Mae Chai.

Stafford Private Greatsword Academy.

"Just send it here."

"Huh? But Team Leader Tokugawa told me to send you back to your dormitory."

"Hmm... Is that so?"

Higashinohara, who was in the back seat, looked up at the sincere expression of the young driver in the rearview mirror, and groaned slightly, and understood the intention of the Tokugawa Kuritoro in his heart.

No way

The week of Higashinohara's disappearance was too sensitive.

Although Tokugawa Kurita "endorsed" Higashinohara, after arriving in Tagos Meji Prefecture and learning about the White Swan Port Incident, he immediately asked Higashinohara to ask for leave, saying that Higashinohara had gone to him to help these days.

But as the so-called drama does a full set.

When he came back, there was a driver to see him off, but it also showed that Tokugawa Kurita "valued" the young man Higashinohara, which increased his convincing.

With this in mind,

Higashinohara couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

In the end, it was the team leader who was engaged in the investigation work, and if he hadn't reminded him of these details, Higashimoha might not have paid attention to them.

It probably doesn't seem like a big deal.

But the details add up to a lot, and if you are careful to sail the boat for ten thousand years, Higashinohara naturally pushed the boat along with the current, and said with a smile, "Then there will be labor."

"Yes."

After the car arrived at the school gate and stopped at the school gate, the young driver got out of the car and opened the door for Higashinohara.

Today is Saturday, a day off, and in the evening, the entrance of the branch is full of students coming and going.

Higashinohara got out of the car and someone opened the door, and the students passing by only glanced at it when they saw this, and immediately looked away.

After all, a famous school with such abilities as Stafford's private big sword school can be described as "no white ding", and I don't know how many wealthy daughters and sons are hidden.

In contrast, the unremarkable black sedan that Tokugawa Kuritora sent to send him back did not have the face of Higashinohara, which made people's eyes linger a little longer.

And the driver who sent him back tonight was a newcomer who had just joined the Third Investigation Group, named Eiichi Shinto.

This time, I went abroad on a mission with the visiting team of Wano Country, and at first I felt that I was nervous and excited about shouldering the survival of the country.

But after these days, Tokugawa Kurita sent Tokura to and from the residences of major parliamentarians and politicians in the urban area of Meiji Prefecture, and after seeing these big names in Wano Country eat so much closed-door soup, they gradually lost that heart.

On the contrary, it is precisely like this,

He began to observe the capital of the United States of Tagos, the world's superpower, and gradually discovered the differences from the new Tokyo of Wano Country, and he also felt something in his heart.

Once upon a time, Wano Country was as prosperous as it was, but now with the "Day of the Dead" approaching, the bustling streets of the past are becoming more and more depressed and deserted.

I don't know what it will be like in a month...

Higashinohara saw the emotional appearance of Shinto Eichi on the side, and knew what the other party was worried about without asking, so he couldn't help but ask as he walked, "Does Shinto-kun think that the actions of the Tokugawa team leader have a chance to save Wano Kuni?"

Hearing Higashinohara suddenly throw this question, Ijinto Ei was stunned, opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, and finally shook his head a little blankly, "I don't know."

"Do you support the approach of Tokugawa and the Prime Minister?" Higashinohara asked a different question.

"Yes."

Shinto Eichi nodded immediately.

"Why?"

Higashinohara wondered.

The future is uncertain and so supportive?

Eichi Shinto's face finally showed a little youthful sharpness, and said with a smile, "How can you know if you don't try."

How do you know if you don't try?

A very simple sentence, but it made Higashinohara stunned, and immediately showed a thoughtful look.

While talking,

The two went upstairs to bedroom 426.

Shinto Eiichi was a little curious and wanted to see these quilts

The exchange students sent by Wano Country - what kind of vigorous and upward spiritual head the hope of the Flame and the mainstay of Wano Country will be in the future.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he pushed the door open, he was almost lifted by the smell of instant noodles in the door, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly as he looked at a few boys in the bedroom who were squatting on chairs in big pants and hissing with their heads down.

"Teacher rounds?"

"Put the cooker away."

"The induction cooker has long been confiscated, didn't you boil this water with your ability?"

"Oh, that's fine."

"Huh? It's not like it's a student council outside the door."

