Buzz Buzz!

At noon, Higashinohara found a convenience store near the official residence of the judge and had lunch.

As soon as he put down the dishes and chopsticks after eating, before he could wipe his mouth, the mobile phone on the table next to the instant ramen vibrated and looked up to see that he had received a text message.

"Hello, congratulations on passing the interview, please gather at the adjudication department before half past one in the afternoon, all investigation matters are subject to the specific notice of the adjudication division."

He wasn't surprised.

After all, during the interview in the morning, the woman who had always given him a sense of danger had already revealed that he had passed the interview, and the other party didn't know him, so there was no need to lie to him at all.

What Higashinohara needs to consider and prepare for now is the risks that may be encountered in this exploration, but this morning's interview and adjudication department did not say a word about the specific content of the exploration, and the information that can be obtained is very limited, so there is no way to analyze it.

After wiping his mouth, Higashinohara got up, picked up the box of instant ramen and walked to the trash can.

At this time, a foreign woman with shoulder-length light blue medium and long hair and a somewhat gentle temperament and face suddenly walked next to her, holding a box of instant ramen in the same packaging as Higashinohara, and threw it in when he was holding the lid of the trash can.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Without eye contact, the two exchanged briefly.

Under normal circumstances, these are just insignificant encounters that happen tens of thousands of times a day in the modern metropolis of Neo-Tokyo, and there will be no follow-up.

However, then, when Higashinohara and the woman walked out of the convenience store at the same time, they turned around two street corners, and passed three more traffic lights...

As the routes of the two continued to overlap, finally, when they reached the door of the black coffin-like mansion of the Adjudication Division at the same time, the gentle woman couldn't help but stop and glanced back at Higashinohara.

This was the first time the two had met their eyes.

The woman hesitated, looking at Higashinohara's young face and seemed a little surprised, but finally showed a little friendly smile on her face, and took the initiative to stretch out her hand towards Higashinohara, "Hello, my name is Hela, I'm from the United States of Tagos, did you also pass the interview to join the investigation team?" ”

People from the United States of Tagos?

If I remember correctly, it should be one of the two most powerful countries among the more than 300 allied countries of the human race, like that kind of powerful country is completely different from the country of Wano when facing the world government, and the people who come out of that country also have the confidence and temperament that other countries do not have.

Higashinohara flashed the introductions he saw in these books in his mind, politely reached out and shook the other party gently, nodded with a smile and said, "Hello, Higashi... Well, Nishimiyai, Wano Kuni, it seems that we all passed the interview. ”

Higashinohara almost didn't pay attention to say his name, but fortunately he reacted in time.

However, the woman named Hela didn't seem to care about Higashinohara's name, or that few of the people who came here to participate in the investigation team's activities used their real names.

Higashinohara knows what it means to be a shallow person, the two only had a chance encounter at a convenience store, and a woman named Hela will stop and take the initiative to say hello to Higashinohara, half of the reason is probably because he thinks that people are not familiar with the ground, and this time he is working for the adjudication division, and he wants to find someone who takes care of each other.

The remaining half of the reason, I'm afraid it's purely because Higashinohara is handsome, and handsome people are more popular everywhere, regardless of men and women, this is the truth.

......

Re-enter the doors of the Adjudicatorial Division.

This time, there was no more of the group of people in the waiting room from the morning.

Higashinohara had seen so far, including him and Hela, who had just met, and there were only seven people in total.

The sunglasses-wearing "Nanami Ken" he met when he walked out of the interview room in the morning was among them, and the other four people were all men between the ages of 20 and 40.

Except for a bronzed-skinned, sturdy man who didn't look like a young man from Wano Country, the other three seemed to be natives of Wano Country.

At this time, the oldest man among the several people had a bit of a "social cow" attribute, and he had already talked and laughed with several other people before Higashinohara came in.

However, the "Nanami Jian" wearing sunglasses is a symbolic echo smile every time, and the other two are smiling heartily, just a young but sinister obscene, and one reveals that the middle-aged man is greasy.

The remaining bronzed-skinned man hadn't smiled from beginning to end, his brow furrowed, as if he had something on his mind, and he didn't seem to fit in with his surroundings.

