Chapter 1061 The Biggest Problem of the Cleanup Bureau
Chapter 1061 The Biggest Problem of the Cleanup Bureau
Sure enough, it’s not that you don’t want to change, but you just can’t accept the consequences of failing to change.
After noticing some movement in the eyes of several directors, Lyon, who was sure of his judgment, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Through my contact with the directors, I have roughly figured out their temperaments. Although they all have their own character flaws, those who can get to the position of director seem to have good moral standards.
It’s just that perhaps due to their background as cleaners, most directors tend to be cautious in character. Coupled with the failed cases in the past, they naturally tend to regard any reform that lacks "guarantees" as reckless, which is why the world has become what it is now.
In fact, this kind of personality cannot be said to be a bad thing. The entire human race is like a big company. It is best for the middle and lower levels to dare to think and act and be enterprising. However, if the trader who decides the fate of the entire "company" is also like this, then it would be a joke on the fate of all mankind.
But having said that, the directors' overly conservative decision-making philosophy did lead to some not-so-good situations. With the cleaners' abilities far exceeding those of ordinary people, and the powerful effects of various anomalies, the Cleanup Bureau as an organization could have done much more!
"The next issues are plague, war, poverty and disasters."
After thoroughly understanding the directors' "weak points", Leon continued to secretly sense the state of their hearts and continued:
“These very serious problems, as well as the previous hunger problem, often occur simultaneously or one after another, and reinforce each other.
Wars and disasters are likely to bring about plagues, which in turn will inevitably lead to poverty and hunger. Large-scale poverty and hunger will easily lead to wars, and the loss of population, economic and infrastructure damage will greatly weaken the country's ability to resist disasters.
As for specific examples, on pages 6 to 10 of the booklet, there are several suitable examples found by the Fourth Research Institute of the Robin from the history of various kingdoms over the past 500 years. The wars between the Robin and the Northern Kingdom are the most typical... How about you turn to that page and read while I explain?"
"oh oh!"
After hearing what Leon said, the directors whose brains were working fast woke up as if from a dream, lowered their heads and flipped through the booklets in their hands. As the directors flipped through the books, Leon cleared his throat and said:
“Take the war seven years ago as an example. The biggest trigger was the snowstorm that hit the Northern Kingdom, which caused a massive shortage of food, coal and other supplies. They had no choice but to attack southward.
After the war, the two counties of the Robin Kingdom were almost destroyed, a large number of people were lost, and a large number of factories and infrastructure were destroyed, leading to the subsequent epidemic and large-scale famine.
Lane County, which was once a prosperous industry, never recovered from this. It was not until Veronica came to power that she rebuilt the infrastructure, allocated production capacity, and implemented a series of measures to recover... What can we see from this?"
"?"
Seeing that Leon suddenly stopped explaining, the directors couldn't help but be stunned.
After noticing that Leon's gaze finally fell on him, and that others were also looking at him, Director Scorpio could only sigh, and then said uncertainly:
"That Queen Veronica is doing well?"
God damn, Veronica did a great job... Although she did a great job, is that what I'm asking? Don't call her Director Scorpio anymore, just call her Director Niu Jiao Er! This person is too unwilling to change his mind.
After blinking in silence, Leon had to give up the idea of guiding him and answered directly:
“We can see that if we send a cleanup crew with weather anomalies to disrupt the snowfall when a snowstorm hits the Northern Kingdom, or if we find a way to open up transportation after the snowstorm to help the Northern Kingdom obtain the necessary food and fuel, then all the subsequent problems will be solved.
Disasters, wars, plagues, poverty, hunger... these five problems are extremely difficult to deal with, and once one breaks out, the others are likely to follow suit. But as long as we can find the cause of the problem, it will become quite easy to solve it! "
Yup!
After hearing what Leon said, the Virgin Director, who had the quickest brain among the directors, reacted immediately.
Compared to forcibly intervening in the governance of the Twelve Kingdoms and demanding that they eliminate famine and poverty, starting from this angle is much easier.
For the Twelve Kingdoms, solving the snowstorm and plague is a huge problem, but for the Cleanup Bureau, it is just a small matter... It is a bit of an exaggeration to say it is a small matter, but it is just a medium matter at most.
There must be at least dozens of anomalies that can change the weather or dispel epidemics in the secret library of the headquarters. Even if the Twelve Directors have more important tasks, the branch directors and elite first-level cleaners in various places can also do it... But why didn't the branch director of Aquarius Branch do it?
"He actually did it, but only half of it."
After the virgin director finished asking his questions, Leon, who had done his homework beforehand, answered:
“When the nationwide snowstorm broke out, the chief of the Aquarius Branch was conducting a joint operation to deal with the altar of the God of Storms. Although he put down his work and rushed back to eliminate the subsequent snowstorm, he greatly reduced casualties.
But after he got here, he went back to clean up the Storm Altar, without considering the shortage of food and supplies after the disaster, and the possibility of war breaking out as a result, which is also the biggest problem of our Cleanup Bureau at the moment...arrogance."
"..."
