Me! Cleaner!

Chapter 192 Dream Watch and Entrustment

Two days later, in the early morning, Patriot Avenue, the old city of the royal capital.

Patriot Avenue is definitely a special case in old city streets where sanitary conditions are generally poor, security is chaotic at night, and garbage trucks only visit once a week on average.

It has a garbage truck that passes by once a day, specially assigned patrol guards from the police department, and walls that are regularly painted three times a year.

Yes, unlike other streets where no one cares about it for 20 to 30 years, and it doesn't matter even if the paint on the walls is completely peeled off, Patriot Avenue not only has special sanitary measures, but even the walls are frequently painted extravagantly to make it tidy. It's so clean that it doesn't look like a street in the old town.

As for the reason...

As a street rebuilt with special funds from the Ministry of Finance to commemorate the soldiers who fought bravely in the Great Patriotic War, Patriot Avenue is not only the face of the King and Parliament, but also the residence of a large number of soldiers who were injured and retired in the war six years ago. , as a matter of course, should receive some preferential treatment, no one will question this.

It is a pity that these preferential treatment in public expenditures do not seem to solve the widespread poverty of laid-off soldiers, and the glorious experience of fighting for the country also does not exempt them from violence from patrolling guards when they drink and defecate near the wall. Beaten.

…

"Stop! Damn it! Pull your pants up!"

After hurriedly kicking down the drunkard standing by the wall, the two patrolling guards couldn't help but look like they were about to cry when they looked at the fresh urine stains dripping hotly on the red wall.

Damn it, why are you patrolling again? My salary will be deducted again!

Looking at the drunkard who was kicked down in the middle of spreading on the ground, and his pants were stained, the two guards looked at the deserted streets around them, couldn't help but surrounded him, and kicked and beat the drunkard with gritted teeth. stand up.

"Bullshit! This wall was painted to commemorate the Great Patriotic War!"

"Three times this week! Damn it! Can't you go pee somewhere else?"

"Hit him!"

After kicking and beating for a while, looking at the drunken man who curled up and said nothing, the two guards who were bound to have his salary deducted were still not relieved. They dragged him directly to the urine stain on the wall and threw him a piece of rag. rag, and ordered him to clean up the urine stain with an annoyed look on his face.

But after the drunk man stood up tremblingly, he did not pick up the rag that smelled of urine on the ground. Instead, he put his hand into his trouser pocket and grabbed something. Then his throat moved up and down, and he heard a stuck sound. A ball of yellow and greenish phlegm came out, and he spat it towards the brightly painted wall.

Immediately afterwards, with a soft "ding" sound, an iron battle medal with a robin feather printed on it, which could only be obtained by participating in the Patriotic War, was "spit" together with the spit into the Patriotic War. Memorial wall.

"Patriot Avenue? Ha!"

…

Unfortunately, it's still a little bit worse.

Looking at the three hands that kept beating on the watch, but finally stopped in the "human" zone and failed to reach the "abnormal" zone, the old man with droopy mouth across the street shook his head, and then said to the middle-aged man across the table. :

"This person is not bad. He has a painful past and intense emotions. He is very close to the standard of becoming an abnormality in all aspects. He has the qualifications to "germinate" seeds.

But his soul is not pure enough and has too many messy thoughts. Before he is born with a real abnormality, he still needs to experience a more unforgettable pain, which will completely knock him into the abyss of despair...

Does he have a family? "

"have."

After looking at the drunken man who was kicked and beaten by two guards, the middle-aged man with some white hair on his temples was silent for a while, and then replied:

"Old Baggins' wife died of illness, but he has a twenty-year-old son who joined us three years ago and is now responsible for purchasing daily necessities."

"oh?"

After hearing the middle-aged man's words, the old man with a naturally crying face raised his eyelids and said with interest:

"How is their father-son relationship?"

"Very bad."