When the middle-aged "Sheniu" expert saw Higashinohara and Hela who walked into the waiting room, he immediately walked over with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said with a very calm and calm smile like a protagonist:

"Presumably the two of you are the last two teammates of our seven-person group today, my name is Ji Yuanwenren, we are working together this time, please take care of me, take care of me."

Hearing the words of Ji Yuanwen, Higashinohara and Hela also introduced themselves one after another.

But just as the seven of them began to get acquainted with each other, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the waiting room, and then the door was pushed open, and a team of black-robed execution team walked in with solemn faces.

Seeing this, Ji Yuanwenren, who was walking around with a smile and contacting his feelings like a master, suddenly smiled on his face, lowered his eyebrows and sat down in his place.

Obviously, he knew very well in his heart who was the real "master" here.

......

"It's very lively."

Among the people who walked in, the leader was a young man who looked to be twenty-four or five years old, with a pair of amber vertical pupils on his gloomy face, and when he looked at him, he inexplicably made people feel cold behind him.

"But I hope you don't have to be so busy with this investigation when this investigation is carried out." Gray. Myne said in a nonchalant tone, a flash of disgust flashing in his slightly lowered eyes.

If it weren't for the order from above, he would not be willing to go on an investigation mission with these lowly humans.

But then I remembered the woman who always smiled and groaned when I came to Beijing. Maine was slightly awe-struck in his heart, raised his head and looked at Higashinohara and the others in front of him and said:

"I'm the person in charge of this investigation team, you can just call me Captain Myne, now change into equipment, we will be riding to the Sky Tree soon, if you have any questions, you can ask me now."

The voice fell, and there was silence in the waiting room.

But no one opened their mouths does not mean that there are no doubts, in fact, everyone has all kinds of doubts in their hearts about this lucrative but secret investigation, but no one wants to be this bird.

Gray. Myne nodded in satisfaction, these lowly humans still have the self-knowledge not to cause him trouble, and it is finally a merit that he can admire.

This time, the investigation team was divided into two groups, seven human beings and seven black-robed execution teams.

The people of the black-robed enforcement team of the adjudication division have always been vigorous and resolute, and after the two groups converged, Higashinohara followed the group and moved quickly downstairs.

There was a black referee car parked outside, enough to accommodate about thirty people, and Higashinohara and the others followed suit.

When they got to the car, the two groups of people spontaneously sat down along the aisle in the car.

Humans are on the left, and celestials are on the right.

The leader of the investigation team, Gray. Maine got into the car and patted the driver on the shoulder, the driver skillfully lit the fire and stepped on the accelerator, and the car slowly started and merged into the city's traffic in the direction of the closed Sky Tree.

At this time, Gray in the car. After getting into the car, Myne pulled out a black alley from the overhead shelf, took out temporary short-range communication equipment from it, and distributed it to the people in the car from the front and back.

Higashinohara from Gray. Mayne took an over-ear headset and a microphone clipped to the neckline in his hand, looked at it twice and groped for himself to put it on, this thing is simple, and it is not difficult to use it.

In the group of seven on the human side, the woman named Hela may have met with Higashinohara at a convenience store at noon, or because Higashinohara was harmless and safe for humans and animals, and suddenly she was in an unfamiliar environment and subconsciously sat next to Higashinohara when she got into the car.

She didn't seem to be wearing these communication devices, and she glanced at Higashinohara, who was quick to get started, and tilted her head thoughtfully to put them on for herself.

It's just that when she turned her head, the tips of her pale blue hair brushed the skin on Higashinohara's neck, and there was a feeling of thorning and pricking, and the tip of Higashinohara's nose seemed to smell a trace of inexplicable breath.

The taste of the sea.

These four words popped up in his mind for nowhere.

Turning his head to look at the gentle woman beside him, Higashinohara found that the other party just put on headphones and microphones according to the gourd, and then sat motionless in his position.

He shook his head a little amusedly, raised his hand to help her press the switch on the earphones, Hela was slightly stunned, and whispered thank you a little embarrassed.

