On this day, March 10, 1122, the Tianyuan calendar, the official live broadcast of the execution that took place outside the Sakurada Gate in New Tokyo, Wano, caused great controversy. It did not attract much attention and was quickly dismissed.
Another major event took its place - that is, the Adjudication Division announced its withdrawal from Wano.
For a time, media and news practitioners from all sides poured in one after another.
Every section of traditional newspapers and electronic journals is filled with various analyzes of the current situation, reflections on the past, and predictions for the future of Wano.
People have always lacked the ability to analyze and think independently. When this information was like a tide that wiped out everyone in less than half a day, under the tide, everyone's heart began to be filled with doubts about the future.
of anxiety.
As for whether those anxiety-mongering journalists and vocal politicians are really concerned about the country and the people, or whether they are just trying to take advantage of the opportunity to gain traffic, this is a matter of opinion.
While people are panicking outside,
The grassroots Prime Minister Higashikata Higashikata stood up and announced that he would deliver a public televised speech in his office.
Edogawa Ward, Aragaki Apartment.
On the tatami in the middle of the living room, Charlie glanced at the TV, and then at Higashinohara who lowered his eyes slightly. The two furry ears on his head twitched, and he gently raised his hand to poke Higashinohara.
"What's wrong?"
Higashinohara slowly raised his head.
"Dongye, are you angry?" Xia Li suddenly asked.
Higashinohara was stunned for a moment. Just now, he saw the innocent people outside Sakurada Gate who were supposed to be acquitted today and hug their families again. Those people, men and women, old and young, had their skulls cut off by the sharp knife of the Judgment Division one by one.
Roll.
While he was angry, he also felt a little self-blame.
Because Higashinohara knew that if he hadn't broken into the official residence of the Judgment Division last night and let go of those people on the execution list on the second and third floors of the dungeon, those innocent people on the first floor of the dungeon would not have been replaced and brutally murdered.
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It's just that this self-blame only lasts for a moment.
Higashinohara soon realized it.
When he blames himself at this time, he is actually using the sins committed by others to punish himself.
If he falls into this kind of self-blame, then if one day, the Adjudication Department takes all the innocent ordinary people of Wan Country hostage and openly threatens him to surrender himself, otherwise he will kill all those innocent people.
How should Higashinohara choose?
This hypothesis turned around in his mind, and Higashinohara immediately got the answer.
In this world, truth only exists on the sharp edge.
Of course, Higashinohara will not surrender or commit suicide, nor will he fall into endless moral self-blame.
He will only continue to work hard to become stronger, so strong that one day he can take down those who kill innocent people indiscriminately, from masterminds to participants to executors.
Every one of them is counted as one, find them all and kill them all, no one will be tolerated, no one will be forgiven.
This is his answer.
The scene outside Sakurada Gate today was the same.
After thinking about this, Higashinohara's face also looked a little relieved.
At this time, Miria Nishimaru, who was helping Coladia cook, also moved over in small steps.
After witnessing the scene outside Sakurada's door, her delicate little face was a little pale, and she said with a very frightened tone, "Thank you, brother, if it weren't for you, my aunt would probably..."
"It's okay, everything's okay." Higashinohara rubbed her little head with a smile.
On the TV, the NHK news channel's picture also cut from outside Sakurada Gate to Prime Minister Higashikata Mori who was about to deliver an office speech.
Dongsen Valley was so worried that he couldn't sleep all night last night. NHK's news shooting did not deliberately light the scene, making the Prime Minister's face look extremely tired and haggard.
As soon as his face, which was as sharp as a knife, appeared in the camera, his tired look immediately caused people to talk about it.
It was just the calm and determined expression revealed by the exhaustion of Dongsen Valley, but it made countless faces in Wano Country that were immersed in arguments and worries quiet down, and they couldn't help but stare at this person who was the most friendly to the people in the history of Wano Country.
Prime Minister of the Cabinet.
He is "our Prime Minister".
At this time, Dongsen Gu, who appeared in front of the TV speech camera, did not give a speech immediately. Instead, he leaned forward slightly towards the camera, opened his hands and pressed them flat on the desk, and barely squeezed out a trace of expression on his exhausted face.
The friendly smile that people are familiar with.
However, seeing this tired smile, countless people in front of the TV and computers felt their hearts tighten, and they all felt a little sorry for the prime minister who had just taken office but had experienced drastic changes one after another.
He was so tired, so haggard, and it seemed that he could only relax a little at this time. He must be carrying some unimaginable burden on his body.
For a time, countless aunts in their 40s and 50s across the country had tears in their eyes. They were the staunchest supporters of Dongsen Valley when they were running for parliament.
