Upper Kyoto City Circle.

In the early winter, the sun overhead hangs like a warm boiled egg over the building, the pale yellow light shining through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows seems to have died of temperature, and the wind from the upper floors pours into the windows to bring a slight chill.

Top of the World Bank Building.

An old man in a furry coat walked to the window, closed the window, and sat back on his black office chair that had been with him for many years.

Despite this, no one dared to look down on the old man in front of him, who was not tall.

Including the man sitting in the dim light on the opposite side of the LCD screen video on the wall at this time, one of the twelve ruling envoys of the ruling division, the highest official violence agency of the world government, the eighth-order demigod-level ability, and the eleventh ruling envoy Marcas. Rhine.

The old man sitting in the chair in front of him is the contemporary patriarch of the Tianhu Bart family, who is in charge of most of the world's government financial industry, and the current president of the World Bank. Bart.

Bettencourt. Bart picked up the cup on the table next to him, took a sip gently, put down the teacup and put his hands flat on the chair, looked at the video phone with a gentle face, and said, "Actually, our goals are the same, and there will be no conflict in the execution process." ”

On the other end of the video communication, Marcas. Rhine squinted slightly and said, "Isn't there a conflict?" How did I hear that some pirates are unscrupulously causing terror in New Tokyo and interfering with the official duties of my inquisitors? ”

"Interference?"

The old man's cloudy eyes occasionally flashed with light, revealing a kind of wisdom that saw through the world, "In my opinion, it is just assistance, maybe the means and methods are a little rougher." ”

Marcus. Rhine was silent for a moment.

He didn't say anything like "how many innocent human beings will die with your crude assistance", because their race and status meant that they couldn't care about it in their hearts, and such high-sounding words would only make people feel hypocritical.

Rhine paused, and said, "Perhaps without this assistance, Inquisitor Mick would have been able to accomplish his task better." ”

"Inquisitor Mick?"

The old man hesitated for a moment, and a smile appeared on his face, "Is it the mixed-race child back then?" I didn't expect him to be on his own. ”

Marcus. Rhine said softly, "At the peak of the fifth rank of the seventh order, Mick has already achieved the realm contraction, if he can successfully advance to the eighth order in his lifetime, I am ready to let him take my place." ”

"Having said that, that kid has a somewhat stubborn and upright personality, and the person you sent to assist would be more than lucky if there was a conflict with him, so I advise you..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the old man waving his hand with a smile on his face.

"The peak of the seventh order and the 5th stage... It's a great talent. ”

The old man smiled and stroked the leather on the armrest of his office chair, "But if there is a conflict, I think you should be worried about Mick's child, I may have forgotten to mention that the pirate sent out to assist this time is Thiago from the side branch of the Celestial Snake family. Murphy, he has mastered the use of compound abilities. ”

Compounding capabilities?

Marcus. Rhine couldn't help frowning slightly.

If a seventh-order absolute ability person wants to climb to the pinnacle 5th stage, he must comprehend the mystery of [domain contraction] from the [domain expansion], so as to lay the foundation for the power of the [rules] controlled by the eighth-order demigod-level ability.

For those with their own racial talents, the absolute ability of celestials and men, after the seventh-order peak sensed that the realm contracted, a small number of extremely talented people could still comprehend the subtleties between their own racial innate abilities and awakened innate abilities, and complete the compound of innate abilities, and their strength was also raised to a higher level, and even helped to impact the mountain-like barrier above the seventh-order peak to advance to the eighth order.

The old man noticed Rhine's silence, his fingers tapped lightly on the armrest, and after a moment he suddenly said straight to the point, "I wonder if the Rhine ruling has considered other successors, such as... The child of the side branch of the Celestial Serpent Clan, Thiago. Murphy? ”

This old fox still wants to install his own power in the Judgment Division?

Marcus. Rhine raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "Pirates can also be judges?" You must be kidding, right? ”

"What's the difference?"

The old man said meaningfully, and then said, "If Thiago of the Celestial Snake clan can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, then we will not only have a strong and powerful adjudicator to succeed us, but also one less enemy on the western sea, I believe that the Rhine adjudicator does not want to see another 'Corleone' on the western sea, just like me." ”

Corleone Pirates.

One of the new "Four Kings of the West Sea".

