Thundered!

The roar of rolling thunder came from the mirage-like black ocean not far off the coastline.

A terrifying whirlpool appeared in the black tide at the location of Mingsha Island, as if some force had collapsed a place into a vacuum.

It was clear that they were on the shore at a considerable distance, but there was an earthquake-like tremor under their feet, and the boundless black tide in the distance gave people a terrifying oppressive force that was enough to stiffen their limbs like an inverted mountain.

The people of the hunter team who had stayed in the nearby abandoned factory for almost a whole day suddenly turned pale, and their shoulders seemed to be enveloped by a mighty force that could not be described in words.

"What happened? Captain Yoshizum? Gentleman Ellenda walked over with an ugly face and asked.

Yoshitsu Ichiro, the deputy leader of the hunter team, stared at the scene in front of him with a pale face, and shook his head with some difficulty, "I don't know, anyway, it shouldn't be a good thing." ”

"How long are we going to wait here for Captain Kimura?" Teresa asked with some urgency, since that day they had been here on standby, there were wandering demons all around.

You must know that although these demons look like living corpses, they are actually not as clumsy and sluggish as the zombies in the shadow works, and they also have different levels of abilities.

If left uncareful, he can inflict fatal damage on anyone in the Hunter Squad.

Of course, the vice-captain Yoshizu Ichiro also knew this, his face couldn't help but be a little complicated, and his mouth just lowered his head as if he was talking to himself, and muttered, "Wait! Wait..."

"What are you waiting for? Will we be eaten away by these demons one by one? Teresa snorted coldly, and suddenly said, "We are doing our duty to wait for Captain Kimura here, but Captain Kimura doesn't necessarily need us to be dragged down, otherwise he wouldn't have left us alone to go to that sand island." ”

Hearing Teresa's words, the people around couldn't help but be silent for a while.

"You say... Is White Yasha still alive? Suddenly, someone asked very abruptly.

After the voice fell,

The atmosphere of silence suddenly became even more oppressive.

Higashinohara has been missing for two days since yesterday, and there is no response even from the Chasseur Squad's communication voice.

Although in that battle the day before yesterday, the strength he showed shocked everyone who witnessed it.

But when the manpower was finally exhausted, at that time, many people saw that Higashinohara was already at the end of the strong crossbow when he killed the old man of the Eagle Clan, Wencent, and he couldn't support it for too long.

Not to mention that at that time, there was a more powerful Shangjing Heavenly Man on Mingsha Island, and the pressure like a tide and a sea of pressure from his body was almost impossible to breathe.

After that, Higashinohara disappeared without a trace, and no one knew whether he lived or died, or whether he also went to the sand island.

But in the past two days, their observation of the abandoned factory near the seawall showed that the sand island wrapped in black tides had trembled countless times in the past two days, and it looked like a collision between people with peak abilities.

It is not difficult to guess that if the seriously injured White Yasha really went to that island, then judging from the shaking of the mountains around Mingsha Island in the past few days, the situation is not optimistic.

It is likely that before they even knew it, the white Yasha that swept through like a meteor in a flash of light had already died at the hands of the unrivaled old man of Shangjing.

I thought of the ant-like indifference that the old man had glanced at them the day before yesterday.

When the [Boundary Gate] opens four days later, it would be fine if the other party still treated them with disdain like ants.

I'm afraid that since he is an ant in the eyes of others, the other party will be idle and bored and come up and step on it.

The other party's interest,

For them, it was a catastrophe.

Just when everyone was in a state of panic, not knowing when they would be able to end this torturous wait.

Without warning, a familiar gentle voice suddenly sounded in my ears.

"Are you waiting for me?"

Everyone turned around, and without the slightest preparation, the man with a gentle smile appeared at the back door of the abandoned factory.

"It's Team Leader Kimura!"

"Team Leader Kimura is finally back!"

"That's great!"

“......”

Faced with Kimura Baituo's sudden appearance, everyone in the hunter squad showed a look of joy after a short period of stunnedness.

However, Teresa glanced at Kimura Hakutaku, who had a gentle smile on the corner of her mouth, opened her mouth, and still couldn't help but ask, "Captain Kimura, what's going on there?" ”

"What happened?"

Kimura Shirato turned his head to look at the swirling black tide, and said with a smile, "There should be someone fighting, but it has nothing to do with us, we will leave here soon." ”

"Get out of here?" Someone was stunned, "But... Aren't we here to probe? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the others immediately looked at him angrily, who didn't want to leave this damn place quickly.

The man also knew that he was talkative, and he felt a burst of regret in his heart, and he wanted to slap himself.

Kimura Shirato smiled and said without thinking, "The exploration mission has ended, and when you go back, your remuneration will be credited to the corresponding account." ”

It's over?

Everyone in the hunter squad was stunned.

Why do they feel... It doesn't seem like it's even started yet?

