In the year 1122 of the Tianyuan calendar,

April 22.

The capital of the United States of Tagos, the mayor's residence of the supreme governor of Meje Province, welcomed an uninvited group of guests today.

The black sedan was parked outside the heavily guarded mansion, and through the dark gray bulletproof glass, the short body seemed to be carrying the weight of the Wano Province's interim prime minister, Nobuo Kobayashi, looked out the window at the empty bushes in front of the mansion with some complicated eyes.

Standing beside the bushes, several black-clad Condor Agents were looking at the uninvited guests parked outside the mayor's mansion with scrutinizing eyes.

As the supreme governor of a country,

Visit the capitals of other countries.

At this moment, not only is there no person with the corresponding status to receive them, but there is not even a person who goes out to greet them.

Nobuo Kobayashi, who had been tired for days and looked a little haggard, laughed at himself, and did not get out of the car immediately, but said to the middle-aged man with short chestnut hair and a dignified and resolute face who was sitting in the passenger seat in front of him, "Does the Tokugawa team leader know why this city is named "Meji" Mansion?"

The "Tokugawa Team Leader" is naturally the Tokugawa Kurita who returned to take over the 3rd Investigation Team of Wano Country after Kimura Hakutaku's conspiracy was revealed.

His brows furrowed slightly, as if he was thinking about something, and suddenly heard the words of Interim Prime Minister Nobuo Kobayashi, and couldn't help but shake his head and said, "I really haven't understood this."

Nobuo Kobayashi smiled and was about to say something.

At this time, a crisp and immature little girl's voice suddenly came from inside the car, "Uncle Xiaolin, I know."

"Oh? Little Weili knows?" Nobuo Kobayashi asked with interest.

The little girl nodded seriously, recalling what she had seen in the book in her head, and said word by word,

"The history books say that this land on the north bank of the Bama Canal on the mainland of Tagos and the country was originally just a barren land overgrown with bushes, and it was on the land of the United States of Targos when the armistice between the heavens and humans was negotiated thousands of years ago, and when the highest cry in Tagos was that the precondition for an armistice was that the heavens and men must leave their land."

Hearing this, Tokugawa Kurita also turned his head and looked at the delicate little girl sitting next to Interim Prime Minister Nobuo Kobayashi behind him, and said in a soft voice, "Then I guess the heavenly people must not agree."

"Of course the Celestials won't agree."

The little girl nodded matter-of-fact and continued, "Seeing that the contradictions after the armistice were about to intensify again, President Meji of the United States of Taggos negotiated with the representatives of the Celestials under great pressure from the country, and finally signed a contract to cede the south of the Bama Canal to the Celestials, and stepped down from the position of President of Tagos within a week."

Speaking of this, the little girl's delicate side face looked up at the co-pilot seat in front of her, turned her head to look at her lovingly, and cleared her small voice under the encouraging gaze of the other party and continued,

"Later, however, under the influence of the world government of the Celestial Upper Kyoto City Circle, who settled south of the Bama River, the United States of Tagos soon became a superpower alongside the San Maro Empire, the most powerful country in the world at the time, and that undergrown barren land quickly developed into the megacity of Meji Province, which now occupies one-fifth of the economy of the United States of Tagos."

"The descendants of the United States of Tagos are grateful to President Yumeji for this incomparably wise decision, and in memory of President Mezy, who did not hesitate to step down from office and achieve a leap forward for the United States of Tagos under great pressure, they named the place where the negotiations were made, that is, the land under our feet at this moment, as Mezi Province."

Nobuo Kobayashi was a little amazed by the little girl's memory and extensive knowledge of the history of these unpopular worlds thousands of years ago, and he couldn't help but applaud when he heard this, and then said with some sighs, "Many times... People don't make the right decisions."

Tokugawa Li Hu glanced at him when he heard this, and said noncommittally, "Class differentiation has led to information barriers, and information barriers have led to cognitive biases that make it impossible to make correct decisions, and in the final analysis, it is not the fault of the people."

