if we meet

"Okay, let's call it a day." Reborn held the megaphone and ended the three-hour battle.

Bagir put down his weapon, then fell backwards, and immediately fell asleep.

Seeing that Baguier was taking a special rest after the high-intensity battle, Munakata withdrew the flames and did not take off his gloves as usual.

He looked at Reborn, "It ended early this time."

Reborn said: "Because this kind of combat is useless to you."

"Then what do you want me to do next?"

Reborn curled his lips, "I don't know, I don't know much about the flame of death energy, but you should try to enter the state of death energy negative state."

"Negative state of death?"

"Under normal circumstances, death energy is in a positive state, but the first generation leader of Vongola has a trick called zero point breakthrough, which is completed in a negative state of death energy, try it!"

The words should be "try it and do it", but Reborn, your eyes said "try it if you can't do it"...

Munakata smiled, "It seems quite interesting."

At this time, there are still five days before the Varia trial battle.

>>>>>>

Jiaguang walked around the training grounds of each guardian, and finally arrived at the largest waterfall in Bingshenghou Mountain.

The 20-meter-high waterfall pours down into the pool below, converging into a river that runs through most of the back mountain.

At the junction of the waterfall and the pool, there is a vague still figure.

Jia Guang didn't go forward, but put down the hoe and sat down beside the tree.

Reborn who had been sitting on the branch jumped down, "You are here."

"Yeah." Jiaguang pushed the helmet on his head solemnly, looked at the figure, "...how is Ah Gang's situation?"

Reborn followed his gaze, "Very good, the progress is much faster than I expected. It is estimated that it will be successful soon."

Jiaguang's face softened a little.

"Looking at you, are the Guardians doing well?" Reborn asked.

Jiaguang shook his head, "That's not true. The situation on the guardian side is very good. Except for Wushou and Leishou, the abilities of everyone else have greatly improved, but..." he whispered, "It's not enough ah……"

"It's expected, and I don't want to win this time, it would be nice to be recognized by Varia." As he said that, Reborn seemed to think of something, and turned to look at him, "Actually, I have always had a question. "

Jia Guang looked back at him with the same gaze, "What question?"

"Ah Gang didn't have to participate in this trial battle, right? We all have seen his excellence. Then why is there a boss battle at the end? You know, with the Guardian's current level, this battle is almost inevitable. "Reborn paused for a while, and asked seriously: "Kudaimu...why do you want Xanxus to play?"

Jiaguang looked at him for a while, then turned to his son who was still training in the waterfall, and then slowly turned back.

"Nine Daime didn't tell me, but... I can almost guess what he's thinking."

"It's not for Vongola's future without compromise, he wants Xanxus...to truly recognize Ganga."

Reborn was silent for a moment, lowered the brim of his hat, and said sullenly, "It's really messed up."

Hearing his friend's helpless voice, Jia Guang couldn't help laughing, "He's always been like that...well, I don't know why, but I have great confidence in Ah Gang."

Hearing the last sentence, the corner of Reborn's mouth twitched slightly, "There really is such a father as there is such a son."

To his words, Jiaguang responded with a smirk that didn't suit his identity.

At this time, there are still three days before the Varia trial battle.

>>>>>>

Today, there was a lively scene in the Sawada family after a long absence.

At the dining table, Prison Temple was holding Lan Bo, making him sit safely on the seat.Next to him, Xiaochun in a weird cosplay costume seemed to disagree with his rough approach, and then the two began to bicker.While distributing the sushi he brought, Yamamoto smiled and said something to Ippei.Biyangqi, who rarely wears sunglasses, hugs Reborn, surrounded by pink bubbles from Biyangqi.Kyoko came out with the dishes from the kitchen, and after she put them down, she sighed helplessly to Sasakawa, who shouted "limit" excitedly.

This is what Munakata saw after coming down from upstairs.

The first person who saw Munakata was Yamamoto who served the sushi. He smiled and said, "Gang, you finally came down. The sushi is almost gone!"

