Endless Debt

"So this is Norm Ward?"

"I think he's Norm Ward."

"real?"

"Really, can I still lie to you?"

The atmosphere in the interrogation room should have been very serious, but due to the conversation between Boluogo and Jeffrey, the atmosphere was rarely joyful.

Jeffrey glanced at Bologg next to him, then looked at the photo of Norm Ward in his hand, and at the unlucky man behind the interrogation table who was being treated by a doctor and being interrogated at the same time.

Different from the fierce look in the photo, the "Norm Ward" in front of me has dull eyes, slumped in a chair with his head raised, his hands cuffed behind the chair, and his exposed chest is covered with blood and wounds. , there are still faint bulges under the skin, which are the broken and misplaced bones.

The doctor stood beside him, wiping away the blood and injecting some strange-colored medicine into him. With each injection, you could feel Norm's body twitching, as if he was suffering from something.

He was dying and on the verge of coma. All he could say were meaningless sobs and he would vomit blood from time to time.

"Is he really?" Jeffrey asked quietly.

According to the data, Nomu is a Sublime Sublime, but now the mysterious and powerful Sublime Sublime is like a piece of smashed flesh that can only breathe.

"if not!"

Boluogo refuted loudly.

Seeing Boluogo's resolute attitude, Jeffrey nodded and admitted all this, but it was still hard to accept in his heart.

It had only been half a day since he and Boluogo separated, and Jeffrey was ready to finish his overtime work and go home to sleep, but at this moment, Boluogo dragged Nomu out of the night.

A Sublime One was destroyed in the hands of Boluogo, so quickly, without the ability to fight back.

"Is this the speed of an expert?"

Jeffrey looked a little worried. He didn't know whether he was grateful for Bologg's efficiency, or because he couldn't get off work because of Bologg's efficiency.

"Of course, I'm an expert."

Borogo is very persistent about his role as an expert.

"well……"

What Jeffrey wanted to say finally turned into a helpless sigh. Looking at the half-dead Norm, he asked again.

"How is he doing?"

"Multiple fractures, damaged internal organs, massive blood loss, and some concussions... He needs to be treated for a period of time before he can be interrogated."

replied the doctor, glancing at Borogo a few more times as he replied.

It is not that there are no missions to capture targets within the Bureau of Order, but it is really rare for someone like Boluogo to beat someone half to death and then bring him back.

Jeffrey felt a headache and motioned to Boluogo to follow him out. The two left the interrogation room, stood outside the corridor, and walked towards the lounge not far away.

"This time...he did a pretty good job. After all, the other party is a condenser. You can't be too vigilant." Jeffrey said.

"Then when can I pry the news out of his mouth? I can't wait to cut one down."

Boluogo urged, killing a large number of demons. The fragments of his soul filled his body, like a chariot filled with fuel, and continued to advance forward.

"Woohoo! The expert is here to see you! The diagnosis is euthanasia!"

Boluogo said excitedly, like a lunatic who loves to tell boring jokes.

When I opened the door to the lounge, there was no one inside. Thinking about it, except for the staff on duty, everyone else was off work.

Although it is said to be a break after get off work, the lights in the Order Bureau are always on, and there are fixed personnel staying behind. The only difference from the daytime is that the Order Bureau is much quieter at night, and there are not so many people moving around.

Jeffrey and Boluogo sat opposite each other, with a small table in the middle. Everyone would often gather around here to play cards during breaks.

"You also heard what the doctor said. We can't pry words from the mouths of the dead. You need to wait for a while." Jeffrey counted the dates. "Just in time, the 'Sublimation Furnace Core' seems to be almost ready. In the next few days or so, the ritual of implanting the 'Alchemy Matrix' into you will begin."

"Give me the 'secret power'?"

Hearing this, Boluogo's eyes lit up.

From his contact with Nomu, Bologo has already felt the power and deceit of "secret energy". If he didn't have "resurrection from the dead" and could sacrifice his body without any scruples to limit Nomu's offensive, Maybe he's dead now.

Under the strong poison of "dragon blood", his whole body was paralyzed, and then he slowly suffocated to death due to respiratory failure.

The most terrifying thing is not this way of death, but that you can't realize that this is Nomu's "secret power" until you are infected by the poison.

It's deceitful and mysterious, just like a gambling game between a group of evil people. No one knows what kind of trump card the other party holds.

"Well, since then, you have been promoted to be a member of the Sublime Ones," Jeffrey said, "But don't be too conceited, Boluo Ge, there is also a difference between the Sublime ones and the Sublime ones. The difference.”

"What's the meaning."

"Like positions, like soldiers and generals, like...ladders of power."

Jeffrey recalled that each step of the long and strict staircase had its corresponding guardian.

"Solidizer is actually just one of many titles. Because it is commonly used, it has gradually become synonymous with us," Jeffrey then asked, "Have you ever played Othello?"

"I know, but I've never done it."

Burlogo replied that he didn't know what the "ladder of power" had to do with Othello.

