Joey Joshua, a high-ranking knight of the Purification Agency, codenamed Xuanfeng.
In the previous battle at Black Mountain Hospital, Joey should have died there due to severe injuries and the infection of erosion. He may have died from excessive blood loss, or he may have been transformed into a demon due to the erosion.
Both endings sound good. At that time, the scavenger had already begun to take over the battlefield. Even if he turned into a demon, he should not be too much of a threat.
Joey did something terrible before he collapsed, and he just wanted to forget about it and have a good sleep.
Joey felt that his life had been worth it, he had a pretty good childhood, some not-so-serious friends, and in his short life, he had made enough contributions to the world. His life had come to an end, and all he had to do now was to put an end to it.
End it all and gain eternal peace.
Unfortunately, reality is always not as we wish, even death.
Joey did not die. After a long nightmare, he woke up in this sad land with a new identity.
He became a member of the scavengers, put on a gas mask, put on a heavy coat, said goodbye to everything before, became the dark side of the purification agency, and transformed himself into a "returner of the dead."
"Returning Dead... Are you even going to use the 'dead'? You really are making the most of everything."
Joey, who was lying on the sickbed at the time, asked this to the man in black in front of him.
"If you have carefully read the various agreements you signed, you should know that one of the agreements is that the Purge Agency has the right to dispose of your 'corpse' under special circumstances."
The man in black laughed maliciously, looking like a black-hearted boss exploiting his employees.
"Besides, do you really want to die this way? Or stand up and fall on another, more grand battlefield?"
Joey did not respond. He was very weak and felt pain all over his body, as if all his bones were broken and then put back together. His ears were filled with the noise of machines, like an endless buzzing sound.
He tried to get up, but couldn't sit up. His muscles wailed and it hurt like a knife. Joey couldn't see what was wrong with his body at all. He was like a real corpse, and his breathing had to be maintained by a machine.
"How did you save me?"
The sound was hoarse, like a broken blower, blowing up dust and residual heat.
"Some extremely risky surgical procedures... You're going to die anyway, so it's always a good idea to give it a try. Just consider it a sacrifice for science."
The man in black approached Joey. The dim light illuminated the shadow under the hood, and his scarred face was exposed in front of Joey. Joey's breathing became rapid.
"Your internal organs were severely damaged. We implanted a small amount of demon flesh and blood into them to repair them, and then cut them off to ensure that your body would not die. As for your mental health, we continued to inject you with Florend potion during the operation. We thought you would wake up, but you slept very soundly, as if you were really dead."
The man in black was making an unfunny joke, and Joey had no intention of laughing at all. What he said was too horrible. He actually used the flesh and blood of demons for medical treatment, and it seemed that this was a very common thing among scavengers.