Chapter 111 Mafia member Hinata Shoyo is exchanging pleasantries with his childhood friend...

Hinata Shoyo hesitated for less than three seconds between exchanging pleasantries with his childhood friend and deciding "who cares, it's the Italian men's volleyball team," before immediately taking a step forward and rushing to Sawada Tsunayoshi's side.

The sadness and grief I felt earlier were completely disrupted by my childhood friend's words, and the momentum I had painstakingly built up was also shattered. I was left breathless and unsettled, but I still remembered the important matter.

"Xiaogang! I want to go to Italy!"

He wasn't thinking too much at the moment; perhaps he took his childhood friend's words as a joke, or perhaps Italy was indeed very attractive to him. He was clinging to Sawada Tsunayoshi.

"Ahhh, I really want to see them play volleyball!"

The little leader looked at Chrome, who had followed him, and gave him a somewhat embarrassed smile. He always acted on impulse, and mouthed something like "Thank you for your help."

Chrome doesn't care, as long as the boss is happy.

So after Hinata Shoyo finally calmed down from his boiling passion, he thought about it and realized that something was wrong.

But the person in front of him had already started telling him to pack his bags when he got back tonight, as they would be leaving tomorrow morning.

Hinata's eyes widened, and he looked as big as Sawada Tsunayoshi!

"Wait! Why are we leaving already?! Plane tickets? Going abroad requires a visa and a passport, right? What are we going to do about our school...?"

After becoming overly excited, he began muttering incredulously.

Sawada Tsunayoshi found it somewhat amusing, but since the other was still clinging to him, he patted Hyuga's shoulder to comfort him. The other looked dazed, seemingly still reeling from the shock.

“After all, my home is in Italy, so I don’t need to worry about visas,” he said, glancing at Kurom and receiving a reassuring look from him.

"Xiao Xiang only needs to bring one person. The family has arranged the plane. Hmm, we still need to ask the teacher for leave. I was so focused on talking to Xiao Xiang that I completely forgot about asking for leave."

He pulled his childhood friend, who still didn't respond, towards the teacher's office, with Chrome following behind them.

Hinata thought for a moment, "No need to worry about the passport, why not?" Oh, it's a private jet, no wonder. In the end, she was steered away by the topic Sawada Tsunayoshi brought up, and happily followed him to the teacher's office.

So the next day, while sitting in the comfort of a private jet, Hinata suddenly came to his senses.

"Private jets are one thing, but not getting a visa is just too much! Wouldn't that make me an illegal immigrant?!"

Seeing the little sun turn into a faded white sphere, Rokudo Mukuro couldn't help but sneer.

"Italy is Sawada Tsunayoshi's stronghold. What's illegal about it? He's just... *sounds like*"

Rokudo Mukuro took several steps forward, staring incredulously at the leader behind him, who was emanating black smoke.

"Sawada Tsunayoshi, what are you doing!"

Sawada Tsunayoshi released his grip, his expression turning helpless again. "Mukuro, you know I don't want to talk about those things."

The young man snorted coldly, refusing to get involved, and went to the back room.

Sawada Tsunayoshi and Hinata watched his figure disappear. Hinata thought for a moment and asked,

"Why did he say that Italy is Xiaogang's home base?"

In fact, Hinata never knew how to address Rokudo Mukuro. He couldn't bring himself to call him Rokudo; it felt awkward. But calling him Mukuro didn't feel as intimate.

He is actually very sensitive to emotions. Rokudo Mukuro did not truly accept others, or rather, the Vongola was somewhat special to him compared to other strangers, but he was not considered family as his childhood friend had described.

It's estimated that only Sawada Tsunayoshi holds a significant place in Rokudo Mukuro's heart, so much so that Rokudo Mukuro stayed in the Vongola because of Sawada Tsunayoshi.

So he couldn't figure out how to address people. Ultimately, it was because Rokudo Mukuro's name was too strange. He could address other people just fine.

Sawada Tsunayoshi chuckled, "Because my family is in Italy. Although we have a branch in Japan, we definitely have more businesses here."

The topic eventually returned to the visa, which was essentially unnecessary.

Hyuga's gaze was deep and thoughtful. It wasn't that he didn't trust his childhood friend, that he would actually be declared an illegal immigrant and deported back to his country, but he was still very curious about how Sawada Tsunayoshi had managed to do it.

The young leader touched his nose, thinking that since they were already in Italy, not telling his friend some inside information might scare him, so he carefully chose his words.

"Xiao Xiang, since our family is in Italy, we've discussed things like, when we were watching the league before, that some clubs might be backed by sponsors..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but Hinata already understood completely.

His tone became erratic again.

"So, is the Tsuna family also part of the mafia?"

Dino, who was passing by, was taken aback, thinking that his junior brother had finally opened up to his good friend, and smiled brightly.

"It's not just Tsuna, our whole family is too."

Hinata hadn't expected that a single question would lead him to two mafia families, so he asked somewhat curiously.

Is the Mafia common in Italy?

There was nothing he could do; he didn't know many Italians, and every single one of them turned out to be a member of the Mafia, so it's no wonder he had that perception.

Sawada Tsunayoshi paused for a moment. Actually, most of the people he knew were also members of the mafia.

