Chapter 258 Dragons and snakes dance together, killing people! (4)
Chapter 258 Dragon and snake dance together, killing people! (4)
The white official residence of the Prime Minister, which occupies a large area in Chiyoda Ward, has a very clever interior atrium design.
In the middle is an open-air courtyard with a somewhat dry landscape style. There is a cherry blossom that looks quite old. In the spring, the evening breeze blows through the treetops, bringing in bursts of cool and warm breath.
This makes it easy for people who work here to relax by looking at the scenery when they are bored, and it can also be used as an event venue when holding banquets.
At this moment, everyone can find their own place under the eaves of the cloister surrounding the courtyard.
After entering the courtyard of the Prime Minister, Higashinohara and other waiters began to prepare for today's dinner. He walked upright through the aisles where buffets and drinks were placed.
Only when he occasionally raised his head did Higashinohara see some figures of congressmen and politicians whom he had seen on TV and those he had never seen before, as well as top celebrities from all walks of life.
The dinner party is about to start in about an hour. So far, there are not many guests present, but they are all important people with extraordinary status.
Everyone is dressed gorgeously and behaves gracefully. There is no trace of the "panic" that has been secretly and intensively transferred in the past few days to transfer a large amount of assets abroad.
When these big shots meet acquaintances, they will greet them enthusiastically or pretend to be enthusiastic, hold hands, and talk about the weather and other innocuous things with enthusiasm.
If the sound is slightly louder, it will cause other people around you to look at you quietly and slightly.
These familiar faces and figures in the Wano news, people they know and people they don't know are looking at each other.
Weighing the identity of the other party and the family behind it, what can be gained from this dinner hosted by the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, and what can oneself gain from it.
That's right, businessmen can't afford to be early without profit.
At present, the assets of many chaebol families have almost been transferred, although Prime Minister Higashi Mori Takashi called on everyone to face the difficulties together, and said that tonight he will definitely come up with something that can reassure everyone.
But if they don't provide tangible benefits, these chaebols are not just stupid college students who will become enthusiastic and bet their wealth on you to "live through the hard times" with just a few words.
To put it bluntly, in the eyes of the businessmen who were invited to the banquet, this dinner was a feast to re-divide the "cake" of Wano's business. Tonight, they only needed to measure whether the "cake" they had received was worth it to them.
Take a gamble.
As for the rumored mysterious guest of honor at the dinner.
No one really takes this seriously. What good will happen to a country that offends the Adjudication Division and asks it to evacuate?
The scene of the Grand Duchy of Shayash in the north disintegrating and dying at the sound of the New Year on the first day of the new year is still before our eyes.
The Country of Wano may be about to follow in the footsteps of the Grand Duchy of Sayash, and the people living under the rule of Heavenly Beings have long been accustomed to such a fate.
Isn’t this how it’s been for the past thousand years?
People were looking at each other, but no one paid attention to Higashinohara who was wearing a black waiter uniform in the corner.
In today's situation, his identity is no different from an insect on the ground in the eyes of a big shot. Who would care about such an insignificant little person?
Higashinohara was also very happy.
Although he was going to come in disguised as a waiter, thanks to his experience as a "working emperor", he was no stranger to the things that needed to be done at the banquet, and was even quite skilled.
Even the supervisor of White Eagle Company looked at him with admiration - this guy is pretty good, I think his name is Sakata Tatsu. He can be evaluated and signed into a long-term contract after he returns.
Higashinohara didn't expect that he would actually let the director of White Eagle Company have the idea of "cherishing talents".
After handling the work in the area he was responsible for, he saw the supervisor turned his back and went to the sidelines first.
With a slight movement in his heart, he picked up the tray with two bottles of wine and shuttled around the dinner in front of everyone's eyes. He observed and analyzed the nearby terrain, and built a three-dimensional memory palace in his mind, including the residence of the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister.
The building layout and the personnel guarding the entrances and exits were gradually improved and made clear in my mind.
Higashinohara noticed that many media reporters came to today's dinner. Among them, the three major industry giants of New Tokyo's TV Asahi, Fuji TV and NHK had commissioners come to the scene, fiddling with and debugging a few sets in the corner.
Live TV camera.
He was a little worried about being photographed at first, but soon realized that his worries seemed unnecessary.
The cameras of these people are all focused on the big shots that are attracting the most attention tonight like spotlights from beginning to end. No one would waste extra shots on a little shrimp like him. It would be great if he could only shoot half of his arm.
Shaking his head, Higashinohara breathed a sigh of relief.
"Hello."
Suddenly, a man with an extremely cold and hard face walked quietly behind Higashinohara without him noticing.
this guy
Higashinohara's expression changed slightly.
He has now crossed the threshold of the seventh level and realized his own domain [Huan Ying Killing Dazzling]. Although he has not over-expanded it, after controlling [Nine Eyes and Six Paths] and opening the first sight, he asked himself
Few people could get so close to him silently.
At this time, Higashinohara, who was approached by the opponent, should have been nervous.
If the other party wanted to sneak attack him, he might have fallen to the ground under this "normal" situation.
But Higashinohara didn't show any nervousness after all.
An ordinary waiter suddenly appeared behind him. He was surprised at most.
So when Higashinohara turned around, there was a hint of "surprise" on his face.
Just looking at the face of the man in front of him, Higashinohara felt a vague feeling of déjà vu in his mind, as if he had seen a somewhat similar face somewhere.
Behind the man was a middle-aged man with a gentle face, who nodded and smiled at him in a friendly manner.
