New Tokyo, Parliament Building.

Nearly forty minutes have passed since the suicide of Yuo Shibata, secretary to the Minister of National Defense and head of the National Defense Office.

His body was being examined by the Metropolitan Police Department's investigators using high technology, and the suicide note was quickly delivered to the conference room in a sealed bag.

......

In an oval-shaped conference room.

Prime Minister Yu Kazu, who was sitting at the top of the cabinet, slowly picked up the glasses on the table, and an indescribable premonition surged in his heart, and he lowered his head and looked at this rare handwritten suicide note.

There was silence all around.

At this moment, around the conference table are many high-ranking cabinet ministers.

Some people are full of curiosity about the report letter in the hands of Prime Minister Yuya Kazu, some people have nothing to do with themselves, and some people are smiling as if they have long seen everything...

After a while, Prime Minister Yu Tsutsu also took off the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and handed the suicide note in his hand to the official cabinet chief on the right hand side to circulate it, raising his hand and rubbing his eyebrows without seeing too much expression on his face, recalling the contents of the suicide note in his mind.

In this suicide note, Shibata Yuo confessed that he had secretly made a deal with the Dawn Revolutionary Army of the Grand Duchy of Shayash to murder the Tokugawa team leader who was patrolling the North Sea.

The reason was that he felt that the Tokugawa team leader and his third investigation team had become more and more independent in recent years, and he was worried that if the three teams continued to break away from the control of the cabinet government, they would cause unpredictable harm to the country's defense and security in the future, so he wanted to prevent this matter in advance.

In the suicide note, he also said that he had thought about hiding it and letting himself bear all this alone for the rest of his life, but he did not expect that some people with bad intentions would use some false information to report Foreign Minister Taku Amuro.

The death of Tokugawa Kurita had already made his conscience uneasy, and now he was seeing an innocent official who had devoted his life to the diplomatic cause of Wano Province and who had devoted his life to justice and integrity to be implicated by him...

His heart was tormented even more.

So after the painful struggle on both sides, he chose to end his life in this way.

Give the truth back to the people!

Let history judge his guilt and punishment...

......

This earnestly written suicide note...

This came to an abrupt end.

However, Prime Minister Hiroshi Tozutsu also recalled the contents of the suicide note he had just seen, and the fat bloated cheeks of Foreign Minister Taku Amuro came to mind, but a sense of absurdity swelled up in his heart.

Fair and honest?

Do your best?

These people...

The country... What's going on?

From those "stability maintenance factions" and "seven-member groups" who formed gangs... Now that the secretary of the Minister of National Defense has committed suicide, Prime Minister Yu Tsutsu can clearly feel that their power is very strong and is becoming more and more powerful.

In view of the imminent general election, the system of electing the prime minister of Wano Country is based on the parliament, and if a member of the parliament receives a majority of the votes in the first round, he will be elected prime minister, and if no one receives a majority of the votes, a second round of voting will be held between the first and second place, and the person who receives a majority of the votes will be elected.

If the momentum continues...

Forming factions within the parliament, and at the same time being friendly with the Celestial government because of his status as Foreign Minister, he has strong foreign aid from Celestial and Celestial to support Foreign Minister Taku Amuro, and is almost a sure "seed player" to win the next prime minister's election.

But...

Is it really possible to hand over the country to such a group of people?

The current Prime Minister of Wano Country, Yuki Kazu, sighed, he didn't know who else he could trust around him now, and he didn't know how to stop it.

But after reading this suicide note, or "confession", the 56-year-old old man, who has experienced countless ups and downs in his 30-year political career, and privately fought against the world government to fight for more power and autonomy for the country, is unwilling.

At the conference table, he suddenly put down his hand that was rubbing his eyebrows, and instructed the secretary general who had followed him for seven years:

"The cause of Director Shibata's death still needs to be further investigated and confirmed by the people of the scientific research institute, and I ordered to go down, this confession... This suicide note will not be made public for the time being. ”

Hearing his words, the people around the oval conference table who were about to finish circulating the suicide note couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

But someone lowered his eyelids,

There was a hint of playfulness in his eyes.

Sure enough.

In the next second, I heard the secretary general next to him have a somewhat embarrassed look on his face, swallowed his saliva and said, "This... I'm afraid it's a little difficult. ”

Sensing the gaze that Yuya Kazutsu cast at him, the secretary general said stubbornly, "Director Shibata's suicide note... It has been made public on the Internet, and all major media are forwarding it, whether it was sent at a scheduled time before my death or sent by others, and it is still under further verification and investigation..."

