The Degree
Invention

Ray remembers that in this place Mona is probably the closest person to reveal her identity. Maybe that's why Virgo came to see Ray.

Is his identity so important to him that he's willing to work with Ray just for it? It's hard to imagine it anyway. Instead of worrying about his face being revealed, Ray believes that there is more to the face than should be revealed.

“If so it is possible that people similar to its features are very few. There are at least less than a thousand people.”

Ray doesn't know his characteristics are as detailed as Mona and Arthur. But he had confidence that the man would not do so if there would be many people who had similar traits.

“What does he want to do even if we know his identity?” terumi asked with a mouth full of bread and eggs.

“Even if we know his face, it does not mean easy to catch him. The people by his side were very strong. Nor do we know there are still hiding or not.”

The chances are great that there are still members who have not revealed themselves or are deliberately kept for certain moments. In fact, it is true Terumi said that there is no point in knowing his face.

Even if Virgo's face is known so that the person cannot infiltrate and blend in, it is not difficult to move his people to do so.

“I myself do not know what Arthur wants about it,” Mona agrees with Terumi. “Well, can you understand something from his actions, Ray?” continued.

Ray wants to answer but at this stage he can't see Arthur's purpose. In addition, Ray has an unusual premonition about this.

“Entahlah. I myself do not see what can be done with just his identity alone. But Arthur may aim that in the future not be infiltrated Virgo.”

“Acquired?” ask Terumi.

The most likely thing from identifying a person's identity is preventing the possibility of that person infiltrating.

“Virgo could play the role of a victim of something or an incident that could happen in the future. He could have seduced us and joined us. Next it is easy to know what he can do if he successfully joins us.”

There's a lot that can happen. One of the most likely is betrayal.

“If it happens then it is certain we will be destroyed. It is worth preventing before the destruction occurs.”

...****************...

“I enter.”

In the room where Virgo is, Alexis Sanchez came in with a knock a few times. Virgo, who had been wearing his helmet, invited him. Even among the members, Virgo never shows his face.

“How are the search results?” ask Virgo who is reading a homemade book.

“I found nothing in the investigation. It seems that these fuckers hid it or dumped it in hard-to-reach places.”

Virgo stops his act of turning the pages of the book and turns to Alexis.

“You sure you've searched for it correctly?” ask Virgo with a suspicious impression.

“Waste disposal sites and various other remote places. Even malls and various recreational areas. I've visited all of them without missing a single thing. But there's nowhere. Even the traces are also.”

Alexis said that the other members also searched in places that people did not visit but did not have any results.

“Huh,” Virgo sighed violently. “Are you guys a bunch of meat that is not blessed by the brain?” Virgo said coldly.

Alexis was quite upset because of his insults but he did not dare to oppose. What Virgo says is true so there is no place for him to refuse.

Besides, without Virgo they wouldn't have made it this far.

“Well, I can't blame you guys completely,” Virgo closed the book a little stronger. “Two bangka's the cause of all this. Why was he stupidly caught?”

The problem they face is Sebastian is disappearing. His room looked chaotic and had a pretty fierce battle mark. From the scratches left are incision marks from sharp objects.

From what Virgo concluded the marks came from a sword or the like. Sebastian may have kept a similar weapon, but the depth of the incision is different.

“I'm pretty sure that chuunibyou boy did it. Nothing is more likely than him.”

Virgo believes the small group is the mastermind behind all this. His suspicion could not be wrong because so far only two groups have often opposed him.

The Indri group and the rest of the Redwest members are also Blueeast. They were a group of people from the Ten Dangerous Degrees.

‘I made a deal with Ray, it should have kept him from antagonizing us. Then there is only one variable left.’

Virgo makes a deal not only to destroy Mona and Arthur, but to reduce the enemy capable of attacking him. If everything was hostile towards him at the same time, then he would end right then and there.

‘The man may be vile for being able to betray his friends. At first glance he looks smart but in fact stupid enough that I can use, ' Virgo thought.

“More than that, I wonder why they know Sebastian's location. That guy all this time never got out of his place.” Alexis looked confused from behind her mask.

“Maybe they made an observation in 26 blocks and looked for a door where no one ever got out of there.”

It's easy to guess the way they know Sebastian's whereabouts even if it's a rambling way. Virgos are not interested in the way they find them.

Sebastian is an important force. The damage from his disappearance would be considerable. Even so Virgo is more worried that the old man will dismantle unnecessary things.

“The old man shouldn't have much he knows about us.”

For years the man followed the Order so that he would not have much useful information.

“The problem is he knows my face.”

At the beginning of this trial Virgo is still not wearing his helmet, Sebastian is one of the people who know his face and Degree.

“Then we must immediately find Sebastian to silence his mouth,” Alexis said seriously.

“That's impossible,” Virgo says. “I'm sure he's already a corpse.”

“We have to find his body to know his condition,” Virgo continued.

“Why need?” Alexis had no idea what the benefits were of getting a corpse.

“We must identify how many nails are missing from it. If Sebastian has all his nails loose, I can be sure my secret remains safe.”

That's the easy way but Virgo is worried that his body is not in the condition he expected.

“Then, where will they dump the body?”

“There are only three possibilities. Keep it in a certain place until it rots. Throw it in the trash. And, hide it in a certain place.”

Hide the leaves in the forest. The best place to hide a secret is to make it blend in in crowded places.

“Maybe ..” Virgo begins to guess the possible location.

...****************...

Ray, who is having lunch with Mona and Terumi, begins to regret his choice.

Granted, meat and egg bread were not bad choices for daylight, but Ray began to feel regret after seeing what Terumi put out.

“Now is the time for carage and hamburger meat!”

There's too much meat to eat. Ray can't refuse Terumi's food. If she does, the woman should be sad.

“Eat, Ray! I made it myself so don't hesitate!” Terumi cheerfully thrust out a piece of hamburger meat.

There's too much oil. Ray who trained his body obviously did not welcome this much food.

“Huh, looks like I'll join Arthur for exercise.” Ray smiled wryly and accepted it.

It didn't disappoint me even at the right time.

A moment later he heard a loud scream from a woman. Ray was interested to know what was going on.

“What's there?” ask Terumi.

“Entwah. Tampwaknya sesuwatu,” said Mona who is still chewing meat in her mouth.

“Let's see.”

They approached the crowd to find out what had happened. Ray finds the woman who shouted earlier. His face looked bad and spewed out his entrails.

“What happened here?” ray asked a blond man who seemed to know the situation here.

“It ... you will know after seeing what is in the pool,” he replied.

Ray follows his directions and finds seven black plastics in the pond. One has been removed and opened which makes it eight large plastic bags.

Mona took one of them with interest, “What's inside—” Mona stopped moving after opening it.

He then moved away and fell with his buttocks before spewing out all the food that had gone into his stomach.

“What's up, Mona?!” Terumi frantically tries to calm Mona down.

Ray took the plastic bag and understood the reason for all this commotion.

“So so.”

What he found was a human hand that had been cut to the size of a hand grip and also the head of a stranger.