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.
To be continued...