The Degree
Planned Tragedy

“All menjau—” Not yet had Arthur commemorate, smoke has billowed and covered them.

Arthur finds himself trapped alone inside, unable to see the people around him thanks to the smoke.

“Beware of any threats that can occur!”

‘What really happened here?’ arthur thought, he failed to understand the situation.

The assumption is there is a possibility of Virgo back to attack but Arthur is quite difficult to imagine. Virgo is not a fool who will plunge into a lion's den a second time

If so another possibility is an attack from Indri although Arthur is quite doubtful about it. The woman helps him to destroy Virgo before. There should be no reason to attack now.

‘No. We were never on the same side. So, could have been—’

As Arthur begins to think about the possibility that Indri is the culprit of all this, he feels someone patting his shoulder. Arthur was intent on being vigilant but the voice of the man made him lose it.

“It's me, Erina.”

“Erina?” murmured Arthur. “Thank God you are here. We have to do something about this smoke. Somehow the number is very much and a long time ago the loss.”

Usually the smoke coming from the bomb will not last long but this has lasted for several minutes so it is difficult to believe there is only ordinary smoke.

In addition, Arthur began to feel pain in his eyes, apparently this smoke was not just from a grenade. Her biggest concern is that tear bombs are also being mixed.

“It seems that there are people who burn something wet so that it makes the roof more and more. Besides, this place is quite closed and there is no wind. Naturally smoke will disappear longer.”

“So. What is the purpose of this guy creating this much smoke?” arthur muttered in disbelief.

“Come,” Erina said. “Omong by the way you have a big debt of gratitude to me.”

“Yes. I won't forget it. Do you want me to do something?” said Arthur.

“Yes. I want you to pay your debt.” Erina paused her sentence a little, she whispered to Arthur.

“You can't say, convey, or give any indication that Ray and I are criminals. And, I want you to kill Chelsea with your own hands without saying anything until all this is over.”

“Hah?” Arthur was wide-eyed, he looked at Erina in surprise and disbelief.

There is a thought that this woman is having a fling or something. But Arthur knows that Erina is not that kind of person.

“What are you—”

“Do now.”

Arthur would have rejected it but strangely his body moved on its own.

‘What happens ...my body moves on its own?’

His body moves on its own, his brain seems unable to give commands to control his body. Her mouth was also unable to speak as Erina had said before.

The smoke slowly dissipated and showed that nothing had happened.

There Arthur discovers Ray, Leo and Eric are guarding the recently unconscious women. Even so they could not move because they had not recovered their strength.

‘You go! I don't want to kill anyone! Ray, you must know something's wrong with me, realize it and tell Chelsea to go!’

Arthur kept pleading in his mind, all he could do was make eye contact with Ray. But Arthur forgot one thing Erina said.

Through his gaze, Ray was impressed indifferently even so his lips smiled. This made Arthur very upset.

‘What is he ... This is all his plans?’

Erina's words flashed through her mind for a moment.

“You cannot say, convey, or give any indication that Ray and I are criminals.”

Arthur cannot say anything bad about Ray and Erina.

Seeing that it made Arthur explode in his chest, he was completely wrathful. All this time his suspicions did not miss that Ray was a dangerous person. In fact, Arthur was manipulated.

‘You bastard! What are you trying to get out of this?!’

Arthur wanted to scream and beat the man directly but his body could not be controlled. He moved slowly towards Chelsea.

Leo looked at Arthur angrily, “Did something happen? This woman is already aware we should interrogate her!”

Arthur certainly did not give any response. Her mouth was locked because of the order Erina gave. He certainly did not expect that Erina had a Degree like this.

“Arthur,” call Mona. “I—” Mona can't say anything, as if something forced her to stop talking.

Arthur becomes even more furious as he now understands why Mona shot Terumi. All the strange things that are happening right now are amazing.

‘Basic bastards! He orders Mona to shoot Terumi and keep him quiet!’

Although only a mere assumption, but Arthur is completely sure of the incident like that. Erina makes Mona shoot Terumi and Ray will act out of anger over the shooting.

Judging from the circumstances, Leo and Terumi really did not know anything. They certainly weren't part of this plan.

‘Ray, you cruel people! How can you sacrifice a woman who loves you?!’

If this was all on Ray's instructions, then the man was really cold-blooded. Arthur could never forgive him.

“Arthur, please listen ... Mona used to,” Terumi said, she was trying to help Mona to resolve this misunderstanding. “He must have .. had to do it.”

“Forced? That's unbelievable, Terumi. He was the one who shot you on purpose!” Leo was clearly against Terumi's words.

No matter how and what the two argued, Arthur did not speak at all, only walking slowly as he began to pull out his gun.

Leo and Terumi are unaware of Arthur's actions, while Mona and Chelsea are stunned by it. Especially Eric when he saw Arthur walking towards his sister.

“What do you want to do, Arthur?” eric asked, feeling a little worried because Arthur was more silent. “Woy, answer me!”

Eric has gone to Chelsea and is ready to step up if anything happens.

A second later Arthur pointed his gun at Chelsea and started pulling the trigger. Leo, Terumi and Mona are shocked by the action.

“STOP!”eric shouted while jumping to stop Arthur.

Dor's!

Arthur shot, he was stunned as blood spurted onto his face. It wasn't Chelsea's blood, it was Eric who jumped to protect Chelsea. The bullet hurt his shoulder, lucky not his heart.

But it's not over, Arthur's body begins to move to shoot once more. At the same time, Chelsea jumps to protect Eric and coincides with Arthur pulling the trigger.

Dor's!

‘Ah~ ... this time out already ...

“Ahh .. ahhh ... UHHHH! CHELSEA!” Eric went crazy, he screamed and hugged his sister's dramatically fallen body.

