Me! Cleaner!.

Chapter 36 Who is the Devil (Two in One)

Amid the curses of the black goat, Lyon, sweating all over, carrying the wrapped witch's broom, followed the crowd to the gate of the Charles Hydraulic Company.

However, he did not rush in to investigate. Instead, he carefully observed the surrounding situation and walked around the outer wall of the water power company several times.

Sure enough, in a shady alley, Lyon found a large number of people in tattered clothes and with "suspicious behavior".

After listening to the conversation of those people for a while, Lyon did not ask about the situation directly, but quietly mixed in and angrily cursed the water company for its shamelessness, which resonated with most people, and they all followed suit and cursed angrily.

After carefully noting down the curses of these wounded people and collecting enough information, Leon walked back to the main entrance of the water company with a broom in hand and strode in with his head held high.

"Stop!"

When Lyon was circling around the water company, the guard had already spotted this poor boy with suspicious behavior. When he finally entered the door, he stopped him without saying a word and threatened him with a frown:

"Do you know that this is..."

"From the police department."

After showing his ID to the guard with a face full of flesh, Leon glanced at the burly guard whose expression suddenly tensed up, and asked directly with a stern face:

"I'm here to investigate. Take me to the manager of your security department."

"Ah? Okay, okay!"

Identifying the credentials and ranks of public officials is a "compulsory course" for security guards in such large enterprises. After confirming that the signatures and seals on this certificate are complete and do not appear to be fake.

Faced with an assistant police officer, the burly security guard who had just been alert instantly became obedient. Without saying a word, he was taken directly to the security department's office.

After looking at the certificate issued by the Cleaning Bureau, the manager of the security department also did not... or did not dare to doubt Leon's identity, but asked him about his purpose with a smile.

Seeing the security manager's cautious look, it was estimated that if Leon just said with a straight face that the mission was confidential, he would not ask any more questions and would just let Leon in without any hesitation.

The reason is simple: the certificates from the Cleanup Bureau are really useful.

In the kingdom's five-level civil service system of executive, executive, civil, assistant, and commoner, although Lyon's assistant-level position can only be ranked fourth, it may not sound like a big deal, but he has already entered the middle level of the civil service system.

If converted to the kingdom's military, he would be a lieutenant-level officer who could command a company of 200 men. If he were to be sent to a local county outside the royal capital, he would even be eligible to compete for a deputy position in a local powerful department.

In addition, Leon was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and had a rather intimidating surname, which almost wrote the words "not easy to mess with" on his face. Faced with such a troublesome guest, the security manager naturally did not dare to stop him.

After all, if he really angered the other party, even though Charles Hydraulic Company had a strong background, they might not stand up for a small manager like him. He would still have to bear the consequences of the other party's revenge.

only……

Looking at Leon's overly young face, who was probably in his thirties, the security manager, who had always had a smile on his face, twitched his lips slightly, and a hint of contempt unconsciously revealed in his eyes.

We dare not stop him forcefully, but if this "Level 3 accident handler" has bad intentions and wants to interfere with something that is inconvenient to touch, there are plenty of ways to delay him!

……

"Haha, it's actually nothing serious."

After reaching into the shopping bag and touching the black goat's head, Leon looked at the security manager's soul flickering between obedience and resistance. His expression softened immediately and he smiled gently.
"There are quite a lot of people who have come to your company to cause trouble recently. The department is worried that you can't calm them down and that they may attack the water company, so they sent me here to check on the situation."

Hearing that Leon was here to ask about the water supply, the security manager's heart skipped a beat, and then he put away the smile on his face and said with difficulty:

"Well... it's not that I can't tell you. The main company has rules for people like us..."

"Brother, I won't play tricks with you."

After interrupting the security manager's prevarication, Leon reached out and took out the soft paper "Gault" cigarette box, skillfully knocked on the bottom of the box and a cigarette popped out. Then he imitated the honest smile of the unscrupulous boss, and handed the cigarette over with a smile amid the distressed curses of the black goat in his mind.

"Just tell me, what's the situation with the public water pipe? I want an answer. Can you suppress this matter?"

"This... is definitely possible."

After taking a look at the high-end cigarettes that cost three silver wheels for a pack, the security manager smiled and said, suppressing his itch:

"It will just take some time, and the final appeasement will depend on the compensation plan..."

"You'd better tell me the truth!"

After taking a look at the other party's increasingly chaotic soul, Leon narrowed his eyes slightly and suddenly raised his voice and said:
"I saw what was going on outside when I came here!

