The sky was dark, and raindrops like small pebbles poured down violently from the dark clouds, hitting everything in Rising Sun Harbor.
Countless astonished cheeks from all sides of the execution platform were aching from the rain, but they were unaware of it. At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on a certain place in the heavy rain.
Dripping blood flowed out from the wound, mixed with rainwater, and instantly gathered into a lingering pool of blood, reflecting the shock and shock on countless people's faces!
Perhaps, this is the real execution today...
"Congressman Hope...lost?"
"How is that possible? That's Councilor Hope!?"
"Captain Dragonfly? Him again? Who is that guy?"
"He seemed to be talking about...the city's disciplinary committee."
"Damn it! If Senator Hope dies... then we are doomed!"
"..."
After experiencing a brief period of shock and astonishment, the big shots on the execution platform finally became a little panicked, apparently realizing the identity of Congressman Hope and the cooperative relationship between the two parties.
Foreign Minister Taku Amuro, like a fat pig with his butt burned, suddenly jumped up from his chair, pointed at Higashinohara who was wearing a dark gold mask in the heavy rain not far away and shouted:
"Quick! Someone stop the bastard! Damn it! We can't let him kill Senator Hope!"
The words floated in the rain, and the surrounding police officers looked at each other and stopped one after another.
Are you kidding me? That guy is no match for Senator Hope, a seventh-level absolute power user.
Foreign Minister Taku Amuro yelled twice and found that everyone around him was indifferent. He suddenly became very angry and started to yell at the person from the Third Investigation Team who was closest to him.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, through the misty rain, Taku Amuro suddenly noticed that the guy holding a long knife in the rain seemed to be looking up in his direction.
Ding-!
His heart suddenly accelerated and he quickly sat down.
...
Cough cough cough—!
In the heavy rain, Congressman Hope, who was covered in blood and flesh, coughed violently twice, and blood surged in his throat. Even the air he breathed into his lungs was filled with a strong smell of blood.
He squinted his eyes slightly, raised his head with difficulty like an old and rusty machine, and looked through the rain at the panicked big shots on the execution platform not far away - he vaguely remembered that not long ago, everyone was in awe of him.
, but at this time, they all panicked and avoided looking.
hehe...
He chuckled silently in his heart.
It was obvious that the shadow of death had almost completely enveloped him, but at this moment, Congressman Hope thought of many past events, including the young man who first came to the capital many years ago.
Although Senator Hope was born into the Celestial Family, he was not a pure aristocrat who was born in the clouds and could have everything without fighting or fighting like the Nine Celestial Clan.
To achieve everything he has today, Congressman Hope relied on his ruthlessness and iron fist to find his own position in the House of Lords step by step. He was on the rise and continued to frantically expand his career and improve himself.
Position in the House of Lords.
Many years later, maybe there will be one more surname named "Hope" among the nine heavenly families in Beijing. The "nine families" in Beijing that have lasted for thousands of years will become ten families - this is a good thing for a self-made man.
What a magnificent and magnificent undertaking it is for people!
It is a pity that as soon as a corner of this magnificent painting was opened, it was cut into pieces by an unknown person.
This is not the first time!
If the opponent is a behemoth from the Nine Celestial Clan and decides to attack him for some purpose, then Councilor Hope can accept it even if he is unwilling to do so.
But the place where he fell was the country of Wano - a small country far away from the East China Sea, a tiny place where some seventh-level ability users didn't even know how to maximize their development areas...
More importantly...
I didn't even know who the other party was or what his purpose was, so he fell down so neatly into the hands of the man wearing a dark gold dragonfly mask.
This made him temporarily absent-minded, and his heart was filled with a complicated and unspeakable feeling.
Disciplinary Committee?
Is he kidding me?!
.......
"I have a question for you."
In the wind and rain, a strange sound suddenly came to Congressman Hope's ears again.