“What are you doing, Arthur?!” eric shouted furiously.

“Arthur ...,” Mona muttered, she also seemed to understand what was happening and was reflexively staring at Erina as well as Ray.

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

Ray witnessed the performances of the outstanding stage performers. The expected situation occurs despite always having revisions.

Arthur and the others will fight Virgo. Ray had expected that one of the two would die. Although he said Virgo may have survived but at least Rebellion certainly destroyed.

Erina will manipulate Mona, Chelsea and Arthur to create this kind of situation. From that, all anger and hatred will be directed towards Arthur, the main character who plays an important role in this scenario.

A scenario designed by Ray.

‘I must be patient. Don't laugh now. As expected, this place is amazing!’ Ray quivered happily because he managed to witness the events he hoped for himself.

“What are you doing, Arthur?!” Eric shouted in anger. “You killed my sister!”

Arthur was seen closing his eyes bitterly, until a moment later he made a decision. From his pocket he pulled out a bomb and pulled the pin. He threw it in the middle and immediately ran towards Mona.

“EVERYTHING AWAY!” leo shouted while holding Terumi with him.

Eric painstakingly tried to drag Chelsea away but his leg was injured making it impossible for that to happen. In the end he tried to protect the dying Chelsea by using his body.

Ray and Erina are down but in fact the bomb that Arthur threw is fake.

It's too late to realize that the man used a trick to take Mona away.

“I won't let you go!” ray said, aiming at Arthur and shooting him.

Three bullets missed but one hit him right on the shoulder. It was enough to cause great damage but unfortunately Arthur did not reduce his speed and disappeared.

“Already suspected! Those two bastards are the villains!” Leo becomes very angry and starts running after Arthur.

“Stop that, Leo!” snapped Ray.

The call was enough to make Leo stop his steps in annoyance, “What's the matter?! ****** it shot Terumi and now the fucker killed that woman!”

Wherever Mona and Arthur look like lovers who committed premeditated murder. This murder has been witnessed by almost all the survivors. Just being seen is enough.

“As long as we are still undergoing the task then we will meet him again. Chasing it now is no longer useful.”

‘With this everyone watching will regard Arthur and Mona as great villains. Bad rumors will follow, and in the end will appear the people who hunt Arthur also Mona.’

Ray could have made Arthur kill himself or he killed Mona. But if so, the great peculiarities will be very clearly visible.

If Arthur kills himself, the question arises as to why he did it, and if he shoots Mona.

At this stage Ray does not want his intentions to be revealed to Terumi, Leo and everyone in this place.

‘In addition, if I kill Arthur now then everything will be boring.’

Ray still does not believe himself capable of killing Arthur considering that the man's Degree is really a problem. Even so, Ray wanted to see if his Degree would be able to save him from the pursuit of many people.

“Chelsea! Hang on, Chelsea!” Eric kept calling Chelsea's name whose body was starting to cool.

His breathing was thinning and he lost a lot of blood. Arthur's shot seemed to hit his vital point so Chelsea wouldn't survive.

“Whoever! Quickly treat my sister! WHOEVER IT IS!”

Eric asked but of course no one took the impossible responsibility. No matter how great the miracle of the Degree is, a dead man cannot be brought to life.

Degree is not a cure for all diseases and Secret is not a god who can create something to be able to bring others to life. Even the Degree still has limitations that are impossible to exceed.

“Ka-kak ..” Chelsea exerted her last strength to smile at Eric, her hands trying to reach his face.

Eric caught the hand and put it on the cheek. He cried, knowing that this was the last time he was with his sister.

“Why are you stubborn? Didn't I tell you this place isn't as comfortable as it looks? You're the brother who won't listen to me!” Eric was a little angry and sorry.

Mistakes are on him. Had he not let Chelsea take the letter and hand it over to someone else, this would never have happened.

Ray looked at this in silence. For him this is no longer important but the scenery is quite interesting to witness. In addition, Ray made this situation to add a colleague.

Eric has to be a partner regardless of what his Degree is. That person would be able to share his plans just like Erina. Even if Eric isn't a useful person then Ray just needs to throw it away someday.

“Kakak ..” Chelsea once again called, this time tears began to wash over him.

His breathing weakened and his eyes began to lose light. In the last breath, the word sorry was said smoothly.

“Excuse .. i.”

Chelsea lost his life right in Eric's hands. The sad events that occurred due to the unexpected shooting of Arthur.

“Not ... Chelsea, wake up, CHELSEA!”

Eric was crying out of spite of the hurt he was suffering. For him, losing his sister was more painful than getting shot by hot lead.

Half an hour after the incident, robots began to appear and put out fires and collect bodies. The injured and living were collected and given immediate treatment.

It seemed that Secret himself needed some time to prepare for all of this. He even provides water as well as food to consume.

It took more than two hours for all the fires to be put out. Although many are saved, suffering is inevitable. There are many things that happen at one time. The incident that actually took more than half of the participants was more painful than Open World.

A few minutes later, a large drone flew up and came out of nowhere. On it stood a figure whose face was not clearly known but was known to everyone due to his distinctive mask and suit.

The creator of the Degree and perhaps the source of all this misfortune and suffering. He is Secret.

The whispers began to sound from various places. The majority of the voice expressed displeasure at Secret. It seems that the events of Chelsea's death managed to successfully touch their hearts and resuscitate them to what extent this place is.

“She just showed up after all this is over?”

“Basic bastard!”

“Don't he know something called conscience?!”

“If there is a chance I want to beat him!”

Secret seemed to ignore all of those words. He just stretched his hand. And, start saying things that are unacceptable to all

“This is a failure. You guys pretty disappointed us on one side.”