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Chapter 777 Please plant a rose in my rotting heart

“Once this information is exposed, the Tzu Chi Foundation will be completely crushed by the city council. What use is an organization that is opposed by the entire city to you?” The kind-hearted bishop could not stop Gao Ming, and he could only sigh.

“You’re old now, you’ve lost your edge. Not everyone in this world likes to live a life of mediocrity, and everyone weighs the pros and cons. There will always be a moment when a person is willing to disregard everything.” Gao Ming walked towards the firelight and stood beside Li Sansi’s mother. “This city is already scarred and broken. Everyone is just a toy of ‘God’. You should actually thank those outsiders, because it wasn’t ‘God’ who saved you, but us.”

In the final explosion, Bai Ehou and Wan Sheng's remaining troops retreated. Gao Ming led Li Sansi's mother to climb onto the chapel. The night became the curtain, and the raging flames became the light. While the world was being scorched by pain, the believers awaited their true "god".

"Come, prepare to let those accustomed to despair see miracles." Gao Ming and Li Sansi were almost one. He looked at the fleeing believers, his left eye indifferent and his right eye compassionate.

The benevolent bishop is organizing people to fight the fire. Life is crying and struggling under the collapsed building. There are too many casualties, and injured people are everywhere.

With his leg crushed and internal organs bleeding, he lay on the ground, unable to struggle. The believers could only call out the name of Councilor Ci and pray, just as they always did.

Hymns, sacraments—in the face of death, their faith became even purer.

The night wind blew away her veil. Li Sansi's mother looked at the city scorched by fire. She slowly extended her black robe with both hands, and invisible taboo patterns surged from her body, spreading outwards. The raging fire became gentle, the blood was no longer glaring, and countless freely unfolding points of light, like feathers of hope, drifted down from the sky, bringing a sense of compassion to the world.

Countless believers saw the figure of Li Sansi's mother under the black robe, saw her face, and witnessed this incredible moment together.

The wounds from touching the feathers began to heal, broken bones were remodeled, flesh and blood grew, and a powerful vitality seeped out from those tiny specks of light.

This rain of light extinguished the fire, healed the wounded, soothed the hearts troubled by the explosion, and firmly grasped everyone's faith.

It's unclear who started shouting, but the word "miracle" spread from the chapel to the Second District. Not only Tzu Chi members, but all the citizens of the Second District witnessed the feather of light floating in the sky above the city.

The kind bishop, who had finally managed to direct his subordinates and coordinate various departments to extinguish the fire, was panting heavily. He had already taken off his bishop's robes, which made it difficult for him to move around, and his body was covered in black and red burns. He also looked up at the high place.

“That… doesn’t seem to be Councilor Ci.”

"She's the one who saved us?"

“It is God, I have seen the appearance of God.”

Some believers saw Li Sansi's mother's appearance. She wasn't particularly beautiful, but she was incredibly gentle. Her eyes were pure and innocent, like a flower blooming on rotten soil, made even more vibrant by the darkness of the night.

More and more people realized that the person who saved them was not Representative Ci. When they needed the representative the most, he was nowhere to be found, as if he had gone into hiding.

To keep Li Sansi's mother in charge, Gao Ming found Bishop Cixiang and used the life of Councilor Cixiang to force him to cooperate.

After witnessing Li Sansi's mother's abilities, the benevolent bishop's gaze changed. Although he remained resistant, he did not fiercely resist. After hesitating for a long time, he ordered his men to find scapegoats left behind by the White-browed Marquis. Although these corpses were not wearing the uniforms of the Municipal Council, they contained many clues related to the Municipal Council. Upon reaching the top of the chapel, the aged benevolent bishop could not predict whether what he was doing was right or wrong. He sighed deeply, and without donning his bishop's robes, he exposed his full-back tattoo, allowing his men to display the so-called "evidence" to everyone's view.

“The culprits behind the massive explosion and the assassination of Councilor Ci have been found.” The kind-hearted bishop walked to the body and took out a series of pre-prepared clues: “I am very saddened and shocked. These people are from the municipal council hall and were instructed by a certain councilor.”

These words caused an uproar, and the murmurs of discussion spread from the chapel to the street.

The kind bishop wanted to play a trick, not to offend the entire municipal council, but to say that it was done by a certain councilor. Gao Ming shook his head when he heard this. After Bai Ehou sent out those documents, the two sides were already at odds.

“Councilor Ci is seriously injured and needs to recuperate, and this…” Cixiang turned to look at Li Sansi’s mother, then at the countless believers who had been dragged out of the mire of death. His lips moved slightly, as if he had made a very important decision.

After a few seconds of pause, the kind-faced bishop slowly spoke: "She is our 'hope'."

If the most volatile and powerful of the three bishops, Cixiang, said such a thing, then there's basically no need to doubt it.

"The restricted area is out of control, and the whole city is in chaos. Tzu Chi has no time for internal strife. We need to save more people and give more brothers and sisters hope." Bishop Cixiang went on to say a lot more, that Tzu Chi would no longer abide by the rules and restrictions of the municipal council and would do everything possible to expand its strength and influence.

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After destroying the Night Watch's last underground stronghold, Shan Jun returned to the surface covered in wounds. The Fourth District was almost completely razed to the ground. His life-or-death battle with the Night Watch was far more intense than the one between Zhuchuan Society and Wansheng.

"Mountain Lord, the black market in the first district has been attacked, the secret warehouse has been destroyed, and one of the forbidden bottles is missing." The burly Tiger Beast stood guard outside, sheathing his sword and standing respectfully, as if he had always been one of the Mountain Lord's men.

"It's nothing serious. What's the situation outside right now?"

"The restricted areas in all major districts have been deliberately damaged, and many restricted areas are out of control. It is suspected that this was done by outsiders. However, the first restricted area is intact, and the first district is now the safest district," Yin Beast continued to report.

"The first forbidden zone will definitely not get out of control, hehe." Shan Jun chuckled coldly, seemingly remembering a certain pitiful wretch: "I'm tired, just pick the important thing to say."

"The Tzu Chi Church was attacked by a bomb, and Tzu Chi councilor was seriously injured. Bishop Cixiang said in front of everyone that the perpetrator was a councilor from the municipal council. Now, there are scandals about those councilors all over the city, and people's trust and support for the municipal council have dropped to an all-time low."

“This is a good thing for us. I never thought that those cowards in Tzu Chi would stand up one day.” As night fell, the wounds on Shan Jun’s body began to scab over quickly with his breathing.

"It seems the Tzu Chi Foundation has been infiltrated by outsiders. This is a new request that Representative Yuan Nian conveyed to you." Yin Shou took out a document with the words "Tzu Chi Foundation" written on it.

(End of this chapter)