Chapter 329 Far Traveler
There are 31 days in March.
In Wano Country, March 27th is destined to be an unusual night.
After all, time passed by just like every ordinary night in the past, amidst the sound of rain and the passing of neon lights on the roadside.
Went to the final journey at the end of the month.
During the next two days at the end of the month, Higashinohara did not go out.
He stayed at home and watched TV every day, and then used [Spiritual Healing] to slowly condition his body from the inside out, which had experienced many brutal battles in the hell world and the Sky Tree.
Occasionally when he was free, he would lie on his side on the tatami in the living room and practice the "Ultimate Ghost Two Swordsman Style" in the "Image Profiles" of the deities he killed this time.
Or, through the vision of three old Celestial beings from Shangjing, we can learn about the Shangjing metropolitan area known as the "center of the world" where the world's ruler Celestial beings, who are high in the clouds, live.
After all, now he and those heavenly beings can be said to be completely hostile. If one day his identity is completely exposed, he probably won't even have a chance to be "recruited."
Either you die or I die.
So of course he should take advantage of his free time now to learn more about possible enemies in the future.
Shangjing is located at the convergence point of the Cross Continent on the other side of the world. It has a high altitude. It seems to be just a city, but in fact it includes "one city and six counties". It is a super urban area several times larger than the New Tokyo Metropolitan Area.
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Historically, it is said that the Kyoto metropolitan area was once part of the United Tagos Republic.
During the negotiations between the two sides after the war against the barbarians a thousand years ago, the heavenly beings requested to separate the land south of the Bama Canal that traverses the inland of the United Tagos Republic as their territory to live in this world, and later in
He went to Kyoto to establish a "world government" that has influenced the course of the world's history for thousands of years.
In other words, today's "Upper Kyoto Metropolitan Area" has been the southern territory of the United Tagos Republic in the history of this world. The aboriginal human beings living in the Upper Kyoto Metropolitan Area were actually from the Southern Tagos thousands of years ago.
national.
But now that thousands of years have passed, the humans living in Shangjing all regard themselves as "Shangjing people" - even if they only live at the bottom of the sewers in this city full of nobles.
From the portraits of three old people from Shangjing, Higashinohara can clearly feel the hidden contempt in the hearts of the heavenly beings living in Shangjing for the lower class humans, even though the magnificent buildings in Shangjing are all from the past.
It was built by the aboriginal humans of the United States of Nantagos, but the humans who built it were no more than "walking animals" in the eyes of gods.
In the social news in the Kyoto metropolitan area, almost every month we can see several news stories about human beings encountering injustice or even frame-up in public places.
With the rise and improvement of the overall living environment of modern mankind, there are often demonstrations in various places in Shangjing's "One Capital and Six Counties" demanding improvements in the unfair treatment and discrimination suffered by humans living in Shangjing.
The result is that there is no result.
Every parade is like a small splash in the water, unable to make too many waves. At most, the Shangjing municipal officials managed by heavenly beings can put on a few shows like charity in some public places.
But even so, even when the humans living in Shangjing face the compatriots of the United Tagos Republic north of the Bama Canal, they have an inexplicable sense of superiority among the "shangjing people" in their chests.
People from other places will unconsciously raise their heads and become proud and reserved.
What Higashinohara learned from the first-person perspective of the three old people's "image profiles" is undoubtedly more intuitive than what he learned from books and the Internet.
The two or three days at the end of the month passed by in a flash, and he couldn't help but feel a little emotional for no reason.
No wonder the "one city and six counties" in the Kyoto metropolitan area have long been the most difficult places for the major revolutionary armies to penetrate.
In other countries, the revolutionary army's power can at least slowly develop underground.
But when we arrived in Shangjing, as soon as we found a stronghold, the next day we might be raided by our own people with the Adjudication Department.
With the fragmentary fragments of [Character Profiles] of the three old Celestial Beings for entertainment, the two days Higashinohara spent alone at home were not boring.
Only occasionally, for a moment, with his eyes closed, his face suddenly darkened, and the picture that came to his mind was the lakeside park in the wetland in the western suburbs of Beijing that was full of blood.
When I open my eyes,
Higashinohara secretly made a decision in his heart.
If one day I can kill myself in Beijing, I must go to the lakeside park to see it for myself.