Upon hearing this voice, Councilor Hope's pupils, which were gradually dilating as he knelt on the ground like fish on a chopping board, quickly closed and regained some brilliance.
No one wants to die.
The same goes for gods and humans.
Congressman Hope has experienced too much in his life over the past few decades, and has seen too much life and death. Death is as "commonplace" in his hands...
But he still didn't want to die.
After so many years of life experience, Congressman Hope understands one truth - even if he is an enemy, he is not afraid that he "has problems", but that he "does not have problems".
There is a problem,
It means there is still something to talk about.
At this time, the old and hard-hearted Congressman Hope endured the severe pain of pulling and tearing the muscles in his face, preparing to seize this last opportunity, and squeezed two words out of his throat with great difficulty:
"Excuse me."
Higashinohara still stood quietly in the rain, without turning around to look at him. He just asked calmly, "There is a little girl named Nishimaru Miria. She disappeared. Is it you who did it?"
Nishimaru Mirashi?
Representative Hope's mind flashed to the appearance of a six or seven-year-old girl with pale blond hair. He had seen her in photos. It was the "tonic" he gave himself as a reward for his business trip to Wano.
If tonight passes, he may need time to think and weave some plausible lies.
But it is obviously not needed now, because he still has time to enjoy the "double talent tonic".
And because of this, this is the bargaining chip.
Now that we know the other party's "demand", perhaps we should take the initiative ourselves.
"Yes, I did it."
He gave quick and truthful answers.
After saying this with difficulty in a hoarse voice, Congressman Hope took a deep breath.
He is ready for further negotiations...
...
The rain is still falling.
Higashinohara heard his words clearly.
There was no expression on his face, he just nodded slightly.
Show that you know.
Then, Higashinohara raised the two swords in his hands and pulled out two cold sword lights in the rain.
Poof!
A knife stabbed into Senator Hope's neck.
Passing through the trachea quietly, the tip of the knife emerges from the other side without any obstruction.
The other knife quietly tore open the blood-stained shirt in front of Representative Hope. It sank inch by inch, piercing the skin and flesh, sliding past the ribs, and slowly sinking into the smooth muscles of the heart.
surface...
It all happened so fast!
Too fast!
After all, it's still... too sudden!
Senator Hope, who suddenly had his words organized in his mind, was not prepared at all.
When the second knife sank into the heart, the consciousness in his mind was sucked into the abyss at his feet and began to sink slowly underground.
He just frowned,
Realize what happened.
But this... doesn't make sense...
Councilor Hope wanted to look up at Higashinohara and see clearly the true thoughts of this human being hidden behind the mask.
But he could no longer raise his neck, his lips wriggled like a dead fish twice, and he could no longer make any sound.
He twitched twice in agony on the verge of death,
Finally and completely...
Cut off any chance of life!
After a moment, Higashinohara looked down at the other party and confirmed that the other party was dead.
However, it seems that we can see deep confusion and unwillingness on the other person's face before he died, and even a deep despair...
But he never thought of negotiating with the other party.
He just wanted to confirm it before the other party died.
Confirmed.
Then kill him.
All this sounds complicated,
It only takes about ten seconds from start to finish.
Bang!
Higashinohara suddenly kicked Representative Hope hard in the face and pulled out two knives.
The opponent's kneeling body fell backwards in response.
Bloody red water splashed all over the ground.
In an instant, a deathly silence fell around the execution platform.
Is this... dead?
No room for redemption?
Didn't even wait for Adams Carr's return...
The next second, the senior officials of Wano Country on the seats could not sit still no matter how scared they were. They all suddenly stood up. Foreign Minister Taku Amuro screamed almost crazily and asked the main control room to turn off the live broadcast signal immediately!
But it's still too late...
The news of the death of Hope, the most popular strongman member of the World Government's House of Lords in recent years... was like a huge boulder being thrown into a mirror lake, and the TV signals spread all over the place in the blink of an eye, causing huge waves in an instant!