When I woke up in the morning, there was also a heavy fog around the Aragaki apartment.

Pedestrians on the streets who rush to work and go to school think that when the fog clears, it will be bright and warm sunshine.

In fact, it didn't.

When the fog cleared, the sky was still overcast.

When Higashinohara finished his daily workout and went upstairs, he met Kolotia, who had returned from grocery shopping.

After the past two days, Kolotia may have been really optimistic or maybe she didn't want to worry Higashinohara and Nishimaru Miri, and she returned to her original life within two days of being rescued from the Adjudication Division.

Grocery shopping, housework, sunbathing.

Life seems to be back to the original trajectory, the way she likes.

Only occasionally she was in a daze, perhaps because it was all too familiar—the Grand Duchy of Shayash had been the same eight years ago as Kolotia's Grand Duchy of Shayash.

After the assassination of a member of the Celestial Council of the House of Lords of the World Government by the Revolutionary Army at a dinner party, the Adjudication Division announced the evacuation of the Grand Duchy of Shayash.

Then, two years later, at the World Conference, the Grand Duchy of Shayash was expelled from the Union State.

At first, the people of the Grand Duchy of Shayash were unaware.

But today, eight years later,

A country that had been on the ice sheet of the northwest of the East China Sea for thousands of years disappeared.

For these two nights, Kolotia often dreamed of the past, of the present, of the future, of things that had not happened but seemed destined to happen.

Could it be that mankind has been ruled again and again under the rule of the world government and the celestial beings?

Doomed to be unable to resist.

Can you just go with the flow again and again?

This morning, Kolotia woke up thinking a little dazed, and lowered her head a little weakly, her golden satin hair fluttering slowly in front of her forehead.

Apparently she already had an answer in her heart.

However, these low emotions, as she met the spring-like boy when she went upstairs, Kolotia's heart suddenly dissipated, and a smile appeared on her fair face.

"Morning, Higashino-kun!"

"Early."

Higashinohara smiled and nodded.

"By the way, there were a lot of people in the back of our apartment building this morning."

Kolotia said in amazement, "Did Higashino-kun see it?" It's amazing to hear them say that the cherry blossoms in the entire street behind them have all withered overnight! ”

Higashinohara's morning jogging route did not include the street behind Aragaki Apartment, and he couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, but he immediately reacted a little, and coughed dryly:

"Hmm... That's incredible..."

Echoing a sentence, Higashinohara remembered what the two trainee police officers had said about the recent vicious incidents in New Tokyo at the shelter last night.

So Higashinohara changed the subject and said, "Kolotia, if you're okay lately, it's best not to go out casually. ”

"Huh? Is something happening? Colotia was stunned.

"Yes... Recently, there have been a lot of foreign criminal gangs in New Tokyo, and the police force is a little tight, and they can't take care of it, so if they encounter danger, they must protect themselves, and of course it is best not to go out. ”

Higashinohara hesitated, looking at Kolotia's somewhat worried face, or confessing the truth as it was, it was definitely better to know these things than not to know.

"Well, I see, Higashino-kun, please be careful." Kolotia nodded.

When going upstairs to part, Higashinohara suddenly said to Kolotia, "By the way, you don't need to prepare my meal tonight, I should come back later." ”

"Is there an appointment for the evening?" Kolotia's long eyelashes twitched, and she turned her head to look at Higashinohara.

Higashinohara nodded and said with a smile, "Almost, I'm going to have a dinner party." ”

"Dinner..."

A smile appeared on Kolotia's face, and she didn't ask any more questions, but nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll prepare Xiao Weili and Xia Li-chan tonight." ”

But when she turned back to the house,

There was something strange in my heart.

After living together for so long, Higashinohara gave her the feeling of being a more focused and pure teenager.

The social circle in daily life is not large, and it is quite unexpected to suddenly say that I will attend a dinner party.

What kind of dinner will it be?

Is there a class dinner?

However, it doesn't matter what kind of dinner party it is.

In Wano Country, the only thing that will be watched tonight is the upcoming dinner at the official residence of the Prime Minister of the Special Administrative Region in Chiyoda Ward.

Early in the morning, the channel's morning news broadcast the news that the new Prime Minister Tomori Valley is about to hold a dinner party at the official residence to invite the heads of the major chaebol families of Wano Country to discuss how Wano Country can face and get out of the dilemma of being politically and economically sanctioned by other countries after the ruling.

It is said that there will be a mysterious VIP banquet tonight.

As soon as the news came out, it became a hot topic among countless people today.

Many people were touched by Prime Minister Higashi Mori Valley's efforts to lead the people through this crisis.

For a time, the voice and support for the Dongsen Valley on the Internet skyrocketed, and some good people even named it as the prime minister who can rank among the "top ten" in the history of Wano Country.

But some things, in the eyes of different people, have completely different meanings.

In the bustling Shintokyo Ginza CBD, the top floor of a towering building that shades the sky.

