Chapter 57: The wind and the rain and the night is coming
Year 1121 of the Tianyuan calendar.
December 1st.
Overcast turns to drizzle,
Heavy rain in some areas.
For most ordinary office workers and students in the city of Tokyo, this is just a simple rest day at the end of this autumn.
When the weather is bad, I lie at home and sleep in. When I wake up, I turn on the TV and watch the news.
However, after changing several channels in a row, you will find that today all major channels across the country are carrying out the same live broadcast at the same time - the TV screen shows a middle-aged bald man being interviewed in the sea breeze at the port, surrounded by countless carrying people
A media reporter who is short-handed and short-handed.
"This public execution is of great significance to the country of Wano. I believe it can effectively further consolidate the security of the East China Sea. At the same time, it will send a serious warning to the illegal and criminal groups of pirates and evil forces, and it will also provide security for the nationals' trade, import and export property."
Provide practical protection.”
"The New Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has made a solemn promise: We will use Operation Thunder to clean up and rectify all Sigmunda's properties in the city within the next month, creating a safe and happy urban living environment for everyone, and also
Please place more trust and cooperation in our Metropolitan Police Department."
As soon as the middle-aged man finished speaking, a swarm of reporters swarmed up below, scrambling to hand over the microphone in their hands, asking sharp questions one after another in order to avoid chaos.
"Minister Takagimoto! Minister Takagimoto! I am a reporter from the Kanto Shimbun... Regarding the high number of missing persons cases in the past six months and the large number of families of missing persons who have demonstrated in protest, where does the confidence of the Metropolitan Police Department in making such a commitment come from? Director Matsumoto
Did you publicly bow and apologize at the Metropolitan Police Building last week? Will the people still be waiting for a bow and apology a month later?"
"Director Takagimoto, I am a reporter from New Tokyo Station. Someone revealed that the person executed this time was a member of the 'Sakamoto Dragon' pirate group. According to records, the Sakamoto Dragon was an anti-barbarian patriot who fought against the gods in history. May I ask?
Does this execution represent Wano’s betrayal of history?”
"Boss Takagi, I heard that a total of eight warships were mobilized for today's execution. Ten captains of the 13th Division of the Third Investigation Team were mobilized. They even mobilized three absolute ability users enshrined in the imperial family behind the Sakurada Gate.
Coupled with the elite under Judge Adams Carr, one of the twelve rulings of the Judgment Division, and Councilor Hope who was watching the execution... Hiss! With so many top-level ability users, I feel like they can even defeat a small country.
Are you there? May I ask what are we afraid of?"
"..."
Faced with the reporters' bombardment of questions one after another, the head of the Metropolitan Police Department, Shin Takagi, quickly became overwhelmed. The deputy director next to him, Yuto Matsumoto, quickly stepped forward, wiping the sweat from his forehead.
As soon as he came up, a female reporter put the microphone to his mouth - this familiar and unfamiliar feeling was really unpleasant, and the questions he asked were even more difficult for him to answer.
"Director Matsumoto, the Celestial Being Judgment Division will be on site to observe the execution this time. Does this mean that Wano Country and the World Government will jointly enforce the law? Will Celestial beings who violate laws and regulations in Wano Country have the opportunity to be treated equally in the future?
Director Matsumoto! Director! Please answer directly!"
What's the answer? Answer!
Even if a Celestial being violates the law in Wano, he can only hand it over to the Celestial Being Judgment Department. Where do they have the right to deal with Celestial Beings? These assholes have been so comfortable for so long that they have forgotten the turmoil in the past.
...
At some point, the flags at the port were tightened by the sea breeze, and in the distant sky there were thick rolling rain clouds like mountains, silently announcing that Rising Sun Port was part of the local area in the weather forecast.
The execution platform in the harbor,
Suddenly there was a row of neat gunshots!
This is not a signal for execution or execution, but a warning shot before execution to demonstrate the majesty of the law and the Metropolitan Police. The real execution time is at three o'clock in the afternoon.
Despite this, there are more and more people in the vacant square in the middle of the port.
The six major TV stations including Wano NHK, Asahi and Shin Tokyo have arranged countless broadcast cameras at the scene. The huge camera on the crane is aimed at the scene like a huge cannon, and many wireless suspended cameras are also arranged around it.
, as faithful as a patrolman, he gathered all the vigilant details at the scene and sent them back to the main control room at the port site.
...
Directly above the execution platform.
A row of big shots whose names you could tell on TV were sitting there with solemn or calm faces. Behind them and in the aisles on both sides were several rows of law enforcers wearing navy blue uniforms or dark uniforms from the Adjudication Division.
