At this moment, Higashinohara's focus was not on whether this woman who stood as cold and lonely as a black swan when they met tonight would ask to go with him.
Regarding this sentence, the focus that Higashinohara focuses on is actually the word "band", and the information revealed in it is very thought-provoking.
does this mean
The woman standing in front of her like a black swan was not that she didn't want to leave, but that she was unable to move at all due to her current condition.
Almost subconsciously, Higashinohara's mind recalled the thick white mist [The Body-Eating Snake] that had just dawned on the commander of the Southern Army of the Revolutionary Army, "Fog Ghost" Charles, and he was trapped in it.
There is no doubt that,
If the woman in front of him hadn't just taken action in time, it might not have been so easy for Higashinohara to kill an upright ninth-level god-level man in his prime at just such a small price, even under extraordinary circumstances.
From this, it can be inferred that the woman who had just been fighting fiercely with the Mist Ghost, who had the same talent as her, [Desolate Ruins], from beginning to end, must have paid a considerable price.
But here comes the problem.
Why did this woman let him take her away?
At this moment, even though the people of the Dawn Revolutionary Army lost their backbone and drew their swords in anger, the people of the black-robed enforcement team of the Adjudication Department around the courtyard also fought to the death to protect each other.
And it is foreseeable that if something like this happens in a parliamentary residence in a country so close to Kyoto City, the personnel of the Judgment Division stationed in Meji Mansion may have been killed long before Inquisitor Michus.
The moment the situation got out of control, I was on my way here.
And even in such a pattering night rain mixed with the sounds of chaotic fighting, Higashinohara with extremely keen senses seemed to still be able to hear the long whistle coming from the road outside this private residence where the powerful gathered.
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Those are the people who are about to come for support.
Why does she want to leave?
Could it be that these people from the black-robed enforcement team couldn't reassure her?
Thinking of this woman's somewhat unusual "criminal value" in the Judgment Division, Higashinohara couldn't help but show a pensive look on his face.
for a time,
The problem is back to the starting point.
Do you want to take her away?
Higashinohara stood there and pondered for a moment.
Under the night rain, the woman wearing a black veil is like a gently swaying late lotus under the moonlight of the pond.
from beginning to end,
The other party just said something in a cold voice, without any repetition or urging.
In fact, if Higashinohara hadn't been convinced that he heard correctly.
Just looking at the cold and indifferent look of that woman in the night rain, someone else might have thought it was an auditory hallucination.
Higashinohara even had a vague premonition.
What if he pretended not to hear what the other party said now, or regarded the words just now as an auditory hallucination.
Even if he leaves now, this woman will definitely not speak again.
So, after hesitating for three-quarters of a second, he
Chaotic courtyard under rain at night
Almost no one noticed that the two men and women who were supposed to be at the center of the fight between these people,
But he quietly disappeared into the courtyard.
King District of Meiji Prefecture, western suburbs.
In this private residence where powerful congressmen live, Congressman Kenneth died tonight, and the Inquisitor Michus who parachuted into the capital was also beheaded, plus a large number of Dawn rebels appeared.
In less than ten minutes, a large number of police detectives, agents of the Eagle Bureau, and the black robes of the Adjudication Department, which were filled with a cold and murderous atmosphere in the night rain, poured into this private residence like a wave of waves.
middle.
For a time, the lights on the second floors of many other nearby mansions were lit, and figures swayed behind the curtains to watch.
At the entrance of the courtyard, servants stretched out their heads curiously, whispering among themselves.
"Tsk, tsk, I don't know which big shot has fallen from power again."
"Looking at the direction, it seems to be heading to Congressman Kenneth's house."
"I heard that Congressman Kenneth's family is hosting a birthday party tonight, and they have hired some servants from us. Could it be that someone was caught at the party?"
"What's strange? Wasn't an adult from the Ministry of Internal Affairs arrested a while ago? It was in our residential area."
"I really don't know what these big shots are doing when they have power and money?"
