At this moment,
Tsukishima, who had been helping Chie care for her mother at Chie's home, finally felt the hope Su Wen had brought her:
"Then should we find their evidence before they clear themselves of responsibility?"
Hearing that she was finally willing to muster the courage to think about these matters, Su Wen felt it was a very good start and naturally did not deny it.
Instead, he calmly continued:
"You're right. That evidence is certainly important.
"But there is something else I need to confirm first: just how rotten has Tokyo's Exorcism Department become?
"This will affect my next course of action.
"So,
"Finding the scapegoat they are about to choose will be our most urgent task."
While they calmly conversed amid the localized chaos engulfing the academy, the handsome Scholar did not remain on the rooftop to observe what was still unfolding. Instead, he returned to his temporary office.
Clearly, he had not been here for long. The entire desk was nearly empty, holding only a few almost brand-new textbooks.
By his estimation, this school probably would not last even three days.
Then his next identity
was something he could carefully consider:
Compared to that organization conducting human experiments, a position as a member of Tokyo's Exorcism Department might be more suitable.
But the most important thing was to find that section of code within the divine abomination's genes.
"The Third Era used highly advanced Genetic Ascension technology to embed information within certain dormant higher lifeforms.
"After sleeping across eras, those lifeforms would restart through the Reviver program, while preserving the corresponding genetic codes.
"For Lucia to have conceived of such an utterly desperate method of continuation, she must have faced some truly terrifying crisis in the end."
Su Wen calmly laid out his true purpose for