Chapter 175 The Hell Behind the Border Gate? (Part 1)
Buzz buzz—!
At noon, Higashinohara found a convenience store for lunch near the official residence of the Adjudication Division.
After finishing the meal, he just put down his bowl and chopsticks. Before he could wipe his mouth, his cell phone vibrated on the table next to the instant ramen. He looked up and saw that he had received a text message.
"Hello, congratulations on passing the interview. Please gather at the Adjudication Division before 1:30 p.m. All investigation matters shall be subject to the specific notice of the Adjudication Division."
He wasn't surprised at all.
After all, during the interview in the morning, the woman who kept giving him a sense of danger had already revealed that he had passed the interview, and the other party didn't know him, so there was no need to lie to him.
What Higashinohara needs to consider and prepare for now are the risks that may be encountered during this exploration. However, this morning's interview and the Adjudication Division did not mention a word about the specific content of the exploration. The information currently available is very limited, and there is no way to analyze it.
After wiping his mouth, Higashinohara stood up, picked up the instant ramen packaging box and walked to the trash can.
At this time, an exotic woman with shoulder-length light blue mid-length hair and a somewhat gentle temperament suddenly walked next to her. She was holding a box of instant ramen packaged in the same package as Higashinohara's and was holding it on his hand.
Throw it in together with the lid of the trash can.
"Thanks.."
"You're welcome."
There was no eye contact, and the two exchanged words briefly.
Under normal circumstances, this is just a trivial encounter that happens tens of thousands of times every day in the modern big city of New Tokyo, and there will be no follow-up.
But then, when Higashinohara and the woman walked out of the convenience store at the same time, they turned two corners and passed three traffic lights.
As the two people's paths continued to overlap, finally, when they reached the door of the black coffin-like official residence of the Adjudication Department at the same time, the gentle woman couldn't help but stop, and turned around to talk to Higashinohara.
They looked at each other.
This was the first time their eyes met.
The woman hesitated for a moment and seemed a little surprised when she looked at Higashinohara's young face. Finally, a friendly smile appeared on her face, and she took the initiative to reach out to Higashinohara, "Hello, my name is Hela, from Tago.
United States of America, did you also pass the interview and join the investigation team?"
From the United States of Tagos?
If I remember correctly, it should be one of the two most powerful countries among the more than 300 alliance countries in mankind. Such a powerful country has completely different attitudes from Wano when facing the world government.
People who come out of that country also have confidence and temperament that other countries don't have.
The introductions he saw in the books flashed through Higashinohara's mind. He politely stretched out his hand and shook the other person's hand gently. He nodded with a smile and said, "Hello, Higashi. Well, Nishinomiyai, a native of Wano. It seems that we
They all passed the interview.”
Higashinohara almost didn't notice to say his name, but luckily he reacted in time.
However, the woman named Hela didn't seem to care about Higashinohara's name, or in other words, few of the people who came here to participate in the investigation team's activities used their real names.
Higashinohara knew what a close friendship meant. The two of them had just met once in a convenience store. A woman named Hela would stop and take the initiative to say hello to Higashinohara. Half of the reason was probably due to the lack of familiarity between people.
, this time I am working for the Adjudication Division again, and I want to find someone who can take care of each other.
The remaining half of the reason is probably just because Higashinohara is handsome. Handsome people are more popular everywhere, regardless of gender. This is true.
Enter the door of the Adjudication Department again.
This time, there was no crowd of people in the waiting room in the morning.
Including him and Hela, whom he just met, there are only seven people in total that Higashinohara has seen so far.
The "Nanami Ken" wearing sunglasses he met when he walked out of the interview room in the morning was also among them, and the other four people were all men between the ages of 20 and 40.
Except for a man with bronze skin and a strong physique who did not look like a young man from Wano Country, the other three looked like locals from Wano Country.
At this time, the oldest man among the group of people was quite a bit of a "social cow" and was already chatting and laughing with the others before Higashinohara came in.
However, "Nanami Ken" who was wearing sunglasses always smiled in token agreement, while the other two smiled heartily, but one was young but mean-spirited, and the other looked like a greasy middle-aged man.