Finally, someone found out that something was wrong.

The respectful black guy in the formal suit outside the door and the old brother in the student union who entered the door and slept with their nostrils turned to the sky didn't look like a dimensional at all.

At this moment, a glass of red wine is being gently shaken next to the seafood-flavored instant noodles that force Wang Si Boyou, and the plastic fork in his hand is almost a knife away from cutting steaks.

Hearing the voice, he peeled himself out of the self-immersion atmosphere, turned his head to look out the door, and immediately said in a surprised tone, "Huh? Higashino-kun is back?"

"Huh? It's Higashino."

"Didn't he go to help Team Leader Tokugawa?"

"I guess it's over."

「......」

The rest of the dormitory also saw Higashinohara wearing casual clothes standing next to Fujiei in a black suit.

Shinto Eiichi has recovered from the slight gap brought to him by these "pillars of the country", and secretly said in his heart that he is rare and strange, and what happened to the flames of hope eating instant noodles.

But he didn't know that the trend of eating instant noodles in the 426 dormitory was brought up by Higashinohara when he was there, so that these young people who had been dressed in fine clothes and jade food since childhood experienced the taste of instant instant noodles and could never forget it.

If you wake up late on the weekend and have only leftovers left before the restaurant closes, do you have to have a drink in your dorm?

As for forcing Wang Si Boyou, the glass of red wine in his hand is his last stubbornness.

......

"Ahem, fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life, Dongye-san's has been delivered safely, so I won't bother me much, goodbye, everyone."

The corners of Eito's mouth twitched, squeezed a little smile, said goodbye to Higashinohara and turned around and went downstairs, probably because the dream was shattered too quickly and he still needed to get used to it.

Higashinohara doesn't think these people are the so-called "sparks of hope", in the end, they are just some young people who are seventeen or eighteen years old and in the prime of their youth.

A teenager is a teenager, he doesn't like the spring breeze, he doesn't get annoyed when he sees the summer cicadas, he doesn't feel sad when he sees the autumn wind, he doesn't sigh when he sees the winter snow, he doesn't feel rich and lazy, and he dares to face the injustice.

It would be a bit too wishful thinking to put the future of Wano Country on these young people.

He entered the door and greeted everyone with a smile, and several people in the dormitory immediately leaned over with instant noodles and hissed, asking how Higashinohara's mission to the United States of Tagos was progressing this time with a curious look on their faces.

"Higashino, who did you and Team Leader Tokugawa visit?"

"Is there anyone in Tagos who wants to ally with us at this World Conference?"

"I heard that the Tokugawa team leader has entered the eighth order, is it true?"

「......」

Although Si Boyu, who was on the side of instant noodles with red wine, was still focusing on the goblet in his hand, his body and ears involuntarily tilted towards Higashinohara.

"Progress? I'm sorry... It's hard to reveal." Higashinohara looked embarrassed.

How did he know the progress of the Tokugawa Kuritora group.

Unexpectedly, the roommates nodded in understanding, indicating that it was normal for this kind of confidentiality to be inconvenient to say, but they were a little abrupt and presumptuous.

Higashinohara didn't want to spoil the young man's interest, so he smiled and said, "There are some things that can be revealed, Tokugawa Team Leader... Now he is indeed an eighth-order demigod-level ability."

Shh

The voice fell,

Everyone in the dormitory couldn't help but be amazed!

For a group of four

For the superpowers of the fifth order and the fifth order, the seventh order is too far away.

Not to mention the Eighth Order?

For a while, even Si Boyou, who was full of "careless" faces, couldn't help shaking his hand holding the red wine glass, but his heart was like the red wine in the wine glass in his hand.

Legend!

A true legend!

The story of Tokugawa Kurita, the founder of the Third Investigation Group, is so well-known that the murder of Hokkaido by villains earlier this year caused spontaneous national mourning.

Now the king is back,

The strength is even better.

It's not a legend...

Also What is a legend?

Suddenly, someone asked with some curiosity, "Higashino-kun... How did you feel when you faced the Tokugawa team leader?"

"Huh?" Higashinohara was stunned.

"Eighth-order powerhouse!"

