In fact, in terms of talent, Nishimaru Miria, a dual-talented person, is also eligible to join this exchange program.
It's just possible that considering that Nishimaru Miria is too young, not long after he turned seven, the mission and responsibility of family and country are really too heavy for a child, and in addition, Kyogoku Kawamizu and Tokugawa Kurutora are old
I knew him well, so I didn’t include him in this exchange team.
From Higashinohara's point of view, it was not that he had not considered taking Nishimaru Miri with him privately.
The key is that it is also his first time to go to that country on the other side of the world. According to the description of the principal Kyogoku Kawamizu, it is not a stable and peaceful place.
It's not that safe to go there.
In addition, it is not easy to leave my aunt Coladia alone in Wano, so it would definitely not be appropriate to drag the whole family along with them.
I am not traveling.
In contrast, Wano Country is safe at least until the World Conference in June, and all forces will not make any moves in the near future.
Of course, if something really happened to Wano after the World Conference in June, then I would definitely have to come back early.
But before that, he still planned to find someone to look after him for a while.
Higashinohara originally considered going through the channels of the [Dawn Scarlet] Hunter Organization - he is still a "Seven-Star Hunter" in this organization and has considerable authority, and he knows that [Dawn Scarlet] will also provide some security services.
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But when he saw the words on the letter in his hand, Higashinohara knew that there was no need to go to so much trouble.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, there were several young lovers lingering outside the coffee shop in front of Takehara Minami Private Academy. The warm sunset stretched his back?
Those young students looked at the large crimson cherry blossoms fluttering in the wind, their faces full of outward hope for a better future.
When Higashinohara walked out of the coffee shop and saw this scene, the phrase "Young people don't know what it feels like to be sad" came to mind for no reason. Then he thought that he was also very young and couldn't help but shake his head in amusement.
Immediately afterwards, his mind recalled the meeting in the coffee shop just now.
The middle-aged man wearing a fisherman's hat.
I haven’t seen him for a long time. Perhaps the sun in the South China Sea is too bright. The former leader of the Third Investigation Team, Tokugawa Ritora, showed off his bronzed skin while recuperating in the South China Sea. His originally solemn face
It adds a bit of a sense of vicissitudes of life.
Higashinohara took out a piece of white paper from his coat pocket. On it was a list of the United States of Tagos, the list given to him by Tokugawa Ritora.
The list is not "targets for assassination", but influential politicians and dignitaries within the United Tagos Republic, or to be more precise, those who can make a voice at the World Conference in June.
Tokugawa Ritora asked Higashinohara to contact these politicians and dignitaries on behalf of Wano and offer corresponding bargaining chips and conditions?
The ultimate goal is obviously to make a final bid for the country of Wan at this world conference and win over some national representatives who are willing to speak for them.
Higashinohara is not doing this kind of thing alone. In the next period of time, Wano Country will also send many representatives to make secret visits to other countries with friendly exchanges.
Try our best to gain more voices for them in the upcoming world conference in June in a short period of time.
Tokugawa Ritora would hand over the list of the United Tagos Republic to Higashinohara simply because he met him at the right time after hearing that he was going to the United Tagos Republic.
And he trusted Higashinohara's ability very much.
Of course, this kind of political game does not rely on fighting and killing. In the end, it is hard to say whether Wano can win the support of other countries.
After all, among the more than 300 allied countries in the world, except for the United States of Tagos and the Empire of St. Malo, most countries still look at the faces of the representatives of the heavenly nobles at the World Conference.
If the representative of the Celestial Being nobles makes a proposal and feels that there is no need for Wano to continue to exist among the Allied Powers.
Well, not to mention other small countries, even powerful countries like the United Tagos and the Saint-Maro Empire, I am afraid they have to weigh in their hearts whether it is worth speaking for the country of Wano and going against the heavenly nobles.
Anyway, Higashinohara is not very optimistic about it.
But he still took over the list of the United States of Tagos with just a little effort.
In addition, he also entrusted Tokugawa Ritora to take care of his family in Hokkaido and Nishimaru Miria while he was away from Wano Country.
Needless to say about the latter.
Tokugawa Ritora has already contacted the senior officials of Wano Country. Originally, he did not want to return to the Third Investigation Team, but under the persuasion of the interim Acting Prime Minister Kobayashi Nobuo, he still relaxed and will be there in a week.
Returning again to the Third Investigation Team he founded.
I still remember that at the beginning of the year, the death of Tokugawa Ritora in Hokkaido and the revelation of the shameless conspiracy of politicians caused nationwide mourning. Countless fishing boats spontaneously went to Hokkaido to assist in the rescue, hoping for a miracle.
