The Degree
The Degree

Time passed quickly, chaos was cleared thanks to Secret and his sophisticated robots.

Ray had no idea how many times he had wondered about how advanced the technology had been Secret. They seem to have more advanced technology than Earth civilization. Not that there is no such robot but as sophisticated and versatile as Secret may still be in the experimental stage.

They entered the secret room that had been freed from the ruins.

“About what we will meet next, huh?” terumi asked with a bit of worry.

The wound had already been treated despite Terumi's difficulty walking and Erina had it washed out. Although it has been treated, Terumi has not built up her strength properly. The wound from the shot was able to make his body go into a heavy shock and lose his strength.

“Entahlah. I think we're going to experience something sort of with Open World,” Leo said.

They would be pitted or something because Secret said he would choose the chairman of the group or something.

There are some things that are certainly very worrying, even Ray himself felt quite tense to know what he met later. Secret said it had made changes in the final stages of the task.

Ray was a little scared of course because something unknown was a scary thing. But even if he was a little scared, Ray was really looking forward to what Secret would present.

“Luckily he gives us the right to choose where we will go.” Ray certainly felt blessed because he did not have to be separated from the people he had difficulty collecting.

The worst possibility if they separate in the group is that Ray will be with Arthur. He didn't have a good relationship of course after all this.

Ray initially wants to ask Arthur to kill himself with Erina's orders at a certain time but it is not possible. That bastard has a very and very necessary Degree to watch out for.

“I hope we will meet him ... I swear I will finish him with my hands!” Eric who walked on Leo's papah said with determination and anger.

Ray glanced at her a little for a while, “Indeed it will help when we are one group with her. He is injured, at least we have a million chances to kill him.”

Thanks to Chelsea's murder, Eric became very angry, perhaps even he could have gone mad and acted wild if not tamed. Ray is like picking up a dog that went wild because of the loss of his family.

It may be hard to use but slowly but surely. At some point in time, Ray might use this person for a sacrifice if needed.

“Ya .. I can't believe Arthur and Mona are such assholes.” Even Leo still had pent-up anger within him.

“... are they really that bad?” muttered Terumi with a sad face. “I can't believe ... Mona was the one who could do something like that. He even shot me.”

Terumi is good friends with Mona, her feelings are certainly very hurt by the unexpected shooting. Terumi has refused to believe it several times, but the memory of Mona shooting her broke her own denial.

“You must remember that this place is full of sneaky people, stuttering and even throwing away humanity. Secret creates an environment where the bastards and trash of society shine like diamonds.”

Murderers, impostors and even devious people who live as the trash of society will be very strong in this place. They no longer have the compassion or fear of doing cruel things.

Ray agrees to that despite indirectly admitting himself to be part of the society's garbage.

“Those who look good on the outside don't necessarily have the same cover inside. Often a good cover has disappointing content,” said Ray.

“This is really painful,” Terumi said weakly, her tears started flowing. “What will Secret get by creating all these tragedies?”

The destruction, murder and tragedy in this place will certainly be bestowed on Secret. Without that figure, all the things that happened now would never have existed.

Ray stared at the ceiling silently, he stared at a distant thing like hoping that Secret would notice him as well.

“Yes. No one knows what exactly the purpose of this organization is.”

After walking for a few minutes, they arrived at a large hall that was exactly the same as where they had first come to this place.

Ray has a strange nostalgic feeling. He began to wonder if this was the same place he had first arrived at, or perhaps a different place with a similar look.

Looking around, Ray found Indri and his group in the corner of the room. The woman again noticed Ray's gaze and waved her hand.

Ray ignored her and observed another place. A face full of anger kept staring at him, that person had predicted that he would have an unnatural hatred for him. Ray was expecting it.

That man was Arthur. Arthur seems to have come to the conclusion that Ray is the mastermind of all these conspiracy things.

In response, Ray observes his partner first before finally looking at Arthur again. From the beginning, Ray always wanted to do this.

He smiled widely, his brows furrowing as he looked at Arthur. Ray's smile and mock face provoked him, accompanied by Ray's hand that seemed to cut his own neck.

“You're an easy loser to kill.” Ray muttered softly, though his voice would not reach, he knew Arthur would understand from the motion of his lips.

Arthur looks furious and the road limps to approach Ray, but Mona powerfully stops him. The woman realized, appearing to Ray and the others directly was a dangerous act.

Both of them could be killed right now. Secret doesn't ban murder at all right now.

The atmosphere had not heated up and Secret appeared at the right time. As usual, he came grandly using such a large drone.

“First of all we congratulate you for surviving and reaching the final task. Even though we designed a big change and removed some of the tasks that should be run. In the end the result we want will still be achieved.”

No voice tried to interrupt Secret's words. That was because everyone was feeling tired, marau and also tense. This is the last task of the hellish days.

I don't know what kind of terrible thing this secret organization will present. As if answering all the curiosity, Secret continued to talk.

“The final stage of this test. Let's start the last task we call, The Degree.”

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Final Arc — The Degree.