The man who broke out of the Nine Heavens and Men back then, and now the heroic hero on the sea, is an out-and-out legend in both the pirates of the West Sea and the legends within the world government, and he is also a person who gives the world government a headache and has to cooperate with it from time to time.

Thiago. If Murphy really mastered the compound ability at the peak of the seventh order, he could really be described as a person with outstanding talent, and if he continued to grow up according to this momentum, he could really become the "Four Kings of the West Sea" of the next generation.

Marcus. The Rhine is actually very clear.

No matter what his personal purpose was, the old fox of the Bart family in front of him was not wrong on this point.

The reputation of the Thiago Pirates is countless times worse than that of the Corleone Pirates, if it really makes him a climate in the West Sea, it is undoubtedly not good news for the world government, and it is undoubtedly a win-win situation for the world government to use a twelve-ruling to envelop the position of the successor before the other party grows up to the eighth order.

But Mick. What about Joa's kid?

He's got a lot of talent, too.

Marcus. Rhein frowned, his heart wavering.

Seeing this, the old man on the other end of the video communication was not in a hurry, and picked up the teacup with a gentle smile on his face, waiting for the decision of the adjudicator on the other side.

Others say that they control the world's financial lifeline, the Tianhu Bart family, is the most calculating of the nine families.

In fact, who in this world does not calculate?

It's just that others calculate profits.

And what they calculated...

It's the human heart.

......

After a while, Rhine, who was on the other end of the video communication, seemed to have made up his mind, and said with some relief:

"This matter can be discussed later, and the mission of Wano Country should be their first competition, if Mick and Thiago really lose the conflict in this operation to capture and assassinate Councilor Hope, then he may no longer be able to compete for the position of the eleventh judge."

Hearing his words, a smile appeared on the old man's face, and he gently bowed his head and was about to say something.

Unexpectedly, at this time, a message popped up in the secretary's room downstairs.

"I'm sorry, I've got something to do in a minute."

"Please."

Cutting away the Rhine's communication, the old man of the Bart family unhurriedly clicked on the message from the secretary.

Suddenly, the gentle smile on his wrinkled face faded.

"Do we need access to the news feed we're receiving?"

"Take it in."

With the old man's cold words, the picture on the high-definition LCD screen in front of him turned, and the live news of the TV station appeared, and the logo at the top right of the screen was [Fuji TV].

"Hello everyone, I'm Kawasaki Ayano.,According to the latest news from the front, today's sudden terrorist incident at the Takehara Minami Private School Park has been brought under control.,Oh,The aerial photographer on our helicopter sent the latest scene footage.,Someone was carried out.,It seems to be the leader of the terrorists.。

With the reporter's words, the camera suddenly pulled down.

I saw a corpse hastily lifted out of the door of a messy building, the corpse's coat was tattered and almost shredded, and the bottom body was cropped pants and pointed shoes, and the short blue hair on the head was very eye-catching.

Of course, what is even more remarkable is his tragic situation at this time.

Countless blood holes bloomed all over the body, and the dripping and broken flesh turned out, and it looked like the whole person was blurred with flesh and blood, and the death was miserable.

This news is transmitted to the video signal of the Shangjing Tianren Special Zone through a special channel, so there is no mosaic that is common in TV broadcasts.

The old man looked quiet, squinting slightly at the familiar face of the corpse in the news screen, and vaguely remembered that the two had a brief video call half a month ago.

During that video call, he only paid a small cost to get a "mad dog" with unlimited potential.

And now, that mad dog has died in a small place like Wano Country.

Bang!

The water cup in the old man's hand suddenly shattered, and the tea splashed everywhere.

The communication section of the screen in front of him switched back again, and Marcus appeared. The face of the Rhine.

As the top task of the World Government Adjudication Division, Marcas. It is impossible for Rhine not to have his own intelligence network, and at this point he obviously knows what happened a moment ago in a private school in New Tokyo, Wano Country.

"It's a pity... The one you fancy doesn't seem to have a chance to compete for the successor, and he died at the hands of his target. ”

"It's a pity."

The old man's tone became a little cold.

"But I think now we should focus on the guy who insulted the majesty of the world government in Wano Country, wearing a mask, and trying to break the rules of this world again and again, is the Adjudication Division still going to send only one task force?"

Hearing the old man's words, Makas. Rhine also fell silent.

