Me! Cleaner!

Chapter 240 Plan and Nightmare

‘The invitation you just made was too stupid! ’

When Lyon's invitation for an exclusive interview was flatly rejected by the female reporter, she could only leave with a face full of regret. After getting on the public carriage back to the cleanup bureau, the black goat immediately squeezed out of the window glass impatiently, and asked a few questions first. After saying a few words, he commented with regret:

'If you want to set a trap to catch her, then you can directly invite her to your home for an interview, or go to Ryan's house. At that time, whether it is Emma or the red-haired director, they will want to catch her intentionally or unintentionally. It's simply not too easy.

But you just invited her to go to the Cleanup Bureau to interview you. That girl is a gangster and a subordinate of Aquarius. She is still seriously injured and has not healed. It is too late to hide from you. How can she dare to go to the Cleanup Bureau to interview you?

Let me tell you, we were watching from inside the glass of the chandelier. As soon as I heard that you invited her to go to the cleanup bureau, the reporter's face changed with fright. As soon as you looked away, he peeked at you with suspicion. It was obvious that he had I'm starting to doubt you! ’

After chatting for a long time and giving an overall stupid evaluation of Leon's invitation, Black Goat smacked his lips and said:

‘Boy, now you can see how important we are, right?

If we could have come out just now, I would like to remind you secretly that you would not have alarmed her. Now that we have experienced this, it will be difficult to set traps for her in the future. What a pity! ’

Ah, yes, yes, you are right!

After giving the black goat a sideways glance, Leon recorded the information he had just obtained in his small notebook and asked in a calm tone:

"Tell me, is it possible that I didn't actually want to arrest her at all?"

‘? ? ? ’

"A living spy whose identity has been exposed is much more useful than a dead spy in your hands."

Leon replied without looking up while writing notes:

"If she is still in contact with Director Aquarius, she can pass some false information through her, and it is even possible to find the whereabouts of Director Aquarius directly through her. Isn't this more useful than catching her?"

That's true...

After thinking about it for a while, Black Goat couldn't help but nodded slightly, but still said unconvinced:

‘Since you’re not going to arrest her, isn’t it even more necessary to mention the cleanup? You just invited her to the cleanup bureau. She suspected that you wanted to set a trap to catch her, so she was obviously alert! ’

"It's a good thing she's alert."

After thinking about the information he just saw, Leon couldn't help but frown slightly. He stopped writing with the charcoal pen in his hand and said feeling quite stressed:

"After all, he is a first-level cleaner. According to the director, no matter what the cost, an elite first-level cleaner like Emma has the ability to destroy most of the capital in one day. It is estimated that he can be killed in just one encounter. Kill me.

A person like her with astonishing destructive power and unknown methods is too dangerous. Senior Jerry's friends can keep an eye on her whereabouts, but they can't stop her from wreaking havoc. I'm afraid the only way the bureau can do that is with the director. Be sure to subdue her immediately.

As you know about the situation of the director, it is absolutely impossible to put down other work and just stare at her all day long, so the safest way is to make her alert and afraid to move, but not willing to evacuate because of luck. treatment method. "

“…”

In just such a short period of time, you kid has already thought so much?

After hearing Leon's plan, Black Goat couldn't help but smacked his lips, suddenly feeling that this kid was a little strange.

After slowly mastering some power and being "contaminated" by Emma and the red-haired lady for a period of time, Leon has completely changed. He is no longer the angry, stupid boy he used to be.

This bitch's heart is much darker than before. Not only has he become accustomed to setting traps for others, but his work has also become more and more like the cowards in the Cleanup Bureau. His belly is filled with all kinds of dark ideas. The daddies that were pulled out were probably those from her mother with threads.

‘Okay. ’

With full malice, after looking at Leon's butt, the black goat said curiously:

‘Then what are you going to do next? Go directly back to the cleanup station and wait for Emma and the red-haired girl to come back? ’

"The next words..."

Leon thought for a moment after hearing this, then took a homemade charcoal pen and circled it on the small book in his hand, and said with some hesitation:

"Go back to the bureau first, tell Senior Jerry about the situation, and then go to the princess to cancel the engagement."

…

The sun was setting.

As the sun faded, the embers and smoke after the war swept away were like streaks of dark gray paint, smearing dark shadows on the streets and alleys.

After several extremely brutal tug-of-wars, the originally bustling city has been bombarded into ruins. On the cracked streets, broken mechanical parts can be seen every now and then. In the collapsed buildings, a large number of broken steam pipes are spewing out feebly. There was acrid gray smoke.

