Chapter 57: The Wind Rises and the Rain Falls, and the Night is Coming
The year 1121 of the Tianyuan calendar.
December 1.
overcast to light rain,
Locally heavy rain.
For the vast majority of ordinary office workers and students in the city of Tokyo, this is just a simple day off at the end of this fall.
When the weather is bad, lie down at home and sleep lazy, and when you wake up, turn on the TV and watch the news.
However, after changing a few stations in a row, you will find that today's major channels across the country are carrying out the same live broadcast at the same time - the TV picture shows a middle-aged bald man being interviewed in the sea breeze in the port, surrounded by countless media reporters carrying long guns and short guns.
"This public execution is of great significance to Wano Country, and I believe that it can effectively further consolidate law and order in the East China Sea, and at the same time issue a serious warning to the illegal and criminal groups of pirates and evil forces, and also provide a practical guarantee for the safety of the people's trade, import and export property."
"The Metropolitan Police Department of New Tokyo has made a solemn promise: we will clean up and complete all the industries of Sigmenger Company in the city with Operation Thunder in the next month, and create a safe and happy urban living environment for everyone, and we ask everyone to place more trust and cooperation on our Metropolitan Police Department."
As soon as the middle-aged man finished speaking, a swarm of reporters rushed up and rushed to hand over the microphone in his hand, lest the world throw out sharp questions one after another.
"Minister Takagimoto! Minister Takakimoto! I'm a reporter for Kanto Shimbun... Where does the Metropolitan Police Department's confidence come from in the face of the high number of disappearances and the large number of protests against the families of the missing who have been protesting in the past six months? Did Director Matsumoto publicly bow and apologize at the Metropolitan Police Department building last week? Will the people wait for a month to bow and apologize? ”
"Minister Takakimoto, I'm a reporter from Shin-Tokyo TV, and someone revealed that the execution was a member of the 'Sakamoto no Dragon' pirates, and it is recorded that Sakamoto no Ryu was a fighter in history against the Celestials, does this execution represent a betrayal of history by Wano Country?"
"Minister Takagimoto, I heard that a total of eight warships were mobilized for today's execution, and the captains of the thirteen teams of the third investigation team dispatched ten, and even dispatched three absolute capable people from the royal family behind Sakurada Gate, plus Adams, one of the twelve rulings of the Adjudication Division. The elite under Inquisitor Karl, and Councilor Hope, who watched the execution...... Hiss! With so many top abilities, I feel like I can beat even a small country, right? Are we afraid of something? ”
“......”
In the face of the questions thrown one after another by the reporters bombarded indiscriminately, Shin Takagi, the head of the Metropolitan Police Department, was quickly overwhelmed, and the deputy director of the department, Matsumoto, who was next to him, quickly wiped the sweat from his forehead.
As soon as he came up, a female reporter put the microphone to his mouth - this familiar strangeness was really not a taste, and the questions asked made him unable to answer.
"Director Matsumoto, this execution of the Celestial Ruling Division will be on the spot to observe the execution, may I ask if this means that the Wano Country and the World Government will jointly enforce the law, and in the future, will the Celestial People violate the laws and regulations of the Wano Country have the opportunity to be treated equally... Director Matsumoto! Commissioner! Please answer positively! ”
What to answer, what to answer!
Even if the Celestials break the law in the Wano Country, they can only be handed over to the Celestial Judgment Division, where do they have the right to dispose of the Celestials, these fart people are really comfortable for too long and have forgotten the turmoil of the past.
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At some point, the flag of the harbor was tightened by the sea breeze, and in the far sky, thick rain clouds that rolled like mountains silently announced that the Rising Sun Harbor belonged to the local area in the weather forecast.
On the execution table in the harbor,
Suddenly, there was a neat row of gunfire!
This is not a signal of execution or execution, but a warning shot before the execution, to show the law and the majesty of the Metropolitan Police Department, and the actual time of execution is at 3 p.m.
Despite this, the vacated square in the middle of the harbor was becoming more and more crowded.
Six major television stations, including Wano Country NHK, Asahi and Shin-Tokyo, have set up countless broadcast booths on the scene, and the huge cameras on the crane are aimed at the scene like huge cannon barrels, and many wireless hanging cameras are arranged around it, so faithful that all the noteworthy and vigilant details of the scene are gathered and transmitted back to the main control room of the port site like a patrolman.
......
Directly above the execution table.
A row of big people whose names could be called on television sat solemnly or calmly, and in the aisles behind them and in the aisles on either side were rows of enforcers in navy blue uniforms or dark uniforms of the Adjudication Division, all of them pressing their hands on their weapons without squinting.
