I! Cleaner!-Chapter 977 - 896: Let’s Fire the First Shot

"It's okay, you did your best, it's my fault for not protecting you."

After offering a word of comfort to the Pisces Director, the Taurus Director watched the yellow python, transformed from the hemp rope, break free and the burrowing yellow earthworm return to the underworld. He sighed with a hint of regret.

The soul worn away by the Watcher's Palace is really difficult to recover. My current strength is probably less than half of what it was at my peak, and even though I've emptied my reserves, I couldn't even take down one Overlord of the Dead Realm.

"Joan, you also did your best."

Seeing her disappointment, the Cancer Director patted his belly and said with a chuckle:

"At least you three did something. I stood there the whole time without even moving my feet.

Of course, it's not because I'm afraid of dying. Mainly, I have the 'Desire of the Belly God' inside me, and the next generation of little guys hasn't learned the secret technique yet, so if I can survive, I need to try and live a few more days... you don't mind, do you?"

"We don't mind."

Responding expressionlessly, the Sagittarius Director looked at the freed Overlords of the Dead Realm gathering around again and asked, with furrowed brows:

"Your continued existence is your greatest contribution to the bureau... What's going on with Capricorn and the others? Why haven't they acted yet?"

"Don't talk nonsense, I've been acting for a long time."

An arm with little flesh or muscle draped over the Sagittarius Director's shoulder, patting the mark on his collarbone. The Capricorn Director, who had appeared without anyone noticing, smiled warmly and explained:

"You and Cancer are too old; the smell of decay on you can't be concealed, and those Overlords of the Dead Realm take one look and see it. How could they not take advantage of it?

From the very start, 'Grandma Crow-eye' and the 'Death Workshop Master' were cozying up to the deathly aura on you, trying to take your souls away early. If I hadn't noticed something was wrong and promptly left the others behind to purify you both a few rounds, you might already be down by now!"

"..."

Seemingly quite unaccustomed to such "intimacy," the Sagittarius Director shrugged off the Capricorn Director's hand with a shoulder shrug, their face looking somewhat displeased:

"Then I thank you... Where are the others? Why aren't they acting?"

"They're just about to."

Not taking offense at being brushed off, the Capricorn Director retracted his hand, smiling as he said:

"Here comes a blast."

Just as the Capricorn Director was halfway through his words, the pale ground beneath the Sage's Cemetery suddenly quaked, and seven blazing white beams pierced through the earth, shooting straight into the black and gray entwined sky, illuminating the terrifying faces of the Overlords of the Dead Realm.

"Here comes the shot."

With the Capricorn Director finishing his words, the seven golden beams suddenly contracted inward and converged in the darkest place in the sky, forming a head-sized blazing white hemisphere.

In the blink of an eye, faster than a millionth of a second could register in the pupils of all the living and the dead, this small "seven-twelfths" sun emitted an unbelievably pure sunlight under the desperate gaze of the Overlords of the Dead Realm.

The next moment, the sky of the Dead Realm lit up.

...

Under the half-sun pushed out by the joint efforts of the seven Zodiac Directors of the Cleanup Bureau, the dazzling sunlight belonging only to the living world shone once again into this dark world full of death, after countless ages.

The originally cloud-shrouded sky of the Dead Realm was instantly illuminated, the heavy, gray sky seemingly washed clean of dirt, shedding its murky darkness, and briefly revealing a clear, light blue.

As the deathly aura saturating the world was temporarily cleansed by the sunlight, the pale earth quickly turned black, the polluted Yellow Spring purged of silt. Even the shadowy mountains leading from the ground to the sky briefly exuded a hint of green.

Even the deceased with various expressions along the ruptured No Return Path found their missing flesh restored, their resentment and regret smoothed over, revealing the appearance of their healthy selves in life, staring blankly at the brightening sky.

"All done!"

Rubbing his eyes that were tearing up from the sunlight, the Capricorn Director grinned widely, then gave Leon's coffin a thumbs up.

"Ha ha ha, Aquarius's plan is quite perfect~

I just took an extra look, and nearly all the Overlords of the Dead Realm were directly hit by the solar light accumulated by seven Zodiac Star Palaces, and even the strongest among them, like the Faceless Man and the Sculptor, would be completely done after such a hit.

Now the Dead Realm is without overlords. All those guys above, one by one, have been burned to a crisp. Although the sunlight didn't carry much power to erode their souls, without a hundred or eighty years...

Huh? Why aren't you talking? Why are you ignoring me again? I didn't babble any nonsense today, did I?"

"Shut up!"

"Be quiet!"

"Wait until your eyes are better and see for yourself!"

After shouting the chattering Capricorn Director in unison, the other directors, looking up at the rapidly dimming sky after the sun disappeared, couldn't help but have their expressions darken.

One, two, three... twelve!

In the sky not yet fully blackened again, twelve dark "ink dots" were quietly suspended directly above the Sage's Cemetery, exuding an unbelievably intense deathly aura.

And as the sunlight completely disappeared, the layers of ice that froze the Overlords of the Dead Realm in the sky shattered and melted, raining down a dull, pitch-black shower onto the hearts of all the Cleanup Bureau members.

Hit directly by the seven-twelfths of the sun, yet not a single Overlord of the Dead Realm perished, they seem to have mastered some powerful trump card, perfectly withstanding our ambush, and their aura has grown purer, exuding a terrifying might comparable to the Pillar Gods.

"Sigh..."

With a light sigh of regret, the smile remaining on the face of the Cancer Director shook his head, and then pressed his navel with a solemn expression, gently rotating counterclockwise. Intense sounds of slaughter and wailing emanated from the "Prison of the Belly God."

Subsequently, except for the Capricorn Director, who was frantically rubbing his eyes, all members of the Cleanup Bureau, including the seven Zodiac Directors emerging from underground after opening the coffins, looked up at the pitch-black sky and silently took out their main combat abnormal items.

At this moment, no one regretted starting this war, and no one blamed the new Aquarius Director's plan. Everyone involved in this action, whether Zodiac Directors or the twelve directors, understood that what they had to do next was only one thing, and that was to face a deadly.....

Eh?

Watching the Overlords of the Dead Realm, who fell like dumplings after breaking from the ice layer, before the cleaners could show their puzzled expressions, they saw the last Faceless Man who broke free catch the falling Lantern Old Man beside him and swallow him in one gulp!

Wait, when did it get a mouth?