"Haha, if you had known this, you wouldn't have driven anyone here."
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Working as servants in this place, they see more important people in one day than they have in previous decades, and encounter just as many things. By now, they have become numb to the point of being somewhat calm, and there is no fuss in their words.
Of course, if they really knew what happened in that mansion tonight and the storm that was about to start, they would probably be in shock again.
But none of this matters to Higashinohara.
To the north of this private property where powerful people gather, there is a dark brown woodland with various types of vegetation, but the one that you can see the most at a glance is the large swathes of silver fir trees.
Under the dark blue dome overhead, pattering raindrops gently beat on the green leaves of the silver fir trees.
This place was originally a morning exercise place on a private property. However, two uninvited guests broke into the deserted late at night. They dived into the woods and trampled the rotten leaves and branches all over the ground, making a rustling "creep" sound.
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Not surprisingly, these two people were Higashinohara and "Empress" Dorothy Alita who had just disappeared into the eye of the storm in the courtyard of Congressman Kenneth's residence.
Higashinohara's face is still wearing the pale clown mask, and Empress Dorothy Alita's face is still wearing the thin black gauze. I don't know what kind of material it is made of, but it didn't wrinkle at all after being soaked by the night rain.
Get up.
On the contrary, the slender black evening gown she was wearing was washed by the rain and became more "slim", almost clinging to the surface of the skin. The black hollow shawls on both sides were stained with slightly wet rain and dew, and her posture seemed a bit weird when walking.
Higashinohara was wary,
So I was deliberately half a body behind.
After a brief glance,
Only then did he realize what was strange.
It turned out that the opponent's walking posture was a little uncoordinated. Only his slender waist and long legs were moving naturally. His upper body looked as stiff as a doll. It was the kind of thing that would scare someone to death when walking alone in the woods at night.
——It seems that the injuries caused to her by Charles the Fog Ghost just now are still affecting her. After all, not everyone has such a [Doomsday Apocalypse] physique.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel slightly relieved in his wary heart, and unconsciously glanced at it again.
But Higashinohara quickly withdrew his gaze,
This time I'm not feeling weird,
But something strange.
Tonight, the music was playing in the courtyard and the crowd was noisy, even though the two of them had danced together.
But at that time, Higashinohara was looking in all directions and listening in all directions. He was always on alert, and his eyes hardly fell on the woman in front of him.
Until now,
In this desolate forest on a rainy night, Higashinohara, who had relaxed his mind, had just taken a glance and found that this woman was almost the same height as him, who was almost 1.9 meters tall. She stood out from the crowd at tonight's dinner because she was single.
She suppresses so many men, no wonder she is called the "Empress".
Moreover, the evening dress that he had not paid much attention to during the dinner party, after being soaked by the night rain, showed the magnificence of his slender curves.
But what was really strange in Higashinohara's heart at this moment was the long black hair that was covered by a veil on the other person's head.
I hadn't thought too much about it before, but now I accidentally discovered that the two sides of the other person's head were slightly raised under the veil. At first glance, it looked like a little girl wearing double buns.
But looking at the other party's height and cold and indifferent aura, it would be a bit too inconsistent if there was such a cute little girl-like hairstyle under the black veil.
Is that why you wear black veil?
Higashinohara was thinking about some of these things.
Finally, as they walked deeper into the woods on a rainy night, the atmosphere between the two of them became increasingly weird as they walked aimlessly.
He opened his mouth,
He resisted the idea of speaking voluntarily.
Tonight, although it was the opponent who first helped him escape from the [Body-eating Snake] of the fog ghost Charles, and he also froze Charles' order power with a full blow of the [Eight Cold Hell].
But later, when Higashinohara brutally killed Charles the Fog Demon, the "common enemy" of the two of them in that situation, their battle came to an end. Even if the empress took the initiative to help him out of trouble, the slightest kindness had already been repaid.
Now the two people will appear in this dense forest.
After all, it was Empress Dorothy Alita who took the initiative to ask for his help.
