"The Corleone Pirates in the West Sea, the FBI intelligence agency of the United Targos Republic, the Holy Knights of Gold under the Pope of the Saint Malo Empire. Let me see who else is there?"
Chiyoda Ward, in the office of the leader of the Third Investigation Team in the Metropolitan Police Department building.
A gentle-faced man is sitting on an office chair, with his slender white hands intertwined on his knees. What is playing on the computer screen not far in front of him is the anchor named Kaka on the water pipe network [Bravely Entering the Unlimited].
Live broadcast of "New Tokyo Sky Tree in the Human Zone".
In the shadow behind the hibiscus purple floor-to-ceiling curtains, a shadow-like man was holding a cup of coffee, stirring it gently with a small golden spoon, smashing it, and said with a smile, "After drinking coffee from so many places, I
I also think your hand-ground coffee tastes the most mellow.”
"Of course, after all, my childhood dream was to become a barista." Kimura Hakutaku said casually with a smile on his office chair.
"It's hard to believe that the dream of the sole heir of the Kimura family is to become a barista. I think you, the head of the Kimura family, would be shocked if you knew about it."
The shadow behind the curtain chuckled lightly, and after finishing speaking, he suddenly couldn't help laughing and continued:
"Of course, if the head of the Kimura family knew what you look like now, he might be even more shocked."
Kimura Hakutaku ignored this useless ridicule, and his eyes fell on the screen and continued, "Well, there are also people from the Dawn Revolutionary Army. Those guys have deep roots in the Cross Continent. I didn't expect that this time the company would be active in the Holy Horse."
The commanders of the Central Army within the Luo Empire's sphere of influence have all arrived in person. It seems that New Tokyo is really going to be lively this time, which is really exciting."
The shadow behind the curtain took a sip of coffee, savored it carefully, and said casually, "Is this the attraction of the [Border] Gate? It seems that they may have guessed the plan of the Adjudication Division and the Dawn Revolutionary Army."
Those guys are not moderate revolutionaries. They may have forgotten their original goals over the years and have been immersed in creating their own underground kingdom across the entire Cross Continent. You are going to rely on these people to get rid of the Adjudication Division.
Human?"
"Relying on them alone may not be enough."
Kimura Hakuto said thoughtfully, his eyes became deep, and he said meaningfully:
"Shallow water is noisy, but deep water is silent. Maybe there are people peeking here where we can't see, who knows?"
The shadow behind the curtain reacted and couldn't help but said, "Are you talking about the fox-faced man? But he should know that we are not the only ones doing this, the Adjudication Department is also doing it, so he should be the one waiting.
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"no way."
Kimura Hakutaku shrugged and said with a smile in his tone, "His realm cannot enter the current [border] gate. If he wants to get a share of the pie, he can only take it from the adjudicator's mouth. In other words,
This is exactly the bait thrown by the Adjudication Division. Aren’t the two Adjudicators who came to Beijing waiting for this day? It just depends on who catches whom."
The shadow behind the curtain was stunned for a moment, and then complained speechlessly, "Oh, I have really convinced you conspirators. Don't you have a headache after making so many twists and turns?"
Kimura Hakutaku chuckled, turned his head, and looked at the distant blue sky through the floor-to-ceiling windows.
He said in a leisurely voice, "A conspirator? If you are looking for light in the bitter cold night, you must wear a piece of clothing for yourself."
Behind the border gate.
The lost world of hell.
"Missing?"
Higashinohara raised his hand and glanced at his watch. There was only one hour left before the [Border] door opened.
But at this moment, Shinichi Nimura found Higashinohara with a face full of anger and brought a completely unexpected news.
In the investigation team, Gray Mine and his two confidants from the Judgment Division, including Ji Yuanwen and Camilla from the human mercenary side, all disappeared in the camp in the blink of an eye.
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When they realized something was wrong, there were only four people left in the temporary camp, including Higashinohara, Hela, Nanami Kenjiro, and Shinichi Shinmura, who was anxiously waiting for the return trip but was shocked to find that no one was there.
What's going on?
Under attack?
Or was it Gray Man's deliberate revenge?
The four of them looked at each other, and Higashinohara shook his head, "I think we can basically rule out the possibility of being attacked. There are five of them. No matter how powerful the alien demon is, it is impossible to take them all away quietly.