After looking around at the directors who were puzzled, Leon asked:
"Everyone, I want to ask a question... Do you really still consider yourselves part of the human race?"
"Leon!"
Seeing the other directors' expressions change, Director Jinniu quickly said:
"Don't talk nonsense! If we don't regard ourselves as human beings, how can we be here as directors? Including you, we all hope that the tribe we come from can get better and better!"
"I'm sorry, I may not have expressed myself clearly. I am not accusing you of betraying your origins. There is no doubt about that."
After nodding his head to apologize to the directors who looked unhappy, Leon, who deliberately said something shocking, blinked his eyes and asked again:
"What I want to ask is... have you tried to communicate with the Twelve Royal Families, and more other 'ordinary' humans?" Communicate?
Several directors looked at each other in bewilderment after hearing this, and then Director Cancer answered:
"Of course there is! We see a lot of them every year..."
"When I say communication, I don't mean that after discovering abnormal incidents, each place will hand over a letter to the local cleanup bureau, or 'report' the situation, but sit down face to face, understand each other's needs, and put forward their own demands, which is a more equal communication."
"Is it necessary to do this?"
Director Cancer couldn't help but frown upon hearing this.
“The opponents we usually have to face are not something that ordinary humans can intervene in. Even the organized armies of the major kingdoms are often unable to help, and may even cause heavy casualties.
And because of the cleaning effect of the [Illusion Drum], most people don’t even know the existence of abnormal objects. If we communicate too much with them, it will be easy for them to be infected and encounter more dangers. This..."
"This is what I call arrogance..."
After sighing slightly, Leon said helplessly:
“Everyone, although you consider yourselves as part of the human race and are willing to devote your lives to it, or have even dedicated your lives to it, in your hearts, you still regard cleaners and ordinary people as two completely separate groups.
If Director Aquarius had not regarded himself as a higher-level protector when the snowstorm broke out, and only focused on the problems he had to solve, but instead communicated with the Northern Kingdom, he would have been able to understand where the more critical issues lay and then find ways to help raise food and supplies.
The altar of the God of Storms is certainly dangerous and could cause large-scale disasters if not handled properly, but compared to the possibility of hundreds of thousands of people freezing to death or starving to death, and the plague, famine, poverty, etc. that may follow the outbreak of war, it is really just a minor problem.
And all this could have been avoided, all it took was one more question..."
"..."
"Everyone, most ordinary people don't know the existence of the Cleanup Bureau. Even the few who know the existence of the Cleanup Bureau don't know that we have the ability to solve these problems because of the extreme lack of communication. But we ourselves know it clearly! We can definitely be more proactive!
Moreover, ordinary people may not be unable to provide help. Not all abnormal events are like the ones we encounter, which are often crises involving true gods and another dimension. In fact, the impact range of many abnormal events is very small. Perhaps a block, a small town, or a port is the limit.
In an abnormal incident of this scale, ordinary people can also help. Even if they cannot solve the problem, they can still provide a lot of information. There is no need for the cleaners, who already have a very high casualty rate, to rush in directly when they are confused and risk their lives to conduct an investigation. "
"..."
"I also know that ordinary people really have no way to deal with those non-physical, spiritual abnormal events, but apart from these, aren't there many things that ordinary people can deal with?
The siren tribes occupying the port, the beasts mutated by the devil's blood, the fish-man predators lurking near the shipping routes, the small-scale gatherings of the evil god's followers, etc. After finding out the situation, wouldn't it be better to just use artillery fire to wipe out the place? Why do we have to use the lives of the cleaners to fill the gap?"
"..."
"besides……"
besides?
"No, no, no! Wait a minute!"
"Let's think about it..."
"Wait a minute, wait a minute!"
Seeing that Leon seemed to want to continue, some directors who were unable to resist hurriedly spoke up to stop him, and then exchanged glances with each other. Finally, Director Taurus spoke on behalf of the others with a guilty look in his eyes:
"Leon, we were indeed... too arrogant and a little too conservative in the past. It's just as you said. We can indeed do more. How about you tell me first, how are you going to change it?"
Hmm...looking at everyone's situation, I feel like it should be almost ready?
After taking a quick look at the directors' minds and feeling that the time was right, Leon nodded slightly. He no longer stood on the moral high ground and directly put forward his own ideas.
"I want to use the name of the Cleanup Bureau to bring together the royal families of the twelve kingdoms. I want everyone to sit down at the same table, establish a federation, share what they have, eliminate conflicts, and get what they need... at least to reduce the number of wars that break out."
"..."
"..."
"and then?"
"?"
Looking at Director Taurus who was silent for a while and seemed to be waiting for the next words, Leon couldn't help but blink.
"That's all. There's no need to rush for such an important issue. Just take it step by step!"
"hiss……"
Looking at Leon who looked as if it was a matter of course, Director Taurus and Director Cancer, who knew him better, couldn't help but gasp.
Isn't that right?! With your style, shouldn't you have proposed to hang those who messed up the twelve royal families? In the end, you just dragged them together and had a good talk? It's not like you to be so gentle!
(End of this chapter)