In fact, according to talent, Nishimaru Miri, a person with dual natural abilities, is also eligible to join this exchange program.

It's just that it may be that Nishimaru Miri is too young, not long after he turned seven years old, and the mission and responsibility of the family and country are too heavy for a child, plus Kyogoku River Water and Tokugawa Kurita are old acquaintances, so they didn't join this exchange team.

And from Higashinohara's point of view, it's not that he didn't consider bringing Nishimaru Miri in private.

The point is that it is also the first time he has gone to the other side of the world, and according to the description of the headmaster Kyogoku River, it is not a good place for stability and peace.

It's not that safe to go there.

In addition, it is not easy to leave Aunt Kolotia alone on the Wano Country side, so it is definitely not appropriate to bring the two of them with the family.

I'm not going to travel.

In contrast, Wano Country will be safe until the World Conference in June, at least, and all parties will not act in the near future.

Of course, if something really happens in Wano Country after the World Conference in June, then I will definitely have to come back early.

But before that, he still plans to find someone to take care of him.

Higashinohara originally considered a channel through the [Scarlet of Dawn] Hunters organization - he is still a "Seven-Star Chasper" in this organization, and he has a lot of authority, knowing that [Scarlet of Daybreak] will also provide some security services...

But when he saw the words on the letter in his hand, Higashinohara knew that he didn't have to bother so much...

......

At five o'clock in the afternoon, there were several couples wandering outside the coffee shop in front of the Takehara South Private School Park, and the warm sunset stretched his back?

Those students in their youth looked at the large scarlet cherry blossoms fluttering in the wind, and their faces were full of outward hope for a better future.

Higashinohara, who came out of the coffee shop, saw this scene, and a sentence "I don't know the taste of sorrow when I am young" inexplicably popped up in my mind, and then I thought that I was also very young and couldn't help but shake my head a little funny.

Immediately afterward, his mind recalled the meeting he had just met in the coffee shop.

The middle-aged man in a fisherman's hat.

I haven't seen it for a long time, maybe the sun in the South China Sea is too hot, the former leader of the third investigation team, Tokugawa Chestnut Tiger, has tanned his skin during the time he has been recuperating in the South China Sea, and his originally solemn face has added a bit of vicissitudes.

Higashinohara took out a blank piece of paper from his jacket pocket, on which was a list of the United States of Tagos, a list given to him by Tokugawa Kurita.

The list is not on the list of "assassination targets", but on influential politicians and magnates within the United States of Tagos, or more precisely those who were able to raise their voices at the June World Conference.

Tokugawa Kurita asked Higashinohara to contact these politicians and magnates and offer corresponding chips and conditions?

The ultimate goal is obviously to make a final struggle for the Wano country at this world conference, and to win over some representatives of countries who are willing to speak for them.

Higashinohara is not alone in doing such a thing. In the coming period, Wano Country will also send many representatives to secretly visit other friendly countries.

Try to get as many voices as possible for them at the upcoming World Conference in June.

The Tokugawa Kurithu gave the list of the United States of Tagos to Higashinohara purely because he heard that he was going to the United States of Tagos.

And he trusts Higashinohara's abilities very much.

Of course, this kind of political game does not rely on fighting and killing, and it is a little difficult to say whether Wano Country can win the support of other countries in the end.

After all, among the more than 300 allies in this world, except for the United States of Tagos and the San Maro Empire, most of the countries still looked at the faces of the representatives of the celestial nobility at the world conference.

If the representative of the Celestial Nobles proposed that there was no need for Wano Country to continue to exist in the Allied Powers.

So not to mention other small countries, even if it is a powerful country like the United States of Tagos and the San Maro Empire, I am afraid that I have to weigh in my heart whether it is worth it to speak for the country of peace and disobey the nobles of heaven and man...

Anyway, Higashinohara is not very optimistic.

But he still took the list of the United States of Tagos, and it was just a matter of raising his hands.

In addition, he also entrusted Tokugawa Kurita to take care of Hokkaido's family and Nishimaru Miri during his absence from Wano Country.

Needless to say, the latter is not to be said.

Tokugawa Kurita had already been in contact with the top brass of Wano Kuni, and he didn't want to return to the Third Investigation Group, but under the persuasion of Acting Prime Minister Nobuo Kobayashi, he still let go, and he would return to the Third Investigation Team he founded a week later.

I still remember that at the beginning of the year, the death of the Tokugawa Kurita in Hokkaido and the revelation of the shameless conspiracy of the politicians caused the whole country to mourn, and countless fishing boats spontaneously went to Hokkaido to help rescue them, hoping for a miracle.

