Congratulations on Your Arrest

  Chapter 111 Blood on the Rails (Part 2)

  When they returned to Hokkaido years ago, Higashinohara and Nishimaru Miri took the passenger plane chartered by the head teacher Asuka Tachikawa, but now they take the railway train when they return to Tokyo.

They need to take the express train to Hakodate in Hokkaido first, and then transfer from Hakodate to the Shinkansen train to return to the train station in Tokyo. It will take about nine hours. Higashinohara chose two tickets considering that Miri Nishimaru was still young. sleeper.

  The change in transportation may be partly due to the fact that no one reimburses the fare now.

   But having said that, Strictly speaking, Miri Nishimaru is also a "little rich woman", so she doesn't have to worry too much about money if she really wants to buy a plane ticket.

It’s just that Tokugawa Kuritora gave him a knife before the attack in Hokkaido, with the intention of letting him take care of Miri Nishimaru on his behalf. People have to pass the test of conscience in life, and now they started to spend Miri Nishimaru as soon as Higashinohara was killed. Buying tickets with money always made him a little uneasy.

Miri Nishimaru is also very sensible. This seven-year-old girl is now leaving almost all other things to Higashinohara to decide except for completing cultural lessons and quantitative training of her own abilities. Compared with Mozi's girl of the same age, Higashino Yukino, she is so well-behaved that it makes people feel distressed.

Wano country's sleeper berths are also called bed-bed trains, and there are also Odori berths with no partitions and upper and lower berths with a little partition. Higashinohara grabbed the last two special tickets, which are bunk beds with partitions between each other, which is equivalent to the previous life. Soft sleeper box.

   After putting away the luggage, Higashinohara looked left and right at the soft and comfortable sleeper car.

  He is quite satisfied with his occasional extravagant choice today. The most important thing is that the package ticket sold by the ticketing software and the ticket after the second half of the transfer are also sleepers.

  After looking around, Higashinohara found that Miri Nishimaru was staring at the TV news broadcast on the wall of the sleeper box in a daze, and her originally clean and delicate face suddenly turned a little pale.

  The voice on the TV sounded a little noisy, and what was being reported on the news was an anonymous report letter published on the front page of the Asahi Shimbun in recent days:

  An anonymous group of people, who did not want to be named, made an amazing exposure of the darkness behind the accident that occurred in the northern sea area of ​​the Nemuro Strait in Hokkaido on the first day of the 1122 New Year in the Tianyuan calendar.

  In the report letter, it explained in detail the direct connection between a cabinet minister and the attack, the behind-the-scenes transactions with the Shayash Dawn Revolutionary Army, and the benefits they expected to obtain.

Although the content published by the Asahi Shimbun concealed the specific name of a cabinet minister in the report letter, anyone with a normal head and the ability to think independently in Wano will soon find that almost every word in the report letter In one sentence, he pointed directly at Takuya Amuro, the Cabinet Minister for Foreign Affairs.

   At this time, the screen of the Asahi Shimbun is everything.

I saw a group of brightly dressed politicians walking out of the parliament building in Chiyoda District. After passing through the green space next to the fountain in front of the building, they were surrounded by a group of media reporters. in front of the middle-aged man.

   "Master Amuro, we and the public would like to know, what do you want to say about the anonymous report letter published by the Asahi Shimbun?"

   "Is there really a behind-the-scenes deal between us and the Dawn Revolutionary Army of the Grand Duchy of Shayash? Is there any other secret behind the attack on the leader of the Tokugawa group?"

   "I heard that the cabinet set up a special investigation team to investigate the attack on Team Leader Tokugawa. Can you share with us the specific progress of the investigation?"

"We all know that Captain Dragonfly or New Tokyo's Disciplinary Commissioner appeared in Beihai, does it mean that he has intervened in the incident of Team Leader Tokugawa in the spirit of 'interest dictates justice'? Do you think he might find you because of this? "

  “.”

  Under the lens of countless media reporters, a dead winter leaf was falling from the top of his head in the wind. Faced with the questioning by reporters from major TV stations, Takumi Amuro, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, looked surprisingly calm.

He stopped, and said to the many microphones with a sad face, "The death of Team Leader Tokugawa is a sad fact for our entire Wano country. I think everyone has contributed to Wano country in his life. It is obvious to all, and I don’t need to repeat it.”

