Congratulations on Your Arrest

  Chapter 175 "Hell" behind the border gate? (superior)

  Buzz buzz—!

  At noon, Higashinohara found a convenience store near the official residence of the Adjudicator and had lunch.

  After eating, he had just put down the bowl and chopsticks, and before he had time to wipe his mouth, the mobile phone on the table next to the instant ramen vibrated. When he looked up, it turned out that he had received a text message.

   "Hello, congratulations on passing the interview. Please gather at the Judgment Division before 1:30 p.m. All investigation matters are subject to the specific notice from the Judgment Division."

   He was not surprised by this.

  After all, during the interview in the morning, the woman who kept giving him a sense of danger had already revealed that he had passed the interview, and the other party didn't know him, so there was no need to lie to him.

  Now Higashinohara needs to consider and prepare for the risks that may be encountered in this exploration, but the interview and adjudication department this morning did not mention the specific content of the exploration, and the information available so far is very limited, and there is no way to analyze it.

   After wiping his mouth, Higashinohara got up, picked up the instant ramen box and walked to the trash can.

At this time, a foreign woman with shoulder-length light blue mid-length hair and a somewhat gentle face suddenly walked beside her, holding an instant ramen box in the same packaging as Higashinohara. Throw it in together when the trash can is closed.

"thanks."

"You're welcome."

   There was no eye contact, and the two exchanged briefly.

  Under normal circumstances, this is just an insignificant encounter that happens tens of thousands of times every day in the modern metropolis of New Tokyo, and there will be no follow-up.

   But then, when Higashinohara and the woman walked out of the convenience store at the same time, they turned two street corners and passed three more traffic lights.

As the routes of the two continued to overlap, finally, when they walked to the gate of the black coffin-like mansion of the Judiciary at the same time, the gentle woman stopped involuntarily, and turned her head to meet Higashinohara. Take a look.

   This is the first time the eyes of the two meet.

The woman hesitated for a while, looking at the young face of Higashinohara, who seemed a little surprised, and finally showed a little friendly smile on her face, and stretched out her hand towards Higashinohara, "Hello, my name is Hela, from Tago The United States of America, did you also pass the interview to join the investigation team?"

  People from the United States of Targos?

If I remember correctly, it should be one of the two most powerful countries among the more than 300 allied countries of mankind. It seems that such a powerful country is completely different from the Wano country when facing the world government. People who come out of that country also have the confidence and temperament that other countries do not have.

The introductions read in these books flashed through Higashinohara's mind, and he politely reached out his hand and shook hands with the other party lightly, nodded with a smile and said, "Hello, Higashi...well, Nishinomiyai, from Wano Country, it seems that we They all passed the interview."

   Higashinohara almost didn't pay attention to say his name, but fortunately he reacted in time.

  But the woman named Hela didn't seem to care about Higashinohara's name, or in other words, few people who came here to participate in the investigation team's activities used their real names.

Higashinohara knows what it means to talk lightly and deeply. The two of them just met once in a convenience store. A woman named Hela would stop and take the initiative to say hello to Higashinohara. Half of the reason is probably because she thought she was unfamiliar with the people. , This time I'm working for the Judgment Division again, and I want to find someone who can take care of each other.

  The remaining half of the reason is probably purely because Higashinohara is handsome. Handsome people are more popular everywhere, no matter men or women, this is the truth.

   Re-enter the gate of the Judgment Division.

   This time, there was no such a crowd of people in the waiting room in the morning.

  What Higashinohara has seen so far, including him and Hela who just met, there are only seven people in total.

  The "Qi Haijian" wearing sunglasses who he met when he walked out of the interview room in the morning was also among them, and the other four were all men between the ages of 20 and 40.

   Except for a bronze-skinned, muscular man who doesn't look like a young man from the Wano country, the other three seem to be natives of the Wano country.

  At this time, the oldest man among the group of people was quite a bit of a "social cow". Before Higashinohara came in, he had already chatted and laughed with the others.

  But "Qi Hai Jian" wearing sunglasses always smiled symbolically every time, while the other two smiled heartily, but one was young but wretched with mischievous eyebrows, and the other revealed a greasy middle-aged man.

