The capital of the United Tagos Republic, the mayor's residence of the highest official of Meji Mansion, welcomed an uninvited guest today.
The black car parked outside the heavily guarded mansion. Through the dark gray bulletproof glass, the short body of Wano Interim Prime Minister Nobuo Kobayashi looked out the window at the empty house in front of the mansion with some complicated eyes.
bush.
Standing by the bushes, several people from the Condor Secret Service dressed in black were looking at the uninvited guest parked outside the mayor's mansion with careful eyes.
As the highest official of a country,
Visit other capitals.
At this moment, not only was there no one with corresponding status to receive them, there was no one who even went out to greet them.
Nobuo Kobayashi, who looked a little haggard after working for days, laughed at himself and did not get out of the car immediately. He just said to the middle-aged man with short chestnut hair and a majestic and resolute face sitting in the front passenger seat, "Captain Tokugawa knows this city."
Why is it named 'Meiji' Mansion?"
The person known as "Captain Tokugawa" is naturally Tokugawa Ritora, who came back to take charge of Wano Country's Third Investigation Team after Hakutaku Kimura's conspiracy was exposed.
He frowned slightly, as if he was thinking about something. Suddenly, when he heard the words of interim Prime Minister Nobuo Kobayashi, he couldn't help but shook his head and said, "I really haven't understood this before."
Nobuo Kobayashi smiled and was about to say something.
At this time, a clear and childish little girl's voice suddenly came from inside the car, "Uncle Xiao Lin, I know."
"Oh? Xiaomi-ri knows?" Nobuo Kobayashi asked with interest.
The little girl nodded seriously, recalling what she read in the book in her head, and spoke every word in a clear and eloquent tone,
"History books say that the land on the north bank of the Bama Canal in the interior of Tagos was originally just a barren land with bushes. It was on the land of the United Tagos that the armistice negotiations between heaven and humanity were held thousands of years ago.
The highest voice in Tagos is that the prerequisite for an armistice must be to allow the heavenly beings to leave their land."
Hearing this, Tokugawa Ritora also turned his head and looked at the delicate little girl sitting next to the interim Prime Minister Kobayashi Nobuo behind him, and said in a soft voice, "Then I guess the heavenly being must be
No consent.”
"Of course the gods will not agree."
The little girl nodded solemnly and continued, "Seeing that the conflicts after the armistice were about to intensify again, President Mezi of the United Tagos Republic negotiated with the representatives of the gods under great domestic pressure, and finally signed the cession of Bama
South of the canal, he resigned from the post of President Tagos within a week."
Having said this, the little girl looked up with her delicate profile and looked at Tokugawa Ritora, who was looking at her from the passenger seat in front of her with a loving look on her face. Under the encouraging gaze of the other person, she cleared her voice and continued,
"But later, under the influence of the World Government of the Kyoto Metropolitan Area, where the Celestial Beings settled south of the Bama River, the United Tagos Republic soon became a superpower alongside the San Malo Empire, the strongest in the world at the time.
That barren land full of bushes has rapidly developed into the super-metropolitan Meiji Mansion that now occupies one-fifth of the total economic output of the United Tagos Republic."
"The descendants of the United Tagos Republic are grateful to President Mezi for the extremely wise decision he made back then. In order to commemorate President Mezi who stepped down under great pressure to achieve rapid development for the United Tagos Republic,
They named the place where they were negotiating at that time, the land we are standing on now, Meiji Mansion."
Nobuo Kobayashi was a little amazed at the little girl's memory and extensive knowledge of the history of these unpopular worlds thousands of years ago. Hearing this, he couldn't help but applaud, and then said with some emotion, "Many times, people cannot make the most correct decisions.
decision."
After hearing this, Tokugawa Li Hu glanced at him and said noncommittally, "Class differentiation has led to information barriers, and information barriers have led to cognitive biases, making it impossible to make correct decisions. In the final analysis, this is not the fault of the people."
