Chapter 619: Twin Mirror Lake

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

Facing Director Aquarius, who had simply laid flat and confessed his guilt, the six branch directors who had stood out to testify against him were instantly stunned.

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

"However~"

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

"These things, although they were all done by 'me', they 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 make yourself clearer."

Hearing this, the Director of the Cleanup Bureau frowned and warned:

"In addition, my time is limited, so let's skip the riddles.

If I haven't understood your words before the time flow of the Old Earth recovers, then I can only assume 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."

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

Facing the Director's merciless threat, Director Aquarius laughed and apologized casually, then continued slowly:

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

But now that I've been pushed to this point, it seems I can only reveal the bottom line myself... 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 the branch directors instantly turned toward the current Gemini Branch Director, hoping to get verification from him. After remaining silent for a while, the Gemini Branch Director asked back expressionlessly:

"According to the Bureau's records, the previous director was driven into the deep trench at the bottom of the Roaming Sea while mediating the war between the Sea Race 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 completely... 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 revealing his originally somewhat blurry features, Director Aquarius said indifferently:

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

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

The Gemini Branch Director remained silent for a while longer, 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 and continued to explain:

"Every drop of water in 【Twin Mirror Lake】 is a two-sided crystal with almost no thickness. Twenty billion drops of water stacked together are only as thick as a human thumbprint, so they can be carried on one's person. When I went to execute the mediation mission, I brought this thing directly with me.

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

When he reached this point, Director Aquarius paused slightly, then looked around at everyone's expressions, saying with some emotion:

"I just said that every drop of twin water in Twin Mirror Lake 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 merged into the ocean, the consequences would be simply unimaginable.

So in a hurry, I could only choose to drink all the twin water and rush directly to the deepest part of the trench, heading 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 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 copied another you, and those things were all done by the other you?"

"Although it sounds like an excuse, the facts are indeed like this."

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

"This matter was my dereliction of duty after all, 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 methods to make up for this mistake.

Regrettably, that other me copied from the 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 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.

Apologies, 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 foot! Isn't this just playing dirty?

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 shout angrily:

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

Also, these situations you mentioned, only you were present. How do we know if what you say 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?"

"That's not impossible."

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

"As long as you can produce a second 【Twin Mirror Lake】 and copy a copy with enough strength to kill me, then even if I were killed by someone named Beverly, I would firmly believe that the murderer was definitely the copy and 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 in the Gemini Bureau and see if 【Twin Mirror Lake】 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."

Opening his mouth to refuse Director Aquarius's proposal and stopping Beverly, who still wanted to say something, the Red-haired Director couldn't help but sigh secretly in her heart as she watched Director Aquarius, who smiled slightly at her and appeared confident.

Checking is useless. Since Director Aquarius dares 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 where the location of the other Aquarius can be determined, the remaining records are equivalent to being wasted.

If her guess is correct, Director Aquarius probably thought about how to deal with it when he was discovered before he started manufacturing anomalous objects on a large scale. He might even have prepared this reason twenty or thirty years in advance.

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 "copy" he proposed truly exists.

And with the status of a Director in the Bureau, if she didn't have solid evidence, it would be impossible to drag him to accept memory reading. As for the consequences caused by the so-called copy, he has already voluntarily resigned, what else can she do?

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

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

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