I! Cleaner!-Chapter 980 - 899: The Final Battle

New humans will always be born...

Faced with this seemingly self-evident, yet extraordinarily cruel notion, the thoroughly shattered Sage's Cemetery plunged into a deathly silence.

Those who can become Cleaners and sit in the position of Zodiac Branch Office Director cannot be utterly foolish; they must possess relatively sound judgment. Thus, all present understood that the proposal of the third-generation director, though extremely cruel, was indeed the best choice at the moment.

When confronting the Six-faced Elephant Deer, supported by the entire Realm of the Dead, even a lucky victory would come with heavy casualties. The directors Sagittarius, Pisces, and others with inherent problems would certainly perish, wiping out the core strength of the Cleaning Bureau. At that point, the real world might become a playground for outer gods.

Therefore, the only way was to abandon obstructing the Six-faced Elephant Deer, letting it go to the real world and indirectly severing its connection with the Realm of the Dead, which was the only way to protect humanity and the real world, but...

"No!"

Taurus, the director, was the first to break the silence, grabbing the floating cardboard clock beside her, her hand veins bulging, her once kind and gentle face now as hard as iron.

"Over my dead body!"

"Sigh..."

Glancing at Taurus's white-knuckled fingers, Sagittarius, who had been standing by her side, hesitated momentarily and then shook his head, saying:

"I agree to let it pass."

"You?!"

"But I'll stay here with you."

"?!"

In Taurus's astonished expression, Sagittarius reached out to touch the small clock, while applying Sagittarius Palace's enhancement secret technique, his face expressionless:

"Letting it go to the real world is correct, but once it's there, we'll still have to fight, and I don't have much longer to live. Dying anywhere would be the same."

"..."

"Ahaha, you finally spoke like a human."

Laughing, Cancer stepped forward, stood beside Taurus, and then reached out to completely twist open his navel.

As the divine prison of his abdomen fully opened, countless hideous demons full of evil aura crawled out from his gaping navel like pitch-black, ugly ants. They used their six limbs to climb out, covering every inch of Cancer's skin, roaring with hatred at everything around them.

"For the past fifty years, no matter what you guys think, I for one have had enough of being cowardly."

Cancer shut his mouth, and the dense, tiny demons on his skin all painfully opened their mouths, issuing an ear-piercing voice unlike human speech.

"Fight first, talk about other things after death!"

"..."

"Pisces, what do you think?"

"I..."

Looking at Cancer, who turned his head towards him, the aged Pisces sighed and then shook his head slightly, saying:

"I'm still the same as before, standing with you all."

"Then let's fight!"

Ignoring Capricorn's seeming desire to say something, Sagittarius stepped on Leon's coffin lid that was about to be lifted. He left a secret-technique-enhanced golden footprint on it, then looked around calmly, inquiring:

"This task ends here. The next task will be executed by us directors. We will hold back the Six-faced Elephant Deer shortly; those who wish to leave can do so on their own."

"..."

Leave?

After hearing Sagittarius, the Zodiac Bureau Directors looked at each other, then shook their heads in succession.

If sacrificing a small portion of humanity could solve the Six-faced Elephant Deer, some might choose to leave, but currently, the weight on the scale was too heavy. Faced with the result of possibly losing half of humanity, the answer was naturally only one.

As for whether staying would mean death... a Cleaner afraid of dying would have died in a task hundreds of years ago. How could they even become the Zodiac Bureau Director?

No one's leaving? That really complicates things...

Raising his head to look at the silent Six-faced Elephant Deer above, Sagittarius frowned slightly, glancing around at the seven Zodiac Bureau Directors before finally locking eyes on the Scorpio Director.

"Edward!"

After kicking the thumping coffin of Leon towards him, Sagittarius, with a face allowing no refusal, said:

"Aquarius is different from us; he cannot die here. I assign you the task of bringing him to the real world."

"I'll also stay..."

"You better not stay."

Cutting off the Scorpio Director, Sagittarius couldn't help but frown, saying:

"You lack power... What I mean is, your primary combat tool is a puppet that controls the living, which is useless against the dead Six-faced Elephant Deer, so staying has little meaning. You might as well return to the real world and wait until we... come back after the fight!"

"I..."

"You should go, Edward."

Kindly advising him, Taurus then stepped on Leon's coffin lid, pressing back the blade tips protruding from it, then scattered a few silver nails, reinforcing Leon's coffin for the second time, before turning to glance at Cancer.

"Understood."

Nodding knowingly at Taurus, Cancer scratched his belly, "plucking" six demons from it and throwing them out. These six pitch-black demons swelled rapidly, together lifting Leon's coffin on their shoulders.

"Go, Edward!"

Joining in the fun, Cancer left a shoe mark on Leon's coffin, then raised his chin in a nod at Edward, the reluctant Scorpio Director, and grinned, making a cheerful promise:

"As long as you bring the future of humanity back, you'll be the hero, ranked first in the year-end review!"

"..."

"Pisces, want to leave a mark?"

"No, thanks..."

Facing the seemingly child-like antics of the old friend, Pisces shook his head helplessly, then gently touched the heart of the Scorpio Director and Leon's coffin, leaving behind a string of colorful bubbles, afterward solemnly advising:

"I leave my [Bubble Shadow Cove] with you. If the Six-faced Elephant Deer chases after you, this should withstand a full-force attack from a pillar-god level... Go."

"Okay..."

Faced with the persuasion of the four directors, the Scorpio Director could only nod, flicking a few invisible threads from his fingertips onto the six demons carrying the coffin.

"Six-faced Elephant Deer!"

After the Scorpio Director secured the six demons and prepared for departure, Cancer, covered in demons, was the first to step out of the Sage's Cemetery, looking up at the six figures motionless above.

"Come! Show us the power of the lord of death!"

"Hehe."

Faced with Cancer's challenge, the previously silent Faceless Man suddenly chuckled for some unknown reason. He didn't bother with the disappearing coffin but instead remarked with some emotion:

"The people of the Cleaning Bureau really are getting worse with each generation."