Endless Debt.

Chapter 25
"So this is Norm Ward?"

"I think he's Norm Ward."

"Really?"

"Really, can I still lie to you?"

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

Jeffrey glanced at Burrog beside him, then at the photo of Norm Ward in his hand, and at the unlucky ghost who was being treated by the doctor while being interrogated behind the interrogation table.

Different from the ferocious look in the photo, the "Norm Ward" in front of him had dull eyes, slumped on a chair with his head up, his hands were handcuffed behind the chair, and his exposed chest was covered with blood and wounds , There are faint protrusions under the skin, these are those broken and misplaced bones.

The doctor stood beside him, and while wiping the blood, he injected some strange-colored medicines into him. After each injection, he could feel Noam's body twitching, as if he was suffering something.

He was dying, on the verge of coma, and there was nothing but meaningless whimpers in his mouth, and he would spit out blood from time to time.

"Really?" Jeffrey asked quietly.

According to the data, Noam is a Sublimator, but the mysterious and powerful Sublimator is like a lump of smashed meat that can only breathe.

"if not!"

Burrog retorted loudly.

Seeing that Burlogo was so resolute, Jeffrey nodded, saying that he admitted all this, but he still felt a little unacceptable.

It was only half a day since he and Burlogo separated, and Geoffrey was about to finish working overtime and go home to sleep, but Burlogo dragged Norm out of the night at this moment.

A Desublimator was lost in the hands of Bologo, so quickly, there was no way to fight back.

"Is this the speed of an expert?"

Jeffrey looked a little sad. He didn't know whether he was grateful for Burlogo's efficiency, or because of Burlogo's efficiency, he was still unable to get off work.

"Of course, I'm an expert."

Burlogo is obsessed with being an expert.

"Ugh……"

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

"How is he?"

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

The doctor replied, and while replying, he looked at Burlogo a few more times.

It's not that there are no missions to capture the target in the Bureau of Order, but it's really rare to beat people half to death like Burogo and bring them back.

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

"This time...you did a good job. After all, the other party is a Sublimator, so you can't be too vigilant." Jeffrey said.

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

Bologo urged and slashed a large number of demons, and the debris of his soul filled his body, like a chariot filled with fuel, and continued to move forward.

"Woohoo! The experts came to see the doctor! The diagnostic recommendation is euthanasia!"

Burlogo excitedly, like a psycho who likes to tell stupid jokes.

Pushing open the door of the lounge, there was no one there, thinking about it, except for the staff on duty, everyone else was off duty.

Although it is said to be 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 will be much quieter in the middle of the night, and there are not so many mobile personnel.

Geoffrey and Burlogo sat opposite each other, with a small table placed in the middle, and everyone often played cards around here during breaks.

"You also heard the doctor's words, we can't pry words from the mouth of the dead, you need to wait for a while," Jeffrey counted the date, "Just in time, the 'sublimation furnace core' seems to be almost ready, In a few days or so, the ceremony of implanting the 'alchemy matrix' for you will begin."

"Making me possess 'Secret Energy'?"

Hearing this, Burlogo's eyes lit up.

From his contact with Noam, Bologo has already felt the power and deceitfulness of the "secret energy". If he hadn't possessed "resurrection from the dead" and could sacrifice his body without any scruples to limit Noam's offensive, Perhaps he is dead now.

Under the severe poison of "dragon's blood", he was paralyzed all over his body, and then slowly suffocated to death due to respiratory failure.

The most frightening thing is not this way of death, but before you are infected by the poison, you can't realize that this is Nome's "secret energy".

Deceitful and mysterious, like a group of villains gambling, no one knows what cards the other party is holding.

"Well, since then, you have been promoted to a member of the Sublimator," Jeffrey said, "but don't be too conceited, Bologo, there is also a difference between the Sublimator and the Sublimator." different."

"What's the meaning."

"Like positions, like soldiers and generals, like... the ladder of power."

Jeffrey recalled that there was a corresponding guardian on each step of the long and strict ladder.

"Sublimator is actually just one of many titles. Because it is commonly used, it has gradually become synonymous with us," Jeffrey continued to ask, "Have you ever played Reversi?"