For a while, everyone couldn't help but look at each other, but in the face of life and death, no one questioned Kimura Baituo's words anymore.

Gentleman Alenda squeezed a smile on his face and said with a smile, "That's a bit of a shame, but it's always good to be able to complete the task smoothly, yes!" Captain Kimura, how did you find us? In the past two days, we have specially someone who has tried to call in the communication voice for a fixed period of time every day, but there has been no response, but I didn't expect you to find us directly. ”

The surroundings were also quiet, and they looked at Kimura Shirataka with some curiosity.

Kimura Hakutaka smiled, turned his head to look at the vice-captain Yoshizu Ichiro and said, "I made an appointment with Yoshitsu-kun to meet here afterwards, so I came over to take a look, I didn't expect you to be here." ”

Hearing Kimura Baituo's words, everyone's faces showed a sudden look.

It's just that the vice captain Yoshizu Ichiro couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he heard this, and then he reacted a little, and nodded with a slightly stiff smile.

Kimura Shirataka smiled softly at him and turned his head away.

However, Yoshitsu Ichiro looked at Kimura Shirataku's back, and a kind of absurdity and confusion gradually emerged in his heart.

He and Kimura Shirata had agreed to meet again after the abandoned factory was separated on the spot, and it was right.

However, due to the increasing number of strange demons roaming around, the factory they are in now is more than ten kilometers away from the abandoned factory that he and Kimura Hakuto agreed on at that time.

So...

How did this man find them?

Suddenly, Yoshitsu Ichiro seemed to have vaguely guessed something in his heart, and his face turned slightly pale.

But there is still a layer of membrane that makes people unable to muster up the courage to poke it open, and perhaps he still has a glimmer of hope in his heart and is unwilling to believe his guesses.

But in any case, the return of Kimura Hakutaka suddenly made the remaining members of the hunter team seem to have found their backbone at once, and they are discussing how they should break through the encirclement of the alien demons and survive the last few days before the border gate opens again.

Yoshitsu Ichiro didn't speak, and looked at Kimura Hakutaku's back in the corner in a daze, and when the latter noticed his gaze and turned around, he quickly withdrew his gaze in a panic.

At this time, Teresa suddenly remembered something.

She hesitated slightly, but couldn't help but ask, "By the way, Captain Kimura, Hakuyasha... Have you ever met on that sand island? ”

"The Sword Comes"

"White Yaksha?" Kimura Shirakuto tilted his head, his face looking a little confused.

At that time, he was assisting with the two of them on the left and right, relying on the elusive characteristics of the mirror flower and the chaos caused by the "water explosion world" to enter Mingsha Island and hide his astringent breath, and he didn't know about the "insignificant" things that happened later.

So, under the narration of Allenda on the side, Kimura Shirato finally understood what happened after he left.

When he heard that "White Yasha actually killed the two of them together when the Dark Devil Shelby and the Aquila Old Man Vincent were both defeated", his face couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Finally can't take it anymore?

At this time, in the face of Teresa's question, Kimura Shirato shook his head gently, "I didn't see him on that sand island, didn't I find a body?" I guess I fled somewhere else, that guy... It's not that easy to die. ”

Hearing Kimura Hakutaku's words, Ellenda was stunned and couldn't help but ask, "Huh?" Team leader Kimura, are you familiar with Hakuyasha? ”

Higashinohara wore a mask on his face from the moment he joined the Chasseur Squad, said little, and refused Ellenda and Teresa's invitation to form a private alliance, and seemed to have little contact.

Such a person, however, slashed two ninth-order powerhouses in a row after rising like thunder in the battle the day before yesterday, which suddenly made his image even more mysterious.

In the first two days of entering the border gate, everyone got along day and night, and it stands to reason that they were familiar, but after the jaw-dropping incident the day before yesterday, when the word "White Yaksha" was mentioned in everyone's mouths, there was an inexplicable sense of strangeness and alienation.

Facing Elenda's questioning, Kimura Hakuto smiled, shook his head and said, "It's not familiar, it's just a feeling... By the way, did you get in touch with him in the team's communications? ”

Yoshitsu Ichiro had already adjusted from the strange feeling in his heart just now, and Kimura Hakutaku's words nodded and said, "I don't know if it's too far away, or if his communicator was damaged during the battle, we haven't been able to contact Hakuyasha-kun during this time." ”

Kimura Shiraku nodded thoughtfully, raised his head and concluded with a smile, "Then continue to try to get in touch, don't worry about it, if he is still alive, there will always be a chance to see you again." ”

When everyone heard this, they were silent.

If they are alive, they will naturally have a chance to see each other again, but if they die, the back that turned the tide at that time may be the last they have seen.

I don't know if if I die in this "hell world", I will be "resurrected" like those demons again, and become a demon who only knows how to act according to emotions and instincts.

......

"Will we die here and become aliens?"

