."

"Director Aquarius, please speak more clearly."

The Director of the Cleanup Bureau, upon hearing this, frowned and warned:

"Also, my time is limited, so don't speak in riddles like this.

If I haven't understood your words before the time flow in the Old Earth is restored, then I can only assume that you are trying to delay time so that I won't have time to vote, and I will cast my vote directly to the side that wishes to impeach you."

"Sorry, I'm old and my brain is slow, I always like to be careful when I speak, hehe."

Facing the Director's ruthless threat, Director Aquarius apologized with a chuckle, then said slowly:

"Everyone, I am not as open and honest as Taurus, nor am I used to being watched by many people's gazes, so I have never revealed my true identity.

But now that I've been forced to this point, it seems I have no choice but to reveal the bottom line... Besides the identity of Director Aquarius, I am also the previous Director of the Gemini Branch."

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The previous Director of the Gemini Branch?!

Hearing Director Aquarius's words, the gazes of all the branch Directors instantly turned to the Director of the Gemini Branch, hoping to get verification from him, the current Director. And the Director of the Gemini Branch, after being silent for a while, asked back expressionlessly:

"According to the Bureau's records, the previous Director was driven into the deep rift at the bottom of the Changhe Ocean while mediating the war between the Sea Race and the crustal creatures, and because he got lost and accidentally wandered into the depths of the Earth's core, he should have died."

"I did indeed die, but not completely... However, this has nothing to do with what I want to say. In order to avoid the Director voting to impeach me, it's better to leave these things for later."

Waving his hand to disperse the mist blocking his face, and clearly revealing his originally somewhat blurry facial features, Director Aquarius said indifferently:

"Just like the Virgo Branch Director needs to be responsible for guarding 【Thirteen Ant Nests】, the Gemini Branch Director also guards a numbered anomalous object. The name of that thing is 【Twin Jinghu】, and its file number in the General Bureau is 021.

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

The Director of the Gemini Branch was silent for a while again, then nodded and said:

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

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

Director Aquarius nodded slightly, then continued to explain:

"Every drop of water in 【Twin Jinghu】 is a two-sided crystal with almost no thickness. Twenty billion drops of water stacked together are only as thick as a human thumb nail, so they can be kept close to the body. And when I went to execute the mediation mission, I carried this thing directly with me.

That mission was indeed very dangerous. Before fleeing into the deep rift, I thought I was dead for sure. And if my corpse fell into the hands of the Sea People, once they opened the container holding Twin Jinghu, the twenty billion drops of water inside would merge with the ocean and slowly spread throughout the world with the ocean currents and evaporation."

When he reached this point, Director Aquarius paused slightly, then looked around at the expressions of the people around him, and said with some emotion:

"I said just now, every drop of twin water in Twin Jinghu is a natural mirror, but what I didn't say is that any intelligent creature reflected by these mirrors will immediately split into two identical people. If these twenty billion drops of twin water merge into the ocean, the consequences would be unimaginable.

So in a hurry, I had no choice but to drink all the twin water, rush directly to the deepest part of the trench, and head all the way toward the Earth's core, wanting to let this thing disappear with me, but unfortunately, I didn't get my wish in the end..." "No need to say any more, I already understand what you mean."

Interrupting Director Aquarius's narration, the Director of the Cleanup Bureau frowned and said:

"Are you trying to tell us that after those twin waters were drunk by you, they replicated another you, and those things were all done by the other you?"

"Although it sounds like shirking responsibility, the fact is indeed so."

Nodding to acknowledge the Director's statement, Director Aquarius said helplessly:

"This matter is my dereliction of duty after all, and it counts as my personal shame, so I have never reported it to the Bureau, but have been pursuing it privately, hoping to use my own methods to make up for this mistake.

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

But seeing that he acts very covertly, and the harm caused in previous years was not great, and even the anomalous objects he created could 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 Director Aquarius, and continue to lead people to pursue the other me. Is this punishment enough?"

"……"

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

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

"If this can count as an explanation, wouldn't it mean that no matter who did what, as long as they say they have a replica, all the bad things were done by him?

Also, all 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 say I also have a replica and get away with it?"

"That's not impossible."

Patiently waiting for Beverly to finish speaking, Director Aquarius, wearing a crying face, replied with a chuckle:

"As long as you can produce a second 【Twin Jinghu】 and replicate a replica strong enough to kill me, then even if I am killed by someone named Beverly, I will firmly believe that the murderer must be the replica, not you. Are you satisfied with this answer?"

"You!!!"

"In addition, there are other ways to prove the things I said."

Director Aquarius said with a smile:

"Everyone can open the instrument used for sealing underground in the Gemini Branch to see if 【Twin Jinghu】 has disappeared.

In addition, the several 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."

Refusing Director Aquarius's proposal and stopping Beverly, who still wanted to say something, the red-haired Director looked at Director Aquarius, who smiled at her and appeared confident, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in her heart.

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

If her guess was correct, Director Aquarius probably had already thought about how to deal with it when discovered before manufacturing anomalous objects on a large scale, and perhaps even prepared this reason twenty or thirty years ago.

In these twenty or thirty years, as long as he thought of some ways to deliberately appear in two places at the same time a few times, it would be enough to prove that the "replica" he proposed truly existed.

And with the Director's status 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 replica, he had already voluntarily resigned, so what else could she do?

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

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

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 620 =====