At night, a bright moon hangs high in the sky over the center of Upper Kyoto, and tonight, several streets in Upper Kyoto, which used to be extremely bustling when the lights were first lit up, have lost their hustle and bustle.

Most of the citizens in Beijing, whether voluntarily or not, squatted at home and sat in front of the TV that night, staring unblinkingly at the live broadcast against the dark background and the words of the man with a smile that made people's hearts chill at the moment.

Of course, the scene is being watched by all the citizens at this moment, and perhaps the brightly lit parliament building in the administrative planning area of the city center.

A few minutes ago.

For the public servants who live and work in this building, they still stick to their posts at this point in time, not how dedicated they are.

Rather, today, when martial law in Upper Kyoto has fallen into a state of silence, parliamentarians and politicians who are concerned about certain matters have tacitly and voluntarily chosen to stay and work overtime in order to obtain important information as soon as possible.

In the conference room, the fluorescent lamp overhead fell on the red oak oval conference table in the middle, reflecting several faces with different expressions.

One of the three chairmen of the House of Lords of the World Government, Flor. Jin took the coffee that had just been brewed by the logistics staff on the side, and raised his head slightly to signal the old man sitting diagonally across from him.

The old man had been lying slightly on his side since the sun was just right in the afternoon, leaning back in his chair and taking a nap in the warm sun.

The sun set in the middle of the moon, but a faint ray of moonlight also sprinkled on his shoulders very naturally, and he seemed to maintain the posture of basking in the afternoon sun from beginning to end.

Of course, at the conference table, except for Flor, one of the three chairmen of the House of Lords. In addition to Kim and the old man who has been sitting in the adjudication department for decades, there are also some other politicians and lawmakers with calm faces sitting here and there.

These are powerful politicians in the behemoth of the world government that controls more than 300 Allied countries, each in charge of important departments such as the "World Security Agency".

But that's not the point.

They will stay here at the moment, and they can sit at this conference table until ten o'clock in the evening, because almost all nine of them have a shadow behind them.

Nine Heavens and Nine Families.

That's right, the Nine families retreated into the background a long time ago, but that doesn't mean they've disappeared completely.

At this moment, there are several powerful politicians at this conference table, although they are not nobles like the Nine Great Families, on the contrary, the celestial families from which they come from are relatively downtrodden.

In other words,

They are not members of the Nine Families.

But there are no nine families,

They can't get to where they are today.

The Nine Families never disappeared, they just sat on the high heavens and watched all this coldly, and when they needed to make a sound, they pushed out a person who spoke.

And today, it is precisely when these families need to have a voice, which is why these parliamentarians and politicians are still in this room at such a late hour.

After the logistics staff distributed the brewed coffee and bowed his head respectfully and exited the conference room, a middle-aged parliamentarian man sitting not far away picked up the coffee and pressed the button while picking up the coffee.

On the side of the oval conference table, there is a large light screen, on which a video material is played.

The middle-aged congressman turned his back to the light screen and didn't look at the video footage being displayed on it, but lowered his gaze slightly and said, "According to the analysis of the surveillance video in the World Bank Building obtained by the Shangjing Security Department afterwards, it has now basically been determined that the person who planned this terrorist attack in the World Bank Building is the same person as the clown masked man in White Swan Harbor not long ago. ”

There was silence in the conference room, and it was not until the councillor had finished saying all his words that a councilor next to him spoke unhurriedly, "Since the goal has been determined, then I think. It is necessary for us to arrest this extrajudicial fanatic as soon as possible, so that we can also give an explanation to all the citizens of Shangjing who are complaining. ”

"The arrest has been carried out, and the problem is, now our second ruling seems to be running into some difficulties, because the clown masked man escaped into the 'underground waters' of Shangjing."

Hearing the words "underground waterways", there was a silence at the conference table.

The parliamentarians present apparently also know,

In the filthy corners of the glittering Upper Kyoto City area, which has been invisible to the sunlight of the basement for thousands of years, hides a disgusting but incomplete pustule that will recur no matter how many times it is swept away.

No one can do anything about this, where there are people, there is a class, and the bottom cornerstone at the bottom of the class always has to find a temporary place for themselves to curl up.

The middle-aged councilor who had just picked up the remote control was actually in charge of the Shangjing Guard Department, and knew more about the underground world at the foot of the city than anyone else.