Higashinohara would not naively believe that the "breeding industry" with a stable source of customers and goods that has been inherited by the Tianren family for thousands of years will completely disappear after the death of Abraham Rhine, the elder of the Tianlong tribe. In all likelihood, it will still be collected.
The Hui people were reassigned to manage the
But that place, which is more like hell than hell, should not exist in this world.
During the two or three days at the end of March, Nishimaru Miria often came to Higashinohara's room to watch TV with him.
When Higashinohara closed his eyes and frowned with a sullen face, the little girl saw it every time. Every time, he hesitated to speak, and finally hid his doubts in his heart.
She knew very well in her little mind that even if her elder brother was worried about something so powerful, she would definitely not be able to handle it.
So I secretly made up my mind to grow up quickly and become powerful as soon as possible. My elder brother has helped me so much, so I must work hard to help him relieve his worries.
Higashinohara did not expect that when his consciousness was immersed in the portraits of the characters in the "Guilty Manual", Nishimaru Miria would be thinking about these things in his little head.
In fact, sometimes he hesitated to speak when faced with Nishimaru Miria's innocent smile.
Something about Tokugawa Ritora.
When he was on Mingsha Island a week ago, Higashinohara felt that the man wearing the fisherman's hat looked like someone he was familiar with.
Unexpectedly, when we met on the day of return, that sturdy man was actually Tokugawa Ritora who was "buried" in the North Sea and his body was not even recovered.
Somehow, he also got together with Sakamoto of the Sakamoto Dragon Pirates, but the other party seemed to have other things to do, and he had no intention of revealing his identity and return to Wano Country for the time being.
Higashinohara didn't know if what he was about to do was dangerous, so he didn't know whether to say anything to Nishimaru Miri who had already overcome her grief.
If I really want to say it out loud, what if something unexpected happens again on the way to what Tokugawa Ritora is going to do?
So for Miria Nishimaru, a little girl who has just turned seven, this is too cruel.
Therefore, he thought about it for the past two days, and Higashinohara chose to hand the decision-making power back to Tokugawa Ritora.
Although Tokugawa Ritora and Nishimaru Miria are not biological father and daughter, he has always been very protective of Nishimaru Miria. He has no children and he cherishes this petite and lovely daughter.
When the other party really decided to come back after finishing his work, Higashinohara believed that he would be the first to let Nishimaru Miri know.
So that's it.
The last three days at the end of March were spent peacefully in Higashinohara's wandering thoughts.
Until the end of the month, on the last night of March 31st, Higashinohara received the text message on his mobile phone.
To be precise, it was the start of the semester push message from Takehara Minami Private Academy.
School starts?
Although the spring break only lasts for a short month, both Wano and Higashinohara have experienced too many ups and downs during this month, making the slightly ordinary word "school" sound familiar.
It seems a little strange.
When Higashinohara saw the text message on his mobile phone, he even felt a little confused.
Although he has been living at home for the past two days, he is still relatively concerned about the outside world. He often learns about what is happening outside through the Internet and TV. He even did not miss the press conference held by the interim acting minister of Wano Nobuo Kobayashi the day before yesterday afternoon.
At that time, Higashinohara was leaning against the wall and sitting on the tatami, watching the short man on TV standing at the press conference, with a solemn face describing the various difficulties and tests currently facing Wano Country, as well as his plans for June.
"Gloomy Forecast" of the World Conference.
In his prediction, once the country of Wano is removed from the world government by the proposal of the Celestial Lords at the meeting and is removed from more than 300 allies, then the Shayash Grand Duchy adjacent to the north, which has just disintegrated and perished, will be in chaos.
This is a lesson for Wano Country tomorrow.
Even the voice of the female reporter who asked the question was choked with sobs. The atmosphere at the press conference was so depressing that even interim Prime Minister Nobuo Kobayashi suddenly bowed and announced on the spot the early disintegration of Wano.
He was not surprised.
Higashino originally thought that all sectors of society must have been in great turmoil these past two days.
Unexpectedly, just two days have passed, and when I received the text message notification that the new school year will start tomorrow, the turbulent society seemed to be back on track under the influence of some kind of inertia.
think carefully
Higashinohara felt a little relieved again.