Hearing this, Yuji, who was bickering with Xiaochun, immediately turned his head, "What are you talking about, baseball idiot?! How can the leader not have sushi!...Leader, eat mine!!"

Munakata smiled and said, "Thank you, but no need, Yamamoto was just joking."

Prison Temple wanted to say something more, but was provoked by Xiaochun's words, so they quarreled again.Lanbo had already been let go by the prison temple, but he didn't keep making noise like before, but sniffed and ate very obediently—when he saw Munakata looking at him.

Reborn poked his head out of Biyangqi's embrace, "Aren't you here yet?"

Munakata looked at the time and estimated, "It should be almost here."

Looking around, there seemed to be no shortage of people, Sasakawa was a little puzzled, "Is there anyone else coming?"

Munakata nodded, "Yes, there is a new member joining us."

Yamamoto was taken aback when he heard this, and looked at Munakata.Prison Temple also stopped talking, looking at his leader in surprise.

A new... family member.

As if to reflect their thoughts, the doorbell rang.

Unaware of their surprise, Kyoko, who was closest to the door, walked over and opened it.

A cute girl with purple hair and eyes who looks very shy. ——But she was wearing the school uniform from Obsidian and had the same hairstyle as Mukuro.

The girl was frightened by the undisguised surprised eyes, she shrank her shoulders and lowered her head.

Before the guardians of his family were about to speak, Munakata smiled and said to the girl, "Are you the Kurom Skull?"

Coulom carefully looked up at him, then nodded slowly, "... yes." The voice was very small, almost inaudible.

Ah, she is indeed a shy girl.

"Sorry to scare you, they were just a little surprised, not malicious. Don't be so nervous, we will all be companions from now on." Munakata ended the sentence with a smile.

Kurom's purple moist eyes looked at his smile, and his face slowly blushed, "...Thank you, Boss."

Then Collom was pulled into the kitchen by Kyoko, and Xiaochun, who had changed his clothes, also volunteered to help.

Seeing that the two girls who didn't know and the girl who obviously had a relationship with Mu were not present, Prison finally couldn't help asking: "Boss, who is that woman? What is the relationship with Mu?"

Munakata folded his hands and held it in front of him, "Culom is the physical medium of Mukuro who is currently in the Avengers Prison. With the help of that child, Mukuro can best materialize."

Yamamoto showed a surprised expression, and became a little confused again, "Then Azuna, you said, she is also a member of the family...?"

"As you might think, Mukuro is the Kirishu I chose."

The expressions of the three of them became strange.

"Boss...why?" Prison Temple asked with difficulty.

Yamamoto couldn't laugh anymore, he lowered his head and didn't speak.Although Sasakawa is very big, he also knows how much Mukuro is too much, so he also finds it incomprehensible.

Munakata looked at them silently, and after a while he said: "I have an agreement with Mukuro. As the tenth generation of Vongola, if I do not violate this agreement, he will be used by me. In exchange, the Vongola family will provide His companions provide shelter such as Jojima Inu and Kakimoto Chiku who have fought with you, and Colom you just saw...I understand how you feel, but the world of the mafia is not that simple, let's put it this way , for now, I still need his strength."

The three of them fell silent immediately, and they all thought of the battle they were about to face.

Seeing that they didn't speak, Zongxiang smiled and said: "Of course, if Mu becomes my Kirishou, then he will be bound by the family. If he commits those things in the past again, I will never protect him."

"Ah, I still don't understand, but I believe in you, Tsuna." Yamamoto resumed his usual smile and said firmly.

Yuji was furious at Yamamoto's words, "Bastard! You're robbing me again!...Boss, I will firmly support you no matter what!...Stupid, what are you laughing at?!..."

Sasakawa was obviously still a little dazed, and when he saw Gokuji arguing with Yamamoto again, he also laughed, "I don't understand at all...but Tsuna has always been extremely powerful, so I also believe in you to the utmost! "

Noisy and noisy, the three girls brought out the dishes again.

Coulom carefully poured drinks for everyone, with a thin layer of sweat on his face, and a light but satisfied smile.

Because it is needed?