The man exaggerated his hand and gestured to the height of an eight-story building, "Isn't there a feeling of oppression in the depths of the mountains, and it becomes difficult to breathe!" I feel tears streaming down my eyes when I look at it."

The Tokugawa team leader is not the sun...

Higashinohara was a little speechless for a moment, and replied truthfully and sincerely, "I don't feel anything."

"Wouldn't it?"

"How is this possible?"

「......」

Everyone shook their heads in disbelief.

I feel that Higashinohara is "strong"

Higashinohara was a little speechless when he heard this, it has become difficult to tell the truth these days, and I didn't see you all having difficulty breathing when I stood in front of you?

Unexpectedly, at this time,

Si Boyou on the side put down his red wine glass, coughed lightly to attract the attention of everyone in the past, and said softly:

"It is human perception that determines deterrence and terror, and we cannot recognize the strength of the Tokugawa team leader, and of course we cannot feel that terror, unless..."

"Unless what?" Someone asked.

Si Boyou raised his index and middle fingers, pushed down the bridge of his nose with a faint flash of fine glasses, and said unhurriedly, "Unless you have a pair of discerning eyes."

"Excuse me—" Someone's eyes widened.

"Obviously, I have such a pair of discerning eyes." Forcing King Si Bo to say reservedly, "If I stand in front of an eighth-order powerhouse... I can't breathe."

As soon as he finished speaking,

I noticed that Higashinohara on the side looked at him in surprise, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly, "What? Don't you believe it?"

"I believe..."

Higashinohara nodded immediately.

In the heart of the secret channel,

I believe you don't have a pair of "discerning eyes".

......

It is said that "a little don't win a newlywed".

When Higashinohara first met these leaders of the Takehara South Private School Park, the relationship was not so harmonious.,He, the talent sequence 98, relied on "diligence to make up for the clumsiness" The top student is an outlier in their kind.。

But now that he is in a foreign country, and he hasn't seen him for a week, even Si Boyu, who originally regarded Higashinohara as his lifelong enemy, now has no such-for-tat feeling.

Think about it too,

There's still a month to go,

After this World Conference, Wano Country may become a historical name like the one that fell among the more than 300 Allied Powers on the Cross Continent.

When the time comes, they will all be rootless duckweed.

It's heart-wrenching to think about.

Where is the heart to engage in infighting?

......

When I returned to my dormitory in the evening, Higashinohara didn't go to the restaurant, and eating a cup of Tempura Udon Instant Noodles, which was reciprocated by my roommates, was considered a settled dinner.

At this moment, the dormitory was quiet, and everyone was busy with their own work.

Analyze and summarize the gains of this day's ability promotion path, and think about tomorrow's plan.

As Wano Country is in this

Exchange students sent to the United States of Tagos at a critical time, they have to say in their hearts that there is no pressure at all.

That's obviously impossible.

Higashinohara also took advantage of this gap and walked to the balcony of the bedroom, looking up at the bright moon shining in the dark sky, not knowing what kind of situation it was under the moonlight of the West Sea.

When I was riding back to the school park today, I heard on the road about the sky-high wanted bounty Doroshi. Alita's broadcast, although Higashinohara didn't show anything on the surface when he came back all the way, but there was some faint worry in his heart.

Wealth touches people's hearts.

What's more, it's such an unprecedented amount of money.

The only thing that Higashinohara can comfort himself now is that Queen Antigone's Pirates and her party are dominating the West Sea with a bounty, and I am afraid that they have never met anyone who covets the bounty.

It's just that when they get to the sea, they leap by the fish, and even if someone is tempted by the bounty, they don't have the ability to catch them.

Not... So it seems that let Dolohi. Alita's joining the Queen Pirates was indeed a wise choice.

Otherwise, if you want to find a place to live in any country on the monolithic land under the rule of the world government, Dorohi. Alita's outstanding demeanor and temperament are probably not an easy task.

But this time a farewell...

When we say goodbye, I don't know what year or month it will be.

Higashinohara sighed secretly in his heart, looked up at the bright moon shining in the sky at night, and turned his head to return to the bedroom.

When he opened the door, the TV above the door facing the balcony was playing the news of Shangjing TV, and he subconsciously glanced up.

immediately

The whole person was nailed to the spot.

