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Reorganization (4) ― One Mind Salvation Church ‘Paradise’

Comic stories that loosened up my tense mind.

The banquet held for believers ended like a surprise event.

Late afternoon, approaching evening.

I walked through paradise with the sunlight still shining, as if telling me that summer was approaching.

Seong Ga-eul is a little behind me, walking slowly with my back to me.

Further behind him were four vigilantes.

The vigilantes were also showing off their familiarity and naturalness in the way they held their guns, as if they were just playing around while I was away.

The first stop on the paradise walk was the ‘Gate of Salvation’.

A two-way door connecting sanctuary and paradise created by reinforced green gems.

Even though the passage to the sanctuary was opened, not everyone could use it.

Sanctuary is another utopia that I consistently emphasized to believers.

Those who step there must be carefully selected from among all believers.

Therefore, there were always two or more vigilantes stationed at the Gate of Salvation.

Among them, I spoke to Seong Ga-eul while looking at Kim Hae-il, the vice-captain and awakened person, whom I could see.

“It’s great to see the vice-captain setting an example.”

“Yes, leader. Always lead by example and receive good reviews from believers.”

I nodded in satisfaction and continued to stare at the Gate of Salvation.

Seeing me watching for quite a while, Seong Ga-eul asked vaguely.

“Shall we call the saint and the gatekeeper from the sanctuary?”

“No. Didn’t you say you had something to show you? Keep going.”

I lightly shook my head and walked towards my destination.

I looked around with the rhythm of the regular footsteps of the vigilantes following me.

In particular, I stared at the north for a long time, where all the buildings had disappeared and the end of the shield was visible.

chin-.

Following the Gate of Salvation, the steps stopped again.

Another membrane unfolds in contact with the translucent orange protective layer.

I indifferently watched the black curtain that surrounded all of Seoul, which was not a paradise.

However, even though I tried to remain indifferent, my right eyebrow continued to tremble.

Seong Ga-eul looked at Yangcheon-gu, located in the north of Paradise, and asked.

“… Are you sad?”

She was right.

Having completely occupied Guro-gu, I was unable to enter other districts in succession.

As I was trying to pass through the black curtain of Yangcheon-gu, the system printed a message.

[Now is the protection period for latecomers! You cannot enter other areas for 3 months.]

After checking the message, I felt a little angry and annoyed at first, but I didn’t vent my emotions as loudly as I thought.

First of all, I didn’t think the system that would maintain balance even after death would just stand by and watch me take over all of Seoul.

It didn’t seem like he would lose to another awakened person who dominated the area even after three months.

If I didn’t receive followers and accumulate points during that time, things would change, but that didn’t happen.

They and I were already different from the starting line.

Even though the system tried to achieve balance, it was unable to turn back the seesaw that was already tilted.

“It’s okay. On the contrary, I am thankful for giving me time to build a strong house.”

“What, where is Han Gu-won, who used telekinesis to strangle me and scream at me because I didn’t like him?”

Seong Ga-eul’s voice whispers in my ear along with a sweet scent.

I smiled as I saw her walking away from me again and waiting with a polite expression.

You must have been quite surprised.

“… let’s go. The sun will set like this.”

My continued steps led me to a trail that was beautifully harmonized with nature.

It was evidence that we were slowly getting closer to the space that Seong Ga-eul and the architect were planning.

The empty plain we were walking on was a feast of beautiful greenery, as if it were an illusion.

If you walk a little longer on a path that makes you healthy just by walking…

There was a white village there.

Buildings that blend in well with nature but do not lose their modern color.

I turned my head to look at the autumn scenery at the harmony of the blue sky, white buildings, and green nature that instantly refreshed my mind.

I let out a small smile as I saw her lightly wiping her forehead and sighing at my gaze.

“Cyo, the leader has arrived!”

“Oooooh! Teacher! Kyojuniiyim!”

Believers who had gathered to pray in an area that had not yet been unlocked found me.

I immediately asked the believers who had gathered around me like a cloud.

“Did everyone enjoy and pray for the dinner I presented?”

“It was delicious, Kyojuni!”

