Endless Debt

Ivan Krex was affiliated with the intelligence department Crow's Nest. Palmer had worked under Ivan before he was kicked out. Naturally, the same was true for Church.

In addition, Ivan also has another connection with Palmer. They are blood relatives and both have the surname of the Clerks family. In terms of relationship, Palmer is Ivan's nephew.

Because of what happened before, as well as personality issues, the two rarely get together, let alone communicate. Now they are connected by Church.

"Is he still alive?" Ivan asked, "I mean is it possible to rescue him?"

"This is no problem. Although his injuries are serious, we have stabilized his vital signs. He only needs to receive follow-up treatment."

The doctor assured, slapping his chest, and then his voice became hesitant, "But we encountered a strange problem."

"what is the problem?"

Palmer's voice rose, he had rarely been so nervous.

"It stands to reason that his consciousness should be awake by now. Even if he does not have the ability to think independently, he can at least respond to external stimuli. But now..." The doctor stopped talking.

Ivan answered, "But now it's like a living corpse?"

The doctor nodded silently.

"I probably know what's going on," Ivan said, glancing at Palmer, and finally at Bologo, asking in a stern tone, "What happened?"

Boluogo didn't know what to say. Like Ivan, he had no idea what was going on... Boluogo thought he had done a good enough job. When he destroyed the stone hall and attracted everyone's attention, his The team members should be able to evacuate safely.

"At first, he was connected to the communication range of our sentry, but no matter how we called, he never responded... Later, Shelley found him. Shelley is very good at finding people, identifying Church's etheric reaction, and... Not difficult."

A steady voice sounded, and Hart walked in.

"We found him on the streets of Opos. He was lying next to a trash can in an alley, as if he was dead."

Hart recalled the strangeness at the scene, "There was a bouquet of flowers in his arms. I don't know who gave it to him, or maybe someone took pity on the poor man and stuffed it on him."

"We are conducting an infiltration operation, the target is Mist Abyss Fortress."

Boluogo took over Hart's words at this time and briefly informed Ivan about the contents of the temporary action group's actions.

Under the narration of the three of them, Burlogo, Hart, and Palmer, the chaotic operation gradually became clearer, and Ivan's brows became more and more frowned, until in the end, only a deathly silence remained.

The story of this operation is still missing a corner... lack of Church's narrative, no one knows what he actually experienced.

"You must know something, right?"

Palmer got closer to Ivan. He became particularly strong and the whites of his eyes were bloodshot.

This was not the first time Church fell in front of Palmer. Since then, Palmer thought it would never happen again, but it still happened.

"Stop trying to hide it, I know it!"

Palmer glared at Ivan, "What happened to Church? Why do we inexplicably forget about him? Why do we know nothing about him except this damn name?"

Palmer's performance was unexpected, and everyone seemed to regard him as a fool, but in fact, Palmer knew everything, he was just too lazy to care.

Ivan said, "This is for your consideration."

Palmer asked, "Consider what?"

"The more you know, the easier it will be to forget him!"

Ivan shouted angrily, his anger surged up momentarily, but then quickly dissipated. Ivan took deep breaths repeatedly, walked to a chair nearby and sat down.

Everyone else's eyes fell on Ivan. Ivan knew that this matter could no longer be concealed, so he signaled.

"The others leave, you two stay."

Hart nodded, and even the doctor quietly retreated, leaving only the three of them in the room.

Ivan asked, "Palmer, Bologg, do you two have any impressions of the surname Burton?"

Burlogo said, "Church's last name."

"Other than that?"

"Anything else?"

Ivan let out a long sigh when he saw this. He knew that people had forgotten them, but there was nothing they could do about it.

"Bolton... The Bolton family is one of the founding families of the Bureau of Order. Among the chains and swords, there is a sword that belongs to them."

Hearing what Ivan said, Boluogo and Palmer were stunned. Since the development of the Bureau of Order, the influence of the founding families has been declining day by day. The Bureau of Order... no, the decision-making room controls almost everyone. power.

People are forgetting these families, but due to some active members, there are still some families that cannot be completely forgotten, such as the Clerks family.

Ivan told this secret story, "Because of the things that the Bolton family studied, very few people in this world can remember them. Even the official records of the Bureau of Order are very few. It is even said that many of them are Everyone in the Bolton family has forgotten that they are a member of the Bolton family."

"What are they studying?"

Palmer asked. After asking, he looked at Church on the hospital bed. His former partner was always so mysterious. Palmer thought he knew something about him, but that was just an illusion.

Faceless Man.

Palmer suddenly felt a sense of absurdity. Did he really understand Church? In his eyes, is he really a friend?

"A gift, a debtor's gift."

Ivan did not hide anything from the two of them, "The Bolton family has been eyeing the power of the gift a long time ago. They want to try to copy this devil's power."

"The more powerful the power, the sharper a double-edged sword. Whatever you gain, you will inevitably lose something... You two should be very clear about this."

Bologg and Palmer nodded in unison. They understood this part of the matter very well, especially Bologg. He even felt that it was inappropriate to describe the gift as a double-edged sword. In Bologg's view, in the true sense, The double-edged sword should be the devil's protection.

"The Bolton family has developed such an alchemical matrix. The effect is extremely unique and powerful. However, running such an alchemical matrix will inevitably backfire on itself. This is unique to the Bolton family and is what Church is responsible for. The secret power.”

Ivan revealed the name of the alchemical matrix that plunged the Bolton family into eternal disaster.

"Walking in narrow spaces."

Palmer was silent for a moment, and said without any fluctuations in his voice, "I knew Church had lied to me. His secret power was not that of a faceless man at all."

Should I say it was expected?

"The effect of walking in a narrow space is very simple. It reduces one's own sense of existence and even distorts the outside world's perception of oneself. He will become a true ghost, enough to hide from everyone's sight, but the price is also extremely high.

People will truly forget him, not just his enemies, but his friends too, and when taken to the extreme, he will even forget himself. "

Boluogo said, "In other words...has Church forgotten himself?"

"Probably. He forgot who he was, even lost his self-awareness, and turned into a real walking zombie."

Ivan continued, "That's why he can't wake up... I don't know if he can wake up."

"The power of walking in a narrow space is so powerful. People of the Bolton family in the past generations have implanted and mastered this power one after another. They have been overwhelmed by the power. More and more people have forgotten the family affairs, and even They forgot who they were, and an ancient family collapsed internally."

There was a bit of pity in Ivan's eyes, "The Bolton family has no extinct heirs. Their bloodline is still spread in this world, but no one remembers them... not even themselves."

"Church must have encountered something," Boluogo analyzed. "He encountered something extremely important, and for this matter, he was even willing to take risks."

Ivan said, "But now no one knows what happened."

"No...someone else knows."

Palmer walked to the bedside, looked down at Church, and said to himself, "So that's what you meant? Church."

A long time ago, there was a conversation between Church and Palmer. At that time, Palmer still felt a little baffled, but now it seems that Church has anticipated his ending.

Even if it's not now, in some future, he will be like now, lying on the hospital bed like a corpse.

Palmer stretched out his hand, opened Church's closed eyelids, and forcefully pulled out Church's artificial eye.

"The Eye of Records is an alchemical weapon without any offensive means. Its effect is like a movie film, and it can record the last two hours."

Palmer threw the Eye of Description to Ivan, "By analyzing it, we can know what happened to Church."

Ivan took the Eye of Description, and what should have been light and airy became heavy in his hands. He looked at Palmer, who just said calmly.

"We are all professionals doing professional things."

Words that were usually somewhat funny seemed extremely heavy at the moment.