At this time, if he spoke first without speaking, the momentum would have been weakened by three points.
Whatever
Higashinohara thought in his mind.
Anyway, we have come this far,
Might as well take away a few steps,
Let’s see what kind of medicine this woman sells in her gourd.
But at this moment, the woman walking diagonally in front suddenly stopped.
She gently felt the raindrops falling through the dense leaves of the branches in the dark blue night sky on her black veil of unknown material. She felt the cold touch of the rain sliding across her face through the veil, and suddenly said lightly, "Today
The late rain seems to be colder than before."
Hearing the woman's words, the corner of Higashinohara's mouth twitched slightly, thinking that even I almost froze when you just released the last move [Eight Cold Hell] in the courtyard.
Are you still afraid of the cold?
But he knew that this classic "looking for something to say when you have nothing to say" means that the main text is often what follows.
So he responded in silence without saying a word.
However, the next second, the woman's next words made Higashinohara's pupils shrink slightly.
"then,
The person you want to kill is me,
Is it right?"
The slim and slender woman in front of her did not turn around, and her voice still sounded so calm and calm, without any fluctuations.
It seems to be talking about something insignificant.
She did not specify when "then" was, but Higashinohara obviously understood what "then" was.
——That was when he first prepared to eliminate the "hidden mine" that posed the greatest threat to him, the Adjudication Division.
In the dark silver fir woods,
The rain keeps falling,
The atmosphere was silent and somewhat solemn.
A moment later, the same plain voice of Higashinohara came from under the pale clown mask not far behind the empress.
"That's right."
"Why?" the queen asked.
"Why do you want to kill you?" Higashinohara asked.
"No." The empress seemed to want to shake her head, but she could not shake her head as her upper body had not yet recovered.
She only paused for a moment before saying calmly, "Why did you choose to help me later?"
"As you can see."
Higashinohara said calmly:
"Charles the Fog Ghost suddenly wanted to kill me, so I had no choice but to turn against him."
After the words fell, the dark forest seemed to fall into silence again, leaving only the sound of rain hitting the delicate green of the silver fir trees above.
"I will not look down upon you."
Suddenly, Empress Dorothy Alita suddenly said something without a clue, and then said lightly:
"What's more, your strength far exceeds my expectations. If you really decided to kill me at that time, you could easily do it with your strength."
Speaking of this, "Empress" Dorothy Alita paused and continued, "But you didn't do that."
At this time, most of Higashinohara's attention was focused on the second half of the empress's words.
Everyone fell into silence.
This was actually the question he was subconsciously avoiding in his mind tonight.
After all, from a purely rational and objective point of view, Higashinohara and the Judgment Division have long been in a state of unrelenting hostility, and the "1-star" empress in front of her is undoubtedly the biggest hidden danger to Higashinohara who carries the "Guilty Manual".
The most calm and rational way tonight is to take advantage of the situation when both the opponent and Fog Ghost Charles are harmed, and kill the "hidden thunder" in the Judgment Department before it happens.
Higashinohara is a rational and calm person.
In the battles from last year to now, his decisiveness and decisiveness have been clearly demonstrated in this regard.
But this does not mean that he is not emotional.
The woman in front of him was a "hidden thunder" and a "hidden danger" to him.
But if Higashinohara really wanted to create a possible safety hazard for himself in the future, he ruthlessly killed a woman whose crime was only twice as bad as Charlie's, how was this different from the people of the Adjudication Department and the Dawn Revolutionary Army?
Perhaps it was because of this that he only existed in his subconscious mind at that time.
Therefore, after the mist ghost Charles stepped in unexpectedly, Higashinohara would just let the flow take its course and turn against him.
So much so that to outsiders, it seemed that Higashikata was originally a member of the Empress, and he came here just to help the Empress, and he changed sides smoothly without any sense of disobedience.
After pondering this point, Higashinohara saw that the other party pointedly pointed out what he was thinking in his heart at that time.