“Thank you for your grace, Master!”

He smiled kindly as he looked at the believers with their hands clasped together and tears welling up in their eyes.

“Yes. If the sun is too hot, go home, turn on the air conditioner, and pray. A believer who prays while sweating profusely will be scolded. Do you understand?”

“Oh my, I will keep this in mind, leader.”

A male believer nodding his head with moving eyes.

The believer’s clean, blemish-free face sparkled in the sunlight.

Finally, thanks to the advanced power generators and water and sewage management facilities located in paradise, they, like the believers in the sanctuary, regained the benefits of civilization.

For them, freed from the elements that impoverish people, such as waste disposal, bad smells, and heat, this place must be a paradise no less than a sanctuary.

“The leader came out today to tour the Hanmaeum learning center. All believers, please return to your seats. Soon, we will have the opportunity to welcome our leader again during regular prayer time.”

Everyone looked at me at Seong Ga-eul’s shout.

With a gentle nod, the believers returned to the land that had not been unlocked.

We went a little further into the village and arrived in front of a building about 6 stories tall.

I asked her, looking at the large engraved words ‘One Mind Learning Center’.

“The building is too big to be a learning place?”

“There is nothing small among the things that the leader has given.”

This was the destination of this walk that she confidently led me to.

Seong Ga-eul’s voice rang in my head again, promising to prove that the sanctuary did not sit idle while I built paradise.

With a pounding sense of curiosity, I hurriedly boarded the elevator provided in the lobby on the first floor.

Ding!

The elevator ascended gently and stopped on the fifth floor.

The vigilantes quickly came out of the slowly opened elevator door and waited for me.

I quickly passed them with the pontoon leader and raised my hand towards the door.

Sigh!

The place we entered through the door was the main lecture room.

A long desk.

In a space lined with black chairs, people wearing everyday clothes, not Shinto clothes, were staring ahead.

The crowds were packed except for the last row.

The sound of me opening the door seemed to be muffled by the microphone of someone who was giving a lecture in front of me.

“This is what verse 6 of Chapter 1 of the Book of Salvation says! Cry over the sword of faith! Sword of Faith! The religious leader did not abandon his children who were suffering from the flood of evil!”

Hyewon Seo was holding the microphone and shouting passionately, tapping the blackboard.

A clear and clear vocalization that sheds all the somewhat evil image I saw a month ago.

As Seo Hye-won was about to continue speaking, her eyes turned to me.

As she grew louder, he lightly waved his hand and motioned for her to continue the lecture.

“… Of course, I know that there are many prospective believers who still doubt the religious leader! We don’t force you to believe in wild fantasies! This video is a scene where the religious leader condemns zombies with the sword of faith!”

I slowly sat down in the last seat where the air conditioner was blowing out.

The beam projector played a video as the vice-priests and vigilantes lined up behind me.

The big screen showed me floating in the air.

“Kkisss—!”

The howling of zombies continues.

The bodies of the prospective believers were shaking as they heard the sound of scratching their vocal cords for the first time in their lives.

“… … Was this why you asked me to buy a beam projector?”

“The filming was done with the camcorder that Seo Taesan believer brought.”

Ah, that thing I used and forgot about when Autumn was on her way.

But wasn’t there some embarrassing video there?

Who filmed that video?

She understood my eyes at once and whispered in my ear again.

“I took the photo and the file is still safe.”

As expected, Seonggaeul.

I nodded with satisfaction and watched the video again.

The video showed the shield opening and the vigilantes shooting the zombies that had invaded the sanctuary.

“kkieeek―!”

I didn’t forget to show the zombies being defeated by the vigilantes.

As soon as the screen was filled with scenes of zombies falling, someone stood up and raised his hand.

“Wait a minute!”

He was a man in the middle row.

After hearing the man’s voice, he asked Seong Ga-eul again.

“Your voice is quite young?”

“There are many prospective believers rescued from universities in this learning center.”

Oh right.

I completed the daily mission but forgot.

Now that I think about it, I guess I’ve almost completed the difficulty level… .

