Chapter 423: Under the Radiance (Seeking Subscription)

Above the Municipal Square.

A gentleman pulls out his pocket watch, noting the hour hand pointing between 10 and 11.

Accompanied by the sound of footsteps, a group of solemn-looking members of the Church of the Sun, dressed in pure white religious robes and adorned with golden sun emblems, enters the square and ascends to the high platform.

Behind them, two nearly two-meter-tall Suppression Bureau agents, covered in a pitch-black chitinous armor, are escorting a pale-faced, blond middle-aged man, whom they bind to an iron cross.

A white-haired Solar Priest reads aloud his charges: "Mirabeau Casey... using his profession as a private doctor as cover, secretly stealing human organs, studying evil demon books..."

"No, no... I was only researching special herbal remedies, I just wanted to save more people... My heart has always been in the light, I've never hurt anyone, I've saved many people, please..."

Mirabeau Casey, bound in chains to the cross, screams, cries, and pleads...