In the middle of the night, there is silence in the abandoned building called "Happy Elementary School", and a little moonlight through the gaps in the thick clouds spills onto the earth.

The night breeze blows, and the dust particles that cannot be seen on a daily basis appear under the only light source in the world.

Higashinohara was lying on the playground of the elementary school where Kimura Hakuto had brought them, and next to him was Danielle and Lucy, who were discussing the "four ways" of camping. Von Bartolome's two.

Looking at the petite girl with short orange hair, Lucy, and the big man Daniel, if you don't listen to the conversation between the two, I'm afraid anyone who sees it at first glance will think that this is a pair of "brother and sister", it's hard to imagine that their real relationship is actually "sister and brother", from the West Sea "Black Pearl" pirates.

For the so-called "Black Pearl" pirates, Higashinohara had never heard of it, and looking at the behavior of the two, there was no trace of the pirates he killed, obviously deliberately covering up his identity for some reason.

It's just that Higashinohara doesn't care about this, and it was these two people who saved him anyway.

And in fact, Higashinohara is not as ignorant of the "siblings" as he appears to be.

In the afternoon, he collapsed weakly in the stagnant water of the river, although [Shura's evil qi was entangled. Beginning Solution] and [Thunder Ring. Thunder Crash] This kind of explosion with all his strength made him unable to move afterwards, but it did not affect his nine eyes and six realms to maintain the first sight, and he had a vague perception of everything around him.

Long before Lucy and Danielle discover him, he discovers the two and hears a conversation between the somewhat "funny" siblings, who know that they are the sons of a powerful man from the Empire of San Maro, and finally choose between "drowning in stagnant water" and "venturing for help".

Now,

Higashinohara's judgment was not wrong.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but close his eyes slightly, and the pitch-black [Sin Manual] appeared in his mind, and slowly opened the personal information panel on the title page.

[power: 63.5 (weak)]

[Dexterity: 71 (Normal)]

[Constitution: 69.9 (Weak)] +0.1 Blood Embrace

[Perception: 14.7 (Very Weak)]

[Will: 30 (Very Weak)]

[Energy particle affinity: thunder, water, fire; The scenery is dark... （0）]

[Innate ability: Shadow Instant, Nine Eyes and Six Paths (Second Eye; The second way), the healing of the spirit, the embrace of blood, the thunder (Canglei. Thunder Ring), Time Hourglass, Ruins, Cangyan, World Destroyer (can be advanced twice)]

[Composite Ability: Thunder * Shadow Instant→ Flying Thunder Without Stepping and Slashing, Time Hourglass * Shadow Instant → Quicksand Scales, Thunder * Flame →Fire Thunder God, Shadow Instant* Ruins →Bubble Aria Slash]

[Dual Composite Ability: Quicksand Scales * Fire Thunder God → Candle Dragon of the Day]

[Skill: Xiao Taidao Two Knife Flow Swordsmanship Secret Technique/Mystery. Grandmaster, Eighth-Order Selfless One-Knife Flowing Sword Type/Secret Technique/Mystery, Eighth-Order Body Technique Snake Dance Five Styles (Elementary), Ninth-Order Extreme Ghost. 2nd Knife Stream (Elementary), 8th Order 3 Knife Stream Swordsmanship / Sword Type / Upanisha (Beginner) Navigation, Piano, Lecture]

[Procedure: Fourth-order technique. Hidden Sword Summoning (Rare)]

[Title Skill: Dissolve]

[Character Title: Follower of Justice (Guilt x10, 30 minutes)]

[Status: Body Restraint Device (Lift)]

Property points: 8.5

Source Force Point: 1

Today, with the blessing of the 75 temporary attribute points of the [Sin Handbook], I am trying my best to rely on the [Shura Evil Qi. Beginning Solution] and [Thunder Ring. Under the double outbreak of thunder collapse, Higashinohara still brazenly killed the seriously injured ninth-order powerhouse Vincent after all. Lyons.

At this time, there was not much joy in his heart.