While I was talking with Seong Ga-eul, Seo Hye-won paused the video and looked at the man who stood up.

“Sung-Hoon Lee, prospective believer?”

“No, I’m holding back and saying this, but this isn’t right. What is that?”

A man called Lee Seong-hoon said, flapping the paper on his desk.

I don’t know if “ is a doctrine or not because I’m not a religious person, and that’s not a good idea. The world is ruined because of these creaky people who don’t know how to run or walk?”

Seo Hye-won picked up the microphone and tried to refute, but I waved her hand and stopped her.

She lowered her hand holding the microphone when she looked at me telling me to keep listening.

Seonghoon Lee raised his finger and pointed at the screen and spoke again.

“Slow zombies like that can really kill anyone. Moreover, the person called the leader is just floating around and doing nothing! The ones shooting the guns are actually the students below, right?”

At that moment, the slowness of the zombies and the vigilantes killing the zombies were all happening under my control, but to someone who didn’t know about it, it was definitely that way.

Seong Ga-eul gently touched my shoulder as I slowly stood up at the words of the prospective believer.

Seeing her shaking her head, he smiled slightly and stood up.

Seong Ga-eul must have anticipated this reaction and prepared separately.

But there was a faster way, so there was no need to go back.

“The way those zombies fall down seems like something cleverly put together in a movie―”

“You pointed out two things.”

A voice filled with mana rang through the classroom.

Seonghoon Lee turned his head to check on me and opened his eyes wide.

“Zombies are too weak. There is nothing I do.”

He paused for a moment, straightened his body, and raised his voice again.

“Is the teacher the religious leader in that video?”

… … teacher?

I stared into the eyes of Lee Seong-hoon, who tried to be confident until the end but was slightly trembling.

You must have been very nervous.

Well, just coming forward like this must have already taken a lot of courage.

“Why? Is the real thing better?”

A faint sound of laughter leaked out of the classroom, like the air falling out of an inflated balloon that was about to burst.

I said, looking at him a bit confused.

“That video is a movie… … Still, I guess I thought it was a quality that was quite difficult to imitate with a hidden camera.”

Zombies should be more realistic.

The quiet words echoed in the classroom with a clearer sound than before.

“I will tell you the only truth, so listen carefully.”

This wasn’t just something I said to Lee Seong-hoon.

“Zombies have spread, and the world has collapsed.”

This was something I said to everyone here.

I hardened my somewhat relaxed expression and pointed at the video.

There was a stuffed zombie in the video collapsing with its head pierced by a bullet.

“Anyone can kill a zombie like that… .”

I spoke for a long time and made eye contact with Lee Seong-hoon.

A newbie who only encountered zombies through movies.

“A long time ago, there were young people who had the same thoughts as you. They recklessly estimated a tragedy they had never experienced.”

Young men of World War I.

“Foolish young people who jumped into the fire with a vain dream of becoming heroes.”

“It’s a very unfortunate thing. But their cruelty and tragedy does not reach us today.”

Do you know why?

My finger was still pointed at the bullet that pierced the zombie’s head.

“Death came to them at an unrecognizable speed.”

Countless bullets and shells rained down on them.

They were pierced by an unseen death.

“Have you ever seen a zombie?”

I asked formally.

I nodded, looking at Lee Seong-hoon, who was hesitant and unable to answer.

“I know. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know. I’ll make you feel it with your heart, even though you don’t know it with your eyes and ears.”

“They are slower than bullets. If you don’t get scared, you can handle it just like you said.”

I made the obvious fact known.

Zombies are slower than bullets.

“They are slow-moving deaths. Even if their legs are cut off, if they have no hands, and even if their chests are open, they come running.”

They grip their weapons tightly, drooling over those who have become their targets.

And like instinct, we make eye contact to understand them.

“There is nothing in their eyes. There is only an endless appetite for the prey in front of you.”

No matter what their condition is or what their opponent is, they run regardless.

There is only one chance.

“If defense fails, someone will get infected.”

Oneself or a being that one had to protect.

“Remember. Being slow is actually a curse.”

