In the past few days after Nishimaru Miri's return, even though Higashinohara didn't take the initiative to ask, the little girl would be okay and would tell her her the interesting things that happened in her new home.

He and Tokugawa Kuritaka have never been masked, and through Nishimaru Miri's description, they probably also sketched each other's images in their minds - amiable, kind-hearted, and childlike middle-aged people.

Until today.

When Tokugawa Kurita stood in front of Higashinohara, his eyes stared into his eyes without hesitation.

The moment the other party asked this sentence, Higashinohara seemed to be standing in front of a chestnut-colored tiger, and all that came to his face was a thick sense of solemnity and coldness, how could there be a little kindness.

If it had been placed in the past, this terrifying momentum alone would have scared people to the ground.

But now although Higashinohara's real strength is far inferior to the other party, his mentality has changed completely, and after taking a slight breath to calm down his emotions, he calmly frowned and asked, "Not here, I didn't know she was coming, is Xiao Weili gone?" ”

There is a bit of a question in this statement.

People are adopted by you.

Why did you disappear out of nowhere?

Tokugawa Kurita looked at the sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy in front of him with some surprise, he must have investigated the background of Higashinohara.

Nishimaru Miri's identity is special, and originally he didn't recommend going to Higashinohara to play often.

But remembering that the little girl had suffered such an ordeal, and finally met a former friend, after thinking about it, he still didn't stop it, but just sent someone to protect him secretly.

Unexpectedly, the man behind him who was the driver and bodyguard suddenly called him in a hurry today, saying that the person was gone in a blink of an eye, and Tokugawa Kurita put down the work at hand and hurried to find Higashinohara, a "playmate", thinking of using the momentum to press the other party to see if there was anything to hide.

Unexpectedly, the other party's heart was unexpectedly firm, and he was unmoved in the face of his might.

Tokugawa Kurita took a breath, calmed down his emotions, and then said again, "Hello, I'm Tokugawa Kuritaka, the stepfather of Nishimaru Miri. ”

"Hello, Miri often mentions you." Higashinohara Road.

"Haven't you seen her all afternoon?" Tokugawa Kurita asked.

Higashinohara shook his head and frowned, "Yes, I met at school once at noon, but she didn't tell me to come over in the afternoon." ”

Tokugawa Kurita looked at Higashinohara's calm expression and did not seem to be a fake, plus there was no doubt about the innocence of the young man's background, and his brows suddenly tightened, "That's strange..."

Higashinohara knew what he was strange about.

As the leader of the 3rd Investigation Team of the New Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, Nishimaru Miri, as his righteous daughter, can be said to be the safest in this city, and if anyone thinks of touching her, they must consider the consequences - to bear the wrath of a seventh-order absolute ability and the pursuit of the thirteen superpowers of the Metropolitan Police Department.

No matter how you think about it, no one dares to die like this.

At this time, Higashinohara suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and he remembered the news he had seen recently.

With the execution of the pirate cadres approaching next month, there have been many celestial nobles from Shangjing in New Tokyo recently, acting unscrupulously, and causing a lot of evil things, all of which have been pressured by the high-level leaders above to "take care of the overall situation" into the mainstream media to prohibit reporting, and only some small newspapers and media that have taken the opportunity to steal traffic are secretly reporting, but they still cause a lot of public complaints on the Internet.

Higashinohara had seen the image of Masamaten Kusao and the "doctor" in the [Sin Handbook] in his mind, and knew that the Sigmund International Trading Company to which he belonged was backed by Congressman Hope, who is now in the upper house of the Celestial People in the capital area of Shanghai.

Congressman Hope recently arrived in New Tokyo to watch the sentence.

Nishimaru Miri was numbered 001 at that exhibition, which shows that she is still very valued by the Sigmund Company, although she escaped death from the Sigmund Trading Company in a series of accidents, but now that the boss behind the other party appears in New Tokyo, if you learn the news that she survived, will there be any more thoughts in your heart.

He had a sharp mind and quickly thought of it.

Tokugawa Chestnut Tiger also seemed to realize something, and a shadow suddenly appeared on his face.

"Do you need to come in and sit down?"

Higashinohara took the initiative to get out of the way.

Tokugawa Kurita glanced inside, the room was small and clear at a glance, shook his head and said, "No, I still have something to deal with, if Miri contacts Higashino-kun, please notify me in time." ”

"Okay, if Tokugawa-sama has news, please let me know as well."

