Endless Debt-Chapter 858 - 11: Connection_2

Kemp thought he was hiding well, but he couldn’t fool Bologue’s eyes. When interrogating Demons, he often had to carefully observe their reactions, and Bologue had brought this work habit into his daily social interactions.

"You saved me before, saved me and Shelley," Kemp felt a weight lifted off his chest as he spoke, "Did you forget?"

Bologue showed a confused expression, and seeing him like this, Kemp felt an indescribable emotion.

Did this bastard forget? Did he leave no impression at all?

Just as Kemp’s emotions were running high, Bologue suddenly said, "Of course I remember, there was a gang of thugs and those Gray Trade Association bastards."

Bologue still remembered him, and Kemp felt his emotions ease, even a little delighted.

Kemp asked, "Wait a second, were you doing that on purpose just now?"

"Kind of on purpose," Bologue said, "Does it make me seem more interesting?"

"No, not interesting at all."

"Oh."

This was a completely meaningless conversation. Bologue was not good at socializing anyway, and Kemp, due to his almost envious feelings toward Bologue, became extremely complex.

The atmosphere between them grew cold, and Kemp pondered topics, finally bringing up something every employee always talks about.

"How’s work lately?"

"It’s alright," Bologue said, "Ran into some... challenges, I’m working on it, how about you?"

"The Sixth Group’s work isn’t easy either," once they started talking about work, both became very serious, "Have you heard about the recent happenings? About the King’s Secret Sword."

When this was mentioned, Bologue fell silent. Recently, there had been rumors within the Field Operations Department that the Order Bureau’s arch-enemy, the King’s Secret Sword, was once again approaching Opus, but this time they were not here for war but for some kind of negotiation with the Order Bureau.

Ordinary employees like Bologue weren’t clear on the specifics, but he guessed that the team leaders must know something.

"What do you think, if this news is true, what does the King’s Secret Sword want to negotiate with us?"

Kemp wanted to hear Bologue’s thoughts. Aside from the difficult-to-bridge gap in abilities, Kemp felt that he and Bologue were alike in some ways, such as both being extremely dedicated, approaching work as professionals.

Bologue almost immediately thought of that Celestial God-like figure, the source of his own strength.

Overlord Xilin.

Bologue shook his head, hiding his thoughts, "I don’t know, do we have anything worth negotiating?"

Kemp met Bologue’s gaze and said, "Want to hear my guess?"

"Go on."

"King’s Shield Guard."

As if Thunder flashed through Bologue’s mind. Since the temporal disorder event, the King’s Shield Guard seemed to have vanished into thin air; even though the Field Operations Department had cleansed the Great Rift several times, they still found no trace of them.

Bologue had almost forgotten the existence of these people until Kemp brought them up now.

"The King’s Shield Guard is attempting to split the King’s Secret Sword. They would never allow traitors to exist; they must be coming this time to form an alliance with the Order Bureau to eliminate the King’s Shield Guard."

Bologue didn’t hear what Kemp said afterward; at this moment, two fragmented pieces of information in his mind became connected.

"King’s Shield Guard, transaction with the Tyrant... on the other end, an Evil Spirit."

Bologue sighed deeply as his muddled gaze became clear.

King’s Shield Guard.

Split from the King’s Secret Sword, loyal to the Shadow King, a mysterious organization. The Order Bureau had only come into contact with them twice, once at an auction held by the Gray Trade Association and once during the temporal disorder event.

The Order Bureau had captured members of the King’s Shield Guard, but from subsequent events, even Crow’s Nest couldn’t extract anything from these people’s minds, and in further cleansings, the Order Bureau hadn’t obtained more information about the King’s Shield Guard.

Now Kemp’s words reminded Bologue that the King’s Shield Guard might still exist within the Great Rift and that they might likely be under the Tyrant’s protection.

The more he thought, the more Bologue agreed with this possibility. Under the Order Bureau’s high-pressure rule, how could the King’s Shield Guard disappear without a trace? Someone must be protecting them, but in this Oubos, apart from the Devil, who else could completely block the Order Bureau’s investigation?

"I think even if that’s the case, the Order Bureau won’t agree, right?"

Bologue said indifferently, "The Order Bureau needs to weaken the King’s Secret Sword as much as possible. Not to mention eliminating the King’s Shield Guard, if they could, the Order Bureau would even sponsor the King’s Shield Guard, wouldn’t they?"

Both sides entering a sustained war of attrition is what the Order Bureau most likes to see.

"We think the same, but the specific situation... who knows?"

Kemp couldn’t figure out the affairs of those bigwigs. For now, he’s just an ordinary small clerk, but he’s hopeful for his future, thinking he will eventually become someone like Yas.

"Everything depends on the Decision Room’s decision."

Bologue nodded, murmuring, "The all-powerful Decision Room."

You can’t rely on the Decision Room for everything.

Bologue’s words and thoughts didn’t align; he verbally expressed complete trust in the Decision Room, but he had a hidden worry that the Order Bureau seemed somewhat overly dependent on the Decision Room, like the Devil, near-omniscient and omnipotent, just blindly and foolishly executing.