Meiji Mansion.

Stafford Private Great Sword Academy.

"Just send it here."

"Ah? But Captain Tokugawa told me to take you back to your dormitory."

"Isn't that right?"

Higashinohara, who was in the back seat, raised his head and glanced at the sincere look on the young driver's face in the rearview mirror. He pondered for a moment, and then he understood Tokugawa Ritora's intention.

no way,

The week when Higashinohara disappeared was too sensitive.

Although Tokugawa Ritora "endorsed" Higashinohara, after arriving at Tagos Meji Mansion and learning about the White Swan Port Incident, he immediately asked for leave for Higashinohara, saying that Higashinohara had gone to him to help these days.

But as the saying goes, make a show and do the whole thing.

When I came back, there was a driver to see me off, which also showed that Tokugawa Ritora "valued" the young man Higashinohara, thus increasing his credibility.

Thinking about this,

Higashinohara couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

After all, he was the team leader engaged in investigation work. If he hadn't reminded him of these details, Higashinohara might not have paid attention to them.

It might not seem like a big deal.

But details like this add up to a lot, and it takes care to sail the boat for thousands of years. Higashinohara naturally followed the trend and said with a smile, "Then it will be hard work."

"It should."

After the car arrived at the school and stopped at the school gate, the young driver got out of the car and opened the door for Higashinohara.

Today is Saturday, a day off. In the evening, the gate of the branch is filled with many students coming and going.

When Higashinohara got off the bus, someone opened the door. The students passing by could only glance at it and then immediately looked away.

After all, a prestigious school for ability users such as Stafford's Private Great Sword Academy can be said to have "no white talent", and there is no telling how many wealthy daughters and young masters are hidden there.

In comparison, the ordinary black car that Tokugawa Ritora sent him back to was not as eye-catching as Higashinohara's face.

The driver who took him back tonight was a newcomer named Shindo Eiichi who had just joined the third investigation team.

This time I went abroad to perform a mission with the visiting team from Wano. At first, I felt that I was shouldering a heavy burden of tension and excitement about the survival of my country.

But after these days of sending Tokugawa Ritora back and forth to the residences of major legislators and politicians in the Umeji Prefecture city, I saw that these powerful figures in Wano Country gradually lost their spirits after being rejected so many times.

On the contrary, it is exactly like this,

He just began to observe Meiji Mansion, the capital of the world's superpower, the United Tagos Republic, and gradually discovered various differences from New Tokyo in the country of Wano, and he also felt something in his heart.

Once upon a time, the country of Wano was so prosperous, but now as the "Day of National Destruction" approaches, the bustling streets in the past are becoming increasingly desolate and deserted.

I don’t know what will happen in a month.

Higashinohara saw Shindou Eiichi's emotional look on the side. He knew what the other party was worried about without asking. He couldn't help but asked as he walked, "Shinfuji feels that the actions of Captain Tokugawa and the others have a chance to save the country of Wano."

?"

Hearing Higashinohara suddenly raise this question, Shinto Hide stumbled, hesitated, opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, and finally shook his head in confusion, "I don't know."

"Then do you support the actions of Chairman Tokugawa and the Prime Minister?" Higashinohara asked in a different way.

"support."

Shindo Eiichi nodded immediately.

"Why?"

Higashinohara said doubtfully.

Are you still so supportive even though the future is uncertain?

Shindo Eiichi finally showed some youthful vigor on his face, and said with a smile, "How will you know if you don't try."

How will you know if you don't try?

A very simple sentence, but Higashinohara was stunned for a moment, and then he showed a thoughtful expression.

While talking,

The two went upstairs to dormitory 426.

Shindo Eiichi was a little curious and wanted to see what kind of vigorous and upward spirit these exchange students sent out by Wano Country would become in the future, the sparks and mainstays of Wano Country.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened the door, he was almost knocked over by the smell of instant noodles that filled the room. The corner of his mouth twitched slightly as he looked at a few people in the dormitory wearing big underwear squatting on the chairs with their heads lowered and hissing.

