Barton County is adjacent to the national border of the Bama Canal and is a secondary administrative district of the Kyoto Metropolitan Area.
However, whether in terms of politics, economy, culture or other aspects, Barton County is not outstanding among the "one city and six counties" in Shangjing.
However, thanks to the new local governor of Barton County in recent years, combined with the local characteristics of Barton County close to the mouth of the West Sea, he has increased financial investment in publicity, and has greatly promoted the tourism and seafood catering industries.
At the same time, it also improved the treatment and status of human settlement jobs in Barton County, and even creatively proposed a decree to build a "human-friendly city".
Among them, the last decree on building a "human-friendly city" is particularly critical.
Every year, it attracts countless young people from other countries who are curious about the Celestial City in Beijing to come and visit, so that the number of human tourists who linger in this city every year increases even more than the Celestial City.
Experts in human sociology from some countries believe that Barton County's decree to build a "human-friendly city" is as significant as the policy of "miscegenation between heaven and human races" adopted by the World Conference more than 500 years ago.
It has taken an extremely solid step to eliminate the racial gap between heaven and humans and promote the harmony and stability of this cross-continent of the world.
certainly,
Some people also scoffed at the experts and said they were just farting.
Who will eliminate racial barriers with you?
As soon as this policy came out,
Are there any real heavenly nobles in Barton County?
The people who are living in Barton County now are just some mixed-race people and down-and-out celestial beings who can't survive among the celestial beings and are just making money. The truly powerful nobles have already moved to other states and counties and even to Kyoto.
As for this so-called construction of a "human-friendly city", it is nothing more than one or two bones thrown casually on the dinner table by heavenly beings who have been in high positions for a long time.
If you really think that you have entered the palace and eaten from the same bowl as the heavenly beings...
Then why don't you try it on the table?
It is designated that there is no Nihao juice to eat.
There are also some young people who have been to Barton County and exposed the unfair treatment they suffered there, angrily accusing the so-called construction of "human-friendly cities" is just a pretense, and the places where government decrees can be implemented are limited to those planned by nature and man.
In the determined "circle".
When that person was traveling, he went to some other places out of curiosity, such as near the residence of a noble man of heaven. As a result, he was arrested on the spot by the city's security management patrol team.
He was thrown into a dungeon without even a trial and kept there for three days and three nights. Finally, he contacted his family and paid a huge bail before he was released.
Human friendly city?
Friendly guy.
However, this kind of bitter and true experience is often quickly deleted by people from the network security management department after the news comes out, and some are said to be delivered to your door, which fully proves that the Internet is not a "lawless place."
Over time,
No one dares to talk anymore, and there is still an endless stream of people coming to Barton County every year.
Perhaps many people have seen clearly and accepted their fate.
Just don’t go where you are not allowed to go.
Even if a "circle" is drawn, it will be the circle of Tianren City, and the air quality will be more than twice as good.
Come and have fun, take photos, open social networking sites,
Isn’t the force rising rapidly?
...
In the morning, I took a ferry across the Bama Canal and passed strict immigration inspections. After another hour's drive, I arrived at the destination of my trip.
Barton County Coach Terminal.
As soon as the car stopped, the people in the car poured out like water was being released.
In less than half a minute, only Higashinohara and five people from the Mithril Club executive team of Stafford Private Great Sword Academy were left in the long-distance bus carrying more than 50 people.
Are you all in such a hurry to get on your way?
Higashinohara was puzzled. After getting off the bus, he discovered that the people who had poured out of the carriage did not leave immediately, but were posing in various poses with the bus as the background.
There was a young woman looking up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, half of her face was bright and the other half was sad.
I guess if this photo was posted on social media, the message would be "You must visit Barton in your life."
...
After getting off the car, Higashinohara noticed that five people from the Mithril Society execution team gathered in the open space in front of the car. It seemed that they were not taking pictures but discussing something.
Although he is somewhat interested in joining the Mithril Society's execution team, the time is obviously not right at the moment.
Higashinohara's main purpose of coming to Barton County this time was to follow the address sent by Dusk Investigation and see if he could repair and reforge his two sharp knives.
What I didn’t expect was that,
After he got off the car, he turned around and wanted to leave.
After walking a few steps, he couldn't help but frown slightly, and felt a burst of footsteps following behind him.
Higashinohara did not turn around to look.
He still walked forward calmly. When he passed a corner, he glanced and realized that the people following him turned out to be several people from the Mithril Society.
What's going on?