, we don’t even feel it at all.”
"Squad channel tried calling?"
"The team channel has been closed?"
"What's the meaning?"
"We...seem to have been kicked off the channel."
"Damn it, they sneaked away on their own." Nimura Shinichi gritted his teeth and said, "That guy Camilla is indeed on the same side as them, thank you for saying good things to him."
"What's the purpose?"
Nanami Kenjiro, who had always been taciturn, glanced at Higashinohara and said slowly, "The location of the [Border] Gate is on the street where we came from. Even if they get rid of us now, we can find it by ourselves in an hour.
There is absolutely enough time.”
This is also what Higashinohara is confused about.
The people in the Adjudication Division are not fools, and they naturally know this very well. So what is the point of the other party leaving them without saying hello an hour in advance?
Higashinohara frowned in thought, vaguely feeling that he had overlooked something, but for a moment he was a little confused.
At this time, Shinichi Shinmura, who finally saw hope, was confused and glanced at Higashinohara anxiously, "How about we leave for the [Border] gate now, and when the time comes, the gate will open again, and we can all go our separate ways."
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The closer the time is, the more urgent he feels. Shinichi Nimura just wants to pass through the [Border] gate quickly, return to the rented apartment, take out the key, open the door, and say to the woman behind the door who has been waiting for him for eight years, "
I'm back".
Then in the daily monotonous dialogue of "Welcome home" repeated countless times, he hugged tightly the woman who foolishly worshiped and waited for him.
From now on, there will no longer be any macho chauvinism that insists on resisting everything alone. No matter how much money this damn ghost place can make, whoever loves it can come, anyway, he never wants to come here again.
After experiencing so many things in this lifeless hell world, Shinichi Nimura has understood that there is nothing more important than being reunited with his family.
The time countdown on the watch passed by minute by minute. From the corner of Higashinohara's eyes, he noticed that Hela beside him seemed to be hesitant to speak, so he couldn't help but take the initiative to say, "What do you think about this?"
Hela glanced at Dong Yeyuan, hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "I think we may have overlooked a possibility."
"What's possible?"
Shinichi Shinmura couldn't help but ask.
Hela obviously has some kind of speculation in her mind, "If the [Border] door opens again, it will not appear where we came from, then if they leave us now, does it mean that we will be completely abandoned?
In this lost hell world."
The Border Gate appears somewhere else?
An idea flashed in Higashinohara's mind, and he finally realized what he had overlooked - everything they knew about this place came from the Adjudication Department, and it would be very easy for the other party to hide something.
Just like the situation Hela said, if it really happens, the other party can completely burn down the bridge and get rid of these disobedient "thorns" without any blood.
Almost subconsciously, Higashinohara thought about the strange demon attack in Pujiang Community that night.
At that time, they fled all night and settled under the Pearl Tower. In the early morning, the people from the Adjudication Division, led by Gray Mine, seemed to be digging something with engineering shovels along the foot of the Pearl Tower.
But now that I think about it, if I think about it differently, it is possible that they were not digging something, but burying something.
Higashinohara was thinking about this in his mind, and glanced at the other three people, who seemed to be waiting for him to make up his mind, but he vaguely felt that Hela seemed to know more than them.
But the other party didn't want to say that Higashinohara didn't have the same habits as others.
The place where they are currently camping was chosen by Gray Mane a few days ago at the midway point between the Pearl Tower and Pujiang Community. At that time, the other party explained that it was to facilitate evacuation.
At this moment, there is less than an hour left before the gate of [Border] opens.
This hour is enough for them whether they choose to go to the Pearl Tower or Pujiang Community.
But if their first choice goes wrong, they will be pressed for time while rushing back from one place to another.
No one knows how long the border gate will be open. Anyway, the [border] gate behind them disappeared in the blink of an eye the last time they came over.
"These guys really gave us a problem."
Higashinohara shook his head with a headache, and said to the three of them without further explanation, "I think that in an hour, the border gate may not be near the Pujiang Community when we came, but will appear at the sloping building we once visited.
of radio towers.”
"Ah! These bastards! No wonder they left us here." Shinichi Shinmura was stunned and said angrily.
Higashinohara shook his head gently, "Of course, this is just my speculation, and I am not completely sure, so we must make a choice."
Upon hearing this, Nimura Shinto's face paled slightly, and he said in an awkward tone, "Wrong choice. Does it mean we have to stay here forever?"