Most people in this world are ordinary people who live quite down-to-earth lives.
For most ordinary people, positions, deterrence, politics, and patterns are just things that rise and set on a few equatorial arcs and then disappear in the blink of an eye.
Thinking of this, Higashinohara finally understood why Kimura Hakutaku had been avoiding the topic of "leaving the choice to the people themselves" during tit-for-tat arguments with him.
Maybe Kimura himself knows it very well.
The meaning of ordinary people's life is just to live.
One day is a day to live.
They are all ants, how can we talk about "ideal"?
April 1st.
The first day of school after spring break.
After two or three days of recuperation and recuperation at the end of the month, Higashinohara's physical condition is also very good.
After getting up in the morning and exercising, I had breakfast with Miria Nishimaru and the two of them. After that, I went back to the house and changed into the spring uniform of Takehara Minami Private Academy. I picked up my handbag and went out.
In the corridor outside the door.
Nishimaru Miria was wearing a girl's school uniform and round-toe leather shoes. She had been waiting outside for a long time with a small schoolbag on her back.
Under the morning sunlight, her slightly curly long hair shone like gold satin, and her little face also narrowed into a crescent-like smile.
It can be seen that she really likes the feeling of going to school with Higashinohara.
After going downstairs, the two of them walked to the tram stop together. Along the way, they looked up and saw large swaths of crimson clouds everywhere. When the wind blew, it began to rain withered cherry blossoms. From time to time, office workers and students could be seen stopping on the road.
Pick up your phone and take a photo.
April is considered the "cherry blossom season" in the city of New Tokyo, Wano. Different varieties of cherry blossoms bloom one after another, and you can see trees full of spring scenery everywhere.
Nishimaru Miria squinted her eyes slightly, raised her little head and looked at the rain of flowers for a while, then suddenly ran with her short legs and caught up with Higashinohara at the intersection in front of her.
"Brother, the cherry blossoms are so beautiful this year." Nishimaru Miria's little face was full of intoxication.
"Well, it's okay."
Higashinohara nodded indifferently.
He appreciates the poignant beauty of short-lived decay that people from the land of Wano love.
When the green light turned on at the intersection, a large crowd of people walked towards the opposite side of the road in the rain of dancing flowers.
Suddenly, Nishimaru Miria stretched out her little hand and grabbed a crimson cherry blossom that was flying in front of her. She carefully held her white hand tightly and closed her eyes and made a wish:
"I hope next spring. No! From now on, I can see the cherry blossoms and the red leaves of autumn with my big brother."
Higashinohara was startled after hearing this.
I subconsciously remembered a short verse: "Watch the night cherry blossoms in spring, the stars in summer, the full moon in autumn, and the first snow in winter."
He couldn't help but smile and nodded.
A bright smile suddenly appeared on Nishimaru Miria's little face in the sea of ​​floating crimson flowers.
After getting off the train, we walked for a while and arrived at Takehara Minami Private Academy.
The scene at the door was both unexpected and reasonable. People from the student union were still checking the students' clothes and hairstyles at the door to prevent some people from getting wild during the spring break and forgetting about it with a little yellow hair or a sea urchin head.
Came to school.
When Higashinohara entered the door, he thought he would also be stopped and "interrogated."
Unexpectedly, when the person in charge of the student union at the door saw Higashino Haruka, he only felt that he looked familiar. Then he suddenly remembered that the other person was the guy who won the "Five Fights in a Row" at the exchange meeting between Kyoto and New Tokyo Brothers Academy last semester.
Nohara, and was very surprised that he jumped directly from the first grade to the third grade in the entrance examination. Such things are rare in esper academy.
For a moment, the man was in awe. Not only did he not stop Higashinohara, he also bowed to him with great respect.
Higashinohara was stunned by the other party's attitude and could only nod and smile.
After experiencing so many things, he had long forgotten about the exchange meeting under the sky tree last semester. He did not realize that he had now become the "flower crown" of Takehara Minami Private Academy. He only thought that he was promoted to
Treatment for seniors in third grade.
No, a freshman with a "sea urchin head" who looked like a first-year student behind him was rushed up and held down by several student council members, almost giving him a "ga" on the spot.
Higashinohara shook his head in his heart, and came to the main entrance of the teaching building with Nishimaru Miria who was following closely behind him.