A boy eating instant noodles.

"Teacher doing ward rounds?"

"Put away the induction cooker quickly."

"The induction cooker has been confiscated a long time ago. Didn't you use your ability to boil this water?"

"Oh, it's okay then."

"Eh? This doesn't look like the student union outside the door."

Finally, someone discovered something was wrong.

The respectful guy in a black formal suit outside the door doesn't seem to be from the same dimension as the guys in the student union who have their nostrils turned upward when they come in to check the dormitory.

At this moment, a glass of red wine was placed next to Sibo Yu's seafood-flavored instant noodles and he was shaking it gently. The plastic fork in his hand was just short of a knife to cut the steak.

Hearing the sound, he was separated from the self-immersed atmosphere, turned his head and looked outside the door, and then said in a surprised tone, "Huh? Higashikata-kun is back?"

"Ah? It's Dongye."

"Didn't he go to help Team Leader Tokugawa?"

"I guess I'm done."

"."

Everyone else in the dormitory also saw Higashinohara in casual clothes standing next to Eiichi Shinfuji in black formalwear.

Shindo Eiichi had already recovered from the slight gap brought to him by these "pillars of the country", and secretly thought to himself that he was so rare, so what happened to the Flame of Hope eating instant noodles?

But he didn't know that the habit of eating instant noodles among the people in dormitory 426 was brought up by Higashinohara when he was here. These young people who had lived in fine clothes since childhood could never forget the taste of instant noodles.

.

I woke up late on the weekend and there was only leftovers before the restaurant closed. Do I have to have a drink in the dormitory?

As for Sibo Yu, the boss, the glass of red wine in his hand was the last sign of his stubbornness.

"Ahem, fortunately, Higashino-san has been delivered safely, so I won't bother you any more. Goodbye, everyone."

The corner of Shindo Hideichi's mouth twitched, he forced a smile, said goodbye to Higashinohara, turned around and went downstairs. He probably needed to get used to it because his dream was shattered too quickly.

Higashinohara doesn't think these people are the so-called "kinds of hope". In the final analysis, they are just young people of seventeen or eighteen years old who are in their prime.

A young man is a young man, he is not happy when he sees the spring breeze, he is not annoyed when he sees the summer cicadas, he is not sad when he sees the autumn wind, he does not sigh when he sees the winter snow, he is too lazy to notice when he is surrounded by wealth, he does not dare to face injustice when he sees it.

It would be too wishful thinking to place the future of Wano on these young people.

He came in and greeted everyone with a smile. Several people in the dormitory immediately came over with instant noodles and asked Higashinohara how the Wano delegation's visit to the United States of Tagos was going with their curious faces.

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"Higashino, who did you and Captain Tokugawa visit?"

"Is there anyone in Tagos who would like to ally with us for this World Conference?"

"I heard that Captain Tokugawa has entered the eighth level, is it true?"

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Siba Yu, who was having instant noodles and red wine, was still focused on the goblet in his hand, but his body and ears were involuntarily tilted towards Higashinohara.

"Is there any progress? Sorry. It's hard to disclose this." Higashinohara looked embarrassed.

How did he know the progress of Tokugawa Ritora and his team?

Unexpectedly, the roommates nodded in understanding, saying that it was normal for such confidentiality to be inconvenient, but they were being a little rude and presumptuous.

Higashinohara didn't want to dampen the young man's interest, so he smiled and said, "There is something I can reveal. Captain Tokugawa is indeed an eighth-level demigod-level ability user."

hiss-!

The voice fell,

Everyone in the dormitory couldn't help but marvel!

For a group of fourth- and fifth-level superpowers, anything above level seven is too far away.

Let alone the eighth level?

For a moment, even Si Boyu's hand holding the red wine glass, which looked "careless" on the side, could not help but tremble, but his heart was filled with waves like the red wine in the glass in his hand.

legend!
To be continued...