In the shadows between the tall buildings,

In his previous life, when he lived in the city, Higashinohara used to ride his bicycle through the alleys every morning of sunrise and the evening of sunset.

But he didn't expect that after a long time of unknown years, he would have the opportunity to return to this riverside city and regain the time of running in the alleys in those years.

Suddenly, an extremely fast, cannonball-like alien demon behind him suddenly accelerated, and flew towards the place where Higashinohara was, and a thirsty and blood-piercing scream came out of his throat.

He pounced, and he swooped down, and only a dark shadow remained where Higashinohara had been a second.

The demon looked around a little dazedly, as if sensing something, his head lifted slightly, and a long black lacquer sword above his head poured straight from his nose bone into his throat.

Whew!

In the piercing sound of the sword body rubbing against the bones, Higashinohara, who fell from the sky with a sword in hand, instantly stabbed the corrupt and rotten face of the alien demon.

He kicked with his backhand, and the body of the alien staggered to the ground like a dried corpse.

"Hey, hey, hey! Come on! ”

In front of the dark alley, Shinichi Shinmura, a human ability hired by the investigation team, suddenly noticed that there were no footsteps behind him, and hurriedly shouted at Higashinohara.

It's not in Gray. What kind of "teamwork" did the two people who formed a temporary team after Myne ordered everyone to evacuate, it was really too scary to be alone in the darkness where they couldn't see their fingers.

In particular, Shinichi Shinmura found that the little brother named "Nishimiyai", who was unintentionally gathered together with his evacuation, has an unparalleled "sense of direction" and "insight" even in the dark, and has the virtue of "ancient road warmth".

When they were evacuating in the dark alley before, several times when they encountered a sudden attack from a strange demon like this just now, he had just made a half-shot shot, and his opponent who was solved by the "ancient road hot" brother next to him immediately came back to help him.

So much so that after this short journey, Shinichi Shinmura and the gentle-eyed little brother beside him felt a sense of dependence in their hearts that they didn't realize, so they stopped in place at this time and shouted to Higashinohara to withdraw together.

But Higashinohara didn't move.

Not only that, but he suddenly turned around, squinting his eyes at the alien demons following behind his own alley - most of these alien demons are unconscious, in other words, a purely personal spiritual will manifested into a humanoid "carrier" of some special ability.

Higashinohara couldn't help but take a deep breath, and while the [Sin Handbook] in his mind was collecting the unknown particles released by the remnants of the alien demon that had just been smashed by him, he suddenly walked towards the alien demon behind him with the sword of the Judgment Division.

What's going on with this little brother?

Shinichi Shinmura couldn't help but be stunned.

He wanted to say very much in his heart, brother, I don't need you to break the queen, let's hurry up to the Pearl Tower and meet everyone, it's so dark that you don't leave, I'm a little scared alone...

But before this "nonsense" could be spoken, the Higashinohara in front of him had disappeared.

To be precise, it turned into an afterimage that continued to stretch out in the darkness, and it was completely impossible to see what kind of ability it was using.

If I had to say, it was like a 100-meter sprint at extreme speed.

In the next moment, under the dim moonlight above the alley, the clear knife light splashed like spring water in the alley.

Ruins!

There is no one cut at all. Ghost cut!

In a piercing sound of friction as if a blade scraping the skull, the strange demons who crowded over from the other end of the alley to show their abilities brushed their heads in a different place, and the sound of bangbangbang

Higashinohara looked down at the slashing sword in his hand, and it was still sharp after slashing so many people in one breath, although it couldn't catch up with his two ancient knives, but the quality was much better than the two small knives he bought in the second-hand market.

"Let's go."

Higashinohara looked back

This time it was Shinmura's turn to be dumbfounded.

It wasn't until Higashinohara came over and patted him on the shoulder that Shinichi Niimura reacted.

He stared straight at Higashinohara with his eyes, if I remember correctly, this little brother's ability is the enviable talent sequence 23 water system ability [Ruins].

"Nishinomiya-kun, you are... How? Shinichi Niimura couldn't help but say.

He was a fifth-order 2nd stage superpower, and in all fairness, if he could overcome his fears, he would be able to deal with these first-level gray ordinary demons behind him.

But the difficulty was that he didn't know if there would be some second-level demons mixed with these demons, and if there were, then it was likely that they would be taken seriously for no apparent reason, so he didn't dare and didn't want to take this risk at all.

Where is it like the Higashinohara in front of me, not only is this turn back extremely decisive, but the start is even more neat and unpromising!

Shinichi Niimura was even a little suspicious, and the demons he beheaded might be mixed with second-level demons, but before he could react, he was "treated equally" to complete the decapitation operation...

【Decomposition Completed】

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining 0.3 Source Power Points]

Do these first-level gray ordinary demons gain so little?

Higashinohara vomited in his heart.

He easily exchanged all 0.3 source power points for 30 proficiency points, and added them all to the sword type of the selfless sword stream (intermediate 70/100) in one go.