It started with appearance, ended with character, but in the end I was impressed by the other party's impeccable friendly personality.
It was at this moment that Dongsen Hegu spoke to the camera. Even though his face was extremely haggard and tired, his voice was still so firm and powerful.
"I believe that many people will be as shocked as me when they see the news today. The Judgment Division of the World Government, which helps us maintain security and management, had a shocking and vicious terrorist attack last night. It has decided to evacuate Wano Country starting today!
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Dong Sengu paused, and his tone gradually became deeper, "Of course I have not forgotten the promise I made in my inauguration speech, to seek justice for the innocent lives that fell under the Sky Tree on the night of January 31st!
Apply for World Government Arbitration at this World Conference
But there are always some people!!!”
At this point, Dongsen Valley's voice suddenly raised his voice and said in an extremely sonorous and angry tone:
"There are always some people! They don't want to see us safeguard our justice and fight for our fairness through legitimate channels!
So they want to use violence and death to destroy it all and destroy our peaceful and stable life."
"There are always some people who fantasize about being messengers of justice and destroying order wantonly, but they don't know that they have already lost themselves in their own abilities and alienated the people."
"And those people"
Suddenly, the tone in Dongsen Valley was full of loneliness and desolation.
"I once admired those people and regarded them as like-minded friends! But after the incident in the Judgment Division last night, those people will be me! They will be the enemies of all the people of Wano Country!"
When Dongsen Valley said this, the fatigue and haggardness disappeared from his face, and his sculpture-like face was filled with a look of appreciation, which made people feel moved!
He gave a fiery televised public speech, although he did not identify the person throughout the speech.
But in the hearts of countless people in Wano Country, the man who occasionally wears a dark golden dragonfly mask, and occasionally wears a fox mask with red and blue patterns, who claims to be the "New Tokyo Discipline Committee" is exercising his interest
Consequent justice.
Speaking of which, many viewers in front of the TV have previously regarded him as a "superhero" who supports justice.
But under today's sudden situation, coupled with Dongsen Valley's extremely generous public speech on TV, the people who were originally a little anxious and confused suddenly seemed to have found an outlet, and they cursed angrily in front of the TV.
Got up.
In just a few minutes, countless cursing messages and posts appeared on the Internet.
Xingyuan Apartment, in front of the TV.
Higashinohara stared at the resolute and upright face on the TV screen, his brows furrowed slightly, and many, many things suddenly came to mind in his mind.
He remembered that Miria Nishimaru once called him "good uncle"; he recalled that Miria Nishimaru once regretted that the other party did not come to power earlier, otherwise her adoptive father Tokugawa Ritora might not be framed so easily; he also remembered that
I once comforted Nishimaru Miria, "That is our Prime Minister, everything will get better and better."
But it seems.
Nothing has changed.
Dong Yeyuan sighed softly in his heart.
At this time, he suddenly noticed that Xia Li, who was sitting cross-legged on the tatami, was trembling slightly, her hands were tightly pressed down, and she looked angry.
Dong Yeyuan couldn't help but be startled, and smiled bitterly in his heart.
With the upright character of this tiger girl, Xia Li, I'm afraid she must be yelling at herself right now, right?
"traitor!"
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Xia Li suddenly raised her arm, pointed at Dongsen Valley's face full of integrity and tenacity and said.
traitor?
Higashinohara's first reaction was to talk about himself.
But looking at Xia Li's finger, which was almost touching Dongsen Gu's nose if it weren't for the TV screen, she couldn't help but feel surprised.
"Why."
The doubts in his heart have not yet been asked.
Charlie turned her head and said indignantly, "He is a friend when needed and an enemy when not needed. Such a guy is the most abominable in our village, betrayal! This is naked betrayal!"
Is it betrayal?
Looking at Charlie who was fuming, Dongye's originally depressed mood suddenly improved a lot, and a smile appeared on his face.
Although many of his actions during this period were just to complete tasks and improve his strength, he did not regard him as a chivalrous and unparalleled person.
But not being happy with things and not being sad with yourself is a state that few people can reach.
Even if Higashinohara didn't ask for gratitude for what he did, he would never want to do the right thing only to be stabbed in the back and cursed endlessly.
For a moment just now, he really began to doubt whether what he was doing was lost.
But when he heard Xia Li's words, Higashino suddenly came to his senses.
From the beginning to the present, everything he has done has never been excessive or superfluous when someone was already taking care of it.
All the people he killed were those who had committed many evil deeds but were able to walk in the clear world without being cared about.
Yes, others think that this has always been the case, so do they have to sit back and watch?
Thinking of this, Higashinohara's eyes couldn't help but narrowed slightly.
