The Degree
End of Secret Test

Ben jumped towards Haiyan and gave a powerful kick to her.

“Betting-!”

Haiyan cursed and resisted the attack with both hands. He began to lose his body balance and was pushed several steps because of it.

However Haiyan could not let her guard down as Ben continued to approach and attack her. Indri who was even injured to such an extent still had a crazy smile and started to step towards him.

“You are absolutely crazy!”

“You will not understand madness before going through great suffering!”

Indri ran staggered and ignored the blood that kept coming out of his stomach. He raised the gun and managed to shoot Haiyan in the shoulder.

Ben immediately took over and gave a powerful kick to his chest. Haiyan also did not despair, she pulled Ben's leg and stuck her knife in the shin before jumping backwards and failing to land properly.

“Sial! You fought well.”

His legs are bleeding, and now Ben can't move properly. As well as the staggered Indri, his consciousness might not last long.

While Haiyan also looked pitiful with her current condition.

“You never know what it's like to live in a harsh environment.”

Haiyan grew up in a mafia neighborhood along with Maa Dong Wok. It was a neighborhood full of blood and kidnapping. Inevitably Haiyan needed to be a rotten person to survive in such an environment.

‘Sial ... Awareness-!’

His vision began to tremble and blur, Haiyan had already reached her limit. But who would have guessed that Indri became a person who died early.

“Indri!” Ben painstakingly approached, he was shocked when he found Indri unconscious standing up. It's a rare case.

Ben stretched Indri's body carefully but he did not realize that his opponent was still holding on. There Haiyan was already pointing her gun.

“Goodbye ... Loser!”

Dor's!

The bullet penetrated right on Ben's forehead, he fell dramatically and exhaled his last breath.

Haiyan staggered and fell. He heard the sound of footsteps, the person standing right in front of him.

“... shit. You ... have been waiting?”

“You're not smart apparently. Have you ever heard of letting enemies fight each other and defeat the winner?”

Haiyan was bluffing her teeth as her head was affixed to the gun. His body started to shake and he regretted coming here alone. It was the biggest mistake for him.

“Goodbye.”

“You're a bastard ... Mona—”

Bullets are fired, Mona has her face splattered with blood. Even so he was calm, not afraid or feeling guilty for the sin of killing people.

So far he has seen a lot of blood being shed. Hundreds, maybe thousands of people are already dead because of all these ridiculous tests. After going through all that, how could Mona possibly have feelings of guilt in her heart that had frozen?

There was only sadness and hatred in his heart. He was sad when he thought of the families that the people here had left behind. And, he hated the people who made the situation worse.

“I've been hoping you'll come, Terumi.” Mona looked coldly at the girl who was panting and looked on with hatred.

It's Terumi. He looked messy and full of blood, his gentle gaze that could no longer be found.

“Can usually ... You blow up innocent people!”

How can he stay calm? Suddenly there was an explosion between the demonstrations and causing deaths everywhere. They are just innocent people, and their deaths are unjustified.

They had no sin worthy of being punished with such a miserable death.

“Innocent people?” Mona furrowed her brows. “Have you ever reflected? You who use civilians in your plans are also unjustified! Then where is it wrong for me to use dirty ways like you?!”

Mona herself did not want to mobilize people to bombard the protesters. He was forced to do so because he realized there were several intruders and provocateurs among the protesters.

Demonstrations that are ridden and make Degree users blend between them, Mona certainly can not ignore it. Rather than die of neglect, it was better to kill them.

“At least I didn't try to kill them! There are better plans than that!”

Mona raised her fist, “... there's no point talking to you.”

“That's true .. let's be like the men who talk to his fists.”

Terumi caught her breath and closed her eyes. The wonderful memories he went through with Mona flashed through his mind. It hurt his heart when he had to fight with his own friend.

Although painful but Terumi still raised the fist, showing fangs to Mona.

“Sorry, Mona—”

“Sorry too, Terumi—”

The two closed their eyes and opened them once more with a sharp look of hatred. And, in unison the declaration of war of the two was declared.

“I'll kill you!”

“I'll finish you!”

Terumi ran over and reached out her hand to grab Mona's collar, but a fist quickly appeared and prevented her from acting.

Mona's fist landed on her shoulder, it was quite painful.

“I didn't expect that a feminine woman like you could do boxing.”

Mona kept her distance and loosened her horses. He smiled and started to take off his clothes.

“You tried to grab my collar. I remember the Japanese martial artist grabbing a shirt and slamming his opponent. If not wrong it is judo, right?”

