Chapter 99 Half-step to the eighth level! (Part 1)
A double-edged sword?
Staring at the two swords in front of him, Higashinohara fell into deep thought.
He and Tokugawa Ritora met a total of three times and fought once. No, strictly speaking, it was not a fight, it was a "performance" at most.
But did the other party guess something?
Or maybe he just knew that he was a dual swordsman, so he wanted to protect Nishimaru Miri with all his strength.
But wouldn’t this be too expensive?
But then I thought about it, Tokugawa Ritora regarded Nishimaru Miria as his own son, and it was hard to say how much he valued her.
Higashinohara was filled with thoughts and conjectures.
What he didn't know at the moment was.
In the early morning of the first day of the New Year, the sun in New Tokyo was bright and full of the festive atmosphere of the New Year.
At this time, everyone in Wano who was watching the morning news on NHK TV station fell into extreme astonishment and shock, and it quickly caused an uproar among the top management.
The Prime Minister's residence of Wano, the Foreign Minister's private club, Tenjin's special zone, and the Diet Building also fell into a completely different atmosphere.
Countless Wano officials were walking back and forth with frightened and confused expressions, secretly communicating in a depressing atmosphere, looking towards the distant north from time to time, as if they still couldn't believe it until this moment.
Everything comes from NHK's morning news broadcast this morning.
As the people celebrate the New Year, Tokugawa Ritora, the "national treasure", went to Hokkaido to patrol the sea without any trouble.
He was actually attacked in his own waters!
Office of the Prime Minister.
"Pirates? Which group of pirates dares to be so arrogant?"
The current Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Yuya Yu, put down the tea in his hand, pointed at the TV screen in front of his office and shouted angrily.
The loud voice fell silent
No one responded to the prime minister's angry questions.
Because among everyone present, no one knew where the pirates with black unicorn bows on the sea in NHK's live news footage came from.
They seemed to appear out of nowhere, as if they had just announced their establishment on the first day of the new year, just like their navy that skirted the North Sea and appeared in the offshore waters of Hokkaido like a ghost in the sea.
Everything is so sudden!
There was silence in the office.
Looking at the people all around who were looking at their noses and their noses, Zhi Jinyu became even more angry!
The Third Investigation Team, commanded by Tokugawa Ritora, is affiliated with the Metropolitan Police Department, but is actually an organization parallel to the Metropolitan Police Department and is only directly responsible to successive Prime Ministers.
Although reason tells Yuya Etsu, Tokugawa Ritora is a seventh-level peak ability user.
Any time a pirate encounters him, he is just looking for death, but when things go wrong, there must be monsters, but an ominous premonition is inexplicably hanging over his heart.
Prime Minister Yu Jinyu also took a deep breath, leaned forward slightly and put his hands on his desk. He looked at the communication liaison officer and said, "When will the nearby coastguard be able to support us?"
The communication liaison officer hesitated for a moment and said with some difficulty, "The maritime guard at Shari Port is escorting the trading transport ship back to the port. There are currently no supporting ships nearby."
Hearing this, Qi Jinyuye's face suddenly became a little uglier.
He immediately ordered, "Notify the escort team escorting the transport ship to detach half. No! Dedicate all your strength immediately to support Captain Tokugawa! Execute as soon as you receive the order!"
"Yes!" The correspondent ran out immediately.
At this time, Foreign Minister Taku Amuro, who was standing in a corner of the Oval Office, suddenly said, "I support the Prime Minister's order. Human life is more important than heaven. Captain Tokugawa is our capable officer and we must pay attention to it, but I think everyone also
Don’t be so nervous.”
A smile appeared on Foreign Minister Taku Amuro's plump face, "Everyone knows the strength of Captain Tokugawa. I think ordinary pirates would only seek their own death if they came here."
"Amuro-san is right."
A congressman next to him also echoed and said with a smile, "With the strength of Captain Tokugawa, I think those pirates should be the ones to worry about now."
"Yeah yeah."
"Captain Tokugawa must be fine."
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With the agreement of several congressmen, the atmosphere in the office seemed to relax again.
It seems that there is really no need to worry about this matter, it is just a small episode during the New Year's patrol at sea.
The Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Yutatsu Yuya, stared calmly at the laughing members of parliament and ministers. Suddenly a hint of gloom flashed in his eyes, and finally his eyes fell on Foreign Minister Taku Amuro.
The latter raised his head as if he was aware of it, and looked at each other with a smile.
The two people's eyes immediately separated.
It's just that the hands of the Prime Minister Yu Jin Yuya pressed down on the desk with a little more force, and the protruding veins on the hands could be faintly seen.
On the sea north of Nemuro Strait,
A huge rain cloud floated above the head at some point, rolling like an inverted mountain, and the originally clear sky suddenly became gloomy.