  The remaining bronze-skinned man didn't smile from the beginning to the end, his brows were tightly locked, as if he had something on his mind, and he seemed out of tune with the surrounding environment.

  The middle-aged "sheniu" expert saw Higashinohara and Hela walking into the waiting room, and immediately walked over with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said with a calm and calm smile like a master:

   "The two of you must be the last two teammates of our seven-member team today. My name is Ji Yuanwen. We are working together this time. Please take care of me, take care of me."

  After hearing what Yoshimoto Onren said, Higashinohara and Hela also introduced themselves one after another.

  But just when the seven people started to get acquainted with each other, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the waiting room, and then the door was pushed open, and a team of executive teams in black robes walked in solemnly.

  Walking around with a smile on his face, Ji Yuanwen, who was in touch with each other like a master, immediately withdrew his smile when he saw this, and returned to his seat with a lowered brow and sat down.

   Obviously, he knew in his heart who was the real "master" here.

   "It's very lively."

  Among the group of people who walked in, the leader was a young man who looked about twenty-four or five years old. He had a pair of amber vertical pupils on his gloomy face.

   "But I hope you don't have to be so lively during this investigation." Gray Mane said in a calm tone, and a hint of disgust flashed in his slightly lowered eyes.

  If it weren't for the order from above this time, he would be unwilling to carry out investigation tasks with these lowly humans from the bottom of his heart.

  But thinking about the woman who always came to Beijing with a smile, Gray Mane felt a little awe-inspiring, raised his head, looked at Higashinohara and the others in front of him and said:

   "I'm the person in charge of the investigation team. You can call me Captain Meyer. Now put on the equipment, and we're going to the Sky Tree by car. If you have any questions, you can ask me now."

  The voice fell, and the waiting room was silent.

   But no one spoke up does not mean that there is no doubt. In fact, everyone has all kinds of doubts in their hearts about this well-paid but secret investigation work, but no one wants to be the first bird.

  Grey Mane nodded in satisfaction. After all, these lowly human beings still have the self-knowledge not to cause him trouble, which is finally an advantage that he can appreciate.

  The investigation team was divided into two groups, seven human beings, and seven black-robed execution teams.

  The members of the black-robed executive team of the Judgment Department have always been vigorous and resolute in their work. After the two groups met, Higashinohara followed a group of people and quickly went downstairs.

   A black special car of the Judgment Department was parked outside, which could accommodate about 30 people, and Higashinohara and others got into the car.

   Arriving in the car, the two groups spontaneously sat down along the aisle inside the car.

  Human beings are on the left, and heaven and man are on the right.

  The captain of the investigation team, Gray Mane, got into the car and patted the driver on the shoulder. The driver skillfully lit the fire and stepped on the gas pedal. After the special car started slowly, it merged into the city's traffic and headed towards the closed sky tree.

  At this time, Gray Mane in the car got into the car and took out a black alley from the shelf above his head, and took out temporary short-distance communication equipment from inside to distribute to the people on the car.

  Higashi Nohara took an earphone and a microphone clipped to his neckline from Gray Mane, took a second look at it, and then groped to put it on by himself. This thing is simple, and it’s not difficult to use it if you haven’t used it before.

In the group of seven on the human side, the woman named Hela may be due to a chance encounter with Higashinohara at a convenience store at noon, or because she saw that Higashinohara's people and animals are harmless and safe, and she got into the car suddenly in an unfamiliar environment. From then on, he subconsciously sat beside Higashinohara.

  She didn't seem to have worn these communication devices before. She glanced at Higashinohara who quickly got started, and tilted her head thoughtfully to put it on herself.

  Just when she turned her head, the tips of her light blue hair brushed against the skin of Higashinohara's neck, and there was a tingling feeling, and the tip of Higashinohara's nose seemed to smell an inexplicable breath.

  The taste of the sea.

   These four words inexplicably popped up in his mind.

   Turning his head to look at the gentle woman beside him, Higashinohara found that she just put on the earphones and microphone according to the gourd's instructions, and then sat there motionless.

  He shook his head with some amusement in his heart, and raised his hand to help her press the switch on the earphone. Hela was slightly taken aback, and said thank you in a low voice with some embarrassment.

