The Four Kings of the West Sea.

It's not a fixed title.

It was the bloody king that began hundreds of years ago, and countless pirates on the West Sea, the most powerful sea in the world, competed in bloody battles between each other.

With the accession of new kings from generation to generation, the name of the old king being guillotined has been passed down.

And this generation of the Four Kings of the West Sea, in addition to the new Corleone Pirates, the Shelby Pirates are one of the remaining three veteran Four Kings who have gone through countless ups and downs and continue to this day, and they all belong to the remnants of the previous generation.

At the same time, the Shelby Pirates can also be called the most notorious pirates in the world among the Four Kings Pirates of the West Sea.

They don't do their own trade, commerce, or even cooperate with the world government, like the Corleone Pirates.

On the contrary, all the wealth and supplies of the Shelby Pirates are built on looting, and it can be said that every pore is dripping with filthy blood from head to toe.

The World Journal of the United States of Tagos once published an article angrily denouncing the survival of this pirate group to this day as "a disgrace to the civilization of this generation".

A week later, the writer who published the commentary died tragically at home.

No way, it's really the strength and power of the Shelby Pirates are too amazing.

Especially when such a powerful pirate group has no foundation of its own at all, and completely relies on looting and accumulating wealth and materials on the vast and infinite sea.

Even the world government can't wipe it out most of the time.

As for the West Sea trading ships that suffered from the plundering of the Shelby Pirates, they could only carefully pay the protection fee while secretly cursing the captain of the Shelby Pirates, "Dark Devil" Arthur. Shelby, the old guy of the previous generation, could have died a little earlier.

I don't know if I should say that the scourge will last for thousands of years.

The Shelby Pirates have been famous in the Western Sea since the last generation of the Heavenly Yuan Calendar in 1040, and have gradually become notorious all the way, and it has been more than 70 years now.

And the captain of the Shelby Pirates, the Arthur known as the "Dark Devil". Shelby, from his 40s, broke away from the original Four Kings Pirates of the previous generation to form the Shelby Pirates, and finally ascended to the throne of the Four Kings of the West Sea of the previous generation step by step.

Now he is close to one hundred and twenty years old, and at the tail of the millennium of the Tian Yuan calendar, Arthur . Shelby had once shown the strength of the peak of the eighth order, and now no one knows what kind of level his strength has reached.

But since the other party can live to this age and still grow old and strong, the outside world speculates that this guy may have broken through the gap between heaven and man between the eighth and ninth orders and become a god-level ability above the ninth order......

......

Shinagawa District,

Mitsui Garden Hotel.

In a luxurious suite,

Higashinohara and Dusk and Wild Briar returned to the hotel's living room after completing the mission, sitting on the sofa to the left of the coffee table.

And on the other side of the living room,

There were three unfamiliar faces sitting.

The same two men and one woman.

The man on the left is rough, and the man on the right is wearing glasses and has a slightly feminine appearance, and his face looks a bit like that of the people of the country.

As for the girl in the middle, it's a Wano country who can be seen at a glance.

Being able to appear in this room tonight, there is no doubt that they are the last elite chasseurs in the [Scarlet of Daybreak] organization, and they are also the people who are matched by the [Crimson of Daybreak] to complete this mission for their joint operation.

"This time, our target is the No. 4 cadre of the Shelby Pirates, the awakener of the elemental water system ability, known as the 'rain demon', and the seventh-order absolute ability Sheila."

"He used to be the warden of a seaside prison in the United States of Tagos, he had a brutal personality and liked to torture and kill prisoners, and after being exposed to the news media by the prisoner's family, he frantically went to the door according to the prison address and killed his family, and then went into exile at sea and entered the Shelby Pirates... Mission Objective Hazard Rating, Level 7. ”

Speaking of this in one breath, Dusk Yu glanced at everyone, and said with a very serious face:

"In addition, I have to remind everyone here that the Shelby Pirates like to act in groups, and they pursue the goal of retribution, and the rain demon Sheila will appear here, and I'm afraid that the rest of the Shelby Pirates will also be there, even the captain of the Shelby Pirates..."

Hearing the words of dusk, everyone in the room couldn't help but shrink their pupils slightly.

Obviously, as registered chaspers, they have also dealt with the Shelby Pirates and are well aware of the horror of this pirate group.

At this moment, the man on the right side of the three-person group opposite the coffee table who was wearing glasses and looked a little feminine suddenly spoke, "I think the 'dark devil' Arthur. Shelby shouldn't show up for a while. ”

"Are you the scout hunter of your trio?" Briar couldn't help but ask curiously.

After all, judging from the size and appearance of the trio, the soft-faced man with glasses is a bit of a "brainstorm".

"Sorry, I haven't introduced myself yet."

The man with glasses pushed down the glasses on the bridge of his nose and nodded towards Wild Rose, but his mouth was an authentic Kyoto accent, "Seven Star Execution Hunter, codenamed Pit Viper." ”

As he spoke, the pit viper pouted at the thick, stocky man on one side, "That code name Bear, he's the scout hunter of our trio. ”

"Hello."

