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Meanwhile, Clement had no intention of leaving.

His mind and will began to fluctuate violently at that moment.

Then his entire body began to show signs of turning into light.

This was an outward symptom of the Light Transformation period, brought about by an intense conflict between his mind and faith.

Clement was sick—severely mentally ill.

Under the Twin Demon's temptation, Clement had made choice after choice, until in the end, for his own sake, he chose to silence a group of children who had once regarded him as their benefactor.

After that, he had become especially fond of making others "choose," and those choices often involved slaughtering one another.

For instance, during the research into the Son of God Project, there had been that Flesh Monster he released to draw The Church's attention while also laying a trap for the Holy Son, Naimus.

The flesh on its body could use hunger and pain to instinctively drive the parasitized people into killing each other, forcing them to make a choice.

They fed other people to the chunks of flesh as food, rapidly slid down the slope of morality, and ultimately slaughtered one another amid their choices.

The other test subjects had been the same.

The Red-Eye series—countless test subjects had begun killing one another after he issued an order claiming resources were insufficient.

Watching people shed all morality and reveal their naked selves gave him a sense of delight: humans possessed no nobility whatsoever.

Clement loved that feeling. Watching others suffer moral collapse even seemed to make his Light Transformation go more smoothly.

That sickness had made up most of Clement's life experience.

So, when he discovered that Balthazar's taboo might be Mutual Consumption, a type that perfectly suited him, Clement felt that the sole purpose of his life was