Chapter 177 You check me and I check you, normal

The ancestors of the royal families of the twelve kingdoms... were all once palace servants in the Watchtower Palace?

Originally, he had just gotten into some trouble again, and was too embarrassed to tell the director, but after hearing such a secret, Leon was silent for a while and couldn't help but ask:
"Then is His Excellency Taurus also..."

"Your Excellency Taurus has no children."

The red-haired chief replied:

“However, if she has descendants and has this idea, the Cleanup Bureau is willing to provide certain conveniences, including supporting her descendants to establish a country. If everything goes well, the Twelve Kingdoms may become Thirteen Kingdoms again in a hundred years.

Leon, this world is much bigger than you think. It is not only the place where the Twelve Kingdoms are located that is suitable for human survival. The Watchtower is the last barrier to protect the world. With the merits of the people in the Watchtower to watch over the world, if it is only this level of conditions, the Bureau thinks it is not unacceptable. "

"..."

Although... the ancestors saved the world and then ruled it? What kind of Celestial Dragon setting is this...

After listening to the red-haired chief's words, Leon couldn't help but open his mouth speechlessly, wanting to complain, but after thinking about it, he closed his mouth.

Compared to the celestial dragons, the royal families of the Twelve Kingdoms are much more normal. Although there are some who do evil things, since most of them are not countries where the royal family has the final say, power is subject to certain checks and balances, and at least it has not exceeded the scope of "human beings".

The Cleanup Bureau itself is secretive and has a loose structure. It imposes heavy penalties on "abnormal" behaviors that interfere with "daily routines," and each branch has great autonomy. It is not a strict power organization.

Apart from giving some special privileges to the royal families of various countries due to their status as descendants of "palace sitters", there seems to be no intention of standing on the stage to protect the Twelve Kingdoms. Therefore, the Twelve Kingdoms and the Cleansing Bureau seem to have a mutually beneficial relationship.

The former has no direct power competition with the latter and relies on the latter to resist abnormal invasions; the latter needs the former to maintain the stability of the surface world and provide corresponding help and support when needed, thus maintaining a relatively stable balance.

"Also, you should be more careful during this period."

Just as Leon was wondering what was going on in the Twelve Kingdoms, the red-haired director thought for a moment and spoke uncertainly:

"I think this incident may also be related to Director Aquarius."

Another Aquarius director?

Leon frowned and asked tentatively:
"Is it because the power of the rebels comes from Director Aquarius? Director, do you suspect that this attack was actually directed by Director Aquarius?"

"That's part of the reason, but it's more about the strength of that ability."

The red-haired director frowned and said:
"If it's just to make an ordinary person completely forgotten, there are many people who can do this. But if you want to make a princess of a country disappear from everyone's memory, the strength of the ability, the abnormal status, and the price paid will all be extremely astonishing. There are not many branch directors who can do this.

Moreover, even though an extremely important person was missing, no one noticed anything was wrong, and everything was forcibly "rationalized", as if there was no princess in this country... Do you feel that this ability is familiar?"

Everything is rationalized...

After frowning and thinking for a while, Leon suddenly thought of something and said with surprise:

"You mean... the evil god's brain that is responsible for erasing traces of abnormal events?" "To be precise, it should be the evil god's brain and the [Illusion Drum] that contains the evil god's brain."

The red-haired director narrowed his eyes and said:
“The strength of this forgetfulness ability is a bit excessive, so I am more inclined to believe that this time there was someone who was extremely familiar with the operating rules of the [Illusion Drum] and took advantage of the power of the [Illusion Drum] to get a trick.

The forgetfulness ability was probably just the beginning. It was subsequently based on the ability of the [Illusion Drum] to erase traces. By misleading the [Illusion Drum] to determine that the event was over and the princess had disappeared, it proactively carried out large-scale erasure of traces of the event, thus creating the current effect.

Otherwise, if it was just a simple ability to forget, as long as someone flipped through old newspapers or received the official documents issued by the princess before she was forgotten, they would immediately find something wrong. Only the [Illusion Drum] in the Bureau can ensure that these problems are forcibly rationalized, and those who are capable of doing this..."

The person who has the ability to do this is Director Aquarius!
As one of the twelve directors, he should be very familiar with the rules of the [Phantom Drum]. In addition, he has some kind of connection with the rebels, so the suspicion of him standing behind the scenes this time cannot be said to be very high. It can only be said that it is equivalent to reporting his ID number!
After instantly understanding the logic behind the red-haired director's words, Leon felt uncomfortable all over, as if he was being stared at by some peerless old silver coin.

"Director..."

After looking at his own infection value of only 4.1 and confirming that his small body could not withstand the tossing, Leon, who felt that something was wrong, could not help but complain:

"Less than a week after Ryan's bloody night, the General Administration has already put me under investigation. And since we reported that Director Aquarius might have problems, how many days have passed? Why hasn't the General Administration made any move?"

"What else do you want to do? Just arrest Director Aquarius and let you hold that sheep to interrogate him?"

After glaring at Leon, the red-haired chief said unhappily:

"After all, he is a director! You are a newcomer who has only joined the Cleanup Bureau for a month. Proposing an investigation on him is like a shepherd in Lane County reporting that the king stole sheep from his sheepfold yesterday. Basically no one will pay attention to you.

Even if I help you endorse and make this news receive attention, it will still be troublesome to implement the investigation on him. At least it needs the approval of three directors. Most of the directors in the bureau not only have their identities kept secret, but it is not even certain whether they exist in this world.

So keep waiting!

Anyway, it’s almost time for the year-end review. Every year, three directors are responsible for the year-end review. With Mr. Taurus on his way back, I will be able to notify at least four directors next week, and the review of Aquarius will be almost done by then.”

One week...

Leon thought about it for a moment, then relaxed a little, but when he was about to continue saying something, he heard a creaking sound coming from the drawer behind the red-haired director.

"It should be news from the headquarters."

Noticing the noise, the red-haired director returned to his desk, opened the drawer and fiddled with it for a while, then pulled out an ink-stained form and quickly glanced at it.

"I thought it was something else, but it turns out that your investigation results are out. You... huh?"

As if he had seen something incredible, the red-haired director's eyelids twitched violently, and then his brows subconsciously frowned.

"Leon..."

After reading the table at a glance, his eyes lingered on the comments such as "suspicious!" "dangerous!" "crazy!" for a while, the red-haired director took a deep breath and announced with a somewhat unpleasant look:
"Your investigation results...are not very optimistic..."

(End of this chapter)

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