After a pause, he continued, "The people of the United States of Tagos didn't know the sky back then

People choose to take the initiative to armistice and peace talks, only thinking that the other side is not strong, and some people even propose to "take advantage of the victory to pursue" these invaders to exterminate them, under this kind of understanding, the people will naturally not easily compromise."

The little girl sitting in the back seat is naturally Nishimaru Miri, who she hasn't seen for a long time.

She had just relied on her memories of the world history book to read the book, and at this moment she couldn't help blinking when she listened to the words of Tokugawa Kurita, and her little face showed a look of understanding or not.

Temporary Prime Minister Nobuo Kobayashi nodded when he heard this, and then shook his head with a wry smile, "Fortunately, the people of Wano Country in this era are obvious to all to the strength of the Celestial Man and the World Government, alas... We are now making these concessions and compromises... I hope that in the future, the people will understand..."

Interim Prime Minister Nobuo Kobayashi's already short body suddenly became a little more and more rickety, and a thick lingering exhaustion appeared on his face.

I'm sure he knows it, too.

Whether or not the people of Wano Country will understand it in the future, he, the interim prime minister who has not yet been regularized, will basically come to an end after this meeting...

However, thinking that the political career of the position of Prime Minister of the Cabinet of Wano has always been short, and it is not much worse than a man changing clothes in a year, Nobuo Kobayashi smiled self-deprecatingly, changed the question and smiled at Nishimaru Miri on the side, "Xiao Miri is really good, I didn't expect that Xiao Wei Li read more books than your tiger father."

Hearing the Prime Minister's praise, Nishimaru Miri smiled embarrassedly, and quickly waved his small hand and said, "No, it was actually my eldest brother who told me that books are the ladder of human progress."

Books are the ladder of human progress?

Nobuo Kobayashi was slightly stunned when he heard this, and said with some emotion, "Although this sentence is concise and clear, it is to the core, human beings can coexist under the rule of heaven and man for so long and have not completely become slaves, relying on these things that have been passed down from generation to generation through various carriers."

Speaking of this, he smiled and said, "Is that the big brother you came to talk to with the Tokugawa team leader this time? I heard that it is still an international exchange student sent by Takehara Minami Private School, so good, it is the hope of the future of this country."

Hearing that Higashinohara was exaggerated, this time Nishimaru Miri was not embarrassed to be modest, but instead squinted his crescent-like smile proudly.

Even if Nobuo Kobayashi doesn't say so, I'm afraid that in the eyes of this little girl, the big brother in her mouth has always been an excellent and dazzling existence.

It's just that suddenly, as if thinking of something, the smile on Nishimaru Miri's little face suddenly faded away, and he became a little lost.

At the same time, Tokugawa Kuritaka's face became a little strange when he heard Kobayashi Nobuo mention the name, and out of some agreement, he did not reveal the identity of Higashinohara and the ally in front of him.

And this time, two months before the World Conference, the country's top official took the initiative to visit the United States of Tagos, largely because of Higashinohara.

On the one hand, of course, the secret letters that he asked Higashinohara to pass on to him in the official residences of the various parliamentarians of the United States of Tagos were as silent as if they had sunk into the sea.

On the other hand, Higashinohara fell into the sea and disappeared in the battle of White Swan Harbor two days ago, and he can no longer be contacted.

He couldn't resist the plea of Nishimaru Miri, who was worried about the whole thing, so he had no choice but to take it with him when he decided to form a delegation to Tagos after the Wano Cabinet meeting.

Knock knock!

At this time, there was a knock on the car window.

The car window opened, and a middle-aged man who looked like a secretary straightened his back, and said with some arrogance between his eyebrows, "Your Excellency Mayor is busy with official business and has a lot of opportunities, but since you have come from the East China Sea, I am still going to use lunch time to meet with you, get out of the car and keep up."

