"Kohei !!"

When Higashino walked downstairs, a dilapidated sedan stopped in front of him.

Getting out of the car was Sousuke Araki and Ryoma before the second one.

“…… Are you alright, I heard that there were more than a dozen shootouts last night......"

Two days ago, Ryoma got out of the car and immediately reached out and groped on Higashino Kohei.

After confirming that the other party was not injured and safe and sound, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Kohei ......"

Sousuke Araki and Kohei Higashino looked at each other, opening their mouths slightly, but they didn't know where to start.

Through an acquaintance in Nura's Fist, after learning that Higashino Kohei had returned to Yokohama, he and Ryoma rushed over in a hurry.

"Sousuke, you don't have to persuade me...... I'm not the same as I used to be......"

Looking at the partners in front of him who have grown up together for more than 20 years, Higashino Kohei naturally knows what the other party means.

He sighed slightly, took out a cigarette and lit it.

Now that he knew that he was fighting more than just Jidao, he was even more reluctant to involve the two of them in danger.

At the same time, another car stopped in front of the three people.

"Brother Zhang woke you up, so I accompanied him to see the president."

In the passenger seat, it was Li Mingcong.

"Hey, Kohei, let's help...... Even if it's to pick you up next to you, help you run away afterwards, smuggle into Somalia, etc., I've been in touch for the past two days, and I've made up a sum of money with Sousuke. ”

Hearing the word "president", Higashino Kohei frowned, no longer paid attention to the broken thoughts of the second front Ryoma, turned around and got into the car.

"You two idiots...... Go back, no one will be able to walk with me on this road of atonement......"

"Bang."

At the same time, in the shocked eyes of the two, the tall black-robed priest also put on his clothes, turned over and jumped from the second-floor window, and landed directly on the roof of the car.

"20 centimeters per second?! Didn't he return home? ”

"This guy and Kohei must be planning something!"

The car started with a catapult, and only Sousuke Araki and the others looked at the priest who was squatting on the roof of the car and left, looking at each other.

"Bastard...... Kohei! I will definitely prove that no matter what the road is, you are not alone!! ”

Among the remaining exhaust fumes of the car, only Sousuke Araki roared unwillingly.

"Let's be clear first, I won't stop you from taking revenge. On the other hand, I'm going to find out what the guys in Evil Flower have been doing for the past few days......"

Squatting firmly on the top of the fast-moving car, Siena stretched out a large philosophical hand to Kohei Higashino under him.

"You also saw the giant before, Kazuo Tendo and Evil Hua, they have an inexplicable relationship, and naturally it will not be as simple as an ordinary extreme way. In the face of a power that does not belong to human beings, you brothers are just going to die in vain......"

The other party's words couldn't help but make Higashino Kohei frown.

Last night, the tragic situation of the members of the Blue Dragon Knife who died at the hands of that giant is still vivid.

“…… Why don't you join forces with me, who is a professional soul slayer, and help you deal with that guy before you think about going back to the Holy See with me? ”

Siena waved his outstretched palm again and proposed.

"Hey, teaming up can ...... After that, more on that later. ”

After a deep groan, Higashino Kohei sneered and reached out to pat the priest's big hand.

Anyway, all I want is to borrow all the power I can borrow to avenge Reiko, and after that......

……

Seto Inland Sea.

The moon wheel rises from the place where the water and the sky meet, and the microwave sea surface is sprinkled with silver light in an instant.

Several large salvage ships are floating in the sea.

From time to time, frogmen emerge from the surface of the sea and jump down again.

"How's it going, is there a catch?"

On one of the salvage boats, Ayano Mochizuki, wrapped in a thick trench coat, lay on the guardrail like a small animal, looking sadly at the bright moon reflected on the sea.

No matter how bright the moonlight is, it can't reflect the undercurrent surging under the surface of the sea.

“…… I'm sorry, Mr. Mochizuki, but I haven't found anything new yet......"

Behind her, an officer in the white uniform of the Maritime Self-Defense Force shook his head with a solemn expression.

A week ago, after the Red Cross private plane crashed into the area for unknown reasons, the Maritime Self-Defense Force and professional fishing companies immediately intervened and organized rescue and fishing operations.

Due to its location in the offshore waters, it is not very difficult to fish, and because of the international affairs involved, the fishing company immediately dispatched the most advanced towed acoustic locator and the "tuna" automatic underwater vehicle.

However, the first body found in the wreckage of the fuselage six hours later silenced everyone at the scene.

It was a blackened female corpse.

According to a preliminary autopsy at the scene, the body had mutilated limbs and visible signs of gnawing and burning on the wounds.

Just when everyone thought that the body had sunk to the bottom of the sea after the plane exploded and was eaten by fish, the forensic doctor found a large amount of undigested food in the stomach of the corpse, as well as ......

The stump of the human body.

Immediately afterwards, the black box brought back by the tuna automatic underwater vehicle made the cause of the entire air crash even more confusing.

According to the content of the cockpit voice record in the black box, half an hour before the plane fell, the captain and co-pilot, after feeling hungry and asking for a meal in advance, began to repeat "hungry" and "hungry" like wild beasts.

In the last ten minutes or so before the fall, all that remained was the sound of a beast tearing and chewing flesh.

Because the cause of this air crash was strange and involved people from the Holy See, Lesson 9 naturally accepted the investigation mission, and Mochizuki Ayano also rushed to the scene to assist in fishing as soon as he received the news.

Today, it is the sixth day of the crash, and the fishing work is nearing its end.

With the professional equipment and strong analytical ability of the ninth lesson, what happened on those corpses has been roughly restored.

Ten minutes after takeoff and reaching the bottom of the stratosphere, the flight attendants served four meals to the cockpit during irregular meal times.

After that, the three flight attendants of the flight crew were also in the "kitchen" and ate the plane meal that could be eaten by about 20 passengers.

After eating all the food in front of them, their already broken stomachs still seemed to be difficult to satisfy......

The contents of the corpse's stomach showed that after that, like wild beasts that did not know pain and chose to devour people, they began to devour everything around them that could and could not be eaten, including their companions...... as well as their own bodies.

The report related to this air crash will presumably be sealed forever in the top-secret archives of Lesson 9, just like any other case.

But as it approached a week, and the fishing was nearing its end, there was still no sign of Siena.

"Perhaps, the priest's body was washed away by the current......

Seeing Mochizuki Ayano's thoughts, the officer on the side calmly analyzed.

Theoretically, it is very difficult to have survivors of such an air crash.

"I'm not worried about this ......"

Mochizuki Ayano shook her head.

"If anyone can survive this plane crash, it must be Uncle Siena......"

With Siena's strength, the fact that the body was not caught can only mean that he is still alive.

Then, what needs to be worried should be his enemies.