He couldn't help but said slowly and honestly, "I think you seem to be a little different from other judges."
In the darkness, Empress Dorothy Alita, who had her back to Higashinohara, suddenly trembled slightly when she heard this, and immediately let out an inaudible sigh, "But in any social organization group, aliens sometimes are not
A good thing."
"Strong people have always been aliens." Higashinohara said.
Empress Dorothy Alita said noncommittally, "But such a strong person can never expose his weak side, even in front of those closest to him."
Higashinohara glanced at the back of Empress Dorothy Alita that stood like a sword, and said thoughtfully:
"Like tonight?"
The empress was silent when she heard this.
At this time, she, who had just introduced Higashinohara to this topic, suddenly asked in a very jumpy voice, "What about you? Why did you want to kill Judge Michus."
Higashinohara still did not answer passively, and asked calmly, "Don't you think he should die?"
"I didn't think so."
When the empress heard this, her voice was still calm and she said, "Even if he deserves to die, even if the humans in this world hate him, they will not kill him like you."
Higashinohara understood the "facts" in the other party's words.
It's not because of how strong Michus is.
Even if the principal of Stafford is old and frail, he is still stronger than Michus. But if Michus really goes crazy and kills people at Stafford, even if the old man is angry, he will at most arrest him and hand him over to the World Government for trial.
And I won't say kill him.
All this is naturally because the black robe on the other party represents the eerie and cold words "Judgment Department".
Offended the Adjudication Division head-on,
It means an endless pursuit until the end of his life, and everyone around him will be implicated.
This is the consensus of almost all humans.
Higashinohara didn't explain anything about this, but suddenly shrugged and said with a faint smile, "So, maybe I am also an anomaly."
After the words fell, the dark woods became quiet again.
The two "others" faced each other in silence.
After a moment, Higashinohara suddenly took the initiative and said, "You asked me to take you out of the courtyard. I think this place should be about the same. No one will come here before tomorrow morning."
Of course, I can’t guarantee that people from the Adjudication Division won’t search this forest, so you’d better recover as soon as possible.”
"Are you leaving?"
The empress interrupted him.
Higashinohara raised his hand and glanced at the man on his right wrist who had just knocked out the Eagle Bureau Secret Service and took off the watch he was wearing. The second hand just crossed the twelve grid.
It means another minute has passed.
"Time is running out." He said matter-of-factly.
After hearing this, the empress fell silent again and did not say anything more. Perhaps what she was thinking under the black veil was that the other party did not want to spend more time with her.
But Higashinohara did not say goodbye.
There is no need to say goodbye between the two of them.
Because see you next time,
It's very possible that enemies are meeting each other.
However, just when Higashinohara turned around and was about to leave, he suddenly felt that there was something wrong with the conversation just now, and he couldn't say what was wrong for the moment.
When he turned back and took two steps, Higashinohara suddenly stopped, and a flash of lightning flashed in his mind!
At the end of the dinner dance song emerged,
What the empress of the Adjudication Department in front of her said when she stepped forward and put her hand gently on her shoulder.
"You shouldn't be looked down upon.
Isn't it?"
But just half a minute ago, when the two had a verbal exchange, the first half of the woman's question to her seemed to be, "I said I won't look down on you."
At that time, his attention was focused on the second half of the other person's sentence.
After reacting at this moment, Higashinohara, who was facing away, narrowed his eyes and suddenly stopped.
It was precisely at this time.
Suddenly,
The wind was picking up in the forest behind me.
Higashinohara looked back suddenly,
But she saw the empress behind her, who was almost as tall as herself, without any warning, raising her long, white legs under her black evening dress.
Sweeping through a thrilling and magnificent arc in the dark night, the wind swept towards the back of Higashinohara's head!
At this moment,
Based on Higashinohara’s dynamic vision at night,
He could even clearly see the raindrops flying in the sky, being smashed by the long white legs carrying the pressure of the wind, and shattering into crystal splashes, some of which even shot towards his face.
