I! Cleaner!-Chapter 1223 - 1113: Plots Upon Plots Upon Plots, and Damn, I’m So Fucking Smart

"You?!"

Hearing the mermaid beauty's statement, which was almost as if she had suddenly turned traitor, Director Scorpio was taken aback.

"You're saying the troublesome person is Aquarius? Aquarius is someone you deliberately tricked into the trap?"

"Not exactly tricked."

After a glance at Director Scorpio, who had just realized the truth, the beautiful mermaid shook her head and said:

"I merely expanded the sea gate leading to the Netherworld a little when you were breaking the ice, and when you two were frozen, I redirected the sea gate back to the Cold Spring Realm."

"That's more than just a little..."

Director Cancer sighed in response, fixing his gaze on the mermaid beauty.

"The preparations Scorpio and I made before breaking the ice were useless against the sudden surge of cold currents, which grew nearly tenfold. We were instantly frozen and fell into the Cold Spring Realm.

Although Aquarius is... cautious, upon witnessing our incident, his first response was naturally to investigate the situation and then figure out how to save us. But the sea gate connects to more than one realm, and the place he went to and where we ended up were entirely different... Am I right?"

"Correct."

The mermaid beauty nodded with a smile, candidly acknowledging:

"When Lord Leon finished gathering information and dragged my old stubborn one into the sea gate, the other side had already been recut to the Netherworld. Once the other two stubborn ones followed, I cut the sea gate back, blocking their retreat.

If everything has gone smoothly, Lord Leon should now be leading those three stubborn Sea Race elders around the Dead Sea in the Netherworld, trying to find the two of you."

Upon hearing this, Director Scorpio furrowed his brow.

"You actually..."

Don't, thinking isn't your strong suit, let me handle this.

Placing a hand on Director Scorpio's back to signal him to remain silent, Director Cancer spoke expressionlessly:

"Madam Evangelin, what you've done recently isn't limited to just these actions, is it?"

"Oh?"

The mermaid beauty blinked in response, asking with genuine interest:

"What else have I done?"

"Quite a lot."

Piecing together the information in his mind, Director Cancer squinted as he spoke:

"The reason why Her Majesty Wendy suddenly succeeded Queen Sayo, then traveled thousands of miles to attend the Twelve Kingdoms Gathering, and even intentionally collided with Aquarius's ship... all of these are your doing, right?"

"More or less~"

The mermaid beauty smiled, nodding with her eyes arched.

"Everything you mentioned was indeed orchestrated by me. The purpose... you probably understand without me saying it—to reveal the situation of the seas freezing over, catching the attention of your Bureau and Lord Leon, finding a way to send him out of this world.

Except for the ship collision, that was genuinely an accident. After all, Lord Leon is notoriously distrustful, and if I had deliberately arranged a ship collision, I'd be worried he would directly pin blame on me."

"But didn't you still manage to hide it from Aquarius?"

Narrowing his eyes at the mermaid beauty, Director Cancer inquired with slight confusion:

"With Aquarius's ability to see through hearts, someone like you should have been seen through at a glance... I'm really curious, how did you manage to hide from Aquarius's sight?"

"It wasn't that difficult~"

The mermaid beauty chuckled:

"Lord Leon has two main methods to see through others' thoughts—one is the demon's soul vision, and the other is the power granted by the Heart Lake God.

These two abilities are good, but they are both contained within the 'Source,' and for someone who has been through the Breach of Source and can face the root directly, just a little disguise is enough to bypass the probing of these two abilities."

The Breach of Source?

Director Cancer frowned upon hearing that.

"What is the Breach of Source?"

"Haha."

The mermaid beauty laughed:

"It seems that although Lord Leon is a director of your Bureau, he is not completely open with you, holding back quite a few things~

Hmm... come to think of it, this suits his character. Never fully trusting anyone, even pure individuals like Wendy and me, so naturally he's the same with you all at the Bureau. Having a few secrets is quite normal~"

"..."

"What? Not planning to ask further?"

Seeing Director Cancer fall silent, the mermaid beauty cheerfully said:

"What if I haven't found your true form yet and continue to reveal information to lure you to stay? Leaving now seems a bit too cautious, doesn't it?"

"???"

Hearing the mermaid beauty's words, Director Cancer remained silent, while Director Scorpio reacted, sneaking his hand behind him to grab onto the palm that had been pressed against his back.

"Whoa!"

Damn!

Watching the struggling and crying palm demon in his hand, indistinguishable in size and warmth from a human hand, Director Scorpio turned to see the dissipating figure of Director Cancer, feeling slightly numb.

It's been decades since we last worked a mission together, and you still enjoy selling me out... whatever, if it must come to that, so be it!

With some resignation, Director Scorpio crushed the palm demon in his hand, tossed it aside, then pulled out a handful of iron beans from his pocket, chewing on them before puffing his cheeks like a peashooter, aiming at the mermaid beauty in front of him.

Since this she-fish dared to admit what she'd done, she must be confident enough to take down two directors one-on-one; staying would likely just add a casualty, better to sell me out and take the intel back... I'll be damned if I don't give it my all!