Suddenly, the proficiency level after the selfless knife flow changed, and it became an advanced 0/500.

This is a bit difficult to get away from the [Grandmaster]'s 500 proficiency points, at least 5 source power points, which means that Higashinohara has to kill five third-level blue high-risk aliens.

But those were all seventh-order to eighth-order existences.

Or there is another way, which is to wait for the third-level blue high-risk alien body to be dilapidated and turn into a pure unconscious ability to escape to another world through the [Border] gate, like the convenience store clerk in the Aragaki apartment that night.

After the demon descends through the gate of [Boundary], its strength will drop by one or two steps, but the unknown particles obtained after killing are still from the "blue quality", and the ability to decompose 1 source power point.

Perhaps, it's time to think about improving the proficiency of secret techniques and secret mysteries, these two are big killers in actual combat...

At this time, hearing Shinichi Shinmura's question next to him, Higashinohara didn't think too much, shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's not a big deal, just hurry up." ”

The corners of Shinmura Shinichi's eyes twitched when he heard this,

He glanced at Higashinohara,

Are you sure you're only a little faster?

Speaking of which, Shinichi Niimura is twenty-two years old this year, and after passing the interview of the Adjudication Division, he thought that he was the elite of the younger generation in New Tokyo and even in Wano Country.

But compared with the performance of the little brother in front of him who was a little too tender in the past two days, Shinichi Niimura suddenly found that he shouldn't have the idea of "comparison" at all.

"Uh... All right. Shinichi Niimura could only say that.

But suddenly, he seemed to remember something again, and said with a somewhat anxious face, "By the way, when we evacuated just now, did the captain arrange for the evacuation of the wounded?" ”

All this happened suddenly tonight, even more terrifying than last night in the residential buildings of Pujiang Community, no one expected that those demons who disappeared in the daytime would actually act in groups at night and even launch a "hunt" for them.

Yes, that's right, it's hunting.

When they scattered in all directions tonight, they chased after those demons with different abilities, driving them away like primitive people hunting in ancient societies.

It's just that the group of "prey" of Higashinohara and Shinichi Shinmura is a little special, and when they are halfway through the chase, the identities of the hunter and the prey have changed.

Higashinohara they turned into hunters.

Hearing Shinichi Shinmura's words, Higashinohara thought about it carefully and couldn't help but shake his head, "I didn't hear this in the voice, maybe the captain has his plans." ”

What is the captain's plan...

The two glanced at each other, and Shinichi Shinmura's face turned slightly pale.

Shinichi Shinmura certainly knows what Higashinohara's words mean. Captain Myne's character, not to mention taking care of the wounded, when he evacuated, he didn't casually beat the people who were with him into "wounded" and delay the time of those demons, which can be regarded as a great mercy.

Higashinohara looked at Shinichi Shinmura, whose face was pale, and estimated that two of the three wounded might be his friends among the hired humans, and now this situation may make him feel that he has betrayed his friend.

But there's no way around it.

Higashinohara looked up at the Tower of Babel that was diagonally inserted into the clouds stained by the moonlight, and according to the description in Marpoli's diary, there seemed to be some danger in the Pearl Tower.

But the diary dates to 4597 A.D., and the degree of weathering and corrosion of these buildings... I don't know how many years have passed since he came to this world, and it is difficult to say whether Zhu Tali is still dangerous.

After thinking about it, Higashinohara was still relieved, "Let's go to the Pearl Tower and gather with the investigation team first, the injured people in the camp... Perhaps we attracted the attention of the demons when we evacuated, and the demons came to surround us, and it is not certain that they will survive in desperation. ”

Is it a desperate place to survive?

Hearing Higashinohara's words, Shinichi Shinmura couldn't help but be stunned, and nodded with a somewhat gloomy face.

No one is stupid.

Of course, he knew the comforting words at this time.

But I really don't have much time to think about it now.

On the other side of the alley, the sound of rustling footsteps was heard again, and the night breeze through the alley was mixed with the whispers of various "strange syllables" that Nisamura had heard.

Although Higashinohara was the only one who could understand the "complex and strange syllables" emitted by these demons, he had just decided to turn around because the demons were chasing too closely and too closely.

Now that he didn't catch up with him, he rushed out by himself, which was tantamount to fireflies in the night, and was easily attacked by the hordes of those demons.

What worries Higashinohara the most is that behind this obviously organized night attack against them, the "Ling Wei" mentioned in Marberry's diary is also among them.

According to the description in the diary and his analysis, Ling Wei, who is suspected to be the "leader" of the alien demons in the Pujiang community, is very likely to be the top level of the second-level dangerous alien demons, that is, the peak strength of the sixth order.

And under normal conditions now, Higashinohara's comprehensive strength is basically invincible against those with fifth-order abilities, and it also has the power to fight against the early stage of the sixth-order.

But it is unpredictable to go to the six-point peak.

Shinichi Nimura does not have as many sources of information as Higashinohara to analyze, but he has inexplicable trust in this Higashinohara species that is a little too tender.

