I! Cleaner!

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

Among the streets in the old city where the sanitary conditions are generally not good, the night security is chaotic, and the garbage truck only visits once a week on average, Patriot Avenue is definitely a special case.

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

Yes, unlike other streets that are generally ignored for 20 to 30 years, even if the wall paint is completely broken, Patriot Avenue not only has special sanitary measures, but even the walls are frequently and luxuriously painted. It is so clean and tidy that it doesn’t look like a street in the old city.

As for the reason...

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

Unfortunately, these preferential treatments in public spending do not seem to solve the widespread poverty of the dismissed soldiers, and the glorious experience of fighting for the country also cannot save them from violent beatings from patrol guards when they defecate near the wall after drinking.

…

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

After hurriedly kicking down the drunk standing by the wall, the two patrolling guards couldn't help but look like they wanted to cry but couldn't.

Damn it, why is it in the place where they patrol again? I'm afraid their salary will be deducted again!

Looking at the drunk who was kicked down halfway through peeing on the ground, with a large stain on his pants, the two guards looked at the empty streets around them, and couldn't help but surround him, gnashing their teeth and kicking and beating the drunk.

"You bastard! This is a wall painted to commemorate the Patriotic War!"

"It's already the third time this week! Damn it! Can't you go pee somewhere else?"

"Beat him!"

After kicking and beating him for a while, the two guards who were bound to have their salaries deducted were still not satisfied, looking at the drunk curled up and silent. They dragged him to the urine stain on the wall, threw him a rag, and ordered him to wipe it clean with annoyance.

But after the drunk stood up trembling, he did not pick up the rag on the ground that smelled of urine, but reached into his trouser pocket to grab something, then moved his throat up and down, and with a sound of "huh" a ball of thick phlegm with yellow and green came out, and spit it on the brightly painted wall.

Immediately afterwards, accompanied by a light "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" on the memorial wall of the Patriotic War together with the phlegm.

"Patriot Avenue? Ha!"

...

Unfortunately, it's still a little short.

Looking at the three hands on the watch that kept jumping but finally stopped at the "human" area and failed to successfully reach the "abnormal" area, the old man with drooping mouth across the street shook his head and said to the middle-aged man across the table:

"This person is not bad. He has a painful past and intense emotions. In all aspects, he is very close to the standard of being abnormal and has the qualifications to make the seeds "sprout".

But his soul is not pure enough, and he has too many messy thoughts. He needs to experience a more unforgettable pain before he can be truly abnormal, and he will be completely thrown into the abyss of despair...

Does he have a family?"

"Yes."

Looking at the drunkard being kicked and beaten by two guards, the middle-aged man with some white hair on his temples was silent for a while, then he answered:

"Old Baggins' wife died of illness, but he has a 20-year-old son who joined us three years ago and is now responsible for the purchase of daily necessities."

"Oh?"

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

"How is their father-son relationship?"

"Very bad."

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

"Old Baggins suffered a lot of injuries in the Patriotic War six years ago, and his right leg was shot through with nails, His stomach was also injured by the whale oil bomb dropped from the airship, causing itching and numbness every time it rained, snowed or was cloudy, and he could only drink alcohol all year round to relieve the pain.

The redundancy money given by the kingdom was not much, and most of it was drunk by him, so his wife had liver disease and died within two years. Later, he drank more and more, and often beat little Baggins when drunk, and little Baggins hated him as a father. "

"That's really pitiful."

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

"It's a pity that if he has a child who is unwilling to give up no matter what, but continues to work hard to take care of him Son.

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

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

Looking at the "soul" needle on the watch that is stuck below the abnormal line, 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 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 very 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, so 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, and a large number of alien gods are ready to move. As a result, many good players were lost in the bureau, otherwise I would 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, maybe 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:

"The people who questioned me this time were not only the top three directors in the bureau, but also several directors of the Zodiac Bureau. If I can't get through, 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 in two weeks, you can just think that I have been slaughtered. When the time comes, you can run and hide. Anyway, with Due to the concealment of your ability, there are really not many people in the bureau who can find your position. "

"..."

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, character and emotion respectively. 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 both 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 sets of weird 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 experiences and his future development are the handwriting he has drawn and will draw in the world; and whether he has 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.

So if each of these three sets of pointers has an 'abnormal' property, it can guarantee that the painting drawn by this pen is also 'abnormal'. At that time, I only need to provide a little help, and this abnormal pen can draw a painting called 'abnormal'...

Do you understand?"

"I probably understand..."

After nodding with some confidence, the middle-aged man said curiously:

"What if all six pointers move? What kind of abnormal things can such a person give birth to?"

"If someone really makes all six pointers move..."

The Aquarius director frowned and said:

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

"Ah?"

"If there really is such a person, whether he is kind or evil, he is destined to completely change the world and set off an extremely terrible wave.

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

"..."

"In short, change is terrible, especially for people like you and me who are not good people. Following behind him and adding fuel to the fire, it is estimated that you will be in danger of death. Standing opposite him and trying to stop the tide will result in a death sentence.

So if you really meet this kind of person, don't think about extra things, don't do extra things, just hide as far as you can. "

"Okay..."

"In addition, this watch is not left with you for nothing."

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

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

"Are you talking about... the things in the drawer of the red-haired chief?"

"Yes. ”

Director Aquarius nodded and said seriously:

“There is something very important to me, it is in that woman’s drawer, it looks like a photo.

You don’t have a chance at ordinary times, but this time she is the one who questioned me, so when the questioning begins, you can sneak into the Cleanup Bureau through the [Gate to the Other World] while she is away.

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