Prime Minister Hiroshi Hiroshi was also silent.

He didn't say anything more.

It's just that the old hands pressed on the conference table are slightly forced, and the surface of the hands is gradually bruised, revealing that his heart is not as calm as it seems...

The Minister of Defense and the chairman of the National Security Council, who were sitting at the conference table and were tasked with investigating the Tokugawa Kuritoro attack on the Hokkai, looked at each other.

Defense Minister Akira Watanabe coughed dryly, and said solemnly, "I have just read the contents of the confession, as long as I think of what happened to the Tokugawa team leader in Beihai, I have no sympathy for Shibata Yusei's guilty suicide, he thinks that death can escape the judgment of the law, but it cannot escape the judgment of the people and morality, and he will eventually be nailed to the pillar of shame in the history of the country!" ”

Defense Minister Akira Watanabe's words fell, and Tsuneburo Yamaguchi, chairman of the National Security Committee, echoed, "Now that the conspiracy behind the attack on Team Leader Tokugawa has been revealed, I think our investigation can also be temporarily concluded and all this will be announced to the people who are waiting for the results of the investigation as soon as possible." ”

"That's right."

A member of parliament at the conference table chimed in:

"The truth of the Tokugawa team leader's case has been revealed, so now we should fully cooperate with the Ruling of the Ruling Division of the Ruling on the Rising Sun to seize the high-risk element who called himself 'New Tokyo Discipline Commissioner' before the Emperor's birthday and assassinated Councilor Hope and give an explanation to the world government, otherwise I am afraid that we will gradually follow in the footsteps of the Grand Duchy of Shayash."

For a while, everyone around the conference table expressed their opinions and discussed a lot, as if the case of Tokugawa Chestnut Tiger had really been settled.

As for his life and death, no one mentions it anymore.

After all, after such a long time of search and rescue, the golden rescue time of the shipwreck has long passed, and the Tokugawa chestnut tiger does not have the ability to breathe underwater...

The end result is already self-evident.

Prime Minister Yu Yu also took a deep breath, turned his head to look at the winter hazy weather outside the window, and suddenly remembered that winter morning thirty years ago.

A young man of eighteen or nineteen years old with a green face told him his ambitions and ideals in the parliament building, and the two hit it off at first sight.

Later, one entered parliament in politics, and the other went around attracting a large number of capable people who followed him, and they wanted to change the country in their own way.

After 30 years of trance, one of them became the prime minister of the cabinet, and the other became the head of the third investigation team of the National Most Capable Executive Directorate.

In the game with the Celestial and Human World Government. They have had unyielding resistance, they have bowed their heads and forbearance... Today, however, the Tokugawa Chestnut Tiger is barely alive in the North Sea, and at the age of 60, he is about to usher in his last term as Prime Minister...

Success or failure, think about it...

Did they really change the country?

Conference Table Leader,

Yuya Kazu's clenched fists slowly loosened.

Suddenly,

His whole being went from physical to spiritual,

It seems that they have all suddenly become much older...

......

In just a few words, the bigwigs of the Chiyoda District Council building passed a "confession" that spread all over the Internet to conclude the investigation of the internal spies in the attack on Tokugawa Kurita Hokkai.

At the same time, it also washed away all the accusations and grievances of Foreign Minister Taku Amuro, who was notorious by the report letter published by the Asahi Shimbun in the past two days, and everything seemed to be revealed to the world.

At this moment,

In a bar in Shinjuku.

The two young and middle-aged people sitting opposite each other glanced at each other, and a sense of absurdity swelled up in their hearts at the same time.

These two people both belong to a revolutionary army called "Night Evil" in the country of Wano, this organization has a long history in the country of Wano, and most of the people in the organization can be found in the wanted records of the country of Wano, but the real leaders and cadres rarely show up, mysterious and abnormal, and no one knows their true identities.

Because of the stable relationship between Wano Country and the world government, coupled with the suppression of these organizations by the Third Investigation Group for decades to maintain social stability, the revolutionary army living on this soil could only escape underground in front of the maroon tiger, and it was not as prosperous as the Grand Duchy of Shayash that could even walk on the streets openly.

And the Night Evil of Wano Country, which is said to be a revolutionary army, is actually more like an underground organization.

However, with the death of the Tokugawa Chestnut Tiger in the North Sea, the revolutionary army organization lost the suppression of the chestnut tiger entrenched on its head, and now it has gradually begun to surface.