Dust, smoke, ashes, rust, blood, crying!

The desolate and blazing wind roared through the streets and alleys, bringing the chaotic atmosphere full of fireworks and scorched earth into the nostrils fiercely and harshly, stimulating the survivors to tears. The flow continued, as if the city, which had been completely destroyed by the war, was mourning its own death.

This is... After recognizing the broken city in front of her that she had only been to once but was so familiar to her, Veronica, who looked six or seven years younger, was slightly startled, and then she couldn't help but bite her lips hard. .

This is my dream... The broken city in front of me is the former county seat of Lane County, the city of Cornwall that has been completely destroyed by the war.

During the Patriotic War six years ago, the mechanical troops of the kingdom and the ice country Aichto fought for eleven rounds in the city of Cornwall, completely blasting the originally prosperous city of Cornwall into nothingness. Counting those who fled early, more than half of the residents of Cornwall were still killed or injured.

What he saw in front of him was the day after the sixth round of tug-of-war. The Kingdom of Axito was about to counterattack and start the seventh round of fierce battle. What happened in the next two hours would be the most profound thing in his life. nightmare.

Even though she resisted moving forward, the princess in the dream was completely unable to control her actions. She could only follow her former self, leading a large number of guards and ten field doctors, towards the dilapidated factory at the end of the street. passed.

It was a sugar factory that had been bombed repeatedly. The Skittles produced in Cornwall were once spread across the entire kingdom and were the appearance of rainbows in countless children's dreams.

But after six rounds of fighting, half of this factory, which once held countless sweet memories, has been bombed. The broken walls are full of bullet holes, and the steam that has not yet dissipated in the pipes hisses and falls apart. The remains of machines were everywhere.

What is incompatible with this dilapidated and anxious scene is that the factory floor is covered with brightly colored syrup. In the warehouse where the syrup was once stored, dozens of citizens who have not had time to evacuate are hiding, waiting for the almost impossible existence. rescue.

The princess in the dream heard the weak cry for help and was anxiously instructing the guards to pry the door open. She even opened the deformed door frame with her own hands and was the first to rush in.

The afterglow of the sunset poured into the room through the broken window, casting several mottled light and shadows in the half-ruined house. A child with dirty syrup on his body was holding his baby and looked timidly towards her. , and beside the child were more than thirty survivors.

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After seeing the goal of her trip, the princess in the dream couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief and smiled happily. However, the princess who knew she was in the dream looked at the girl's hand, half of her cheek was broken, The face was like a doll smiling sadly, biting her lips tightly.

"boom!"

Accompanied by the roar of the air being torn apart, hundreds of bombs filled with alchemical fuel, with their pale tail flames tearing through the dark red sunset, fell on the streets of Cornwall, half of them collapsing. The sugar factory was completely reduced to ruins, and the bright syrup on the ground turned into a raging sea of ​​orange fire.

"No!!"

At the moment when the bright flame was about to explode completely, the sleeping princess suddenly opened her eyes and sat up from the bed.

However, even if she successfully escaped from the dream and broke away from the nightmare that had tortured her for six years before the most painful moment came, the thin nightgown on the princess was still soaked with cold sweat and stuck tightly to her body. On her skin, it made her whole body feel cold.

"call…"

Leaning weakly on the bedside, after breathing heavily for a while, the princess' heartbeat slowly calmed down and did not try to fall asleep again. Instead, she got out of bed, drank a glass of cold water, and then walked to the desk. He sat down, opened the unapproved documents on the table, and silently picked up the quill.

The Curse of the Nightmare King.

Every direct blood descendant of the royal family will be haunted by nightmares throughout their adult lives, and experience their deepest regrets and pain countless times in extremely real nightmares.

But that’s fine too.

After approving the document in hand, the princess turned back and looked at the smiling tin doll on the shelf behind her. After being silent for a while, she picked up a new document again.

Although the curse of the Nightmare King is painful, it also constantly reminds me that I have not forgotten everything in the past and always remember what I should do.

…

As the princess wrote hard, the pile of documents on the table began to slowly decrease, but the ointment in the lamp also began to disappear.

When there was a soft "crack" sound, the light in the lamp swayed slightly, and the maid's gentle call sounded at the door.

"Your Highness? Are you asleep?"

"not yet."

She picked up the tweezers and rolled up the wick. After turning the dimmed lamp back on, the princess continued to approve the documents while asking warmly:

"What's up?"

"Your Highness Veronica...is your relative...um...that Mr. Lyon is here, do you want to see him now?"

(End of chapter)