Chapter 204: Skipping Classes "Brother, go ahead and do it with peace of mind. The Guardians and...

This game is still too complex.

Chaomu withdrew a series of complaints, and also withdrew the bad idea that had just been brewing in her mind: if her senior brother is gone, she can inherit his guardian, and also inherit his teacher... Although it seems that she can also enjoy the relevant treatment if her senior brother is alive.

"No matter what else happens, you still can't inherit the Vongola family." Reborn cruelly punctured her daydream. "The family inherits by bloodline. You don't have Vongola bloodline, so you can only be the temporary acting head of the family. If I really tell you that you can inherit, Byakuran won't believe it. Even if you can gain the support of all of Tsuna's guardians, the family will definitely not pass such a proposal."

...What a conservative family, actually still practicing this kind of bloodline inheritance! Feudal! Backward!

Chaomu complained loudly in his heart - then he restrained himself a little at Reborn's half-smile.

After all, my senior brother is still lying next to me... and he is not dead yet.

"Just acting as a replacement is fine, I guess. It'll make me happy for a few days." She pondered, trying to analyze the teacher and senior brother's plan to fake their own deaths. "So, is this... a show of weakness? First, lure Bai Lan into a falling out, test his bottom line, and then while he's feeling proud, senior brother will come out with a knife and scare the living crap out of him?"

Since Byakuran killed her senior brother before causing trouble, she must be quite afraid of him. If she were to become the acting head of the Vongola family, they would let their guard down...

...Although it's a common scenario to use unknown players as surprise troops, does this mean that the players appear weaker? It's really frustrating.

Surprisingly, Reborn didn't completely agree with her.

"Showing weakness to the enemy is one part of it, but 'weakness' isn't what you're currently responsible for." He hadn't noticed when he'd made himself a cup of coffee, and as he sat in the leader's office chair, he explained leisurely, "To Byakuran, Tsuna is just someone he has to eliminate before he can get the Vongola Ring. He's always been in his plan..."

"...You are the 'bait' he most wants to take in the Vongola, besides the ring."

...bait? Little Raccoon fished with a straight hook, and Bai Lan took the bait?

While it's common for players to become the center of a game's plot for no apparent reason, after some thought, Reborn's words seemed to make sense...

She glanced at her panel and saw that a certain emblem in the status bar was flashing dimly.

[A gaze cast across countless parallel worlds: The one observing fate has seen a single variable and has added you to their special watchlist. Upon receiving this buff, the player gains the title "The One Who Rewrites Fate," significantly improving all attributes and unlocking hidden routes and options as they explore the world.]

She obtained this buff after changing Kenji Hagiwara's fate. The man that Geto Suguru asked him to observe his fate was Byakuran, so the so-called person who observes fate should be that guy.

I'm paying special attention and am particularly interested in... Stoka.

However, combined with the plot, Chaomu has a new guess about the name of this buff: the ability to inexplicably know a lot of secrets, and about parallel worlds...

"Does he have some extraordinary special abilities? Like being able to observe... other parallel worlds... or things that have already happened?" She sat down at her desk, propping her chin up and asked Reborn, "That's why he can conquer those small families so easily, because he's seen the plot develop more than once."

What's destiny? Isn't it essentially just a storyline that players have already seen, just like the second round? The known plot and information already obtained will be the biggest help in the second, third, fourth and fifth rounds.

Sitting on the desk like this, her perspective was immediately higher than Reborn who was sitting in the office chair. The latter looked up slightly at his student and did not hesitate to express his approval.

"Almost." His palm gently pressed down on her knee, which was swinging restlessly in front of him, to prevent her from kicking him. "No matter where you are, intelligence is one of the most important things. Before founding the Jesso Family, Bai Lan was just an ordinary... at most a slightly clever college student. But the abilities and information he has demonstrated far exceed reasonable limits."

If the buff name hadn't been so obvious, Chaomu might have guessed that Bai Lan had used a rebirth cheat. But how did Reborn, who shouldn't have had such information, get this confidential information?