But the miracle did not happen after all.

But now the Tokugawa Chestnut Tiger has appeared, appearing at a time when the people of Wano Province are most in need of a "miracle" in the twilight of the country.

As you can imagine...

When this news was announced, it was a shot in the arm for all the people!

However, Higashinohara did not comment on this.

Heart boosters are such things, it's good to say that they can save people, but if they can't be saved, it's just the last hallucination before death, how hopeful is how desperate...

However, what is certain is that a week later, when the Tokugawa Kurita announced his return through official channels.

Nishimaru Miri will definitely be picked up again, and I'm afraid the little girl will be happy when the time comes...

Thinking of this, Higashinohara's face couldn't help but show a smile.

......

A week went by in the blink of an eye.

April 8.

Early in the morning, it was cloudy with light rain.

When Higashinohara returned from his daily workout, he opened the door and saw his aunt Kolotia and Nishimaru Miri helping him pack his luggage for this long trip to the United States of Tagos.

"Umbrellas, ties, formal wear, hangers, passports..."

Kolotia made a list of must-have items for a long trip last night, and was checking them one by one with Nishimaru Miri, who was crouching next to the suitcase with her pouting little buttocks.

Looking at the serious appearance of the two, Higashinohara's heart suddenly felt a warm for no reason, although someone will feel burdened to worry about themselves, but most of the time, he still feels that feeling is actually quite good...

"Are you still packing?"

Higashinohara knocked on the door, interrupting the two of them who were concentrating, and said with a smile, "Hehe, in fact, I don't have to be so careful, I don't have many things to use every day." ”

Kolotia turned her head and saw the young man standing at the door, the morning sun dyed his side face with a beautiful halo, and a touch was inexplicably born in her heart?

This is what the book says, "A boy is about to travel far away, cross thousands of mountains and rivers, and grow into a man".

She raised her hand to brush the hair hanging from her ear and said with a soft smile, "I heard that Tagos is far away from us, and it is always good to be prepared for the first time in Higashino-kun to go to such a far place." ”

Hearing Kolotia say this, Higashinohara smiled and nodded, turned his head to look at Nishimaru Miri, and just at this time the little girl also looked at Higashinohara.

After a night of thinking,

Her little head probably knew why Higashinohara didn't take her with him to the United States of Tagos this time, and her eyes were full of reluctance.

Half an hour later, after some tidying up, Higashinohara finally left the Aragaki apartment with his suitcase in the farewell sounds of Kolotia and Nishimaru Miri, who was reluctant to say goodbye, "remember to eat on time" and "remember to call when you have time".

Waiting for the school bus at the door, Higashinohara looked back at the yellowed old apartment behind him—a harbor where he could feel warm after encountering all the dangers he encountered in this world.

And now that he is about to go on a long journey, will there be such a place in that strange country?

"You're kid ready to run away too?"

At this time, the unscrupulous uncle Satoru Aragaki who was stepping on clogs and holding a thermos cup didn't know when he walked out.

He glanced at the oversized suitcase beside Higashinohara, couldn't help but pull down his crotch, smash his mouth and said, "Tsk, the world is going down... Do today's young people run away if they don't agree with each other? ”

Higashinohara was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then shook his head a little funny, "What a runaway, I was just selected by the school to be an exchange student, and I will be back soon." ”

Satoru Aragaki who shook his head and sighed was stunned when he heard this, and immediately looked Higashinohara up and down, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect you kid to be mixed with an exchange student, looking at your appearance, it must be at public expense, tsk, it's amazing!" I've long seen that you're a good kid. ”

Then you still squeezed me every day...

Higashinohara couldn't complain in his heart, and he opened the topic and said, "By the way, why didn't I see Xia Li today, did she go to investigate?" ”

"She's resigned."

Satoru Aragaki said with a nonchalant smile.

"Resigned?"

Higashinohara was stunned.

Some time ago, he had been in the world behind the border gate, and after he came back, he was recuperating at home, and now he is ready to travel far away after the start of school.

Time is too tight,

Halfway through, Xia Li came to visit once and gave a fruit basket to have a meal "by the way", and the two never met again.

Satoru Aragaki shrugged his shoulders with a smile and said with some embarrassment, "That's also a restless guy who said he was going to devote himself to building this country." ”

Higashinohara turned his head and said a little abruptly, "She joined the third investigation team?" ”

Satoru Aragaki's daughter, Mai Aragaki, is in the third investigation group, and there is this relationship, plus the third investigation team is now at the time of employment, and it is not incomprehensible that she has the strength of a superpower to join the third investigation team...