Although the man with a cold face was very polite and did not have the feeling of a big shot dictating to his subordinates, his tone revealed a cold air.
"Can I have a drink?"
The man asked.
"Ah, of course."
Higashinohara skillfully took the wine bottle from the tray, and the precious-looking amber liquid quickly filled the glass goblet.
The middle-aged man behind him saw a slight change in his expression. He glanced at the cup filled with amber wine and sighed softly.
Higashinohara looked away strangely.
The man with a cold face had already picked up the goblet filled with wine and looked at the night sky outside.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion,
Higashinohara seemed to see a kind of sentimentality and nostalgia on the face of this cold-faced man.
"Honor our agreement."
Suddenly, the man held the wine glass, looked up at the night sky in the deserted atrium, and drank it all with difficulty.
The next second, Higashinohara knew why the middle-aged man behind the man had that expression. The cold man in front of him really didn't drink well. As soon as he drank a glass of wine, the lower part of his neck quickly turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Can I have another drink?"
The man put the empty cup back on Higashinohara's tray, his face turning crimson like the cherry blossom petals in the atrium.
It turns out that no matter how cold a man is, he will blush after drinking alcohol.
Higashinohara was thoughtful when he saw this, and gave a four-word summary in his mind: People are addicted to food.
The middle-aged man behind saw this but quickly stepped forward, blocked it and said, "You can't drink anymore."
The man turned his head and glanced at him, who could only bow his head and retreat with a wry smile.
Naturally, Higashinohara would not stop him.
To anyone who appears on this occasion tonight, his role is not only to be obedient, but also to be obedient.
Another glass of wine was filled.
The man with a slightly blushing face picked up the cup again and said a little drunkenly:
"The land of respect and harmony."
Raising his head, the man drank another drink. A crimson flame seemed to be ignited on his neck, which made the man's face, which at first glance seemed cold and hard, become somewhat vivid.
The man glanced at Higashinohara's young face, and then at the surrounding elite people from all walks of life who were chatting with each other before the dinner.
He suddenly shook his head and said to Higashinohara, drunkenly, "Do you know what kind of banquet this is?"
"Uh, guest, are you talking to me?" Higashinohara looked surprised.
"Yes." The man nodded.
"I heard that the prime minister held a banquet where many big names on TV came." Higashinohara tried his best to pretend to be uncontrollably excited.
"No, this is a cannibalistic banquet."
The man's tone suddenly turned cold, "Look here. Look there. Look at the excited expressions and ready-to-move gestures on those people's faces.
It’s really annoying.”
Higashinohara's face suddenly showed a "confused" look.
The man glanced at Higashinohara, and suddenly the topic changed, "Speaking of which, you seemed to be aware of my arrival just now. You must be a person with abilities, right?"
Dong Yeyuan's heart suddenly moved slightly, but the expression on his face did not change.
He believed that he had not revealed any tricks, so he was not panicking at the moment. Even if the other party recognized him as an ability user through some method that he was not aware of, it was definitely not a test of his identity.
As expected.
The man lowered his gaze slightly and said in a low tone, "The capable people who appear among human beings are all lucky people favored by God and should become the changemakers of this era."
Having said this, the man turned his gaze again and glanced at the exquisitely tailored dinner waiter uniform that Higashinohara was wearing tonight, with a trace of unconcealable disappointment flashing in his eyes.
Higashinohara didn't explain anything,
Just silence.
After seeing this, the man didn't say anything more about it. Everyone has their own choice.
He is usually a taciturn person, but because he received a murder case and a photo of a headless corpse at the door of a shelter this afternoon before leaving this afternoon, his worst guess came true, so he inevitably lost his temper.
So before the start of this grand dinner, the man allowed himself, who had had a bad drinking ability since he was a child, to indulge once in a while.
At this time, through some unknown method, the blush on his cheeks and neck quickly disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his face quickly returned to a cold and hard look.
"If you do something, someone will die. If you don't do it, the person who dies will not be able to rest in peace. So should you still do it?"
When the man spoke, his eyes did not fall on Higashinohara, and he seemed to be talking to himself.
Higashinohara glanced at the man.
For the first time, he took the initiative and said:
"Sir, someone once told me that people will always die, so while you are alive, you must do the right things."
"The right thing to do?"
The man was startled for a moment, glanced at Higashinohara, said nothing more, put down his glass and turned to leave.
The middle-aged man on the side nodded politely to Higashinohara and left.
Higashinohara looked at the man's back, frowned slightly, and finally recalled in his mind why he felt familiar.
On the Emperor's birthday at the beginning of the year, a handsome man named Fuuma Ryusei from the Yesha Revolutionary Army impersonated him in the white jade square in front of the Imperial Palace.
It seems that the appearance of the cold-faced man just now is very similar in some aspects.
Is there any relationship between the two?
This thought just flashed through Higashinohara's mind.
At this moment, the air in the courtyard of the official residence suddenly experienced some subtle changes.
All the people in the courtyard who were talking and laughing with wine glasses stopped talking, and in the silence, countless eyes were directed towards the main entrance of the mansion.
I saw a man with a tough and resolute face and a body as tall as a pine, slowly walking into the courtyard surrounded by several black-clad guards from the guardhouse.
As if it was a signal, the TV station staff behind several bored suspended cameras around the corner of the courtyard cheered up!
Because the protagonist of tonight's official residence feast is "our Prime Minister" Higashikata, who has the highest public support in the history of Wano.
