Endless Debt

"Palmer Clarks."

Lebius picked up the file of "Crow's Nest", which was the name of the new team member.

“Born from the famous Condensing Family, the Clerks family.

As the eldest son of the family, he received a complete elite education from an early age and studied at the Rhine League Military Academy in college.

During his college years, Palmer performed amazingly, maintaining extremely excellent results in both theoretical classes, practical combat, and physical training, and later graduated with the first grade in his grade. "

Seeing this, this resume can be regarded as "perfect", but Lebius knows very well that the "perfection" in front of him is just an illusion. If Palmer is really that good, "Crow's Nest" will not be so easily If he is released, Ivan will no longer have such an attitude towards his nephew, the future successor of the family.

"Because the Clerks family has maintained a long-term cooperation with the Order Bureau, he joined the Order Bureau after graduating from college. He passed all assessments with perfect scores. In his first year of work, he even won the Best New Employee of the Year Award. "

Lebius's voice paused.

"But in subsequent work, Palmer's bad qualities gradually emerged. After many missions, it was discovered that Palmer has an extremely 'flexible' bottom line of loyalty. When necessary, he will choose to betray the organization, but again, in After ensuring his own safety, he will choose to continue performing tasks and serve the organization."

While Lebius was talking, his eyes glanced at Ivan. For the first time, the cold Ivan looked a little ashamed and avoided Lebius's gaze.

As the intelligence department that needs loyalty the most, it is a shame for the entire department to recruit such a person. The reason why "Crow's Nest" can let people go so happily is probably because of this.

"After that, several loyalty tests were conducted on Palmer, and he passed with qualified performance. During the subsequent observation period and several missions, Palmer also demonstrated his outstanding talents. Of course, among them There were still several acts of surrender to the enemy, which he justified as 'expediency'."

"Stop talking, he is simply a disgrace to the Klekes family. I don't understand why you chose him, just because he is a debtor?"

Ivan couldn't help it anymore, and his cold words were filled with anger.

For Palmer Clerks, the shining star and future successor of the Clerks family, everything was perfect, but until he got to work, everything changed.

He finally lost his pretense of being a good student and turned into such a shameful person.

"No, he is actually very good. Haven't you discovered it yet? In so many critical missions, he successfully completed the missions and saved himself. Although he had surrendered to the enemy, in the end it was he who personally dealt with them. people.

There is no problem with Palmer's loyalty, otherwise the Bureau of Order would not have chosen him. It's just that this guy likes to surrender to the enemy too much as a means of coping, right? "

Lebius said and looked at Ivan, paused for a few seconds, and Ivan said helplessly.

“Then we pushed him to the limit and it almost killed him, but it really proved his loyalty.

As you said, he just likes to surrender to the enemy as a means. In his words, instead of being tortured, it is better to reveal some unnecessary information and avoid some physical pain. "

When they heard about the extreme test, both Jeffrey and Yas had a little panic on their expressions. They knew exactly what it was. In fact, Boluogo had also experienced an extreme test, but the direction of the test was different. But after listening These people all wanted to laugh at the second half of Ivan's words.

"But extreme tests are not disclosed to the public. Palmer's behavior is well known to everyone. Since then, everyone has known that there is such a comedian in the Clarks family."

This time, even an indifferent person like Ivan had a hint of complaint on his face.

Lebius said as he gently ran his fingers over the paper, feeling the roughness on it.

"This is his disguise, disguising himself as someone like this... I can feel it."

Looking at the unfortunate face in the photo, Lebius had a high appreciation for Palmer.

"What we need is not the strong, but the fittest."

"Only the fittest can survive, and only the fittest can win the final victory, just like this."

Lebius looked at the last paragraph of the information and read.

"A misjudgment by the 'Crow's Nest' caused Palmer's Iron Whistle team to mistakenly enter the scene of an evil ritual and fall into the siege of the enemy. They were bound to die, but Palmer saved everyone in the team. People, and also solved the enemy by the way.

He first used surrender to the enemy and engaged in endless nonsense and dealings with the enemy to delay time. After realizing that even if he surrendered to the enemy, he would be treated as a sacrifice, he simply facilitated the ceremony and usurped the power of the ceremony. "

This line of text is marked with three red lines. Only people with level three permissions can see these words. People with lower permissions can only see blurry handwriting.

Lebius read.

"It was a ritual to summon the devil, and Palmer facilitated the ritual, summoned the devil, and made a deal with him."

