I! Cleaner!-Chapter 1026 - 945: You’re Too Radical!

What else can I say?

Staring into Leon's eyes, which seemed to await a reply, the Director of Serpent felt utterly powerless. His mouth opened, but it seemed his brain had been ironed over by a burning hot iron, smoothed flat by Leon's "passionate" words.

This can't be right?!!!

I, the "greatest criminal" who dabble with the power of the Crimson and colluded with foreign gods to launch a coup, only wanted to take down the Purge Bureau and implement my own ideas. But you, you are even planning to dismantle the Thirteen Kingdoms entirely?

This... you... even the foreign gods of the Slaughter King Association didn't think of destroying all human kingdoms! Are you truly with the Purge Bureau?

"Are you serious?"

Standing in place for a long time, the Director of Serpent, who had turned red in the face, spoke in a somewhat incoherent manner amidst the sighs of the red-haired director:

"Your idea is too... you can't do this, even if your intentions are good, if you act so recklessly, you might end up making things worse!"

"Why not?"

Looking at the Director of Serpent who seemed to backpedal, Leon frowned and then asked unpleasantly:

"Didn't you just say it? The current world is so messed up, and most people live so miserably because of the Purge Bureau and the Thirteen Royal Families. It's the avoidance of their inevitable demise that has led to this current state.

If we want to change the present world, we must address the root cause, sweeping away all these long-decayed entities clinging to power and toss them into the dustbin of history... You seemed to understand this perfectly. What made you change your mind?"

"It's not that I've changed my mind..."

Faced with radical viewpoints that, though they came from himself, felt foreign, the Director of Serpent instinctively took a step back, then sheepishly explained while holding the mysteriously heating reins of Agitation:

"I mean, the Purge Bureau and the Thirteen Royal Families indeed have problems, leading to today's situation, but... but their existence isn't entirely without meaning.

For instance, the Thirteen Royal Families indeed hold up the Watcher's Palace, keeping the True God at bay, and the Purge Bureau... the Purge Bureau has also done many practical deeds, barely suppressing the onslaught of abnormal events against the present world, so..."

"So you mean, just reform the Purge Bureau and Thirteen Royal Families, give them new blood, and there's no need to overthrow them completely?"

"Uh-huh..."

"That's a shameful compromise! It's complacency! It's cowardice in facing the shattering of old orders!"

Under the strange "heat" radiating in his mind, Leon, who usually acts before speaking, unusually let his words outrun his thoughts, speaking with disappointment:

"How can you put your faith in solving problems by merely replacing beneficiaries? Can't you see? The problem with the Thirteen Royal Families isn't the 'thirteen', but 'royal family' itself! If the core doesn't change, whoever takes over will be the same!

If we don't break the monopoly on power, wealth, and resources, the newly replaced royal family will act just as recklessly, new merchants will exploit workers, and new nobles will still prey on the populace. Nothing will change at all!

Also, the Purge Bureau's problems are substantial too, not only in their recruiting methods and internal structure but even in their core identity! What you and I need most isn't to inherit their system but to completely change this isolation... um... what's that smell?"

Smell?

Hearing Leon's question, the Director of Serpent sniffed, realizing there indeed was a peculiar scent, seemingly emanating from himself.

More precisely, it came from the crimson-colored reins of Agitation he held, and his right hand, which was nearly cooked by them.

"Ah!!!"

With an exclamation from the now-aware Director of Serpent, he hastily flung away the blistering-hot reins of Agitation, causing Leon's pupils to suddenly clear, his slightly flushed cheeks returning to normal.

Have I been influenced?

With rationality returning, Leon squinted slightly, shutting his mouth after making grandiose statements.

Those reins seemingly don't have direct lethality, but they can lessen rational restraint, making people's thoughts and reactions more "indulgent," aligning closer to their original intentions!

This thing that can make people reveal their innermost thoughts, better be in my hands!

Gleaning an understanding of the abnormal item through his own "symptoms," and sensing a slight threat, Leon immediately hid his left hand behind his back.

In the eccentric barking only he could hear, Leon's fingertips reached from his belt buckle into the mirror world, extending back from the polished tiles by 'Prince Vernon's' feet to grab the reins of Agitation.

However, just as Leon almost grasped them, the fragrance-laden broken reins seemed possessed, bouncing away from the tiles and avoiding Leon's grip, returning to the Director of Serpent's hand.

This is... Serpent Palace's secret technique?

Watching the reins merge seamlessly into Prince Vernon's flesh, disappearing instantly, Leon frowned while turning his gaze to the opposite side's Prince Vernon.

"Abnormal Metamorphosis?"

"Yes... no! You're wrong!"

Shaking his burnt right hand and discarding necrotic skin and flesh, the slightly recovered Director of Serpent took a deep breath and looked at Leon with dread, exclaiming:

"Food God! You are far too radical!"

"..."

"I don't know how you deceived the Purge Bureau and even took a place among the twelve directors, but if the Purge Bureau and the present world fall into the hands of someone like you, you will surely lead it to destruction!"

"..."

It's not like buddy... whether I would lead the world astray, those words you just said, should you really be the one to say them?

"..."

Seeing Leon's involuntary facial twitching, the Director of Serpent also realized and, gritting his teeth, threatened:

"Food God! You'd better abandon those ridiculous ideas! Or else..."

"Or else what?"

Leon raised an eyebrow at these words, asking with an odd expression:

"Are you planning to report me to the Purge Bureau?"

"..."