A man who looked unusually cold sat on the top floor of an 80-story building, looking down at the black desk in front of him was the invitation to a dinner from the Prime Minister's residence.

"Dear Mr. Kazama, CEO of Hyakyin Group, on behalf of the Prime Minister's Office, I would like to extend an invitation to you for a dinner to discuss how Wano Country can survive in the current situation, and welcome you to the Prime Minister's Office tonight..."

Baiyin Group, one of the top 10 comprehensive venture capital companies in Wano Country, has been established for more than 200 years.

It was said that it made its fortune by reselling, but now it is mainly invested in the network telecommunications and IT industries around the world, and has invested in more than 700 companies around the world.

However, it is hard to imagine that the man behind the helm of such a company, the man named "Kotaro Kazama" on the surface, his real name is actually "Kotaro Kazama".

And there is another more famous identity in Wano Country, that is, the leader of the Night Evil Revolutionary Army, a man who will inherit the name of "Wind Demon Kotaro" from the ninja wind demon clan for generations.

This large-scale Baiyin Group, which has developed today, is the industry that the Wind Demon family has been operating for generations.

......

"Is there a dinner party at this time?"

The No. 2 leader of the Yesha Revolutionary Army, a middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance named Hanakasa Wenren, rubbed his chin, chuckled and said:

"What is the Consultation Country?

I'm afraid it's to win people's hearts. ”

I have to say that this man is indeed worthy of his title as the top "think tank" of the Yesha Revolutionary Army!

The brain is far stronger than the strength, and just by glancing at the invitation to the dinner, I can guess the true intention under the flowery words of the Prime Minister's Office.

Onigiri reads a book

Stable and relentless.

There is no way, from the announcement of the withdrawal of the Ruling Division from Wano Country to the present, Wano Country has not only been defeated by other countries in foreign trade one after another, and there has been a refusal to use Japanese yen to pay for the settlement of goods, and what is even more worrying is that there has been a large amount of capital flight in Wano Country.

Those chaebol families, who usually shout that they want to be responsible national enterprises, see that the situation is faster than anyone else, and they have transferred a large amount of assets to powerful countries such as the San Maro Empire and the United States of Tagos in various forms and short-term to avoid risks.

If the Prime Minister's Office does not come up with reciprocal measures, more and more people will run away.

Then there is no need to wait for the triennial World Conference to be held in Shangjing in mid-June, and the country of Wano, which has experienced a massive economic regression, is probably not far from extinction.

Thinking of this, the expression on Hanaga's face rarely showed a touch of confusion.

Actually, he didn't understand it.

Under the current general trend, how can the so-called "most people-friendly" new prime minister Dongsen River Valley have the confidence that he can stabilize people's hearts with a dinner party?

"Mysterious guests?"

Hanagasa seemed to have thought of something, and his face gradually showed a thoughtful look.

At this time, there was still no smile on the cold and hard face of the Wind Demon Kotaro, who was sitting behind the ink-colored desk, and he just raised his eyebrows and said to Hanagasa Wenren, "That thing... How's the investigation going? ”

Hearing the words of the Wind Demon Kotaro, Hanagasa Wenren was stunned for a moment, and the afterglow of his eyes swept the man's cold side face, and after considering it, he reported:

"I sent someone to investigate and track down the number, it was in a courtyard in Shitamachi, Edogawa Ward, and when I went there last night, there was no one, and someone was left there to guard it.

I went again this morning and found the landlord, who said that the middle-aged man who rented the house was a middle-aged man who often stayed at home, probably went out on a motorcycle yesterday afternoon, and has not been back since today..."

Speaking of this, Hanagasa Wenren looked up at the man's face, and couldn't help but be stunned.

I don't know if it's an illusion.

He actually saw a trace of ripples in this man's perennial ancient well-undulating, as if he were in a secluded pool, and there was a trace of sadness in the ripples.

Sad?

Hanagasa thought he was wrong.

After thinking about it, he asked tentatively, "Our people are still there, do you want to continue the investigation?" ”

The man was silent for a long time, but finally shook his head.

"No need." He spoke.

......

As an old man in the Nightshade Revolutionary Army, Hanagasa Wen looked at the man's expression and connected the various clues obtained from this series of investigations, and suddenly realized something in his heart.

He looked up at the man behind the inky desk, but the man had already turned his head and stared at the hazy sky outside the floor-to-ceiling window behind him...

Eventually, Hanagasa let out a sigh and walked out of the door silently.

......

After Hanagasa left, the empty office on the top floor of the building looked a little bleak.

The man sitting behind the inky desk withdrew his gaze from the window, and for some reason, he stumbled open the drawer near the bottom of his right leg.

In the drawer was a stack of pure white letters, the sender, the recipient, and the address were all the same color as the envelope, blank, without any trace.

Such letters,

It stands to reason that you can't send it.

Available for ninjas. The people of the Storm Demon family don't need a postman for such a thing as letters.