Picking up the tea that Coulom had just poured, Munakata took a sip, then smiled and said, "Actually, Colom is a good boy."

Seeing Collom who has been helping, Yamamoto also nodded with a smile, "Yes, and she is also a very cute girl!"

Prison Temple turned his head a little awkwardly, with a suspicious blush on his face, "Since the leader said so, then, then I too..." His voice became smaller and smaller.

He didn't finish talking, and Coulom buried his head in embarrassment amidst the laughter of a group of people.

Reborn, who stayed in Biyangqi's arms all the time, was in front of the audience from the beginning to the end, watching this special pre-war theater led by Munakata to unite family members, chuckled lightly, and then drank black coffee leisurely.

And Hibari, who was still fighting with Dino on a certain mountain, received a bento from Kusakabe during a break in the middle.It is said to be a bento specially made by Nana.Skylark held the kidnapper and was silent for a long time, but in the end he didn't greet the kidnapper to the trembling vice chairman's face.

Kusakabe watched the chairman take away the bento with almost tears of gratitude, because someone smiled and said to him, please let Hibari-kun accept it.

It did it anyway.

Already ready for a feast of duckweed abduction, Cao Bi touched his face, which was actually intact, and went back in a good mood.

At this time, there is still one day before the Varia trial battle.

Brother Zun Extra*1

The soft moonlight enters the room through the balcony and floor-to-ceiling windows, but only illuminates a small part of this spacious and luxurious room.And in a corner that was not exposed to light, there was a simple single bed that was incompatible with the luxurious decoration of this room.

The size of the single bed is not too small, but against the blurry figure on the bed, the bed is really too small.

In the silence of the room, the slight sound of metal clashing was very obvious. With this sound, the figure on the bed moved.

"……Um?"

"boom--!"

—The figure fell from the bed.

The floor was covered with a thick wool blanket, which was not his style.

The side was clinging to the fluffy carpet, and it took a while for Zhou Fang to remember that he was not in Italy, but in Japan.

Japan...

Zhou Fang slowly stood up from the ground and sat down on the bed that never had a quilt.

He snapped his fingers casually, and a crimson flame suddenly ignited between his fingers.From such a close distance, he could see how much tyranny was lurking in the small flame, unwillingly wanting to break free from the small cage he fixed and spew out.

Magnified countless times, that is his current state.

Zhou Fang watched the gorgeous flames swaying in front of his eyes, and felt a little tired, so he extinguished the fire in an instant.

Then inexplicably...began to be in a daze.

He doesn't like to use his brain very much, but there was a time... about a long time ago, the smart mind that was often envied by others in high school, and the (beast-like) sensitive intuition that was often complained by someone, many things are almost the same simply thinking about it I understand, and it doesn't matter to the majority who don't understand.

But when he opened his eyes in this world, he felt that his brain was not enough for the second time... The first time was when he met that stone slab.

He still remembered the way the man looked at him with that expression of wanting to cry but not being able to cry, which was completely opposite to his usual calm and self-possessed style.If it was a normal encounter in normal times, he would definitely ridicule the other party mercilessly.And at that time, he looked at the pure truth revealed by those eyes after the mask was removed... I really can't say anything other than sorry.

None of them left room for regret.

But now, the sword of Damocles above his head, which was approaching the state at that time, and the powerful force in his body that wanted to break through the shackles of his will all the time, made him always in a state of extreme mental exhaustion no matter how strong his body was.

I don't know how that person will feel when he knows...

Ah.

Zhou Fang felt that he was a bit delusional.He blamed it on a hangover from an earlier, interrupted nightmare.

But after tossing around like this for a while, Zhou Fang was not in the mood to sleep anymore.In fact, for a person who sleeps almost twenty hours a day, he is not in the mood to sleep.

It's just that I don't want to sleep.

Zhou Fang took a coat casually and put it on, halfway through it, he found that it was Varia's uniform coat.Maybe it was because he used his brain for a long time before, so he took it off after a pause and replaced it with another one.

He took a few steps, his neck itching from the fluffy feeling.He picked up the coat, looked at it in the dark, and finally confirmed that it was the brown-black one that someone once called the fur of a beast... the same style.

