The time is approaching May unknowingly, and there is less than a month left before the much-anticipated "World Conference" of more than 300 allied countries around the world.
If nothing else happens, this should be the most important event in the year 1122 of the Tianyuan Calendar. Everything else will have to give way to the main theme of the "World Conference".
However,
On this day at the end of April,
The accident still happened...
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Upper Kyoto metropolitan area,
White Swan Harbor, Bartonshire.
The orange-red afterglow of the setting sun shines on the sea, and the sea water is dyed fiery red, like lava, hitting the rocks standing on the coast and splashing a series of spark-like foam.
Immediately it retreated back, and from a distance it looked as if the entire coastline was burning.
It's a pity that not many people will have the opportunity to see this unique and magnificent scene in nature today.
In the past, White Swan Harbor, a popular resort in Barton County, has been very calm from yesterday to now. Even the ships that have been docked for many years have disappeared, leaving only the ones not far away that flew in from an unknown island nearby.
Seabirds fly back and forth at low altitude.
In fact, if your eyesight is good enough.
Note that it is excellent.
Then if you stand at the White Swan Harbor Pier and look far into the distance, you can see in the far distance that the maritime defense forces of three coastal states and counties out of the six counties in Shangjing are all mobilized and gathered at White Swan Harbor in Barton County.
Those patrol boats patrol closely a few nautical miles away from the coastline, and their job is to intercept or even destroy any ships that intrude intentionally or unintentionally.
As for the land transportation routes from Barton County to the White Swan Port Pier, the original city security management team members were all replaced by black-robed enforcement teams that parachuted into Kyoto.
They are responsible for the strict control of all land transportation routes in and out of White Swan Harbor.
The Barton County government, which just lost its county governor yesterday, sent a message to the public overnight - there may be earthquakes and tsunamis along the coast in the next few days.
For a time, all the fishermen working near White Swan Harbor migrated, and the black-robed enforcement team set up cordons at every intersection to prohibit anyone from crossing.
As the only "friendly" tourist city among the six counties in the Kyoto metropolitan area, Barton County's situation has suddenly become so serious, which makes people feel uneasy.
But at this juncture,
Most tourists still consciously cooperated with the guidance of the black-robed enforcement team of the Adjudication Department and voluntarily checked out and moved out of the B&Bs near White Swan Harbor.
Well, there are exceptions to everything, and of course not everyone is so "conscious".
There are always one or two people who dare to face the intimidation of the Adjudication Division and cross the red cordons from some unknown corner to the dock of White Swan Harbor.
The formerly bustling White Swan Harbor Pier was quiet and calm, with only some debris left by tourists on the beach rising and falling with the waves. Not far away, all the chairs of the beach bar with a sealed door and a closed door were upside down on the table.
"It's such a rare quiet time."
In this bar that was supposed to be closed, a few uninvited guests arrived at this lonely hour in the evening.
They sat opposite each other on the beach bar bar, and they didn't seem to be a group of people.
In front of everyone was a glass of wine made by a temporary bartender who looked like a pirate.
Half sea water, half fire.
Among these people, the one on the left hand side near the bar is a fat woman.
The woman was dressed elegantly and luxuriously, and she didn't look like a pirate, but like a noble lady from a royal family.
In fact, there are indeed rumors that Harley Antigone, the captain of the Queen Antigone Pirates and one of the Four Kings of the West Sea, is of the bloodline of a great royal family that has long since been destroyed.
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Sitting opposite this woman was Hawk Udall, who had just escaped from the joint siege by the Adjudication Division yesterday.
He is also one of the four kings of the West Sea.
But the [Tian Congyun Sword] that has been with him for many years has disappeared after being cut off by the demon sword for the second time.
On this evening, two big pirates who were usually on the World Government's most wanted list gathered together in a sealed and unknown beach bar in White Swan Harbor.
If I say it, I'm afraid it will shock countless people's attention, and it will also attract countless adjudicators in black robes to suppress them.
Beside the bar counter, Harry Antigone, the captain of the Queen's Pirates, who was sitting gracefully even though she was bloated, was smiling and raising the wine glass in her hand, shaking it twice with a chuckle.
Immediately, she drank half of the drink in the glass, raised her eyes and looked through the transparent glass at the sea of White Swan Harbor outside the window of the bar.
The sea is completely empty.
Only a certain area was covered by a thick layer of lead-colored clouds. There was no lightning, thunder, wind or rain, but occasionally there was a faint sound like a whale's cry.
Under the dark clouds,
The sea water seems to be independent of the purple sea outside this world. A huge whirlpool seems to gather the sea water from the four sea areas of the world, pouring in crazily day and night.
"Soon it won't be so quiet here." Suddenly, a gentle and gentle young voice sounded.
unexpected,
The person who said this was not the Sky Sword Hawk Udall sitting opposite the woman.
In the shade of the beach bar,
A flirtatious man stepped out wearing wooden clogs, with medium-long black hair tied into a bundle behind his head. He was wearing a purple bathrobe with hell mandala flowers and dark golden butterflies. He was holding a metal pipe in his hand. .
The greatest swordsman in the East China Sea, Lord Sakamoto.
For some reason, this man traveled thousands of miles to appear here, but beside him was only a woman, Ruri Hanami, and the other members of the Sakamoto Dragon Pirates were nowhere to be seen.