"Oh, no."

Satoru Aragaki took a sip of tea from the thermos cup and looked up at the sky, "She's going to run for parliament." ”

"Huh?!" Higashinohara was stunned.

Satoru Aragaki swallowed the tea and said with a blank face, "This guy has recently become famous for his extramarital affairs investigations in this area, and he often provides people with free marriage 'emotional information', saving many families on the verge of collapse, and I don't know who instigated him to participate in this Edogawa City council election." ”

The corners of Higashinohara's mouth twitched.

Is the election of parliamentarians in Wano Country reliable?

Of course it's not reliable.

Last time, when the last Prime Minister Yuya Kazutsu was running for Prime Minister, there was even a farce in which a two-dimensional anime character was voted first by netizens.

In the end, of course, it didn't work...

However, last year, in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, an ordinary female civil servant ran for election through cosplay, and she actually succeeded in becoming a member of the council.

In my mind, the tiger girl Xia Li vividly shook the pair of fluffy tiger ears to make a speech campaign, and I am afraid that many fanatical otaku in the audience will regard it as a "cat-eared girl"!

It's a beautiful picture... It was so beautiful that the corners of Higashinohara's mouth twitched slightly.

Shaking his head and not thinking about this, he glanced at the lazy Aragaki Satoru, Higashinohara couldn't help but say, "By the way, you should have made a lot of money over the years, have you ever thought about going out with Aragaki Senpai?" ”

"Get out? Leave the country."

Satoru Aragaki shook his head with a smile, lazily looked at the hazy sky and said, "People like me can't live without their roots, if there really is that day, haha, I've decided to eat what I like and live a short-lived life, Mai is also doing what she likes to do..."

"Is that enough?"

"Isn't that enough?"

At this time, the sound of a car's engine came from far and near, and the special car of Takehara Minami Private School Park stopped in front of the Aragaki apartment, attracting a lot of office workers in the apartment who were ready to go out.

The black car was very low-key and luxurious, and it looked like an important person who received some celebrity congressman, which is rare in a place like the Aragaki apartment.

Higashinohara was silent, nodded with a smile, and didn't say anything more.

When the door opened, he stepped into the car with his leg raised.

The car started, and he didn't turn his head to look at the Aragaki apartment behind him, but he had a faint realization in his heart.

Perhaps for some people at the bottom of Wano Country, even if this country really perishes one day, they will choose to stay in this land, just like those old people who are still guarding the Grand Duchy of Shayash...

Old people don't have to be pedantic.

They just stubbornly cling to a certain belief that as long as they are still on the land, the country will never really perish......

.....

About half an hour after the drive.

At the new Tokyo Haneda International Airport, the exchange student program of the Takehara Minami Private Gakuen, including the instructor, met at the terminal of the airport.

From the suitcases and backpacks carried by everyone, it can be seen that the families of these students are also very reluctant.

The Si Bo siblings glanced over to this side when they saw Higashinohara, and quickly withdrew their gaze.

Higashinohara, who had keen senses, naturally sensed this gaze.

In fact, since the beginning of the new school year on April 1, he has often noticed the inexplicable gaze of the siblings in the classroom.

Higashinohara was actually a little inexplicable in his heart.

In fact, if he had paid attention to the ranking of the students in the class, he would probably be able to understand - this is the "defense" of the top students against the top students.

Of course, he may still not understand, after all, Higashinohara never thought of himself as an honor student.

After meeting up with the team of the exchange program, there were not many episodes.

After a short waiting in the departure hall, the group passed the security check and checked their tickets, their luggage had already been packed and checked, and they stepped on the gangway to the direct flight of the United States of Targos.

Takehara South Private School Park is really generous.

The eight people were all in first class, and after sitting down, a beautiful flight attendant came to ask if there was anything needed, and Higashinohara habitually came with a cup of coffee.

Kadaya sat in the window seat inside him, and he seemed to have lost a lot of weight after a few days, looking at the airport outside the porthole with some amazement, and his right hand was tightly grasping the gilt folding fan.

Soon, the plane taxied on the runway and took off, and after a violent turbulence, it flew smoothly towards the hazy clouds, and the fuselage gradually stabilized, and in a blink of an eye, it passed through the clouds, revealing a clear sky shining in the morning light.

It turned out that it was a nice day above the dark clouds.

Higashinohara stretched slightly, adjusted his sitting posture, and closed his eyes on time and regularly after drinking coffee as if it were eleven o'clock every night.

United States of Tagos...

Sin Capital?

I hope it doesn't disappoint.

......

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