It seems that there are many topics about badges hidden inside. I hope the secret of the badge is really among them. But... I hope the badge has long since disappeared, and most apostles have not seen what the hope badge looks like. Only a few experienced people have some knowledge about these situations.

According to the book, hope is a combination of life and death... It is also a product of life transitioning towards death. Sara was completely confused by these words - they were basically meaningless!

At that moment, the sound of footsteps suddenly came from somewhere. "Oh, Sara!" The person casually greeted her, and Sara looked carefully and found that it was Detective Male calling for her. Sara frowned and said, "So, you were hiding here!" "Hehe..." the detective chuckled wryly. "Don't make me sound like a cockroach. I'm just a businessman." "Who are you exactly? What do you want?" "Huh? I thought you knew everything..." "You're a companion of Lilith!" "I told you, I'm not that crazy woman's companion!" The detective's tone was somewhat rough, and an unhappy expression appeared on his face. "I think you're also abnormal." "I'm perfectly normal," the detective said unhappily. "Although we belong to the same world, our views are completely different from Lilith's." "If that's the case, why are you helping me? In fact, this is also a part of the plan to resurrect the God King, right?" "Even if we believe in the same God King, conflicts can still arise. Such things are not uncommon. Although it's hard for you to believe, I am indeed on your side. Welcoming the God King is a dilemma for me... It is also highly inappropriate and unreasonable." "So you're using me to stop Lilith? What would happen if you were to intervene?" "Using? I prefer to think of our interests as aligned! Besides, you also dislike that woman, right? There are things that only you can do. I don't possess the special powers that you and the others have, and I also dislike the sweaty hard work." "I mean, you like to go with the flow... and you're a bit lazy, right?!" "Don't try to act like a good person in front of me. I think you're a cruel person... At least you can face those bloody, agonizing people calmly. Maybe you even experience a different kind of pleasure while killing? Their screams might give you a strange sense of satisfaction, right?" "Them? Are you referring to those monstrous creatures of resentment?" "Monsters?" The detective furrowed his brow and said, "So that's how you see it..." He stifled a laugh and sneered, as if mocking Sara, which made Sara a little upset. "What do you mean by that?" "No... it's nothing, really! Just a joke... I hope you don't mind." The detective quickly changed the topic, seeming to want to hide something. "By the way, there's something I forgot to ask when we were at the hotel... Did you get the Death Badge?" "What's that?" "That thing should be with Lilith." "...Are you saying..." Saying that, Sara took out the badge from her pocket. "Is this what you're talking about? I don't know if this belongs to Lilith. I found it on the road." Looking at the shiny badge in Sara's hand, the detective nodded with relief. "Good! As long as we have this, everything will be fine... Here, take it!" The detective handed Sara the thick book he was holding, a unique old book. Although it should fetch a high price if sold in a used bookstore, no one would think of giving it as a gift, right? "What's this for?" Sara looked up and asked, but the detective was already gone, as if he had left the room for a long time. "What an unreliable guy."Sara shrugged and then flipped to the page with the bookmark in her book, focusing her attention on reading.

Death Emblem - Part One!

Regardless of whether the other party is good or evil, the emblem will have an effect. This powerful force also places a heavy burden on the user.

Due to its difficult operation, it is not recommended for use in normal situations.

Because of this, the emblem has been sealed for so long...

Death emblems are generally not noticed by people. Regardless of who it is, as long as they come into contact with the death emblem, their spiritual energy will be consumed by the emblem.

Life emblems, on the other hand, are completely opposite. Even in the last moment of life... No, even if it turns into ashes, the life emblem has the ability to restore a person to their original state!

"Well, at least there's something useful. Let's put it aside for now."

Not long after, Sara reached the end of the library...

In the elevator, there were only two options: the first floor and the basement. Sara, leaving the library, decided to go to the basement to find Lilith.

On the corridor extending left and right in front of the elevator, she chose the right side first.