Mona only uses the inner jerseys that cover the ********** only and leaves her stomach not covered by anything. He also tore off his trousers and left them very short until his thighs were exposed.

He then threw away the knife and all the weapons he had.

“Talk like a man, like a woman.”

Even without a sentence, Mona and Terumi understood each other. Both of them wanted a pure fight with neither a Degree nor a weapon. Either way they were partners.

“Do not think I can only judo, Mona,” Terumi also released her shirt to be able to fight more freely. “Even without Degree, I still like culture. Martial belongs to the culture, please remember.”

Terumi only uses a bandage wrapped around her breast, but the part that surprises Mona is the tattoo engraved on her body.

There is a dragon tattoo that starts from the left shoulder to Terumi's left abdomen. Black colored dragon tattoo.

“You should never wear short clothes. What to hide that tattoo from bastard Ray?”

“You also seem to be hiding all those muscles from that fucker Arthur.”

Without a word Mona immediately lunged and gave the jab a quick movement. Terumi held him by the hand, her face visibly agonizing as she waited for the crack.

But Mona was all-out and attacked relentlessly until she actually managed to deliver her punch.

Terumi who continued to endure could no longer remain silent and allowed herself to be beaten. He began his counterattack with a series of powerful attacks.

Mona staggered backwards and coughed out a little blood. Seeing Terumi attacking his vital point, he recalled a technique that Marshal Ardianto had once told him about.

‘What is this ... Systema?’

A martial art whose goal is to knock out the opponent quickly by attacking the vital parts.

Mona could feel her body churning from the punch. As he kept his distance Terumi started to cut the distance.

The distance of the two ran out quickly, Terumi intended to launch his attack but suddenly his jaw was hit hard and followed by a powerful kick that sent him crashing.

Mona used her legs to strike the jaw and kick Terumi earlier. Hows it? From the beginning he never said only mastered boxing. He also mastered a bit about karate thanks to his analysis degree that allowed him to learn quickly.

“You ... damn.”

Terumi could barely stand up properly. His consciousness had almost disappeared a moment before. A blow to the jaw is very dangerous.

“... sorry, your suffering will end now, Terumi.”

Mona ran and prepared to start her attack. The target was Terumi's face to render her unconscious.

But on the other hand Terumi started muttering.

“Ending? Don't joke.”

Sir!

Terumi got a punch right in her face, her nose was broken due to the powerful punch Mona threw.

“You lost—” Mona did not continue her sentence when she found Terumi's hand was in her heart.

“Mona .. You ever with about one inch punch?”

Terumi's hands quickly formed fists and struck Mona's stomach from close range.

“It's Bruce Lee's famous blow that destroys opponents from within.”

In the blow Mona spewed out her entrails. Terumi immediately locks Mona's body and strangles her neck to render her unconscious.

Terumi immediately searches for her gun and shoots Mona, who is no longer unconscious. His hands shook, he started crying.

“Sorry, Mona!”

Dor's!

Terumi knelt down limp and cried. This was his first experience killing a friend.

As Terumi cried to sob, someone came from the other direction and saw the surrounding scenery.

“Hmm, the fight is over. Can you say I came late? No, maybe actually almost on time.”

Terumi looked at the man who was smiling gently and approached Ben's corpse.

“You ... Ryouma?” Terumi got up and pulled her gun.

“Ho? You recognize me apparently,” Ryouma casually continued walking without worry. “I don't plan to fight with you. From the beginning I just wanted to observe.”

Ryouma looked coldly at the bodies of Ben and the girl by his side.

“Shooting in the head, not even Secret can give his life back. While this woman lost quite a lot of blood and was dying. I'd better take him.”

Ryouma searched for wood and quickly burned it. He made a stab wound on Indri's body blister because it burned to prevent further bleeding.

“What's your goal?!” Jerky Terumi.

Ryouma casually carried Indri and smiled gently at Terumi.

“Rather than dealing with me who doesn't want to fight, doesn't your lover need your help more?”

“R-ray not loverk!” Terumi did not understand why she was blushing and stuttering. But Ryouma words made him stop.

“Ray Morgan, Retsuji Arthur, and Maa Dong Wok are facing each other.”

****

Elsewhere there was a large-bodied man facing a small-looking man before him.

“So that's you guys with a Major Figure Degree, Retsuji Arthur.”

“Maa Dong Wok's. Wouldn't you like to reveal your Degree?” ask Arthur.

Just when their conversation started, someone else came from behind a tree.

“Can I join this conversation?”

Arthur looked at him hatefully while Maa Dong Wok looked interested.

“Ray Morgan.”

The decisive battle will begin.