I! Cleaner!
Chapter 552 - 487: That’s How He Got His Bad Reputation
CHAPTER 552: CHAPTER 487: THAT’S HOW HE GOT HIS BAD REPUTATION
"You two shouldn’t take this lightly, he’s different from regular Cleaners."
Just by looking at the expressions of the two Cleaners, the Scorpio Bureau Chief understood that his two subordinates probably hadn’t taken his advice to heart. He couldn’t help but want to talk about the outrageous record of a certain person to warn them to be careful, very careful.
But after pondering for a moment, the Scorpio Bureau Chief ultimately kept his mouth shut.
Simply put, there wasn’t much he could say.
According to the Clean-up Bureau’s confidentiality regulations, information on abnormal objects, related target intelligence, and mission records are classified into five levels of confidentiality from top to bottom.
Among them, Level 3, Level 2, and Level 1 Cleaners are qualified to access information of Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 respectively. The branch chiefs of the Zodiac Branch Office and the Non-Zodiac Branch can access Level 4 confidential information, while the twelve directors and the chief can access Level 5 information.
Both Cleaners selected to watch Leon to prevent him from causing trouble were only Second-level Cleaners, so they only had access to Level 2 information.
But if you look at Leon’s mission records over the past few months, aside from a few fragmented Level 1 records, the lowest level of confidentiality involves killing descended Scales Gold Sect holy spirits, and archives involving this level have a Level 3 confidentiality rating.
As for the rest—exposing the Aquarius Director, subduing the Goddess of Wealth, battling in the Demonic Soul Abyss and the King of Nightmares, devouring the Canine Deity alive, uncovering the mysterious organization targeting the royal families... any mission archive involving a True God starts at Level 4 confidentiality, and these don’t even count towards the action tally.
So in the eyes of someone like me, who can see all the archives, Leon is a lunatic who, within three months of joining the Clean-up Bureau, started madly taking high-risk missions, handling them in extremely radical ways, and always causing a huge stir.
Whereas for those with insufficient confidentiality levels, Leon appears as a rookie with empty records, having only taken a few routine missions in three whole months, with the only special thing being two untraceable Level 3 records.
For a newcomer who seems to have stumbled onto two high-difficulty mission records, these seasoned Second-level Cleaners with nearly a hundred mission records between them would definitely think it’s absurd...
"Let me put it to you this way."
Considering these two might not be able to stop Leon from creating chaos, and any negligence could lead to a major blunder, the Scorpio Bureau Chief hesitated for a while before choosing to breach the headquarters’ confidentiality regulations and give them a roundabout reminder:
"That Leon, his total mission count is not the five as recorded in his archives, but a full eleven times. He’s definitely not simple."
Eleven total missions?
Hearing the words of the Scorpio Bureau Chief, the two Cleaners were slightly stunned, then exchanged puzzled glances.
What about eleven missions? Together, our total mission count exceeds 180 times, and we’ve even participated in Level 3 missions five or six times. Just eleven missions...
Wait a minute? If he has eleven missions but only five are recorded, doesn’t that mean...
"The situation is exactly as you imagine."
Seeing the two Cleaners suddenly enlarge their eyes in shock and look at him, the Scorpio Bureau Chief said helplessly:
"It’s not something I can detail out to you, but the time when I suddenly left recently, it was actually to assist in the jurisdiction of the Virgin Branch. During the joint operation at that time, he was the one who received me, and we even... well, fought side by side I guess."
"..."
Fighting side by side with our Bureau Chief...
And despite having performed eleven missions, only five are recorded...
Doesn’t that mean that Leon, after joining the Clean-up Bureau for three months, has already participated in six ’True God level’ missions? And survived them all?
Damn it... Are newcomers this monstrous nowadays?
"In any case, you absolutely have to keep an eye on him."
Recalling the devastation in the Dream Realm and Leon’s crazy feat of devouring the Canine Deity alive, the Scorpio Bureau Chief, still shaken, reminded them once again:
"Leon indeed has outstanding capabilities, but his nature is also truly crazy and extreme. If pushed, he’ll do anything, so make sure to keep a close watch on him. If you notice any signs of him going berserk, you must find a way to contact me immediately!"
What... is such an absurdity?
After hearing the Scorpio Bureau Chief’s repeated admonitions, a chill ran down the spine of the two Second-level Cleaners.
As everyone knows, the level of madness in a Cleaner is generally proportional to their individual strength. The faster the power increases, the more likely it is for them to lose control and go insane.
And this newcomer... after only three months of joining as a Cleaner, has already participated in six True God level missions. With Leon Value soaring, his degree of madness must be astonishingly high, I’m afraid there’s not much humanity left.
Plus, his files explicitly state that he has a high affinity with Demonic Abnormalities. It seems that he’s not just no good person, it’s not even clear if he can be considered a person!
"Chief..."
The middle-aged Cleaner swallowed and said with some unease:
"That Leon... what’s his personality like? Is he easy to get along with? If we try to stop him, he won’t assault us, will he?"
"Look at you being such a coward."
Before the Scorpio Bureau Chief could respond, the elderly Cleaner with a fishing rod took a deep breath, suppressing his inner unease, and jokingly said to lighten the mood:
"No matter how extreme he is, he’s a Cleaner, and if worst comes to worst, he would just hit us. Could he really eat us alive? Right, Chief?"
"..."
Hearing the elderly Cleaner’s joke, combined with Leon’s reputation as the ’Food God Maniac,’ the Scorpio Bureau Chief couldn’t help but ponder this line of thought further.
As for people, Leon shouldn’t eat them, but considering his audacity to gnaw on a True God alive, if truly pushed, who knows what he might actually do...
???
Chief?
Wait... Chief, say something? The prolonged silence is making me nervous, why am I suddenly feeling a cold sweat?
Seeing the Scorpio Bureau Chief remain silent in response to his inquiry, the elderly Cleaner’s smile stiffened.
I was just joking when I asked if he would eat us, but why is there no reaction after I asked? At least refute me!
"Oh, rest assured on this."
Seeing the two Second-level Cleaners turn pale, the Scorpio Bureau Chief, coming back to senses, quickly reassured:
"From my understanding of him, he shouldn’t do something like that."
"..."
No... what do you mean "shouldn’t", isn’t the answer supposed to be "definitely won’t" for such a question?
Chief, with you saying "shouldn’t", does that mean if Leon gets in the right temperament, he might just eat the both of us??!!!