The remaining bronze-skinned man never smiled from beginning to end, his brows were furrowed, as if he had something on his mind, and looked out of place with the surrounding environment.
When the middle-aged "She Niu" master saw Higashinohara and Hela walking into the waiting room, he immediately walked over with a smile on his lips, and said with a calm and calm smile like a master:
"You two must be the last two teammates of our seven-person team today. My name is Ji Yuanwen. We will work together this time. Please take care of me. Please take care of me."
After hearing Yoshimoto Onto's words, Higashinohara and Hela also introduced themselves one after another.
But just as the seven people began to get familiar with each other, there was a sound of footsteps outside the waiting room, and then the door was pushed open, and a team of execution teams in black robes walked in solemnly.
When Ji Yuanwen, who was walking around with a smile and communicating with each other like a master, saw this, the smile on his face suddenly faded, and he returned to his seat with a low eyebrow and sat down.
Obviously, he knows very well in his heart who is the real "master" here.
“It’s very lively.”
Among the group of people who walked in, the leader was a young man who looked to be in his mid-twenties, with a gloomy face and a pair of amber vertical pupils. When you looked at him, you felt an inexplicable chill behind your back.
"But I hope you don't have to be so lively when carrying out this investigation." Gray Mane said in a calm tone, with a hint of disgust flashing in his slightly lowered eyes.
If it hadn't been for the order from above, he would have been unwilling to go on an investigative mission with these despicable humans.
But then he thought of the woman who came to Beijing who was always smiling. Gray Mane felt a little awe-inspiring in his heart. He raised his head and stared at Higashinohara and others in front of him and said:
"I am the leader of this investigation team. You can just call me Captain Mine. Now put on the equipment and we will take the bus to the Sky Tree soon. If you have any questions, you can ask me now."
After the words fell, the waiting room became quiet.
But the fact that no one spoke does not mean that there are no doubts. In fact, everyone has various doubts about this well-paid but secretive investigation work, but no one wants to be the one who stands out.
Gray Mane nodded with satisfaction. These despicable humans at least had the self-awareness not to cause him any trouble. This was finally an advantage he could appreciate.
This time the investigation team was divided into two groups, seven humans and seven black-robed execution teams.
The members of the black-robed execution team of the Adjudication Department have always done things vigorously and resolutely. After the two groups met, Higashinohara quickly followed the group downstairs.
There was a black Adjudication Division car parked outside, which could accommodate about thirty people. Higashinohara and others followed and boarded the car.
When they got to the car, the two groups of people spontaneously took their seats along the aisle inside the car.
Human beings are on the left and gods are on the right.
The captain of the investigation team, Gray Mine, patted the driver on the shoulder after getting into the car. The driver skillfully started the car and stepped on the accelerator. The special car started slowly and merged into the city's traffic towards the closed Sky Tree.
At this time, Gray Mine, who was in the car, got on the car and took out a black alley from the shelf above his head. He took out temporary short-range communication equipment from it and distributed it to the people in the car from front to back.
Higashinohara took an ear-mounted headset and a microphone clipped to his collar from Gray Mine. He looked at it twice and fumbled around to put it on. This thing is simple, and it’s not difficult if you haven’t used it before.
In the group of seven people on the human side, the woman named Hela may have gotten on the bus because she and Higashinohara met by chance at a convenience store at noon, or because she saw that Higashinohara was harmless, safe and reliable, and was suddenly in a strange environment.
At that time, I subconsciously sat next to Higashinohara.
She seemed to have never worn these communication devices before. She glanced at Higashinohara who quickly used them, and tilted her head thoughtfully to put them on herself.
But when she turned her head, the tips of her light blue hair brushed against the skin on Higashinohara's neck, giving her a tingling feeling, and Higashinohara's nose seemed to smell an inexplicable scent.
The taste of the sea.
These four words appeared in his mind for no reason.
Turning his head to look at the gentle woman next to him, Higashinohara found that the woman just put on the earphones and microphone as expected, and then sat upright and motionless.
He shook his head in amusement, and raised his hand to help her press the switch on the earphones. Hela was stunned for a moment, and whispered a few words of thanks in an embarrassed voice.
However, Higashinohara didn't hear it clearly, because as soon as he pressed the switch for Hela, a "sizzling" sound of electricity came to his ears, and then the voice of a liaison officer from the main control room came.