"I know, but I haven't downloaded it."

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

"Then do you know its rules?"

"I know that."

Hearing Jeffrey nodded, it made it easier for him to explain, and then he pulled out a Reversi board from the small table under him and placed it on it.

"This thing can be regarded as a fixed item in the Order Bureau, and we will also hold regular chess competitions."

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

Burrog watched all this quietly, and at a certain moment, like a hallucination, the chessboard became so vast that it almost overlapped the entire world.

The black and white grids are arranged in a staggered manner. Accompanied by the loud bells from the distant years, the sky darkened, and then countless chess pieces fell like mountains. trembling.

"Bologo."

The call woke Borrog, and he looked up at Geoffrey, who was looking at him suspiciously.

"Are you in a daze?"

"No... nothing."

"Then let's continue."

Geoffrey had finished his checkers, and it was like opposing legions, with Geoffrey occupying the white side and Burlogo the black side.

Black and White are assembled, ready to go to the battlefield at any time, and fall into a fight.

"About 'Secret Energy', its levels are somewhat similar to Reversi, so we usually use the name of Reversi to refer to the different levels of 'Secret Energy'."

"for example?"

Burlogo wondered, 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 and picked up the "pawn" chess piece.

"It represents the sublimation person, and the sublimation person's full name is the 'sublimation guard'."

Bologo didn't speak, but listened carefully, looking at the other chess pieces, he faintly realized that these chess pieces represented different ranks and different names.

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

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

"'Elephant' is the third stage of Sublimation, and it is called the 'Bishop of Negative Power', that is, the 'Lower of Power'."

Jeffrey played with the "Elephant" in his hands a few times, and then said, "The 'power bearers' are the backbone of the Bureau of Order, and they have assumed many important positions."

Burogo glanced at the chess piece named "Rook", which was the fourth stage of Sublimator, 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 defending the base', the 'defenders' go one step further, I don't know where they are going, it's a secret."

For such an existence, Jeffrey also expressed his ignorance. The Bureau of Order is highly hierarchical, unable to touch that rank, and ultimately unable to know all the secrets.

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

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

"'Queen' is a very special stage. If you know the rules of Reversi, you should also know about 'upgrade'."

"The 'upgrade' of chess pieces, I know."

As he spoke, Burrogo picked up the black "pawn" and pushed it along the board.

The "soldier" marched forward bravely, promoted all the way from the lowest rank, knocked away all the chess pieces that got in the way, and finally reached the bottom line of Jeffrey and Bai Fang.

"When the 'pawn' reaches the opponent's bottom line, it can 'upgrade' into any chess piece except the 'king', but usually everyone will choose to 'upgrade' into a powerful 'queen'."

"The ceremony for advancing from the fourth stage to the fifth stage is extremely special. Alchemists call it 'upgrade', and after the 'upgrade' ceremony, one enters endless glory."

Jeffrey's voice was solemn, full of longing and awe.

"This is the fifth stage of Sublimation, and the most supreme power known so far, the 'Queen of Glory', the 'Glory One' illuminated by radiance and holiness."

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

The core of Reversi, the king who is defended by countless chess pieces with all their swords and blood, so what about it?What position does it occupy in this extraordinary power system, and what does it represent?

"'King', a stage that only exists in hypotheses, has anyone really reached this stage? I don't know... no, no one knows, it's like an unknowable mystery, a period that no one believes Strange tales."

Jeffrey explained that there is no clear record so far, proving that there are really sublimation people who have reached the stage of "king".

"Therefore, among the current forces, the top force is the 'Queen of Glory'."

"And what is the 'King' called? Even hypothetically, you should have reserved a place for it on the long rung of power, haven't you?"

Burrogo asked suddenly, his eyes fixed on the crown on the chessboard, which stood silently among the chess pieces, with an illusory and blurred color.

"The crowned king."

Geoffrey's voice paused, without the slightest emotion.

"At the end of the lofty ladder, holding the royal power to command thousands of armies, crowned with the crown of justice.

Is the absolute, and only... the crowned. "

The chess pieces are silent, like tombstones standing in a row, watching the world with endless disputes with cold eyes.

(End of this chapter)