On the contrary, all Higashinohara could feel at the moment was the joy of his decisiveness at that time, and he also had a clearer understanding of the legendary "Ninth Order God-level Ability" in his mind.

Now I am now, under normal circumstances, my real strength is placed in a corner like Wano Country, although it is also a strong opponent, but in front of those strong people in Shangjing, the Nine Heavenly and Human Families, the World Government and the real Adjudication Division headquarters...

It's still too weak.

Especially those who are really strong may not all be worthy of the evil values of the old man Walker and Vincent, so if they are right, their strength will be discounted again!

After all, Higashinohara can't guarantee that he will be so "lucky" every time he encounters those heinous people and triggers the mission of the [Crime Handbook] when needed......

Lying on the ruins of the playground, my mind wandered aimlessly about these possible future troubles.

Unconsciously, in less than a year, Higashinohara has gone from being a waste high school student in a low-rent house to the "hostile side" of the world's most powerful Celestial Nine and the world government.

After a brief sigh in his heart, his character destined him not to complain and pity himself, and Higashinohara's attention quickly returned to the free attribute point he had just gained.

7.5 attribute points are earned.

In any of his quests to obtain the [Sin Handbook], it can be regarded as the largest amount of attribute points earned.

Coupled with the 1 attribute point that was temporarily stored before, Higashinohara now has as many as 8.5 attribute points at his disposal.

Glancing at his attribute panel again, [Constitution] is already stuck at 69.9, and the "+" behind it has also become gray and cannot be added.

Excluding [Perception] and [Will], two attributes that can be reversed using Source Force Points, there are not many bonus points left to choose from.

Thinking of this, Higashinohara no longer hesitated, and simply left a little spare among the 8.5 free attribute points, of which 6 of the remaining 7.5 attribute points were added to [Strength], and 1.5 attribute points were added to [Agility].

For a moment, the attribute panel in his mind suddenly changed visibly to the naked eye.

[Strength]: 63.5+6→69.5

[Dexterity]: 71+1.5→72.5

Sure enough, when the [Strength] attribute exceeds 69, it will be the same as the previous [Constitution], and the "+" at the back will become gray and cannot be added.

It's just that what is more difficult to do now is that among the many natural abilities that Higashinohara has mastered, he can still work hard to find a breakthrough in this regard, which corresponds to the ability of the flesh system of [Physique].

The ability of the power line,

He hadn't seen any of them yet.

And this natural ability has always followed the principle of preferring shortage to abundance.

If Higashinohara just finds a power-based ability, not only will it not be able to help him break through the bottleneck of the seventh order, but even if he really breaks through, it will stop there, and then it may become a shortcoming in his ability to correspond to several attributes...

......

"Huh? How is this guy stupid? ”

After finally setting up the tent of the campsite under the command of the spring water of the eldest sister Lucy, the tall Danielle couldn't help but lower his voice and said to Lucy, who was squatting next to the duffel bag and pouting her ass to collect dinner supplies.

Hearing this, Lucy turned her head to look at Higashinohara, who was lying on the ground with blank eyes, and pondered in her heart, a touch of understanding suddenly appeared on her delicate little face, and she glanced at the big man Danielle angrily, "You are not stupid, of course you are scared." ”

"Scared?" Danielle was stunned.

Lucy shook her head, her orange hair swaying gently in the gray moonlight, sighed and said, "You forgot what our self-introduction was when we rescued him, we are now the pirates of the Black Pearl Pirates of the West Sea!" Who can not be afraid?! ”

"It's like... Really. Danielle slapped his head.

Lucy glanced at the 'godless' Higashinohara again, and said with a smug face, "That's the best, people, the most important thing is to have a sense of awe and have you heard the story of the farmer and the snake?" If we are kind, we must also beware of being bitten back. ”

"Makes sense!" Danielle gave a thumbs up.

Lucy twisted her ass proudly, thinking to herself, young man, the city routine is deep, if you want to not be bullied in the future, you have to learn from my sister for a few more years...

At the same time, Higashinohara, who was lying on the ground, had extremely high perceptual insight under the blessing of [Nine Eyes and Six Paths], and absorbed all the whispers around him into his ears.

