"Damn it, damn it! How could you be targeted by that kind of monster? ”

In the darkness of the night, a group of people hurried through a huge "depression" and finally crouched down against the wall on the back side of the depression.

Well, this place may not be called a depression, it looks like a stadium like a stadium many years ago, surrounded by tall spectator stands.

After a sharp gasp, the leader of the One-Eyed Pirates suddenly looked up at the captain of the Sharoman Snake Pirates, who was scolding angrily, and said in a somewhat gloomy voice, "It's you who led the way this time, and now that seven days have passed, we're still trapped in this damn place, I think... You need to give us an explanation. ”

As the words fell, the other four or five pirate ships around them also turned their eyes to the captain of the Saroman Snake Pirates in the corner.

The captain of the Saloman Snake Pirates is named Rod, and the first mission Higashinohara performed after joining the [Daybreak Scarlet] Chasseur Organization was to kill the Blue Flame Demon Sneik who caused trouble in a bar in New Tokyo by the Saloman Snake Pirates.

It's just that Rhodes, who entered the border gate a week ago, probably never thought that the crew he left in New Tokyo had been wiped out, and the rest of the people except for the Blue Flame Demon Snik were completely swept away by Higashinohara in the next few missions.

Even so,

Right now, he has a bigger headache.

According to the information that Rhodes received from the well-known intelligence mongers in the West Sea, they were able to leave the place after seven days after entering the New Tokyo [Border Gate] and arriving in another lost hell world, regardless of whether they gained it or not.

What I never expected was that when the time was approaching the sixth day, when they had found nothing, they approached the predetermined place.

During the night, everyone had a dream in which they left in a fierce scuffle, with heavy casualties, and only a few people eventually fled the place.

When they woke up the next day, the pirates didn't think there was anything wrong with them, until the scene in the dream really came, and a group of "alien demons" with all kinds of strange abilities rushed down from the pearl tower that they used as a meeting place.

Everything in the dream began to repeat itself.

What scared everyone the most was that when the surviving pirates were on the way to escape, they accidentally told someone about the dream they had last night, and everyone was horrified to find out... Actually each of them had the same dream.

These pirates are all capable people, and of course they don't think of this as some metaphysical accident.

It's just that what makes their faces a little ugly at the moment is that except for the [Nightmare] of talent sequence 43, there are almost no dream-related abilities in the talent order list.

However, to put it bluntly, the nightmare is actually a spiritual ability that can drag the opponent into a terrifying nightmare, but it does not have the terrifying ability that they encounter to manifest everything that happens in the dream in reality.

If it was true, it would be able to interfere with the dreams of these people with absolute abilities above the seventh order, this would probably already belong to the category of purple epic abilities.

And the demon behind it is very likely to be an eighth-order peak or even a ninth-order fourth-level demon!

But this... How can it be?

They passed through the third-level blue [Boundary Gate].

Thinking of this, Captain Rhodes of the Saloman Snake Pirates became more and more embarrassed, and in the face of the questioning eyes of several captains around him who had escaped by luck, he said in a somewhat difficult tone, "I'm sorry... I didn't expect anything like this, and we're afraid we'll have to wait for the next time the Border Gate opens again. ”

"Next time, who knows if that ghost place will be the same as this one? What if it's still the case? What are we going to do then? Someone immediately questioned it.

Rod took a deep breath and said slowly, "Then you have to be ready to kill." ”

Hearing Rod's words, the voice that questioned him before suddenly spoke, "Even if we can really kill it, the supplies we brought in here a week ago have almost been consumed, and the rest of them were also lost in this escape, this week's time... You mean we're going to have to fight for a week where this bird doesn't? ”

There was a sudden silence around them.

Even if the ships of these pirates are all absolute abilities above the seventh order, the premise is that they are also human beings, and people are iron and steel, and if they don't eat, they will really die.

Rhodes pondered for a few seconds, then slowly spoke, "Of course we can't be so passive, but that TV tower is very weird, if it's not necessary, I think it's better for us not to get close to there for the time being and try to retrieve the lost supplies, we might as well change the way..."

"What do you mean?"

Someone seemed to react.

"That's right."

A smile appeared on Rhodes' face, and he nodded, "No matter what world you are in, pirates will not be short of food, and when the border gate opens again in the afternoon, although we have no chance to evacuate, but this time there are still many people on the other side of the border gate, how can those people not carry supplies on them?" ”

Hearing Rod's words, the faces of several of the surrounding pirate groups on their faces also showed thoughtful looks, and then they all showed tacit smiles.

That's right!

They're pirates, they don't have anything to eat, so just go out and grab them.

That's what they're doing.

Suddenly, a voice came from the crowd again, "Wait a minute, even if you are sure of the supplies we have grabbed... Will the Border Gate open again in a week? ”

Everyone suddenly breathed and suffocated.

That's right!

The only thing they can survive is to be able to return to that world, and if this afternoon is the last time the Boundary Gate is opened, it will never appear again.

Then even if they grab the supplies,

What's the point of lingering for a few more days in a world full of desolation and silence?

Facing everyone's staring eyes, Rhodes was also a little uncertain in his heart, all his knowledge of the [Boundary Gate] was limited to the intelligence dealer in the West Sea, and he was eager to improve his strength, so he conclusively connected these pirate ships that usually had a good relationship to explore together.

In his opinion, now that the Adjudication Division has evacuated New Tokyo, Wano Country in the corner of the East China Sea is a "three-regardless" zone that anyone can step on, and even if nothing is gained, it will be a waste of time at most, and he didn't expect that he would almost "waste" his life here this time.

Thinking of this, Rod took a deep breath, shook his head helplessly, and said, "I'm not sure in a week's time... Will the border door open again..."

