Chapter 86

Vongola parties are always lively and noisy.

Rokudo Mukuro finished his sushi with satisfaction. Facing Rancha's gaze, he felt neither guilty nor ashamed.

Just as Rancha and Basil were about to leave, Rokudo Mukuro followed Sawada Tsunayoshi out. He listened as Rancha recounted their meeting to Sawada Tsunayoshi and saw Rancha give the ring he was wearing to Sawada Tsunayoshi.

He also heard Rancha recounting his past to Sawada Tsunayoshi and saw the reluctance on Sawada Tsunayoshi's face. He scoffed lightly, wondering when Sawada Tsunayoshi would ever get rid of this bad habit.

Rokudo Mukuro did not step forward; he simply watched quietly.

Just then, the energetic little cow Lambo came running over, shouting, "Picnic! Lord Lambo is going on a picnic too! Take Lord Lambo with you!"

“Lamborghini,” Sawada Tsunayoshi hugged the calf tightly, “they’re not going on a picnic, they’re going back to Italy.”

The little cow immediately quieted down; as a child of the Sawada family, he knew nothing about Italy.

Rokudo Mukuro didn't leave until the two figures disappeared at the end of the street. The current situation was the best outcome for both Rancha and himself.

Just as Rokudo Mukuro was hanging his head, seemingly lost in thought, Sawada Tsunayoshi and Lambo started another farce. Grenades flew off Lambo's body, and among them, a very familiar figure flew towards Rokudo Mukuro.

Looking at the rocket launcher about to engulf him from ten years in the future, Rokudo Mukuro merely raised an eyebrow, making no other move. It was only five minutes; he wanted to see what changes had occurred in this world ten years from now.

Sawada Tsunayoshi's eyes were fixed on the Ten-Year Future Bazooka, and at the same time, he spotted Rokudo Mukuro's figure. He watched as the Ten-Year Future Bazooka enveloped Rokudo Mukuro's figure, and pink smoke immediately spread out.

He had some expectations in his heart: what would Mukuro be like ten years from now?

However, when the smoke cleared, Rokudo Mukuro's figure did not appear before them as they had expected.

Sawada Tsunayoshi's face was filled with terror. "Lamborghini, you've caused trouble again! Chigusa and the Inu will kill us!"

Lambo looked completely innocent. "Tsuna, Lambo-sama didn't do anything wrong!"

Sawada Tsunayoshi's first reaction was that Lambo's 10-year-after rocket launcher malfunctioned, rather than Rokudo Mukuro dying 10 years later.

As he expected, five minutes passed and Rokudo Mukuro still hadn't appeared.

...

At this moment, Rokudo Mukuro stood on a quiet and silent snowfield. Five minutes had passed since he appeared there, so he immediately realized that the rocket launcher had malfunctioned ten years later.

As for whether this is his original timeline or not, that's easy to determine.

Just as he was about to use his mental powers to contact Chrome or Fran to determine what time and place he was in, his brow twitched, and a calm yet irritating voice sounded from behind him, "Wow, come and see! The pineapple monster has already come out on its own before we could even rescue it. Master, well done! Looks like I can go back now."

Rokudo Mukuro slowly turned his head and saw that Fran, who should still be a child, had grown into a teenager with a frog headgear on his head. He stood there calmly, giving a thumbs up.

After he finished speaking, several other familiar figures ran over.

The dog exclaimed excitedly, "Lord Mukuro, you successfully escaped from prison? That's wonderful!"

Chigusa pushed up her glasses, a flicker of excitement in her eyes, but it quickly turned into confusion. "...Lord Mukuro, what is this...?"

Looking at the familiar faces of the people and at this somewhat familiar place, Rokudo Mukuro immediately realized that this was definitely a parallel world!

Because he sensed the existence of another version of himself.

Rokudo Mukuro smiled slightly, "Chikusa, Inu, that's me. I came to myself through the Ten Years Later Rocket Launcher, and it's been more than five minutes."

Chigusa immediately nodded and said that he felt the person in front of him was both the same as Lord Mukuro and somewhat different. It turned out that the person was Lord Mukuro who had come from ten years ago.

Fran realized that his master from ten years ago was ignoring him and continuing to assert his presence, so he drawled out his words and said loudly, "Ah~ great, now that I have a master from ten years ago, then I~ don't need to go to the Avengers Prison to save that pineapple monster, right?"

Rokudo Mukuro maintained his smile, the veins on his forehead throbbing. He slightly raised his hand, and the trident appeared in his hand. Then, without hesitation, he inserted the trident into Fran's frog headgear.

"Kufufu~ Shut up, kid, who are you calling a pineapple monster?"

"Ouch~ That hurts~ As expected of Master, even ten years ago, his hits still hurt so much."

Fran, despite having no injuries, still maintained a poker face as he accused Rokudo Mukuro of his crimes.