There is no doubt that the self-proclaimed "Discipline Commissioner" in Wano Country is too dangerous and provokes the majesty of the world government once or twice.

In the worst cases, it even threatens the foundation of the world government.

You know, why has the world government been able to rule over two continents for more than 300 years and a thousand years, and even though there is constant turmoil, there has never been any fundamental problem?

On the one hand, it relies on the powerful military deterrence of the heavenly people behind it, and on the other hand, it is the majesty that the world government has accumulated and established in more than 300 allies for thousands of years!

But now, the news will soon spread around the world again.

If the world government can't deal with it quickly and with thunderous means, and let this incident go over and over again, it will undoubtedly set a "bad example" for the forces of other allies who are ready to move.

"That's not a good sign."

The old man sighed with emotion.

Marcus. Rhine's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Since it's a bad example,

Then, of course, it should be thoroughly cleaned. ”

......

Wano Country, New Tokyo.

Takehara South Private School Park,Go back for a while。

Under the stage of the Trinity Hall, the people who had staggered their eyes only then stared at the fox-faced man next to the piano again.

At the same time, the faces of the West Sea pirates, who were standing among the teachers and students and suddenly lost their leader Thiago, gradually became a little flustered, and the deputy captain Lunn was even more uncertain.

He suddenly rushed to Kaguya's side of the Phoenix Courtyard with his instincts, put the sailor's scimitar in his hand across the other party's neck, and said to everyone in the Metropolitan Police Department with a hideous face, "If you don't want her to die, just retreat now and let us go." ”

Kaguya of the Phoenix Courtyard was gorgeously dressed and held a gilded bone fan, and was also extremely conspicuous among the many teachers and students in the Trinity Hall, and the pirate's sense of smell told him that this girl was extraordinary.

Seeing this, the other dozen or so pirates followed suit, and they immediately grabbed a student or teacher nearby, and pressed the sailor's scimitar in their hands against the opponent's vital point, with a ferocious look on their faces that they had all died.

The people in the Metropolitan Police Department, who had just breathed a sigh of relief at the door, suddenly became nervous again, and the incident happened suddenly, and everyone fell into a stalemate again before they had time to prepare.

The safety of the school's teachers and students is undoubtedly a top priority.

But do you really want to let this group go?

Tsukada Masa, the captain of the first team, couldn't help frowning, but at this moment, the familiar and grotesque voice suddenly came from the piano on the stage.

He seemed to whisper to himself.

"Time is running out."

Immediately after that, without any superfluous explanations, without any explanations ... He bowed his head slightly and whispered a number into the microphone next to the piano.

“3”

3？

At the scene, whether it was the hostage-taking pirates or the people in the Metropolitan Police Department, they were all stunned, and some wondered why the other party suddenly said this number?

In the next second, everyone reacted.

Because at this time, a "2" came from the stereos around the Trinity Hall.

Reciprocal!

He's counting down!

The pirates of the West Sea suddenly panicked!

Vice Captain Lunn also had an ominous premonition in his heart, and he clenched his dagger and suddenly raised his head, his face showing a fierce expression, wanting to say a cruel word to the fox face on the stage.

Unexpectedly, the moment he turned his head, there was no one next to the piano on the stage except for the corpse that collapsed in a pool of blood.

Vice Captain Lunn chuckled in his heart!

In the midst of the lightning and fire, he vaguely seemed to hear the screams of his companions in his eardrums, and the feeling of Mang's back stimulated his nerves, which immediately made him feel fierce in his heart and raised his hand to slash the scimitar at Kaguya of the Phoenix Courtyard.

In the next moment, blood suddenly soared!

The kidnapped Phoenix Yuan Kaguya turned around stiffly, looked up at the fox-faced man who grabbed him into his arms, and lowered his head to find that a severed arm was twitching, and the scarlet blood quickly stained the ground.

The screams were not heard yet.

Kaguya of Phoenix Courtyard only felt a wind blowing overhead.

Higashinohara slashes with a sword!

When she looked up, all she saw was a gurgling head, and a gushing blood instantly rose to the sky!

The surrounding pirates couldn't help but be stunned for a moment!

At this moment, some of them, who knew that there was a lot of bad luck, tore up the tickets ruthlessly, and some ran away..... At this time, someone suddenly noticed that at some point in the air, invisible silk threads seemed to connect them with the unknown something.