"Investigation team equipment access."
"First connection attempt."
"The connection detection is completed, so the devices can communicate normally."
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Soon, the headphones became quiet again.
It was quite serious.
Higashinohara thought silently in his heart.
He didn't mind that, although he didn't know what was going on in the closed Sky Tree, which deserved the attention of the Adjudication Division, and even hired people with human abilities from the society, so I'm afraid it wouldn't be easy.
But let's make peace with it as it comes. The Adjudication Division has its own purpose, and he has his own purpose.
While his identity is still hidden now, he can get some benefits from the strange demon under the eyes of the other party, so that he will be more confident when the time comes to really break up the relationship.
The other people sitting around Higashinohara were probably the same, and different people had different purposes.
Some people had a criminal record and were unable to survive in the country of Wano, but this time they were eager to gain a relationship with the Adjudication Department and feel proud;
Some people are simply short of money and come here for this survey. Seven days is equivalent to two years of high employment fees for office workers in large companies;
Some people may have other unknown purposes just like Higashinohara.
Higashinohara is not interested in other people's privacy. What really makes him wary is the attitude of the Adjudication Division.
You must know that even ordinary corporate social recruitment has social background checks, but this time the Adjudication Division did not ask about their backgrounds, and only relied on the filled-in information and an interview to finalize the employment.
The reasons behind this have to make people think deeply.
Does the Adjudication Division think that the two parties have a one-time employment relationship, and as long as you help them complete their tasks, it doesn't matter what your status is?
Or is it that in the eyes of the other party, they are just "cannon fodder", so it doesn't matter whether the investigation results are adjusted or not?
Higashinohara was thinking about these questions in his mind.
After a while, the group arrived at the foot of the Sky Tree in Sumida District, New Tokyo.
The bustling business districts and pedestrian streets in the past seemed extremely lonely and deserted today. When passing by the streets that were destroyed by the fierce fighting that night, the road surface seemed to be only half repaired. Higashinohara saw some road rollers and concrete mixers parked on the roadside, but there were no workers working there.
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It seems that under the power and high pressure of the Adjudication Division, this three-acre land at the foot of the Sky Tree in the bustling modern city of New Tokyo has been separated from the city and is in a state of complete shutdown.
Hela, who was sitting next to Higashinohara by the window, came from a foreign country and seemed not to know about the battle that took place at the foot of the Sky Tree at the end of last month. She lay on the glass and looked at the news report with some curiosity.
It is a street that is almost like a collapse, "as if three warships were squeezed in side by side."
However, the special car of the Adjudication Division did not stop any longer. Soon, the group arrived at the foot of the Sky Tree radio tower, which was like a white giant in the steel jungle.
After the car stopped, the captain of the investigation team, Gray Mine, walked straight to the car door and jumped out of the car without saying a word. The other six celestial beings from the black-robed execution team followed behind without saying a word.
The remaining group of seven humans in the car looked at each other back and forth, and finally Jiyuanwen stood up again and said with a smile:
"Let's go down too, don't keep the big shots in the Adjudication Department waiting."
Want to go up?
After getting off the car, Higashinohara glanced at the black-robed execution team members walking in front, and then looked up at the towering "steel giant" in front of him that shone brightly in the sun. He couldn't help but wonder if this was the case.
The content of this investigation is in this tower?
Could strange monsters be hiding here?
He was a little unsure.
At this moment, Higashinohara suddenly noticed that someone also paused, stood beside him and looked up at the sky tree above his head.
Not Hela.
Higashinohara didn't turn his head, and out of the corner of his eye he caught sight of a pair of black sunglasses - it was the man who stuffed the big black gun into the mouth of the Seventh Judgment Master that night a month ago and turned it into a puddle of pulp.
"Have we met?"
Suddenly, Nanami Kenjiro, whose pseudonym is "Nanami Ken" asked.
Higashinohara turned his head slightly and glanced at him, with just the right amount of surprise on his face, "I'm sorry, I don't have much impression of you. Maybe you've seen me somewhere?"
"Sorry, I must have mistakenly admitted the person." Nanami Kenjiro had a gentle smile on his face.