“Death from zombies awaits even if you curse God and the world hundreds of times and shed tears. Until you collapse on your own.”

“If the infected person is not you, it’s even worse.”

Imagine.

A father shakes his head at the teeth marks on his daughter’s forearm.

A son blankly looks at the blood flowing from his mother’s leg.

A husband covered in blood spraying from his wife’s neck as she clutched him.

“Death will not come while you blame the world countless times, blame yourself and shed tears.”

Only after they have experienced enough of the world shattering them.

“Death arrives and forces you to make the next choice.”

A creature that twists its entire body and slowly stands up.

Someone you loved turns into something and runs away.

“They have to choose. Would you stick a skewer in the head of someone you loved?”

“Or I will be pierced by their teeth.”

No one opened their mouths.

In the suffocating silence, the only moving finger points to the zombie again.

“Look.”

I telekinetically pressed the zoom button on the beam projector.

Everyone’s eyes turn to the zombie’s enlarged face.

“That is death.”

A much slower and more painful death than the flash of a gun or the flash of light.

The video plays again.

The zombie is defeated and the camcorder is pointed at the vigilantes.

“Watch this too.”

I paused the video again and zoomed in on the vigilantes’ faces.

“See my knights fighting against death.”

There was not an ounce of fear on their faces.

Only joy and joy.

Everyone’s eyes widened slightly as they looked at the smiling vigilantes.

I asked everyone.

“Are they shaking in fear?”

It wasn’t so.

“Why do you think that’s the case?”

I asked everyone again.

Everyone, including Lee Jeong-hoon, could not find the right answer.

I drew everyone’s attention to my finger.

Then he pointed to me at the end of the classroom and said.

“I am behind them.”

He said, pointing to himself floating in the video.

“I am above them.”

Finally, he stabbed Lee Jeong-hoon in the chest with his telekinesis and spoke.

“Because I am in them.”

Lee Jeong-hoon’s eyes trembled as he caressed her breasts, which were slightly pushed out, even though he didn’t even touch them directly.

I spoke softly to him.

“Do not look at the cross section with stubbornness and stubbornness, but look broadly. The paradise I gifted to you is not small.”

“I think I answered the first question sufficiently. I think this will answer the second question.”

I played the video again and smiled at Jeonghoon Lee.

“I gave them courage and victory.”

Waaa!

The vigilantes in the video cheered.

The believers in the sanctuary responded as if in response.

Salvation! Salvation! Salvation! Salvation!

“Listen! All the children here!”

Salvation! Salvation! Salvation! Salvation!

“Be suspicious. It is an inevitability of being human, so it is not a sin.”

only.

“It is just a very small ordeal that causes us to realize the truth late.”

“But.”

I held up my index finger to everyone.

one.

“The door to salvation opens to you only once.”

Not twice.

“The moment you leave my embrace, the door of salvation will not open again to unbelievers.”

I smiled softly at Lee Seong-hoon.

“I understand your doubts. If you don’t like my answer to your question, feel free to leave. No one forced you here.”

Seonghoon Lee neither opened his mouth nor moved his body.

I whispered softly as I watched him continue to worry.

“If I were you, I think I would listen to what we have to say and then make a decision until we complete the course. Isn’t that a wiser suspicion?”

Lee Jeong-hoon nodded slightly in response to my question and sat down.

The woman who lightly patted Lee Jeong-hoon on the shoulder spoke.

“It’s okay. Probably everyone here had the same suspicion. I am grateful that Jeong Hoon came forward.”

“… … Thank you.”

The woman smiled as she watched Lee Jeong-hoon relax his stiff expression.

I narrowed my eyes as a familiar feeling came over me for some reason.

Eventually, I was surprised to see her quietly lowering her head while looking at me.

One of the female believers I had saved from Starlight Church was looking at me in casual clothes, not white church uniform.

I slowly looked around the entire classroom.

Department store, Starlight Church, Kim Cheol-soo’s wife who was saved at the Gate of Salvation, etc.

Half of the main lecture hall was filled with prospective believers.

The faces of the believers who had stayed in the sanctuary were bowing to me.