Every year on Father's Day, when a man opens a drawer, he always sees a letter lying quietly there in the drawer.

No signature, no address.

but he knew who he was.

The man casually picked up a letter lying on top, gently opened the envelope, and quietly stared at the handwriting strokes unique to the Wind Demon Clan on the white letterhead.

It was like a key stuffed into the door lock of memory, and the "card wipe" sound between twists reminded the man of some long-ago things buried in the deepest part of his memory.

......

"Che, I'm leaving."

In his recollection, there seemed to be a half-grown child who looked a few years older than him, speaking to a little boy who was only eight or nine years old and still ignorant.

"Brother, when are you coming back?"

"Probably... For a long time. ”

"Then why did my brother leave?"

"I don't want to continue to hide in the shadows, I want to change the country in another way, openly."

"But... But my father said we couldn't leave, this was our ninja. The fate of the Wind Demon Party. ”

"Fate is the most boring thing, hehe, it seems that Che will become a very boring person in the future."

Xiao Zhengtai couldn't help but bow his head a little sneeringly when he heard this, and his face looked a little aggrieved and lost.

The boy couldn't help but laugh and patted him on the shoulder, "Just kidding, don't be unhappy!" Come on! Che, let's compare and see who can change the country in the future. ”

"Change the country? What is my brother going to do? Xiao Zhengtai looked up and asked.

The boy's eyes gradually lit up like fire, and he said in a firm tone, "Of course, to find someone worth following!" Auxiliary left to govern the country, this is our ninja. The meaning of the existence of the Wind Demon Party. ”

“......”

The picture of memories gradually fades into a lake, but some of the things that happened later are vivid, as if they were yesterday.

When the ninja who has been pinned on by countless people、About to inherit the "Wind Demon Kotaro" from the current leader. After the big boy with the name passed down from generation to generation by the Wind Demon Party abandoned the door.

The current leader of the Wind Demon Clan, who was also their father, was furious and immediately ordered the other party to be removed from the Wind Demon Clan forever.

There is nothing to do with this life and this life.

And the young and ignorant little Shota in the memories took over the ninja after his brother gave up. The name of the Wind Demon Party for generations.

Wind Demon Kotaro.

Growing up step by step, he became the head of the Wind Demon clan and the leader of the Night Evil Revolutionary Army.

I gradually have my own thoughts and understandings of this world, which is ruled by the celestial people and the world government.

In his later opinion, the elder brother who was removed from the Wind Demon Clan was an out-and-out idealist, and he couldn't agree with many views.

But there was one thing he could hardly deny.

The man in the memory was right when he was a child, he did grow up...

Become a boring person.

At this time, the current head of the Wind Demon clan, Wind Demon Kotaro, still had a cold and hard face like a glacier, but a call from an unknown place that he received yesterday afternoon unconsciously appeared in his mind.

From the moment I picked up the phone, inexplicably. Wind Demon Kotaro knew who the other party was.

Although this was the only phone call to the man other than letters in the decades since he left, after being removed from the Storm Demon family.

On the phone, the man chattered, asked him if he was surprised, said something if he didn't have it, and asked about the current situation of some old people in the clan...

But on the other end of the phone, Wind Demon Kotaro, who abides by the rules of the Wind Devil's family, chose to be silent.

From beginning to end, he didn't say a word, maybe there was some resentment about being abandoned in the first place.

Finally, at the end.

The man who tried to liven up the atmosphere and resolve the embarrassment of the two brothers who had not met for so many years finally fell into the embarrassment of having nothing to say...

At that time, he should have responded with a sentence...

Even if you call "brother".

At this time, Wind Demon Kotaro thought so in his heart.

It's a pity he didn't say anything.

I only heard the man be silent for a long time, and before hanging up the phone, he said the last words with some interest.

"Remember our agreement? Che, we said that we should use our own ways to see who can change the country first... Hehe, although I don't want to admit it, I seem to find that maybe my original choice... Really wrong..."

This phrase was recalled again in my mind.

As a ninja. The people of the Wind Demon Party, of course, he heard the depression that was about to enter the hell of Naraku.

Kotaro's gaze slowly shifted to the invitation to the Prime Minister's dinner at the inky long desk, and his eyelids lowered slightly.

His gaze passed through the invitation,

It seems to see the man with a tough and resolute face, who often waives his arms vigorously during speeches, making people feel energetic and high-spirited.

After a moment, Wind Demon Kotaro whispered in a voice that only he could hear:

"Brother, he...

Did you really read you wrong? ”

In order to know the answer.

He decided to go and "ask" in person tonight.

In a private office on the top floor of the Baiyin Building.

The current leader of the Nightshade Revolutionary Army, a ninja. Kotaro, the contemporary head of the Wind Demon Party, picked up the phone on the inky desk and dialed a certain number:

"Replying to the Prime Minister's Office,

Baiyin Group,

Go to the feast on time tonight. ”

......

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