Seeing the confusion on the directors' faces, Leon proactively explained:

"The believers and priests from the major churches all have decent potential for the role of Cleaners. Their life experiences and willpower are much stronger than those of the average person. With proper training, almost all of them can become qualified Cleaners.

But we can't just let them join the Cleansing Bureau; they must undergo very strict reform and reeducation!"

"Leon..."

Unable to resist, the Taurus director asked:

"When you say reform and reeducation, do you mean..."

"Mainly breaking down superstitions."

With a serious expression, Li Shishen Ang continued:

"After the church census is completed, I plan to make a list based on each church's situation. Then we can ask any available directors to capture their True God one by one. We'll lock them up with the believers and have their gods personally persuade them not to believe blindly."

"..."

"Also, for those True Gods spreading harmful superstitions, we must set performance metrics for persuading believers. If they can't wake the believers up even while in jail with their own god, it shows that the True God isn't persuasive enough and must repent in front of all the believers."

"..."

"As for those True Gods who don't improve even after repenting, I plan to establish a last-place execution system. The True God with the lowest persuasion rate each month will be dealt with for promoting superstition and severely endangering public safety. They'll be sent directly to the Realm of the Dead for reporting, and their followers can all attend. If that still doesn't persuade them..."

"It will! It definitely will!"

Seeing Leon seemingly about to proceed with further "development," the Taurus director, who had already heard enough, quickly interrupted him, trying to keep his cool as he said:

"Trust me, after your education, even the most devout believers will likely not withstand it..."

"Really?"

Upon hearing this, Leon raised his eyebrows curiously and said:

"According to the bureau's records, those fanatics are willing to die for their True God. Can't they even withstand three rounds of reforms?"

Who needs three rounds? They can't even make it through the first round of your reforms!

The Taurus director said through gritted teeth:

"The root of faith lies in mystery and greatness. They can die for their True God but can't accept their god being defeated. When you capture their True God, their faith is likely to crumble. You really don't need to go to such lengths; just go easy!"

"Alright then..."

Facing the Taurus director's persuasion, Leon reluctantly nodded in agreement and couldn't help but emphasize again:

"But even if we don't need three rounds of reforms, those churches should still be dismantled. I think it's best not to leave any.

The Twelve Kingdoms' education system must follow up, reducing or even removing all church-related subjects, gradually phasing out church schools. We must ensure that people in the future have a correct worldview from a young age and don't develop a worshipful mindset after merely brushing past the notion of True Gods."

"That's not a problem."

The Cancer director responded briefly, looking at Leon with some puzzlement:

"But given your and the current world's situation, these True Gods are no longer a threat, right? Is it worth investing so much effort against them?"

From a threat perspective, it's surely not worth making a big fuss, but from a badge perspective, it's a different story.

Nodding to the Cancer director, Leon answered with a serious face:

"It's important. If it really comes through, the benefits might not be less than exploring the Fourteen Dimensions."

If the Cleansing Bureau and the Twelve Kingdoms could work together this time to sweep away all the churches, Leon felt there was a high chance of earning a new badge like [Faith Killer] or [Twilight of the Gods], likely the top-tier rare badge.

"Alright then."

Seeing Leon's seriousness, the Cancer director nodded and volunteered:

"I currently have nothing else to do, so leave this task to me. Once you have the list ready, I'll take people to catch those True Gods... Besides this, do you have any other plans?"

"Yes, there are many more."

"And by many, you mean..."

"Literally, many."

Mentally going over his full array of ideas and potential badge effects, Leon hesitated a bit, then added:

"Or rather, very, very many."

"..."

Isn't that just endless?

Seeing Leon's expression was not a facade, the directors couldn't help but start to panic a bit, prompting the quick-tempered Scorpio director to ask:

"Excluding the small and trivial ideas, how many do you have that impact the real world to a degree similar to the church census and believer reform you just mentioned?"

"Then not too many, just three..."

Three? That's doable...

"About thirty or so, and there are a few plans that might have an even more significant impact."

"?!!!!"

"Um... should we maybe take a break first?"

Seeing the directors tense up collectively at his words, Leon blinked and considerately suggested:

"Can you still handle this? If not, we can go step by step. Let's pause here for today, and you can rest a bit?"

"No need..."

After a quick exchange of opinions, the Taurus director closed his eyes briefly and then said with a wry smile:

"Let's continue. If you don't finish telling us about these thirty things, how could we possibly get any sleep?"

"..."

...

Three months later.

Just as the nightmare creature cloaked in black mist returned to the border between the Dream Realm and reality, all the dream creatures around looked at him and laughed. A succubus-like lustful dream giggled:

"That nightmare! Have you been drafted by the Cleansing Bureau again?"

The nightmare cloaked in black mist didn't answer but went towards a dream merchant in the Dream Soaking Well beside the boundary:

"Give me two fresh doses of fear, plus a wail full of despair." Then he handed over nine fragments of spiritual energy.

Seeing the nightmare not responding, the other dream creatures deliberately shouted loudly:

"You must have been caught by the newly established education branch of the Cleansing Bureau and stuffed into human children's dreams for tutoring!"

The nightmare widened his eyes upon hearing this:

"How can you tarnish someone's innocence out of thin air?"

"What innocence?"

The lustful dream, who first spoke, waved away the black mist around the nightmare, revealing a hidden Kingdom of Lutung teacher's uniform underneath, laughing:

"Last month in the Demonic Soul Abyss, I personally saw you caught by a Cleaner from the Virgin Branch. That female Cleaner pried open your mouth and poured a potion in, dissolving all your bone spikes and fangs, morphing you into human form.

You, along with five hundred other nightmares caught at the same time, were locked in a nightmare connected to a classroom. You were all crying and reciting textbooks from the table, studying how to give lessons... it's shameful!"

Hurriedly blowing out the black mist to cover his non-threatening human form, the nightmare blushed with anger, with veins popping out where there were once bone spikes, and clumsily argued:

"Reciting elementary textbooks can't be called shameful... Reciting textbooks... tutoring children, can that be called shameful?"

He then rambled on incomprehensible things, like "This is the King of Nightmares' favor for me," and "Tutoring the young of the King of Nightmares is a duty for nightmares; it's a rare and desirable job."

He added, "At least they paid with pieces of spiritual energy and praised my good teaching, encouraging me not to tremble next time," making all the dream creatures burst into laughter, filling the border with lively air, and then...

"Pop~"

With the light sound of a bubble bursting, a graceful figure emerged with a body full of starlight from the Dream Soaking Well, smacking the nightmare's table with a crash, scattering the rolling gray fear bubble into the surrounding dreamscape.

"Bastard!"

Without even having a taste of the fear bought with "sell-myself money," the nightmare forced to teach black books couldn't help but get furious, grabbing the newcomer to yell:

"Don't go! You must compensate... Are you human? A Cleaner?!"