"Begin now, and in a minute of countdown, a great blessing will descend on everyone in your vicinity centered on this radio tower, giving you the power you once craved day and night....."

“...... When you have power, will you still surrender to the fears of the Celestials, or will you bravely face them... You don't need to answer me, you just need... Answer yourselves. ”

“......”

The moon was bright and starry, and the faint moonlight shone through the transparent skylight of the ceiling and sprinkled on the brown conference table in the conference room.

At the top of the table was a chair with leather armrests that had been worn by the rubbing of the years, and on the chair sat an old man with gray hair and a wrinkled face.

His hands gently rubbed the crumpled leather on the armrests, and a light screen not far in front of him played a live broadcast from the far east.

This is a suburban area nearly 500 kilometers away from the bustling city of Kyoto, there is a lake called Fox Pond, which was originally a tourist attraction with warm winters and cool summers, but since someone bought all the apprentices around the lake a hundred years ago and built a manor by the lake, it has never had a chance with ordinary people.

No one will be dissatisfied with this to protest, and being able to own such a manor in a place like the Upper Kyoto City Circle, where every inch of land is valuable, is enough to explain the identity and status of the owner of the manor.

In fact, the Tianhu Bart family, which controls the economic lifeblood of this world, has a low-key and luxurious manor in every corner of this world.

The manor's transparent ceiling meeting room is not necessarily for meetings, but can also be used to entertain guests who deserve attention, such as the old man sitting across from the conference table.

The family behind that old man also belonged to the Nine Heavenly Beings above the heavens, and they controlled most of the energy veins in this world, and he was the current patriarch of the Heavenly Dragon Rhine family.

Senior. Rhine.

When sitting on the chair, the patriarch of the Celestial Dragon Clan, Senior, who was quite upright, was a little unangry. Rhine raised his fingertips and rubbed his eyebrows, and when the pair of incomparably pure golden vertical pupils withdrew his gaze from the light screen of the conference room, the white-haired old man at the end of the conference table, Bettencourt. Bart lifted the remote control and turned off the live screen.

"This is the last live video that came back from Wano Country Shintokyo a few minutes ago, and after that, all signals were cut off."

Bettencourt. Bart added in a smooth voice, "Interruption, obviously, someone didn't want us to know too much. ”

The words fell, and there was silence in the conference room with only two people.

A moment later, the straight, unashamed Celestial Dragon Clan Patriarch Senior. Rhine shook his head slightly, and said in a tone that seemed to be a little emotional:

"The country of Wano in the East China Sea... Is it there again? ”

"yes... There it is again. ”

Celestial Fox Patriarch Betancourt. Bart bowed slightly, and looked at the patriarch of the Celestial Dragon Clan, Senior. Rhine said straight to the point, "How much do you know about 'those things' that began to appear in Wano Country more than a hundred years ago? ”

"Those things? What do you mean... Alien? ”

Celestial Dragon Patriarch Senior. The vertical pupils in Rhine's golden eyes condensed slightly, and for a moment, the whole person seemed to be caught in some memories, and said slowly.

"At that time... I was still a child, and my father warned me when he died, that human beings are like hounds in this world, that they can be beaten appropriately when they are disobedient, but they may as well give a bone when necessary, and that when night falls, they are the only people in this world who can help us against the darkness. ”

"yes."

Bettencourt. Bart nodded, chuckled and said, "It's just that the weight of that 'bone' is a little too heavy, the Nine Heavens and Men handed over the political power in their hands in the House of Lords and the World Government, and completely withdrew from the stage of history, and the wisdom and skill of the fathers are far beyond our reach." ”

"But history always repeats itself."

Celestial Dragon Patriarch Senior. Rhine lowered his eyes slightly, and said, "I didn't expect that human beings would understand those alien demons sealed in the dust of history, maybe I'm too old and dull... A few years ago, when Wano Country announced that it had researched the fruit of ability, what I should have thought of was not a fruit of ability, but a devil fruit, and only by making a deal with the demon could I obtain the ability. ”

Bettencourt. Bart shook his head when he heard this, his eyes revealing indifference, "History has proven countless times that human beings are like this, and the more power, ability, and resources they don't deserve to have, the more they desire them. ”

"The problem is that now that [borders] have appeared, no one can be sure if the situation there is the same as it was a hundred years ago, what are we going to do next?" Senior. Rhein asked.

The Sky Fox Clan has been a conspiracy of the Sky Dragon Clan in history, and although everything that used to be no longer exists, this does not affect the Sky Dragon Patriarch Senior. Rhein asks the old fox for his opinion.

Celestial Fox Patriarch Betancourt. Bart pondered for a moment, then slowly spoke, "First send someone to assess the [Border] level, and then seal it through the Adjudication Division. ”

"All the humans who have been transformed by the alien demon and lost their consciousness are all regarded as alien cleansing, and the remaining part of the human beings who have obtained abilities through alien demons will be centrally isolated and imprisoned, and the unstable and high-risk abilities that are not in the talent series will be eliminated, and they will be released as appropriate after being quarantined for half a year."

