Of course, to counter Mammon's arrival, Constantine couldn't put all his hopes on Mike, so he planned to find Beeman to create some weapons specifically designed to combat evil spirits.
Beeman, a 'weapon dealer,' was one of Constantine's collaborators.
"Let's go. To deal with Mammon's arrival, I still need to prepare some things..." Constantine said, leading the group down from the second-floor library.
...
"Devotion, sacrifice, using one's death to prevent the demon's arrival—what precious virtues!"
In the church hall on the first floor, beneath the Holy Cross, a cleric with her back to Constantine's group spoke words of unclear meaning.
Behind her, a pair of blurry angelic wings could vaguely be seen.
"Gabriel, you knew about Mammon long ago, why didn't you stop him?" Constantine, who had just descended from the second floor, angrily called out her identity.
Gabriel's gender was unknown, but her appearance was feminine, and she was one of the Twelve Guardian Angels.
Because she had previously 'made things difficult' for Constantine, refusing him a spot in Heaven, Constantine had little respect for this angel before him.
"Are you talking about Bella's death? Or Mammon's arrival?" Gabriel turned around, appearing as a tall woman with a faint smile on her face, and explained, "Everything in the world operates according to rules; even I cannot change them. And sometimes, sacrifice is a necessity..."
The angels' work was to guide humanity towards good, with the bottom line being that they could not alter human free will.
No matter how powerful an angel was, this was not allowed; it seemed to be a 'rule.'
"You admit you saw death and didn't save?" Constantine realized that Gabriel indeed knew of Mammon's plan, and also must have known that Mammon caused the deaths of Bella and Father Hennessey.
This 'inaction' made Constantine's attitude towards Gabriel even more displeased, and he immediately complained, "You're still so hypocritical!"
"No, no, this isn't hypocrisy; it's respecting the operating laws of all things..." Gabriel did not get angry; a faint smile remained on her face as she looked at Constantine and said meaningfully, "Although I don't know how your body was healed, with your current cynical mindset, you still won't be able to enter Heaven many years from now."
Angels, who guarded the human world on behalf of God, also had the right to judge human 'good and evil.'
And for humans, 'good and evil' was the standard that determined whether a person could enter Heaven after death.
Although Gabriel didn't explicitly say it, her intention to use 'authority' to pressure him was clear; she was subtly hinting at Constantine.
"F**K, Heaven!!!" As expected, Constantine exploded, launching into a string of colorful language.
He hadn't forgotten how humble he had been before, begging for a spot in Heaven, and crucially, he didn't even get the spot in the end.
But soon, Constantine realized he still had at least twenty years to live, so his mood calmed down significantly, and then he nonchalantly gave Gabriel an international friendly gesture, smiling mockingly, "To hell with Heaven!"
Even if he went to hell, it would be more than twenty years later; rather than continue to humbly beg for a spot in Heaven, Constantine chose to enjoy himself first.
"This is blasphemy. You won't even think about going to Heaven in your next life." The smile on Gabriel's face finally couldn't be maintained.
But what could she do? Angels, constrained by 'rules,' could not directly 'harm' humans.
However, Gabriel, unwilling to suffer any loss, scanned Mike's group, finally fixating on Angela behind them, and said, "Aren't you trying to prevent Mammon's arrival? I do have a way..."
"That is to let that girl die first. Without a psychic, the demon naturally cannot be born..."
"Only one person needs to be sacrificed to save many. How will you choose?"
As if finding it amusing, a smile reappeared on Gabriel's face.
However, no matter how one looked at that smile, it seemed a bit malicious.
"I..." The pressure was on Angela; as an ordinary person, she did not have the awareness of her sister.
In fact, a strange sense of persecution paranoia appeared in the girl's heart, fearing that Mike's group would 'sacrifice' her for the 'greater good.'
Looking at Gabriel's malicious face and being provoked, Mike was also a bit displeased and spoke, "Some people seem to be accustomed to being high and mighty; it seems they can no longer empathize with the suffering of the human world..."
Compared to the 'playing around in the human world' Angel One, Gabriel seemed to value her identity as a 'manager' more.
This was also her 'weakness.'
Years of being a 'manager' had exposed Gabriel to too much of humanity's dark side, and due to 'rules,' she couldn't change this situation.
Thus, the more she couldn't change humanity, the more Gabriel wanted to 'manage' humanity; this had become a kind of obsession for her.
And this obsession also led her step by step into the abyss.
If you can't solve the problem, then solve the people who cause the problem.
Ultimately, Gabriel chose to cooperate with demons to 'cleanse' the human world; without humans, there would naturally be no problems.
And the partner she chose was Mammon, Satan's restless youngest son.
[Fallen Angel (Trait)]... [Power of Faith + 666]... [Power of Corruption + 999]... [Curse Power (Trait)]...
Countless traits indicated that Gabriel before them had already deviated from her path and was heading towards darkness.
"I smell a familiar scent on you. Whose subordinate angel are you?" Gabriel looked at Mike cautiously.
Angels guarding the human world all had their own jurisdictions.
If Mike was truly a subordinate of another angel, it would mean that Gabriel's 'little scheme' might have already been detected by her 'colleagues.'
This was not good news for Gabriel.
"Fallen Angel? The purity is only so-so—" Mike did not answer her question, but instead evaluated Gabriel with a calm expression.
Gabriel, who possessed both Power of Faith and Power of Corruption, was still weaker than Angel One in Mike's perception.
This made the angel who was about to cause trouble look a bit like a 'clown.'
"I know all your plans, so what do you intend to do?" Looking at the angel whose expression had turned cold, Mike chose to add more fuel to the fire.
Originally, Mike's previous plan was to silently follow Constantine and eventually meet Satan.
But Gabriel's attitude disrupted his plan.
However, the current situation was still acceptable; Gabriel was Mammon's collaborator, so by catching Gabriel, he could meet Mammon.
And Mammon was Satan's youngest son; Mike didn't believe that if he caught Mammon, Satan wouldn't appear.
Therefore, Mike temporarily changed his plan, choosing to provoke Gabriel, then layer by layer, draw out the person behind her.
"You're provoking an angel..." Gabriel's face grew increasingly ugly: "Are you ready to face my wrath?"
The angel, whose plan had been exposed, suddenly pulled out a spearhead resembling a dagger and flashed in front of Mike, launching a sneak attack.
As a holy angel, Gabriel indeed could not 'harm' humans, but a fallen angel had no such limitations.
At this moment, Gabriel had already decided that after killing Mike, this suspicious individual, she would immediately use the Spear of Destiny and the Fated One to summon Mammon.
Then, she would let the human world turn into purgatory and throw herself into the dark faction.
However, her plan seemed to have encountered an unexpected turn in the first step.
"How is this possible?" Gabriel looked at the Spear of Destiny, which she had thrust out in a sneak attack, being gripped by the young man before her, and immediately showed an expression of disbelief.
One had to know that this was the Spear of Destiny, stained with Jesus' blood, and its blade carried endless cursed power; even an angel would be pierced by this spearhead.
However, such a cursed weapon was easily caught by the young man before her, without even piercing his palm.