But the miracle never happened.
But now Tokugawa Ritora has appeared, at a time when the depressed Wano country needs a "miracle" the most.
It is conceivable that
When this news was announced, it was like a shot in the arm for all the people!
However, Higashinohara would not comment on this.
Things like cardiotonic pills can save people, but if they can't, it's just the last hallucination before death. How desperate you are as much as you hope.
But what is certain is that Tokugawa Ritora announced his return through official channels a week later.
Nishimaru Miria will definitely be taken back, and the little girl will probably be extremely happy by then.
Thinking of this, Higashinohara's face couldn't help but reveal a smile.
A week flies by in a blink of an eye.
April 8th.
In the early morning, it was overcast with light rain.
After Higashinohara came back from his daily exercise, he just opened the door and saw his aunts Coladia and Miria Nishimaru helping him pack his luggage for this trip to the United States of Tagos.
"Umbrella, tie, formal suit, hanger, passport."
Koladia made a list of necessary items for a long trip last night and was checking them one by one with Nishimaru Miria, who was squatting next to the suitcase with her butt sticking out.
Seeing the two people's serious looks, Higashinohara's heart suddenly felt warm for no reason. Although it would feel burdensome to have someone worry about him, most of the time, he still felt that it was actually quite a good feeling.
"Are you still cleaning up?"
Higashinohara knocked on the door, interrupting the two people who were concentrating, and said with a smile, "Haha, actually you don't need to be so careful, I don't use many things on a daily basis."
Coladia turned her head and saw the young man standing at the door. The morning light dyed his side face with a beautiful halo, and she was inexplicably touched in her heart?
It says in the book that "the boy is about to travel far, cross thousands of mountains and rivers, and grow into a man." This is what it feels like.
She raised her hand to lift the hair hanging down by her ears, and said with a soft smile, "I heard that Tagos is far away from us. It is Higashino-kun's first time going to such a far place, so it is always good to be more prepared."
Hearing what Coladia said, Higashinohara smiled and nodded, turning his head to look at Nishimaru Miria. At this moment, the little girl also looked at Higashinohara.
After thinking about it all night,
In her little mind, she probably knew why Higashinohara didn't take her with him to the United Tagos this time, and his eyes were full of reluctance.
Half an hour later, after packing up, Higashinohara finally carried his luggage amidst the farewell sounds of Coladia and the reluctant Nishimaru Miria, saying "remember to eat on time" and "remember to call when you are free".
The box left the Aragaki apartment.
While waiting for the school bus at the door, Higashinohara looked back at the old apartment with yellowed walls and peeling walls - this was a haven where he could feel warm after coming to this world and encountering various dangers.
But now he is about to travel far away. Will there be a place like this in that strange country?
"Are you ready to run away too?"
At this time, the unscrupulous uncle Aragaki Satoru, who was wearing wooden clogs and carrying a thermos cup, came out at some point.
He glanced at the oversized suitcase next to Higashinohara, couldn't help but pull down his crotch, and said with a slap in his face, "Tsk, tsk, the world is getting worse. Do young people nowadays run away if they disagree with each other?"
Higashinohara was slightly startled when he heard this, and then shook his head in amusement, "Why run away? I was just selected by the school to be an exchange student, and I will be back soon."
Aragaki Satoru, who was shaking his head and sighing, was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then looked Higashinohara up and down, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect your kid to actually become an exchange student. You must have paid for it at public expense by looking at you, tsk tsk, eh.
It’s incredible! I’ve long seen that you are a kid who can excel.”
Then you were still exploiting me every day
Higashinohara couldn't complain in his heart, so he changed the topic and said, "By the way, why didn't you see Charlie today? Did she go to investigate?"
"She, she resigned."
Aragaki Satoru said with a nonchalant smile.
"Resigned?"
Higashinohara was stunned for a moment.
Some time ago, he had been in the world behind the border gate. After returning, he rested at home. Now, after school starts, he is preparing to travel far away.
Time is too tight,
In the middle of the trip, except for Charlie's visit once and a fruit basket and a meal "by the way", the two of them never saw each other again.
Aragaki Satoru smiled and shrugged, and said with some regret, "That is also a restless guy. He said he wanted to devote himself to building this country."
Higashinohara turned his head and said with some surprise, "She joined the third investigation team?"
Aragaki Satoru's daughter, Aragaki Mai, is in the Third Investigation Team. With this connection, and the Third Investigation Team is currently recruiting people, it is not incomprehensible for her to join the Third Investigation Team with her superpowers.
