Chapter 168 - The Sermon of Rot
What had he wanted so desperately that he clung to it even in the process of becoming a Grid?
Jhin bit down on his lower lip and started toward the church—the scene of the incident.
But then, something unexpected happened.
There were voices inside.
A low hum of murmuring and whispering.
"…Wasn't this area supposed to be restricted?"
"Yes. We closed it off due to the floating spore virus particles in the air."
"Let's head in anyway."
They entered the church quietly.
Blending into the murmuring crowd, they stepped through without drawing attention—until they reached the front and saw a man preaching from the pulpit.
He shouted with such intensity, it looked like he might cough up blood at any moment.
"All of this happened because your faith was weak!"
He wore a white priest's robe, holding a square-shaped book—on its cover, an all-too-familiar emblem:
A lightning bolt piercing through two moons.
The mark of the Company.