After saying this in a cold tone, Betancourt. Bart suddenly sighed and said with a wry smile, "I hope that the level of [Boundary] is not too high, otherwise those old things of the Nine Families who ignore the world and pursue the ninth order will probably not be able to bear the loneliness." ”

Celestial Dragon Patriarch Senior. Rhine had been listening to his words silently, bowing his head slightly at this time, and suddenly asked again, "Then how to deal with it tonight?" ”

Bettencourt. Bart looked at Seniore with some strange looks in his heart. Rhine, but his face said quietly, "The things of Wano Country are not the seventh adjudicator of your clan this time. Is Rheinland in charge? Tonight, he should handle it well. ”

Senior. Rhine nodded, and his golden vertical pupils looked at Betancourt. Bart glanced at him, as if unintentionally, and said, "It is indeed a very good child, hard work, eternal sanity and indifference, I see in him the shadow of my past, but he does not seem to be so close to the family." ”

"Children always like a warm home."

Bettencourt. Bart smiled and said, "Maybe your management style is too strict, but it doesn't matter, no matter where the child goes, he always belongs to the family behind him." ”

"I hope so..."

Senior. Rhine said lightly.

He stopped talking, silently tasting the amber green hand spirit in the glass, feeling the spicy sensation of the wine crossing his throat, and the golden vertical pupils were full of silent coercion.

Of course, he knew that Gaius, the son of the ruling division. Rhine, and the old fox across the table, had maintained some kind of connection over the years.

However, he is not disgusted, the children of the side family can't get too many resources in their own family, and if they want to be in power, they have to use their own brains, which is not an unforgivable thing.

He wasn't worried about betrayal.

In the ruling made any eleventh ruling to make Marcas. Rhine died in Wano Country some time ago, which means that there is a vacant one of the several orthodox heirs within the Celestial Dragon Clan.

If Gaius. Rhine was able to handle the time neatly this time this time, and pinch the flea hidden behind the dark golden mask in the East China Sea for the World Government and the Nine Families, so he didn't mind letting Gaius. Rhine's side son replaced the original Marcas. Location of the Rhine.

At that time, the other party will naturally return to the family.

There is always a true sentence of what the old fox said in front of him, no matter where the child goes, he also belongs to the family behind him, and the blood of the Tianlong clan flows in the other party's body after all.

......

Wano Country, New Tokyo.

A pedestrian street at the foot of the Sky Tree.

When the people of the Third Investigation Group, who were responsible for maintaining order at the scene, saw that those ordinary people first fell to the ground inexplicably, rolling with their heads in pain, and everyone in the Third Investigation Group was a little stunned.

But then, the people who were rolling in pain on the ground suddenly stood up strangely, and then the strange forms of people of various abilities appeared on their bodies, and they lost their minds and pounced like beasts on those people of the Judgment Division who were usually in awe.

Suddenly, the people of the third investigation group only felt a chill rushing from their heels to the heavenly spirit cover, and their eyes widened and they had a kind of scalp numbness!

That's the Adjury Division!

These people .... Crazy?

This thought just flashed through the minds of everyone in the third investigation group, and in the next moment, everyone couldn't help but mention it in their hearts, and a piercing cold surged in their hearts.

I saw that the people who seemed to have lost their minds and frantically rushed to the adjudication division, they were still in the air, but suddenly they all stopped in mid-air as if someone had pressed the static button.

What's the situation?

The people of the third investigation group have not yet reacted.

At this time, I saw that the middle-aged man who rushed to the front was covered in lightning, and a thin sword that seemed to be real and virtual suddenly appeared in the back of his head, and then the blood shot out like a blowout, and the whole person flew out directly.

Immediately after, in a tooth-aching sound of sharp blades grinding through the skull, more than a dozen scarlet blood arrows erupted in unison, followed by the sound of falling to the ground one after another.

In the blink of an eye, all the humans who had fallen and got back up and tried to resist in the face of the Ruling Division's clearance were cut like weeds in a pool of blood.

The people of the third reconnaissance group around looked at the fallen people, and stood in place with a slightly sluggish expression.

They had imagined the results of countless attacks on the Judgment Division, but they had never imagined the scene in front of them, and for a while, perhaps because of their own kind, everyone suddenly had a feeling of chilling all over their bodies.

The seventh ruling made Gaius. Rhine shook his head silently.

Humans are still human.

It's ridiculous and unspeakably stupid to think that you have somehow mastered that little ability, and then forget the fact that you are a lowly creature like a human being...

His dark vertical pupils scanned the surroundings, and said in an indifferent tone, "I received the news that the high-risk elements of the assassination ruling envoy and the councilor on Baiyu Square are on this street, and now the adjudication department is about to launch an arrest operation, and all those who try to stop it will be cleaned up as accomplices!" ”

"Yes!"

Everyone in the enforcement team of the Adjudication Division responded, with a faint excitement and annoyance in their tones.

To tell the truth, the people who suddenly pounced on them like wild beasts just now made everyone in the enforcement team of the Adjudication Division, who was usually pampered in the country of Wano, a little stunned.

It's like a wolf eating a sheep, and the sheep either run away or be eaten when they see the wolf.