With a silly smile on his face, Xiong stood up and nodded to the three of Higashinohara.

Seeing this, both Wild Rose and Higashinohara under the mask showed a slightly strange look on their faces.

I didn't expect that this man with glasses, codenamed "Pit Viper", would be the executive hunter of the three, while the stout guy played the role of an analyst.

Only the dusk sitting in the middle was silent, and he looked like he had seen the wind and waves and did not move.

The bear was sturdy, and when he sat back down, the Wano Country girl in the middle hurriedly moved to the side, for fear of being accidentally pressed by him.

At this time, the girl also noticed the gaze of the three of Higashinohara, and immediately got up politely and said, "Hello, I am the finishing and aftermath hunter of the group, codenamed Xia, you can call me Axia." ”

It's obviously not good to come and go.

When they met, they had just received the task, and they were in a hurry, and they didn't have time to inform each other.

At this time, since the other party introduced himself first, the three of Higashinohara also introduced themselves.

"Scout hunters, dusk."

"Finish the hunters, Wild Rose."

"Execute the Hunters... Uh, White Nakshatra. ”

Hearing Higashinohara's introduction at the end, the three people sitting opposite couldn't help but subconsciously set their eyes on the white-faced fanged yaksha mask on Higashinohara's face again.

In the next second, the three of them quickly retracted their gaze, as if they remembered the information they had read before.

Does the rookie perform the Chasseur?

Looks like a mission has just been completed tonight.

It's just that this time their mission goal is level 7, although "Pit Viper" is also a seven-star chasesser, but the chasper at least has a bottom line, but the mission goal has no bottom line at all.

When the two sides are fighting, the bottom-line hunters have a natural disadvantage, and they naturally have to overpower each other in terms of strength, so they will jointly complete the task.

But is the matchmaking mechanism of [Scarlet of Daybreak] really okay?

With such a "rookie hunter", it would be good not to lag behind when carrying out the battle, what else can you really expect him to add to the odds of victory for his side?

The pit viper and the bear looked at each other, and both saw each other's doubts.

Opposite the coffee table,

Dusk doesn't care about these thoughts in their hearts.

After hearing what the pit viper said just now, he also nodded and analyzed, "That's right, the active sphere of influence of the Shelby Pirates has always been in the West Sea, even if they know that the Ruling Division has withdrawn from the country of Wano, but such a small country on the coast of the East China Sea, I am afraid that it will not be able to enter the eyes of the Shelby Pirates while it is fired, so... The purpose for their presence here is clear. ”

Hearing this, Xiong's face also showed a little thoughtfulness, "Is the lost world behind the legendary Sky Tree [Boundary Gate]?" It seems that those old guys... I'm really interested in this kind of thing. ”

"The old people always want to live longer."

Dusk said noncommittally and lightly, and then continued, "So when we carry out our mission, at least in the short term, we don't have to worry about the 'Dark Devil' Arthur for the time being. Shelby's threat only needs to come up with the best battle plan against Sheila the 'Rain Demon' as soon as possible. ”

"That's what I think, too."

Xiong nodded.

The two Scout Hunter analysts glanced at each other and reached a consensus in a very tacit understanding.

Wild Rose clapped her hands and said with a smile, "Okay, so now the question is, where can we find the time when the rain demon Sheila is alone?" ”

"Everyone has a world of their own."

Suddenly, Dusk said something inexplicably, and then found that everyone around the coffee table was looking at him, and he shook his head and said:

"I'm sorry, but this is a quote I said to my old partner from the Wild Rose, then I think that the world of Rain Demon Sheila must belong to the prison."

Hearing Dusk's words, a gleam flashed in the eyes of the bear with a simple face, and he nodded and said:

"That's right, according to the information I have, Rain Demon Sheila used to be the warden of a seaside prison in the United States of Tagos before joining the Shelby Pirates in the West Sea, and he took pleasure in torturing and killing prisoners, even whether he was friend or foe, and some rookie prison guards were also brutally murdered by him, but afterwards he disguised it as the result of a prisoner riot, and then killed more prisoners."

"In the end, it wasn't until this incident was exposed that he killed all his family members and was exiled at sea that he joined the Shelby Pirates, but I heard that where the Shelby Pirates occasionally went ashore to stay, the local prison would suffer once."

It's hard to imagine that a bear, with an honest body, would finish such a long sentence in such an orderly manner.

But prison?

Higashinohara heard the words of the two, and his face also showed a thoughtful look.

Next, the two sides discussed specific actions.

Ten minutes later, Higashinohara and his party temporarily walked out of the hotel where Dusk and Wild Rose were staying.

Before leaving the house, Twilight said that he would start hacking into the surveillance systems of all the prisons within the city limits of New Tokyo tonight, hoping that they would be ready to go out at any time while they had a good rest.

It's a bit hard... Higashinohara complained in his heart, but he didn't say anything in his mouth.

He left the hotel with the pit viper, the bear and Ah Xia, and when they parted outside the hotel door, he asked casually, "Don't you live here?" ”

Hearing Higashinohara's words, the three of them subconsciously looked back at the resplendent hotel behind them, and their faces seemed to be a little unnatural.

