Chapter 106
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Translator: True Detective
Chapter: 105
Chapter Title: Blessing that Steals the Future
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A massive cross affixed to the wall, with Jesus nailed to it.
And beneath it, the words: "Love humanity."
Everything was dyed in blood.
bright red blood splattered everywhere, and the sinners who refused to die screamed in agony, begging for salvation.
"Please! Please stop!"
"What great sin have we committed to deserve this!"
"Why are you doing this! Why..."
A scene no different from hell.
Even as their limbs were torn apart.
Even after spilling liters of blood.
Still, the undying sinners crawled toward the approaching Fixer, blaming their crimes on him in reverse, questioning his faults, and pouring out their rage.
"We only wanted a bright future for humanity... Why... why are you committing such horrors?"
"Treating monster hybrids as humans is an insult to human purity!"
"We were merely trying to suppress the chaos that seeks to crawl into this world using hybrid bodies! You're the sinner! The betrayer of humanity!"
The Fixer swung his hand at those who resisted.
Making them spill blood.
Forcing open the eyes they had squeezed shut.
And finally, compelling them to repent and reflect on their own sins.
The sinners collapsed, crying out in pain.
Eventually, they began to contemplate why they were being brutally beaten by this man in this place.
Silent beatings.
Violence without reason.
No. Everything has a cause.
What was happening now had a clear cause.
The Fixer spoke.
"Realize it yourselves. Shout out your sins. Then I'll stop."
They had to think hard.
If they didn't answer, the Fixer wouldn't stop.
The Purity Evangelists began to confess their atrocities one by one.
"W-We killed hybrids. I did five... It wasn't on purpose! It was, it was accidental."
"Does calling it accidental murder erase the sin? If I accidentally beat you, would that make me innocent? I told you to state your sins as they are. Even in this situation, you tried to downplay your guilt?"
"N-No, that's not it! I'm sorry! I misspoke! I... I killed five. I killed their parents, and their children too... Please... I'm sorry. I... I killed them..."
Some shed tears as they voiced their sins, belatedly realizing the wrongness of their actions.
Guilt grew in their hearts, born from the violence before them.
The Fixer grabbed the head of a weeping Purity Evangelist.
"Do you finally understand what you've done? Huh? You thought you could live carefree after killing innocent people?"
"Please... just spare me... I'll atone for my sins... and live that way..."
His eyes could see the truth in their hearts.
Whether they were confessing sincerely or merely pretending.
The Fixer could discern it, and to those who truly repented and gained enlightenment, he granted the mercy of unconsciousness.
"Guhk..."
"When you wake, you'll be sent where you must atone for your sins."
Agents from the Anomaly Management Department were arriving at the scene.
They would transport the fallen sinners.
And put them to good use for public safety.
The Purity Evangelists would likely be assigned to backworld exploration teams.
That's how criminal spirit arts users were typically utilized—living lives where dying at any moment wouldn't be surprising.
"Looks like this area's wrapped up."
"Good work, Hongran."
"Hmph, I didn't exactly bust my ass for your sake!"
Haeyul and Hongran, manifested in physical form in reality, tossed the unconscious evangelists into the main building's first-floor lobby.
"Now we can probably head into the annex..."
"Just as Haeyul said, they all seem gathered there."
Nearly a hundred evangelists lay sprawled in the lobby, gasping for breath. Seeing them, the Fixer turned toward the annex.
He had given those wretches punishment enough.
Now it was time to deal with the General Assembly Leader hiding in the annex and his closest aides, the White Robe Society.
"Hongran, Haeyul. Roughly how much longer can you two manifest?"
"If we minimize power usage to the extreme, about 40 more minutes in this state."
"The same for me..."
"40 minutes. That's cutting it close."
The Fixer hadn't brought Baek Sowol here.
He'd ordered her to guard the Fixer Office. With outsiders like the kitsune and Oh Se-eun there, he left Sowol behind just in case.
Eve, even using the Key of Vigilance, was deep inside and couldn't come up immediately.
So right now, the only ones who could help the Fixer were Haeyul and Hongran.
"See? You really can't do without us, right? You'd struggle alone. Admit it."
"Yes. It's good having your help."
"Hongran... that's basically begging for headpats..."
"Shut it! Craving praise isn't shameful!"
"Who said...?"
"That kid did!"
"...You again, Fixer..."
The Fixer stroked Hongran's head as she boldly demanded praise, praising her. Along with Haeyul, who slyly wedged in to nuzzle her head too.
They didn't mind the blood on his hands. They were already coated in the blood of the Purity Evangelists themselves.
"The ones ahead are probably a bit different from the small fry we just handled."
"Humans are humans, no matter what."
"I agree with Hongran..."
In their unsealed manifestation state, Hongran and Haeyul possessed power between disaster and catastrophe-class anomalies.
That level alone put them beyond the reach of most spirit arts users. Thus, the two anomalies grew overconfident.
Assuming those beyond this door were no different from other humans.
"Exactly. Even if they're as you say, they're still human. So we must be more cautious. Humans are cunning, and the more desperate they get, the sharper their minds become."
The Fixer stood before the annex entrance.
The New Country New Love Church's main building was for outsiders.
The annex was the true hideout of the Human Front Radical Faction.
Seven guardians awaited the Fixer here.
'Seven of them. Their auras are about...'
On par with Master Moon Seon-woo.
Not demon-class powerhouses, but definitely superior to average spirit arts users.
They must be the Human Front Radical Faction's ace in the hole: the White Robe Society.
"You've come, Fixer Lee Do-hyun."
Entering the annex revealed a vast auditorium that could hold hundreds, and a massive mural depicting the church's leader, the General Assembly Chairman, in exaggerated glory.
A grotesque painting of the Chairman blessing children.
A pastor in ceremonial robes approached to greet the Fixer.