I! Cleaner!
Chapter 476 - 412: The Secret of the Kingdom

Chapter 476: Chapter 412: The Secret of the Kingdom

Snow Woman...

Upon hearing the red-haired director’s inquiry, Leon followed her gaze and looked at the Snow Woman lying in the desert.

According to the realm rules of this world, nightmares entering reality will all possess physical bodies, and earlier, the Snow Woman had already been knocked unconscious when the King of Nightmares entered the "second phase," and she still hasn’t woken up yet.

"It’s better to send her back to the Dreamland."

After hesitating slightly, Leon spoke:

"I used the soul vision of the Black Goat to look at her, and her soul is actually purer than many humans, mainly being controlled by the King of Nightmares; she’s not really bad on her own, and has actually helped me quite a bit this time.

Moreover, her accompanying nightmare was polluted, and the nightmare core was destroyed by the King of Nightmares, causing her power to drop significantly. Besides being able to traverse nightmares, she essentially has no abilities anymore, so letting her go back doesn’t really matter."

"Okay."

Nodding in agreement with Leon’s handling plan, the red-haired director pondered slightly, then spoke:

"Forget it, let the remaining few nightmare envoys go back too. After you made a mess in the Dreamland, it’s been considerably wounded, and before the King of Nightmares is revived, the ratio between nightmares and sweet dreams will be severely imbalanced.

Letting a few high-level nightmares return might slightly restore the balance, avoiding any bad impact on the reality world. Also, after the overlap ends, they don’t have the means to invade the present world, so there’s no worry about any harm in letting them return."

Before the King of Nightmares revives...

Hearing the red-haired director’s words, Leon’s expression involuntarily darkened slightly.

Although he knew these "True Gods" are almost unkillable, and that the King of Nightmares, after being taken down this time, would be born again from a new Nightmare River someday in the future.

But recalling the painful scenes the King of Nightmares had shown him using the mirror crown, scenes that caused his heart to ache just by slightly recalling them, a dense sense of resentment appeared in Leon’s eyes.

"Director."

Calling out, Leon said with tightly furrowed brows:

"Is there really no way to completely eliminate the King of Nightmares?"

To actually ask such a question... Seems like the King of Nightmares really offended you deeply...

Curiously looking at Leon, the red-haired director pondered what exactly the King of Nightmares did to make the usually steady Leon lose control, and shook her head as she replied:

"It’s impossible... Sweet dreams and nightmares are one of the cornerstones of the Dreamland, and completely eliminating the King of Nightmares would be like eliminating the Overlords of the Dead Realm, which would lead to an imbalance in the subsidiary world."

"Subsidiary world?"

"Simply put, worlds are not completely isolated but are interconnected by functions and rules."

The red-haired director explained, drawing a large circle in the sand with her toe, followed by a series of smaller circles around it:

"If the world we live in is this big circle in the middle, then the Realm of the Dead, the Dreamland, and these small circles can be considered as ’subsidiary worlds’ derived from our world, serving our world’s purposes.

Among them, the Realm of the Dead is responsible for accommodating deceased souls, returning them to their origin and granting rebirth, while the Dreamland is responsible for bearing human memory and fantasy, including art, inspiration, and such; all of these have a certain connection to the Dreamland."

After explaining the significance of the Dreamland’s existence, the red-haired director opened her mouth somewhat helplessly:

"Whether these subsidiary worlds can operate stably holds great significance for us, and if they encounter problems, we might even have to lend a hand in resolving them. However, this task usually doesn’t fall on us."

"Even you’re not assigned... Director?"

"Yes, the Director. Most of the Directors are not in the bureau for years; they are basically doing this."

The red-haired director spoke:

"If the task of the directors of the 87 branches of the Clean-up Bureau is to guard the human settlements, preventing opponents from sneaking in to steal and rob, then the duty of the twelve Directors is to ensure that those subsidiary worlds operate smoothly, without any major incidents that could affect reality.

The strength of the Zodiac Bureau directors may not be inferior to the Directors, but the hierarchy of the Star Palace in their control is one level lower than that of the twelve Directors. They cannot freely enter and exit these subsidiary worlds, so these trans-world matters can generally only be handled by Directors who can use the [Star Dome Compass]."

I see...

Understanding why they can’t set loose the bugs to completely devour the Dreamland and why the directors of the Clean-up Bureau are often not home, Leon hesitated slightly before tentatively speaking:

"Then... what if we try to replace the Lord of Nightmares? Didn’t the Overlord of the Dead Realm change a person too?"

"It’s possible... but not only is it extremely troublesome, it’s also exceptionally dangerous."

The red-haired director sighed and said:

"The ancestors of the royal family of the Kingdom were the ones who pushed back the King of Nightmares, causing their own bloodline to be cursed.

He tried something similar to what you think—wanting to lift the curse left in his bloodline by the King of Nightmares. He also got support from the bureau, but in the end, he didn’t succeed, and it caused extremely severe consequences."

Extremely severe consequences?

Leon couldn’t help but clench his fists upon hearing this, then curiously opened his mouth to ask:

"What happened in the end?"

"..."

"Leon, let me ask you."

Without answering Leon’s question, the red-haired director sighed and asked:

"The Kingdom we live in, what exactly is this Kingdom?"

What Kingdom?

Leon was slightly taken aback.

"A kingdom is just a kingdom, what do you mean by what kingdom?"

"I mean, don’t you think the Kingdom should have a prefix in front?"

The red-haired director spoke:

"For example, like the Ice Plains Nation, Crolock Kingdom, Thousand Sails Maritime Country, and Kingdom of Thunderstorm, other countries should have a specific name, so what is the prefix of the Kingdom, or rather its full name?"

The name of the Kingdom?

Leon was momentarily stunned by these words, then opened the emblem panel, found the prince emblem that made people bow and looked at it.

His emblem is called [Migratory Thrush Prince], so the full name of the Kingdom should be the Kingdom of Lutung, what’s the... wait! Why do I need to look at the emblem to remember the name of the Kingdom?

Seeming to discover something monumental, Leon’s pupils dilated sharply, and the red-haired director, observing his expression, sighed at the right moment:

"You found that you can’t remember it, right?"

"..."

"The ancestor of the royal family, in the process of trying to replace the King of Nightmares, accidentally disrupted the stability of the Dreamland, causing a worldwide memory loss that led everyone to forget the name of the Kingdom.

And to solve this problem, the bureau had to open the [Can of Fantasy], modifying the Brain of the Evil God soaked within, ordering it to constantly erase this doubt and make everyone subconsciously ignore this issue.

So every day you and everyone in the Kingdom speak of the Kingdom, but completely feel that there’s nothing wrong with calling it the Kingdom without a name."

"..."

After giving a glance at Leon, whose face was full of shock, the red-haired director patted him on the shoulder:

"Leon, now you understand how troublesome it really is to want to replace those ’gods’ that occupy critical realm rules?"