Tokugawa Kurita and Kobayashi Nobuo glanced at each other.

The two of them knew very well in their hearts,

To be able to come here is just to enter the door.

The "battle" below has just begun.

In normal times, even if the other party is the mayor of the capital of Meiji Province, they will not surrender their status as the supreme governor of Wano Country like this.

Shapely

Unforgiving.

With just over a month to go until the "Last Judgment" of Wano Country, they must lower their posture and make some concessions in order to win more votes and support for Wano Country in the verdict of this World Conference.

For example, the "big brother" of the United States of Tagos, who has a vote attached to the "little brother" below, naturally has to be cautious, and their expressions are not the slightest dissatisfied.

People don't always be able to straighten their waists, and they don't know when they will bend over in a trance in their lives.

But then again, if you can straighten your back, who wants to be low?

Not everyone in this world can be like the "Captain Dragonfly" who is unscrupulous and decisive in the situation, and sometimes Nobuo Kobayashi who is in prison is also very envious of the "New Tokyo Discipline Commissioner" who lives in the same country as him.

But envy is envy, but he feels in his heart that he can't save this huge country just for a while.

The country...

After all, it's up to us to save it.

......

The battle between Tokugawa Kurita and Interim Prime Minister Nobuo Kobayashi has just begun.

However, at this moment,

In the hellish world behind the purple border gate of White Swan Harbor, the battle of Higashinohara had come to a temporary end last night.

Just remembered that after killing the old monk last night, he and Doroshi. When Alita chose to retreat temporarily, the second-generation disciples of the Nine Heavenly and Human Families looked at him with resentful eyes.

If it weren't for the sea pirates in the West Sea who had just confronted them but were watching coldly at the moment, I'm afraid that Higashinohara and Doroshi. Alita may not be able to retreat calmly under the siege of so many ninth-order powerhouses so easily.

You must know that Higashinohara was able to kill the sea thieves who were attacked for a long time by so many sons of the Nine Heavenly Families and the Sea Pirates of the West Sea with one blow last night, not because he was stronger than those people.

Rather, it was because of the old monk's visualization and demonic cultivation that the Eight Heavenly Dragons were released to meet the enemy, and his body was seriously injured by the siege of Basedon and others, so Higashinohara appeared at the right time and slashed out with all his might.

So if there was no threat of pirates last night, I'm afraid Higashinohara and Doroshi. It is unlikely that Alita and the two will escape with their whole body, and the best result will only be to get out of the encirclement with serious injuries.

But even so, when he left, Higashinohara knew that there would be a life-and-death battle between them sooner or later in the next few days.

He has killed many celestial beings.

So know them better than anyone else.

Neither the children of the Nine Great Families nor the Fourth Judgment Envoy Barcydon were broad-minded people, and there was no room for mitigation for the humans who challenged their majesty and power.

Where is Higashinohara a challenge,

That was already the trampling of Chiguoguo.

It's just that there are more lice and it doesn't itch,

He had long since taken it to heart.

The sun is rising.

It was supposed to be a booming and uplifting atmosphere.

It's just that in this desolate hellish world, the morning sun rising from the eastern sky is covered with a layer of gray color, full of twilight feeling, as if it is possible to wake up at any time and not see the sun tomorrow.

In a collapsed building not far from the ruins of the garden, Higashinohara, who had been tired all night, woke up and looked at the coat he was wearing, and then turned his head to look at Doroshi, who had been keeping vigil all night. Alita, couldn't help but show a helpless smile on her face.

Last night, he said that he was keeping vigil, but then he was exhausted and fell asleep inexplicably. Alita woke up at some point and took his place.

Sometimes Higashinohara calms down and thinks about it, with this kind of "girlfriend power" bursting and always thinking about protecting people's girlfriends, she is really full of security...

"Do you need to rest a little longer?" Higashinohara took over Doroshi. Alita handed over an energy bar, and looked down at the strawberry-flavored one.

