The time was nine hours ago.

4:42 a.m.

"This is the Barton County Maritime Authority, the 21st attempt to establish communication with the White Swan Harbor Offshore Patrol, communication band BTE547, please answer if you receive it! Please answer when you receive it! ”

"Your request for communication failed to be established,

Please try again later. ”

In front of the central computer of the coastal guard tower, the deputy director of the Barton County Maritime Administration, who was woken up in the middle of the night and rushed here, stood behind the correspondent who had tried again and again to establish communications, and his pampered face, as a celestial nobleman, looked extremely solemn.

The coffee on the coaster in the corner of the table had turned cold, and the air in the central control room was eerily quiet.

The communicator, who was the first to notice something wrong in the early hours of this morning, was also looking at the green radar scanner rotating clockwise on the central control computer with a blank expression.

The coastal signal radiator has been activated and pulled to its maximum value, but no ships have been found in the nearby waters on their way home.

This has never been the case!

"Lost?"

The deputy director took a deep breath.

He asked:

"When was the last time you communicated?"

"Ten minutes ago, the night crew of the Offshore Patrol applied to return home." The correspondent said.

"And then?"

The deputy director of the Maritime Safety Administration asked.

"Thirty seconds later, when the patrol correspondent and I confirmed that the sea was safe, there was no response." The correspondent said with an ugly face.

"Thirty seconds."

The deputy director of the Maritime Safety Administration shook his head and said categorically, "This is impossible. ”

What can you do in thirty seconds?

You must know that Barton County belongs to the city circle of Upper Kyoto, and even the offshore patrol is an elite celestial force.

Among them, there are many high-level abilities.

Taking a step back, even if the ship is suddenly attacked in the early hours of the morning, there are always people who can survive by various means, and there is no news at all.

"But the patrol signal was completely cut off, and the offshore radar couldn't scan any traces, as if it had disappeared out of thin air." The correspondent swallowed.

The deputy director glanced down at him and said expressionlessly, "You mean to say that the 'Black Triangle' of the Extreme Evil Islands of the West Sea has appeared off the coast of White Swan Harbor?" A black hole that suddenly appeared and swallowed our ship? ”

"Ugh"

The correspondent choked.

He knew that the deputy director who was called up in the middle of the night was in a bad mood, after all, this deputy director of the Maritime Administration who had been in Barton County for so many years, and the white swan in the jurisdiction had never made any big mess.

Seeing that the World Conference Dog will soon be promoted to a regular position, who knew that such an unexpected situation would suddenly occur.

The correspondent secretly glanced at the gloomy deputy director, and cautiously gave a suggestion, "If the enemy turns on the super signal jamming device jamming when launching a sneak attack, it is possible to cut off our radio communications in an instant. ”

"So. Where is the enemy? The deputy director asked with an eyebrow.

"Uh, this." The correspondent looked at the empty offshore radar scanner and lowered his head slightly.

I was speechless for a while.

If there is an enemy, with the advanced technology and equipment of the Barton County Maritime Authority, even the severed communications will not be able to detect even the slightest trace of the enemy as it is now.

Suddenly, the correspondent sitting in front of the central control computer felt a chill in his heart.

Unless, attacking them is a fleet of ghosts that do not exist in this world.

But secretly squinted at the deputy director of the Maritime Safety Administration, who was blue and blue behind him, and the correspondent still held this guess in his heart with a strong desire to survive.

The deputy director was silent for a moment, and suddenly said in a low tone, "Now mobilize the offshore patrol team to investigate, and don't report this matter for the time being until the results are found,"

"Yes."

The correspondent hurriedly said.

The deputy director had his hands behind his back, and his emerald eyes of the pure blood Sirius Clan looked calmly at the empty radar scanner.

However, at this moment,

What he was thinking about was not the outcome of the investigation, but how to reassure the families of the victims of the Offshore Patrol so that he could put down an incident that could affect his future.

He was the man who was going to enter Upper Kyoto.

Unable to tolerate any flaws in their resume.

Upper Kyoto Center.

Celestial Administrative District, Adjudication Division Building.

A sound of swift footsteps could be heard in the hallway.

A sturdy woman in black held a phone in her hand, and said in a hurried tone as she walked:

"Is the news confirmed? The masked clown appears in White Swan Harbor? Send me the specific location, hurry up, the empress needs this information, don't let me repeat it a second time. ”

"But. . . But Master Pso he."

The man's voice on the other end of the phone sounded a little tangled and annoyed, and he only hated how he had inexplicably fallen into the whirlpool of this kind of big man's 'infighting', and said in a slurred voice:

"If I tell you, you must not keep it a secret from me, and keep me safe."

The woman in black walked briskly in the corridor and said with a slightly cold face:

"I can only promise you that if you don't tell me, I will guarantee that you will not be safe."

There was a sudden suffocation on the other end of the phone.

After a while, the man bowed his head in resignation and sent the specific location of the masked clown in the message sent by the Condor Bureau of the Tagos Kingdom asking for help to appear in the White Swan Harbor.

He wasn't afraid of the woman in black.

Instead, he was afraid of the woman in black who was called the "empress" behind the woman in black.

