Chapter 818: 415 Good Person, Bad Person

"Okay."

Upon hearing the Aquarius Director's instructions, the female reporter nodded and took the glass lantern from his hand, but she didn't set off for the Dream Realm immediately. Instead, she bit her lip and hesitated:

"Director, can I ask you a question?"

"Of course you can."

Upon hearing the female reporter's words, the Aquarius Director, who looked very young but whose eyes were filled with an unmistakable sense of weariness, turned back, smiled gently, and said kindly:

"Nicole, ask whatever you want to ask. I will tell you whatever I can answer... Also, don't be so restrained in front of me. You are one of the few people I can trust, and I hope you can trust me more."

"Okay..."

Upon hearing the Aquarius Director's words, the female reporter's demeanor relaxed slightly, and then she asked softly:

"Director, the people from the Virgo branch have repeatedly sabotaged your plans, and even caused your soul to be damaged, forcing you to deal with the King of Nightmares... Do you have no resentment?"

"What you are afraid to ask is probably not whether I have resentment, but why I didn't take the opportunity to take action just now to finish off the Blood-Haired Girl or that Li Ang, right?"

"Hmm..."

After pointing out what the female reporter really wanted to ask, the Aquarius Director didn't answer her question directly but asked back with a smile:

"Nicole, can you tell me what kind of person I am in your eyes?"

Upon hearing the Aquarius Director's words, the female reporter was stunned, then lowered her head slightly and whispered:

"You are my benefactor. If it weren't for you, I would have died when I was seven. It was you who saved me from the privateer ship of the Kingdom of Saio and gave me the ability and opportunity to take revenge..."

"Nicole, you know, the question I asked is not about the relationship between you and me, but how you see me."

After interrupting the female reporter's evasive answer, the Aquarius Director couldn't help but laugh:

"Forget it... although you chose to avoid talking about it, it counts as an indirect answer to my question."

"In your eyes, I should be a bad person who is obsessed with the secret art of anomalous creation, who will stop at nothing to achieve his wishes, who will sacrifice anything as long as the goal can be achieved, a wicked madman who deserves to die... right?"

"That's not true!"

The female reporter couldn't help but say anxiously upon hearing this:

"Director, you... although your methods are a bit extreme, you have also done many good things and saved many people. You are actually..."

"I am actually just a bad person."

After defining himself, the smile on the Aquarius Director's face faded slightly, and then he said calmly:

"To you, I am a benefactor, but to many more people, I am indeed someone who deserves to die."

"..."

"Although the number of people who died because of me is far less than the number of people I have sheltered for over a hundred years, it might not even be a fraction."

"But in the process of researching the secret art of anomalous creation, I have indeed done many bad things. In order to create anomalous objects or obtain materials for secret arts, I have stood by and watched people in desperate situations, secretly pushed them, or even personally caused tragedies that ruined their lives."

"Even saving you from the privateer ship of the Kingdom of Saio when you were young wasn't because of any kindness, but because I noticed your outstanding talent and thought you were a good seedling capable of nurturing top-tier anomalous objects."

"Nicole, although you have always refused to admit it, I am indeed a bad person."

"..."

Looking at the silent female reporter, the Aquarius Director smiled and said:

"Let me ask you, a few years ago, when the smart machines of the Kingdom of Koroque put the royal family under house arrest, blocked the Gemini branch, and secretly controlled all the cleanup personnel, do you know why I only saved you?"

The female reporter hesitated upon hearing this:

"Because... I am a first-class cleanup personnel? And also the strongest in the Bureau?"

"No."

The Aquarius Director shook his head:

"Because you are a good person."

"???"

"Hehe, you are different from everyone else in the Bureau who is willing to follow me. Although they also follow my orders and can even stand on my side to hide my various violations, they don't truly approve of me."

"Those people are either accustomed to obedience, fear my power, or want to obtain stronger anomalous objects. Only you are different. The reason you follow me is very simple: gratitude. Gratitude that I saved your life, gratitude that I gave you the ability to take revenge."

"..."

"Once my affairs are exposed, those who are accustomed to obeying me will obey the Cleanup Bureau without any hesitation; those who fear my power will naturally fear the more powerful Cleanup Bureau; those who want to obtain benefits from me will naturally be moved by the benefits I can't give."

"Nicole, only you. Your purpose for following me is simpler than anyone else's. You just want to repay a kindness."

Looking at the silent female reporter, the Aquarius Director smiled and counted on his fingers:

"Although you hate my behavior very much, always secretly sabotaging my experiments, destroying quite a few anomalous objects that might have been born, and even reporting me to the Bureau several times in private, hoping that someone could stop me."

"Including this time, when you went to steal the Blood-Haired Girl's wallet, you could have completely avoided showing your face, but you went there anyway, and you didn't change your appearance. You were specifically reminding them to be careful of me besides the King of Nightmares, right?"

"..."

When he said this, the Aquarius Director paused slightly, then continued with a smile:

"But at this time, you, who are trying to remind the Blood-Haired Girl to be careful of me, are more reliable than those in the Gemini branch who have never opposed me."

"As long as you remember the past where I saved your life, raised you, and helped you take revenge, and feel that you haven't finished repaying the kindness I showed you, you will never truly betray me."

"..."

"Hmm... people get old and like to ramble about this and that. I seem to have gone a bit off-topic."

Looking at the female reporter who was subconsciously pursing her lips, the Aquarius Director smiled:

"In short, although I am a bad person, I do things with a purpose. I am not the kind of madman who likes killing and destruction. Cooperating with the King of Nightmares was just a helpless move."

"I have no grudge against the people of the Kingdom, so naturally, there is no need to harm them. Moreover, if I really let the King of Nightmares invade reality, it would not only be of no benefit to me, but it would also cause me to be controlled by him. Naturally, I wouldn't help him."

"As for why I didn't take advantage of them being unable to spare their hands to sneak attack the Blood-Haired Girl and that Li Ang, and solve these two guys who have been looking for trouble with me... hmm... there are many reasons, but the main one is that I can't beat them."

"Ah?"

"I really can't beat them."

Pointing to the River of Nightmares that was rapidly closing under the illumination of the morning sun, the Aquarius Director said with a toothache:

"It's only been half a night, and the number of nightmares finished off by the Blood-Haired Girl is close to a million. And this is still her main focus on preventing nightmares from rushing into reality, without too much active attacking."

"The over 100 million 【Slaughtering Blood Hairs】 in the Blood-Haired Girl's hands are the Cleanup Bureau's top physical damage anomalous object. If she doesn't care about consumption at all, she could punch through the moon in fifty hours."

"Any individual that needs to rely on flesh and blood to exist will naturally be at a disadvantage when facing her. And one of the basic rules of reality is that it must rely on flesh and blood to stay for a long time. In reality, she is almost invincible." ===== CHAPTER 819 =====