Although the people blocking your gate have been driven away by you, the words "Either pay us for the medicine or come out and drink manure" on the wall have not been cleared away! Do you think I'm blind?"

"Well... I'm sorry, I'm just a security manager. I really don't know how many people were affected this time and how to compensate for these things!"

"You don't know, but after you take me in, you can help me find out."

"Well... although you are from the police department, these matters are company secrets. After all, I am the manager of the security department, so I can't..."

"The reason I came to you and not someone else is because you are the security manager!"

Leon silently took a half step forward, stared into the eyes of the somewhat flustered security manager, lowered his voice again, and said in a gentle and seductive voice:

"I originally thought that I didn't need to remind you of these things, but you don't seem to have any awareness of them?

Brother, use your brain! If there is a real disturbance later, once the mob attacks the water company, will the higher-ups let you let them in? Or will they let you lead people to stop them?

If blood is seen while you are stopping people, or if a few patients who cannot afford treatment and are carried here to be paid die, do you think that in the end, it will be regarded as your own decision as the security manager?"

"This one……"

After listening to Leon's hypothesis, the security manager's expression changed slightly, and sweat appeared on his forehead.

"I'm just following the rules, and... this... this may not necessarily cause a commotion, and the company may not necessarily..."

"Stop talking about this and that! A company that can directly pour sewage into public water pipes to save costs will care about the life and death of a manager like you?"

After glancing at the other party's extremely unstable soul flame and judging that his psychological defenses had been shaken, Leon grabbed the security manager's hand and rudely stuffed the entire box of cigarettes into it.

Then he bent his fingers one by one, pressed his palm to slowly hold the cigarette box tightly, then moved closer and whispered softly, "Think about it carefully, this matter is actually not that difficult, there are only two possible results.

The first one is that I will investigate carefully and you will cooperate with me.

If something really happens later, our police department will be prepared and can control the situation earlier. You may even be able to get credit for timely notification and proper cooperation.

The second possibility is that you deliberately concealed the situation of the water company and delayed my investigation.

If a big mess happens, the department will lose face and I will be severely punished. You will be blamed for the bloody conflict and be fired from the water company, and your family will be sent to the slums to pick up trash."

After using a little rhetoric to secretly limit the other party's thinking range to yes or no, looking at the security manager in front of him who was sweating profusely, Leon, whose heart was obviously beating very fast, said in a leisurely and soft voice:
"Brother, have you ever been to the slums in the capital? Have you seen how people there live?
If you don't know, I can tell you that they wear picked-up rags every day, and even wear shrouds stolen from funeral homes.

They also had to compete with crows and wild cats for garbage in the trash can, and dig in the toxic alchemical waste for a whole day just to find a few pieces of old metal that could be exchanged for half a copper wheel.

And every winter, as long as there is a heavy snowfall, the next day, there will be a few more skinny bones on the garbage dump of the road administration department's cleaning truck, which are so hard that even wild dogs can't chew them...

Think about it, brother, if you choose this path, will you and your family be part of it this year? "

After describing a bright future for the security manager, and looking at the other party's soul that was emitting black flames, Leon suddenly withdrew his hand and took a big step back when he judged that the time had come.

"wait wait wait!"

boom!
In the security manager's soul, the gray-white defense line, which was already thinner than an eggshell, was completely burned through by the surging black flames below.

Leon suddenly moved away without any warning, as if he had directly removed the last barrier between him and the slums. The pale-faced security manager followed almost instinctively, grabbed Leon's arm tightly, and said stumblingly:
"You...I can take you to some...some places that are not so important, but you can't betray me! If you betray me, I...I will...I will..."

"Haha, you can rest assured about this."

After observing the other party's soul state again and confirming that he had completely "broken his defense", Leon, who seemed as steady as an old dog but actually had a heartbeat of 160, smiled and asked directly:

"Do you think betraying you, a security manager, will do me any good?

Was it so that I could kill you and make you lose everything? Was it so that my superiors would know that I used improper means to obtain information? Or was it so that the water company could file a complaint against me for stealing secrets?

Don't worry, I'm not a fool. How could I possibly do something like this that has no benefit at all and is even full of trouble?"

"you you……"

Looking at the young man in front of him who was smiling at him gently, the security manager felt his eyes blurred slightly, as if he saw two sharp goat horns surrounded by black air on the other person's head.

After shivering violently, he didn't dare to look at the young devil with a simple smile. He turned his head hurriedly, hunched his back slightly, and took Leon to the data room.

