As a traitor, I should raise the banner of rebellion

“[Saint John] is also the first completed apostle, having lived from two thousand years ago to the present day.”

The twelve disciples of the Messiah did not have a good ending.

With the exception of Judas, who committed suicide out of shame for betraying the Son of God, and Peter, who was the first Pope but was eventually crucified upside down by the Roman emperor, almost all of the apostles were eventually martyred in one way or another.

There is only one exception.

That is St. John.

The Apostle John was the only one of the Son's disciples who escaped persecution.

Before the Messiah was crucified, he entrusted his mother to John for care. After that, John moved to various islands and wrote many gospels, including the famous "Revelation".

"Although I am the leader of the Twelve Apostles, the actual promoter of this plan is Saint John."

Just like Yuanhui, the completion of other apostles also requires a variety of conditions.

For example, the completion of [Saint Peter] requires developing ‘His’ religion into the world’s largest sect.

And [Saint John] even completed all the conditions during his lifetime, becoming the first completed apostle, and he still lives to this day.

There should also be some involvement of 'Him' in this.

After all, the apostle who possesses the ability to 'predict the future' is indeed the best person to push the plan to completion.

"When you first met me, you used the phrase 'Where are you going' to me. Was it also at the instruction of 'Saint John'?" Yuan Hui asked Sharan as if he suddenly remembered something.

At that time, Yuanhui thought that Sharan was targeting Judas out of her hatred for the sinner.

But judging from Sharon's later behavior, she really didn't seem like someone who would do such a thing.

Yuanhui has actually always felt a little strange, but because of Sharan's personality, he never asked her the reason behind it.

Now it seems that it was instructed by this apostle?

"Yeah." Sharan confirmed Yuanhui's guess.

She looked at the mark on Yuanhui's chest with some regret, obviously regretting that she had placed too much trust in [Saint John].

But it's too late to regret.

The most important thing now is to confirm what harm this mark with changed shape will cause to Yuanhui.

Saran stretched out her right hand and uttered the holy words again.

But the information coming from the mark surprised her again.

She looked up at Yuanhui, her eyes full of disbelief:

"Yuan Jun, this mark..."

100. “Hey, can we talk?” —By Tamamonomae

"Yuan Jun, this mark seems to have evolved?"

Sharan's expression was still extremely incredible.

Monsters can devour other monsters or dead air to complete their own evolution.

For example, [Lika] once ate [Know-All Go-kun], and she made great improvements in all aspects and also gained a new ability.

But the problem is that Sharan's "Where Are You Going" has already reached its complete form, and there is no possibility of further advancement.

Then why would the mark it split off ignore Sharan's own will and change on its own?

"Evolved?" Yuan Hui looked down at the key and lock on his chest.

Although this was a strange change that happened to him, his expression did not change drastically or act too out of control.

For Yuan Hui, this was indeed a situation beyond his imagination.

But now that it has happened, panicking about it will not help.

Compared to that, he actually wanted to figure out what was different about this mark from the previous ones.

"Since you used this word, it means it's a change for the better, right?"

Yuanhui's calmness involuntarily infected Saran.

She was not an impatient person, and her behavior just now was more out of concern.

She had just confessed her feelings to Yuanhui, and this happened...

In the eyes of others, it seemed as if she didn't want to remove the mark on Kai Yuanhui at all and was just acting.

Fortunately, Yuanhui didn't seem to have such thoughts.

"Yeah." Sharan nodded, "Yuanjun, you must have encountered a lot of weird things so far."

"I can feel that the mark on your body has been touched many times. This means that there is a being that uses rules to manipulate your body or uses charm to distort your soul."

Although [Where Are You Going] will put Yuanhui under Sharan's control, it is also like a solid shield, blocking all other similar rules from the boy's soul and body.

Previously, when Genki was fighting with Shuzuka Daimyojin, the triggered [Where Are You Going] even appeared directly and pulled out the tongue of this unruly god.

"However, although it does have this effect, the mark on your body, Yuanjun, is not the real body on my palm. The rules that can be exempted and blocked are limited."

"It doesn't matter if it's a half-baked monster, but if you really encounter some powerful monsters that specialize in this area, this kind of protection will not be enough."

The most typical example is the nine-tailed fox that is now at her heart.

Now, the Killing Stone has not awakened, and the fox spirit that appeared in front of the two people is actually just a wisp of consciousness of the original body that has dissipated outside.

Therefore, the charm ability is not that strong and is still within the range that can be blocked.

However, if we wait until the Killing Stone shatters and Tamamonomae's true self wakes up from it, she will truly show her stunning figure.

The moment he saw her, Yuan Hui's "Where are you going" would probably be instantly defeated by the unreasonable strong charm.

And the boy himself will quickly become a captive of this country-destroying weird charm.

In other words, a plaything and puppet in the palm of your hand.

It is for this reason that Sharan has always opposed Yuanhui getting too close to that vixen.

