Chapter 788: It's All Aquarius's Fault!

What the hell?!

Hearing Director Taurus's opening statement, Li Ang and the red-haired Director, who were both holding a bellyful of bad news and preparing to ask for reinforcements, were both stunned.

Your Excellency Taurus! I have some bad news to tell you!

What a coincidence! I have even worse news here!

"What happened?!!!"

The request for reinforcements was blocked back into their stomachs, and the red-haired Director hurriedly asked:

"The Watchtower has been operating normally for so many years and has never had any problems? Why would it... Wait! Could it be Director Aquarius? He can actually tamper with the Watchtower?"

"Director Aquarius? Isn't he dead?"

"He... never mind, we'll talk about his business later!"

Hearing that the Cleaning Bureau's strongest trump card was in trouble, the red-haired Director said worriedly:

"Your Excellency Taurus! What exactly is wrong with the Watchtower?"

"The Watchtower... it seems to have been affected by something."

Suppressing the shock in her heart, Director Taurus explained with a furrowed brow:

"You know that the Ascender who climbs the Watchtower can consult all the past and observe some possible futures in advance.

Once the Ascender discovers something unusual in the future—something that could endanger the Cleaning Bureau or even affect all of humanity—they will issue a warning to us in advance and provide some vague information, allowing us to nip the danger in the bud before it happens."

"What? Has this ability failed?"

"It hasn't failed completely, but a part of it has indeed gone wrong."

Taking a stack of moon-white slips of paper from her bosom and shaking them at the Celestial Sphere Mirror, Director Taurus said with confusion:

"At the beginning of every year, the Watchtower will send down many slips of paper at once, telling us some things we need to pay most attention to this year... for example, be careful of the prehistoric humans waking up in the polar regions, or pay attention to the extent to which the moon is being hollowed out by the Moon People."

"And this year, the Watchtower also sent down many slips of paper. Most of them are normal, but one of them has a problem. A lot of key information is missing, and it can't be read at all... Here, it's this one!"

Hearing Director Taurus's words, the tense red-haired Director immediately looked at the slip of paper held up to the mirror.

'A soul from an unknown world, named..., after three years of dormancy, has joined..., gained a foothold at..., and after contacting the... of the Cleaning Bureau, suddenly gained a strange ability to shield my observation.'

'According to part of the future I once saw, he will become..., launch... against the entire Cleaning Bureau, and take action to destroy..., completely breaking..., be sure to deal with him in advance!'

"Seems like a powerful soul with ulterior motives?"

After reading the slip of paper with seven or eight missing key pieces of information, the red-haired Director's brow furrowed tightly.

"According to the description, he seems to have a conflict with the Cleaning Bureau in the future and has already contacted people in the Bureau, and very likely has colluded with some people in the Bureau... Li Ang, what do you think?"

"..."

What do I think... I think this is talking about me!

Staring at the content on the slip of paper over and over again, and repeatedly scanning keywords like "unknown world" and "three years," Li Ang felt his scalp go numb.

"After contacting the... of the Cleaning Bureau, suddenly gained a strange ability to shield my observation." If he wasn't mistaken, the "..." should be Director Taurus. After all, it was after contacting her that he learned of the Watchtower's existence, and 【Materialism】 was activated because of the information he obtained, shielding him from the Watchtower's influence. Everything matched up.

"I am shocked..."

After answering the red-haired Director's question honestly, Li Ang, whose cheeks were twitching slightly, pointed to the "after contacting..." part on the slip of paper and said somewhat guiltily:

"You guys say, is it possible that the person he colluded with is Director Aquarius?"

"Hmm? Why do you think so?"

"Uh... I guessed."

Facing the suspicious gazes of the two Directors, Li Ang bit the bullet and blathered:

"Think about it, Director Aquarius is a genius of the anomalous creation secret art. He has always been obsessed with studying the Watchtower and has prepared for so many years to ascend to it."

"With his talent, after so many years of research, maybe he really figured out some way to shield the Watchtower's observation. And after contacting that soul from an unknown world, he handed this method to that soul."

"Um... I'm not saying that this must have been done by Director Aquarius, but based on common reasoning, he is indeed highly suspicious, right?"

"Indeed."

Hearing Li Ang's bold assumption, Director Sagittarius, who had been silent on the other side of the Celestial Sphere Mirror, nodded.

After expressing his approval of Li Ang's guess, this middle-aged man with a square face and a straightforward, simple demeanor frowned and said:

"If you have to say who in the Bureau has the ability to shield the Watchtower's observation, then besides Director Aquarius, I really can't think of anyone else. This matter is probably inseparable from him... By the way, you said earlier that Director Aquarius is still alive?"

"Yes! Director Aquarius is not dead!"

Hearing Director Sagittarius's question, the red-haired Director nodded and said with a serious expression:

"Many years ago, he had already cut his soul, and more thoroughly than Your Excellency Pisces. Except for shared memories and the same goals, they are almost two different people."

"And the one sent to the Dead World by the 【Instruction List】 and 【Dead World Street Lamp】 was only half of Director Aquarius's soul. The other half hid and is currently colluding with the King of Nightmares, helping it descend to use the power of the Dream World to complete his missing soul."

The King of Nightmares?

Hearing the red-haired Director's words, Director Taurus's expression changed. She then searched through the slips of paper in her hand and took one out to hand over.

"Olivia, are you talking about this?"

'The Abyss of Fallen Souls is about to overlap with reality. There is a small possibility that the King of Nightmares will descend. It is necessary to expel the Nightmare-Worshipping Black Sect believers in advance and destroy the descent ritual that guides the King of Nightmares to ensure...'

"That's it!"

After reading the content on the slip of paper, the red-haired Director took a deep breath and said helplessly with clenched fists:

"Although I received the news, that document was delivered by Director Aquarius. The locations and times of the strongholds marked on it have probably been changed by him."

"Your Excellency Taurus, the descent of the King of Nightmares is already inevitable. Can you or Your Excellency Sagittarius move over via the Star Palace and help me block the King of Nightmares?"

"I'm afraid I can't..."

Director Taurus hesitated slightly, then shook her head helplessly:

"The King of Nightmares' authority is nightmares. After invading reality, it can easily pollute human souls. And my soul has been nurtured for nearly ten years before entering the final stage of ascension. If it is polluted, these ten years of effort will have to be repeated."

"Although it's nothing to repeat it for another ten years, I can endure it, but I'm a little worried about the Watchtower. I want to go up and see it in advance. I have already started ascending recently and cannot be exposed to the King of Nightmares..."

Pulling his collar open slightly to show Leon and the other person the incandescent white soul already beginning to overflow from his flesh, the Taurus Director looked toward the middle-aged man with the square face beside him and said with a hint of apology:

"Your Excellency Andrew, can I ask you to go over for me?"

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