I! Cleaner!

"Leader, did the Guards discover the wrong documents and come up the tower to find us?"

"No."

After a slight shake of his head, Leon furrowed his brow and said,

"Joshua is here... It's not that confused Prince; it's the former leader who goes by the alias Nathan."

What? Nathan?

Hearing Leon's words, the Rebels were simultaneously shocked and couldn't help but look at each other in surprise.

As the one who originally organized the Rebels and led them in defiance of the Kingdom, middle-aged Joshua still held some authority in their hearts. Now, while they were using intelligence obtained from him to carry out the attack on the Boarding Tower he had always wanted, they were caught red-handed by him. *This was truly an odd feeling.*

"Let's go, let's just meet him first."

After checking the soul state of the Rebels to ensure no one wavered, Leon glanced at middle-aged Joshua's Soulfire and then decisively said,

"What we're doing now is his dream, so if Joshua is controlling the body, he won't make a move at a time like this, but I'm worried about the person behind him causing trouble. If anything changes on his side and he does make a move against you, I'll hold him off while you retreat back into the Sky Clipper and open the Aquarius in your hands. The contents inside can keep you safe."

"Understood!"

Hearing Leon's instructions, the Rebels nodded and then followed behind Leon, warily exiting the Sky Clipper.

...

"It's really been a Long Time No See."

Clearly aware of the "maximum lethal radius" of the Holy Spirit Pendant, middle-aged Joshua did not approach but instead stared fixedly at Leon standing at the forefront, biting his teeth and mocking from seventy or eighty meters away,

"I thought after you took the position of the Rebels' leader from me, you would achieve something remarkable. And yet you're working on what I wanted to accomplish using the intelligence I provided. How are you any different from me, hmm?"

"The difference is enormous!"

The rotund middle-aged merchant took a step forward, responding with a face full of anger,

"Nath... Joshua, to you, we are all just tools. You only need us to follow your orders and act on your behalf; you wouldn't care how many tools need to die as long as your goals are achieved. If you were leading this operation, it would be fortunate if half of us survived. But Lord Baskin not only can lead us all out safely, but also genuinely shows us a path for the future. He truly values us!"

"Heh, fine, think whatever you want."

Having long since abandoned the idea of reclaiming the position of the Rebels' leader, middle-aged Joshua couldn't be bothered to argue. He sneered disdainfully and asked in a contemptuous tone,

"But are you sure you can accomplish this by following this 'Little Baskin'?"

Hmm? What did he mean by that?

Glancing at Joshua's soul and finding that he wasn't bluffing, Leon couldn't help but frown slightly. Behind him, a burned man, having held back for ages, stepped forward impatiently and said with an annoyed expression,

"Why can't we?! If it weren't for you blocking us, we'd have been done and gone by now! Come on, if you've got any nonsense, spit it out!"

This damned brute...

His face turning dark at being cursed by the burned man, middle-aged Joshua's cheeks twitched slightly. Unable to curse back and knowing he couldn't win in a fight, he gritted his teeth and, with a grim expression, "spat" out,

"Just altering memories isn't enough. If you want to completely hide the information about the volcano, you have to blow up the entire Sky Clipper!"