"Uh... Probably not. ”

At the same time, near the Pujiang community, Higashinohara was also a little stunned by Lucy's question.

It's already evening, twilight is four, and today is still a day of nothing.

Lucy was planning to travel farther tomorrow to find the "River Styx" in the National Library of the San Maro Empire, the only way they could become stronger.

But today, when Lucy was wandering around with the big man Daniel, Styx was not found, but there were many questions about this desolate and dead world.

Faced with Lucy's question, Higashinohara simply explained to her, "The alien demons we encountered were transformed into this form when they were alive under the influence of some special factors countless years ago. ”

"Special factors," Lucy pondered, and suddenly asked, "Is it the River Styx?" ”

Higashinohara looked at it in surprise, but he didn't expect Lucy's logical thinking ability to be a 'strange woman', so he nodded and said, "It should be right." ”

Nine times out of ten, Lucy's Styx is the tide when the world's catastrophe comes, and from this point of view, her guess is not wrong.

At this time, Danielle, who had been busy all day, was a little distracted, he didn't know anything, he hadn't read the secret scrolls in the archive, and he was completely fooled by Lucy and went to the country of Wano with a hot head.

After hearing Higashinohara's words, Danielle couldn't help but say, "If that's really the case, then even if we find the 'River Styx', won't we all become aliens?" ”

Of course, Higashinohara knew where the so-called "Styx" was in their mouths, but it was too dangerous, and he hadn't told Lucy and Danielle for the time being in order to avoid trouble.

Hearing this, he couldn't help but shake his head and said, "That should be the original 'Styx', pure and free of impurities, I don't know how many years have passed since now, and now the 'Styx' is more of a 'hotbed' for those who have the ability to nourish and improve their abilities." ”

"Makes sense."

Lucy nodded, suddenly curious, "But you say... What is the essence of the River Styx? Why can we nourish the innate ability of our world awakening, is our ability... Like the abilities of these aliens, they were born from the River Styx? ”

Higashinohara was silent and slowly spoke, "The essence of the River Styx... Perhaps it is some kind of unmetaphysical particle that can embody the biological spiritual world and impact and distort the real world, which is equivalent to some kind of unknowable 'catalyst'.

And the awakening of the innate abilities of our world can be seen as an extension of the spiritual world. In this respect, the two do have some things in common. ”

After Higashinohara finished speaking, he also fell into deep thought.

Of course, he knew that the Celestials had invaded their world thousands of years ago, and that the human beings had suddenly awakened their abilities during the mighty war, and he had also guessed whether these Celestials would come from the Sea Blue Star where he used to be.

But not to mention the sea blue star that Higashinohara is familiar with, there is no such species as those "with their own racial characteristics" such as the Nine Heavens and Men at all.

On the other hand, he had killed many celestial beings, and there were also old men like Walker and Vincent, and from their [character images] dissecting the Middle East wilderness, he did not see any trace of the same kindness to the world as himself.

In other words, the hellish world of heaven and man is also extremely strange.

Even if it is the records in the secret scroll that has been passed down by the Nine Masters of Heaven and Man for thousands of years, it is only some sporadic and trivial information that has been discovered by countless generations after discovering the [Boundary Gate] and immediately using the power of the Adjudication Division to block it.

From this point of view,

The ability of their world, and the ability of this so-called [Hell World] to be born by the "extraterrestrial tides", do not seem to have the same source.

The only logical speculation is that this "extraterrestrial tide" that started from nowhere and where it is located, may invade and destroy more than one world...

Higashinohara guessed in his heart, and immediately couldn't help laughing.

Seeing that the next [Boundary Gate] will be opened in three days, and the question of life and death in front of me has not been resolved, this kind of investigation is still left to those latecomers who are professional archaeology.....

For now, he should still think about how to reasonably kill more demons and obtain more source power points in the process of accompanying Lucy and Daniel in the process of "searching for the River Styx" in the next few days.

After several recent battles, Higashinohara fully felt the power of Purple's epic ability.

He has now opened the "Two Eyes and Two Paths" [Nine Eyes and Six Paths], although there is no indication of the next source power point to be opened.

But it is rare to have the opportunity to enter this hellish world where alien demons are rampant, and Higashinohara naturally has to prepare for a rainy day.

......

And just when the three-day countdown was going on in Higashinohara in the hell world.

Wano Country, New Tokyo.

In the early hours of the morning, when the city is reviving again.

Countless residents of New Tokyo woke up from sleep, lay on the bed, and subconsciously touched their mobile phones, but they were a little puzzled to find that they had received a text message sent by a telecommunications operator on behalf of the municipal department.

The text message probably says,

The new Tokyo Sky Tree, which had been closed for many days, was finally completely renovated and resumed operation under the supervision of several heavy industry companies and the supervision of the municipal department.

Three days later,

That is, March 27th,

This landmark building of Wano Country will once again be open to all the people of Wano Country!

......