The Degree
Next Stage

“That's. That woman tried to use me that I never liked things like that. In addition—” Ray took something from his pocket, a small glass bottle filled with yellow liquid, “I don't think the cobra venom worked long enough. Looks like Serum D has a role to play about it.”

Tyson was surprised instead of playing, even Misa who felt pain because her hand was shot was just as shocked.

“Since ... when?” ask Misa.

No need for Ray to answer, Tyson cleverly realized since when Ray did it. No, actually Ray did it even before his second treason plan was revealed.

“You ... apply poison on his bandage?”

“Smart. Not only bandages, but betadine used to clean your wounds have been mixed with this poison.”

It happened when Ray and Misa were passing through a slightly dark passage. When he accesses the Market and uses the search feature, Ray is surprised that the Market also sells cobra venom. Ray inevitably has to buy it and make it have 25DP left.

As before, the goods were delivered quickly. When Misa hastily ran there Ray took a little time to smear the poison on the bandage and mix it with betadine.

“Since the beginning .. have you been suspicious? But what happens if we do not betray?” Tyson asked, his voice weakening along with his physical condition.

“It's contradiction. I never thought of anything else that would not happen. If I consider you traitors, then I will settle them without hesitation. Even if you guys are clean and I'm wrong, it doesn't matter because I still benefit from it.”

No need to explain it in detail, the DP system becomes the thing that changes everything. Even if Ray is wrong target he will be able to benefit because of the existence of DP.

“You ... not human!” Misa cursed painfully.

Ray walked up to the two with an unusually cold face, “Yes, I was never raised to be human. Neither you, nor Secret will ever understand about me.”

Ray kicked Tyson right in the face and knocked him pretty far. Misa screams her name and intends to approach her but Ray viciously stomps his feet strongly.

“Kyaah!”

“Misa!”

Tyson crawled towards Misa but his body was also weak so his movements were slower than before.

“Please .. release Misa. Just take ... my life!”

Ray crouched down and pulled Misa's hair and made Tyson see her tormented lover also crying out for pain. Ray also did not forget to take the DP owned by Misa.

“Tell me, how much DP do you get from task.”

“Argh! It hurts ..” Misa screamed as Ray stood up and started walking while dragging her by pulling Misa's hair.

Tyson could not see his beloved girl suffering, he bit his lips, cried and could only obey Ray.

“We received 100DP from the task at first, but suddenly there was a bonus task where we had to show erotic scenes pairs of lovers and received an additional 50DP.”

“Then you guys have 150DP, yes. If Misa belongs to 200DP before, then you still have the rest, right? Give it all to me.”

Although Ray asked for it, Tyson seemed reluctant and long thought about it. Ray sighed, he picked up the knife he kept, then pulled Misa's hair firmly up. Ray then used his knife to make the Mass dress come off completely and display his upper body.

Ray is a normal man and certainly has lust but for now there are other things that interest him more than such a relationship. A long sense of curiosity he had.

“You know? I've always wondered what's on a woman's chest. On some occasions, I wanted to split up and find out what the inside was like. I'm sure now might be the time.” Ray unhesitatingly stuck his knife in the chest, slowly dragging it gently.

Tyson was unable to hear or see her and shouted pleading, “I understand! So please stop!”

Tyson stretched out his watch, Ray approached him while still dragging Misa by pulling her hair. As soon as he finished taking the DP, Ray nodded in satisfaction.

“Please ... I beg you to keep Misa alive!”

Tyson was well aware that he could not be saved because the poison had spread throughout his body. But at least he wants his girlfriend to stay alive.

Ray looked at him as if surprised, “What am I doing? If that means I let go of a dog that will bite me one day, I'd rather never let go.”

In silence and his unconcerned face, Ray retracted and slowly stuck his knife into the throat of Mass until it penetrated into his nape. In a few painful seconds, Misa dies later.

Tyson shouted loudly and crawled, the more he moved the faster the poison worked. In the process he cursed and cursed Ray who became the perpetrator.

“The poison will kill you in less than two minutes. I don't want to waste bullets on people who are sure to die. So, thanks for the point and time, goodbye.”

Ray walked away, in the distance he turned around and looked at the two lowly.

“I think love is a curse that humans have. Well, I'll never understand love. My heart is long dead.” Ray continued on his way without caring about anything else.

He had some past memories flashed through his mind. It was quite painful so he immediately threw it away.

Tyson wept and dragged his body, he reached the place where Misa— his corpse was beginning to cool down. Gently stroking his face that was no longer warm, Tyson began to regret it.

“I'm sorry, Misa .. if only .. if I hadn't forced myself to accept this invitation ... Our fate wouldn't have been like ... this.”

At the last minute of his life, Tyson grabbed Misa's corpse, pulled out the knife and hugged her. With a painful face and tears in his eyes, Tyson smiled as he brandished his knife.

“Wait for me there, Misa. I'll see you soon.” Tyson did not plan to delay his death, he then stabbed himself in the neck and died hugging Misa who had left first.

Elsewhere, Ray chose to sit and rest in the previous room, a place where there were three doors. The two doors are clearly connected to where Ray is coming from and where Mass is also Tyson.

“This gun holds twenty bullets, I fired it one, so there are 39 bullets left including the spare.”

Ray doesn't want to waste bullets just for nothing. In addition to the expensive price, there is another problem because Ray does not know if D Point has other uses than buying something.

“I'm worried about having to pay to go to the next stage or there are certain tasks that require DP to live it.”

Ray has 225DP. He also has small equipment such as a pistol and the remains of King Cobra poison. Judging from wherever the equipment is still fairly cupu and he needs other things.

No one knows the future, so Ray is worried about what he will find next.

“Until here it is clear that Secret created a harsh environment for living. His job also cannot be underestimated, in the future I need to be more prepared. For now, I have to rest and leave in the best possible condition.”

Ray bought a black shirt and a white robe for his clothes. He was surprised that the market provided food. Because Ray intends to go to the next place with the best conditions possible, there is no doubt that he needs food and drinks.

“Good. Let's see what kind of interesting things we will encounter.”

Finished doing things like eating and sleeping, Ray finally stepped towards the door he had yet to visit and headed for the next place. For the first time in a long while, Ray felt a thump to find what he was going to find.