At the beginning of every school year, the class placement for the new school year will be announced. Many people on the street secretly watched him and Nishimaru Miria discussing in low voices.
"Look! Senior Higashikata is here."
"It is said that Higashino-senpai entered Class A this year."
"Tsk tsk, jump from Class F to Class A, legend! Legend!"
"The little girl following behind is the dual-talented person who was specially approved by Principal Kyogoku to enroll, right?"
"Oh! It's true that excellent people always surround themselves with excellent people."
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Excellent person?
After listening to the discussions around him, Higashinohara felt a little amused and confused.
I still remember that when he first came to this world and came to school last year, he was still a "weed" in everyone's eyes. Unexpectedly, he became an enviable "flower crown" in just one year.
I can only sigh at the wonderful encounters in life.
Don't you want to pass to Class A?
Higashino came to the public notice in front of the teaching building, looked up, and quickly found his name in the front row.
As expected, it was Class A in the third year.
Nishimaru Miria's grades in the cultural class were a little worse, but she had both talents and abilities, and her potential was obvious to all who were not blind. She was also placed at the bottom of Class A in the third year.
The little girl immediately beamed when she saw this. Two shallow dimples were exposed on her cheeks with some baby fat. She happily took Higashinohara's hand and shook it, saying, "It's great, I can be in the same class with my big brother in the future."
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Last semester, the two of them were not in the same class. Every day at noon, Nishimaru Miria would come to the window of Higashinohara's class with a lunch box in hand, and eat with Higashinohara with her little toes.
Higashinohara also smiled and nodded after hearing this.
Next, on the way to the new classroom after changing into indoor shoes, Higashinohara also met some acquaintances from the previous semester's class. They all smiled and nodded in response to everyone's envious looks.
Unexpectedly, just as he was about to reach the door of Class A, Grade 3, a man as strong as the wind suddenly rushed up from behind and gave him a "strong man lock".
In fact, Higashinohara had noticed the strong man surging in the corridor earlier, and recognized him as Yuuto Aida, who had been sitting in the back seat for a semester. He remembered that he also helped him find the darknet address of "Breaking Dawn" during the spring break.
So I just let him hug me.
But after Aida Yuuto hugged Higashinohara, he suddenly groped up and down twice, jumped up like an orange cat whose tail was stepped on, and said with a shocked face:
"Dongye. Why are you so hard?"
Higashinohara's face suddenly darkened.
Next to her, Miria Nishimaru blinked and looked at the boy in the back seat of her elder brother with some confusion.
"Speak nicely." He said angrily.
"Muscles, I mean muscles."
Aida Yuuto exclaimed exaggeratedly. As a person with physical abilities, he circled Higashinohara twice, and said in amazement, "It's different! It's really different! Are you a guy who is crazy about ironing at home during the spring break? But this is nothing."
It makes sense."
Higashinohara looked at Aida Yuuto's "I can't help Sister Li" look, and didn't want to torture his brain cells, so he changed the subject and said, "I took the time to exercise a little bit. By the way, which class have you been assigned to this year?"
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"Class C, second year."
Yuuto Aida had a very relaxed look on his face. He was a physical ability user with talent sequence 101, and he expected to be in Class D. He was certainly satisfied that he could enter Class C beyond his expectations.
After he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something and couldn't help but beat Higashinohara's chest excitedly.
Uh, it's a bit irritating
But he still said mischievously, "Dongye, I didn't expect that! You're just so lucky!"
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Nishimaru Miria on the side argued harshly, "Big brother is not lucky! Big brother only entered Class A in three years through his own efforts!"
Higashinohara couldn't help scratching his eyebrows, secretly thinking that his efforts only accounted for 99%, and maybe he even got a little "little help".
But Yuuto Aida immediately shook his head and quickly explained, "I'm not talking about Miss Nishimaru! I'm talking about the top three students our academy sent to the United States of Tagos this semester [Stafford Private High School for Great Sword Abilities]
It is said that this boy Higashino is also on the list of exchange students.”
United States of Tagos?
Publicly funded exchange students?
Nishimaru Miria's face suddenly tightened!
Higashinohara couldn't help but was slightly startled after hearing this.
Volume 4 (End)
Chapter completed!