Anime: The younger brother of the Sawada family

Despite the threatening looks from his companions, Irie Shoichi still opened the glass door and let everyone out, then quickly hid behind Miyin, trying to use his small body to avoid everyone's dangerous sight.

"They won't do anything, just continue talking." Miyin patted the other person's shoulder gently.

Swallowing his saliva, Irie Shoichi resigned himself to his fate and continued, "It is true that I brought you to this era in order to seize the Vongola Ring. Just as planned, you are now here with the Vongola Ring."

"Your target is indeed the Vongola Ring!" Mukudera, who had just retrieved his equipment, immediately touched the box on his waist.

"But if that's the case, there's no need to lure you to the Meloni base!" Irie Masakazu shouted, holding his head.

"You said lead..." Tsunayoshi's pupils were shocked, "The letter at that time..."

The letter they found in Mukudera's suitcase, written in G-Script, ten years later, had been preconceived as having been written by Mukudera himself, as it was a character he had invented. But what if... his most trusted leader also knew this script? Adding to the aforementioned plan... Tsunayoshi didn't want to dwell on it. The final truth might not be as simple as they thought.

"Using me as your target, I've secretly planned this base to find you. This is all part of a plan I've been preparing within the Milfiore family. It's to...train you, to make you stronger." Irie Shoichi continued, gripping his hair. "I've done many excessive things before, and I'm truly sorry... But to prepare for the upcoming battle, if we want to significantly increase our strength in a short period of time, this is the only way."

"The upcoming battle?" Tsuna asked confusedly.

"That's right, your real enemy is not me."

"Don't be fooled by him! Tenth generation! He must have realized that our combat power is poor, so that's why he said that!" Mukuro immediately touched his belt and prepared to open the box, but was stopped by Miin's words.

"No wonder it's strange. Not only do the enemies appear one after another, but there are so few reinforcements." Miyin stroked his chin and said calmly, "Except for me and Yun Que, no one else has ever been surrounded by multiple people. Besides, the difference in combat power between the two sides is really huge. If they didn't appear one by one but attacked together, we would have no chance of winning. Irie Shoichi has many opportunities to attack, and he has the entire base under his control. So why can't he just kill us and snatch the ring?"

"Indeed," Reborn agreed. "Even in a head-on confrontation, you had no chance of winning. You knew that from the beginning, which is why you took a gamble and tried to infiltrate this base in Milfiore. And judging by the results, it seems you've improved greatly, growing up and arriving here. Everything is just as he described."

"I didn't summon you all together initially, but staggered the timelines. This was so you could lead yourselves from ten years ago to familiarize yourself with the environment. After you entered the base, I could have altered its structure earlier, allowing me to capture you immediately. However, you wouldn't have been able to accumulate combat experience, so I was able to stall for time and slow down the pace. And it's not just that." Irie Shoichi's voice dropped a bit. "I also brought Ippei, Sasagawa Kyoko, and Miura Haru, who aren't Guardians, to this era. Do you know why?"

These words made Tsunayoshi look back in surprise, and then he listened to the other party continue.

"People become stronger when they have something to protect, so I decided... I had to bring them here."

Irie Shoichi was about to say something when Tsunayoshi suddenly ran over and grabbed him by the collar: "Just because...just because of this reason, how will you be responsible if Kyoko and the others get hurt! Not only them, but everyone...everyone may die in this battle before we complete our training!"

"If that's the case, there's nothing we can do about it..." Forced to explode, Irie Shoichi raised his voice, "I'm working hard too! It'll be really troublesome if something unexpected happens! The current problem is no longer as simple as you think! Not to mention, this plan is led by you in this era! Tsunayoshi-kun!"

"I... was the one who took the lead?" Tsunayoshi, hit in the face by the truth, let go of his hand in a daze and listened to the other party continue speaking.

"You must never reveal this to anyone in Milfiore. For this reason, this is a secret between me, you from ten years later, Xiao Mi, and Hibari. It's between the four of us!"

"Ten years later, you considered that this would affect other unrelated companions, and you hesitated until the last moment. However, he believed that this was necessary to promote your growth, so he agreed."

"It was my idea to bring everyone to this era..." Tsunayoshi couldn't accept this truth for a moment, and he stood there in a daze.

Miyin immediately rushed over and hugged him tightly: "Brother, don't blame yourself, I understand your struggle."

"Mi-chan..." Tsunayoshi hugged her back reflexively, "But I..."

"If you hadn't encountered the worst possible situation, you wouldn't have made such a decision." Miyin gently patted the other person's back and tried to comfort him, saying in a gentle tone, "So don't blame yourself, brother."

"If we don't risk everything to deal with the current situation, you and your companions will all die!" Irie Masakazu shouted in grievance. "The worst-case scenario would be a crisis for humanity all over the world!"

"Does it mean the situation is so dire that any means are necessary?" Reborn was the first to understand what he meant. "And this is also related to the upcoming battle, right?" Irie Shoichi, finally having someone who understood him speaking for him, nodded frantically, moved. Reborn continued, "Then this guy can indeed be trusted. I originally had doubts about some parts that I couldn't sort out, but now I can grasp the whole story."

"So your enemy is not me, but Shiran!" Irie Shoichi finally said it.

"As expected..." The words that came out of his mouth made Tsunayoshi stunned.

"This shows that your first reaction is that Bai Lan is the real enemy." Miyin patted his shoulder soothingly.

Irie Masami looked at Mione and said, "Mione, the latter part might be more credible if you tell it."

"...Ah?" Miyin was confused by the sudden topic related to himself. After thinking for a while, he tentatively asked, "Is it related to the parallel world?" The only things related to him were about the plane of time and space. The plane world was limited to him, the Shinsengumi, and had nothing to do with other people. So there could only be a parallel world corresponding to this plane world.

"Yes." Irie Masa nodded. "Only in this era can we stop his ambition and prevent him from completely unifying the entire plane of the world! Now, only the parallel world of this era is the only breakthrough to defeat him!"

Now it was Miyin's turn to be shocked: "You mean, Bai Lan has completed the unification of all parallel worlds except this time? Why didn't I, a Shinsengumi, receive such news?!"

"Byakuran's ability is to share the memories of all parallel worlds. He found a way to isolate himself from the Shinsengumi in a certain world, and your presence is hindering his actions."

"Can the Government of Time achieve this?"

"In that world, he met a Shinsengumi from another dimension who came to visit you. The energy they brought with them attracted his attention. He then developed a barrier that could block your perception and found your hostile Time Travel Army..."

There was no further words said, Tsunayoshi understood instantly, and the question that had puzzled him for a long time was answered.

"So, ten years later, Komi was killed by millions of enemies brought by Byakuran from another parallel world... because Komi hindered his actions? Just for this reason..." Tsunayoshi's body was trembling, and his tone was full of suppressed anger.

Irie Shoichi closed his eyes and chose to add fuel to the fire of his anger: "In every parallel world, Xiao Mi is the first person to be eliminated by Shiran. Because in the parallel time and space of the same plane world, Xiao Mi, as a Shinsengumi, can sense things related to the world in other parallel time and space, which is somewhat similar to Shiran's ability. In order to prevent Xiao Mi from interfering with his plan, so..."

"Byakuran!!!" Tsunayoshi's anger caused a faint orange light to flash on his head and in his eyes, "I must kill you!"

Miyin, who was clearly talking about her own things but had been listening, clapped her hands inwardly: "Keep trying! Brother will soon be able to enter the dead air mode without relying on external forces! Awesome!"