He said slowly at this moment, "The underground waterways of this city have a complex structure, there are many people in the 'rat' gathering area, and the target is not bad, so it is indeed objectively difficult to catch it. ”

Suddenly, someone asked, as if casually, "Who is in charge of the current arrest?" ”

The middle-aged congressman put down the remote control in his hand, and glanced very cautiously at the smiling old man with half of his body blended into the moonlight.

To tell the truth, he was a little afraid of this old man, and among the members present, except for Flor, one of the three chairmen who sat at the top. Beyond the gold.

The other councillors were probably in awe of the old man who sat in the adjudication division two rounds older than them.

But today they still stayed at this conference table, because this position, once climbed, it was not so easy to say leave and leave.

Thinking of a certain family he relied on, the middle-aged councilor who was in charge of the Shangjing Security Department still clenched his fists, relieved his nervousness, and said in a calm tone as much as possible, "Now it is the second ruling of the Adjudication Department that makes Mr. Pusho fully responsible, and the Shangjing Security Agency is temporarily responsible for assisting in the arrest." ”

As soon as his words fell, as if they had discussed it, someone next to him spoke, "Special circumstances require special treatment, there has never been such a serious vicious incident in the history of the world government, and in the history of Upper Kyoto City, and now all the citizens and even the world are staring here, I think we need to speed up the arrest." ”

"No one doesn't want to speed things up."

The middle-aged councillor in charge of the Shangjing Security Department continued noncommittally, "But now that the Shangjing Security Department and the Adjudication Department have made full efforts to carry out the arrest, we have no more forces to use, unless the 'Heavenly Army' is recruited. ”

As soon as these words came out, the conference room suddenly fell silent again, and no one thought that it would be a good idea to recruit the "Heavenly Army" to fight against the country.

"Actually, it doesn't have to be."

Suddenly, someone spoke again to break the silence, glanced at the people around him and said, "I wonder if you still remember the Heavenly Guide Nine Blades?" ”

The voice fell, as if triggering a certain keyword, and the small conference room fell silent again.

Sitting at the top of the three parliamentary chairmen, Flor. Kim raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at the councilor, shaking his head slightly.

It seems that the Heavenly Snake Clan's vision of selecting people is not very good.

Some words are urgent.

The purpose is too obvious.

But he still didn't say anything.

As one of the three presidents of the House of Lords of the World Government, Flor. Kim's real identity sitting here today is actually a "referee".

And as a referee.

It's not something that can be played easily.

His gaze slowly looked at the unstable old man, who finally smiled and spoke.

"Everyone, please be calm, it's only been half a day, haven't you? We have to give more support to young people. ”

"We also believe in the strength of the second referee and are willing to give him more time."

The man in charge of the Shangjing Security Department lowered his gaze, his legs trembled slightly, and he said with a hard mouth, "But the people in Shangjing don't have much patience, to be honest, today's martial law and silence have put a lot of pressure on our Security Agency, and everyone hopes that it is best to lift this state as soon as possible." ”

Speaking of this, the middle-aged councilor suddenly found that the air around him was a little quiet, and his heart suddenly panicked.

He glanced up at the old man sitting diagonally across from him in the moonlight, who was still looking at him with a smile, but the smile sent chills down his heart.

Because everyone here knows that this gentle and kind old man who controls the adjudication division will still have such a gentle smile on his face even when he cuts your throat with his own hands.

The man in charge of the Shangjing Guard Department was in his heart, bowed his head slightly, and added in a soothing tone:

"Actually, what I want to say is that your company's second ruling makes it possible to eliminate the interference of underground arrests if there is already a perfect arrest plan, so that we can temporarily give an explanation to the people in Shangjing when we hold a press conference tomorrow."

The people in Beijing are naturally not ordinary people.

Maybe you bump into a random person on the road, all of whom are pure blood celestial nobles.

However, when the old man heard this, he glanced at the other party unhurriedly and said with a smile,

"The perfect capture plan? Is there really such a thing? As long as you can catch someone in the end, the plan is the most perfect plan, isn't it? As for those that interfere with the arrest work, the Hehe Adjudication Division will always remove all interference. ”

The old man's tone was gentle.

But just the last sentence, no matter who they were, they felt a clammy and incomparably bloody aura.

But the one who is qualified to sit at this conference table is not an ordinary politician and parliamentarian, and a middle-aged man who is sitting not far away who is speechless said with a smile when he hears the words and says:

"We are naturally relieved of the strength of the adjudication department, but the nature of what the other party committed this time is too bad, and everything that happened in the World Bank will not be known to the public for a long time, I think if more forces can intervene in this pursuit, maybe we can also be more relaxed."