In the next moment, accompanied by the head of a pirate with a scimitar raised, the pirates who climbed up to the Heavenly Spirit Cover with a cool feeling instantly realized what was connected to the other end of these silk threads...

It's death!!

In the frightening shadows, countless dark shadows mixed with pale golden arcs followed the silk threads, and a dark shadow bathed in pale golden arcs instantly shuttled back and forth in the hall of Nuoda like a "black flash"!

Time flies.

Everyone only felt that the scene in front of them seemed to be rolling thunder across the night sky, and in the thunder and explosion, countless long and slender arcs of lightning branches extended like forks in the shadows.

In the next moment, silently, the figure of the fox-faced man appeared at the door of the Trinity Hall.

He bowed his head slightly, the double knives in his hands waved like rain falling on an umbrella, and he counted down the last number softly in his mouth.

“1”

Everyone in the Metropolitan Police Department at the door noticed the movement behind them, and quickly turned around in unison, staring at the voice wearing a fox face, and listened to the other party's soft countdown with a blank face.

Knock knock!

Suddenly, a miserable howl on the ground attracted everyone's attention.

The Metropolitan Police Department turned around,

Suddenly, my eyes shrank suddenly!

In the crowd in the hall behind him, I saw that some of the pirates who wanted to trap the beast fight had an astonishing blood line on their necks, and they staggered back and fell to the ground in pain... Some of the pirates with sailors' scimitars had their wrists separated from each other by neat and smooth slashes, and they let out a miserable howl in unison in the blood-drenched splash!

"What are you waiting for! Hurry up! ”

Tsukada of the first team suddenly shouted.

The people of the third investigation team reacted instantly after being stunned, and hurriedly went up to control those pirates who were not yet dead.

After some scramble, he turned his head and saw that there was no trace of the fox-faced man at the door of the Trinity Hall.

......

Half an hour later,

Takehara Minami Private School Park.

The crisis was temporarily lifted, and the major media reporters who had been stopped at the door for a long time also couldn't wait to rush into the park.

Everyone looked at the once luxurious gate on the first floor of the Trinity Hall, which had almost been "demolished" clean, with concrete steel bars and countless rubble, and it was not difficult to imagine how fierce and terrifying the battle here had been.

At this time, several pirates with broken wrists and bloody faces and painful faces were escorted out with ability containers, and their expressions couldn't help but become nervous again - it is said that this group of people is the attackers of the vicious terrorist incidents that have occurred frequently in New Tokyo recently, but they all seem to be quite honest...

"Huh? Is it all over? ”

"It's not dangerous, let's just come early."

"That's right! This time it became the exclusive news of Fuji TV. ”

“......”

Hearing the complaint, someone who had just been at the scene next to him immediately retorted.

"What's not dangerous? Just now, Mick Inquisitors have lost. ”

"Shhhhh Inquisitor Mick is a seventh-order peak ability, right? ”

"It's the deep-sea demon of the West Sea who invaded Takehara South School Park this time.,That's the notorious sea thief of the West Sea! If it weren't for the fox-faced man's timely appearance..."

"What fox-faced man, it's Captain Dragonfly who killed Hope last time, and I don't know him if I change my mask? I guessed that shadow as soon as it appeared. ”

"Tsk! That group of pirates had worn dragonfly masks to carry out terrorist attacks before, but I didn't expect to meet the main owner this time. ”

"Of course, didn't Captain Dragonfly say that he was the 'Discipline Commissioner' of the city? He's going to take care of this kind of thing, and it's so timely today. ”

"Hey, hey, didn't you follow the trend last time to report 'Reflect on whether our city needs justice driven by interest'."

"Ahaha? Have it? You must be mistaken. ”

The reporter was in the crowd for a while

Mick was supported by his subordinates to sit on the steps of the flower garden in front of the Trinity Hall. Joya took a bottle of water, raised her head and drank it in one gulp.

As he drank the water, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Thiago being stuffed into a body bag. Murphy - the seventh-order peak sea thief who was full of life not long ago, looked down at himself with his hands in his pockets and said, "Too slow, too slow, too slow".

Now, he was pulled into the hearse in a bloody mess.

Thinking about it, Mick. Qiao Ya's sharp eyes narrowed slightly, and the figure of the fox-faced man unconsciously appeared in his mind.

Is that the goal of this task force?

......