The patrol captain's shocking words, spoken as he was "dying," shook the man who had stabbed him. The patrolman could not help arguing:
"How is that possible? You're slandering the mayor! No matter how you look at it, the real monster is the 'high priest' with an Immortal Body and a rotten personality—someone who only cares about his own pleasures and refuses to share anything!"
The patrol captain smiled and shook his head again. "The 'high priest' is a 'monster' too, just like the mayor... After all, only a monster can keep another monster in check!
"But compared with the mayor, the 'high priest' is much simpler. Yes, he's Fallen. He uses the Authority in his hands to do as he pleases, seizing and distributing the townspeople's property on a whim. Anyone who displeases him faces harsh punishment. He has none of the qualities a leader should have...
"But he's trying to be a 'person.' Even if he's a bad person, a rotten person who indulges his every desire, he still wants to be human... That makes him fundamentally different from the mayor, who's a monster through and through. That's why I chose to support him." The patrol captain raised a hand and patted the man's shoulder.
By then, the patrolman was dumbfounded. No matter how shaken he was by the captain's words, and no matter how slow he was to catch on, he had noticed something wrong. How could a man whose heart had been pierced speak for so long? His voice was even growing stronger...
The patrolman immediately let go of the dagger and stumbled several steps backward.
"Oh, you've caught on?" the patrol captain said with a soft laugh. He slowly pulled the dagger from his chest and sighed. "I told you I saw a 'monster' with