The "more power" that can be activated at this time is undoubtedly the private armed "Heavenly Guide Nine-Bladed People" of the Nine Masters of Nature.

However, once the sword was unsheathed.

I want to take it back again,

But it's not that easy.

Any force needs soil, and what they will encroach upon at that time must be occupied by the Adjudicator Division now.

It's a silent fight.

At this moment, with the man's words, there was silence around the conference table again, and everyone's eyes fell on the man who spoke.

Or more precisely,

It is the family that falls behind that man, the royal family of the Nine Families of Heaven and Man, the Celestial Dragon Clan.

The old man stared at the "quite bold" middle-aged councilor, and the middle-aged councilor's face remained unchanged and looked at the other party.

However, the clenched hands on his lap under the conference table, and the hot sweat in his palms revealed how nervous the man was at the moment.

Without warning, the mobile phone in the pocket of the black-robed waiter standing quietly behind the old man vibrated sound.

After only saying two words, the man leaned over and said something in the old man's ear.

Gradually,

The old man had a smile on his face.

"Your kind verdict is understood, but I think it shouldn't be so troublesome."

What's going on?

Could it be that the guy who escaped into the underground sewers has already been caught?

Many parliamentarians, representing various forces, who had been waiting here for an afternoon, suddenly had different faces.

The black-robed waiter behind him had already picked up the remote control to switch the screen at the signal of the old man.

In the next second, what appeared on the screen was the news picture of the Beijing Times TV station, which did not have the same background as the Beijing Radio and Television Station behind it, and could only be regarded as a second-rate news TV station in the Shangjing City area.

However, at this moment, the shaking camera in the live broadcast of the TV station made the faces of these big people sitting around the conference table change unconsciously.

After a while,

The middle-aged man who was in charge of the Shangjing Security Department came to his senses, "Is the second ruling envoy broadcasting the arrest to the people?" ”

"I think,

'Hunting' is more appropriate. ”

Sitting in the 'referee's seat' is the presiding member of parliament, Flor. A smile also appeared on Jin's face, and he suddenly said after glancing at the old man who was still and not moving.

The old man's eyes also looked around at everyone, a smile slowly appeared on his face, and he said softly, "We can understand that the people in Shangjing have complaints about the silence of martial law throughout the whole process, but I think there should be nothing better than this to resolve the complaints in the hearts of the people, right?" ”

Hearing the old man's voice, the conference room fell silent all of a sudden, and no one mentioned anything like "Heavenly Guide Nine-Bladed People".

At least from the moment, everything. It's obviously all in the hands of this old man.

The Clown Masked Man ran through White Swan Harbor once, but in the dictionary of the Adjudicator, there was never a "second time".

Whether it's for that clown mask man, or for the second adjudicator who is in charge of the chase this time.

"Are you still on the run?"

In the dark and deep sewers,

Armed with a dark red demon smelting long knife, the second ruling made Pusho. Wiseman walked through the sewers, his whole being enveloped in an unstoppable terrifying force.

At the end of the man's line of sight is the back of a clown mask dragging a knife along the sewers.

Higashinohara is indeed running.

But this time,

He ran a little easier, because he hadn't really reached his full speed.

I still remember the last battle in White Swan Harbor, after the man in front of me with an 8.5-star sin value triggered the Sin Manual, with the blessing of 85 temporary attribute points, Higashinohara's agility was once increased to 175 points.

At that time, he relied on the blessings of various abilities and the speed system rules that he comprehended at critical moments. Getaway], as well as Doloshi. Alita's help and the other party's around.

But tonight,

He didn't have Dolochi. Alita's help.

That's right, about half an hour ago,

As soon as he was discovered at the junction of the sewers in Baling County, he asked Shura to take Dolohi. Alita entered the Balingjun sewers from the ten-meter-long ice and quickly evacuated, while he dragged the other party here.

Dolohi. Although Alita is also an important target on the wanted list of the Adjudication Division and the World Government, in a sense, it is even more important than Higashinohara.

But in the demon knife Puso. In Wiseman's eyes,

From the moment he saw the familiar clown mask on Higashinohara's face, all that was left in his eyes was the man who brought him endless humiliation in the battle of White Swan Harbor.

He's going to rip him off!