The shrill alarm sounded suddenly!
On the warship, the crew members, who had spent New Year's Eve boredly and were thinking about where to go on vacation during the New Year, raised their heads in shock and confusion and looked at the suddenly dark sea around them.
"Warning warning!"
"We are surrounded by unknown ships!"
Along with the sound on the warship's radio, all the crew members looked at the small black dots that appeared on the blue border of the sea and sky in the distance, which quickly grew in size in their field of vision.
In the end, it turned into a pure black unicorn warship, suddenly appearing like a ghost in the depths of the sea.
What's going on?
On the deck of the warship, Captain Miyano Juro of the 6th Division, holding coffee in his hand, frowned slightly and squinted at the surrounding black warships, looking at the unfamiliar black color on the other side's warship being straightened in the sea breeze.
The unicorn skull and crossbones flag suddenly frowned deeper.
Is this a new pirate that appeared somewhere?
But there is no reason for the other party to dare to provoke their warships.
Could it be that they were like the pirate group in the morning, who tore a piece of flesh from the body of the Shayash Grand Duchy, which was disintegrated and destroyed, and wanted to come and negotiate business with them?
But this is obviously not the way to discuss business.
Just when Miyano Juro was frowning in confusion, suddenly, an exclamation came from the stern of the boat.
He suddenly turned his head,
The pupils suddenly shrank!
I saw a huge flame streaking across the dark sky like a fireball, falling on the stern of the warship, and a violent explosion occurred!
Under the violent impact of the explosion, countless people in the cabin suddenly became unsteady and fell to the ground. Then they got up with difficulty and quickly rushed back to their posts.
"Enemy attack enemy attack!"
"Quickly inspect the hull for damage."
"Damn it! This is an ambush! The other party has mastered our route."
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The crew of the warship where Tokugawa Ritora was able to participate in this NHK patrol aerial photography are undoubtedly the elite of the maritime guard.
After blocking the sudden fire attack with its strong hull, everyone quickly regained their composure and began to inspect and look for opportunities to counterattack.
However, what no one expected was that,
This is just the beginning.
After the first round of flame attack tests, countless artillery shells and energy bombardments from elemental users bombarded the warship like a rain falling frenzy.
Another explosion occurred at the stern of the ship, the engine was damaged, and part of the propulsion was immediately lost.
Facing this firework-like attack, under the long wavy golden hair of the captain of the sixth division, Miyano Juro, his blue-purple eyes suddenly separated from blue to purple!
Suddenly, a circle of light centered on him began to twist and refract.
The attacked warship beneath their feet was instantly enveloped in a blurry mirage on the sea, and the image presented to everyone's eyes became blurry and uncertain.
【magician】
The elemental light ability of talent sequence 41.
Controlling light to form an illusion is just a small trick, but being able to completely hide such a huge warship relies on the use of powerful abilities and amazing talents. The mixed-race Miyano Juro is such a talented six-year-old.
Peak level superpower.
Bang bang bang—!
For a time, the sound of water caused by numerous explosions could be heard from the surrounding sea, but a small number of stray bullets and energy explosions escaped and affected the warship.
“Well done.”
Tokugawa Ritora appeared on the deck at some unknown time, listening expressionlessly to the sound of explosions and water currents on the sea surface in the surrounding environment, and asked the liaison officer on the side:
"How long until support arrives?"
The difference in numbers between the enemy and ourselves is too great.
Even if Tokugawa Kuritora is really a seventh-level peak absolute ability user, he can't protect the lives of a ship of people, not to mention the current situation and strength of the pirate group surrounding them is unclear, which is why he didn't take action rashly.
reason.
"Report! It will take at least an hour for the returning convoy to arrive with support! However, a civilian ship anchored in Shari Port sent a signal to tell us that we are on the way."
The liaison officer next to him was pale. In the violent impact just now, his forehead accidentally hit the corner of the table and tore a hole. He was still bleeding with bright red blood.
Tokugawa Ritora couldn't help but shook his head after hearing this, "Civilian ship? It should be the members of the three groups staying at the port. Tell them to be careful not to get too close and risk their lives."
Juro Miyano, who was carefully maintaining a huge illusion on the side, said in a deep voice, "Team leader, are these people very strong?"
"Not sure."
Tokugawa Ritora shook his head and said calmly, "But so far, the other party is still testing and has not launched a real attack."
As he finished speaking, a white python crawled through the cumulonimbus clouds above the black mountains above his head. As soon as the thunder fell, the coolness of the rain could be felt on the hair tips above his head and on his face.
The first rain of the New Year in Beihai fell like this.
At the same time, among the warships surrounded, on a large warship with a black horn standing on its bow, the commander of the Northern Army of the Dawn Revolutionary Army, Sirle Qiao, also felt the coolness on his face.
