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The Spirit World.
Through the pale blue, distorted field of vision, the outline of Amber City was already visible.
The twelve members of the Purple Moonlight Squad were rapidly flickering toward it.
"I actually don't really want to take part in this operation..."
A young female member wearing a deep purple cloak spoke.
Her fitted cloak billowed in the wind, revealing a full moon on its back.
"Don't say things like that again, Saila."
The tall, thin man in the lead looked back and said coldly.
"These are the Church's orders. We only need to obey."
"Captain Bayers isn't a traitor! We followed him for so many years. We absolutely refuse to believe he would betray the Church!"
The woman named Saila continued, her tone hostile.
"Bayers Wolf is no longer your captain! He attacked the Sun Church without authorization and seized a Mysterious Object. The Church has already stripped him of his position!"
The tall, thin captain rebuked her.
"But they still shouldn't have made us take part in hunting him down!"
Another male member argued.
"How am I supposed to attack the captain who once fought beside us...?"
A trace of pain flashed through his eyes.
"Captain Pope, can you understand how we feel...? Mr. Bayers saved my life countless times, and now they want me to draw my blade against him?!"
The tall, thin man named Pope glanced over his squad members and found them deeply dispirited, clearly resisting this manhunt in their hearts.
He was secretly troubled, unable to understand why the Church had assigned him to lead this squad.
What none of the members knew was that Pope was actually on good terms with Bayers in private. They could be considered friends, and if he had a choice, he would not want