Higashinohara was confused in his mind, but he soon realized that he had been wrong.
——The other party is not following me, but seems to be going to the same place as me, and the destination is the bus stop outside the passenger terminal.
It seems a bit coincidental.
Higashinohara thought to himself.
But then something even more coincidental happened.
I got on the bus and passed Haikou Station, Shashi Station, Cultural Center Station, etc...
Finally, when the next stop was about to arrive at White Swan Harbor Station, Higashinohara discovered that several people from the Mithril Society were also leaning towards the middle door.
Um?
Are they going to get off here too?
Although Higashinohara is not persecuted delusional,
But it's not that simple either.
If there are too many coincidences, they will no longer be coincidences.
However, he did not give up getting out of the car, and also leaned towards the door.
Although he felt that this was not a coincidence, he did not think that a harmless young man like himself would be targeted by members of the Mithril Society's execution team as soon as he left the house.
If they guessed correctly, they just wanted to go to White Swan Harbor, and the target should not be themselves.
Did something happen to the white swan?
He was thinking secretly in his mind.
...
Next, as soon as the bus came to a stop, those few people got out of the bus along with the crowd.
Higashinohara jumped out of the car a few seconds before the door was about to close.
Then I stood at the bus stop and took a look, only to find that those people were heading towards the coastal port of White Swan Harbor.
Speaking of which, White Swan Harbor is also part of the construction of a "human-friendly city" in Barton County.
And because it is near the sea, the policy is relatively loose. It can be said that it is the area with the loosest jurisdiction in Barton County, because the relatively free environment attracts a large number of human tourists every year.
Although Higashinohara didn't know what the president of the Mithril Society was doing here with a few students who looked like cadres.
But looking at the serious faces and looks of those people, it was obvious that they were not here to join a tour group.
Higashino had his own things to do, and although he was curious about it, it was limited.
Standing at the bus stop, I glanced at the direction in which those people disappeared, shook my head but still didn't follow them.
He took out his cell phone and looked at the location that Dusk had sent him a week ago again.
5-54 Ninth Street, White Swan Harbor, Barton County.
The distance shown on the map from the bus stop where you are is about ten minutes away.
Of course, if he releases his speed, these ten minutes will be greatly shortened.
But for the first time Higashinohara set foot on the land of Heavenly Beings, he was naturally prepared to "strategically despise the enemy and tactically attach importance to the enemy." Just think about using speed-based abilities on the street.
He has been waiting for a week.
Not less than this day's time.
...
But just after Higashinohara left in the opposite direction, he was not far ahead.
Among the group of people walking towards the port, the deputy captain of the execution team, Feilina, glanced at the figure behind her from the corner of her eye and couldn't help but said:
"Strange, that guy seems to be traveling with us all the time. Is he following us?"
"Are you talking about that pretty boy?"
Someone from the execution team couldn't help laughing after hearing this, "It's not that, it's not that, some of the people who came to Barton County from Meiji Mansion were not coming to White Swan Harbor. They might have accidentally stepped out of the boundary when they went to other places.
You have to be sent to the dungeon by the city security management."
"Ah this..."
Feilina was stunned for a moment, and shook her head with a smile, "It's just that I'm overly concerned."
"I don't think you, the vice-captain, are overly concerned, but you just care about other people's good looks."
Some people couldn't help but tease and joke:
"It's rare for us to take a cross-border long-distance bus, but there are many people traveling with us on this journey. Why do you only remember him?"
Vice-captain Feilina was startled for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, she seemed to be quite handsome.
His pretty face immediately sank:
"I think you are the one who deserves a beating."
Kailutu von Caucasus, the president of the Mithril Society, couldn't help but frowned when he heard this.
He also had some impressions of that young man in his mind. Now that he thought about it carefully, he was shocked to find that he couldn't remember the appearance of the other person in his mind.
This is not normal!
Kairutu suddenly turned to look at the other four members of the execution team and said, "Has any of you seen what that boy looks like?"
What does it look like?
Everyone frowned and thought about it carefully in their minds, and then looked at each other in confusion.
At this moment, all Felina could recall was the charming curve of the other person's handsome chin.
Others only saw the side face, and could not remember what the front face looked like at all.
It is estimated that as time goes by, even the few arcs I saw will be forgotten in my memory.
Kailutu's heart trembled slightly.
This shouldn't be a coincidence.
The most likely possibility is that the other party naturally and slightly adjusts the direction of their head and body every time their eyes come into contact, so that their front face avoids their sight without any suddenness.