"This Taiwan, this afternoon, the third ruling of the Ruling Division, who was wanted for several crimes and punishments in White Swan Harbor, made it possible to join the Queen Antigone Pirates in the West Sea and escape, and at seven o'clock in the evening, a ship of the Queen Pirates sailed back to White Swan Harbor and anchored.

According to people familiar with the matter, the third ruling envoy is on this ship, and the motive and specific circumstances of the other party's reappearance are currently unknown.

Higashinohara squinted slightly, staring at the black pirate ship that hung the iconic "Black Crown" of the Queen Antigone Pirates on the live TV.

He recognized at a glance that this was the one of the many ships of the Queen's Pirates, which belonged to the vice-captain.

Halle. At noon in the White Swan Harbor, Antigone publicly announced the Third Ruling Envoy Dolohi in the presence of the Nine Families and the Ruling Division and the World Government. After Alita joined the Queen Pirates as "Deputy Captain", Dorohi. Alita left on this ship.

But Higashinohara does not think,

Negotiate a decision with yourself, Dolohi. Alita will be impulsive enough to regret it on the spur of the moment.

Now he has thrown himself into the net.

What's going on?

That's right...

The ship did not belong to Doloshi before noon today. Alita, but belongs to the "former" vice-captain of the Queen Pirates, the sword demon Pelos.

Could it be that this sudden change...

Relationship with that man?

Thinking of this, Higashinohara's palms strained slightly, and the eyes staring at the TV couldn't help but narrow deeper.

......

Upper Kyoto City Circle, Barton County.

White Swan Harbor.

When the lights on the ghostly black warship docked in White Swan Harbor were completely extinguished, the Judgment Division who heard the news heard only the sound of the waves crashing on the shore, and the shaking of the chains after the ship was lowered.

Dolohi, who is as graceful as a black evening lotus. Alita stood on the shaky deck, a blush spilling over the corners of her mouth.

Through the veil, she stared at the Sword Demon Pelos who was standing on the other side of the deck, shook her head and said, "Believing in the World Government's promise, this is a wrong choice."

"At least they give me money."

The former deputy captain Sword Demon Pelos held the big fast knife in his arms,

shrugged his shoulders slightly, and said with some self-deprecation,

"But what about the woman? As soon as you come... My more than ten years of hard work in the Pirates went down the drain?

How can there be such a thing in the world?"

Dolohi. Alita lowered her eyebrows slightly and said softly, "I thought that your pirate world was as strong as ever."

Hear Dolohi. Alita's words, Sword Demon. Pelos's face suddenly became gloomy.

He stared at the ground Doroshi. Alita said, "I'll admit that I'm not as good as you, but so what?"

When he said this,

His gaze drifted to the cabin that had been pushed open, and he saw a man with well-proportioned and slender limbs, two red fox stripes on each cheek, and a pure white snow fox shawl on his shoulders, walking out of the cabin and onto the deck.

As soon as this extravagant, but extremely taciturn man appeared.

In an instant, even the sneering sword demon. Pelos lowered his gaze slightly.

A certain strength brings a certain amount of respect, absolute strength brings absolute respect, and what the man in front of him who has just stepped into the "Ninety-Five Supreme" realm has obtained is absolute respect.

Because he is one of the "Heavenly Guide Nine-Bladed People" of the Heavenly Fox Bart family.

The next head of the Sky Fox Clan.

Yawuz. Bart.

The man didn't look at the sword demon Pelos, who provided information and location for his betrayal of the pirates, and his eyes fell on Doloshi. Alita's tone was calm, as if she was making a final judgment.

"Wrong life."

"I said a long time ago that your birth was a mistake from the beginning, and if it had been resolved at that time, it would not have bred these unnecessary 'troubles'."

It was not the first time that a man who was actually her mother's brother, her uncle, had once again made such comments about her life with a blank face.

Dolohi. Alita couldn't help but clench her lips tightly, and through the black veil, her blue eyes stared at each other with unspeakable stubbornness.

"You don't seem to be in despair."

The man lowered his eyebrows slightly, and whispered to himself, "Are you still waiting for the human who was with you during the day?"

"Then I'd like to see,

Does he have the guts ....

Kill the Sky Fox Family."

.....。