Neither the pit viper nor the bear spoke, and Ah Xia blinked her eyes wide and said to Higashinohara:

"That's... The more cost-effective place I arranged for them myself is not much worse than here. ”

"For example?"

"Motel."

“......”

There are probably some luxury motels in New Tokyo, right?

Shaking his head and saying goodbye to the three of them, Higashinohara silently walked in the direction of the tram stop.

What he didn't know was that the three pit vipers behind him looked at the "simple" back of Higashinohara walking towards the tram stop, but they breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

Psychologically, I was inexplicably closer.

.....

Edogawa-ku, Aragaki apartment.

Higashinohara got off the train and walked around the outside a few times, convinced that no one could keep up with him, so he brought quick food such as sushi and tempura from the deli outside.

Today he made a lot of money in various senses, and when he went home, he passed by the delicatessen, and subconsciously brought something back, feeling like an old father who paid a salary.

On the way home, it may have been due to last night's TV coverage of the explosion of the Roppongi Building and the orange warning on the radio, and even the streets of a poor place like Edogawa Ward were in a visible depression.

Many shopping malls and supermarkets close an hour or two early in the evening, leaving only a few izakaya and ramen shops that make a living from them still open, but there are no customers in the empty lobby.

....

"Big brother, you're back!"

Higashino Hara was sorting out tonight's harvest in his heart, and as soon as he walked up the stairs, he heard the sound of "squeak" opening the door!

Immediately? Nishimaru Miri's little head was exposed, and he showed a bright smile at Higashinohara.

Seeing Nishimaru Miri's smiling face, inexplicably, Higashinohara's chaotic mind calmed down.

Raising the food bag in his hand, Nishimaru Miri jumped up and took it from Higashinohara, and Kolotia also stood in the door and looked at Higashinohara with a sigh of relief.

It's a little strange to say, obviously she is seven or eight years older than Higashinohara.

But every time she sees this gentle young man, her heart seems to have found the backbone.

Back in the room, tidy up the tatami mats, bring a small square table, smell the smell of Xia Li rushed to sit in the group with Higashinohara and Nishimaru Miri.

Kolotia brought the dishes that had been prepared in the evening, wiped her hands on the apron around her waist, and sat down across from the small square table Higashinohara with a smile on her face, looking more and more like a housewife.

She was a princess of the Grand Duchy of Shayash.

Now that he has come to the country of Wano, he is far away from the center of the whirlpool of various revolutionary armies vying for power, but he has gradually fallen in love with this quiet and leisurely life.

It's just that the country of Wano is now stormy...

Kolotia turned her head to look at the lights outside the window, and seemed to feel that today was a little dimmer than before.

I couldn't help but be stunned for a while.

"What's wrong?"

Higashinohara asked after noticing.

Kolotia turned her head, raised her hand and brushed the hair next to her ear, and asked softly, "Higashino-kun, you say, will the Wazhi Kingdom be like Shayash in the future?" ”

Hearing this question, even Xia Li, who was immersed in the rice, was stunned for a moment.

Obviously, although this tiger girl is a little coquettish, she is not stupid - the Aragaki detective agency downstairs has recently suspended its business, and in fact, most of the detective agencies have gone into a state of silence.

After all, in the past, when private investigations were conducted, at most the defendants violated privacy and then ripped off.

But now when you go out to investigate, if you are not careful, you may send your life out, and then put a white cloth on your face on NHK's evening or morning news broadcast.

Higashinohara was silent for a moment, noticing that the eyes of the three were all looking at him, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"Don't worry too much, no matter what Wano Country will become in the future, as long as we are all like this, then life is still worth looking forward to."

Hearing Higashinohara's words, Kolotia was stunned for a moment, showing a slightly thoughtful look.

She seemed to think about what had happened after she had fled from the Grand Duchy of Shayash to Wano in the north, and she nodded earnestly.

On the tatami mats, a small square table for four people is steaming, and the atmosphere is a little warm.

Higashinohara looked at Nishimaru Miri, whose little face had regained his smile, then at Kolotia and Xia Li, and at the night outside the window, thinking silently in his heart...

What will happen to Wano Country in the future?

He doesn't care.

But if someone wants to hurt the people around him.

Well, he didn't forgive any of them.

......

Nothing was said all night.

The next day, it was just dawning in March.

At five o'clock in the morning, Higashinohara's biological clock was swiped by the group information that popped up in the background of the [Scarlet of Dawn] Hunter website on his mobile phone.

He took out his phone in a drowsy mood, but found that it was dusk sending messages to notify everyone, and the content of the screen was all the same sentence.

Located in New Tokyo, which is known as the "most inescapable prison", Arakawa-ku Shizusui Prison, rioted in the early hours of this morning!

The entire prison is currently out of control.

In normal times, this would have been seen as a time when criminals took advantage of riots in many parts of the city of New Tokyo when police were strained.

But Dusk's keen sense of smell told him that it was not that simple.

Because the man from the Shelby Pirates...

In this city.

......

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