A day earlier, they had drawn up a plan of action for the Emperor's birthday at Sakurada Gate, with the aim of eradicating the "moths" from the top of the Wano Cabinet.

But if the confession just made public is true, doesn't that mean... The target of their plan is to eradicate a good parliamentarian who is fair and honest and works hard for the country and the people?

But this... Is it possible?

"What hypocritical and boring politicians..."

One was about twenty-five or sixteen years old, unusually handsome. No, it should be said that the handsome young man picked up the amber wine glass in his hand, shook it gently, and said:

"I believe... Even the dirty homeless people on the street who didn't wipe their butts after shitting are cleaner than the hands of our foreign minister, who are well-maintained all year round. ”

"Your description is always so unappetizing... But think about it... It seems that this is indeed the case. The middle-aged man sitting across from him smiled bitterly.

The middle-aged appearance is relatively old, looking like a man who has spent countless years, his face is covered with vicissitudes of life, he is smoking cheap cigarettes that can be bought at convenience stores, and he is full of disobedience when he sits with this young man like a noble boy opposite.

But in fact, as the second leader of the Night Evil Revolutionary Army, this middle-aged man named Hanagasa Wenren did not have many people in the revolutionary army and cabinet leaders of Wano Country who dared to look down on him.

"The unappetizing description represents the unappetizing fact, and since the people don't need the truth, they have to sweep us into the garbage heap with his disguise."

The handsome young man raised his head and drank the amber liquid in the cup, and said in a somewhat mocking tone, "Hehe.... If the Tokugawa team leader knew that after his death, he would actually be helped by the Yesha Revolutionary Army, which he had suppressed for more than ten years, to help him take revenge, I don't know how he would feel. ”

Hanagasa looked at the handsome young man opposite, and was not dissatisfied with the frivolity of the other party's tone.

In fact, as the illegitimate son of the Wind Demon family, the young man named Wind Demon Ryusheng in front of him is very much like his brother in some ways, and has amazing talents.

At the age of 18, he became a superpowering person who broke through the fourth order, and now at the age of only 26, he has broken through the shackles of the sixth order and become a seventh-order absolute ability person who is rare in the entire Wano country, and it can be said that he has a future with unlimited potential at such an age.

"Are you sure you want to do it on that day?"

The middle-aged man, Hanagasa Wenren, couldn't help but confirm.

After saying this, the two of them fell silent at the same time, and the young man named Wind Demon Ryuyu began to raise his glass and drink, cup after glass.

It wasn't until the bottle of amber liquor was halfway poured and Junyi's face flushed that he put down his glass and whispered:

"On the Emperor's birthday, there will be countless high-ranking officials in the Imperial Palace behind the Sakurada Gate to celebrate his birthday, and the attention of all the accompanying guards will be on the Emperor, isn't that the best time to do it?"

"You know, I'm going to kill people, not to duel anyone, as long as I don't leak the news, even if there is a master behind Sakurada Gate, it has nothing to do with me."

Obviously, for a seventh-order absolute ability, it is obviously much easier to kill with a single blow that suddenly shows its fangs in the dark, and it is easy to kill and leave, than to win a duel with someone in the open.

Hanagasa Wenren frowned and asked, "But have you thought of how to get out?" ”

He was also present when the hoe plan was drawn up.

But in hindsight,

I still think it's too dangerous.

The person in front of him is the peak combat strength that the Yesha Revolutionary Army has spent more than ten years and has cultivated with great difficulty, and it would be too worthless if he was planted in it because of one operation.

"Get out?"

Wind Demon Ryusheng lifted the remaining half of the amber spirit, tilted his head slightly to look up at the strange color of the glass wine bottle in the light, and chuckled, "Don't forget, even if I am an illegitimate child, I will always be a member of the Wind Demon family." ”

Hua Liwenren's expression suddenly couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

The Wind Demon Party has been the most prestigious ninja collective for thousands of years, and has been carrying out espionage and disrupting the enemy's rear, etc., the old surname was "Kazama", and later changed to "Wind Demon", as for "Wind Demon Kotaro" is a ninja? The name of the leader of the Wind Demon Party for generations.

Thinking of this, Hanagasa Wenren shook his head and smiled, raised his wine glass and said, "The Land of Respect!" ”

On the other side of the table, the wind demon Ryusheng, whose cheeks were stained with burgundy, smiled slightly in drunken eyes, raised his glass and said, "No, it should be for myself..."