When her curiosity got the better of her, she was often particularly eager to learn. She lowered her head and asked, "Does the family have a mole within the Jesso family? Or do we have some kind of…information source on our side who's somewhat capable?"

"A bit of both." The man's voice rose slightly. "The Vongola always has their own connections... and so do I."

OK, OK, it’s the Riddler again.

Seeing that Reborn still had time to act as a riddler, Chaomu felt strangely relieved: at least it meant that the situation should still be under his control, otherwise he would have obviously fallen into Byakuran's trap after growing from a teenager to the mature man he is today in such a short time...which was quite worrying.

"In short, the situation is not as difficult as you think. Byakuran can observe parallel worlds, and I also have friends who can see the future." Reborn saw through her thoughts and patted her gently in a soothing manner. "Although Byakuran's ability sounds almost unsolvable, it also has a fatal weakness..."

"Among countless parallel worlds, ours seems to be completely different from the others, so the experiences of those in other parallel worlds cannot provide him with the experience to cope with this world. In the prophecies of Arya, my prophet friend, our world contains many variables, such as the dark shadow of the crow, the shadow of the Red King, etc.... These mainly correspond to the Black Organization, Passion, and the Panxing Cult."

When exchanging intelligence, he abandoned the roundabout way and patiently dissected the information she needed. "The power systems of these factions differ greatly from our own. While some of their spheres of influence overlap, they miraculously manage to maintain a state of non-interference... In our shared speculation, this world must be composed of several worldviews stacked together, an unprecedented... balanced 'unified' world."

"In other worlds, various systems may be able to coexist, but if one grows stronger while the other declines, and one power becomes dominant, then the Vongola in that world may not exist. Tsuna, Byakuran, and I in that world may just be ordinary people."

Is there a Master O world then... No, that's not the question!

Chaomu was stunned by what she heard, momentarily shocked. Could the NPCs in the game actually dismantle the worldview to this extent? They could even analyze this? However, this setting of multiple worldviews merging and running parallel sounded a bit like those anime novels she'd read, where the NPCs were actually on different sets...

"So Shiran's weakness is that he can't fully understand the spheres of influence of those who aren't on the same set as him, which is why he needs to prioritize control, unite allies, and extend his reach?" She tried to understand this setting. "That's not right. He clearly knew Hagiwara-kun would die in the explosion, which is why he sent Geto Suguru to watch the show ahead of time..."

What did Geto Suguru say back then? "Mortals have a fate they cannot defy," and Byakuran seemed to have a clear understanding of this fate—he should have known the details... the direction of "the fate that was originally intended," but due to some limitations, he couldn't interfere, so he needed to unite with those allies...

...If he could even see the fate of certain NPCs, like Hagiwara, then wouldn't Akai Mimi, Blackface, and Cat Eyes, who were undercover agents in the Black Organization, be able to see it too... But he didn't seem to expose them? Otherwise, how could someone with Gin's temper tolerate Mimi wandering around under his nose?

"That's what makes you special, Kogure."

Reborn's expression finally became more serious than ever before.

"Although Bai Lan's control over other forces isn't as extensive due to their different worldviews, and his understanding is limited, he can only know key events. However, the breadth of his timeline, combined with his observational abilities, still allows him to gain an advantage by uncovering crucial secrets... For example, the leader of a certain organization is captured and his true identity is exposed, or a police officer is killed in an explosion. While collecting this information is laborious for him, it's still within his observation range."

"And based on this, his intelligence network in our world has gradually expanded, and he can now observe details that are different from those in other worlds."

"…Except you."

He looked into her face with his deep eyes and stated calmly, "Among billions of parallel worlds, only this one has you."

[At the end of the rainbow stands a cute raccoon, messing up the yarn ball of fate.]

From Luche to Arya, her existence is always unavoidable in the prophecies about him - but in fact, not only his fate, but the fate of everyone depends on the same person.

