This place has been blocked by the Judgment Division since the "Bleeding Night at the Sky Tree" more than a month ago. Although the Judgment Division has evacuated Wano Country, due to some unknown reasons, this place is not suitable for most people in New Tokyo.
It is still a forbidden area.
Sky Tree East Plaza.
Anyone with experience knows that the best places to see the towering Sky Tree at close range are from East Plaza and Oshiage Station. The Sky Tree you see there will be as if it is spreading its wings and is ready to fly. This kind of spectacle is even more spectacular in West Plaza.
Can't feel it.
The huge statue on the East Square is also a very good meeting place.
In the past, there were often many boys here holding two sundaes in their hands, waiting for the girls they were dating to come to the agreed meeting place, and then leave hand in hand with smiles on their faces.
Of course, there are also some people who can't wait for the people who are coming, and in the end they can only sadly leave here alone and silently holding two cups of melted cold drinks.
But today, March 20, under the statue full of metallic luster in the sun, two men wearing navy blue windbreakers stood silently. The wind blew from nowhere in the deserted square.
The clothes of the two of them were making a hunting sound.
The captain of the 6th division, Miyano Juro, had a strand of golden wavy long hair in front of his forehead that was a little messy by the wind. He lifted up the long hair in front of his forehead and asked with some hesitation:
"Although I don't know why. As the captain of the sixth division of the third investigation team, I think it is necessary for me to remind you that after opening it again today, the [Border Gate] of Sky Tree will become extremely unstable. Even if
So you still decide to go in person?"
Hearing Miyano Juro's words, Kimura Hakutaku, the leader of the third investigation team with a broad body and half-long hair standing nearby, chuckled softly, "The so-called adventure is precisely because of this.
It makes sense.”
After hearing this, Juro Miyano stopped trying to persuade him, and just said noncommittally, "I didn't know that you, team leader, are still an adventurer."
Kimura Hakutaku said softly, "But in fact, I have always been very adventurous."
Miyano Juro no longer delved further into this issue, but his eyes drifted to the front of the East Square under the Sky Tree, where people began to gather towards them one after another.
"They are coming." Miyano Juro said.
"It's good to be here." Kimura Hakuto nodded with satisfaction.
After hearing this, Juro Miyano glanced at the man next to him with a gentle smile from the corner of his eye. He had always had troubles in his chest and a calm face, but at this moment, he felt a little frustrated.
Although Miyano Juro knew that when he came back from the Nemuro Strait in Hokkaido, he chose to follow Kimura Hakutaku, and watched him step by step from the acting leader of the third investigation team to the official leader.
However, to this day, even if outsiders regard Miyano Juro as Kimura Hakutaku's confidant and right-hand man, some people secretly accuse him of being a lackey who betrayed Team Leader Tokugawa.
But what even he himself found funny was,
He is a "lackey" in the eyes of outsiders. To this day, he doesn't know what the man next to him is thinking under the gentle smile, let alone the reason behind this time that the other party used the money of the plutocratic family to aid the country.
What's the purpose?
It seems that the closer he gets to this man, the more Miyano Juro feels that this man is very unpredictable and has no idea what he is thinking mentally. At present, the only thing Miyano Juro knows more about Kimura Hakutaku is——
This man seems to be more familiar with the [Border Gate] than many people, and is more interested in it.
revisit old places
Arriving at the Sky Tree again, a smile appeared on Higashinohara's lips under the white-faced and fanged Yasha mask, and this feeling emerged unconsciously in his heart.
Still remembering the last time he was here, he and the Sixth Judgment caused Adeline to fall from the height of the 300-meter-high Sky Corridor to the West Square, completing a true sky-falling blow.
The entire land cracked and shattered under such an impact, and the terrifying impact even spread along the underground, causing the entire Sky Tree to shake slightly like an earthquake.
The Sky Tree has not yet opened, so the construction progress is expected to be quite slow. This also explains why they chose the East Square as the venue for their gathering today.
Thinking of this, Higashinohara, who was wearing a Shiroyasha mask, looked at the other Seven Star Hunters of [Dawn Scarlet] walking beside him, five men and three women, walking side by side with Higashinohara towards the agreed place.
