The Degree
Questions for Secret

“Ahh! My eyes, my eyes hurt a lot!”

“I can't see anything, I'm blind!”

“Please, anyone help me!”

“Quiet! You will be able to see after some time!”

Only Edward and a few other strangers could see clearly. They managed to close their eyes in time before the flashbang exploded.

Even so, the time was enough to finish off some.

Dor's!

A gun was fired and hit someone right in the head. There were certainly no screams or anything of the sort since that person was instantly dead.

“Steve!” Edward grabbed Steve who was starting to cool down.

He started crying because a friend he had known for a very long time was now meeting his end.

“Let you, Ray!”

Ray ignored him and gave a powerful kick right between Edward's throat. His kick was strong enough to make Edward's consciousness float.

Even so Edward still had a moment of consciousness before completely losing consciousness.

Ray kicked one by one the people who betrayed him. After all, without having to kill him they would definitely die from not having the chance to occupy a chair. People like them will be eliminated or briefly banished from the organization.

Ray walked over to the remaining chair. On his way he shot several people close enough to board.

“Only decent people have the right to sit here.” Erina said happily in a tone that was hard to understand.

Ray didn't reveal it at all until he got a notification.

—Bonus Task successfully completed. 150DP will be delivered and you have the right to ask one question to the organization.—

“It looks like crushing Edward's group is the ultimate goal of the bonus task.”

Ignoring him and choosing to take care of him for later, Ray staggers towards the last empty seat. Five other people who were already there looked at Ray with faces that were hard to put into words.

“You look like a King about to ascend the throne.” Erina teased once again and looked at him affectionately as well as great interest.

Ray did not care about it at all and sat down on the chair nonchalantly.

—Six seats have been filled. The third task has ended, those who do not occupy seats will soon be eliminated.—

—Six people in seats will be moved to the next location.—

Ray doesn't know where he's going next but he hopes there's at least some time for him to rest.

All the fatigue he had at the moment had piled up and the pain started to attack. Even Ray can't last long with so much pain in his body.

“Well, this is our brief farewell. I'll be waiting for you on the fifth assignment, Ray. Don't worry, I'm sure the fourth task you can complete without much trouble. Good luck.” Erina then turns to someone who is just silent, “You should finish the fourth task as best you can, Ronald.”

“If it's for you then of course.”

Erina and Mein disappear first to a place unknown to Ray.

Thinking that he will be in a place that many people but who would have thought that Ray will arrive in a place that is completely different from his expectations.

A place with many monitors on the wall and displays a lot of scenes and situations.

No need to ask what place it is. Once see Ray knew that the room was used to monitor the participants.

“Welcome, participants. You're one of the lucky few who can ask us questions. We promise we won't tell you any lies.”

Ray was quite disturbed that Secret was using "We" instead of "I" which made various possibilities appear in his mind.

The word "We" indicates there is more than one person and not a statement used for the individual.

Ray is worried that actually Secret is not just one but there are very many of them. Although he could ask her but it was a pity because there was only one chance.

If possible he also wanted to inquire in full about the Degree. There are so many strange things about him including the Degree Ray has. His degree doesn't describe anything about him.

But there is another question that is far more important than that.

The question that had been in Ray's head since he first came to this place.

A question that constantly, over and over again bothered him. What and why, about reason and purpose.

“You said that your goal is to encourage humans to evolve. Degree is amazingly useful but if your goal is only evolution then there is no need to painstakingly create a harsh environment to live.”

There will be so many riots that could happen. Even the negative impact is greater than the benefits.

“In addition to human evolution..What kind of end goal do you expect from all these trials?

The most important part that needs to be asked in the first place is the purpose of the Secret organization.

Even if they're on behalf of human evolution, Ray won't believe those lies easily.

The degree is almost like an illusion. In addition to turning users into a psychic, people who use the Degree will also be young and long life.

In addition, it is not known the extent of the degree's abilities. There are more concerns that can occur if even the creator does not know what kind of degree someone can have.

“Among the participants we invited there were only a few smart people. Whether your generation or first, there are only less than a thousand intelligent people. But this time it was different. We've been watching you since the beginning because you're an anomaly we never found.”

Ray doesn't know if he should take it as a compliment or not. But for now he should just shut up and listen to her words.

“We are so interested in you that decided to give you a chance to ask one question. Instead of trying to understand the Degree you have, you ask the final goal we have. That just explains how complicated it is to fill your head.”

“It's easy. Even though I can't use my Degree, I'm confident that I can survive.”

This confidence is based on Ray's ability. Not only Secret, Ray has his own secrets. Secret only knew Ray when he got into the experiment, Secret wouldn't know Ray before joining the test.

“We are sure that you will say so and therefore we are sure that you do not understand your Degree at all. Since the beginning of the task you have been using it. We don't know what degree you have but we will receive data every time you use it. In addition, your confidence will be destroyed when completing the fourth task.”

Ray is very surprised to find out that he used his Degree from the beginning.

“How can I use a Degree that even from the beginning I did not understand at all?”

Ray doesn't understand what the degree's benefits are. Although the general picture is easy to take but it is difficult to ascertain if it is a Degree.