Michael's family perished in numbness, without the pain of a blade piercing their heart.
After escaping the final Death Retrace, the "murderer" Lu Li returned to his teammates.
Lingering doubts led the Holy Light Squad to check the shack once more, but they still found nothing. They left the shack and contacted the local police station to clean up the aftermath before returning to the Giant Tree Academy camp.
Lu Li shared his suspicions with Kiluat.
"Because of those churches. They're competing for faith, offering help to the residents..."
Fundamentally different from the police stations.
The churches are more like farmers tending their fields. Annoying sparrows and wild boars ruin their crops, and when they appear, the farmers will drive them away with pitchforks.
There are three things the residents of Deep Sea City's outer town can't escape in their lifetime: churches, gangs, death.
Even as they were leaving, a believer blocked their way.