Even Charlie could understand the truth, but he didn't believe that there would be so many fools in the Kingdom of China who were easily deceived.
Ultimately, he was just a target for venting in today's frightening and anxious incident.
The person who personally customized him to look like that "target" was the man on the TV who he once called "our Prime Minister Dongsen Valley".
Higashinohara looked at Charlie, who had said she was waiting for his opinion, and couldn't help but nodded lightly:
"Yes. He betrayed"
Upper Kyoto metropolitan area.
The eastern suburbs of Shangjing is an inaccessible wetland reserve. In the middle of the reserve is the Moon Lake with beautiful scenery, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds in the middle of the lake.
There is lush green grass growing on the lakeside. Where the grass and the lake intersect, there is a holiday manor that looks to be quite old.
Quietly, the door of the manor was opened, and a black limousine without a license plate slowly drove in. The usual tedious identity verification was not hindered by any authority in front of this black car.
When entering, the window of the back seat of the black car was opened, revealing the face of an old man smoking a cigar. The most eye-catching thing was his pair of green vertical pupils.
He turned his gaze to the row of flapping white birds on the sand by the Moon Lake not far away. He felt the moist breath of the wetland, took a deep breath, and turned to face
The old man who was riding in the same car with him said:
"That old guy from the Rhine family is really good at choosing places. I'm afraid no young people have been willing to come here for many years."
Although the old man sitting next to the old man with vertical pupils looked very old and might be dying at any time, his occasionally slightly raised eyelids still seemed to reveal a bit of a sharp and piercing gaze.
He closed his eyes again and said lightly, "One generation is worse than the next. I didn't expect that at this age, if something happened to the juniors, they would invite us old guys out."
"Yes." The old man with green vertical eyes nodded tacitly.
The two people sitting in the car, the former is Walker Lott, the elder of the Nine Heavenly Serpent Clan. Although he is not directly related to Adeline from the Fifth Judgment, in a strict sense he is considered to be Adeline from the Heavenly Serpent Clan.
People of the grandfather generation.
The latter, Vincent Lyon, is similar, except that he was born in the Skyhawk clan and is considered a direct relative of the fifth adjudicator Crow Sword's grandfather.
The two old men knew it very well.
Although their status is not high within the Nine Families, after all, their seniority is there, and their strength cannot be underestimated. If they decide to stay in the clan for retirement, no one can ask them to take action.
But that is just lingering, waiting for the end of life to come to the end of death in just a few years.
No one wants to die.
The gods above the sky don't even think about it.
After all, I am still confused.
All this is because of the news coming back from Wano Country that a blue third-level [Border] Gate appeared.
According to the records in some secret files of the Nine Families and the Adjudication Department, it means that they have once again seen the opportunity to break through the shackles of the current level and the bottleneck of longevity.
After entering the door, the owner of this lakeside manor is an old man named Abraham Rhine from the Tianlong clan. He has already been waiting in front of the door for a long time wearing a black and elegant custom-made clothes.
"You are late."
"Someone contacted us on the way and we watched a good show by the way."
"Oh? Are you the host of Wano Country we are about to go to?"
"That's right, haha, that's an interesting human being. He knows very well that launching a war at any time is the only choice to unite public opinion and centripetal force, even if it is just a war of public opinion."
"That is indeed interesting. This time he took the initiative to cooperate with us. I hope the cooperation can be more pleasant."
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After getting off the car, the three old men, who were respected in Shangjing, walked into the manor with their hands behind their backs and chatted all the way, and walked towards the lakeside terrace at the back.
Although this lakeside manor is old, it is extremely clean. Along the way, one or two extremely respectful servants will always appear when the three old people need them.
When the three old men took a leisurely walk and reached the lakeside terrace of the manor, the air suddenly became particularly refreshing and pleasant.
On a luxurious stone table on the terrace, Abraham, an old man from the Tianlong tribe, sat in the middle. He looked at the old men on both sides and smiled softly and said:
"It seems that both of you have decided to leave for Wano Country just like me. The special plane is ready and we can leave at any time in the afternoon."
Speaking of this, when he saw that the two of them were still unmoved, he couldn't help but clapped his hands in fear and said with a smile:
"Okay, then our weekly 'holy meal' will be brought forward to today. This time the manor's 'farm' has some pretty excellent ingredients, so please taste them."
Hearing the words of Abraham, an old man from the Sky Dragon clan, Walker from the Sky Serpent clan and Vincent from the Sky Eagle clan also had their eyes lit up instantly.
Once a week, a "Holy Supper" that can nourish the body and prolong life is held at this lakeside manor.
For old guys like them who are dying, it is definitely a delicacy worth revisiting over and over again in the next few days.