The faces of the other pirates around suddenly changed greatly!

They were invited to come over to "help boxing", but it was not because of any deep feelings, who didn't think carefully in their hearts.

If Rod really cheated himself, I'm afraid they would come up and tear him up for the first time.

Sensing the drastic change in everyone's mood, Rhodes changed his words and said, "But I'm very confident in another thing. ”

After a pause, there was no one to answer, and Rhodes could only continue, "You should remember that we pirates are not the only ones here this time, right? There are also big people in Shangjing who came to this world with us, and since the first day we have been going east along this dry and corrupt river, followed by Arthur, the 'dark devil' of the Shelby Pirates. Shelby..."

Hearing Rod's words, everyone's faces also changed subtly.

Don't look at them calling for wind and rain in the West Sea, and they are revered by the residents of some coastal towns like ghosts.

But in front of those big people who really live in the heavens in Shangjing, in front of the pirate group like the Four Kings of the West Sea who can fight against the world government across the sea, they are just some insects that can be crushed to death at will...

Rhodes noticed the change in everyone's faces and continued to speak, "Although we didn't go back yesterday, I don't know if you noticed that since we arrived under that TV tower last night, no one else has approached except us, don't those big people know that the border gate will open again today?" ”

"What do you mean?"

The man who had questioned him had come to his senses.

"That's right."

Rhodes nodded, "No matter why those big people along the river in Shangjing didn't return to the [Border Gate] TV Tower, since they dare to do this, there must be a way to go back, those celestial masters are much more desperate than us pirates." ”

Hearing Rod's words, everyone around them also fell silent.

Although this news is not good news, it is the only hope that can be seen in such a desperate night.

"Alright... Cheer me up! ”

While Rod was slightly relieved to see that he had finally persuaded everyone, his face also regained the momentum of the Saroman Snake Pirates on the sea, and said viciously, "Tomorrow when the morning dawns, we will bypass the electric tower of the evil gate and go east along the river, although I don't know what is the easternmost part of this river, but since those big people will choose there, there must be enough to attract them and others..."

"That's our chance."

Rod said forcefully.

In the dead silence of the night, there was a fierce glimmer in his eyes.

......

On the other side of the Pearl Tower, which stood like a black giant on the bank of the Pujiang River, Higashinohara's face, who had suddenly woken up in the middle of the night, gradually revealed a slightly complicated look.

He didn't think at all,

I would have such a dream.

The blind boy in the dream is the boy in the sky tree, and the question is whether this is a fictional dream of the other party or something that has actually happened.

His parents...

Why did it become like that?

Is it the so-called "tide" in Marberry's diary?

In this way, it seems that the strange scenes in the dream can also be tried to understand.

The teenager's parents were obviously affected by the tides, which is why such a change occurred, and the tides would infinitely magnify the obsessions in people's hearts.

It seems that the obsession of the teenager's parents should be by the boy's side, so even if the tide corrupts them, they still choose to use the ability brought by the tide to maintain their original voice and stay by the blind boy's side.

Even if the consequence is to speed up the abnormal change in his body, he will use all his abilities in Sangyin to prevent him from feeling anything abnormal.

Turning his head to look around, the playground in front of the school was hazy, and the moonlight overhead was once again blocked by thick lead clouds, and only the slightest ray of light sprinkled on the ground through the gaps in the clouds.

What's the situation?

Higashinohara, of course, didn't think it was any surprise.

Thinking of the boy standing high in the sky of the Pearl Tower when he passed through the border gate in the afternoon, if he didn't guess wrong, this so-called dream should be an ability of the other party, but why did this dream appear on him?

Or is it...

Everyone else had the same dream?

Higashinohara, who woke up from his dream, had no sleep, so he simply got up from his sleeping bag, looked at the dilapidated and low black buildings around him at night, and looked at the school for migrant workers' children called "Happy Elementary School".

If Higashinohara had been here for the first time, maybe he wouldn't have felt anything.

But the problem is that Higashinohara has been to this place once, and has lived in the city once, and has read Marberry's diary, so it can be said that there are not many people who know the world better than him.

He clearly knew what these so-called "alien demons" were, and he knew that at night, the more such public places were, the more unexpected situations would occur.

But tonight...

Everything came so quietly.

Thinking of the initiator and funder of this exploration operation, the man who seemed to have a warm smile on his face no matter what happened, Higashinohara couldn't help frowning slightly.

It stands to reason that if it was the first time they came here, they should have set up camp nearby, so they chose a nearby residential area just like last time.

But the other party went all the way east along the dry and corrupt river, and finally chose such a quiet migrant primary school as a foothold, and there was nothing abnormal around, which made Higashinohara have to be suspicious.

Could it be that the other party has really been here before?

Earlier than them?

Suddenly, Higashinohara remembered something, that is, the bloody night in the former Tokyo Sky Tree.

If anyone could have known about this before they did, it was undoubtedly the mysterious man who had given that speech on Sky Tree Radio.

The other party must know more about this than they do.

Could it be him?

But his identity is the leader of the third investigation team, why did he do this? This is completely inconsistent with Higashinohara's impression of the politicians and bureaucrats in Wano Country.

Speaking of which, however, Kimura does not seem to be a traditional bureaucratic politician.

Even if ordinary politicians invite names, they will let the masses pay for them, anyway, Higashinohara has never seen a bureaucratic politician pay out of his own pocket like Kimura Hakutaku.

He pondered this, unconsciously pacing around the camp.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, there was a rustling sound in the dark corner not far away, and then a delicate woman's voice came.

"You hate it... If you are like me, that woman will be angry, and she will not be like me, she will only feel sorry for her brother. ”

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