...too lazy to change.

Zhou Fang didn't go out from the door, but jumped directly from the balcony.The height of the fifth floor seems to him to be peacefully no different.

Nobody minds that their leader jumps out of the window all the time, because they hardly know when he leaves and comes back—maybe someone occasionally rages into a room with too high a pile of papers The Varia Operations Captain will.But captain, tell the leader to sit down and approve official documents...you should give up too.

Bingsheng is a very peaceful town, as you can tell by its nightlife.

After midnight, there were no pedestrians on the streets of Bingsheng, perhaps because of Bingsheng's well-known patron saint of larks, and even bad boys and gangsters basically disappeared.

Most of the shops on the street were turned off and closed, and it was empty and dark as far as the eye could see. It was hard to imagine how lively the commercial street was during the day.

Someone who was classified as a delinquent youth a long time ago, but now can only be classified as a dangerous criminal, is walking slowly on this dimly lit street at night, smoking a cigarette.

In fact, as soon as he left the villa where Varia was temporarily staying, Zhou Fang thought that he seemed to have nowhere to go.

He hadn't been to Japan for a long time, let alone this town had never existed in the Japan he knew.But now that he has left, he doesn't want to go back so soon.After all, I occasionally want to leave that bloody place...

—I sometimes want to smoke drugs too.

Sudden pause, Zhou Fang's slightly narrowed golden eyes suddenly opened, his somewhat dazed and astonished eyes floated in the void, as if he saw something through the dense smoke ring.

What are you doing...

He irritatedly spit out the half of the cigarette left in his mouth, and the spark from the cigarette butt flickered tenaciously, but was stamped out by his shoes.

He continued to walk forward, passing through the smoke that had not dissipated, and walked towards the hazy darkness ahead.

After walking aimlessly on the street for an unknown amount of time, Zhou Fang saw a rare convenience store that was still open.He suddenly remembered that the cigarette he had thrown away was the last one on him.

So he opened the door and went in.

The store is not big, and the clerk is a young man in his 20s.I've probably seen quite a few people like this, and the tension on their faces was quickly replaced by a formulaic smile.

He glanced briefly at the cigarette cabinet behind him. There were not many types, and he basically didn't recognize them.

Zhou Fang frowned, thinking about just taking one away.

Suddenly, his eyes fixed on a certain box.

Exquisite blue packaging.

High-end goods that are rare in small shops.

Seeing that he had been silent for a long time, the clerk turned his head suspiciously.

"...Ah, do you want this?"

Zhou Fang took it by surprise, actually he didn't want to buy it...but he was a little dazed.

Finally, amidst the clerk's smile, he left with the pack of cigarettes in his mouth.

It must have been a long way before he suddenly remembered and took out the pack of cigarettes.

BLUESPARKS

Not knowing what mood he was in, Zhou Fang looked at the pack of cigarettes and didn't open it for a long time.

It wasn't until the dim yellow light from the street lamp flickered that he recovered from some inexplicable emotion.

...just a pack of cigarettes.

With a sneer, he opened it and took a bite.

Chi.

The crimson flames danced at the cigarette butt. I don't know if it was an illusion, but it seemed calmer than before.

He stared at the flame for a few seconds, then looked away before making himself cross-eyed.

Zhou Fang didn't continue walking, but sat directly on the stone steps of a certain shop.This place was just outside the reach of street lights, and the only light in the darkness was the light from his cigarette butt.

I took a few puffs of cigarette silently, and exhaled the smoke round and round.

...still don't like it.

With that in mind, he still finished smoking that cigarette.If it didn't burn his lips if he continued to smoke, he would probably continue to smoke.

After puffing out the cigarette butt, he stood up and put the cigarette case he had been holding in his hand into his coat pocket. After walking a few steps, he stopped suddenly.

The cigarette pack was transferred to the inner pocket of the suit, next to the heart.

——An inexplicable night.

He looked at the faintly bright morning light in the sky, thought so, and walked slowly towards Varia's temporary residence.