After a pause, he continued to add, "At that time, the people of the United States of Tagos did not know the truth behind Tianren's choice to take the initiative to cease the war and negotiate. They only thought that the other party was weak, and some even proposed to 'pursue victory' to kill these invaders.
Kill them all. With this understanding, the people will naturally not compromise easily."
The little girl sitting in the back seat is naturally Nishimaru Miria whom I haven't seen for a long time.
She, who had just relied on her memories of the world history book, could not help but blink when listening to Tokugawa Ritora's words, with a look of confusion on her face.
Interim Prime Minister Nobuo Kobayashi nodded when he heard this, and then shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Fortunately in this era, the citizens of Wano Country have seen for all the strength of the Heavenly Man and the World Government. Alas, we are now making these concessions and compromises. I hope.
In the future, people will understand it.”
Interim Prime Minister Nobuo Kobayashi's originally short body suddenly became a little more stooped, and a trace of lingering fatigue appeared on his face.
I believe he knows it too.
Regardless of whether the people of Wano will understand it in the future, he, as the temporary Prime Minister who has not yet been promoted to a regular position, will basically come to an end after this meeting.
However, thinking that the political career of the Prime Minister of Wano has always been short, and in a year it is not much worse than a man changing clothes, Kobayashi Nobuo smiled self-deprecatingly, changed the question to Nishimaru Miri beside him and said with a smile, "Little
Wei Li is really awesome, I didn’t expect that at such a young age, she could read more books than your tiger father.”
Hearing the praise from the Prime Minister, Nishimaru Miria smiled sheepishly, waved her little hand and said, "No, actually it was my elder brother who told me. He said that books are the ladder of human progress."
Books are the ladder of human progress?
Nobuo Kobayashi was slightly startled when he heard this, and said with some emotion, "Although this sentence is concise and clear, it goes to the core. The reason why human beings can coexist under the rule of gods for so long without completely becoming slaves is because of these passages.
Things passed down from generation to generation through various carriers.”
Speaking of this, he said with a smile, "Is this the big brother you came to talk with Team Leader Tokugawa this time? I heard that he is the international exchange student sent by the government of Takehara Minami Private Academy this time. Okay, okay, they are all like this
The hope for the country’s future.”
Hearing that Higashinohara was being exaggerated, Nishimaru Miria was not embarrassed to be modest this time. Instead, she narrowed her crescent-like smile with pride.
Even if Nobuo Kobayashi doesn't say so, I'm afraid in the eyes of this little girl, the big brother she calls has always been an outstanding and dazzling existence.
But suddenly, as if she thought of something, the smile on Nishimaru Miria's face suddenly disappeared and she became a little disappointed.
At the same time, Tokugawa Ritora's expression became a little strange when he heard Nobuo Kobayashi mention that name. Due to certain agreements, he did not fully reveal Higashinohara's identity and the ally in front of him.
And this time, two months before the World Conference, the country's top official took the initiative to visit the United Tagos Republic, largely because of Higashinohara.
On the one hand, of course, the secret letters he asked Higashinohara to forward on his behalf at the residences of various congressmen in the United Tagos Republic have disappeared as if they were lost in the ocean.
On the other hand, Higashinohara fell into the sea and disappeared two days ago during the Battle of White Swan Harbor, and could no longer be contacted.
He couldn't resist the pleas of Nishimaru Miria, who was generally worried, so he had no choice but to take her with him when he decided to form a visiting delegation to Tagos after the Wano cabinet meeting.
Dong dong dong—!
At this time, someone knocked on the car window.
The car window opened, and a middle-aged man who looked like a secretary straightened his back and said with a bit of arrogance, "The mayor is busy with official duties and has many things to do, but since you have come all the way from the East China Sea, I am still going to use my lunch time.
Let’s meet you guys, get off the car and follow.”
Tokugawa Ritora and Kobayashi Nobuo looked at each other.
