After divining herself and confirming that the slight contamination on the back of her hand would not worsen or harm anyone else, Angel finally returned to Linhai Town with peace of mind. Otherwise, she had been prepared to transform directly into a Siren and swim back to Midway Island to seek help from the Storm Church.
On the way, she ran into Layton and his group of miners again. To prevent these people dreaming of getting rich from actually digging through the rock wall and entering the heavily contaminated depths of the mine, Angel used the "Disease" ability as they passed each other, swiftly infecting the twenty-odd "Gold Miners" with mild colds or pharyngitis. Watching them suddenly feel unwell, exchange baffled looks, and then regretfully return to town to end the day's "work" early, she secretly smiled.
They should recover in a day or two. By then, the Mandated Punishers should have arrived and put an end to all this... But perhaps after Pierce's death, no longer dreaming of riches, they would come to their senses tomorrow, sell off their worthless copper ore, and leave this sorrowful place... Hopefully, the ore would fetch enough for their travel expenses.
Still smiling to herself, Angel followed Layton and the others back to town. Linhai Town, with its population of barely over a thousand, remained peaceful for now. The dream deeply implanted in everyone's hearts could not end in an instant. Frozen time could probably only begin moving forward slowly after being worn away by time itself.
But Angel did not have that much time to wait. She bought a ferry ticket back to Midway Island that afternoon and wrote the report in advance. As soon as she returned to Midway Island, she intended to report what had happened here to the Church