Clearing his throat forcefully, after reminding his bureau chief to keep it together, Leon pulled the slightly dazed green-eyed girl into the office piled high with bottles, and introduced her:
"Chief, I’ve brought Miss Feiliya."
"Mmm, mmm, good job, good job."
Having perhaps escaped the shadow of being at the bottom, the red-haired chief was in an exceptionally good mood. She nodded at Feiliya and then surprisingly praised her with a gentle smile:
"The little girl is quite pretty, and her soul talent is outstanding. She’s also got a couple of remarkably powerful special abnormal objects in her possession... hmm... are you interested in joining our Virgin Branch?"
Hearing the recruitment from the red-haired chief, Leon was slightly taken aback, while the green-eyed girl asked in surprise:
"Can I become a Cleaner?"
"But... I’m already the last direct descendant of the Crolock royal family, and I was once a member of the Slaughter King Association."
Looking at the smiling red-haired beauty across from her, Feiliya said softly:
"According to your Clean-up Bureau’s usual style, shouldn’t you strictly protect and monitor me to ensure I don’t leave your sight?"
The red-haired chief nodded at her words, then took a sip of tea from the bottle, speaking calmly:
"But for now, aside from the already self-sealed headquarters, as long as you stay by my side, you are already at the safest place in the entire Clean-up Bureau."
Well, I’m impressed... you actually pulled that off...
Seeing Feiliya awed by the strong confidence conveyed in the red-haired chief’s words, her eyes showing a hint of admiration, Leon couldn’t help but purse his lips, revealing a strange expression that seemed quite uncomfortable.
Strictly speaking, what the chief said wasn’t wrong.
The abilities of abnormal objects vary widely, even the mighty Scorpio Chief has had repeated failures lately. However, with our chief holding the [Thirty-two Guards], when fully activated without considering losses, she has roughly 99.8% resilience.
Even if a bunch of people target her for death, they might only be able to restrain her slightly before she breaks free with force. Theoretically, there’s no possibility of "quickly resolving" her; all conspiracy and plotting eventually turn into "wrestling."
Given that the [Slaughter Blood Hair] is said to have unparalleled physical destructive power, in terms of "wrestling," there aren’t many who can outmatch her, so she indeed has the right to be so bold.
But while she is undeniably strong, she’s also outrageously unconventional.
Not only does she drink heavily during work hours, owes Emma a huge debt she’s not repaying, and even within less than a week of my joining, she taught me how to write reports to scam funding, filled with numerous ridiculous antics.
And considering Feiliya, due to the Soul Code, she’s already somewhat... not too sharp. If she chooses to accept the invite to join the Virgin Branch and then gets influenced by the chief’s whims...
You better behave, don’t ruin my good deeds!
After giving Leon a warning look, indicating he should get rid of his odd expression, the red-haired chief maintained her strong demeanor and said with a calm face:
"I’ve seen the protection procedures over at headquarters. Although they’re slightly safer than mine, they’re equally cumbersome.
Once protected by them, even going out requires advance reports, and doing some private business involves having eight Cleaners on standby outside, monitoring what you’re doing in there.
But, if you join our Virgin Branch, although you won’t have complete freedom, you’ll experience relative freedom. As long as you don’t leave the boundaries of the Royal Capital, typically, nobody bothers you... What do you think? Interested?"
As long as I don’t leave the Royal Capital’s boundaries, I’ll have the freedom to move without surveillance?
Hearing the promise from the red-haired chief, Feiliya couldn’t help but tighten her grip on her skirt, her green eyes showing a hint of excitement.
While already prepared mentally to lose her freedom indefinitely in endless surveillance for the rest of her days, who wouldn’t want more freedom?
"I’m interested, very interested!"
Quickly responding to the recruitment from the red-haired chief, the green-eyed girl nervously clasped her tiny fists and cautiously asked:
"But the work of a Cleaner seems quite dangerous. Will your headquarters really let me stay?"
"Don’t worry, that’s not an issue."
The red-haired chief waved her hand at her words, confidently replying:
"Their biggest reason for refusing is nothing but security concerns, but I’ve already applied to Mr. Taurus for a protective type abnormal object for you, which will arrive in at most two weeks.
Aside from the basic Undying Body, there will be abilities like mandatory escape, Soul Protection, and crisis foresight, plus those pseudo-time abnormal objects hidden under your wrists, significantly reducing dangerous situations for you."
Pseudo-time abnormal objects?!
Hearing the red-haired chief’s words, Leon couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows, then looked at the obviously startled green-eyed girl. Under her palms, just close to her wrists, there were two extremely tiny, elongated "ink marks."
On a closer look, those ink marks revealed themselves as two miniature "tattoos," with contents being two gemstone scepters of varying lengths. Content originally comes from novel⦿fire.net
After identifying those tiny tattoos, recalling Andre’s farewell gesture of holding the green-eyed girl’s hands, Leon suddenly realized, clicking his tongue inwardly.
No wonder I spent three days almost overturning the Crolock Royal Palace and Research Area One but couldn’t find the Scepter of Time Division. It turned out to be "drawn" on Feiliya’s body.
"Rest assured, no one here will rob you of your belongings."
Smiling at the panicked green-eyed girl, the red-haired chief continued with a smile:
"Feiliya, I personally look forward to your future accomplishments. With your qualifications and the abnormal objects you hold, becoming one of the Twelve Directors might be tough, but being a branch chief of one branch twenty or thirty years from now won’t be hard.
If you agree to join our Virgin Branch, you needn’t worry about headquarters’ attitude. I’ll find a way to negotiate on your behalf to ensure a relatively free environment for you, and all it takes is a nod from you."
"I would love to! I’d really love to!"
Being thoroughly swayed by the red-haired chief’s offer, the green-eyed girl nodded repeatedly. After sneaking a glance at Leon beside her, she asked softly:
"Um... once I join the Virgin Branch, if I have to form a fixed task team, can I choose my teammates? Or... can I choose not to team up with someone specific?"