Chapter 217 News and Star Palace

"Olivia!"

Seeing that the red-haired chief seemed ready to give up, Beverly couldn't help but glared at him and said:
"He's obviously talking nonsense! Apart from him, there is no one else..."

'Stop talking, it's useless.'

After giving her a look to keep calm, the red-haired director communicated with her mentally:
'I know you are unwilling, but our Cleanup Bureau is a relatively loose organization. Although the regulations are very strict, the enforcement force is not enough. In the end, whether Aquarius can be dragged away to read his memory does not depend on who is right or wrong, but on how many people are willing to stand on our side.

Aquarius has made friends with many branch directors over the years, and has quite a few supporters. No one spoke up for him before because the Taurus, who is about to be promoted, is on our side, and Aquarius is indeed highly suspected, so they don't want to bring trouble upon themselves.'

After glancing at the branch directors with different expressions in the meeting room, the red-haired director sneered:

'But it's different now. Although everyone with a discerning eye knows that Aquarius is probably talking nonsense, he did give a plausible explanation. And among the other branch directors, more people value Aquarius's ability to create anomalies rather than the large number of casualties caused by him over the years.

In addition, Aquarius has met a lot of people in the past two days, and has probably promised countless benefits in private. In the face of real benefits, even if they know that Aquarius has probably violated the rules, if a vote is really initiated, there will be many people standing on his side.'

'If we can take down Aquarius in one go, these people won't say anything, but now Aquarius has come up with a reasonable excuse, which is equivalent to giving them room to maneuver. Even if we insist again and again, it will only end up in endless wrangling.

As for the director, if his real body was here, he would most likely take Aquarius away by force in order to maintain the rules of the bureau. But now he is in his old land and cannot come back. Rather than maintaining the rules of the bureau, he would value the stability of the situation here.

Based on my understanding of him, the director will most likely step in to smooth things over first to ensure that there is no chaos in the bureau, then make a note of this matter, and then find a way to settle the score with Aquarius when he returns... Just bear with it for now, no matter what happens to Aquarius in the future, we have indeed lost today.'

……

"In my opinion... this matter still needs further consideration."

The subsequent developments were indeed similar to what the red-haired director had guessed. After glancing at the expressions of the branch directors, the director, who knew what was going on, looked at Director Aquarius meaningfully, and then took the initiative to smooth things over:

"Although Director Aquarius's 'copy' caused a lot of problems, it was ultimately to prevent the Twin Mirror Lake from causing greater damage. His merits and demerits offset each other, so there's no need to mention his resignation.

Although the twelve directors have the right to decide on their own to deal with abnormal incidents, they should report them if they are unable to solve them, and those who conceal them must be punished... Director Aquarius, do you have any objections?"

After hearing what the director of the Cleanup Bureau said, Beverly couldn't help but clench her fists and glared at the calm Aquarius director opposite her.

Still have opinions... What opinions can he have? Compared to being dragged to read the memory, and letting the God-level Brain Eater use its tongue to lick the brain groove, this little punishment is nothing!
"I have no opinion."

After smiling at the Lion Director who was glaring at him, Director Aquarius bowed slightly to the shadow in the middle and said:

“Your judgment is very appropriate. Also, please don’t be too harsh on the branch directors.

They questioned me directly without finding out the truth. Although it was rash, it was not aimless. So they don't need to accept punishment from the bureau, right?"

"..."

Relying on the back-up plan left over from many years ago, he easily destroyed the foundation of the entire questioning. After forcibly reversing right and wrong, he even seemed to be tolerant and took the initiative to plead for the other party, suggesting that the punishment that was impossible to implement be exempted.

Faced with this kind of humiliating plea, except for the chief of the Gemini branch who remained indifferent, the other five branch chiefs who stood up could not help but burst into anger, and even the red-haired chief could not help but narrow his eyes. Unfortunately, although Olivia's mind was clear, her methods were still a little immature, and Aquarius took advantage of her.

After glancing at the red-haired director with regret, the director of the Cleanup Bureau nodded and said, in the hope of keeping things quiet:

"Okay, then let's just... uh... wait a moment."

Just as they were about to announce the end of the questioning and that Director Aquarius had passed safely, the stone slab beside the Director of the Cleanup Bureau shook slightly, and then a series of strange symbols that kept wriggling appeared.

After stroking the symbols for a few times and interpreting their meaning, the director of the Cleanup Bureau couldn't help but frown.

This is a complaint message delivered through Tongwen Slate. Ninety percent of the content is complaining about the cleaners in the Virgin Branch who have no respect for their superiors, broke into the palace and beat the prince, and demanded that the Cleaning Bureau punish them.

However, after accusing the cleaner named Leon of beating him many times, the beaten prince seemed to be coerced and had to help him pass on some information to the General Administration...

……

"Aquarius Director!"

After interpreting the meaning of all the symbols, the director of the Cleanup Bureau suddenly turned around, stared at Director Aquarius who was sitting in the eleventh seat, and asked almost word by word:
"Nathan... do you know this person?"

Noticing the subtle change in the director's expression, Director Aquarius couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly, then nodded and said:
"Yes, he is the leader of the rebellion and seems to have had contact with another me."

"Yes, he has had contact with 'the other you'."

After emphasizing the word "another you" and repeating this sentence whose true meaning was unclear, the director of the Cleanup Bureau narrowed his eyes and said:
“Director Aquarius, when you came for the year-end review, a cleaner from the Virgo Branch successfully captured the leader of the riot and got some interesting information.

After reading the information he passed on, I think it will be very helpful to catch the 'other you'. I wonder if you are willing to help gather the twelve constellations and move Nathan and the two cleaners over to catch your own copy?"

So... Nathan didn't get away and was caught by the cleaners from the Virgin Precinct? And he also revealed some information that was unfavorable to me?

After hearing the request from the Director of the Cleanup Bureau, Director Aquarius couldn't help but frown, feeling that something seemed a little wrong.

In order to maximize the protection of the dangerous items stored inside, in addition to rejecting most anomalies, the core part of the Cleanup Bureau Headquarters was specially set up on an asteroid more than 70,000 kilometers above the ground, and it orbits the world all year round like the moon.

Even the most advanced airship in the Mechanical City of Korok can only fly at an altitude of eight or nine thousand meters, and the highest unmanned probe will not exceed 400 kilometers. Compared with the distance of 7 kilometers, it is just a negligible fraction.

Therefore, it can be said that except for the senior officials of the Cleanup Bureau who can use the Star Palace to move, and a very small number of people who possess special abnormal objects, no one can get here quickly.

The only exception is to gather twelve directors or directors of the Zodiac branch, use the partial solar power pieced together by the Zodiac constellation, and use the sunlight to forcibly refract people from 70,000 kilometers away.

Even so, those who came up could only stay for one day. When the Cleanup Bureau headquarters moved to the other side of the world and the influence of the sun's power was weakened, they would be instantly pushed back to their original positions by the repulsive force of the headquarters...

So what exactly was in the message just now? Why did the director even propose to gather all the twelve constellations and bring someone up to confront me face to face?
(End of this chapter)

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