Chapter 5: Sixth Anomaly Cleansing Bureau
Chapter 5: Sixth Anomaly Cleansing Bureau
"Our Cleansing Bureau is an external department of the Police Department, but we are not entirely under the jurisdiction of the kingdom's police force. We are a relatively independent, international organization with branches in various countries. We take orders and leadership from different nations, handling special situations..."
The woman, Leon, explained the nature of the Cleansing Bureau. Aside from the unknown location of its headquarters, the bureau has 87 branches, each assigned with an astronomical constellation code. The branch you are joining is the Sixth Cleansing Bureau, also known as the Virgo Cleansing Bureau.
After a slow and steady introduction, Leon, visibly relieved, listened as the red-haired woman, amused by his reaction, pointed at the Welsh Mountain Goat beside her and said, "Our job is to handle these troublemakers and prevent them from affecting ordinary people's lives. This includes but is not limited to: soul-devouring interdimensional demons, insane gods seeking to descend upon the world, radical deities plotting to control the world, peculiar beings born from human obsessions, oceanic races planning to invade the land, ancient civilizations frozen in polar glaciers, undead spirits outside the realm of time, ancient creatures dwelling deep within the earth's crust, and indigenous races thriving on the dark side of the moon, among others..."
Leon was speechless. He had thought this world was akin to a 19th-century society with a skewed tech tree, but he never imagined so many dangers lurking beneath the surface.
"Don't be so gullible!" The red-haired woman seemed to find his reaction amusing, her eyes sparkling with mirth.
Leon, still reeling from the revelation, felt a strange sense of lightness despite his heavy heart over Olivia's recurring illness. He couldn't quite understand why.
Wait, what was I asking? Did she just answer my question? As Leon stared at the woman's radiant smile, his mind suddenly went blank, and a faint haze obscured a piece of his memory, as if something had silently erased it.
Struggling to find the right words, he eventually decided to set aside this peculiar fog for now and asked the question that concerned him the most.
"What about the Cleansing Bureau's benefits and salary..."
"The benefits are excellent." She glanced at Leon's eyes, catching a glimpse of his familiar daze, and her smile grew. "If you pass the probationary period, you'll become an Assistant Public Official of the kingdom, with a salary equivalent to that of a Civil Servant. You should earn around 12 Gold Wheels per week."
Twelve Gold Wheels?! Leon was stunned by the salary, momentarily forgetting his doubts.
1 Gold Wheel equals 10 Silver Wheels, and 1 Silver Wheel equals 100 Copper Wheels, so 12 Gold Wheels is 12,000 Copper Wheels. With 52 weeks in a year, that's an annual income of 62,400 Copper Wheels!
Based on the Capital City's cost of living, a substantial breakfast costs only two to three Copper Wheels. With this salary, Leon would leap from the poverty line into the middle class, earning over 60,000 Copper Wheels annually.
Forget everything else; from now on, the Cleansing Bureau is my second home!
"And aside from the salary, you'll also enjoy other benefits." The woman noticed Leon's slightly rapid breathing and smiled, adding, "A regular Civil Servant gets two ten-day vacations annually, along with weekends off. Including holidays, that's a total of 160 days off per year."
But our work at the Cleanup Bureau is unique and requires us to be on call at all times, so we don't have these holidays. Moreover, since you're not a wanted criminal and voluntarily joined a dangerous department, you'll also receive numerous special benefits.
Aside from doubling the standard welfare benefits like retirement and housing allowances that other civil servants receive, you, your spouse, and all your direct relatives can enjoy free medical services, with an annual reimbursement limit of 2,000 Gold Wheels for each person.
Furthermore, when your children reach school age, they can freely choose any public school except for the Imperial Palace School. They can directly enter without exams and easily transfer to other schools if they wish.
When they turn sixteen, the Cleanup Bureau can provide recommendation letters for them. Aside from the top three universities, which require certain academic achievements, they should be able to gain admission to any other university without issue, even if you unfortunately pass away on duty...”
Pass away on duty? I'd rather die right now!
Wait, no! What I mean is, from this moment on, I'm a member of the Cleanup Bureau in life! If I die, I die as a member of the Cleanup Bureau! After cremation, I'll be the ashes of the Cleanup Bureau! Even if I get betrayed and killed, I'll be a sandstorm of the Cleanup Bureau!
After taking two deep breaths in secret, Lyon, who was about to be a 'parasitic child', raised his head, clenched his fists tightly, and calmly asked:
"Then... when can I start working?"
"Right now."
The red-haired woman returned to her large desk, rummaged through a drawer, and then threw a small palm-sized booklet at Lyon with a smile.
"Here, this is your identification. Write your name on it, and then pin on the badge inside. That completes the formalities."
Is it that simple?
Lyon caught the booklet, and with a mix of trust and doubt, he examined his new identification. After seeing the design of the badge inside, he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise:
"This woman pushing a ball is..."
"It's the emblem of our Sixth Bureau."
The red-haired woman explained, "The symbol of the Cleanup Bureau is a scarab pushing a dung ball. It signifies that the Cleanup Bureau, like the scarab, cleans up things that cause pollution and derives nourishment and strength from those very things.
However, to distinguish members from different divisions, each division has a unique emblem. For instance, the Sixth Cleanup Bureau, which specializes in 'seat', has a woman pushing a dung ball as its emblem."
"..."
A woman pushing a dung ball... a dung beetle lady? Who on earth designed this?
Lyon's face twitched as he held the bizarre badge, which was more likely to kill its wearer with its creativity. He felt like he had a million words bottled up inside him.
For the sake of the Cleanup Bureau's generous benefits, Lyon forced himself to swallow those words. He silently pinned on the dung beetle lady badge and took the quill pen offered by the red-haired woman to write his name on the booklet.
"Zzzz..."
[You have successfully obtained a job and activated the Black Iron Badge "Probationary Employee"]
[Probationary Employee: A job seeker who is hired by an enterprise or organization because they meet the basic requirements but is still in the trial period. They are the lowest-ranking members of an enterprise or a national functional department. As they have not been formally employed, they may also be referred to as temporary workers.]
[Wearing Effect: When performing assigned tasks, your work efficiency will receive a slight boost.]
[Advancement Path: If this badge is continuously worn for more than two months without being fired, it will automatically advance to the Bronze Badge "Worker". It cannot be removed before the advancement is complete.]
[Hidden Trait (No Wearing Required): When this badge has not advanced to the Bronze level and a serious problem arises in your department, the likelihood of you taking responsibility and being fired will significantly increase.]
[Please note, the traits of this badge conflict with the already obtained badge "Unemployed Youth", and they cannot be worn simultaneously. The badge "Unemployed Youth" has been automatically removed.]
(End of Chapter)
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