Hearing Lucy's words, his face couldn't help but be a little weird, San Maro also has a folk proverb about the farmer and the snake?

What really left him a little speechless was that the short-haired orange girl, Lucy, was shocked by the pride of the self-proclaimed "Black Pearl" pirates.

If she knew that after joining the [Scarlet of Daybreak] Hunter Organization, in just one week, she would be able to mention the title of "Pirate Hunter" in New Tokyo.

I don't know how to feel...

Thinking about this with some amusement in his mind, after completing the attribute allocation and adding points, Higashinohara's attention returned to the skill [Ninth Order Sword Type. Extreme Ghost Two Knife Stream (Elementary)].

Among the sword types that Higashinohara currently mastered, the one-sword-flow and three-sword-flow sword types are both sword types above the eighth order, and they can be used in today's battles.

Only the [Little Taidao Second Knife Stream] that he first obtained from Kusao Masaki was a little out of the flow, and he rarely used it as the enemies he encountered became stronger and stronger.

Higashinohara was aware of this before, and he deliberately avoided the use of the small Taidao Erdao stream, which he was best at taking advantage of and had been promoted to the [Grandmaster] level.

I didn't expect to kill Vincent this time. Leon was unintentionally inserted into the willow and obtained the ninth-level [Extreme Ghost Two Knife Stream], which was an unexpected surprise.

And he has the [Grandmaster] proficiency of the little Taidao Erdaoliu as the foundation, and it is also a two-knife sword type, maybe the proficiency will be improved a lot faster.

It's just that as the sword types of different schools he has mastered have increased, Higashinohara will inevitably fall into thinking after many actual battles.

Sometimes, it is not necessarily better to have three swords than one swords, and the most important thing is to cut the sword shape with a fatal blow at the right time.

And not stick to any one genre.

He has always used the Great Quick Knife as a weapon, and with the help of Source Power Points, his proficiency is very fast, and he has also gained a little in many duels with those demigod-level and god-level powerhouses.

Higashinohara faintly felt in his heart...

Maybe there's a way? It allows him to fuse these mixed sword shapes from others to form a sword shape that truly belongs to him.

Finally, it could be a "three-knife stream", a "two-knife stream", or a "one-knife stream"... It may even be some unenvisioned school of swordsmanship...

As he thought about this, Lucy, a girl with short orange hair, came over with dinner in her hand at some point.

As if afraid of scaring Higashinohara, Lucy's face wore a smile that she thought was harmless to humans and animals as much as possible, and it looked a little in the moonlight... Uh, eerie.

"Well, here's dinner for you."

Higashinohara's consciousness withdrew from the [Sin Handbook] like a tide, and he looked up at Lucy, who was standing in the moonlight.

In addition to the usual bars, she has some beautifully packaged fatty foods that look like the ones at the most expensive price tag in convenience stores.

Higashinohara could not refuse such kindness.

Under the terrifying and fierce battle during the day, his body consumed a huge amount of energy, and he had already discarded the materials in the battle, and he had no replenishment this day, and his stomach was already like a drum, and what Lucy was holding in his hand in front of him was exactly what he urgently needed to replenish.

"Thank you."

Higashinohara opened his mouth and said.

Starving to death and not eating the food that comes from him, the paranoia of his personality obviously will not be used in such a place.

At this time, after an afternoon of recovery, although he still had some difficulty walking, he was at least able to lift his arms, and reluctantly took the food from the hands of Lucy, a girl with short orange hair.

Lucy didn't leave after sending her things, her big sapphire eyes flickering in the moonlight as she stared at Higashinohara, as if she wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to learn more.

After all, she saved people on a temporary basis, and in the afternoon, Higashinohara had been weak and was about to faint at any time.

"You... Are you a native of Wano Country? Lucy couldn't help but ask.

The white-faced, fanged Yaksha mask on Higashinohara's face has been put away, and he looks like a gentle and harmless high school student—perhaps this is one of the reasons why Lucy and Lucy chose to save him.

