[{"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-971":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},2286807,4472,"Chapter 971","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-971",971,"\u003Cp>?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could this be?!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the tip of a blade extending from “The Royal Banquet,” laboriously cutting sideways, Prince Andre was stunned—he forgot to wonder how Li Ang had breached the world fragment, and lunged forward to grab the frame with both hands, trying to force the blade tip back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter how much power he poured into it, the tear in the canvas continued to grow uncontrollably, and a hand emerged from within, gripping the edge of the tear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Riiip!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a horribly grating tearing sound, the canvas, unable to withstand the opposing forces, ripped downward along the cut made by the [Silver Slicing Dagger], splitting open a forty-centimeter-long gash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the blade swept past the canvas’s edge, severing the entire painting, a figure both Andre and Philia recognized suddenly tumbled out of the tear—and without hesitation, swung his hand backward, slicing “The Royal Banquet” clean in two!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching “The Royal Banquet,” now utterly lifeless after being split in half, Prince Andre felt a chill run through his body; he stood frozen, still holding the frame, staring blankly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, as if a prison had been opened, the warm, joyful figures in “The Royal Banquet” rapidly faded, replaced by one after another broken souls, surging out of the canvas and scattering in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s over… everything is over…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the familiar souls pour from the canvas, frantically fleeing, Prince Andre instinctively raised his hand, trying unconsciously to grasp something—but finally let his arm fall helplessly, abandoning this futile effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world fragment he had obtained from the Executioner’s Guild had merged entirely with “The Royal Banquet.” Since the painting had been torn open, and since he had no way to repair it, the fate of those souls no longer mattered to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His dreams and hopes had been utterly shattered, with no possibility of realization left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After painfully closing his eyes, Prince Andre released the frame and stared at Li Ang, who was gasping heavily across from him; he clenched his fists and spat out:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I only wanted to recover what I lost! Why must you interfere…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Crack!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before his furious question was finished, Li Ang, pale-faced, dropped low and stepped forward, moving as if gliding just above the ground, crossing the nearly five-meter distance between them in an instant, reaching Prince Andre’s side—and with clean, decisive motion, severed his head!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after that strike, fearing Andre might still have other tricks up his sleeve, Li Ang immediately released his grip on the silver dagger with his right hand, transferred the [Silver Slicing Dagger] to his empty left hand, and cleanly severed both of Prince Andre’s hands at the wrists—now smeared with paint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can chat with you, but only after I’ve secured victory!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After glancing at Andre’s stunned gaze, Li Ang still wasn’t satisfied; he turned his eyes toward the scattered painting tools and the easel on the ground, and clenched the [Silver Slicing Dagger] once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Ai Ma’s “The Remnant Scripture” says: the best way to extract information is to chat with someone before acting; but when you don’t need information, the tighter you clamp your mouth shut, the higher your chance of winning!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forget it. If that’s the case, I won’t ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Li Ang, who had already severed his head and hands but still wasn’t satisfied—cutting up every brush, easel, and even scraping the paint off the ground—Prince Andre’s severed head lay silent for a moment, then slowly closed its eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hm?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the exact moment Prince Andre closed his eyes, Li Ang, who had been monitoring his state, froze slightly, then frowned sharply in his direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is he… dead?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That shouldn’t be right. Considering Philia’s unusual condition, she might not gain the Watchtower’s approval, so I didn’t kill him—I chose to cut him open while he was still alive. Why did his soul suddenly… hmm… wait!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Prince Andre’s soul gradually faded toward extinction, Li Ang, sensing something wrong, whirled around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, in utter shock, he saw a familiar small figure staring coldly at him from within the three severed pieces of “The Royal Banquet,” its face expressionless as it opened its mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s not over yet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reading those words from the child Andre’s lips, Li Ang realized his mistake and spun back, rushing forward to slice the Andre inside the painting to pieces again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at that moment, torrents of colors brighter than solar halos surged out of “The Royal Banquet,” hurling Li Ang backward and spreading rapidly, unstoppable in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old garden, Korok Palace, the palace square, the entire District One, the four surrounding blocks ahead, behind, left, and right…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vast quantities of paint gushed from the canvas, surging along the connecting pathways between districts like a tidal wave; in less than five seconds, it dyed all eight hundred-plus districts of the Korok Kingdom in a vivid, lonely shade of orange-red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the grass beside his feet, washed over by the deluge of paint yet not even trembling—only lightly stained with a thin orange-red haze—Li Ang, standing before Philia, furrowed his brow deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After spewing forth the torrent of paint and staining the entire Korok Kingdom in orange-red, the “The Royal Banquet” on the ground trembled slightly, then silently melted into the surrounding world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry—I won’t touch Philia now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Li Ang remained fully alert, ready for any attack from the surroundings, the child Andre, holding his ball, stepped slowly out from where “The Royal Banquet” had vanished, his expression calm:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She isn’t my sister, but she is indeed part of Philia’s soul. After you destroyed “The Royal Banquet,” I lost all reason to harm her. Your task is complete.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the Andre made of paint before him, Li Ang judged that the [Silver Slicing Dagger] couldn’t kill him, so he held back his urge to strike and narrowed his eyes: “What are you planning next? Revenge for destroying your painting?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, I do intend to.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prince Andre nodded, confirming Li Ang’s assumption, then asked in a voice as still as a deep well:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But before that, I have one question… Given your previous level, you shouldn’t have been able to tear open “The Royal Banquet.” I’m curious—how did you acquire power beyond the True God’s limit?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before that, I have a question for you... Given your previous level, you shouldn’t have been able to tear open The Royal Night Banquet. I’m curious—what method did you use to gain power beyond the True God’s limit?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「……」\u003C\u002Fp>",1091,"2026-06-20T03:18:35.371Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","478e5a48cea63e81d45b08147db3a09343c860884dbb1c9919a0274ff0deef59","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-972","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-970",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-the-cleanup-crew-cover.jpg"]