"Do you think I wouldn't know whether I hit you or not?" Rokudo Mukuro pulled out the trident, leaving three holes in the frog head mask, which were then repaired in the blink of an eye.

"And what are you all doing...?"

Fran clenched his fist and slammed it on his palm. "Ah, that's right. We're going to break into the prison now and fish our master out of the salt jar."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Rokudo Mukuro's trident plunged into Fran's frog headgear once more.

Chigusa pushed up her glasses and glanced at Rokudo Mukuro. "Since the Mukuro-sama from ten years ago has appeared here, does that mean the Mukuro-sama in the Avengers Prison has arrived ten years in the future?"

His brow furrowed slightly. Lord Mukuro, who had been in the Avengers' Prison for a long time, was in poor health, and he was genuinely worried about his safety.

Rokudo Mukuro could tell at a glance what Senja was thinking. "Ten years later, the rocket launcher malfunctioned, and I must have come to a parallel world. In this world, I am still in the Avengers Prison."

"Parallel worlds?" Qianzhong asked thoughtfully.

Fran suddenly asked, "So, did your master from ten years ago already know me?"

Rokudo Mukuro drew his trident. "Yeah, only I would take a sharp-tongued and annoying brat like you as my disciple."

Fran wasn't buying it at all. "Master, you should say that it's your honor to have such a talented and kind disciple like me..."

Rokudo Mukuro curled his lip in disdain.

“Lord Mukuro,” Inu scratched his head. Although the situation was somewhat complicated, after ten years of training, he quickly figured it out. Their mission was to rescue Lord Mukuro, who was trapped in the Avengers’ Prison. Although the Lord Mukuro in front of them came from a parallel world, and was from ten years ago, Lord Mukuro was still Lord Mukuro. “Come with us to rescue your future self from ten years in the future!”

Even the power of Lord Mukuro from ten years ago was not to be underestimated; he would be an extremely powerful asset to them.

"Yeah, yeah, with a mentor from ten years ago, I can finally slack off."

Rokudo Mukuro gave Fran a sharp look, this unfilial disciple, who was thinking of slacking off when he was saving him.

Fran, who had just received Rokudo Mukuro's eye blade, tilted his head innocently. "Ah~ Master, don't look at me like that~ I'm a minor. Don't you have any conscience making a minor do this and that?"

"Kufufu~ Not at all." Rokudo Mukuro gripped the trident tightly. "The capable should do more, Fran, you'll be the main force in rescuing me."

"And what about you, Master?"

Rokudo Mukuro said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'll hide in the shadows and provide you with assistance." For example, when those people from the Avengers Prison are chasing them, I'll help distract them.

However, he was unwilling to appear before his parallel world self ten years in the future.

Rokudo Mukuro was certain that although he was easy to get along with, he would never like someone exactly like himself!

Rescuing 69, who was trapped in the Avengers Prison, went smoothly. Chigusa and Fran had devised a meticulous plan from the beginning, and with Rokudo Mukuro, who knew the Avengers Prison very well, and with Fran and Rokudo Mukuro's illusions working together, stealing someone out of the Avengers Prison was a piece of cake.

When Fran used illusion magic to pull 69 out of the brine tank and removed the power-suppressing items from his body, 69 mustered all his strength to lift his eyes and look at the place where Rokudo Mukuro was hiding. He then calmly looked away, gave Fran a few simple instructions, and then fell into a deep sleep.

Hidden in the shadows, Rokudo Mukuro glanced at himself, who was being held up by Fran, with some disdain. So this is how weak he used to be!

"My master from ten years ago, help~ help~"

Fran, showing great respect for his teacher, supported 69 and did not let him fall to the ground.

"Although Pineapple Master was abused by the people of the Avengers Prison, the weight of his entire body pressing down on Me, a minor, is simply too much for Me to bear."

Rokudo Mukuro completely ignored Fran's retribution. That foul-mouthed brat was a perfect mist-attribute illusionist, and you could hardly hear a word of truth from him.

Rokudo Mukuro said casually, "If you don't take him away, the people from the Avengers prison will be here soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, the prison alarms blared deafeningly.

"Ah, what a cold-hearted master." Despite this, Fran quickly led 69 away from the dimly lit Avengers prison, preparing to reunite with Chigusa and the others who were attracting the attention of the others.

Watching Fran leave with his version of himself from this world, Rokudo Mukuro quickly set up an illusion. He knew that it would be difficult for him to fight against the monsters in the Avengers Prison on his own, so he did not intend to confront them head-on.

Simply set up a few illusions to distract them, allowing Fran and his companions to escape their pursuit.

Anyway, there are plenty of ways for the self in this world to gain freedom, so why should he, a person from a parallel world, worry about it?

If all else fails, isn't there still Sawada Tsunayoshi, that Mafia member?

Right now, the most important thing is to let him understand the world.

Rokudo Mukuro looked at the illusion he had set up with great satisfaction, his figure turning into a wisp of green smoke and disappearing from the spot.