The middle-aged man...or rather the leader of the rebel party hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said:

"Old Baggins suffered a lot of injuries during the Patriotic War six years ago. His right leg was penetrated by a nail, and his stomach was injured by a whale oil bomb dropped by an airship. As a result, every rainy, snowy, and cloudy day The numbness and itching would be unbearable, and I could only drink alcohol all year round to relieve the pain.

The abolition money given by the kingdom was not much, and he drank most of it like this, so his wife had liver disease and could not be cured. She died within two years. After that, he drank even more fiercely and got drunk. Later, he often beat little Baggins, who also hated his father extremely. "

"That's really pitiful."

After looking at the drunk across the street with pity, Director Aquarius sighed:

“It’s a shame, if only he had a son who was not willing to give up no matter what, but kept trying to take care of him.

In this case, as long as the last person who is unwilling to give up on him expresses his complete disappointment in him, or designs a small accident for his son, and forcibly extinguishes the last light in his heart, he can use the pain that bursts out, Thoroughly cleanse his soul.

And under the washing of despair that has expanded to the extreme, his soul will be stripped of all impurities, and at a certain moment only the purest obsession will exist, and through this, he will truly break away from the ordinary category and successfully cross the threshold of the abnormal. But now..."

Looking at the "soul" needle stuck below the abnormal line on the watch, Director Aquarius shook his head and said:

"It's impossible.

If it had been when his wife had just died, maybe I might have given him a push, but after so many years, his soul has been completely numb, covered with a thick layer of dust, and no longer meets the conditions for becoming an anomaly. "

"That's it..."

After sighing together, the middle-aged man stood up and said:

"Then let's go see the next person. I've met a lot of people who may become anomalies over the years. It's rare for you to come and see me, so why not meet them all together!"

"Sorry, I'm afraid it's too late."

After looking at the watch on the other hand, Director Aquarius shook his head and said:

"There will be an internal inquiry against me soon. If I fail the inquiry, I will have to accept the bureau's memory reading, so I have to go back in advance to prepare. I don't have time to read them all."

Internal inquiry by the Cleanup Bureau?

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then frowned and asked:

"What happened? Aren't you one of the twelve most powerful directors? Why are you still subject to internal review? Who can review you?"

"Of course it's the other directors~"

Director Aquarius said with a nonchalant expression:

"I have done so many things outside over the years. Although I have always been careful and have never even used my true identity, it is inevitable that some traces will be left behind. There are so many talents in the Cleanup Bureau, and there are still people who can detect that something is wrong.

In other words, being able to survive until today before being questioned is beyond my expectation. Starting from Ophiuchus... well... starting from a major event in the past, the world has become increasingly chaotic in recent years. A large number of external gods are ready to move, leading to the situation. There are a lot of good players here, otherwise I might have been exposed long ago. "…"

"I don't know these things."

The middle-aged man shook his head and said:

"I just want to know when you can come back?"

"If it's quick, a week or two."

Director Aquarius added calmly:

"You should be able to guess that for an organization as large and loose as the Cleanup Bureau, it is surprisingly fast to complete the questioning of senior members within a week or two."

"What if it's slow?"

"If you are slow, of course you will never come back!"

Seemingly remembering something interesting, Director Aquarius smiled and said:

"Not only are the top three directors in the bureau questioning me this time, but there are even several directors of the Zodiac Bureau. If I can't survive, I'm afraid I won't even be qualified to run away, and I will be kicked out on the spot. Take it.

Hmm... In that case, let's limit it to two weeks. If I haven't come back after two weeks, you can just think that I have been slaughtered. When the time comes, you can run and hide. Anyway, you can't. Due to the hidden nature of your abilities, there are really not many people in the bureau who can find your position. "

“…”

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You are really...frank enough...

After clicking his tongue somewhat speechlessly, the middle-aged man said expressionlessly:

"Then let's wait until you come back after successfully questioning! I will watch those people first."

"Well...if you want to check the qualifications of those people, you don't necessarily have to wait for me to come back."

After hearing the middle-aged man's words, Director Aquarius thought about it for a moment, and then actually took off the strange watch with six hands on his left wrist and threw it towards the leader of the rebel party.

