I! Cleaner!

“You think too highly of me.”

Faced with the middle-aged man's invitation, and recalling the major and minor changes she had witnessed in the royal capital over the past six months, as well as the series of new regulations being implemented by the Bureau of Cleansing, the red-haired Director couldn't help but shake her head, earnestly saying:

“I may not be a fool, but I'm nowhere near as clever as you think. My vision is limited to the familiar surroundings near me, while truly intelligent people are born standing higher, able to see things I simply cannot.

Moreover, you overestimate yourself as well. The Bureau of Cleansing may seem weak now, but it's actually very different from what it used to be. Just wait another generation or two, and perhaps without you or I doing anything, the situation will change drastically on its own.”

“Heh.”

The middle-aged man sneered at her words, then scoffed:

“So, you're saying that in the years before I came back to life, a clever person suddenly appeared, and the Bureau of Cleansing, which couldn't be changed for thousands of years, has been turned around by him?”

“Yes.”

Recalling the documents she had seen, the red-haired Director nodded with considerable certainty:

“Although it's only just begun, I am now very confident that the Bureau of Cleansing, and even the entire mortal realm, are developing in a better direction, and there's no need for you to do anything…”

“Come on!”

Interrupting the red-haired Director, the tall, thin middle-aged man glanced at her with disappointment, then said coldly:

“It was my mistake to still have expectations of you. Perhaps we were never on the same path.”

“Don't be hasty… You've only just returned; why not take a look at the situation first…”

“I've seen enough in the first half of my life!”

Raising his voice slightly, the middle-aged man sneered:

“The Kingdom of Valor is not valiant. Before it was destroyed by your own hands, the Kingdom of East Kalein was already rotten to the core. Tens of thousands of people died in the arena every year, but the number of people who died resisting could be counted on two hands.

The so-called citizens with valiant blood would rather kill each other like beasts for entertainment, shedding their blood in the arena full of footprints and mud, than stand up against the injustice they suffered. It would be better to replace them all with my blood! Let me make the decisions for them directly!

Similarly, your so-called Kingdom of Justice is the same. A nation that claims to value justice as life itself is actually the least trusting of fairness. Only those close to their own status deserve justice, and they only practice justice when it doesn't involve their own interests. Such conditional justice is worse than none at all!”

“……”

“You should know something about the Seven Evils and Six Virtues Thirteen Kingdoms, and what the current situation of these kingdoms in the mortal realm is like. Do I need to explain it to you again?”

Looking at the silent red-haired Director, the middle-aged man coldly commented:

“The Kingdom of Molna, flowing with the blood of temperance, controls the wealthiest Golden Land; the Kingdom of Perti, claiming compassion, has the most refugees among the Thirteen Kingdoms; the Kingdom of Sea Cliff, known for diligence, has not only abandoned the most land but also, like the Thousand Sails Sea Country, lives by plundering.

“I haven't been to many places in recent years, but based on what I see around me, change is already happening. As long as you wait patiently, these problems should be resolved in the future.”

“How to solve it? Who will solve it? Rely on the Bureau of Cleansing that created this situation?”

The middle-aged man couldn't help but sneer:

“I understand very well. The reason why the mortal realm has become so rotten is because of the incompetence of the Bureau of Cleansing! In order to maintain the old order, in order to pay those sitting in the palace their 'rewards,' even if a kingdom is rotten to the core, the Bureau of Cleansing will not allow it to truly fall!

As long as the bloodline of the Thirteen Royal Families is not cut off, and the Bureau of Cleansing doesn't feel real pain, the corresponding Thirteen Kingdoms will be re-established, at most with a different name and appearance. As long as you dig into the ground, what will eventually emerge from the soil will still be the same rotten roots!”

“The Bureau of Cleansing has already…”

“Alright, I'm not interested in arguing with you about these things. You've completely turned into the image of those old fogeys, and even the words you use to persuade me are almost the same. I'm not interested in talking to you anymore.”

Interrupting the red-haired Director again, the middle-aged man said with some disinterest:

“Weren't you trying to get information out of me, wanting to know my purpose? I might as well tell you my purpose.

Back then, in the Kingdom of East Kalein, which was destroyed by the Thirteen Ant Nests, everyone had been replaced with my blood and became a part of me and the Crimson Blood, so they weren't completely dead. Now, I'm going to rely on this connection to bring them all back in one go!”

“?!!!”

Upon hearing the middle-aged man's words, the red-haired Director's pupils suddenly contracted, and the glass in her hand exploded, sending shards of glass flying in all directions, causing a wave of panicked screams.

“I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!”

After hurriedly appeasing the surrounding guests, promising to waive the fees for this time and provide some compensation, the waiter who had served the wine earlier rushed over, asking with a flustered expression:

“Guest! Are you injured? You… The quality of our glasses here is very good. Even if you hit them with a hammer, they would only crack, not explode… Your hand…”

“I'm fine.”

“How could you be fine? It was so loud just now…”

“I'm really fine!”

The red-haired Director, her face a little pale, looked up in the direction of the waiter, and the moment her eyes met his, the flustered expression on the waiter's face instantly disappeared, and his worried eyes regained their composure.

After a brief moment of confusion, the waiter trembled slightly, then subconsciously put on a professional smile, revealing eight pearly white teeth and proactively saying:

“Welcome, are you… Um? Why are there so many empty bottles here?”

“I drank them. You can go now. I'll call you later.”

After responding with a few perfunctory words and sending the bewildered waiter away, the red-haired Director stared intently at the middle-aged man across the table, her voice trembling with disbelief:

“Do you mean that you can revive all the citizens of the Kingdom of East Kalein… completely?”