He looked up at the rain falling from the sky, and when he lowered his head, he had already made a decision.
"All ships are approaching, throw out hooks and prepare to attack!"
"yes!"
The Dawn Revolutionary Army are not bad pirates after all, and their execution ability is quite terrifying.
It only took a blink of an eye from the time when Searle handed down the order to when the black warship below approached and threw the flying hooks into the blurry illusion.
After a while, more and more hooks hit the ship floating on the sea in the illusion, and stretched it in the middle from all directions.
On the warship in the fantasy world, Tokugawa Ritora looked at the hook rope on the bow and the sailors around him who were hurriedly trying to cut off the hook rope. His eyes could not help but narrowed slightly:
"These guys are very anxious. It seems they know that reinforcements are coming."
Juro Miyano, who was constantly weaving and maintaining illusions, heard Tokugawa Ritora's words and took the time to say, "There may be a traitor among us."
Tokugawa Ritora narrowed his eyes even deeper after hearing this. The opponent obviously knew their New Year's patrol route in advance, so he could ambush in this sea area unnoticed. After the encounter, the enemy's various predictions and performances were even more clueless.
It proved beyond doubt that there must be a traitor among them.
At this time, the light on the sea in front of him was distorted.
I saw a man in black clothes appearing on the hook and flying over. The crew on the deck saw that something was wrong and wanted to cut off the hook!
The next moment, a bright sword flashed. Unexpectedly, the crew member's head was cut off first, and hot blood rose into the sky in the cold rain.
The man in black jumped onto the deck, grinned ferociously, and started to attack like a tiger entering a herd of sheep.
At this moment, his body suddenly froze, as if someone had strangled him by the throat.
He saw a figure shimmering in golden light and walking toward him. With every step he took, his towering figure seemed to rise a little higher out of thin air, gradually gaining the momentum of being overwhelmed by a mountain.
When he walked not far in front of the man in black, Tokugawa Ritora slowly raised his golden right hand, and the wind and rain falling on the ship suddenly gave way to it and tilted!
The man in black's pupils suddenly shrank sharply.
The next moment, Tokugawa Ritora suddenly punched out from the air.
The heavy rain was instantly separated by an invisible force, and a golden channel was opened in the middle. The man in black was suddenly hit by a powerful and terrifying force, and instantly flew backwards with a tragic line of blood.
Talent sequence 25 [King Kong]!
Tokugawa Ritora, who was surrounded by golden light and looked like a giant Buddha, had a calm expression on his face. He turned around and looked at the man in black who was flying up along the hook rope from another place.
In the next moment, his golden and unstoppable fists were wrapped with the rapid wind pressure and water pressure, and he opened his bows left and right at the men in black flying from all directions with hooks outside the illusion. The terrifying power of the fists instantly shattered the rain curtain, and smashed the rain curtain.
Those people were bombarded like cannonballs and shot out in all directions.
Tokugawa Ritora, the leader of the third investigation team, seemed "vulnerable" when he intercepted Captain Dragonfly who assassinated Representative Hope at the execution site of Asahi Island.
at this moment,
It showed extremely terrifying and powerful suppressive power!
Only him!
A pair of fists!
He guarded Nuo Da's warship.
After the people on the warship were attacked for a brief moment, they suddenly burst into cheers.
The surrounding men in black who flew in along the hook rope seemed to have temporarily stopped their offensive. However, at some unknown moment, the hook rope in the direction of the ship's bow suddenly shook.
I saw a man with a rough face, a thick black beard on his chin, and a man of medium height wearing a dark green coat, walking over step by step along the hook with his bare hands.
"Are you the last one?"
Tokugawa Ritora raised his head and looked at the man.
Zakun, deputy commander of the Northern Army of the Dawn Revolutionary Army, grinned and shook his head, "No, I am the strongest among the people in front of me."
Tokugawa Ritora lowered his eyebrows slightly, his right fist flashed with golden light, and he smashed the layers of rain with another ordinary punch. The terrifying power of the punch hit the deputy commander Zakun like a storm.
Charge up a punch!
Unexpectedly, Zakun did not dodge in the face of the terrifying punch power that created a vacuum in the wind and rain.
The next moment, a heavy and majestic force exploded in front of him.
Zakun grinned, and a layer of pale golden halo emerged around his body. The moment Tokugawa Ritora's terrifying punch hit it!
clang-!
A sound like a bell and a bell erupted and swept across!
At this moment, the raindrops falling around Zakun's body were suddenly shattered by the terrifying sound wave. Some low-level crew members on the warship squatted down in pain and covered their ears. The deafening impact was almost tearing apart.
Crack one's eardrum.
Zakun shook his head with a half-smile, his gaze firmly fixed on Tokugawa Ritora, "Tsk, tsk, you are not the only one with the seventh-level absolute ability of [King Kong]."
