Apocalyptic Era: Starting from picking up a Bishoujo
Chapter 586 - 549 Mazao’s dark history

Chapter 586: 549 Mazao’s dark history

Mazao is the student of Human God Huangquan... and even considered as a direct disciple?

Doesn’t that mean Mazao is actually the junior sister of Ming Zhuo?

Little Bowl and I exchanged glances, an incredible feeling spreading within my heart.

Thinking back to the first time I saw Huang Quan in the historical retrospective scene at the ruins of the Human Bureau Headquarters, although it was clear from his familiar tone towards Mazao, mentioning "for the sake of old friendships", it was unexpected that Mazao had once been his capable aide.

"I recall Mazao is not a Blessed Monk." I said, "Meaning not all monks from the Evangelical Institute are Blessed Monks?"

"Monks from the Evangelical Institute can be generally divided into Blessed and Non-Blessed categories, with the former constituting the majority." No. 7 said, "First, the Evangelical Institute selects qualified individuals from external survivors and absorbs them into its organization. For those with high aptitude, comprehensive, rich, long-term, systematic monk education is provided so they can thrive. These talents will become the Evangelical Institute’s cadres and upper echelon in the future, and Mazao belongs to this type.

"For those with average qualifications, who form the majority, the Evangelical Institute attempts to convert them into Blessed Monks. The advantage of this route is rapid skill development, allowing acquisition of great power in a short time; the downside is failures turn into Sin Demons, and continuous growth becomes difficult without fantastic breakthroughs... frankly speaking, I am of this type.

"Survivors wandering in the external world lack systematic monk education, and can only rely on luck, risking their lives nine times out of ten, to become Blessed Monks. The monks they access from the Evangelical Institute are practically all Blessed Monks. Naturally, they would believe all monks in the Evangelical Institute are Bless monks."

I followed up with a question: "Mazao has a disaster-attracting physique that draws countless calamities to the Evangelical Institute, a condition even more severe in this Post-mortem World reminiscent of the Doomsday Era... yet the Evangelical Institute still chooses to nurture her amidst this?"

"She possesses talents so extraordinary they cannot be hidden even by such monumental flaws." No. 7 said nostalgically, "But in the early stages, when she hadn’t completely showcased her brilliance, there were indeed plenty of questioning voices aimed at her. Her friends and teammates died from the disasters she attracted, yet she could always survive. There was a time she was suspected of secretly murdering her friends and teammates, being a deranged serial killer.

"However, Huang Quan took a peculiar interest in Mazao’s Broom Star Physique. Perhaps Huang Quan has a scholarly nature, as he might have sensed some shocking secrets within this baffling phenomenon, spurring a strong desire for research.

"After receiving educational resources provided by Huang Quan, Mazao swiftly grew. The disasters brought by her Broom Star Physique likely became materials for her honing. Like the protagonist of certain royal adventure stories, within my perception of time, merely under a year transformed her into a Demigod of the Evangelical Institute.

"If matters proceed as everyone expects, possibly there might be a ’Mazao Evangelical Institute’ in the future. Of course... provided Mazao can become a Human God, which is not easily achieved. Despite how many people believed she had the chance to become the fourth Human God, the Human God is the impossible possibility. That goes beyond talent. Nevertheless, it was unmistakable she was vastly eye-catching at the time.

"Therefore, no one expected she would betray the Evangelical Institute."

Little Bowl murmured: "—Is it due to the Evangelical Institute’s human extinction plan?"

"Analyzing her subsequent actions, this is the only possible reason." No. 7 said, "To my knowledge, initially, she didn’t oppose the plan... or rather, couldn’t. For a duration, she was even an executor in the preparatory phase of this plan, eliminating quite a few survivors in the Post-mortem World.

"For someone who forgot all her past and has no acquaintances, the Evangelical Institute was a home accepting her, with Huang Quan being a mentor nurturing her amid the unfavorable reviews, and the human extinction plan carrying pretensions of saving the world and human race.

"In the Evangelical Institute’s environment wholeheartedly supporting Human Gods, even when she felt uneasy, she had no choice but to heed the voice of the environment. To the extent that this plan was drafted and initiated by her mentor Huang Quan and submitted to the Evangelical Institute Master Yama.

"She indeed had a kind-hearted side, certainly expressing dissent multiple times, but as a child who was tongue-tied and easily swayed, it was unimaginable for her to compete against someone like Huang Quan, a wickedly clever old rogue.

"Ultimately, tasked with dirty work under persuasion, did she truly believe the nonsense about ’doing it herself might at least leave room for mercy, others doing it would only culminate in a worse disaster’? Ridiculous..."

By the end, No. 7’s tone became slightly sarcastic and familiar. Initially, she narrated Mazao’s story with an objective detachment, but now seemed to unintentionally reveal a tone akin to that of a familiar friend.

She quickly reacted to her overly familiar tone, coughing twice under the gaze of Little Bowl and me.

This was the origin of the title "Evangelical Witch".

Upon hearing this title for the first time, I thought it was extremely dark and cool, assuming Mazao was a deep, mysterious antagonist different from the character she is now; however, hearing this, doesn’t she sound exactly like the current silly Mazao?

If memory is the most crucial element distinguishing personalities, past Mazao and present Mazao might indeed be two different personas. However, I still felt a sense of closeness to No. 7’s portrayal of the "past Mazao".

No. 7 paused briefly and continued: "Anyway... afterwards, possibly the pressure accumulated to an extreme degree, she finally couldn’t bear it, or perhaps she finally figured things out, leading to her public rebellion against the Evangelical Institute. Later, she even retaliated against other executors externally and gathered a group of victimized survivors, attempting to build a righteous force opposing the Evangelical Institute’s slaughter actions...

"Yet this small force didn’t last long before falling apart. The reasons were easily imaginable—being with Mazao meant those weak survivors, mostly not even monks, died quickly from the various anomalies attracted by the broom star power; without Mazao, they couldn’t face the Evangelical Institute’s oppression.

"After a series of chaotic conflicts, Mazao ended up with a conclusion of betrayal and loss, disappearing thereafter."

Indeed a careless bad ending, but also perfectly understandable. From my understanding of Mazao, if she could establish her own force effectively, that would be strange.

I also grasped the meaning behind Huang Quan’s remarks to Mazao in the historical retrospective scene from the past.

Even if she opposed the human extinction plan, Mazao must have aimed to halt the Doomsday; yet in Huang Quan’s perspective, her actions certainly deviated from the right path.

Later Mazao must have been filled with dejection, undoubtedly maintaining a solitary existence to prevent imparting misfortune onto other survivors. How perilous is isolation during the Doomsday Era, already repeated numerous times. Besides, her devastated spirit likely exacerbated frenzy contamination, swiftly causing self-loss.

Under such conditions, she hadn’t yet become a Sin Demon, thanks to her Power of Return. Nevertheless, she lost too many memories, ultimately unable to recall her origins or destination, reduced to a wandering "ghostly soul" in the Post-mortem World.

Then, in an unforeseen incident, this thirteen-year-old girl met another girl even younger than herself.

The two children relied on each other until another accident, where Catastrophe Demon tore them apart.

Subsequently, Mazao entered the modern world, meeting me.

Everything began here.

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