I! Cleaner!-Chapter 765 - 700: Full Support

What… why is everyone looking at me?

Seeing the argument settle down and a unified gaze falling upon his four directors, Leon felt a chill on his scalp. Instinctively, he took half a step back and tentatively suggested:

"Uh… if those directors can't make it back, how about we call the bureau chief and the other three directors back from Old Soil?"

"It's better if they don't move." 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

The Sagittarius Director shook his head and said:

"Even with assistance from the Star Palace Shift, it would take some time for them to return, and they might not make it in time for the situation here.

Moreover, you can't always enter Old Soil at any given moment. If we miss this chance, we might have to wait several generations, and even if we reach the next opening of Old Soil, the Clean-up Bureau may not be able to send that many people again."

"If the opportunity is that rare… could we recall one or two of them first?"

"That would be very dangerous for them."

The Pisces Director gently explained:

"Leon, although the Four Pillar Gods have been killed, the time on Old Soil is extremely chaotic. Exploring there means there is a chance to encounter the Four Pillar Gods during their peak period.

If they do meet the Four Pillar Gods of the past, the chief could take on two alone, the Aries Director could suppress one, and Virgo and Scorpio together could hold one off. That's the minimum requirement for entering Old Soil. Having any fewer people would be unsafe."

"…"

After hearing the Pisces Director's explanation, Leon fell silent for a moment, then raised his hand with a strange expression, pointing at his face.

"So… you're planning to let me deal with the Slaughter King Association? But I'm only level three…"

"You are already a director."

Pointing to the Aquarius symbol on Leon's arm, the Sagittarius Director said righteously:

"If you don't mind revealing your identity, then all the memories of the Cleaners participating in this selection can be fully retained, and we'll immediately hold the director succession ceremony for you… Leon, the safety of our human race depends on…"

Stop, stop, stop! Don't put pressure on me yet!

Raising his hand to make a pause gesture, stopping the Sagittarius Director's value-laden speech, Leon couldn't help but argue:

"Members of the Slaughter King Association are all True Gods! Under particular circumstances, I can only achieve True God-level strength. Is it too much to send me to deal with them…?"

"Don't worry about that."

The Taurus Director thought for a moment and promised directly:

"The four of us will fully support you. Except for those guarding especially important places who cannot be spared, you can pick and choose any Cleaner from the eighty-seven branches!"

"…"

"Besides that, all other support will also be in place!"

The Pisces Director gently added:

"Although the states of Taurus and I aren't great, we can provide remote support. As soon as we receive your signal, we'll activate the headquarters' [Sundial Dish], temporarily blocking all sunlight from reaching reality, giving you one second of sunlight.

This sun with only one-sixth intensity, although it can only be used during local daytime and can be dispatched once a day, is enough to deal a fatal blow to ordinary True Gods!"

"…"

"Also, among the four kingdoms that might have issues, you only need to manage the simplest one!"

Seeing Leon seemingly tempted, the Cancer Director chuckled, patting his big belly:

"The Northern Kingdom is the base of the Aquarius Branch, and Baltro is quite competent. Although we don't know what methods the Slaughter King Association has arranged, it would only stall him at most.

By then, you might not even need to intervene. Perhaps if you help out in time to ensure Baltro isn't stalled, he might just handle the Slaughter King Association's people himself… What do you think?"

"…"

Maybe… perhaps… coincidentally… maybe not…

Logically, it seems like everything checks out, but your choice of words leaves me feeling quite uneasy!

"Right, take this."

Just as Leon was being besieged, clearly feeling overwhelmed, the Sagittarius Director flipped his wrist and, from somewhere, produced a segment of pale pink meat, tossing it toward Leon.

"This was the apology gift we promised last time. Initially, I planned to give you both items together when I found them, but you might find this useful now, so I'm giving it to you as extra insurance!"

"?"

[Name: Desolate Violent Tongue - Enhanced (Corruption, Voracity, Barrenness)]

[Appearance: Pink tongue of an artiodactyl, ranging from bright pink to deep red, with a rough surface and a thick white coating, featuring forty-four rows of tiny papillae]

[Ability: Demon's Tongue, Swallowing Abnormality, Origin Robbery]

[Cost: Completely replacing your original tongue, or feeding it fresh grass beforehand, and providing a strong enough soul afterward]

[File: Tongue of a near-divine level great demon, lost consciousness due to severe injuries, parasitized on a mountain goat, caused extensive desolation in the Ailka Mountains as the goat fed…

Located by the current Sagittarius Director of the Clean-up Bureau, utilizing the power of the abnormal object 'Volunteer Ribbon', at the dried bed of Lake Ailka, extracted from the desiccated corpse of the mountain goat, and awakened its consciousness]

[Evaluation: Best companion to the abnormal object 'Insatiable Stomach', all abnormalities swallowed by 'Desolate Violent Tongue' and digested by 'Insatiable Stomach' will have their origin robbed, temporarily increasing the user's Contamination Value.

Unfortunately, due to this abnormal object's lower rank, the effect of robbing origins and increasing Contamination Value is capped at 59 points, which is only slightly better than nothing for you]

[Contamination Value: 8]

[Your Contamination Value has increased]

[Current Contamination Value: 20.5]

"…"

So the sheep tongue has already been found…

After reading the description of the [Desolate Violent Tongue], Leon looked at this once-coveted abnormal object with suspicion at the Sagittarius Director.

Although the "Tongue-Stomach Combo" could temporarily increase Contamination Value to 60 after being combined, firstly, Leon already possessed a similar ability, and secondly, the opponents from the Slaughter King Association should be at least above True God level. It seems this item's usefulness is limited?

"Don't worry, you'll definitely find it useful."

Seeing Leon's doubt, the Sagittarius Director smiled and gave Leon a knowing wink while gesturing at the sheep tongue in his hand.

Thwang!

As the Sagittarius Director winked, Leon's ears buzzed slightly as if hearing a bowstring being released, and the sheep tongue in his hand trembled violently like touched by a branding iron, suddenly bursting with energy!

"This thing is just alright as is."

Seeing Leon's eyes widen in surprise after fondling the sheep tongue, the Sagittarius Director, showing signs of exhaustion, proudly smiled.

"But with my secret technique blessing it, for the next three months, it will be effective against True Gods too!"

Indeed…

Upon hearing this, Leon nodded.

With the Sagittarius Director's blessing, the cap for the Origin Robbery of the [Desolate Violent Tongue] was raised to 63 points, just enough to cover Leon's weakness of being unable to erase True God origins completely, so…

"Can I have a few more?"

Reaching out to touch his cufflinks, pulling out his collection of unused viscera series, Leon promised expectantly as the Sagittarius Director looked on in astonishment:

"If you could bless all of these, I'll take care of everything in the Northern Kingdom!"

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