……

"Tsk tsk tsk... resentment, betrayal, jealousy, fear... you are amazing!"

Looking at the security manager's almost burnt soul, the black goat couldn't help but widen his eyes and said in amazement in Leon's mind:

"I just heard a few words from you, how come his soul was stained black? You... could it be that you have other abnormal things? But I didn't feel it! "

'This is not the effect of anomalies, but the result of observation and judgment.'

He took out a small bottle of bulk inferior wine prepared in advance from the shopping bag containing the goat's head, endured the unpleasant smell of wine and took a big sip. After activating the [Martyr of the Wine Country] badge, he felt the fear and tension in his heart gradually dissipate. He put his hand on the black goat's forehead and explained calmly:
'Senior Emma once told me that no matter what the circumstances, we should never ignore the importance of intelligence, observe carefully, think calmly, and make careful judgments. These are the reasons why she was able to stay safely in the Cleanup Bureau for six years.

Before I came in, I specifically observed the injuries of those who came to protest and found that they were all hit in thick areas of the flesh, proving that the security personnel had been instructed to control the intensity. The person most likely to do these things is the security manager, who will most likely be abandoned after a serious incident.

From this I discovered that although he is part of the water power company, his interests are not completely consistent with those of the water power company. As long as we focus on attacking the areas he fears and separate his interests from the water power company, we can turn him into our helper.'

Good fellow... Let's not talk about that first. Have you learned to communicate with your soul? You are really a born devil!

Feeling the thoughts transmitted to his soul through his fingers, the black goat was a little jealous of Leon's "devil" talent, and couldn't help but say:

"You must be guessing! This is the first time we met, how do you know he didn't tell me to be gentle because he couldn't bear it? Also, how do you know what he's afraid of?"

'If he didn't have the heart, he wouldn't have done it himself. Moreover, after achieving his goal of driving people away from the door, he continued to chase and beat those unarmed people with weapons.

As for what he was afraid of… His collar was clean, his trousers were straight, there was a family photo in a frame on his desk, and there was a polo club in the corner. He was obviously a man with a stable life and a happy family, and he had the energy to pursue his hobbies.'

Recalling the man in the family photo hugging his wife and children with a warm smile, and the protesters in the alley who were beaten and bruised all over, Leon couldn't help but shook his head with a complicated expression and continued to summarize:
'What these people fear most is generally the disruption of their peaceful and stable days and the fall of their own social class.

So as long as I forcefully link the consequences of not cooperating with me to these things, and then keep interrupting him and not giving him time to think, he will naturally give in little by little.'

'...'

Damn it! You are such a... Compared to you, this devil of mine is just a fake!
After thinking with his not-so-bright brain and not finding any obvious mistakes, the black goat couldn't help but smack his lips in frustration, feeling that his role as a demon was really in vain. But soon, he recovered and pleaded with a cheeky face in excitement:

"Leon, Leon! When you betray him later, can you take me with you?"
Hey, because of your own weakness and cowardice, you failed to withstand the temptation of the devil and were thrown from the peaceful world into hell... This is really interesting! I really admire you more and more! '

"..."

'Why don't you speak?'

After waiting for a long time without seeing Leon's answer, the black goat could not help but be stunned for a moment, and then said angrily:
"You're not going to be soft-hearted because he has a wife and kids, are you? Fuck! Can you wake up a little? He's a lackey of the water company! He led people to beat up those who came to ask for compensation!"

Boy! Don't you want to punish evil and promote good? Then just do it! After investigating the problems of the water power company, report him and betray him!

Then step on his head with your sole, tell him the reason why you did it with a look of arrogance, and then let him experience the despair in the hell on earth! '

"..."

"Let's see what happens..."

After shaking his head slightly, Leon sighed and said:
'Can't you see his soul? Although he is not a kind person, the dark side of his soul is not much bigger than that of ordinary people. It is basically floating on the same level, and even exudes a warm feeling.

If I find out later that he has done a lot of dirty work for the water company, I will definitely not be soft-hearted when it comes time to sell him off, but I think it's a little hasty to destroy his life and the lives of his entire family without even knowing his name... What's wrong with you? ! '

Looking at the dark flames that suddenly rose in his soul's vision and feeling the strong desire surging from the depths of the black goat's soul, Leon was about to ask in detail when the black goat's hysterical scream suddenly rang in his mind:
'Heart! Our heart!'

"What's the point of being careless? Turn back now! Someone in that room just now touched my heart!"

(End of this chapter)