While the situation is still unclear,

Smart people don't choose to stand in line so quickly, and now that he is caught in the middle, he can only hope that the woman in black under the empress can tell some morality and keep it secret for him

After receiving the specific positioning, the woman in black in the corridor immediately stopped hesitating, and walked all the way to the door of a hidden private office on the third floor.

She tidied up her appearance,

When you cough dryly, you will raise your hand and knock on the door.

Unexpectedly, as soon as her hand was raised, the door suddenly opened from the inside, and a tall woman in black appeared at the door and was about to go out.

"Your Excellency,

I have important news to report. ”

However, before the woman in black could continue, the Empress Dorohi pushed the door out. Alita glanced at her lightly, and said in a cold voice:

"Is it the Joker's intelligence?"

The woman in black was shocked when she heard this, she didn't expect that the other party and other intelligence networks had already received the news, and it seemed that she chose to report it decisively.

She quickly bowed her head and said respectfully:

"That's right, the White Swan in Barton County has shown signs of suspected illegal assembly of the Revolutionary Army, and there are several groups of pirates from the sea, and the Second Ruling should have received the news and rushed over."

"It seems that he still doesn't plan to give up."

Empress Doroshi. Alita said in a light tone, her voice suddenly became slightly cold, "But my people are not so easy to kill." ”

The woman in black secretly raised her eyes and glanced at the Empress Doroshi. Alita's face said cautiously, "I'm afraid I won't have time for it." ”

Although the second ruling made the demon sword attack very rare, it was the strongest combat power in the adjudication division after that old man, which was the consensus of almost everyone in the adjudication division.

Although the rumored new right-hand man "Joker" under the command of the empress seems to be strong, he will definitely not be able to support him for long in front of that man.

It's not even a face.

Hearing the words of the woman in black, Dolohi. Alita's beautiful face under the veil couldn't help frowning slightly, and the figure of the young man under the clown mask suddenly appeared in her heart.

She admired the other party's strength and potential, but compared to that man, it was no longer a gap in strength, but a gap in another realm level.

"He could."

The empress took a breath and said lightly.

As soon as she finished speaking, she walked down the hallway, all the way to the up-and-go button next to the helicopter in the Adjudication Division.

The woman in black followed behind without landing a step, and from time to time secretly glanced at the other party and the empress Doroxi who was walking in front. Alita's side face.

There were some doubts in my heart for a while.

What to do upstairs at this time?

Do you want to go to the top floor to find the old man?

But although the second ruling made the demon sword Pusuo a human being, his surname was exactly the same as that old man, and the origin of it was also discussed privately behind his back.

At this time, if you find that old man to "uphold justice", I am afraid that the other party will not pay attention to it at all.

Isn't that a little unwise?

However, the thought had just crossed the mind of the woman in black, as she followed the elevator all the way up the top floor to the rooftop of the Adjudication Building.

The woman in black soon knew she had guessed wrong.

After getting off the elevator, the woman in black followed the empress all the way to the rooftop.

She didn't have time to say anything,

I saw a Black Falcon helicopter emerge from under the gloomy clouds like a sharp sword tearing through the far sky, and then landed on the roof in a violent gust of wind.

The woman in black was suddenly dumbfounded.

In such a tight place as the headquarters building of the Adjudication Division, I am afraid that only this woman in front of me dares to do this.

Does the old man care?

The woman in black thought about it carefully,

But I was stunned to find out.

With the character of that old man,

It really doesn't seem to care.

Over the years, the 12 rulings within the Beijing Adjudication Division have changed the situation, and there have been many battles.

However, the old man who sat in the position of the first referee did not even lift his eyelids.

He'll just wait until the dust settles and get up from his chair with a smile?

"Crown" the last surviving victor.

Aware of this,

The woman in black couldn't help but feel a slight chill in her heart.

On the rooftop of the adjudication division.

Empress Doroshi. Alita's black light veil was swept by the wind and fluttered wildly, she turned her head to look at the woman in black, shook her head and said:

"You go back."

The woman in black suddenly changed her face when she heard this, and quickly bowed her head and said, "Lord Alita, please allow me to fight with you!" ”

As a woman, she was well aware that she was helpless in a violent enforcement body like the Adjudication Division, and that she did not have any family background.

If you want to climb up, you can only seize the opportunity to go to the dark one by one, and you will be both prosperous and lossy.

Empress Doroshi. Alita seemed to see the other party's thoughts, and shook her head when she saw this, "I understand your loyalty, but you can't help me when I go there." ”

There was one more sentence she didn't say.

That is, if the demon sword Puso really wanted to kill that young man, then she would naturally not stand idly by.

At that time, there was a conflict between the two, and it would be good if she won, but if she lost, the woman in black would inevitably suffer from the man's reckoning.

Dolohi. The last thing Alita wants in this life is to implicate those who have nothing to do with her own affairs, so she will dissuade the other party now.

The woman in black was suddenly a little gloomy when she heard this.

She knew that Empress Dolohi. Alita was right, if she could still intervene in the White Swan incident before that.

Then when the two "SSS-level rulings" of the adjudication department arrived, the situation immediately rose to another level.