"You are the center of this world, a unique existence."

These words spoken by an Italian man sounded like a passionate confession, but Chaomu was not surprised by this conclusion: after all, she was a player, and every player made different choices. Even if they played the same [character], they were not essentially the same person... and "Trash Can King" was a single-player game.

"So, I'm the variable that Byakuran can't control," she said, quite adept at this kind of setup. She was just short of spouting off some nonsense like "I'm the woman you can't have." "So he really wants to control me? And since he can't attack me directly, he chooses to start with the people around me, like using Hagiwara-kun and the others' incident to observe my reaction. And then there's my senior brother... and it just so happens that the Vongola is one of his targets that he must conquer."

As for why Mimi and the others can still work undercover, it is easier to explain. Bai Lan may not be unaware of this, but the Black Organization is just his allies. He doesn't need to be so open-hearted for his allies. It is better to keep the information for now and use them to stab her when the time comes.

And Sawada Tsunayoshi's cooperation in faking his own death completely pulled Byakuran's primary target into a battlefield they were more familiar with.

"The Seven are the cornerstones of our world... the world centered around the Deathly Flame, like the Vongola and the Jessos. Gathering the Seven is his primary goal and the perfect bait." Reborn gazed at his special student and agreed with her. "The Vongola itself isn't the most important thing to him. You, who are connected to the Vongola, are the second bait he wants to bite."

"What he wants is the Vongola Ring—and you."

"He wants you, to possess you, to have you in his grasp."

Chaomu: “…………”

"...That's perverted." She complained quietly, "Like some domineering CEO plot...the next step is to destroy what he can't have?"

It's a pity that the player will not be ruined - even if she loses once, it's just a matter of reloading the file and starting over. She is not in the past copy now, so she just needs to save the file, and the fault tolerance rate is very high.

"If we can't stop Byakuran's plan, we might consider destroying the Vongola Ring or the Rainbow Child's pacifier if necessary," Reborn said calmly. "As for Byakuran, he'll probably react similarly when he realizes he can't control you... But until you convince him that you're not so uncontrollable, his personality will probably make him prioritize your survival. You must be very special to him."

This is probably the essence of showing weakness to the enemy.

"I understand everything now." Chaomu felt that he had completely understood the plans of his teacher and senior brother. "Next, I will act like a pitiful little widow and attend his funeral. I will pretend to be strong and cry, saying, 'Don't worry, senior brother, I will take care of you, the guardian and the teacher!' But in fact, although I look strong, I am still a little girl who needs help. Then Bai Lan will take advantage of the opportunity and try to control me, making me give the ring to her with both hands..."

……Um?

Her train of thought suddenly froze, as if a flash of inspiration had passed through her brain, but was stuck halfway.

Give me the ring... the ring... Bai Lan wants the ring...

She seems to have some related props...? It's related to the ring, and also to cheating on her feelings...

Under Reborn's gaze, Chaomu, who had stopped speaking passionately in the middle of his speech, stood in front of him with a blank look in his eyes and began to frantically rummage through his backpack.

"Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Raccoon Rings... No... Not this one... That thing should be in the skills category..." She flipped through the pages for a while and found what she wanted. "Found it! It's my first top-up reward!"

The colorful ring icon lay quietly in the backpack bar, shining with gorgeous light.

[Special Skill Item "We Are Pure Love" (SSR level, can only be used once): Some may call you a jerk who cheats on men and women, but this will not affect your deep affection and commitment to them.]

[Use: After selecting a target, use the ring and gift it to them. If they accept it, you can deceive their feelings and mark them as a bound summoned beast, allowing them to be summoned at any time through the ring (if the target dies, a spirit with equivalent abilities will be summoned). The ring token held by the player can also be given or loaned to others, and the effect will remain.]

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The author has something to say: We, the skipping class players, also have our own way of playing (sigh)

Bai Huahua: Are you treating me like a Japanese woman?

(Good hell.)