Among the eight people, except for two young women among the three who wore different masks of pink and sea blue on their faces, the others showed their true colors without any scruples, and everyone looked at them intently.
Thinking about it, although they both belong to the same hunter organization, they are at most rivals competing for positions, and they are far from being close colleagues.
"You are Shiro Yaksha, who has been much discussed recently, right?"
Suddenly, a soft female voice came to Higashinohara's ears. When he looked carefully, he found that it was a woman wearing a sea-blue peacock feather mask. She was wearing a short-sleeved shirt with exposed navel and black leather pants.
The room is filled with the charm of a mature woman.
Higashinohara glanced at the other person subconsciously, and the voice did not sound like someone he knew. He did not refuse people thousands of miles away and pretended to be cold. He just said in a calm tone that he had already practiced, "It's me, right.
What's the matter?"
"Let's get to know each other, Teresa, I didn't expect to meet you here." The woman came over and said with a half-smile, "It seems that you are also interested in those things of Team Leader Kimura, right?"
"Those things?"
Under the mask, Higashinohara frowned.
"Didn't anyone tell you the highlight of this operation?"
When the woman heard this, she was stunned for a moment. She covered the corners of her mouth under the mask and said with a trembling smile, "You can't really sign up for the 10 million yen reward every day."
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"I have long heard that Shiroyasha loves money as much as his life. Now it seems that he is indeed an interesting guy who lives up to his reputation." The woman covered her mouth and chuckled a few times. She crossed Higashinohara and walked directly towards the statue gathered in the East Square of the Sky Tree.
The highlight?
Behind him, Higashinohara was indeed a little confused.
Of course, he didn't get caught up in the whirlpool of life and death just because of the high remuneration. He still understood the principle that if you have money, you have to live to spend it.
This time Higashinohara will resolutely return to that familiar yet unfamiliar world. The most fundamental reason is naturally that there are not many dangerous elements wandering in New Tokyo after his high-intensity attack that lasted for a week.
The grabbing speed also slowed down accordingly, so he joined this organization in the midst of wealth and danger and went to that dangerous place that was not so strange to him again.
Uh. By the way, make some money.
But now someone actually told him that in addition to those "external things" there was also the so-called "highlights", which made Higashinohara even more confused about this operation.
Under the statue in the East Square of Sky Tree.
At this time, all the Seven-Star Hunters of Dawn Scarlet had assembled and stood neatly in a row, looking up at the man with a gentle smile in front of them like soldiers waiting for review.
However, when Higashinohara saw this man, his eyes behind the mask couldn't help but condense slightly.
Although he had never seen this man before, he felt an inexplicable familiarity with him, and his mind seemed to have been filled with impressions of this man from some time last year.
What's going on?
Higashinohara frowned.
At this time, Kimura Hakutaku bowed slightly to Higashinohara and others, with a warm smile revealing his heartfelt gratitude, "This time everyone can assist the Metropolitan Police Department in combating those overseas criminals. It is really a blessing for the new generation."
You have made a great contribution to the harmonious public security in Tokyo, and I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you on behalf of every citizen of New Tokyo."
Everyone was speechless when they heard this.
Obviously, as hunters who are paid to do things, they are not too interested in this kind of opening. They are more concerned about the substantive aspects.
Kimura Hakutaku, who had a warm smile, also knew this very well. After he finished speaking, he changed the topic and continued with a smile, "Similarly, I also thank everyone for their trust in me and decided to explore a new and unknown world with me. I believe.
Everyone at the scene has already understood the place we are going to to a certain extent through their own channels before coming here, but what I still want to emphasize here is"
"If you want to come back alive, you'd better not disobey my instructions." Kimura Hakutaku said this with a smile, but the moment he said it, it gave people a very cold feeling.
Under the mask of white-faced fangs, Higashinohara was still staring at Kimura Hakutaku's gentle and harmless face, and finally confirmed that he had never seen such a face before.
strangeness.
So where does this sense of familiarity come from?
"But correspondingly, as long as everyone follows the instructions, not only can you successfully complete the task and get paid, but you will also receive unexpected surprises."