Seeing the next words, even Lebius couldn't help but smile.

"Palmer actually tried to play the devil by making a wish but signing it with someone else's name - his boss's name."

Ivan's face turned dark. No need for Lebius to tell him, everyone else knew whose name Palmer signed.

"This trick was too simple. It was an insult to the devil's intelligence. The devil saw through it at a glance, but instead of getting angry, it found Palmer very interesting and gave him a 'gift', making him a debtor and relying on him. With that 'gift', he led his team to successfully fight out."

Looking at the description of Palmer's "gift", Lebius raised his head and looked at Ivan.

"Is this the reason why you, the Crow's Nest, want to drive him out? It's not because of the loyalty test, nor his casual attitude, but just because of this fatal 'gift'?"

Ivan was silent, and finally sighed helplessly.

"Yes, as you said, Palmer is very good. His flexible mind is like a natural intelligence agent. No matter what the complex situation is, he can let this guy find a way to survive... Of course, most of the time , he will choose to surrender to the enemy, this simple and efficient method.

But what intelligence work needs is 'stability', absolute 'stability'. We can accept and tolerate everything Palmer did before, but his 'gift' is really terrible. Maybe there is a coincidence of collision. , will cause a disaster. "

As the words continued, Ivan looked more and more decadent. From the side, it can be seen that Palmer had a great influence on "Crow's Nest".

"But...since you want it so much, we can only reluctantly give up."

Finally, Ivan gave Lebius a bad smile.

…

"What information do you want to know?"

"The location of the Order Bureau." Eugene asked.

For those like Eugene who are outside the major forces, the Bureau of Order is like a mysterious legend. They know very well that this behemoth is stationed in Opos, but no one knows its origins. The location, as if it were in another dimension.

"Well..."

Palmer looked to the side. The walls of this building were not sealed yet, and he could easily see the outside world, so Palmer saw it at a glance.

The black and gray obelisk stands among the steel buildings, almost supporting the sky and the earth.

This is a scene that only those who have been approved by the "Kenshi" can see, otherwise the powerful cognitive distortion will affect everyone who tries to pry into the "Kenshi".

"No. 77, Linna District!"

Palmer said without hesitation.

"real?"

Eugene was stunned. He never expected that he could get the address of the Bureau of Order so easily.

"Really, I didn't lie."

Palmer thought to himself, "Only part of the lie."

silence.

Eugene and the thugs were silent. They exchanged glances with each other and responded silently. Then Eugene grabbed Palmer's head with both hands and squeezed hard.

"It hurts, it hurts! Head! Head!"

Palmer screamed, feeling as if his head had been inserted into a hydraulic press, and he was about to be crushed.

"Are you really from the Order Bureau?"

Palmer is from the Bureau of Order, and Eugene knows this very well. Under the current situation, only the Bureau of Order will come to trouble them, but after Palmer's frank words, Eugene still has to doubt.

Eugene has dealt with the Bureau of Order a lot and escaped death many times, so he knows exactly what kind of people they are.

But now Palmer has completely shattered his nightmare and turned it into a comical performance.

What kind of person did the Order Bureau recruit? A guy like Palmer wouldn't want him even if he hired his own thugs. Is this guy a well-connected person who only entered the Order Bureau through the back door?

Thinking back on his experience of capturing Palmer, Eugene even began to wonder if what he was doing was a conspiracy against him.

"It's true! It's true! I have a 'pass' in my pocket!"

Palmer screamed.

Eugene slowly let go of Palmer's head and signaled to the thug on the side. The man put down the long knife in his hand, walked over, dug into Palmer's pocket, and found a badge from it. .

A badge of chains and swords.

"Look, you've all seen the logo of the Bureau of Order," Palmer said.

Silence again.

Eugene had seen this sign. He still remembered that when he first entered the supernatural world, the person who led him said that if he saw such a sign, it was best to stay away.

"It seems like the Bureau of Order really hired a bad guy."

Eugene probably believed Palmer and comforted himself in his heart. Even if there were a few moles in the Bureau of Order, it should be quite reasonable.

Palmer continued to smile ingratiatingly, as if he didn't answer anything.

"So...who are you? You betrayed the Bureau of Order so easily. I'm curious about your name."

Eugene played with the switchblade in his hand and looked at Palmer with cold eyes.

Palmer did not hesitate and answered almost the moment Eugene asked.

"Ivan."

Palmer said without changing his expression.

"My name is Ivan Krex."