The Dead and the Future

Falling in the darkness, leaving for the sake of ideals and the things he wanted to protect... This was his ending, and also the ending you had once envisioned for yourself.

If you truly walked that path, would everything have become better? That bedraggled state of barely clinging to life constantly reminded you: would resolutely embracing death have been the better choice? This question had troubled you for many years. Even as your mindset gradually changed, even today, doubt still lingered in your heart.

Then let him answer you. Never bound by worldly restraints, achieving success through what appeared to be failure, using a perspective unlike the ordinary to open another layer of vision for the blind—this was a sacrificer. This was The Hanged Man.

Ability Learned: Resolve lv1 (All Status Critical Hit Rate UP)

The blue Tarot card faded away before him. Tangze looked at Hirotsugu Morofushi's face and smiled.

Regardless of whether Lavenza's words were praise or criticism, the evaluation struck directly at Tangze's thoughts.

Those who died for their country, who gave themselves for their ideals and convictions, were heroes. Those who charged bravely ahead, completed their missions, and returned in triumph were heroes too.

Then what about him?

He had lost his comrades, lost his past, lost every personal ability he had earned through hard work. When he opened his eyes again, he had repeatedly considered how he could end his life with dignity, without facing the humiliation and wasted years ahead.

Back then, in order to alter Tangze's state of mind, he had spoken with many retired people who had done similar work under the psychologist's advice. It had indeed eased his emotions, allowing him to find a direction for the rest of his life and calmly live out his remaining years.

And this time,