  But Higashinohara couldn't hear it clearly, because just as he pressed the switch for Hela, he heard the electric sound of "Zi La" in his ears, and then came the voice of a liaison officer in the main control room.

   "Investigation team equipment access."

   "First connection attempt."

   "The connection detection is completed, so the device can communicate normally."

  “.”

   Soon, the earphones became quiet again.

   It's pretty serious.

   Higashinohara thought silently in his heart.

  He doesn't mind that, although he doesn't know what happened in the closed sky tree, it deserves the attention of the Judiciary, and it may not be easy to hire people with human abilities from the society.

  But if it comes, let it be. The Tribunal has its purpose, and he has his purpose.

   Taking advantage of the fact that his identity is still concealed, he can gain some benefits from the strange demon under the eyes of the opponent, so that he will be more confident when he really tears his face.

   The other people sitting around Higashinohara are probably similar, and different people have different purposes.

  Someone had a criminal record and couldn’t get along in Wano Country, but this time they are eager to get a relationship with the Tribunal Division;

  Some people are purely short of money, and they came here because seven days of this investigation is equivalent to two years of high employment fees for office workers in large companies;

  Someone may have other unknown purposes like Higashinohara

   Higashinohara is not interested in other people's privacy, what really makes him wary is the attitude of the Judgment Division.

  You should know that even ordinary corporate social recruitment has social background checks, but this time the adjudication department didn't care about their backgrounds, and only relied on the filled-in information and an interview to finalize the employment.

  The reason behind this has to be thought-provoking.

   Is it because the adjudication department feels that the two parties are in a one-time employment relationship, as long as you help them complete the task, it doesn't matter what your status is?

   Or in the eyes of the other party, they are just like "cannon fodder", so it doesn't matter whether the investigation results are adjusted or not?

   Higashinohara thought about these questions in his mind.

   After a while, the group arrived at the foot of the Sky Tree in Sumida District, New Tokyo.

The bustling business district and pedestrian street in the past seemed extremely lonely and deserted today. When passing by the street that was destroyed by the fierce battle that night, the road surface seemed to be only half repaired. Higashinohara saw some road rollers and concrete mixers parked on the side of the road, and there were no workers working. figure.

  It seems that under the power and high pressure of the Judgment Department, the three-acre land at the foot of the sky tree in New Tokyo, a lively and bustling modern city, has been stripped from the city and is in a state of complete shutdown.

Hela, who was sitting by the window next to Higashinohara, was from a foreign land. She didn't seem to know about the battle that took place at the foot of the sky tree at the end of last month. She lay on the glass and looked at the news media report with some curiosity. It is an almost cracked street "like three warships squeezed in side by side".

  However, the special car of the Judgment Department did not stop any longer, and soon, the group arrived at the foot of the sky tree radio tower that looked like a white giant in the steel jungle.

  After stopping the car, the captain of the investigation team, Gray Mane, walked straight to the car door and jumped out of the car without saying a word, followed by the other six celestial beings of the black-robed execution team without saying a word.

  The remaining human group of seven in the car looked back and forth at each other, and finally Ji Yuanwen stood up again, and said with a smile:

   "Let's go down too, don't make the big shots of the Judgment Department wait."

  Do you want to go up?

After getting off the car, Higashinohara glanced at the members of the black-robed executive team walking in front, and then looked up at the towering "steel giant" shining in the sunlight in front of him, wondering whether this The content of this investigation is in this tower?

  Will strange demons hide here?

  He was a little uncertain.

   At this moment, Higashinohara suddenly noticed that someone also paused, stood beside him and looked up at the sky tree above his head.

   Not Hella.

  Higashi Nohara didn't turn his head, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw a pair of black sunglasses—it was the man who stuffed the **** gun into the mouth of the Seventh Inquisitor that night a month ago and smashed it into a mess.

   "Have we met?"

  Suddenly, Nanami Kenjiro, whose pseudonym was "Nanami Ken", asked.

   Higashinohara turned his head slightly and glanced at him, with just the right amount of astonishment on his face, "Sorry, I don't have much impression of you, maybe where have you met me?"

   "I'm sorry, I must have admitted the wrong person." A gentle smile appeared on Nanami Kenjiro's face.

  (end of this chapter)