Just like the "sixth person" in real society, his sense of existence is extremely thin.
The opponent's ability level is not necessarily higher than theirs.
But the insight must be very strong.
"You're not here for us, are you?" Vice-captain Feilina suddenly felt worried.
Kailutu, the president of the Mithril Society, shook his head calmly, "What we came to Barton County this time is a secret mission from the Eagle Bureau. We don't even know the specific mission objectives. There is no value in keeping an eye on us.
, it should be just a coincidence."
Kairutu's judgment is rarely wrong.
Everyone in the execution team couldn't help but feel relieved when they heard this. If they were targeted at the beginning of the mission, it would mean that their three days were basically in vain.
At this time, someone from the execution team suddenly asked, "But by the way... President, why is our first stop the White Swan Port?"
The destination of White Swan Harbor was decided by Kairutu after they got off the bus in Barton County and discussed it together. At that time, no one asked about the underlying reasons.
Hearing this, Kailutu looked at the white gulls flying in the sea and sky in the direction of the port, and said in a calm voice, "I hacked into the backend of Barton's tourism bureau website in the car to check Barton County's tourist attraction records during this period.
The number of tourists received by White Swan Harbor has recently shown an upward curve."
Several people couldn't help being slightly stunned when they heard this.
Vice-captain Feilina hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but remind her, "But White Swan Harbor is a popular tourist destination in Barton County, and this season is also the peak season for caviar sales. More people shouldn't mean anything, right?"
"
After hearing Feilina's words, the eyes of the other three members of the execution team returned to Kailutu, but they only heard Kailutu calmly say:
"But don't forget, the recent turmoil within the Adjudication Department and the tragic death of a judge in Meize Mansion, adjacent to Barton County. The Adjudication Department, in conjunction with the local police, has implemented martial law throughout the city to arrest people, causing panic and panic.
The local tourism industry suffered a setback due to the lockdown. It would be good if the number of tourists did not fall. Why is there still an increase?"
Hearing Kairutu's cold and rational words, the four members of the execution team were stunned.
Obviously, they didn't take this into consideration.
So that means that the anomalies in Barton County mentioned in the investigation mission assigned to them by the Condor Bureau are probably due to the abnormal increase in visitors to White Swan Harbor?
But what does this mean?
"Could it be because the World Conference is about to be held?" someone suddenly asked.
"It's too early."
Kairutu shook his head and said in a cold voice without comment, "To take a step back, even if there are national representatives arriving in advance,
But this is Barton County,
The ‘conference village’ that hosts the world conference delegation teams from various countries is in Baling County, more than 500 kilometers away.”
Ah this...
Did I remember it wrong?
The man immediately lowered his head.
Kairutu glanced at everyone and said solemnly, "You are all the elites of the execution team, but we have not graduated yet. Safety is still the first priority in this field mission. If you find any problems in the next three days, report them immediately.
Remember, this is a report."
"yes."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
After Kairutu finished instructing everyone, he glanced behind him in the direction where Higashinohara disappeared.
Although he just said that there was no need to pay attention to the coincidence, he still felt in his heart that he seemed to have seen that figure before somewhere.
Where will it be?
...
White Swan Harbor.
Dongdongdong—!
There was another knock on the door of a fisherman's house.
There was a squeak.
The door opened from the inside, and the woman holding the child looked at the visitor's clothes in surprise.
A black and white checkered hip-hop scarf, a blue mask, a brown peaked cap, and a pair of sunglasses on the bridge of the nose.
April weather...
This kind of dressing up is somewhat exaggerated.
"Is this Mr. Kamado Tanjuro's home?" Higashinohara, who was lingering outside the door to complete the 'one-click change of clothes', asked politely without changing his expression.
He knows how weird his dress is, but as long as I'm not embarrassed, I'll be someone else if I'm embarrassed.
The woman holding the child also came to her senses, stared at Higashinohara who was dressed strangely, and suddenly asked, "Are you here to make swords?"
Um?
Higashikata said in surprise.
When he was wandering outside, he saw that this was a self-operated seafood retail store, and thought he would have to wait a long time after knocking on the door.
Unexpectedly, the woman in front of me actually skipped the previous steps.
As if she noticed Higashinohara's surprise, the woman couldn't help but murmured to herself:
"It was the same thing yesterday. I really don't know what you people think about finding a fisherman to make a sword."
But she was extremely happy that her husband, a fisherman, could work part-time to earn money to support the family.
Although the visitors yesterday looked scary, she was shocked just by the deposit they took out.