Higashinohara paused and said:

"I'm going to help you in any way I can."

Tokugawa Kurithu didn't take the help of Higashinohara's "ability" too seriously, if the disappearance of Nishimaru Miri really had something to do with those celestials, at this juncture, even his strength and identity would fall into passivity, what could a high school student in Higashinohara help?

"There is Lao Dongye-kun who is concerned."

"Yes, Miri is my friend." Higashinohara Road.

......

After saying goodbye at the door, Tokugawa Kurita left in a hurry, Higashinohara stared at the back of Tokugawa Kurifa going downstairs, turned back to the room and took out his mobile phone.

He was never a passive waiting character.

Since he guessed that there was a possibility of Councilor Hope, he didn't know where the other party was now, but he knew where he would be tomorrow - that was the pirate execution ground on Rising Sun Island.

Rising Sun Island is actually an artificial island in the land reclamation plan of the new Tokyo government a hundred years ago, and is connected to Shibaura, a port area in the northwest direction by a bridge that is no less long than the Rainbow Bridge and spans the northern part of Tokyo Bay.

The execution of the pirate cadres was on the Rising Sun Island, which is one of the top three in the country.

Tomorrow, December 1st, happens to be the weekend.

What Higashinohara has to do is very simple, that is, take out the app to find a part-time job and search for part-time jobs in Rising Sun Port - that kind of place has a strong turnover of people, and there is a large employment gap every week, while young people in New Tokyo are more inclined to work in convenience stores and cafes, and most of the people who go to Rising Sun Port to find work are middle-aged people.

He just sent his resume with one click.

Within minutes, several messages popped up in the chat window below, some of which also said that the shuttle bus and ferry transfers were free.

Higashinohara suddenly narrowed his eyes and carefully picked them up.

He knew it in his heart.

This time there may be danger.

But living in such a world, if the people around you compromise and shrink their heads when they encounter danger, then life is inevitably too sad.

......

And when Higashinohara targeted his suspicions on Councilor Hope, at the same time, in the top suite of the Celestial Hotel, Councilor Hope also received a sudden report.

"Joshua is missing?"

Councillor Hope's eyes narrowed slightly.

The henchman in front of him in a black suit nodded, and reported with some embarrassment on his face, "Well, he went to follow that little girl named Nishimaru Miri, he originally wanted to do it today, we contacted every ten minutes, but after he told me ten minutes ago that he was going to do it, he couldn't get in touch until now, and there was no response." ”

Councilor Hope sat upright on the sofa, leaned back slightly, rubbed the blood jade wrench on his index finger, and said thoughtfully, "Joshua is a peak superpower of the sixth order and 5th stage, and he also has the [bloodthirsty] talent of the Heavenly Wolf Clan...... Even if you encounter an ordinary person with absolute ability, you can send back a warning message, right? ”

Speaking of this, he paused, his face a little gloomy, "Could it be that the tiger did it himself?" But he should be at the Metropolitan Police Department in the afternoon to attend the operational meeting of tomorrow's execution, interesting... Is there still a human being in Wano Country who dares to provoke us? ”

The subordinates who came to report obviously didn't find any clues, and the suite suddenly fell silent - only the sound of a girl with a bloody neck torn open by the pool not far away, slowly dying in convulsions.

The report's subordinates have long been accustomed to this, it is just Lord Hope's [tonic], and it will be cleaned up later.

Jingle bells—!

But without warning, the silence was shattered by the sudden ringing of the phone in the suite.

Councillor Hope raised his eyes slightly, and quietly glanced at his subordinates.

The latter walked over knowingly and picked up the phone.

I pressed the hands-free.

"Hey."

“......”

"Who are you?"

“......”

"Don't you speak?"

“......”

There was silence on the other end of the line.

Just as he was about to hang up the phone, a man's chuckle suddenly came from the other end of the phone.

"You want that little girl so much.... Right... Why don't we make a deal? ”

"She's in your hands?"

"That's right."

The subordinate suddenly stiffened, turned his head and glanced at Hope behind him.

Councillor Hope had already gotten up and walked over.

"Deal? Who are you? ”

He asked with a slight squint.

There was silence on the other end of the line again.

Moments later,

The voice rang out again.

"Sorry, something just happened."

"Who am I?

Scold... Maybe you could call me a... Doctor. ”

......