The Degree
Come to Greet

Terumi permits to go to a certain place and part ways with Ray. Even so, he actually wanted to go back to his room because he could not see Ray's face.

This is because of what happened between the two. Terumi walked into her room and leaned against the door, then slumped to her seat while covering her flushed face like a tomato.

“What I just did!” He screamed between annoyance and joy.

The moment where their two lips met was still fresh in his memory. Even Terumi was still able to feel a warm sensation on her lips. This made him unable to look at Ray or be with him longer.

Putting that aside, Terumi again remembered the thing that made her misunderstand.

“If I think about it again, Ray was not in his room at the time. It came from outside right after I opened the door.”

It makes sense that Ray did not commit any sin with another woman. In this place, all crimes have no consequences.

Even Terumi should know this place is not their usual environment. This is a place where murder cases are common.

Terumi was embarrassed because of her stupidity something that should not happen actually happened. He wants to apologize more clearly to Ray, but his first kiss bothers him.

“You are so pathetic, Terumi!” Terumi swore to herself.

Some things may fall apart like her plans for a date with Ray, but at least she gets more value out of the date itself.

“Moreover .. .”

‘Will you teach it to me?’

Ray's absurd words kept spinning in his head like a cassette tape playing. It contained so much meaning that Terumi could not deduce as she pleased.

“What does that mean? Could it be that Ray wants me to date him? Or more than that? Like married?! Ahh!”

Terumi pulled her hair like a madman, her face reddish as if her skin was changing color. He then lay weakly off the cold floor.

“Why do you always make this kind of misunderstanding, Ray?”

Terumi did not understand how the man thought. But because he did not understand his way of thinking, he was more and more interested in trying to understand about him.

“I know his past. That'sallthatis. I never knew about what he wanted and would do.”

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A dark and lonely place. The sound of running wastewater accompanied by an unpleasant smell. Lighting is a little lacking in this place. The reason is simple, because no one wants to go to a disgusting place like a waste dump.

In a place no one should have visited, a man stood leaning against the wall. That person did not care about the unpleasant scent that filled the air.

Footsteps were then heard, slowly and closer. The man opened his eyes and looked at the darkness in front of him. Despite only being able to see both feet in long black pants and leather shoes, the man knew who the figure in front of him was.

“You can arrive late despite monitoring the entire area in this place, Secret.”

The figure in front of him was the system designing, the Degree, and every task that was in this place. Secret is in front of him.

“We have precious time not to waste.”

“So you mean meeting me was a waste?” ask her sharply and unhappily.

“Depends on how you conclude. Just tell me your report.” Secret had no intention of wasting time and directly jumped to his main point.

The man only sighed, giving up on arguing further. Because compared to anyone in this place, the man knew that any kind of debate would be meaningless in the face of Secret.

“Asgardian is not needed. This city above the sky already does not need to be used for the task.”

Asgardian, the city above the sky where everyone is here now. Although no one had been allowed to go look out yet, but this man knew something that only Secret should have known.

“Not where you said it. We who determine it is worth continuing or not.”

“Must be smart and ambitious. And a few other things.”

The man breathed out violently. He always starts to get annoyed whenever Secret talks only between himself.

“Huh, I know that! And that's why Asgardian no longer matters.”

“I may not know what you guys are up for but I know that you guys want to produce some candidates from this Asgardian.”

The actual task starts after Open World. The man knew that there would only be less than three major tasks that would happen in the future, perhaps even wider range than Open World itself.

“Open World aims to see who stands out. Those who stand out will provide the best data and have the opportunity to be the candidate you want.”

“That's why I say Asgardian is not necessary. You can start the last task immediately.” The man said in a threatening tone.

“What brings you in such a hurry?” Secret asked, he did not answer the man's words before.

The man sighed and smiled coldly.

“My destination has never changed since I first came to this place. Ever since I became your guinea pig who planted two D Serums from different generations.”

That guy is very special. And, because of her special Secret gave her some special treatment and made her a spy. In any case, what happens in the field and what the monitor screen displays have a significant difference in information.

Secret started to turn around and walked away from this place. “We will consider your input. Then, what ambition have you always wanted that, Leo?”

The man— Leo smiled with a cold face and had a truly evil impression.

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After finishing business with Terumi, Ray went to the park and walked aimlessly while sighing.

‘At least I managed to solve this problem with it.’

Stigma that ‘Everything is just a misunderstanding’ has been instilled although there is no guarantee it will manage to last long.

For that Ray needs a definite solution so that other suspicions do not appear in Terumi's mind. One of the things that can be done is to avoid contact with Rani and Rina, or even eliminate her.

“For now I'd better finish the thing I've been putting off for a long time.”

Ray is not a person who likes to procrastinate, but there are always various things that make him have to delay.

Now may not be the right time and seemed rushed, but the sooner the preparation is then the better.

While continuing to run without direction Ray accesses the Market and intends to order goods.

“What is too much? Almost half of my DP will vanish from buying it.”

It was an expensive price and not to mention this plan had a considerable chance of failure.

“See who we meet.” A familiar voice kept Ray out of his mind. Ray halted his activities and shut down the Market system.

Ray knew that the person would be in the same place as him. Surely since they entered the same Shelter, it was truly no surprise that they would be living in the same place.

Even so Ray did not expect that the person would greet him at this stage. Isn't this too fast?

“You look healthy.” Ray said indifferently.

“Unfortunately that happens to you too. The future will be harder than I expected.”

Clear sounds made by technology. This guy is not at all careless. Even thick clothes that prevent people from knowing from their posture about what gender they are.

“You are also seen having fun because you have a peaceful time for yourself, Virgo.”