At this point, Minister of Foreign Affairs Takumi Amuro paused, his tone filled with endless helplessness and sorrow, "But now! Some people with unknown intentions are trying to manipulate us through public opinion to split this country! To interfere and prevent us from Find out the truth behind it!"

   "Here, I want everyone to rest assured that if I am really guilty, then I will go to the prison myself, even if I don't go to the prison, there will be the 'Captain Dragonfly' you mentioned to judge me!"

   "But as you can see, I have a clear conscience! That's why I'm still standing here today!"

   "I don't want to be at this time! Because my personal public opinion occupies too many social and public resources, I will not answer such questions in the future, thank you everyone."

  In the cold wind under the winter sunset leaves, Minister of Foreign Affairs Takumi Amuro bowed deeply to the camera.

  The news footage on TV ended here, TV Asahi switched back to the studio, and the host began to broadcast other news content.

  In the train soft sleeper box.

   "He's lying!"

   Miri Nishimaru, who was sitting not far from Higashinohara, suddenly raised her little finger and pointed to the TV screen and said bluntly, that delicate and fair little face was full of a rare stubbornness.

   After saying this, Miri Nishimaru seemed a little uneasy, and looked up at Higashinohara timidly.

  After all, the tone of the minister on TV was too confident, too clear, and his posture was too sincere. The average melon eater would easily become suspicious after watching it.

   Is that report letter really fake?

   Are we really being used?

   What's more, the crisp words of the little girl Nishimaru Miri are more like idealistic accusations, lacking any strong evidence to support it, I am afraid that anyone who hears it will be stunned.

  However, after hearing Miri Nishimaru's words, Higashinohara's face was still very calm, and he nodded to Miri Nishimaru without thinking.

"I know."

   Now it was Miri Nishimaru's turn to be surprised.

  But thinking of the incredible strength of the big brother, and the "little secret" that the whole world exists only between the two, Miri Nishimaru is not so surprised.

  She twitched her small nostrils, recalled the content of the report letter just now, and looked up at Higashinohara Michi seriously, "Big brother, does the father's matter really have anything to do with that minister?"

Higashinohara thought of what he saw in the other party's [Character Image Profile] after beheading Searle, the commander of the Northern Army of the Liming Revolutionary Army that day. He originally didn't want Miri Nishimaru to be contaminated too much with the filth behind these shameless politicians. Dirty deal.

  Tokugawa Kuritora had entrusted himself to take good care of Miri Nishimaru in the noodle shop before his accident. Higashinohara naturally didn't want Miri Nishimaru to live in the shadow of revenge at such a young age.

But now I don't know who reported Amuro Taku through that anonymous letter, and Higashinohara didn't want to deceive the little girl, so he nodded after a moment of pondering, "It has something to do with it, but he's not the only one. I'll investigate and deal with the following matters .”

  Nishimaru Miri knew Higashinohara’s other identity and how great he was as a big brother, so of course he didn’t suspect anything, so he nodded his head without saying a word.

   It's just that she has made up her mind in her little heart.

   Must grow up quickly!

  In this way, even if things happen in the future, she doesn’t have to always rely on her big brother. Now that she has no relatives, she actually relies on Higashinohara in her heart, but she doesn’t want to live as a burden.

  The train started at a quarter past nine.

  Accompanied by the sound of the pleasant female announcer, the people and things on both sides of the platform outside the car window began to gradually accelerate and retreat.

Miri Nishimaru sat cross-legged on the bed in the lower bunk of the box, the slightly curly ends of her pale golden hair swayed as the train moved, and the morning sun refracted from the window shone on her delicate little face, which could be vaguely seen Her long eyelashes fluttered slightly.

  She is not Higashinohara, so naturally she cannot do any "intracranial sword training".

  In fact, what Miri Nishimaru is doing is the meditation training of the innate ability of the Psychic system [Wang Yu], which is also a relatively common training method for people with Psychic abilities.

In the past, she worked step by step at Takehara South Private Academy, and her improvement speed was many times faster than other students who were older than her. However, Miri Nishimaru was not so urgent about strength, so she followed the school's teaching progress slowly. Come.

   Now after Tokugawa Kuriko's accident, the little girl realized that she was lucky, and she died to have such an outstanding dual talent.

  Coupled with the hard work of Higashinohara's daily training, he couldn't help but think that even someone as powerful as his big brother worked so hard, and now he didn't want to relax for a moment.

