Chapter 267: "It's Impossible To Absolve One's Self..."

"The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: "I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness." -Jeremiah 31:3

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{4 Years Before Leviathan's Invasion}

[Roronora City, 11 P.M.]

Outside one of the city's bars in the late hours of the night, there is a group of four men in their mid 20s chatting and smoking cigarettes.

One of them looks over and points across the street to a kid walking into an 24/7 open convenience store.

Bald Man: "Aye, is that him?"

Through the huge glass window exposed to the public, is the inside of an always open shop.

An older boy with scruffy, dirty red hair is paying for something at the counter.

He dips his head in thanks to the cashier and leaves.

As soon as he passes the threshold of the door the young man races away however, as he turns the first corner...

Deep Man's Voice: "Where are ya going kid?!"