Although Tamamonomae did behave extremely friendly and seemed to be doing her best to help Genki and share his worries.

But with a woman's keen intuition, Sharan felt that there must be something wrong.

Could the strongest monster on the island nation of Sakurajima, who destroyed multiple dynasties, really be a person with a simple love brain?

She still had some difficulty believing this.

"But you don't have to worry about that now."

Sharan looked at the key and lock tightly connected on Yuanhui's chest, her blue eyes full of amazement.

"This mark 'locks' your soul and body tightly."

"It completely denies any domination and enchantment. All similar abilities can no longer shake your body and mind."

"Although you won't attack the other party in return, after holding this mark, you, Yuanjun, will be completely immune to the rules in this regard."

"In this respect, you are now completely equal to me."

[Where Are You Going] is the holy mark of [Saint Peter] and is an ability that stands at the pinnacle of the dominance system.

As the bearer of this stigma, Sharan Birdo is naturally immune to any mental and physical manipulation.

Just like Genki's [Death Omen], this is considered a passive ability of the stigmata.

And now, although there is no way to use [Where Are You Going], this trait that originally belonged only to Sharan Birdo has been shared with Yuanhui.

Even Sharan's own [Where Are You Going] had no effect on Yuanhui and could not force him to do anything.

Not only did it remove the shackles on Yuanhui, but it also added another layer of protection for him.

After learning this, Sharan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"How strange." Sharan, whose expression had somewhat relaxed, stretched out a slender finger and poked the mark on Yuan Hui's chest with some curiosity. "I have clearly helped others to remove [Where Are You Going] before, but this has never happened before."

On the bodies of other people, the mark of "Where are you going" was removed very easily.

This was the first time that a strange change occurred in Yuan Hui.

"Could it be that……"

Sharan thought of a possibility.

Apart from being apostles, the only difference between Yuanhui and those people is that he is the person he likes.

This change occurred after she confessed her love to Yuanhui.

If there is no connection between the two, it seems unlikely.

In other words, is this the sign that Yuan Hui has gained the recognition of "Where Are You Going"?

When she thought of this, Sharan's earrings felt slightly hot and she couldn't continue.

She even didn't dare to look Yuanhui in the eye. The courage she had finally mustered had been used up in the previous confession.

As if burned, Saran withdrew her fingers from Yuanhui's chest.

However, she did not run away from Yuanhui directly.

"Although it's a little unexpected, this is a good thing after all, right?" Sharan coughed lightly, her eyes wandering a little, "Well, it's getting late, Yuanjun, are you hungry?"

"If you're hungry, I'll go make dinner."

She would at least ask Yuanhui for consent.

From this aspect, she has changed a lot compared to her past self.

Although it is still very slight at present, all changes start from this tiny little thing.

"Wait a moment." Yuan Hui stretched out his right hand and grabbed the girl's wrist.

Although he knew the girl's feelings very well, unfortunately, he couldn't let her leave just like that.

"Can I ask you something about that [Saint John]?"

There are actually very few legends and records about this only apostle who did not die a martyr.

In addition to writing many gospels including the Book of Revelation, the apostle's most famous deeds are actually related to "snakes".

It is said that the apostle was once forced to drink wine that had been spiked with poison, but when he picked up the glass, the poison and wine, which had originally merged into one, suddenly separated, and the poison then crawled out of the glass in the form of a snake.

Yuan Hui knew very little about this immortal man who was the promoter of the Apostle Project and had lived for two thousand years.

"Shalan, have you seen St. John?" he asked the girl in front of him.

The latter shook his head slightly.

"[Saint John] is a mystic," she whispered to Yuanhui, "He won't show his face to anyone, and he won't let anyone know his whereabouts."

"It's like a shadow that doesn't exist in this world."

"So far, no one has ever seen what he looks like."

In many religious paintings, John is often depicted as the only beautiful young apostle. The most famous example is Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper.

But this is just the artist's imagination.

What [Saint John] is like, perhaps only he and 'Him' know.

Just as Sharan's [Where Are You Going] is an ability that stands at the top of the [Domination System], [Saint John]'s predictive ability is also an ability that stands at the top of this faction.

Whether it is [Lika]'s [Lika knows everything] or Shuzuka Daimyojin's [foresight], they can't be compared with it at all.

If such a being is determined to hide itself, it is impossible to leave any loopholes.

"He does this even to people like you and me."

"I don't even know if he's a boy or a girl."

"The reason why I use the name [he] is because in the Bible, [Saint John] is a male."

Although the Bible contains some factual elements, some of them were fabricated by the authors.

Therefore, the truth of certain things cannot be judged entirely based on the original text of the Bible.

"Before I came to Sakurajima, he had sent your relevant information to my house through an unknown channel."

"He asked me to cast Where Are You Going upon meeting you, and to use Temptation of the Wilderness as a question."

[Where are you going] If you want to plant a mark on a human being and control his body and mind, you need to ask him questions.