  Higashi Nohara didn't say much about it.

in this world,

  The harder you work, the luckier you get is by no means an empty saying.

  Although Miri Nishimaru’s efforts came earlier, she lost the childhood that a normal child should have.

  But since fate has already made arrangements for her, if she doesn't work hard to reverse fate and grab something, it would be too bad to live.

Higashinohara was thinking about whether to also carry out "intracranial sword training", and brushed his Kodachi two swords to [Grandmaster level] earlier - now his progress is stuck at 77/100, but the progress below has become extremely slow, Dong Nohara was still trying to figure out what went wrong.

  At this time, there was a sound of heavy footsteps from the aisle outside the sleeper box. Four blue eyes, sunken eye sockets, a tall, white-skinned man with a high nose passed their box.

The four of them looked inside vigilantly, and they were obviously relieved when they saw a half-aged boy and a little girl of high school age, but their eyes stayed on the little girl's pale golden hair for a second and then Look away quickly.

Higashinohara, who was sitting on the lower berth, did not open his eyes, but now he has opened his eyes for the second time with [Nine Eyes and Six Paths], and he is aware of the wind and grass around him, but the other party seems to be just passing by, although he is a little more vigilant, But he didn't care too much.

   Based on their appearance, these people should have come from the Grand Duchy of Shayash in the north. Recently, the Grand Duchy of Shayash disintegrated, and several forces within the country launched a fierce struggle in an attempt to regain power in that cold land that is frozen all year round.

  Throughout history, the people who suffer the most when this kind of thing happens in any country must be ordinary people.

  Therefore, there have been a lot of citizens of the Grand Duchy of Shayash who came here legally or illegally from Hokkaido recently. As for the few people just now, whether they belong to the former or the latter is not within the scope of Higashinohara’s concern.

However, behind the four men seemed to be followed by a woman wearing a hat with the brim of the hat lowered to cover her eyebrows and eyes. Her facial curves were very soft, and the most eye-catching thing was her pale golden hair, like the surface of the sea sparkling in the sun. .

  Xiao Weili's hair may be like this when she grows up.

   Higashinohara had such an idea in his mind for some reason.

  By the time he came back to his senses, a group of five people had already passed their box, arrived at the box at the innermost side of the corridor, opened the door and walked in.

  In the soft sleeper box, a blond woman with a lowered hat was sitting on the inside, and four men were sitting on the outside, guarding the door like door gods.

  Inside, a man who looked a little older sat down with difficulty, covered his red belly, took a deep breath and said:

"Madam, don't worry, we should have got rid of those hyenas of the Storm Revolutionary Army. As long as we arrive at the capital of Wano Country, someone will pick us up soon. The birthday of the Emperor of Wano Country is this month, and someone will arrange it at that time." Let's enter Sakurada Gate."

  Hearing his words, the woman said softly, "Then I will trouble you."

   "It's my honor to do my best for Madam." The man said sincerely.

  The voice fell, and the soft sleeper box fell into silence again.

  Because they know very well in their hearts:

  Even if he escaped the pursuit of the Storm Revolutionary Army,

However, after the current Grand Duke of the Grand Duke of Shayash was brutally murdered by the northern army of the Dawn Revolutionary Army, he still wanted to rely on the blood of the exiled branch of the previous generation of Grand Duke to plead with the World Government through Wano Country to re-intervene in the territory of the Grand Duke of Shayash to realize the Grand Duke The road of blood restoration is also full of thorns and ups and downs.

   A careless one.

   Maybe you have to make wedding dresses for others.

  However, it has now reached this point under the pursuit of the three largest revolutionary forces in the country, the Storm Revolutionary Army.

  From now on, they only have the road ahead,

   There is no body behind.

   I don’t know how long it has been.

  In the soft sleeper box.

   Higashinohara recovered from the state of [Intracranial Sword Practice], the tip of his nose twitched slightly, his brows were slightly frowned, and he smelled a faint smell of blood inexplicably.

  He glanced at Miri Nishimaru next to him for the first time. The latter was still in meditation training, and his heart was slightly relieved. Then he glanced at the scenery passing by the car window, but his eyes could not help but narrow slightly.

  The faint smell of blood seemed to come from the inside of the aisle of the carriage, and in Higashinohara's mind subconsciously appeared the people from the Grand Duchy of Shayash who had just passed by when he got on the carriage.

  Is something wrong?

