Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 903 The dust has settled
The finishing touches have begun.

But calling it a conclusion isn't really accurate, because he doesn't intend to rescind the order for the vampires to fight against the inhabitants of the old history.

This is also to be on the safe side, to ensure that this matter is truly settled.

Although the historical reset has been confirmed and the greatest risk has been eliminated, Xia Shou still decided to keep a backup plan here. This will not have any impact. Just like Zhuge Liang's encampment on the Jiangyou Trail, his deployment of a defensive line in the Blood Dynasty will not have any impact.

Anyway, the Scar Era cycles so quickly, and after a few more Scar Era resets, the Blood Dynasty might only last a few months. The vigilance during these few months won't arouse any suspicion from those nobles.

Shangguan Yan agreed with his arrangement, saying that the Bureau of Control was doing the same thing, maintaining the front line in areas with suitable time flow, and even further improving it to ensure that this war in the old history had truly ended.

In matters like this, the Control Bureau never slackens. As the most powerful supernatural organization in the world, they will do everything in their power to control accident risks. This is experience gained from countless bloody lessons.

Finishing off the enemy is a basic task, and investigating the enemy's background is also a part of preventing the target from retaliating afterward. However, this part is handled by the analysis department.

And so, having done what he was supposed to do, Xia Shou returned to the present world.

A week passed in the blink of an eye, and soon even Huangfu Zuoren returned.

When he returned, his hands were empty.

Because Meng Po had sewn the Underworld into the Scar Era, the female ghost king's body couldn't be brought back and had to remain there.

But he didn't give up; he was relieved.

The Scar Age has returned to its original state. The Underworld, as an independent vassal history, remains unchanged, but the evil spirits from the Scar Age who once resided there are all gone.

Huangfu Zuoren wanted to end all of this as soon as possible, so he returned to the modern world to stop the ghost kings in the present.

Today, Xia Shou is still working overtime. He still feels a little uneasy, even though he knows he is worrying unnecessarily.

"I'm back, let's eat."

Huangfu Zuoren carried the takeout and pushed open the office door.

He placed the takeout on the table and distributed it to Baihe and others who were working overtime.

He is now a member of the Control Bureau, and is temporarily staying in Department Three.

The Control Bureau directly pardoned his past crimes and didn't even give him the special employee collar. Instead, they recruited him as a regular employee because his decades of perseverance during the Scar Era had proven his beliefs and made significant contributions.

Because of the laws of the underworld, he did not age particularly.

Of course, as a middle-aged person in terms of biological age, Huangfu Zuoren's relationship with the people in his department was rather strained.

On the one hand, his years of living as a "dog" in the underworld made him unaccustomed to normal life. On the other hand, the long passage of time had diluted his memories of the present world. He was like an elderly person who had traveled from the 60s to 2020, and he was not used to many things.

However, everyone else in the department took good care of him, like they were taking care of a wolf child who had returned to human society.

The workers thanked them as they accepted the takeout.

Huangfu Zuoren, as if he had accomplished a major mission, sat down at his workstation and then picked up his chopsticks with difficulty.

He has only just learned how to use chopsticks.

Even greater progress than learning to use chopsticks was that he relearned how to go shopping.

His main task these days is to run errands and do odd jobs for the department, an arrangement made to help him better integrate into normal society.

"Once I've brought those ghost kings under control, I'll go back and try to bring back Sister You's body. Ideally, I'll get Meng Po to untie the connection between the Scar Era." The middle-aged Huangfu Zuoren calmly planned his future life.

"Where is Lin Rizhi?" Xia Shou asked. "He's probably dead," Huangfu Zuoren said calmly.

When he answered, he showed no emotion, as if the conclusion had been reached many years ago, and any emotion he should have shown had been exhausted many years ago.

Huangfu Zuoren continued, "In the underworld, one can live by the rule of body swapping, but outside one will die of old age. Since he is not in the underworld, he must be outside, and may already be dead."

Since history has been reset, he should have returned, but he hasn't come back after so long. I think he's probably really dead.

In the office, apart from Xia Shou listening to Huangfu Zuoren speak, no one else was listening.

He is the only one still handling this matter.

Kehen had already been sent out on business trips several times.

After dealing with two high-risk incidents, Shirakawa is flying to Kirigakure Goro's place tomorrow, apparently because something went wrong with their mission there.

Xiao Gao is also preparing for a very dangerous mission.

In the first few days after returning to the real world, Xiao Gao and he were also vaguely uneasy, but in the following days, good news came every day.

Every day, they receive an overview of reports from the Scar Era spanning many years, and each report indicates that after the historical reset, the Scar Era is safe, the truth of the cyclical history has been completely erased, and everything in that era operates precisely like the gears of a clock, just as recorded in historical documents.

So, Gao was soon relieved; the world-ending disaster had ended so easily.

After that, the minister assigned even more tasks, each of which was extremely urgent, and everyone else's attention immediately shifted to them.

The grand drama of the counterattack against the old history has come to a silent end.

Xia Shou felt as if they were still rehearsing when the people on stage came down and said the main performance was over, which was quite surprising.

When he returned, Baihe noticed his absent-mindedness and comforted him in this way:
"Xia, I know. You feel like it's not over because you weren't involved, but it's already over."

This is because you are very strong. In many previous missions, you single-handedly shouldered all the pressure, so subconsciously you have that habitual mindset of "I must solve everything for everyone".

But actually, there were many powerful people in the bureau, and everyone was doing their best. If you had been there at the time, you would know how earth-shattering that battle was. I guarantee it was more exaggerated than any battle you have ever experienced... even a writer couldn't compare.

So you don't have to bear everything alone, don't put so much pressure on yourself.

You've been having a really bad day at work lately. If things get really bad... how about I help you write the report? You can pick up Huiyu from school and help him with his homework.

Xia Shou rejected the proposal.

But he did relax a bit after that conversation.

He knew that Brother Bai was right, and his own rational logic led him to the same conclusion—he had taken himself too seriously and felt that the Control Bureau couldn't do without him.

In the following days, Xia Shou changed his mindset at work.

Although I had accepted the result in my heart, that strange tension still lingered until recently, when it finally disappeared.

Because the current Scar Era is almost entirely under the surveillance of the Control Bureau.

The Control Bureau holds historical records of the Scar Era from several subsequent eras, allowing for a clear observation of the historical trajectory of this era and whether it has deviated from the right track.

The reason Xia Shou is still dealing with this matter is that he will be going to the Blood Dynasty in a while to have the nobles lift their guard.

In addition, another reason was Lin Rizhe... He felt that he still had something to tell Lin Rizhe.

(End of this chapter)