It was darker here than upstairs, as if something was gradually approaching, causing a feeling of suffocation. The faint light from the flashlight revealed a scene still covered in bloodstains.

Sara looked around warily and only saw that there was no sign of the projection of evil thoughts on the corridor ahead, but...

"Wuwuwu!"

It was an infiltrator!

Sara quickly pushed open a door next to her and darted inside.

It was a room with only a small bed, and on the yellowed mattress was a book with marked pages on the cover. Sara carefully picked up the book and realized it was a diary, with familiar handwriting on the curled pages immediately catching her attention.

"It's my father's! Why is it here!"

This was a diary that was supposed to stay in her father's study. Although Sara had never read its contents, she had seen it on her father's desk many times.

Could it be that the distortion of time and space caused this thing to appear here? Or... could this be an important message left by her father for her as well?

"Even now, I can often feel that this child is the reincarnation of Jeana. Despite that, I no longer feel annoyed lately, I have accepted everything in front of me. But..."

Regardless, no matter whose reincarnation she is, that child is my most beloved treasure.

However, it was a mistake to name her like that.

Because I was too foolish at the time, thinking that she was a replacement for Jeana, and even deceiving myself - Jeana is still alive!

When I learned the truth, I didn't feel sadness... just worry.

Reading her deceased father's diary, Sara was moved and almost shed tears, even though... she knew she was just a replacement!

In an instant, Sara recalled a memory from her childhood, something that happened when she was just starting to understand things...

Her father always looked at her with a melancholic gaze and gently called out the name Jeana.

But on the day they moved away from their old home, her father suddenly said, "Sara, come here."

"I'm not Sara, my name is Jeana."

"No, you are Sara, from today on Sara will be your nickname."

"Why?"

"Because... ah, Sara sounds nicer. It sounds like the name of an excellent girl. When introducing yourself to strangers, you should call yourself Sara, okay?"

Absolutely do not tell anyone that you are Jeana, especially those who claim to be your mother!

Please forget the name Jeana forever!

We made a promise, right...

A young Sara just nodded, not really understanding... From that day on, she actually completely forgot her original name, "Tsubaki Nine Jeana."

"I'm not Jeana... I am Sara, my father's daughter - Sara!" Sara said, wiping the corners of her eyes. Her father must have changed my name to "Sara" to protect me. He probably realized Lilith was after me then and came up with this strategy.Although I cried, it's not because I felt sad, father.

So many years have passed... You've really worked hard... Thank you!

Father's diary has revived Sara, even making her forget the pain brought by the darkness.

She strides forward with light footsteps, full of energy in this gloomy corridor.

This time, that annoying sound has completely disappeared.

After leaving the room where she found father's diary, at the end of this corridor not far away, Sara returns to the elevator door.

Walking towards the left side of the corridor, she is no longer afraid of these familiar opponents, such as the strange-looking fat man and the evil-minded body.

In order to save the few remaining bullets, Sara agilely dodges past these slow-moving guys.

There is actually another reason for avoiding these meaningless fights.

The words the detective man said earlier are still lingering in her mind - Monsters? Are you talking in your sleep?!

Although he explained that it was just a joke... Sara still thought of a possibility.

Although these wandering evil bodies are definitely monsters, were they monsters from the beginning?

If they weren't originally monsters, then what could they be?

Could it be that in this world, there was once a group of humans who turned into demons?

Or...

Were her eyes deceived by illusions? Although she didn't want to ponder over these questions, either possibility could be true.

Such thoughts made Sara hesitate when she was killing the evil bodies, as if she was killing unarmed humans.

In this way, constantly dodging, Sara ran into a room. It was another room with just a bed and a bedside table... It always gives off an annoying atmosphere like an isolation ward.

On the nearby cabinet, there was an open book. Under a strange impulse, Sara didn't want to read it... but in the end, the idea of "I must read it" took over.

"Just take a look, maybe it will be different from those things that have disturbed my mood before!"