I! Cleaner!-Chapter 446 - 384: The Makeshift Crew

Is the arrival of the King of Nightmares inevitable?

After hearing the red-haired director’s judgment, Leon’s eyes involuntarily widened.

Yes, the intelligence about the location of the Bai Ye Sect’s base was sent by the Aquarius Director. The chance that he tampered with it isn’t just very high; it’s absolutely certain!

I remember Emma once told me that when the Demonic Soul Abyss overlaps with reality, the link between body and soul will be weakened. Dream realm creatures and related abilities will be greatly enhanced, and the King of Nightmares will try to invade reality.

If the King of Nightmares truly descends successfully, although ordinary people affected won’t die directly, they will be entangled in nightmares for the rest of their lives. Cleaners like me are highly likely to be forcibly captured and brought into the dream realm, transformed into creatures under its control, permanently enslaved by it.

"Director! Quickly request aid from the Headquarters!"

Realizing what would happen in three days, Leon couldn’t help but say anxiously:

"Emma told me that the King of Nightmares doesn’t have a physical form and can travel through dreams at will, which isn’t the type you are skilled at dealing with. So can we request a Director who specializes in dealing with it, or get help from other branch directors?"

"I have already requested aid, but it seems it will likely be too late."

Raising his hand to point at the cabinet beside the desk, letting Leon see the slightly flickering Celestial Globe Mirror within, the red-haired director rubbed his brow and said:

"The King of Nightmares’ Leon Value is about 63 points, while the non-Zodiac branch directors have a Leon Value of only about 50-59, and can only perform at 60 points level with Star Palace’s support.

Although the gap doesn’t seem large, you know, a 60-point Leon Value is the dividing line between humans and gods. Facing a King of Nightmares enhanced by the Demonic Soul Abyss, even if the small branch directors came, they likely wouldn’t be of much help."

"Then... what about directors from other Zodiac branches?"

"If some could come, they might help. If two or more could come, we might even try to take down the King of Nightmares, but none of them can come..."

The red-haired director sighed and said:

"Headquarters is currently in a self-locking state, except for the three Directors, everyone else is temporarily blocked from using Star Palace Shift. The only ones who could arrive within two days are people from the Lion Sub-bureau and Scorpio Branch.

Among them, the director of the Scorpio Branch has a grudge against me, so there’s no way they’d come to help. And although Beverly from the Lion Bureau is on good terms with me, after you exposed the Aquarius conspiracy, the reward she asked from the Headquarters was to spend a month eating sweets in the God of Sweets’ divine kingdom. She’s currently not in this world at all, so she couldn’t possibly come over."

"Then..."

"I’m asking the Board of Directors."

Pointing at the top of the Celestial Sphere Mirror, the red-haired director spoke after the two fish-shaped emblems surrounded the orb in orbit:

"The Pisces Director is very skilled in dream and soul matters. If he is willing to step in, the two of us could go deep into the Demonic Soul Abyss and forcibly trap the King of Nightmares in the dream realm, but I guess he might be currently..."

"Sizzle..."

As if to agree with the red-haired director’s words, the two fish emblems above the Celestial Sphere Mirror stabilized, and a delighted little girl appeared in the mirror.

"Olivia~ are you coming to play with me?"

"He should be in a state unable to assist right now."

After finishing the second half of the sentence, seeing Leon’s somewhat bewildered expression, the red-haired director ruffled his messy hair with a look of helplessness and said:

"Let’s play another time, Pisces Your Excellency; I have other matters to attend to now... Are the Taurus Director and Sagittarius Director beside you?"

"Alright then..."

After being declined by the red-haired director, the disappointed little girl puffed her cheeks but nodded obediently, scampering away in her squeaky shoes from the mirror.

"I’ll go call them for you!"

"Thank you."

"..."

"That child just now is called Mimi, she’s roughly a quarter of the Pisces Director."

After the little girl disappeared on the other side of the Celestial Sphere Mirror, the red-haired director turned his head to explain to the surprised Leon:

"The Pisces Director’s case is special. His soul was divided by an anomalous object into four parts: male, female, old, and young, respectively a six or seven-year-old girl, a twenty-three or twenty-four-year-old young man, a forty-five or forty-six-year-old middle-aged woman, and an eighty-something-year-old elder.

And his body is alternately controlled by these four souls from young to old. Although all four souls, which come from the same origin, have been recognized by the Pisces Star Palace, only that eighty-something-year-old elder holds true director-level power."

"..."

Does this mean the Pisces Director only has director-level combat power about a quarter of the time?

Looking at the six-year-old Pisces Director leaving, the pink rocking horse placed in front of the mirror, Leon who was barely able to hold it together couldn’t help but ask:

"Given the plethora of anomalous objects at the Headquarters, isn’t there any way to bring out the eighty-year-old Pisces Director ahead of time?"

"It’s not possible."

The red-haired director shook his head and said:

"About twenty or thirty years ago, when the Aquarius Director hadn’t defected yet, he and the Taurus Director worked together to create an anomaly item targeting souls, attempting to solve the Pisces Director’s soul division problem.

But even with the combination of two secret techniques, they didn’t succeed. All they achieved was stabilizing the previously disorderly appearances of the Pisces Director’s soul into a sequence from young to old.

And that eighty-something-year-old Pisces Director, came out when you exposed the Aquarius conspiracy at the Headquarters. It’ll have to cycle from old to young again before it’s his turn to appear... It’ll probably be over a month more."

Waiting over a month... By then even the mustard greens will have cooled eight times!

Having gained a deeper understanding of how unreliable the Clean-up Bureau is, Leon was about to ask another question when he heard footsteps from the other side of the Celestial Sphere Mirror. The six-year-old version of Pisces, who had just run off, came back excitedly pulling along someone.

"Olivia! I brought them for you! Next time when you come..."

"Next time when she comes, I’ll make sure she brings you lots of interesting toys."

Interrupting her, the Taurus Director, slightly weary, tenderly patted the girl’s head and said gently:

"Mimi, we have matters to discuss, go play over there for a bit, alright?"

"Oh..."

Seemingly sensing the odd expressions of the Taurus Director and the red-haired director, the girl blinked, puffed her cheeks in response, and ran off in her squeaky shoes. The Taurus Director then took her place at the other side of the Celestial Sphere Mirror.

"Olivia, I have something to tell you."

Before the red-haired director could mention the news about the Aquarius Director still being alive, the grave-looking Taurus Director spoke first:

"The Watcher’s Palace might be in trouble."

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