The two of them knew very well,
Being able to come here is just a matter of entering the door.
The "battle" below has just begun.
In normal times, even if the other party is the mayor of the capital of Meiji Prefecture, as the highest officials of Wano Country, they will not degrade themselves like this.
But the situation is unforgiving.
There is only a little over a month left before the "Final Judgment" of Wano Country. They must lower their posture and make some sacrifices to win more votes and votes for Wano Country on the verdict of this world conference.
support.
For example, a "big brother" like the United States of Tagos who has a "little brother" attached to them below, they naturally have to treat it with caution, and they don't look dissatisfied at all.
People can't straighten their backs all the time, and they will bend down at random times in their lives.
But then again, if you can straighten your back, who would want to be coy?
Not everyone in this world can be like the "Captain Dragonfly" who is unscrupulous and decisive in killing. Sometimes Nobuo Kobayashi, who is in jail, is very envious of the "New Tokyo Ethics Committee" who lives in the same country as him.
”.
But he was envious, but he felt in his heart that he would not be able to save this huge country just for a short time.
this country
In the end, it's up to us to save it.
The battle between Tokugawa Ritora and interim Prime Minister Nobuo Kobayashi in the human world has just begun.
However at this moment,
In the hell world behind the purple border gate of White Swan Port, the battle in Higashinohara came to an end last night.
I just recalled the resentful look that the second-generation descendants of the Nine Celestials gave him when he and Dorothy Alita chose to retreat temporarily after killing the old monk and the strange demon last night.
If they weren't wary of the great pirates from the West Sea who had just confronted them but were watching with cold eyes, Higashinohara and Dorothy Alita might not have been able to retreat so easily surrounded by so many ninth-level powerhouses.
You must know that Higashinohara was able to kill the great pirates who had been unable to be attacked by so many disciples of the Nine Celestial Family and the great pirates of the West Sea with one strike last night, not because he was stronger than those people.
But because the eight celestial dragons trained by the old monk's vision of strange demons were sent out to respond to the enemy, and he was seriously injured by Basidon and others, Higashinohara appeared at the right place at the right time and went all out.
The sound of the three swords striking east and west.
Therefore, if there was no threat from pirates last night, I am afraid that it would be impossible for Higashinohara, Dorothy and Alita to escape unscathed. The best result would be to fight their way out with serious injuries.
But even so, when leaving, Higashinohara knew that sooner or later there would be a life-and-death battle between them in the next few days.
He has killed many gods.
So I know them better than anyone else.
Neither the children of the Nine Families nor Basidon, the fourth adjudicator, are broad-minded people, and there is no room for relaxation in their extreme vengeance towards humans who challenge their majesty and power.
Where is the challenge in Higashinohara?
That is already a trampling of Chi Guoguo.
It’s just that there are too many lice and it doesn’t itch.
He no longer took it to heart.
The sun is rising.
It should have been a prosperous and upbeat atmosphere.
But in this desolate world of hell, the rising sun rising from the eastern sky is cast with a grayish color, and is filled with a feeling of twilight, as if no matter when you wake up, you may not be able to see tomorrow.
of the sun.
In a collapsed building not far from the ruins of the garden, Higashinohara woke up after a tired night and looked at the coat covering him, then turned to look at Dorothy Alita next to him who had been staying awake all night.
A helpless smile appeared on his face.
Last night, we agreed that he would be the vigilante, but later on, he was exhausted and fell asleep for no reason. Unexpectedly, Dorothy Alita woke up and took his place.
Sometimes Higashinohara calms down and thinks about it, a young girlfriend who has this kind of "girlfriend power" and is always thinking about protecting people, really feels safe.
"Do you need to rest for a while?" Higashinohara took an energy bar handed over by Dorothy Alita, looked down and saw that it was strawberry flavored.
This is Dorothy Alita's favorite taste.
"No."