Dino laughed heartily, "It's not that exaggerated. Italy is still very safe. Don't worry too much. After all, even the Mafia has to do business properly."

After saying that, he gestured for Hyuga to look at Sawada Tsunayoshi, "Look, junior brother has to rush back to Italy because of work."

After Dino left, Hinata understood why it was okay to not have a visa; perhaps Italy is just such a free country!

He still didn't think too seriously about their childhood friend relationship. After all, Sawada Tsunayoshi was only fifteen years old. Even if Tsunayoshi's family said they would wait until he was eighteen to officially succeed to the throne, he was still very young.

He hesitated for a moment, "So, Xiao Gang, the reason you didn't let me participate before was because of this?"

Sawada Tsunayoshi was internally furious. How could Dino have blurted it out so casually! He clearly wanted to give Hyuga some time to process things gradually!

Although my childhood friend doesn't seem to need any buffer.

However, Sawada Tsunayoshi reminded him once again, "Sho, I did consider that back then, but it's not just about that. I'm happy that Sho came to my house, but as long as you focus on playing volleyball, that's all that matters. My original thought is that Sho absolutely cannot get involved in these things."

Hinata understood why his childhood friend was so serious, and he didn't feel excluded. He nodded.

"I will listen to Tsuna, but Tsuna must also not get hurt again!"

Shamal yawned, "Injured? Sawada Tsunayoshi is injured?"

"Let me make it clear first, I've already made exceptions for you many times."

Hinata saw a scruffy-bearded man walk out from behind. Sawada Tsunayoshi politely explained that he was not injured and asked the man not to be too loud so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings among the other family members.

Ah, it seems that not only I am somewhat stressed about Tsuna's injury, but Tsuna's family is too, Hyuga thought with a sigh.

The next day, in Karasuno's brand-new volleyball hall, the others looked at each other in bewilderment and found that Hinata, who was usually the most enthusiastic to come, had disappeared!

Incidentally, even the well-behaved Sawada disappeared!

Daichi began to consider the possibility that the two high school students had been kidnapped by bad guys.

Sugawara couldn't help but urge Daichi to wake up, "They're high school students, after all. They can't be easily fooled, can they?"

"But Hinata isn't much different from an elementary school student, and Sawada is usually absent-minded..."

Sugawara interrupted, "Stop talking, you're making me scared too."

"No, Chrome isn't here either, but the Sawada family cares so much about Sawada, they definitely won't tolerate anyone trying to kidnap her!"

The coach hadn't arrived yet, Nishinoya guessed based on his understanding of Hinata.

"Shoyo must have wanted to go to the training camp too, so he went secretly by himself, but he was too embarrassed to go alone, so he begged and pleaded with Tsunayoshi to go as well."

He nodded. "Perfect reasoning."

Tanaka followed the other person's train of thought and thought, "That makes sense!"

This is exactly the kind of thing the Hyuga clan would do!

"Only Hyuga could kidnap Sawada right under the noses of the Sawada family, right?" Daichi thought to himself, feeling much more at ease.

It's not a good thing for those two to sneak off to the training camp behind everyone else's back!

This would most likely have happened if Sawada Tsunayoshi hadn't suddenly extended the invitation, but Coach Ukai, who arrived at the scene, explained that Hyuga had gone to Italy with Sawada.

Yamaguchi was puzzled. "I can understand Tsuna going back to Italy, but why did Hyuga go with him?"

"According to Mr. Xiaowu, Sawada's family has sponsored a club. He happened to be back in Italy recently for some business, so he took Hinata there for some training. However, even though it's called training, it's estimated that it will be difficult for him to participate in training."

The coach was still unaware of Sawada's family background, thinking that Italian clubs were very arrogant and probably not very satisfied with the sponsors' attempts to recruit people, so even if Hyuga could get in, he wouldn't have an easy time.

"It all depends on Hyuga himself," he said to Takeda-sensei.

Sawada Tsunayoshi conveyed the same idea to Hyuga, who obediently nodded. He understood that he was still an unknown nobody, and it was unlikely that any big club would take notice of him now. He was already quite satisfied with just being able to observe!

As a result, Gokudera Hayato couldn't hold back any longer, "I'd like to see who in Italy dares to disrespect the Tenth Boss, I'll go and blow them up right now!"

The young leader grabbed the other person's hand and said, "Okay, okay, I was just using an example. After all, I've only met the club coach a few times before."

At the time, the Vongola's internal volleyball court had not yet been built. Hearing that the Tenth Boss liked volleyball, they offered to let them use the court freely after their training sessions, and Sawada Tsunayoshi went there a few times.

However, the Italians get off work early, so he rarely runs into his teammates, only his coach. After his own volleyball stadium was built, he never went there again.

The group joked and played around after getting off the plane, which happened to stop on the Vongola's own tarmac, where a private car came to pick them up.

Suddenly, Sawada Tsunayoshi waved ahead and pulled Hyuga along with him.

A young man with orange-red hair, whom they all recognized, stepped out of the limousine that came to pick them up.

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Author's Note: 69 has worked diligently for 27 for many years, and Hyuga sees that clearly. [cat emoji]