However, Higashinohara didn't hear it clearly, because as soon as he pressed the switch for Hela, there was a sound of "zila" in his ears, followed by the voice of a main control room liaison.

"The investigation team's equipment is connected..."

"First attempt to connect..."

"The connection is detected, so the devices can communicate normally."

“......”

Soon, there was silence again in the headphones.

It's quite serious.

Higashinohara thought silently in his heart.

He didn't mind it, although he didn't know what was going on in the closed Sky Tree, it was not easy for the Adjudication Division to take such a heavy spot, and to hire people with human abilities from the society.

But what comes is safe, the adjudication department has the purpose of the adjudication division, and he has his purpose.

Taking advantage of the fact that his identity is still hidden, he can get some benefits from the alien demon under the other party's eyelids, and he will be more confident when he really tears his face in the future.

The other people sitting around Higashinohara are probably similar, and different people have different purposes.

Some people have a case record and can't get along in the country of Wano, and this time they are eager to take advantage of the relationship between the adjudication department and raise their eyebrows;

Some people are purely short of money, and they come for the high employment fee equivalent to two years for office workers in large enterprises for seven days of this survey;

Some people may have the same purpose as Higashinohara....

Higashinohara is not interested in other people's privacy, and what really warns him is the attitude of the adjudication division.

You must know that even ordinary enterprises have social background checks, but this time, the adjudication department does not care about their background, and only relies on the information filled in and an interview to finalize the hiring.

The reasons behind this have to be thought about.

Is it that the adjudication department thinks that the two parties are in a one-time employment relationship, as long as you help them complete the task, no matter what your identity is?

Or is it that in the eyes of the other party, they are just characters similar to "cannon fodder", so it doesn't matter whether the investigation results are adjusted or not?

Higashinohara pondered these questions in his mind.

After a while, the group arrived at the foot of the Sky Tree in Sumida-ku, New Tokyo.

......

The once bustling business district and pedestrian street are now deserted, and when we pass by the streets destroyed by the fierce fighting that night, the road surface seems to be only half repaired, and Higashinohara sees some rollers and concrete mixers parked on the side of the road, and there are no workers at work.

It seems that under the power and high pressure of the adjudication department, the one-third of an acre of land at the foot of the Sky Tree in the lively and bustling modern city of New Tokyo has been stripped from the city and is in a state of complete suspension.

Hela, who was sitting next to Higashinohara's side by the window, came from a foreign country and seemed unaware of the battle that had taken place at the foot of the Sky Tree at the end of last month, leaning on the glass and watching with some curiosity as the news media reported the almost crumbling street that had been described as "as if three warships were squeezed into it side by side."

However, the Adjudication Division's special car did not stop any longer, and soon the group arrived at the foot of the Sky Tree Radio Tower, which looked like a white giant in the steel jungle.

After stopping the car, the leader of the investigation team, Gray . Without saying a word, Myne walked straight to the door and jumped out of the car, followed by the other six celestials of the black-robed execution team without saying a word.

The remaining human seven-person team in the car looked back and forth at each other, and finally Ji Yuanwen stood up again and said with a smile:

"Let's go down too, don't let the bigwigs of the Adjudication Division wait."

Do you want to go up?

After getting out of the car, Higashinohara glanced at the black-robed executive team walking in front, and then looked up at the "iron giant" shining in the sunlight in front of him, and couldn't help but wonder if the content of this investigation was in this tower?

Will the demons hide here?

He was a little unsure in his mind.

At this moment, Higashinohara suddenly noticed that someone had also paused, stood beside him and looked up at the sky tree above him.

Not Hela.

Higashinohara didn't turn his head, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a pair of black sunglasses—the man who had slipped a big black gun into the mouth of the Seventh Ruling that night a month earlier, and had crumbled it into a puddle of.

"Have we met?"

Suddenly, Kenjiro Nanami, who goes by the pseudonym "Nanami Ken", asked.

Higashinohara glanced at him slightly, with just the right amount of stunned on his face, "I'm sorry, I don't have much impression of you, maybe you've seen me somewhere?" ”

"I'm sorry, I think I recognized the wrong person." Kenjiro Nanami had a gentle smile on his face.

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