The smile on Kimura Hakutaku's face became softer and softer, and the cold feeling dissipated. "Finally, I hope our 'Hell Exploration Plan' will go smoothly. I hope we can do it again after this mission."
cooperate."
After saying that, Kimura Hakutaku turned around and left with a smile.
The people lined up behind looked at each other, looked up at the towering New Tokyo Sky Tree above their heads, and followed them without saying a word.
The time is three o'clock in the afternoon.
I don’t know if it’s because of the [Border Gate], but every time the [Border Gate] opens or closes due to changes, the sky around the Sky Tree will always become hazy, with dark clouds like the sea surging in the dark night.
The black waves reach into the sky, and the sky tree is like the last lighthouse in the black waves.
The Sky Tree, the Tembo Corridor 300 meters above the ground, is still near the broken entrance.
A pool of pure "power body" rolled like boiling magma, forming a huge molten vortex at the [Boundary], making everyone standing in the Tianwang Corridor unable to help but hold their breath.
"Are those two old guys going to show up?"
Higashinohara stared at this familiar scene. He still remembered that the last time he saw a whirlpool like a blue tide, but he didn't know why it turned into red this time.
However, what followed was a scene like a deep sea whirlpool that lasted for about ten minutes.
Until it became calm again, whether it was the two old men from Shangjing or the leaders of the major power organizations who later got in through various means, they thought that at least some of them would be at the border of the Sky Tree this time.
When I came back when the door opened again, to my surprise, no one appeared.
No one?
Staring at the calm water-like boundary gate, everyone couldn't help but feel doubts in their hearts.
However, at this time,
without warning,
The pale face of a thin boy who looked young suddenly appeared in the calm water-like border gate. He was wearing a loose school uniform that looked extremely shabby. He was standing on the observation deck of a tall tower just like them.
Above, his eyes were empty and lonely, as if he had traveled through tens of thousands of years of time and space and looked at each other.
Just this one glance.
Everyone couldn't help but feel palpitations in their hearts.
"Who is that boy?"
"Did the border gate open last time?"
"The three stripes on his armband on his shoulder are the logo of which organization?"
"Three red stripes? I've only heard that there is a pirate group in the West Sea whose logo is five black stripes."
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They saw this incredible scene before they even entered, and everyone started talking in low voices.
Behind the white-fanged Yaksha mask, Higashinohara looked at the young man he had met once when he came back from crossing the border gate last time, but his face changed and became a little weird.
Although he didn't know who the young man standing on the observation deck of the Pearl Tower was who was looking at them through the border gate, he did know what the three-stripe armband meant.
Yes, that's right, that's the captain of the Young Pioneers - a person whom Higashinohara admired very much when he was a boy in his previous life.
Higashinohara, who had a strange face, glanced at Kimura Hakutaku, the initiator of this exploration operation, from the corner of his eyes. Although the latter's face remained calm, there was a fleeting confusion in his eyes.
But Higashinohara had a vague feeling that what this man was confused about might not be the same thing as what they were confused about.
Just when everyone was distracted for a while, the figure on the water-like boundary gate in front of them suddenly disappeared again, and everything just seemed to be just a mirage-like illusion.
What is going on?
Even though many of Dawn Scarlet's hunters were already mentally prepared when they signed up to participate in this horrifying so-called exploration of hell, the strange scene before departure still made everyone palpitate.
Kimura Hakutaku, who had a gentle face, chuckled, shook his head and said, "It seems that there were some unexpected episodes before departure this time. Since no one came back, we must be ready to go.
"
Everyone was silent for a while after hearing this.
Kimura Hakutaku didn't say much. His navy blue windbreaker was fluttering in the strong wind, and he raised his legs to walk toward the sky outside the glass corridor where the strong wind surged like a flood.
At this time, Miyano Juro, the captain of the 6th division, couldn't help but ask, "There must be people who want to get in when the border gate opens this time. If you are not here, I'm afraid we won't be able to stop those people."
Kimura Hakuto pondered for two seconds, then suddenly smiled and shook his head and said, "Then there's no need to stop it. It's already so lively inside now. Wouldn't it be nice to make it more lively?"
After the words fell, the man took a step forward and disappeared, as if he had merged into the sky.
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