Dorothy Alita replied casually, then looked at the supplies of the two people not far away, and said softly, "We still have ten energy bars, seven bottles of pure water and other supplementary supplies left, which is enough under normal circumstances."
We have to survive these five days until the border gates are opened again."
Higashinohara heard the words but remained silent. He just stared at Dorothy Alita's side face, and a slight smile suddenly appeared on his face.
"Why are you laughing?" Dorothy Alita asked.
"It's nothing, I just thought of some happy things." Higashinohara said.
He wouldn't say that Dorothy Alita's appearance just now was completely different from the cold and indifferent aura of the empress when they first met her. Instead, she looked like a diligent and thrifty housekeeper.
Dorothy Alita did not ask "what happy thing", but suddenly remembered something, and spoke again to confirm, "Will the border gate really open again in five days?"
This question immediately stunned Higashinohara.
He pondered for a moment and said slowly, "According to past rules, the cycle of recirculation inside and outside the border gate is seven natural days. Theoretically speaking"
Having said this, he stopped himself.
Higashinohara suddenly realized that this was just a past rule, and no one knew whether the fourth-level purple boundary gate also followed this rule.
There was a moment of silence between the two.
Dorothy Alita suddenly said without thinking, "Actually, it's not bad to stay here all the time."
Higashinohara was startled for a moment and glanced at Dorothy Alita, whose eyelids were lowered and her eyelashes were trembling slightly, and he suddenly understood her mood.
Everyone rebelled against their relatives.
These four words are enough to describe her situation.
The belief in changing and reorganizing the Adjudication Division for more than ten years has collapsed, and there is no place for her in that world. In contrast, this desolate and silent hell world has become her last harbor to escape reality.
Higashinohara glanced at Dorothy Alita for a few times and suddenly asked, "What is your dream?"
"dream?"
Dorothy Alita raised her head and glanced at Higashinohara, a little surprised as to why he would ask such a question at this time.
Higashinohara nodded and said, "Yes, it's not about reorganizing the Adjudication Division or anything like that. Such a dark place is not worthy of a good girl devoting her life to it. I'm asking about your original dream."
Hearing this question, Dorothy Alita was immediately stunned.
This time, she was silent for a while, as if she had finally picked up some scattered memory fragments from the long-forgotten years. She lowered her gaze slightly without looking at Higashinohara, and just said softly, "My father asked me when I was a child, and I said
, I want to go back to our original world."
"Your original world?"
Higashinohara immediately realized that the other party was talking about the world where the first heavenly beings lived thousands of years ago before they came to this world.
A girl's journey is to reach the stars and the sea.
Higashinohara sighed in his heart and said with a smile, "Okay, then we will definitely go out, whether it is five days or ten days, there will always be a day when we can open it, right?"
Dorothy Alita was infected by the firmness in Higashinohara's words, and looked up at him in surprise, "Why?"
"what why?"
Higashinohara couldn't help but smile and said, "Because your dream is to see the original world, then try your best to pursue it. Even if you get nothing in the end, it doesn't matter. As for the Adjudication Division and so on, go to hell, you have no responsibility.
To change a dark and dirty place."
Thinking about it, if Dorothy Alita's father hadn't been killed more than ten years ago, I'm afraid she wouldn't have had anything to do with the three words "Judgment Division", let alone become a popular member of the Judgment Division today.
"Image project" in mind.
Hearing Higashinohara's words, Dorothy Alita also showed a thoughtful look on her face, and her confused and confused mood in the past two days suddenly eased a lot.
She turned her head and glanced at Higashinohara, opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something.
However, at this moment,
Suddenly, there was a loud and earth-shaking bang coming from the direction of the ruins of the garden not far away!
Looking from their direction, they could see the aftermath of the impact visible to the naked eye, spreading out layer by layer in all directions like ripples on the water's surface.
This chapter was actually posted before twelve o'clock. I don't know why it got stuck in review. Fortunately, I contacted the editor earlier.