- This is far from something that she, a seventh-order absolute ability, can get into.

Thinking of this, the woman could only sigh in her heart, bowed her head respectfully and said, "Then I am here waiting for your triumph." ”

When you look up,

The Empress had already boarded the helicopter at some point.

The helicopter propeller swayed against the wind pressure and soon disappeared into the distant sky.

The woman looked up at the sky, and inexplicably felt that the sky seemed to become a little more gloomy.

Upper Kyoto City Circle.

Barton County, White Swan Harbour.

How long is five minutes?

It should be the wisp of smoking a cigarette,

After listening to the aftertaste of a song,

Or the afterglow of a battle between men and women.

However, five minutes seemed a long time to Higashinohara, who had quietly taken a few steps back in the warehouse building, and his eyes occasionally glanced at the old-fashioned wall clock on the wall.

However, at this moment, neither the representatives of various countries, nor the Dawn Revolutionary Army, nor the Queen Antigone Pirates in the huge warehouse noticed Higashinohara's gaze.

At this moment, almost everyone's eyes fell on the uninvited guest outside the door.

The first swordsman in the West Sea, the "Heavenly Sword" Hawke in the Four Kings Pirates. Yudel, a country in the western seas of the Cross Continent, hardly anyone has not heard of this name.

At this time, the supreme fast sword [Tiancong Cloud Sword] that Sword Demon Pelos had in mind had already returned to its original owner, and it was firmly held in the hand of the man with the black cloth covering his eyes.

It's just that it seems that this man didn't come to get the knife and was going to leave.

And for the sword demon Pelos,

Watching the cooked duck fly, his already ugly face suddenly became cloudy.

One of the Four Kings of the Western Sea's Yuder Pirates glanced at Sword Demon Pelos with a smile, shook his head and said:

"I must have stolen our captain's Tiancong Cloud Sword, isn't this the turtle man under that woman? How? Can't that woman satisfy you with even a sword? ”

Hearing this, everyone in the Yuder Pirates immediately burst into laughter.

The Queen Antigone Pirates are the only pirates in the Western Sea to be led by a woman.

Every time these pirates are fighting with each other, they have to use this incident to mock the members of Queen Antigone's pirates.

In the past, Sword Demon Pelos would definitely be furious when he heard this.

But at this moment, his face was calm as usual, he looked at the other party lightly, and said with a smile:

"Actually, I'm also very curious, why did this [Tiancong Cloud Sword] appear in the hands of the descendants of the Zaomen family, can't the dignified 'No. 1 Swordsman of the West Sea' even hold his own sword?"

As soon as this statement came out, Hawke. The faces of the people behind Yudall suddenly turned ugly, and their minds almost unanimously recalled the rainy night a few days ago.

and the drunkard who walked out of the vicinity of the container at the port of Barlingshire, hundreds of kilometers away from Bartonshire.

It's almost just a face,

In their eyes, Hawke looked like a god. The big knife in Yudel's hand was cut in two, and they didn't even see each other's faces.

"Who will be the one who will cut this sword?"

Sword Demon Pelos looked at the man who had just made a mockery of him with a smirk.

"Being able to cut off the sword of the 'No. 1 Swordsman in the West Sea', is it true that your captain, the 'No. 1 Swordsman in the West Sea', is it fake?

Or do you want to say

The other party is the so-called 'world's number one swordsman'? ”

Hearing the sword demon Pelos's ridicule, the air pressure in the warehouse instantly became extremely low, and the atmosphere was silent and suppressed to the point of calm before a storm.

Higashinohara, who retreated to the corner, looked up at the old-fashioned wall clock on the wall, and the second hand rotated again, pointing exactly to the twelve scale mark.

The time came to one forty-five.

The thirty-minute temporary stat bonus is over.

Higashinohara instantly fell back from that state of [will] surge, and his mind was inexplicably empty, but his heart was slightly happy.

This means that the [Handbook of Sins] status is "reset" and he can try to trigger the quest again.

And among the people present at the moment, it is natural that the sin value of the sword demon Pelos, who treats everyone's lives like pigs and dogs, is the most likely to trigger the mission.

He immediately stared at it without thinking.

Whoa!

In the next moment, a familiar sound of turning pages suddenly appeared in my mind.

Higashinohara suddenly felt certain.

Sure enough.

[Warning: Target Found]

[Handbook of Evil, p. 025]

[Name: Puso. Wiseman】

[Gender: Male]

[Race: Human]

【. 】

Higashinohara's consciousness had just been immersed in the sin manual, but his heart was suddenly shocked!

Wait a minute!

Something seems wrong there?!

At this moment, a man's evil voice came from outside the warehouse.

Someone tilted his head and raised his hand and plucked his ear and said, "Well, I seem to have heard someone say that I am the 'world's number one swordsman'?" ”

"'The First Sword Hero'?

Tut! What's that thing? ”

Immediately, I saw a man with clear eyebrows and a star-shaped scar on the side of his face, with a crazy and murderous smile mixed with the corners of his mouth and slowly walked in.

The new moon is doubled, and I ask for a guaranteed monthly pass~

(End of chapter)