Otherwise, this hellish world is full of dangers, and who would choose to risk it for a secretive stranger?

Hearing Lucy's words, Higashinohara had a pale smile on his face, nodded and said:

"Yes, you are..."

"We are pirates in search of freedom on the sea." Lucy opened her mouth and came, and she was not panicked at all.

The corners of Higashinohara's mouth twitched, how many pirates went to the sea to pursue freedom?

He didn't care about this, just said seriously, "Thank you so much today, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would have been..."

"Thank you for your kindness."

Lucy waved her hand embarrassedly, and suddenly added, "If you really don't want to go, then you can slowly repay me as a cow and a horse in the future." ”

"......" Higashinohara.

"Just kidding."

Lucy put her hand to her lips and laughed twice.

Higashinohara also probably saw it, although from his prior observations, he probably knew that Lucy was an extraordinary nobleman from the San Maro Empire, but his personality was a little out-of-the-box and eccentric.

Lucy knew what it was, and she didn't expect to get to the bottom of it all at once, "Okay, you eat slowly, this place is good, it seems that you know this place well..."

"Well, I came a little earlier than you guys." Higashinohara doesn't deny it.

"That's good, it just so happens that we have some questions for you tomorrow, rest early after eating, and we'll spend the night here tonight." She waved her hand, turned and left.

Higashinohara is not disgusted by Lucy's straightforward character, and he is not very interested in politicians who have to go around and around when they say a word.

After gobbling up dinner, Higashinohara touched his stomach and felt the intake of energy in his body to clean up the remaining household garbage.

After doing this, he lay down again and stayed for a while, the demons in this elementary school had been cleaned up by him last night, and he didn't have to worry about any "night attack".

It's just that they're suddenly separated from the hunter team right now, and I don't know how they're doing now...

The three old guys in Shangjing were killed by themselves, and the remaining one was a little terrifying, and there were still five days before the next border gate was opened again, and the other party would definitely not let him go.

So how is he going to spend those five days?

Thinking about these things in his mind, Higashinohara's consciousness gradually became heavy, and even if he fell into the water of the river in the afternoon, he had been awake all the time, and finally couldn't hold on at this time, and fell asleep gently under the soothing of [Spiritual Healing].

......

The next day, the sun rose as usual, and a huge silhouette emerged behind the heavy clouds, so large that it made people feel lonely, as if they had just risen from a huge tomb, reflecting this "hellish world" full of barrenness and coldness.

Higashino originally thought that he would get up early, but he didn't expect Lucy and Danielle to get up earlier than him.

Not far away, on the wasteland behind the wall, the two were gathering together to discuss something "sneakily".

After a while, noticing Higashinohara's gaze, Lucy walked straight over.

"Did something happen?" Higashinohara asked.

"Hmm... Not so good things. ”

Lucy nodded, and said in a serious tone with some excitement, "Danielle sentry last night, saying that we seem to be being targeted by other pirates. ”

Targeted by other pirates?

Higashinohara remembered for a moment those pirates who were defeated by him and the chasseur team yesterday morning when they tried to loot supplies, could it be that they were still hovering around this elementary school?

Just why she looked so excited.

"Then we... Do you want to get out of here first? Higashinohara proposed.

"Evacuate?"

Lucy was stunned for a moment, looking at Higashinohara with some disappointment in her eyes, as if to say that she didn't expect you to be such a cowardly person.

She shook her head firmly and said, "This world has always been the law of the jungle, and besides, where can we run if we are not familiar with life?" Danielle said that there were not many people on the other side, and it looked like they were injured, hum! If you dare to attack us, I will let him know that we are not docile little sheep to the slaughter! ”

As if to prove it, Lucy digs and digs from the duffel bag that Camp Danielle has been carrying...

Leng unexpectedly pulled out a huge silver metal war hammer, carved with dense patterns, which looked full of heavy texture, but in her hands it was as flexible and easy as a finger.

Higashinohara was slightly stunned when he saw this.

What is this unfolding?

Strange girl?

......