The two of them said they would go, and they were separated from the demon behind them.

But the saying "looking at the mountain and running a dead horse" is not unreasonable.

Under the dim moonlight, the Pearl Tower, which stretched from the ground to the sky and plunged into the sea of clouds like a road to heaven, seemed to be close at hand, but in fact it took them a considerable amount of time to arrive.

During this time, the demons behind him are in hot pursuit.

Relying on [Nine Eyes and Six Paths] in the dark, Higashinohara's insight into the surroundings and his familiarity with the city of Jianghai in his previous life, he tried several times to get rid of those "tails", but unfortunately to no avail.

This is obviously not normal.

Higashinohara secretly guessed that nine times out of ten, the commanders or generals who organized and commanded these alien demons might have mastered the ability to track them.

Could it be Ling Wei?

However, they did not stay all the way, and the demons did not catch up again after all.

When they arrived at the foot of the Pearl Tower, Shinichi Nimura thought that they should be the first to arrive here under the guidance of Higashinohara, who has an excellent "sense of direction".

Unexpectedly, not far from the main gate of the Pearl Tower, a woman with light blue hair suddenly attracted his attention, and the person in front of him was obviously Hela, who was the investigation team.

Without waiting for Shinichi Shinmura to come up and ask, "Why are you so fast", Hela, who was staring at the Pearl Tower in a daze, turned her head when she heard the movement and found Higashinohara and Shinichi Shinmura, she immediately took the initiative to walk around and look around and said:

"You're here? What about the others? ”

Higashinohara glanced at Hela and didn't say much, and didn't ask anything.

Shinichi Niimura swallowed the doubts that were surging in his heart and replied, "We were all scattered when we evacuated, and the others should still be on the way." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was the sound of footsteps in the darkness not far away, and the nerves of the three of them suddenly tensed. Mayne.

Gray. Myne's right arm seemed to be injured, and he ran over with his right arm on a gloomy face, and without even looking at the three people standing here, he found a bench on the side of the street and sat down and began to bandage himself.

In the darkness, Higashinohara glanced at Gray, who was some distance away from them. Myne, vaguely feeling that his wounds didn't look like they had been caused by a demonic attack.

Instead, it looks like it has been cut by a sharp weapon such as a sword.

Can aliens use swords?

Higashinohara's brows furrowed slightly.

At this moment, in the darkness in all directions in front of the main gate of the Pearl Tower, one after another rapid footsteps sounded one after another.

After the people of the investigation team rushed out of the shadow of the dark high-rise building under the pursuit of the alien demons, they saw Higashinohara and others waiting under the Pearl Tower, and they all gathered with joy.

The next less than three minutes.

At the foot of the Pearl Tower, nine of the ten people evacuated by the investigation team tonight appeared, and only the last hired human ability person had not yet arrived.

At this time, Ji Yuanwen, who had palpitations, came over and went over to Gray. Myne asked in a low and respectful voice, "There is a person who has not returned to the team, what should I do Captain?" Shall we wait for him here? ”

Gray. In the danger of a sudden attack tonight, Myne pointed out a "clear way" to everyone, which suddenly made the frightened Ji Yuanwen people seem to have found the backbone, and became more and more determined to hold on to this thigh, and surprisingly be able to catch the giant ship of the Judgment Division in the future.

Gray. Myne just simply bandaged the wound on his arm, and when he heard Ji Yuanwenren's words, he shook his head without thinking and said, "Don't wait, if you can't get here, you can only blame him for his own bad life." ”

Shinichi Shinmura, who was walking with Higashinohara all the way, may have just experienced the abandonment of his companions, and he is going to abandon his teammates again at this time, he said with some reluctance, "It's Tsukikawa-san who didn't come, or let's wait for him a little longer, by the way, isn't he with you, the captain?" ”

Hearing Shinichi Shinmura's words, everyone was stunned, and then the corners of their eyes drifted to Gray. Mayne, the latter stared at Shinichi Shinichi with a gloomy face, gave him a deep look, shook his head expressionlessly and said, "I haven't seen him. ”

The crowd was silent for a moment.

Gray. Myne didn't want to dwell on such "little things", his mind was racing at high speed, thinking about how to complete the task of the Adjudication Division next, and further get rid of these demons to save his life.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Higashinohara, who had been silent, stared at the darkness in the shadows of those high-rise buildings, and said in an unhurried tone, "They... Stopped. ”

They stopped?

Everyone couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this.

Someone stared intently into the inky darkness, and sure enough, the whispers and messy footsteps that had been chasing after him and making the back of his head tingle.

From the moment they arrived at the gate of the Pearl Tower, all of them disappeared, and all that remained in the surrounding air was the constant whistling of the wind "whimpering" through the city's high-rise buildings.

This is... What's the situation?

There were some doubts in everyone's minds for a while.

But gradually, someone reacted... They all turned their heads to look at the pearl tower behind them that was obliquely inserted into the clouds, and the pale faces were reflected in the dim moonlight.

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