Psoe. Wiseman is only sure of this.

Nothing else matters.

Therefore, when the ice surface that spanned the two pipelines for nearly ten meters disappeared, only the other black-robed execution team of the Adjudication Division that could temporarily stay in the air chased after it.

Higashino turned around and pulled the "guide" Xiao Wei, who was in a daze, on his back, and started this escape in the opposite direction.

Half an hour is not a long time.

It's not short.

And the reason why Higashinohara was able to avoid Pusho several times during this time by breaking a sword. Wiseman's [Mura Rain Pill].

In the final analysis, it is still Higashinohara's [Agility] attribute that is already as high as 200 points at the moment!

- 110 of them are from his own hunt in the sewers, and the remaining 90 points are temporary attributes provided to him by the man who is following him.

That's right.

90 points means 9 stars of guilt.

I still remember that in the last battle of White Swan Harbor, this man's sin value was only 8.5 stars.

Higashinohara didn't know what had happened in this short period of time, but he could guess from the sudden increase in the sin value of this man, and the 0.5-star sin value on this man must have been stained with the blood of sin.

The walls around are rapidly receding,

Lying on Higashinohara's back, Xiao Wei, who was desperately clutching his clothes, lost his mind for a moment.

He had been helping Higashinohara lead the way in the afternoon, and at that time he felt that it was great that Higashinohara had walked so far with a person without panting.

But until this moment,

He realized that in the afternoon, the distance that seemed to him to be close to breaking his leg might not even be a warm-up in the eyes of this man.

Such a ridiculous thought flashed through my mind,

In the next moment, little Will, who came back to his senses, looked at the rapidly shortening underground passage in front of him, suddenly reacted to something, and hurriedly shouted, "Sir! Don't go any further! There's a dead end ahead! ”

His voice was fast. Accompanied by the whirring sound of the wind, it poured into Higashinohara's ears.

It seems that Higashinohara is faster.

Almost at the moment when he spat out the last two words "dead end", the fleeting glimpse of the light in front of them suddenly stopped, and a thick wall suddenly appeared in front of them—Higashinohara had reached the end of this sewer passage.

Click!

There was a sound of footsteps behind me.

"I don't know. So you can run so well. ”

The second ruling made Psoe. Wiseman slowly walked out of the dim light, stared at Higashinohara in front of him with a grim face, and said, "But what's the use of running away?" Death is the only script you have written today. ”

"Don't let down all this I've got in store for you, okay?" He looked down at the tiny camera on his collar that the female reporter had hastily handed him to him, and said with a smile.

Suddenly, the demon knife Puso. Wiseman seemed to think of something, looked thoughtfully at Higashinohara and said, "Oh? Are you going to go back to that rat colony and take the opportunity to blend in with them? ”

Speaking of this, a wicked smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "If you really plan to do so, I'm afraid you're going to disappoint you, because when you get there, you'll find that those rats have turned into dead rats."

You're still going to be alone. Except for this little mouse on you. ”

Higashinohara raised his eyebrows when he heard this.

Little Will, who was lying behind him and clutching his clothes, suddenly shuddered suddenly, and said nervously, "Brother. Mr. Mom, he's a liar, right? ”

Higashinohara was also a little nervous in his heart, but when he heard this, he patted the little hand on his shoulder and said softly, "Yes, bad people always like to deceive us. ”

It's just that these words don't have much of a comforting effect, and the low-level people living underground in Shangjing have a natural awe for these "big shots" in black robes, and they will not doubt each other's words.

Because they "speak the talk."

If you say that you will kill your whole family, you will kill your whole family.

Little Will's body began to tremble, and something bad seemed to appear in his mind, and his little face turned pale.

"So. Give up those fearless struggles and plans, and fight me happily. "Pso. Wiseman said unhurriedly, "Look, isn't there no road ahead?" ”

It's not time yet.

Hearing this, Higashinohara looked at the thick wall in front of him unmoved, and lowered his gaze slightly.

Suddenly, in the hand he put behind his back, there was a cold flashing fast knife in many places.

"Who says there's no road?"

The next moment,

Like a knife cutting tofu, the big knife in Higashinohara's hand suddenly wrapped in pale gold and pale blue light, and slashed towards the side of the sewer pipe with a bang.

It was as if someone had carved a passage with a huge drill bit, and in the splash of reinforced concrete gravel chips, a passage through two separate parallel sewers suddenly appeared.

(End of chapter)