Higashinohara knew Nimura Shinichi's worries. He shook his head, "It's not that serious. You guys choose first. I'm faster and I will choose the opposite direction to you. Our team will keep in touch via voice at all times. If I find out it's
The direction I choose will contact you in advance, and vice versa, if you contact me, I will rush there immediately."
Are the troops divided into two groups?
Seems a bit risky.
But time passed by, and there was not much time for them to hesitate. At the moment, it seemed that Higashinohara's proposal was undoubtedly the most suitable choice.
In the end, perhaps because he felt that Greymane's disappearance was too abnormal, it cannot be inferred based on common sense that Nimura Shinichi chose to take a gamble and chose the direction of the Pearl Tower.
Then Hela and Nanami Kenjiro must be with him. They are not as fast as Higashinohara, so they can only act together.
Otherwise, if you act together with Higashinohara, if something goes wrong and you rush back, you won't be able to keep up with Higashinohara's speed.
None of the four of them have the character of a mother-in-law or a mother-in-law.
Time waits for nothing, and after the decision was made, it was immediately implemented.
Seeing them disappear in the direction of the Pearl Tower, Higashinohara turned around and ran quickly towards Pujiang Community, but his eyes narrowed slightly.
He always repays his grievances directly.
Since that guy Greymane broke his skin and cheated on him once.
Then next time we meet,
He doesn't have to worry about anything anymore. He can flip the table when it's time to turn the table over and play his trump card when it's time to do so.
I have to say that it was really a wise choice to keep [Green Sorrow] and spend energy points to upgrade it into [World Destroyer].
The permanent abilities and advancements have improved his physique by 10 points in total, bringing Higashinohara's normal physique to 44, making him the second most valuable attribute on the personal panel after agility.
Higashinohara didn't leave any trace along the way and ran at full speed. It took about twenty minutes to reach the street near Pujiang Community where they first stepped into this world. When they first stepped into this world, their chests rose and fell and they panted slightly.
Whether it was a distance problem or interference from other factors, their newly created team's voice channel communication was interrupted halfway, and the two parties temporarily lost contact.
After taking a short rest, Higashinohara looked around, his heart becoming increasingly cold.
This place where the [Border] door was first opened seemed to have seen no trace of human activity since the first day they set foot here. Naturally, Gray Mane and others from the Adjudication Department were not here either.
It seems that the location has indeed been changed.
Higashinohara's heart felt slightly cold, and he could not wait until the last moment until the Yellow River.
He raised his hand and glanced at the countdown of [34:54] on his watch, took a deep breath, and then turned back at full speed without stopping, with a rushing attitude like a GTR speeding through the streets.
Fortunately, he has the habit of long-distance running on weekdays, and he is very good at running speed and breathing rhythm.
Otherwise, running at full speed for long distances, even if his physical fitness improves under normal conditions, he may not be able to sustain it.
On the way back, as the straight-line distance between the two sides narrowed, Higashinohara kept trying to call Hela, Nanami Kenjiro and Nimura Shinichi in the newly created team voice.
But what made his heart sink slightly was...
From beginning to end, the channel voice was completely silent, with no one responding at all.
Did something unexpected happen again?
By the Pujiang River.
The once dazzling and glorious Pearl Tower now slants into the sky and leans feebly against a building.
After a few days, the tilt seems to be more obvious, as if it will fall to the ground with a bang at any time.
"Don't forget who you are."
Gray Mane's triangular eyes glowed with a gloomy light. He stared at Camilla who lowered her head and remained silent. Then he turned to look at the Hela trio who had just arrived and stared at them eagerly. He cursed in his heart.
With a word of death, he ordered Camilla:
"Stop them."
"There is no such item in the agreement between me and that woman." Camilla was not a fool, and said stiffly, "I have completed the investigation that I promised to help her, and I have also provided you with their internal plan. Now
I just want to go back and get my sister."
Gray Mane stared at Camilla, looking at the other party's face as stubborn as a stone, knowing that there was no possibility of persuading the other party, and his heart suddenly became angry.
These damn guys!
At this moment, he suddenly remembered something, and the corners of his lips could not help but curl up slightly as he sarcastically said:
"Take your sister back? What a naive idea. Are you sure that when you take her back, she will still be intact?"