"Then do you know its rules?"

"I know this before."

Hearing this, Jeffrey nodded, which made it easier for him to explain. Then he took out an Othello board from the small table under him and placed it up.

"This thing is considered a fixed project in the Bureau of Order. We will also hold chess king competitions regularly."

Jeffrey said casually, then picked up the chess pieces and placed them on the chessboard.

Boluogo watched all this quietly, and then at a certain moment, like an illusion, the chessboard became extremely vast in an instant, almost overlapping with the entire world.

The black and white grids are arranged staggeredly. Accompanied by the loud ringing of bells from the distant past, the sky darkens, and then countless chess pieces fall down like mountains. Each fall brings the sound of landslides, and the earth Tremble.

"Bologo."

The call made Boluogo wake up. He looked up at Jeffrey, who was looking at him with a puzzled expression.

"Are you in a daze?"

"No...nothing."

"Then let's continue."

Geoffrey finished arranging the pieces, just like the opposing legions, Geoffrey occupied the white square, and Boluogo occupied the black square.

Black and White have assembled and are ready to rush to the battlefield and fall into a fight.

"Regarding 'Secret Energy', its levels are somewhat similar to Othello, so we usually use the names of Othello to call the different levels of 'Secret Energy'."

"for example?"

Boluogo asked, and it sounded like the connection between the two led to the popularity of Reversi in the game of order.

"For example, this chess piece."

Jeffrey said as he picked up the "Pawn" piece.

“It represents the Ninghua Zhe, and the full name of Ninghua Zhe is ‘Ninghua’s Garrison’.”

Boluogo didn't speak. He listened carefully and looked at the other chess pieces. He was vaguely aware that these chess pieces represented different ranks and different names.

"The chess piece of the 'horse' is the second stage of the Condenser, the 'Knight of Prayer', the 'Prayer of Faith'."

Jeffrey then picked up the "horse" chess piece, and what he said was the meaning behind the chess piece.

"The 'Xiang' is the third stage of the Sublime One, who is called the 'power-bearing bishop', that is, the 'power-bearing one'."

Jeffrey took the "elephant" in his hand and played with it for a few times, and then said, "The 'power bearers' are the backbone of the Bureau of Order. They assume many important positions."

Boluogo glanced at the chess piece named "Rook", which was the fourth stage of the Condenser. His breathing was slightly rapid, and the blood all over his body became hot, and he kept shouting.

"The 'car' is the fourth stage, the 'chariot guarding the base'. The 'defenders' have gone one step further. I don't know where they are going, it is a secret."

Regarding such an existence, Jeffrey also expressed his ignorance. The Bureau of Order has a strict hierarchy and cannot reach that level. After all, it is impossible to know all the secrets.

"And then there's...'Queen'."

He said this, but Jeffrey picked up the "Pawn" chess piece, and he looked suspicious.

"The 'Queen' is a very special stage. If you know the rules of Othello, you should also know the 'Ascension'."

"I know the 'upgrade' of chess pieces."

Boluogo said, picking up the black "pawn" and pushing it along the chessboard.

The "soldier" advanced alone and bravely, promoted from the lowest level, knocked away all the chess pieces in the way, and finally reached the bottom line of Jeffrey and White.

“When the ‘pawn’ reaches the opponent’s bottom line, it can be ‘promoted’ into any chess piece except the ‘king’, but usually everyone chooses to ‘promote’ into the powerful ‘queen’.”

"The ceremony for promotion from the fourth stage to the fifth stage is extremely special. Alchemists call it 'ascension'. After going through the 'ascension' ceremony, one enters endless glory."

Jeffrey's voice was solemn, filled with longing and awe.

"This is the fifth stage of the Sublime One, and it is also the most supreme power currently known, the 'Queen of Glory', the 'Glory One' illuminated by radiance and holiness."

"What is known so far?" Hearing this, Boluogo looked at the "King", "What about the 'King'?"

The core of Othello is the king who countless chess pieces must defend with all their swords and blood. What about it? What is its position in this system of extraordinary power, and what does it represent?

"'King' is a stage that only exists in hypotheses. As for anyone who has really reached this stage? I don't know... No, no one knows. It's like an unknowable mystery, a period that no one believes in. Strange legends.”

Jeffrey explained that there is still no clear record to prove that there are really people who have reached the "King" stage.

"Therefore, among the various forces currently, the most top force is the 'Queen of Glory'."

"Then what is the name of the 'King'? Even hypothetically, you should have reserved a place for it on the long ladder of power, right?"

Boluogo asked suddenly, his eyes fixed on the crown on the chessboard. It stood silently among the chess pieces, with an illusory and confusing color.

"The crowned king."

Jeffrey's voice paused, without any emotion.

“At the end of the highest staircase, holding the royal power that commands thousands of armies, is crowned with the crown of justice.

The absolute and only one...the crowned one. "

The chess pieces were silent, like a forest of tombstones, watching the world of endless strife with cold eyes.