With that, he raised his glass and drank it again.

The middle-aged man Hua Kasa Wenren was stunned, shook his head a little smirked, and still raised his head and drank the wine.

......

January 8th.

Spring break at Takehara Minami Private School is over.

Higashinohara and Nishimaru Miri returned to New Tokyo and started school, and Tokugawa Kurita is still in the aimless search and rescue, considering that it is inevitably dangerous and lonely for Nishimarumiri to live alone in Tokugawa Kurita's mansion, Higashinohara asked her to move back to the Aragaki apartment building before Tokugawa Kurita returns.

It just so happened that there was a room vacant next door to Higashinohara.

It was originally a young couple who worked hard in New Tokyo, rented it for about three years, and after the Chinese New Year this year, they didn't choose to continue to return to New Tokyo.

Hearing that the girl went home on a blind date and found a partner, the boy came to clean up the room in despair, and sent back the things that belonged to the girl, and the room was empty.

Downstairs, Satoru Aragaki was still worried about where to find tenants, and for the landlord, the room was idle as if he was losing money every day.

Knowing that Nishimaru Miri was going to come to live, he almost went downstairs to greet him in person that day - he heard his daughter Mai Aragaki say that Nishimaru Miri was adopted by Tokugawa Kurita, and he knew that this was a rich Lori now, and he couldn't be courteous in the face of Nishimaru Miri, who moved in.

Of course, he won't admit that he has an eye for money, in his words, he hasn't seen him for a long time and misses it very much.

In this way, Nishimaru Miri lived next door to Higashinohara, that is, between Higashinohara and Xia Li, a half-breed of the Tenhu clan who is now officially joined the detective agency.

Higashinohara is the easternmost room.

Nishimaru Miri was very grateful to Xia Li for helping to take care of the three little milk cats she had adopted in the small shack in the corridor corridor during this time, and specially bought a lot of snacks to send over, Xia Li smiled for a while, and immediately regarded Nishimaru Miri as her most important good friend.

Speaking of which, these three kittens were indeed taken good care of by her, Xia Li ate a lot by herself, but she did not treat her "distant relatives" badly, and her salary was basically spent on one person and three cats to eat.

However, these three kittens were a little crooked by Xia Li's bark, and they occasionally teased, but they were not as cute as other kittens as "meow meow", but "meow and woo" at people.

A small body carries big dreams,

A tiger roaring in the mountains and forests.

Anyway, Higashinohara felt a pain when he saw it, and he felt that these kittens were properly missing a "social beating".

Speaking of which, there will be an academic proficiency test for promotion to the second year in March after the end of this semester, but on the third day of Shibetsu 3rd, this semester Higashinohara is no longer as worried about not being able to pass the academic proficiency test and return to Hokkaido to sell fish as he was last year.

With his current strength, it is more than enough to pass the assessment of the second order 3rd stage, and the only thing he needs to worry about is to keep it in and not to scare the invigilator.

Although there is no shortage of genius boys and girls who have stepped into the realm of fourth-order superpowers in high school, there are also talented boys and girls who have stepped into the realm of fourth-order superpowers in high school.,But those are all well-known veteran geniuses.。

In contrast, Higashinohara, a genius who "became a monk halfway", of course, still has to take it easy.

Thinking about all these miscellaneous things...

On the way to school, Higashinohara's mood was not very beautiful.

As he passed by a shopping mall after getting off the train with Nishimaru Miri, he saw the fat-faced, smiling Foreign Minister Taku Amuro on a huge scrolling advertising screen outside the mall.

It was a campaign ad.

Speaking of which, since the suicide and "confession" of Yuo Shibata, secretary to the Minister of National Defense, spread on the Internet and major media, almost everyone shouted and beat Foreign Minister Taku Amuro in the report letter published by the Asahi Shimbun, and all the grievances were washed away in an instant!

Not only that, but with the help of people who take advantage of the people's guilt after wronging people, Foreign Minister Taku Amuro has gained unprecedented popularity and support among the people.

Not surprisingly, in the upcoming general election, the next Prime Minister will be elected in the election of him and another member of the Parliament.

At present, Foreign Minister Taku Amuro obviously has a broader mass base and a broad winning surface, so he is smiling proudly on the advertising screen outside the mall, which is extremely "beautiful".

And the more "beautiful" he is.

Higashinohara's mood became more and more unbeautiful.

......