The blood-clad Chen Xiao's icy gaze pierced through the Black Fog. He watched the Monster merging with the Fog Sea, black patterns gradually spreading across his body.
The patterns wove countless hands across Chen Xiao's body. His power seemed to come from the souls the Dean had tortured and killed.
Countless arms clutched keys. Filled with hatred that had sunk into their very bones, they drove the keys deep into the Shrine.
Blood-red cracks appeared across the Black Fog, and then Foul-Stench Blood Rain began to fall from the sky.
The Dean stirred the Fog Sea, dragging the black sky along with him as he charged at the blood-clad Chen Xiao without regard for anything else.
Dr. Gao, Zhang Ya, and the Painter moved to stop him at the same time. As for "Eat," it had quietly left the hospital as soon as Chen Xiao appeared.
The four Gods of Calamity attacked the Shrine together, grinding all the Dean's memories of The Past to pieces.
When the last memory steeped in malice was crushed, the decrepit Shrine exploded completely, revealing a badly damaged black-and-white photograph.
It showed a woman wearing a Patient Uniform, with a doctor in a White Lab Coat standing behind her. They seemed to be the Dean's parents.
The four Gods of Calamity's attacks struck the photograph. Black Blood flowed across the old picture's surface, turning into a heart riddled with holes.
The Dean had entrusted his heart to that photograph. It was his greatest secret.
Keys, Black Hair, and chains pierced the ugly heart. The Dean's fusion with the Black Fog came to an abrupt halt, and his figure slowly emerged from within it.
Blood Rain poured down as the Dean's body gradually disappeared. The process was irreversible. No matter how much negative emotion and Curse