But one day, when the sheep suddenly rises up and rushes up, the wolf, which is accustomed to easy hunting, may also be a little dumbfounded, and will react even more annoyed.

The next step is to vent in anger...

and inevitably the innocent.

......

A few hundred meters away, at the mouth of an alley on Sky Tree Pedestrian Street.

Nishimaru Miri was carrying a big black umbrella and standing in the rain in front of a convenience store with her little feet on her feet, tilting her head from time to time to look at the dark alley over there, and her small hand holding the handle of the umbrella tightly exposed her inner anxiety.

Didn't you say go in and have a look?

Why hasn't the big brother come out yet?

Met an enemy?

At this moment, a man wearing a wide-brimmed black top hat and a black coat suddenly appeared in his field of vision, and Nishimaru Miri's anxious little face suddenly showed a look of joy.

When the arrivals approached, Nishimaru Miri quickly rushed up to help Higashinohara with an umbrella.

"Big brother, did you find them?"

Higashinohara took off the black top hat on his head, shook off the rain on the brim of the hat at will, shook his head, and said with some indifference in his eyes, "There is only one." ”

His mood was a little cold.,I can't stop thinking back to the four second-graders who fell in the rainy night.,Tonight is different from the attack on the Takehara South Private School Park a few nights ago.,From the woman's last words, you can hear that the other party is obviously coming at him.。

At this moment, the tip of his nose seemed to be able to smell the damp bloody breath in the dark alley, and his heart couldn't help but be even more gloomy, and he even felt a little unpleasant to breathe.

Why is that?

Higashinohara pondered this question.

Nishimaru Miri, who was struggling to hold a big black umbrella next to him, seemed to notice that Higashinohara's mood was not the same as before, and he frowned slightly, as if he was full of some kind of depression.

She didn't have the ability to use [Di Ting], but she seemed to have guessed something in her little heart.

"Big brother."

When he was about to reach the meeting point of Minami Takehara, Nishimaru Miri suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong, little pear?"

Higashinohara lowered his head and looked at Nishimaru Miri and asked.

Nishimaru Miri didn't speak, just took off the small schoolbag on his shoulder, took out a fox mask of red and blue colors from it, and said to Higashinohara with a beautiful and lovely little face, "This is for you." ”

Higashinohara looked down at the familiar mask, and only heard Nishimaru Miri continue in a brisk tone, "Big brother, don't worry about me, I'll meet up with the teacher and them immediately, and we can go back by ourselves." ”

Higashinohara couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he heard this, and a slight smile suddenly appeared on his face.

This little guy...

It's really unusually sweet.

Higashinohara chuckled, took the fox face from Nishimaru's hand, and rubbed Nishimaru's little head.

The two separated at the meeting point of the Takehara Minami Private School Park.

There are some things that need not be said.

Because everything is already in plain sight.

......

Parting hands, Higashinohara did not stay long, and quickly dared to go to the exchange venue.

Just when he killed the woman in the dark alley, Higashinohara had finished allocating attribute points, which meant that time had entered the countdown, and he didn't have much time to waste.

However, walking on the somewhat empty pedestrian street, the closer to the venue of the exchange meeting, Higashinohara's brows couldn't help frowning slightly, and he subconsciously had some doubts in his heart.

Just now in the dark alley, the woman seemed to have notified the person who wanted to arrest him, and it stands to reason that the other party should have rushed over opposite him a long time ago.

Why is there no one for a long time?

He was thinking like this, when he suddenly saw a large group of people crying and running away somewhere, and time seemed to stop for a moment!

In the next moment, the blood rain of countless fragmented corpses poured back like a tide.

Higashinohara's pupils shrank suddenly.

In the rain of blood, I saw a tall man holding a black umbrella, stepping on the bloody corpses and crimson blood on the ground, walking indifferently and stiffly on the bloody street, followed by a large group of enforcement teams of the Adjudication Division still frantically chasing the fleeing crowd.

At this time, a middle-aged man with a dignified figure was forced to retreat to the corner of the street by the three members of the execution team of the Adjudication Division, and he suddenly collapsed and knelt down in the heavy rain, crying and shaking his head and shouting:

"Please! I'm not crazy.... I'm not them... I didn't attack you! I still have family and children, and I don't want the ability anymore! Please..."

Suddenly,

The sound of the rainy night came to an abrupt end.

Under the big black umbrella, Higashinohara lowered his eyebrows and clenched the handle of the umbrella in his hand.

At the same time, standing at the forefront of the seventh ruling made Gaius. Rhine seemed to sense something, he turned his head, and in the pair of pitch-black vertical pupils, Sen Leng looked through the thick rain curtain to the large black umbrella that stood still on the side of the road.

The next moment, the edge in front of the big black umbrella lifted slightly, revealing the red and blue pattern mask of the Inari Shrine fox monster under the umbrella.

The eyes of the two met each other through the rain and fog.

Fox face?

Gaius. Rhine slowly remembered something.

The corners of his lips rose slightly, raising a trace of arc that seemed like a sneer and mockery.

It's you, right?

......