Chapter 87 Damn Tenderness

Chapter 87

"I know you're busy, but...if you have time, could you come and watch my game?"

Before leaving, Gong You asked.

Hearing the other party's voice, Kurokawa Kaoru was stunned for a moment, then he looked at Gong You and asked, "When exactly?"

"next week."

Next week? Kurokawa Kaoru nodded.

If it was this week, he wouldn't be able to get over it no matter what he said. But... next week, maybe he could still take a gamble.

Thinking of this, Kurokawa Kaoru laughed and his eyes fell on Gong You: "If I'm still in this world next week, I will definitely go to watch your game."

"real?"

Hearing the satisfactory answer, Gong You's lips curled up, and a smile appeared in his eyes. "Then let's make a deal. If Kurokawa doesn't come, I will speak ill of him in the press interview after the game."

"...bad words, are you an elementary school student, Gong You?"

"If you want to blame someone, blame Kurokawa for not keeping his word."

“…”

Just like an elementary school student.

Perhaps because of the meeting with Gong You, when Sbelbi Squalo came to "pick up" Kurokawa Kaoru, it was obvious that he was in much better condition.

"The bastard leader asked you to go back and make him steak."

Not surprisingly, seeing the helplessness on Kurokawa Kaoru's face, Sperbi Squaro chuckled softly, pulled out a bag of milk candy from his pocket, and stuffed it into Kurokawa Kaoru's hand. "Just now, a little kid on the street asked me to buy some. He was so noisy, so I bought it back."

Sensing Kurokawa Kaoru's gaze on him, Sperbi Squaro's expression froze. As if to hide his inner embarrassment, he said with a sour face, "You're all kids anyway. It's only right that the kids eat the milk candies they sell."

At this point, his expression paused, and he glared at Kurokawa Kaoru with a rather embarrassed and angry look: "If you don't want it, give it back to me."

"I didn't say I didn't want it."

Before Sbelbi Squalo could storm off, Kurokawa Kaoru slipped the milk candy into his pocket. As if he'd guessed what he was thinking, the corners of his lips curled upward, and a wave of emotion welled up in his eyes. "Thank you."

Being caught in his gaze, Sperbi Squalo was completely stunned. It took him a few seconds to react to what happened. Seeing the smile on the man's face, Sperbi Squalo suddenly took two steps back and lowered his head in embarrassment.

"Why are you laughing so disgustingly?"

"Is there?"

Kurokawa Kaoru blinked his eyes: "Isn't it normal?"

"No way! It's disgusting!"

"But mother said I look pretty when I smile."

"It's already this late and you're still here discussing your own mother. Are you a mama's boy? You little brat."

"I just think my mother is right."

Without paying attention to what Sberbi Squalo said, Kurokawa Kaoru smiled, took out the bag of milk candy from his pocket, opened the outer packaging, took out two pieces, and handed one of them to the other party.

"You bought it yourself after all, don't you want to taste it?"

Sbelbi Squaro's eyes widened. "I won't eat this kind of thing that only kids would like."

"Who said adults can't eat candy?"

Imitating the other person's previous actions, he put the candy in Sberbi Squalo's hand. Feeling the other person's stiffness, Kurokawa Kaoru's shoulders trembled, and he squinted his eyes in a good mood.

"By the way...I want to thank you too."

“…”

Thank him?

Hearing Kurokawa Kaoru's voice, Sbelbi Squalo's expression froze and he lowered his head to look at him.

"Xanxus won't let down his guard against me just because you and I are from that world... You must have said something to him about letting me out to relax today, right?"

Without waiting for the other party to answer, Kurokawa Kaoru's lips curled up, and the figure of Sperbi Squalo was clearly reflected in his eyes: "And I don't think he asked you to come here specifically to 'pick me up'. You must be worried that something might happen to me outside, so you have been waiting for me outside."

As expected, seeing the stiffness on Sberbi Squalo's face, knowing that his guess was correct, Kurokawa Kaoru smiled, took his own milk candy and put it in his mouth.

It had a light sweetness, surprisingly without much of the taste of industrial saccharin, which made Kurokawa Kaoru, who had thought it would be difficult to swallow, breathe a sigh of relief.

"Besides...XANXUS didn't ask me to go back and make steak for him, right? Even if you wanted me to believe it, the excuse you gave is too fake."

Sperby Squalo: ...

That's why he thinks the little devil is annoying!

"You helped me in that world before, and I just don't want to owe you a favor."

Had he ever helped Sperbi Squalo? Kurokawa Kaoru looked at him with a confused expression, wanting to say something but hesitant.

How come he doesn't remember this happening?

