I! Cleaner!-Chapter 1008 - 927: Snow-haired Lady
"Olivia has gone to the Gemini Kingdom to finally resolve that matter from years ago?"
After carefully listening to Leon's analysis and noticing his hair slowly turning white, the Taurus director's expression turned serious. He frowned and said:
"That's definitely something she would do… How long has Olivia been gone?"
"If she left immediately after I departed from her office, then it should be almost two days by now."
Having answered based on his speculation and realizing it was difficult to find her just on his own, Leon decisively sought help from the Taurus director and anxiously asked:
"Lord Taurus, with your understanding of the chief, what would she do after heading to the Gemini Kingdom?"
"As for her…"
The Taurus director pondered for a moment upon hearing this, then uncertainly said:
"She would probably first go to Lily City to have a glass of sherry, eat some white cheese and cream puff, stroll around bustling places on the streets, visit the palace to see those so-called relatives, argue a bit, hit some people, snatch some money, and then find a place to sleep."
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"Really…"
Seeing the disbelief on Leon's face, the Taurus director helplessly said:
"At least the Olivia I know is like that… When you met her, she had already been guarding the [Twelve Ant Nests] for years with almost no missions. But when she was frequently on missions, this was pretty much her routine in every place she went.
First, she'd try the local food and drinks, then go shopping and spend all her money, then because she was too pretty or for some other reason, she'd get into conflicts with some people, snatch the money from the opposite side and continue shopping, eating, and playing. After getting tired, she'd find a place to sleep, probably waking up around noon the next day…"
Oh dear… Is the chief so relaxed?
Hearing the description from the Taurus director, Leon couldn't help but twitch his mouth, then with a bewildered gaze, he asked:
"And the missions? If she doesn't even bother to investigate, then how does she complete those missions?"
"That whole process itself is her way of investigating."
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Seeing Leon's puzzled expression, the Taurus director, with a slightly odd expression, explained:
"During the first day of eating, drinking, strolling, and shopping, she usually could gather intelligence related to the mission. When causing trouble, fighting, and taking money, she would definitely be noticed by the mission target as well.
If the mission target wasn't a simple disaster but a creature with intelligence and a sense of crisis, by the next day when she wakes up, the target would usually come to her doorstep on their own, only to be caught by her.
If the target sensed the danger and held back from coming, she would cause even bigger trouble until they crossed paths with the target directly."
"..."
So she just relies on luck to hit it? Does this sound like some protagonist's halo? Does the chief have some sort of luck-related anomaly item?
"The moniker of Scarlet Hair Lady was only given to her after she used Thirteen Ant Nests to completely destroy the East Carleighwen Kingdom. She wasn't called that before."
Seeing Leon's confusion, the Taurus director recalled the past with a slightly nostalgic expression and said:
"Before that incident, Olivia's most recognized nickname was the Lucky Diva, and because of her signature silver-white long hair, some called her the Snow-haired Lady. However, after the Ophiuchus Sub-bureau incident, she gradually became known as the Scarlet Hair Lady."
Snow-haired Lady… Silver-white hair…
At this point, Leon's heart couldn't help but be stirred as he tentatively asked:
"So the chief is…"
"She comes from the West Carleighwen Kingdom, a collateral member of the royal family, and a White-haired citizen. Before she succeeded as the chief of the Virgo Sub-bureau due to merit, she was also a first-class elite cleaner at the Aries Branch."
After briefly discussing the red-haired chief's past career, the Taurus director said with an unusual headache:
"Over the years, to ensure the absolute safety of the [Twelve Ant Nests], she maintained [Slaughter Blood Hair] and [Thirty-two Veils] in an activated state, which occupied most of her power, leaving her unable to use her original anomaly items.
And now that she has temporarily relinquished ownership of [Slaughter Blood Hair] and no longer has to bear its consumption, although she lacks her strongest offensive means, she has regained her innate strong luck.
In the past, her bizarre strong luck was already quite troublesome when she had just crossed the threshold of a True God. With her current state, almost reaching 70 Leon Value, her natural strong luck could almost function as a half wish-fulfillment.
Considering that she also has the [Thirty-two Veils] that I crafted, which blocks detection, positioning, and tracking… in all ways, unless someone excels at the Pisces secret technique of finding people, almost nobody can find her if she decides to hide."
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So even you have no solution?
"It's not that I can't do anything, it's that my methods can't be used on her."
Seeing Leon's disappointed expression tinged with a bit of disdain, the Taurus director helplessly defended:
"Olivia isn't the enemy, you can't just expect me to go all in and ignite her spirit with items she left behind, or team up with three other directors each willing to live a few years less, forcing her to show up using the [Directives List], right?"
Alright then…
Understanding quite well the difficulty concerning his chief, Leon knew the Taurus director didn't really have a means, so he proactively shifted the topic to another concern he had.
"So what's happening with my hair?"
Pointing at his head, at that lock of silver hair almost five millimeters wide, Leon anxiously asked:
"Although I don't feel any impact, my brother's been feverish ever since his hair started changing color, and many others have similar issues.
Based on what I know, people with black hair are turning white, those with white hair are turning black, and people with other hair colors are changing to the color opposite to their ancestral bloodlines, accompanied by prolonged low-grade fevers and slight dizziness, as if…"
"As if they're exchanging bloodlines with each other."
Finishing Leon's conclusion for him, the Taurus director rubbed his forehead with a rather worried expression and said:
"That was my first thought as well, but theoretically, such a thing is impossible."
"Why is it impossible?"
"Because of the number of people."
Glancing at Leon's white hair, the Taurus director explained with a sigh:
"Back during that Ophiuchus Sub-bureau incident, Olivia was granted use of the Thirteen Ant Nests to completely wipe out the East Carleighwen Kingdom, kill… send off 1.2 billion citizens, and prior to that, the population of both countries was roughly equal.
Therefore, there are 1.2 billion fewer people with East Carleighwen bloodlines and black hair compared to those with West Carleighwen bloodlines and white hair.
If a bloodline exchange were truly happening, the East Carleighwen bloodline would be diluted countless times, and the number of people turning black-haired should be only 1% of those turning white-haired, not this nearly one-to-one exchange ratio we see now."