  At this time, Nishimaru Miri also seemed to sense something was wrong, she opened her eyes, and looked at Higashinohara with some anxiety on her small face, "What's wrong, big brother?"

   Shh!

   Higashinohara suddenly raised his index finger, and Miri Nishimaru immediately stopped speaking, and then he also realized something was wrong, and footsteps came from the other side of the corridor.

   Da da da—!

   It seems that someone came over.

  The next moment, the footsteps suddenly stopped.

   Higashinohara narrowed his eyes slightly.

  He realized that the owner of that footstep should have stopped in the soft sleeper box next to them.

  The next moment, there was the sound of the door curtain being pulled.

   Quiet and silent.

  Higashi Nohara calmly took out his knives from his backpack—the two small knives he bought from the second-hand market, and placed them gently on the inner side of his thighs.

   After a while, the door curtain was lowered gently.

"Feel sorry."

  A voice sounded.

no respond.

   Immediately afterwards, footsteps sounded again, this time towards the soft sleeper box they were in.

  Nishimaru Miri glanced at Higashinohara nervously, Higashinohara shook his head gently, and smiled at the little girl, expressing that it was fine.

   After a while, the footsteps stopped in front of their soft sleeper door.

  One hand opened the door curtain from the outside, revealing a tall man with concave eye sockets and a high nose bridge.

  Those blue eyes were a little indifferent, and his body was full of awe-inspiring aura, which had a great sense of oppression for ordinary people.

   Higashinohara and his gaze intertwined in the air.

  He originally thought that with the smell of blood, the 【Guilty Manual】in his mind would trigger something.

   But strangely, there was no response this time.

  The moment the other party opened the door curtain, his gaze swept across the narrow soft sleeper box very quickly, he quickly retracted his gaze, put down the door curtain, turned around and continued to move forward.

   Listening to the sound of footsteps moving away, even though the two sides didn't say anything at that moment, Higashinohara read out a message:

  The other party is obviously looking for someone.

   Who are you looking for?

  He is a little unclear about this.

   Just at this moment, the nervous whispers of two girls came from the sleeper next to them.

  The soft sleeper box next door.

  A chestnut-haired girl with twin ponytails swallowed nervously, with an expression on her face that she wanted to lift the curtain to look outside but was afraid that the person would not go far away.

  She said to the female companion next to her, who had cool black hair and short hair that covered her ears lightly, and whose face was inexplicably pretty and gave people a sense of tranquility and comfort, "Qinmei, did that guy kill someone just now?"

  Kotomi Yonezu shook her head slightly when she heard the words, but there was not much tension on that clear and beautiful face. There was a slight gleam in her eyes and she said, "He doesn't smell of blood on him."

  She is 18 years old this year. She graduated from Tianming Private Academy, one of the four major Abilities Academy in New Tokyo. Now she is a student of the special recruitment class for Abilities at New Tokyo University. She is a leader of the younger generation in New Tokyo.

  This time, I accompanied Yuko Miyamura, a high school and college classmate who was broken in love, to Hokkaido for vacation.

Miyamura Yuko was stunned for a moment, and soon realized something, and said nervously, "That is to say, he may have accomplices, Kotomi, what should we do now? Those guys won't silence them, right? That's right! You are us The best ability user in the class, that person just now should not be your opponent, right?"

  Mizukoto shook her head with beautiful eyes.

  As an outstanding graduate of the four new Tokyo University campuses, Yonezu Kotomi's talent has not been concealed after entering the talented Tokyo University, but when facing that man, she felt an unprecedented sense of oppression.

   If not necessary,

  She really didn't want to fight that man.

  At this time, there was a knock on the door at the other end of the carriage corridor.

  Boom boom boom—!

  Boom boom boom—!

   Not in a hurry or impatient, very rhythmic.

  He was knocking on the bathroom door of the carriage.

   Yuko Miyamura was stunned for a moment, and quickly realized what was happening, and said in surprise, "It's that woman, I seem to have seen her go to the bathroom just now."

  A soft sleeper compartment separated by a wall.

   Higashinohara was forced to listen to the "whispering" next door with some helplessness—it can't be helped, the sound insulation that can only be seen in the boxes on this kind of sleeper train is really bad.

  But at this time, the sound of knocking on the door of the train bathroom seemed to have attracted the attention of the man and his companions at the other end of the corridor.

   Soon, there was a burst of orderly and powerful footsteps over there.

  (end of this chapter)