I! Cleaner!-Chapter 1141 - 1050: Maximum and Minimum
"I think... it's understandable?"
After glancing at the board members around him with downcast faces, the silver-haired Taurus board member discreetly glared at Leon, coughed lightly, and said soothingly:
"Aquarius... Leon indeed overstepped this time, and despite having a good chance of winning, he still returned the 'longevity,' but perhaps you should consider that he fought for this opportunity himself!
After all, you are all aware of how bad the situation was then. The present world was locked by the 'Yesterday Residence,' the Slaughter King Association and the demons were in cahoots, and they even made a prior move against the nine great Angels. It was practically impossible to preserve the 'longevity.'
If Leon hadn't been cautious and gone to the Abyss to catch the Original Sin Demon Gods first, by the time we were blocked by both angels and demons, forget about gaining the upper hand, even you three board members along with the six Zodiac Bureau chiefs would have been trapped on Heavenly Mountain."
The more Taurus spoke, the more reasonable his argument seemed, gradually bolstering his initially hesitant stance. He straightened his slightly hunched back and said confidently:
"So I think, although Leon went against the bureau's rules this time, he clearly merits more than he errs, and not only should he not be punished, but considering the preciousness of 'longevity,' it's actually fine not to reward him.... What do you all think?"
"..."
What should we say... you've said all the good and bad things, what's left for me to say?
Rolling his eyes at the Taurus board member who was obviously prepared to shield Leon to death, the bruised Scorpio board member said with a dark face:
"Alright! No need to defend him so hard, I know that without him, we still wouldn't have gotten the 'longevity' back, and I acknowledged that long ago... besides, it's not like I said I would do anything to him, right?"
Casting a glance in Leon's direction, the Scorpio board member gritted his teeth and spoke in a resentful tone with a lisp:
"Although Aquarius disregarded the bigger picture, was confined by personal feelings, and at a point where we were almost there, just a small step away from humans gaining fifty more years of life, he suddenly decided to compromise with the Slaughter King Association and gave me a heavy beating...
Then, disregarding the pleas of Virgo and me, he forcibly took back the 'longevity' that we and the bureau directors had fought hard to retrieve, and gave it to those damned Supreme Four Pillar Gods, making my past thirty years of efforts in vain... but didn't I say anything about it, huh?"
"..."
You indeed didn't say anything... especially after that enumeration, there's no need to say anything more... and may I say, you really have a smooth tongue, managing such a long sentence without even stuttering. You must have had it pent up inside you for quite some time.
Seeing the malice on Scorpion's face almost solidify into material substance, at least enough to feed ten wicked sword immortals, Leon, who indeed beat him up fiercely, couldn't help but show an awkward expression and apologetically said in a low voice:
"Sorry... it was mainly to buy Capricorn some more time to purify some of the 'longevity' and recover a bit of the loss, so... my apologies."
"I know! Didn't I just say it? I don't blame you! I don't blame you! Really, I don't blame you!"
After emphasizing thrice that he didn't blame him, the Scorpio board member, whose face was longer than a donkey's, opened his mouth missing two front teeth and shot a cold smile at Leon, then said through clenched teeth:
"I only blame myself for being useless!
If I were stronger than you, I would have given you a beating in return, and then, like how you grabbed me, I'd grab your neck and lift you up, forcing you to comply with my ideas!"
"Uh... sorry..."
"Alright! It's all in the past now."
After glancing at his old buddy beside him, who was saying he doesn't blame him but was actually really upset, the weary-looking Virgo board member reminded:
"Aquarius did compromise under threat, but he also made efforts for redemption, not only by promptly alerting Capricorn to start purifying the 'longevity', but also by finding ways to buy some time, reclaiming a little bit of 'longevity.'
Even though we couldn't bring back all the 'longevity' we seized, we did absorb some of it, allowing everyone to live more than two years longer, so the trip wasn't completely for nothing."
I know he did his best, and I never intended to blame him, but he beat me up and I can't even feel a little wronged?
Rolling his eyes at the Virgo board member too, the Scorpio board member turned his head away in silence, while the Virgo board member, who had barely managed to calm down the grumbling Scorpio, with a face pale to the point of faint bluishness, scrutinized Leon closely and then marveled to the Taurus board member:
"Joan, is it true that Aquarius is not yet twenty years old this year?"
"Not only that, he's still a few months short of eighteen. In a kingdom as legally thorough as the Western Carlaywen Kingdom, this kid can even be considered a minor."
After answering the Virgo board member's question, the Taurus board member couldn't help but continue:
"So it's not that I'm trying to shield Leon necessarily, it's mainly because he's done really well. At his age, I wasn't even a Cleaner, yet he's already shielding and sheltering the human race... he's still a kid."
He's a darn kid!
Hearing the Taurus board member's words, the Scorpio board member subconsciously touched his neck and rolled his eyes once more.
Is your so-called kid able to knock out two of my front teeth with one punch, then lift me up with one hand, asking whether I yield or not? I mean truly... if he's a kid, then what were those Original Sin Demon Gods, who were trained to listen more obediently than dogs? Unborn demon embryos?