"This thing is called [Dream Watch]. Its original ability was used to realize dreams, but after my transformation, this thing can also check whether a person has the potential to become an anomaly, with just a drop of blood or hair or something like that. Just as a mark.”

As Director Aquarius spoke, he stretched out his finger and tapped the cover of the watch, pointing to the hands below and explaining:

"These six pointers are divided into three groups, representing the past and future, body and soul, personality and emotions. Among these three groups of pointers, if one pointer in each group reaches an abnormal range, it proves that this person has the ability to accept 'Seed' qualifications.

Like the gentleman opposite called Old Baggins, his 'past' pointer and 'emotion' pointer have reached an abnormal range, but his 'soul' pointer has not reached the standard, so there is still a lack of conditions for the seeds to germinate, that is, Unlikely to become an anomaly. "

Past and future, soul and body, character and emotions?

After carefully memorizing the meanings of these six hands, and looking at these three groups of strange hands engraved with wonderful patterns, the middle-aged man couldn't help but ask doubtfully:

"Why is it enough for one person in a group to move to become an anomaly?"

"Well...it's a little hard to explain...let's do this, you can understand the world as a canvas and everyone as a pen."

Director Aquarius thought for a moment, dipped his finger in coffee, drew a brown water mark on the tablecloth, and then continued to explain:

"A person's past experience and his future development are the handwriting he has drawn and will draw in the world; and having a unique soul or a wonderful body determines the technique of painting with this pen. Is it realistic or abstract?

As for personality and emotion, the former determines how a person treats the world, while the latter determines how a person responds to the world after experiencing it, which is equivalent to the color painted by this pen on the canvas. trace. "

After looking at the middle-aged man who was a little confused, Director Aquarius sighed and said:

"To put it simply, these three sets of pointers are to explore what kind of paintings a person paints in the world, what techniques he uses to paint them, and what kind of paints he uses.

Therefore, if each of these three sets of pointers has an "abnormality", it can guarantee that the painting drawn by this pen will also be "abnormal". At that time, as long as I provide a little help, this abnormal pen will be able to Draw a picture called 'abnormal'...

Do you understand? "

"I probably understand..."

After nodding without confidence, the middle-aged man said curiously:

"Then what if all six hands move? What kind of abnormality can such a person create?"

"If someone really made all six hands move..."

Director Aquarius frowned and said:

"That is a painful past, a great future, a strong body, a pure soul, a paranoid character, and crazy emotions... To be honest, if you meet such a person, I suggest you run away quickly."

"ah?"

"If there is such a person, no matter whether he is good or evil, he is destined to completely change the world and set off an extremely terrifying wave.

The abnormal objects derived from this kind of person are like a magnificent picture painted with the most gorgeous and crazy colors and the most unbridled brushwork... Of course, it may also be a picture that destroys everything. "

“…”

"In short, change is scary, especially for people like you and me who are not good things. If you follow him and add fuel to the flames, you will probably die. If you stand opposite him and try to stop the tide, you will die even more. No life.

So if you really meet this kind of person, don't think about unnecessary things, don't do unnecessary things, just hide as far away as you can and that's it. "

"All right…"

"Besides, this watch is not given to you in vain."

After looking at the confused middle-aged man, Director Aquarius raised his hand, pointed in the direction of the police department, and said seriously:

"In addition to detecting other people's qualifications to become anomalies, this thing can also help you find the anomalies I created... Don't forget what you promised me!"

"You mean...what's in the red-haired director's drawer?"

"right."

Director Aquarius nodded and said seriously:

“There is something very important to me, which is probably in the shape of a photo, in that woman’s drawer.

Normally you don't have a chance, but she is the one who questioned me this time, so when the questioning starts, you can sneak into the cleanup bureau through the [Gate to the Other World] while she is not around.

Next, the pointer of [Dream Watch] will automatically take you to find the photo I want. If you can successfully bring it back and give it to me, I will definitely give you a satisfactory reward. "

(End of chapter)