"Oh, no."
Aragaki Satoru took a sip of tea from the thermos cup, looked up at the sky and said, "She is running for parliament."
"Ah?!" Higashinohara was stunned.
Aragaki Satoru swallowed the sip of tea and said expressionlessly, "This guy has recently become famous for his extramarital affairs investigations in this area. He often provides people with free marriage 'emotional information' and has saved many families on the verge of collapse.
I know who inspired me to participate in the election for Edogawa Ward’s council member with great excitement.”
The corners of Higashinohara's mouth twitched.
Is Wano’s parliamentary election reliable?
Of course it's not reliable.
When the previous Prime Minister Yuya Kotsuya ran for Prime Minister, there was even a farce in which a two-dimensional anime character was voted first by netizens.
In the end, of course, it was settled.
But last year, an ordinary female civil servant in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, participated in the election through cosplay, and she actually succeeded in becoming a member of the assembly.
The image of the Tianhu girl Xia Li vividly flashing her furry tiger ears while giving a campaign speech appeared in my mind. I am afraid that many enthusiastic otakus in the audience would regard her as a "cat-eared girl"!
That picture was so beautiful. It was so beautiful that the corners of Higashinohara's mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly.
Shaking his head to stop thinking about this, Higashinohara glanced at the lazy Aragaki Satoru and couldn't help but said, "By the way, you must have made a lot of money over the years. Have you ever thought about taking Aragaki-senpai out with you?"
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"Get out? Leave the country"
Aragaki Satoru smiled and shook his head, looking lazily at the hazy sky and said, "People like me can't live without their roots. If that day comes, haha, I have decided to eat what I like.
She’s living a short life, and Mai is doing what she likes.”
"Is that enough?"
"Isn't that enough?"
At this time, there was a sound of car engines coming from far away, and the special car from Takehara Minami Private Academy stopped in front of Aragaki Apartment, attracting many office workers in the apartment who were about to go out to look around.
The black car was very low-key and luxurious. It looked like it was hosting an important person from a celebrity congressman. It was rare to see it in a place like Aragaki Apartment.
Higashinohara was silent for a moment, nodded with a smile, and said nothing more.
When the car door opened, he raised his legs and stepped into the car.
When the car started, he did not turn around to look at the Aragaki apartment behind him, but he had a vague understanding in his heart.
Perhaps for some people at the bottom of Wano Country, even if one day this country really perishes, they will choose to stay on this land, just like the old people who still guard the Grand Duchy of Sayash.
Old people are not necessarily pedantic.
They just stubbornly hold on to certain beliefs - for example, as long as they are still on this land, this country will never truly perish.
After about half an hour's drive.
At the new Tokyo Haneda International Airport, a team of eight including the leading teacher for the exchange student program of Takehara Minami Private Academy met at the airport terminal.
From the suitcases and backpacks that everyone was carrying, we could see that the families of these students were also very reluctant to leave.
Siba brother and sister glanced this way after seeing Higashinohara, but quickly looked away again.
Higashinohara, who has keen senses, naturally noticed this gaze.
In fact, since the new school year started on April 1st, he had often noticed the unexplained glances from the siblings in his class in the classroom.
Higashinohara was actually a little confused.
In fact, if he had paid attention to the admission ranking in the class, he might have understood it - this is the "preparation" of top students against top students.
Of course, he might still not understand it. After all, Higashinohara never thought of himself as an top student.
After meeting up with the exchange student project team, there weren’t many interruptions.
After a short wait in the terminal, the group passed the security check and checked their tickets. Their luggage had already been packed and checked. Feeling relaxed, they stepped onto the ramp and boarded the direct flight to the United States of Tagos.
Takehara Minami Private Academy is really generous.
All eight of us were in first class. After we sat down, a beautiful flight attendant came to ask if we needed anything. Higashinohara brought us a cup of coffee as usual.
Phoenix-in Kaguya was sitting in the window seat inside him. She seemed to have lost a lot of weight after not seeing each other for a few days. She was looking at the airport out the window with some despair, holding the gilded folding fan tightly in her right hand.
Soon, the plane taxied on the runway and took off. After a violent turbulence, it flew smoothly towards the hazy clouds. The fuselage gradually became stable. In the blink of an eye, it passed through the clouds, revealing the clear sky illuminated by the morning sun.
It turns out that there is nice weather above the dark clouds.
Higashinohara stretched slightly, adjusted his sitting posture to a more comfortable position, and after drinking coffee, he closed his eyes on time and regularly as he did at eleven o'clock every night.