Deep crimson beams flashed one after another beneath the dim heavens. Countless people hid amid the ruins, watching the figure standing beneath the Black Sun and slaughtering Corpse Beasts, their eyes filled with awe and terror.
"Who is he? Is he the White-robed God?"
"No, he isn't the White-robed God. The White-robed God's hair and clothes are both white."
"Then where did the White-robed God go?"
"I don't know... Could he have already..."
"Don't you think that person looks familiar?"
"Familiar?"
"I feel like I've seen him somewhere before... Is he some wanted criminal?"
"I remember now! Unpardonable Extreme Evil! He's one of the Blasphemers from Unpardonable Extreme Evil!"
"..."
The moment those words were spoken, everyone recalled the Unpardonable Extreme Evil wanted notices that had appeared in every corner of Japan not long ago, as well as the seven Blasphemers who had stood atop the Pure Land and personally shattered Divine Authority.
"It's him! It's really him! They're the reason the world turned out like this!"
"They destroyed the Pure Land and offended the gods, which is why the gods abandoned us!"
"They took away our electricity and plunged our lives into eternal night!"
"I understand now. These monsters... all of this is the gods' punishment! Because they offended the gods, the gods brought down these calamities!"
"Before they destroyed the Pure Land, the world wasn't like this!"
"They are Blasphemers, destroyers of the world, monstrous criminals guilty of Unpardonable Extreme Evil!"
"They... have returned."
At that moment, unprecedented despair and terror filled everyone's hearts. Yet no one dared rush forward and point at him to demand accountability, because the Black Sun hanging high in the sky was mercilessly radiating waves of destruction.
Roar! Roar! Roar—!!
From the outskirts of the city came the continuous roars of Corpse Beasts.