[{"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-976":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},2286812,4472,"Chapter 976: 0574 The End (Part II)","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-976",976,"\u003Cp>「……」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing Li Ang’s words, Prince Andre, his body covered in snake scales, fell silent for a moment, then turned his head toward Filia beside him, his lips parting twice but yielding no sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Andre, this is your final chance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Li Ang’s reminder, Prince Andre trembled slightly, gazing at his sister, her eyes filled with anguish, and finally whispered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m sorry… I… I’m not a good brother…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「……」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Filia, her face etched with pain, turned her head and gazed at him softly, then shook her head, extending her arm covered in crow feathers to lightly rest upon his shoulder—though she said nothing, it was as if she had said everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon meeting her gaze, the tears pooling in Prince Andre’s eyes spilled down, his voice thick with remorse:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m sorry! Filia, I’ve wronged you, and all of you. If only… if only we hadn’t been born into the Krook Kingdom…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm… wait?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, Li Ang beside him froze slightly, as if he had nearly grasped something—but it remained hazy, unclear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prince Andre, meanwhile, pulled Filia—her body covered in crow feathers—into a tight embrace, weeping uncontrollably, his words incoherent:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s all my fault—I was too… If only we hadn’t been born into the royal family, if only we didn’t have this damned bloodline, maybe… maybe our whole family could have…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mid-sob, Li Ang hissed and slapped Prince Andre hard on the back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Quick! Say that again—just now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Interrupted mid-sob, Prince Andre was stunned, then stammered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Maybe our whole family could have…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not that! Say the one before!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before that…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If only we hadn’t been born into the royal family, hadn’t had this damned…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally seizing the fleeting insight, Li Ang smacked his thigh and yanked Prince Andre’s soul off the ground, shouting:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell me—what exactly was the nature of that ‘constraint’ you signed? Is it a switch that triggers and can’t be stopped, or does it continuously activate based on your current state?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s continuously activating…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confused, Andre pointed to the three blood beads floating above his brow:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These three are the blood oath’s seal beads—the markers that enforce the oath. Some members died accidentally violating it, so now, except for deliberate leaks, they’ve switched to this continuous activation method…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then there’s a chance! Get down on your knees right now and declare your surrender to me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t you get it? All three of your constraints have conditions!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pointing to the three blood beads above Andre’s brow, Li Ang recited the three constraints, then explained:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You may not leave while the Krook Kingdom endures; you may not bear royal offspring; you may not be captured and removed by the Cleanup Bureau… All conditions hinge on the royal family! Do you understand?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You mean…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I mean—I, representing the Thrush Kingdom, declare war, capture the last two members of your royal family, and abolish the Krook Kingdom!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Prince Andre stared, bewildered, Li Ang added:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Only the ruler is the royal family. If the Krook Kingdom no longer exists, what are you? And if no royal member was captured and removed by the Cleanup Bureau, can your constraints still hold?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should… stop?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following Li Ang’s logic, Prince Andre trembled with sudden excitement, then hesitantly asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This… this sounds like a joke. Could it really work?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve got to try, don’t you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ang helped the girl with emerald eyes to her feet, then forced her to kneel before him, pulled Prince Andre down beside her, and fashioned the most rudimentary surrender ceremony imaginable—he snapped a dead branch from the ground as a ceremonial sword, laid it across Andre’s shoulder, and declared loudly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I, Li Ang Lyne, while on a diplomatic mission to the Krook Kingdom, uncovered its hidden crimes. Thus, representing the Thrush Kingdom, I have launched war, seized the Krook Kingdom’s Wang Gong, captured its last two royal members, and declare the Krook Kingdom abolished!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「……」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you waiting for? Don’t you want your sister’s life? Surrender now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「……」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surrendering was possible—but this ceremony was humiliating. And normally, even if you truly surrendered, you didn’t have to kneel and bow…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Li Ang urge him relentlessly, Prince Andre’s lips twitched, then, resigned to trying anything, he pulled Filia down and bowed before Li Ang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I… Prince Andre, third son of the Krook Kingdom, along with Princess Filia, sixth daughter, surrender to the one before me, and forever renounce our royal status in the Krook Kingdom…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Prince Andre spoke, the three colored blood beads above their brows trembled—then visibly began to dissolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It worked! It actually worked!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never expecting such a ridiculous method could bypass the blood oath, the deposed king Andre leapt to his feet, overjoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, as the three blood beads dissolved halfway, they halted—not continuing to collapse, but slowly rotating, steadily, irresistibly, grinding away their very essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still no good?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the blood beads, now only half their original size but still relentlessly destroying their souls, Andre and Filia’s hopeful gazes dimmed together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course—such a farcical method could never fully evade the King-Slaying Society’s constraints. It had merely loosened the grip on their throats a little. Their fates remained unchanged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could it be… that this condition alone isn’t enough?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at the now-half-sized blood beads, Li Ang frowned:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your constraints include ‘not leaving the Krook Kingdom’ and ‘not being captured and removed from the Krook Kingdom.’ So… besides royal status, might the land of the Krook Kingdom itself be part of the oath’s condition?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>???\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So… you’ve only completed the ‘surrender,’ but haven’t actually ‘occupied’ the Krook Kingdom’s territory—meaning you haven’t fully destroyed the kingdom, and thus cannot fully terminate the blood oath?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the precedent now clear, Prince Andre instantly understood Li Ang’s intent, his cheek twitching as he asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You mean to… occupy…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Destroy the entire Krook Kingdom!”\u003C\u002Fp>",974,"2026-06-20T03:18:35.371Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","95ece97948c2629b306323f1bb8eac4b0be3e7d5feddd079cb633e8c725b9eeb","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-977","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-975",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-the-cleanup-crew-cover.jpg"]