This is Dolohi. Alita's favorite taste.

"No need."

Dolohi. Alita replied casually, immediately glancing at the supplies of the two people not far away, and said softly, "We still have ten energy bars and seven bottles of pure water and other supplies left, which is normally enough for us to survive these five days, and wait until the border gate is open to the outside world again."

Higashinohara didn't say anything when he heard this, just stared at Doroshi. Alita's side face suddenly appeared with a slight smile.

"What are you laughing at?" Dolohi. Alita asked.

"Nothing, just something happy to think of." Higashinohara Road.

He wouldn't have said just Doroshi. Alita's appearance is similar to the cold and indifferent momentum of the empress when she first met, but she looks like a housekeeper who is diligent and thrifty.

Dolohi. Alita didn't ask "anything happy", but suddenly remembered something, and reopened her mouth to confirm, "In five days, will the border gate really open again?"

This question suddenly made Higashinohara stunned.

He groaned and said slowly, "According to the previous law, the cycle of recirculation inside and outside the border gate is seven natural days, theoretically..."

Speaking of which, he himself stopped.

Higashinohara suddenly realized that this was just a law in the past, and no one knew if the fourth-level Purple Boundary Gate also followed such a law.

There was a moment of silence between the two.

Dolohi. Alita suddenly said thoughtlessly, "Actually, it's not bad to stay here all the time."

Higashinohara was slightly stunned, and looked at Doroshi, who lowered his eyelids and his eyelashes trembled slightly. Alita glanced at her and suddenly understood her mood.

The rebellion and the separation.

Those four words are enough to describe her situation.

After more than ten years of faith in changing and reorganizing the adjudication division, there was no place for her in that world, and this desolate and dead hellish world became her last harbor to escape from reality.

Higashinohara glanced at Doroshi a few times. Alita, suddenly, asked, "What is your dream?"

"Dreams?"

Dolohi. Alita glanced up at Higashinohara, a little surprised why he would ask such a question at this time.

Higashinohara nodded and said, "That's right, it's not the reorganization of the adjudication department or something, such a shady place is not worth a good girl to pour her life into, I'm asking you about the original... The first dream."

Hearing this, Doloshi. Alita was stunned.

This time, she was silent for a long time, and it seemed that she had finally picked up some fragments of memory from the years that had long been forgotten, and lowered her gaze slightly without looking at Higashinohara, but said softly, "When I was a child, my father asked me, and I said that I wanted to go back to our original world."

"Your original world?"

Higashinohara reacted immediately, and the other party was talking about the world in which the original celestial beings lived before they came to this world thousands of years ago.

The girl's journey is a sea of stars...

Higashinohara sighed in his heart, and said with a smile, "Okay, then we will definitely go out, whether it's five days, ten days, there will always be a day when it opens, right?"

Dolohi. Alita was infected by the firmness in Higashinohara's words, and looked up at him in some surprise, "Why?"

"What, why?"

Higashinohara couldn't help but smile and said, "Because your dream is to go to the original world to see, then try your best to chase it, even if you don't find anything in the end, it doesn't matter, as for the Judgment Division or something, go to hell, you have no responsibility to change a dark and filthy place."

Think about it too, if it weren't for Doroshi more than a dozen years ago. Alita's father was killed, and I am afraid that she will not have anything to do with the three words of the adjudication department at all, let alone become the "image project" of the adjudication division in the eyes of the people.

Hearing Higashinohara's words, Doroshi. Alita's face also showed a thoughtful look when she heard this, and the mood of the two days of confusion was suddenly relieved a lot.

She turned her head to look at Higashinohara

At a glance, he opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.

However, at this moment,

Not far away, there was an earth-shattering loud bang in the direction of the garden ruins!

Looking in their direction, they saw a visible aftermath of the shock, spreading out in all directions and layers like ripples on the surface of the water.

......