When Harley Antigone of the Queen's Pirates saw the man walking out of the shadows, her eyes couldn't help but show interest.
She admires younger men.
For example, the captain under her command unfortunately died at the hands of the second adjudicator Puso Wiseman, but this did not affect her appreciation of younger and better men.
In fact, the East China Sea is the weakest sea area among the four sea areas in the world. Sakamoto, known as the "First Swordsman of the East China Sea", was able to appear at the gathering of powerful people in the West Sea.
——To a large extent, it comes from the appreciation of Harley Antigone, the queen pirate group in front of me.
As for the [Yaki Musou] who controls the first place in the purple epic sequence, Sakamoto, who got the opportunity to advance to the eighth level behind the border gate of the Wano Sky Tree in just one year, is indeed worthy of such appreciation.
But not everyone thinks so.
The captain of the "Bearded Pirates", known as the first pirate group under the Four Kings, heard the man's words and staggered over with a wine glass in his hand. His eyes glanced at Sakamoto's face with a somewhat frivolous look.
Pass.
"The greatest swordsman in the East China Sea, right?"
He raised his head and took a sip of wine and said with a smile, "I don't know that a place like the East China Sea can produce the best swordsman."
After the words fell, Hanami Ruri, who was following Sakamoto, suddenly raised his eyebrows and was about to step forward to distinguish something.
But Sakamoto raised a finger, put it to his mouth and shushed softly, and said with a half-opened and half-closed eyes under his handsome and flowing bangs:
"I don't know if there is a top swordsman in the East China Sea, but the 'Commissioner of Ethics' who made the Adjudication Division announce the evacuation is in the East China Sea."
Sakamoto paused and said with a smile, "On the other hand, there are many powerful and powerful people in the West Sea who dominate one side. From Xiaosheng's point of view today, they are nothing more than lost dogs being chased by the World Government and the Advocate."
This is quite rude.
But it is impossible to refute.
Because as long as I watched the fierce battle that took place in White Swan Harbor yesterday,
As long as you are not a fool,
I'm afraid everyone can see the relationship between the clown who fights alongside the Empress and the "New Tokyo Discipline Committee" in Wano who makes the Judgment Division shy away.
Yesterday, the opponent tried his best to kill the second judge "one head".
On the other hand, they
But they can only gather in this beach bar after the storm to plot some benefits from the fourth-level purple border gate that appeared without warning on the sea...
The captain of the bearded pirate group suddenly became angry, and the wine glass in his hand slammed down on the bar. His brown eyes stared at Sakamoto.
Sakamoto walked out of the shadows and walked straight to the bar without paying attention. He smiled at the pirate who was a guest bartender and said, "You can't live up to the most beautiful wine and Fengyue in this world. Please give me a drink too."
Faced with this indifferent attitude, the captain of the Bearded Pirates suddenly became furious.
However, Harley Antigone, the captain of the Queen's Pirates and one of the Four Kings of the West Sea, who was sitting next to him and was smiling and speechless, made him immediately faint with just one sentence.
"This is a place for dividing the cake, not for smashing it. If you don't want to participate in this joint pirate operation, leave this bar now."
Harry Antigone said this.
As one of the initiators of this operation that was carried out under the noses of the Adjudication Division and the World Government, she does have the right to eliminate some people she does not want to see.
all of a sudden,
The beach bar on the coast suddenly became quiet.
None of the pirates who came here today are willing to give up the opportunity to enter the purple border gate.
After all, that may be the closest opportunity they have to the purple epic talent in their lifetime.
Moreover, they must also consider whether this is their only chance in this life.
As for the importance of the purple epic talent ability, there is no need to elaborate further.
If anyone among the pirates gathered here today is lucky enough to obtain a purple epic talent that is not in the periodic table of talent sequence, then it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as "regaining a new life".
At the same time, this is also the biggest and sweetest part of today’s cake...
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The sweeter the cake.
There will definitely be no shortage of people watching.
There are people staring in the dark corner of the bar, and there are people staring at the pier where the sea breeze caresses.
And these people are very rare to see even in the prosperous Kyoto, and they are really big shots who live high in the sky.
Even Basidon, the Fourth Judiciary who came to represent the Judgment Department, did not look too conspicuous among these middle-aged second-generation children who came to represent the interests of the Nine Celestials and Humans who were high in the clouds.
In contrast, it was a "young man" who looked younger among these people, with long black hair combed into three strands, and the right strand draped in front of his shoulders. He looked like a "young man" in his thirties, which attracted everyone's attention.
force.
Occam Bart,
The representative of the interests of the Nine Heavenly Fox Clan.
"Tsk tsk, the crazy dog from Tianhu Bart's family is here too."
"That old fox is really good at picking people up."
"Haha, this is not the place where he went crazy."
"..."
The crowd chuckled and whispered.
However, the smiling Ockham Bart turned a deaf ear to these criticisms.
Without looking at the other disciples of the Nine Families around him, he walked straight up to a girl who was a representative of the Nine Celestial Families, stretched out his hand in a very gentlemanly manner and said with a smile:
"I didn't expect that among the second-generation descendants of the Tianlong Clan, there is such a charming lady as Miss. Can you please meet me, Occam Bart, the Sky Fox?"
However, the words fell,
The woman standing in front of him who looked to be in her twenties and who was from the Tianlong Clan still had her back to him, looking at the strange purple sea.