Just by looking at Kurokawa Kaoru's expression, one could tell what he was thinking. Not wanting to argue too much with him about this matter, Sbelbi Squalo took a deep breath, grabbed Kurokawa Kaoru's collar and said, "Hasn't there been a battle for the ring?"

"So that's what you're referring to."

Kurokawa Kaoru was a little surprised: "I just hate sharks, not saving you."

"It doesn't matter what, at least I'm here and you helped me."

Although they belong to the assassination unit of Vongola, their thoughts are so upright that even Kurokawa Kaoru feels that his thoughts are somewhat dark compared to them.

Is it because he is the "Sword Emperor"? He thought to himself.

But it's better this way. Compared to smart people and annoying people who get angry at the slightest provocation, people like Sberby Squalo are easier to get along with.

Thinking about these messy things in his heart, Kurokawa Kaoru chuckled and couldn't help but sigh: "If you hadn't spoken at that time, I wouldn't have thought that you also came from the world ten years ago."

Kuroba Kaito is a pure outsider. Sawada Tsunayoshi and others, as well as Kurokawa Kaoru, have not figured out how to meet them. At this time, Sperby Squalo, who comes from the same world as him, has become Kurokawa Kaoru's only outlet for his emotions.

"So how did you get here? Something like a rocket launcher ten years later?"

“…”

Sperby Squalo said nothing.

In fact, he didn't know how to answer.

Unlike Kurokawa Kaoru, he simply woke up one day to find the world around him changed. Fortunately, aside from the battle for the ring, everything else was exactly as he remembered it. Sperby Squaro, who never bothered to dwell on such trivial matters, chose to put them aside, treating them as a dream.

But it was only after Kurokawa Kaoru appeared that Sberby Squalo truly realized that something was wrong.

Compared to Kurokawa Kaoru, he was much more receptive to the world ten years from now, and he had truly experienced everything that had happened in those ten years. Seeing the curiosity on Kurokawa Kaoru's face, Sperby Squaro was silent for a moment before finally speaking.

"Perhaps... from the very beginning, I belonged to this world."

"How is that possible?"

Kurokawa Kaoru was a little surprised: "A rocket launcher ten years from now can allow people from the past to come to the future. If you are from this world, how did you go back to the past?"

"How should I know?"

Sbelbi Squaro rolled his eyes and said, "Don't ask me such complicated questions. I can't think of them with my brain."

"...You mean you admit you're an idiot?"

"You little bastard, believe it or not, I'm going to kill you right now."

"Why are you as angry as XANXUS? I didn't say anything."

“…”

never mind.

"So what happened in the past ten years?"

After a brief silence, Kurokawa Kaoru spoke.

"XANXUS told me too little. You should know a lot about Vongola, Byakuran Jesso, and Millefiore, right?"

Sperbi Squalo was indeed aware of what Kurokawa Kaoru was asking. Seeing the other party's insistence, his expression changed slightly and he said, "Xanxus once said that Millufiore was far more dangerous than outsiders thought, but no one believed it at the time."

Thus, the Vongola rings were destroyed, the era of the Box Weapons arrived, and from some unknown day on, those cursed babies like Reborn began to disappear one after another. It was also at this time that the Mafia discovered the abnormalities of the Millefiore Family and Byran Jesso.

But - it was too late.

"Sawada Tsunayoshi's guardians seem to think that Irie Shoichi is the culprit behind all this. But in my opinion, he's a loser who wouldn't even dare to kill a chicken. Instead of focusing on Irie Shoichi, they should study Byakuran Jesso's True Six-Hanged Flower."

"Real Six-Hanging Flower?"

Kurokawa Kaoru's expression changed slightly: "What is that?"

"I don't know the details, I just know he's a member of Mirufiore's family, and he gives me a dangerous vibe."

I see.

Kurokawa Kaoru blinked.

"Tell me these things, aren't you afraid that XANXUS will get angry if he finds out?"

"Isn't it you who keeps asking questions here?"

Sbelby Squalo rolled his eyes. "Don't push your luck, kid."

He paid no attention to Sperbi Squalo's bluffing threats. Seeing him looking at him unhappily, Kurokawa Kaoru lowered his eyes and muttered to himself, "Compared to you all, I'm an ordinary person without any superpowers, so I'm a bit out of place."

“…”

"What's wrong?"

Perhaps sensing Sperbi Squalo's change in mood, Kurokawa Kaoru raised his head and met his gaze: "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"I ruined Xanxus's plans in the War for the Ring, rescued Timoteo from Gora Moscari, and didn't feel any tension in the world ten years later. I quickly adapted to being... an ordinary person? How dare you say that."

Seeing the look of astonishment on his face, Sperbi Squalo sneered, and the content of his words was clearly heard by Kurokawa Kaoru: "You have done so many things, I will not allow you to look down on yourself like this."

TBC.