Keep your hand on the weapon without squinting.
Before they came, they knew more or less what they were going to face today. Everyone's face was tense and unsmiling, just waiting for the big shots in front to give the order to tear the offender into pieces.
That's right, the people at the execution site today are all superpowers of level four or above. Ordinary people can only become miserable cannon fodder in the battle between people with such abilities.
However, before the execution in the afternoon, there were still many enthusiastic people who came to the scene in the morning.
The cameraman in the main control room controlled the suspended crane camera, and the camera slowly panned over the faces of these people who were either excited or numb, sincere or disguised.
In a corner of the crowd, a beautiful female Fuji TV reporter wearing a black down jacket, short skirt and boots was randomly interviewing the interviewee. The interviewee was an ordinary middle-aged man, and his eyes were a little dodgy when facing the camera.
"Do you support this public execution of pirates?"
"Support...Support! Of course I support it!"
"What an uncle with a sense of justice! Can I ask why?"
"My father was once a sailor on a trading ship. He died in a battle where the evil pirate group robbed the ship. These pirates should have died long ago! Justice will prevail!"
Speaking of excitement, he raised his clenched fist to the camera.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a young man suddenly appeared next to the camera and asked angrily, "Justice must prevail? What a joke! Then why not execute those damn gods too? My sister was..."
Chi chi chi—!
In a burst of electric current,
The screen of Fuji TV changed.
"An entertainment news piece is inserted below. A well-known male artist cheated on a married female artist during marriage. The reporter filmed the two of them entering a hotel together to spend the night together. At three o'clock in the morning, the male artist held the wall and left the hotel..."
puff!
At the offshore port container toll station not far from the execution site, Higashinohara, who was in charge of registration in blue work clothes, watched the live broadcast that was suddenly cut off on his mobile phone...
I almost squirted out a mouthful of water.
This Fuji TV is pretty cool...
Dong dong dong—!
At this time, there was a knocking sound on the rain-stained window nearby.
An older man in his forties held two set meal lunch boxes in his hand, pushed one in through the open window, and said with a smile:
"Brother, you are lucky. Today's work is ten times less than before. The boss said that the place will be cleared in the afternoon. You can go home directly after the last batch of containers are registered."
"OK, thanks."
Higashinohara took the work meal from the window.
When I opened it, I saw two meat dishes, one vegetable dish and a small portion of miso soup. The food was okay.
Do you want to clear the place in the afternoon?
It seems that today's execution will not go so smoothly.
Although Higashinohara didn't know the inside story, he was not stupid. Just looking at the impregnable formation at today's execution site, he knew what they were guarding against.
I heard that three seventh-level absolute ability users were dispatched behind the Sakurada Gate today. They are all "strategic-level talents" from the country of Wano. They are the master of Purgatory Qianyan with talent sequence 33 [Scorching Sun], and the master with talent sequence 36 [Ice].
Hub] is controlled by Kurosui Taito, and Talent Sequence 32 [Shadowless] controller is Minamoto Shinichi.
It is said that Minamoto Shinichi was born into the royal family and was the uncle of the contemporary emperor. He was a late bloomer and only awakened his abilities at the age of thirty-three. Later, he gathered the strengths of several swordsmanship schools and realized his own "Shadow Itto Style" and became Wano Country.
A famous swordsman far and wide.
These three "strategic talents" from Wano do not hold positions in any department. They only sit in the palace behind the Sakurada Gate. It is difficult to meet any of them on weekdays, let alone meet three of them together today.
...
I don’t know when, in the distant sky, black pythons entangled the rain clouds over Rising Sun Harbor, and with a thunderous explosion, raindrops fell like a blanket.
The whining sea breeze at the port became more and more wild, and raindrops as big as peas hit people's cheeks, making them red and painful.
The storm has arrived...
After eating, Higashinohara packed up the toll station registration form and changed out of his work clothes.
When changing his clothes, he inadvertently glanced through the glass. Higashinohara suddenly saw the undulating black waves on the sea in the distance of Rising Sun Harbor. He saw a huge black shadow tearing apart the dark clouds above his head and the black beneath his feet.
The waves rushed straight towards Rising Sun Harbor.
The next moment,
A huge wave rolled over the sea!
Behind the black shadow, more black shadows are like the dorsal fins of sharks that are constantly emerging from the sea, cutting through the raging black tide in the heavy rain and riding the wind and waves towards the harbor.
You can vaguely see that the black shadow at the front is wrapped in a huge black dragon flag.
