"Neither my former self, nor the Great Being once born within this body of mine, nor my present self actually knew much about the church behind you.
"But I can sense that it must be powerful, powerful enough to inspire despair. Otherwise, it would never have dared organize such a terrible experiment.
"But not every problem in this world can be solved with 'power.'
"I think,
"that is also why you are here.
"You don't want anything here spreading outside, because York City isn't far away, and this place lies within Vien's borders to begin with. You are here to protect Vien.
"Actually, I love Vien too. I love this country's music, poetry, novels, films, and customs. I eat a large plate of soybean paste with every meal.
"If I didn't truly love this place, I wouldn't have called for nonviolence. And precisely because I deeply love this land, I want all the more to lead my supporters in creating an equal social environment, so we can better build it up and make it prosper.
"I understand why you came in here to take those two Divine Artifacts. Yes, I can sense what those two Divine Artifacts do. They can gradually dismantle the seal you set up around the perimeter.
"It wants to control them too, but because of the altar, it currently finds that difficult. To that end, it exploited that chessboard's Artifact Spirit. In fact, she wasn't an original Artifact Spirit, but a freak born from the effects of this pollution, like us, but on a lower level.
"You see, it isn't actually as stupid as you imagine. It can exploit and deceive people. Of course, once she lost her usefulness, it crushed her without the slightest hesitation."
This "it" clearly referred to Redneck Boy.
"But you, and