Before they came, they knew more or less what they were going to face today, and everyone had nerves on their faces, not smiling, just waiting for the big men in front of them to give an order to tear the offender to pieces.
That's right, all the people at the execution site today are superpowers of the fourth order or above, and ordinary people can only become sad cannon fodder in the battle between people with this ability.
However, before the execution in the afternoon, there were many enthusiastic people who came to the scene in the morning.
The cameraman in the main control room controls the suspended boom camera, and the camera slowly sweeps over the faces of the people, who are either excited or numb, sincere or disguised.
In the corner of the crowd, a beautiful female reporter from Fujitai wearing a black down jacket and short skirt and boots was randomly interviewed by a crowd of interviewees, an ordinary middle-aged man, whose eyes were a little evasive when facing the camera.
"Do you support the public execution of this pirate?"
"Branch... In the tank! Yes, of course! ”
"What an uncle with a sense of justice! May you ask why? ”
"My father was once a seaman on a trading ship, and he died in the battle of the evil pirates who plundered ships, and these pirates should have died a long time ago! Justice will prevail! ”
Speaking of excitement, he raised his clenched fist at the camera.
Unexpectedly, at this time, a young man suddenly poured into the camera and asked angrily, "Justice will prevail?" Are you kidding! Then why don't you execute those damn celestials as well, my sister was killed..."
Snort!
In the sound of electricity,
Fuji TV's screen turned.
"The following is an entertainment news, a well-known male artist cheated on a married female artist in marriage, the reporter photographed the two of them entering the hotel together to spend a good night, and the male artist left the hotel at three o'clock in the morning with the help of the wall..."
Burst!
At the container toll booth of the offshore port not far from the execution site, Higashinohara, who was in charge of registration in blue overalls, watched the live broadcast on his mobile phone that was suddenly cut off...
I almost didn't have a mouthful of water.
This Fujitai is quite sassy...
Knock knock!
At this moment, there was a knocking sound from the rain-dappled window next to it.
An uncle in his forties carried two set meal bento boxes in his hand, pushed one through the open window, and said with a smile:
"Little brother is lucky, today's work is ten times less than before, the boss said that this place will be cleared in the afternoon, and you will go home directly after the last batch of containers are registered."
"Okay, thanks."
Higashinohara took the working meal from the window.
When I opened it, there were two meats and one vegetarian and a small portion of miso soup, and the food was okay.
Do you want to clear the venue in the afternoon?
It seems that today's execution will not go so smoothly.
Although Higashinohara didn't know what the inside story was, he wasn't stupid, and he knew what they were guarding against just by looking at the solid formation at the execution site today.
I heard that today there are also three seventh-order absolute abilities dispatched behind the Sakurada Gate, all of whom are "strategic-level talents" in Wano Country, respectively, the controller of talent sequence 33 [Burning Sun] Purgatory Qianyan, the talent sequence 36 [Ice Pivot] controller of Kurosu Taidou, and the talent sequence 32 [Shadowless] controller Gen Shinichi.
Gen Shinichi is said to have been born in the imperial family, is the imperial uncle of the contemporary emperor, and only awakened his ability at the age of thirty-three, and then became obsessed with the kendo collection of several swordsmanship schools, and realized his own "shadowless sword stream", becoming a well-known swordsman in Wano Country.
These three "strategic-level talents" of Wano Country are not suspended in any department, and they only sit in the palace behind the Sakurada Gate, and it is difficult to meet any of them on weekdays, let alone meet three of them together today.
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I don't know when, the black python in the distance was entrenched in the sky above the Rising Sun Harbor, and in a thunderous explosion, it crackled and fell overwhelming raindrops.
The whining sea breeze in the harbor became wilder and wilder, and the raindrops the size of beans smashed people's cheeks red and ached.
The wind and rain are coming...
After eating, Higashinohara packed up the toll booth registration form and changed into his work clothes.
When he changed into his clothes, he inadvertently cast a glance through the glass, and Higashinohara suddenly saw the undulating black waves on the sea surface in the distance of the Rising Sun Harbor, only to see a huge black shadow tearing through the dark clouds above his head and the black waves under his feet, and rushed towards the Rising Sun Harbor in such a long way.
The next moment,
A huge wave swept over the sea!
Behind the black shadows, more black shadows are like shark dorsal fins that keep surfacing the sea, cutting through the raging black tide in the heavy rain and riding the wind and waves towards the harbor.
Vaguely, you can see that the black shadow in the front is wrapped in a huge black dragon flag.
Woo——!
The next moment!
A loud whistle resounded in the harbor!
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