Chapter 23: Preparing for the Club League Action! ...

Perhaps Sawada Tsunayoshi's desire to not forget was too intense; this time, he didn't forget what happened in his dream. He ran his fingers through his messy, disheveled hair, his vision blurred, and his mind went completely blank.

Speaking of which, the one I dreamed about last night, Mukuro, what country was he from again?

Damn it, the other party won't allow Tsuna to tell anyone about what happened in his dream, otherwise he could ask Sho based on the faint sounds he remembered, and Sho would definitely know.

Sawada Tsunayoshi was absolutely certain that his best friend was omnipotent.

It was indeed a very serious matter. Tsuna threw off the covers and ran to the messy table, which was covered with things. He stared at the indescribable table in deep thought for a while before finally pulling out a notebook from a corner.

Sawada Tsunayoshi carefully wrote down the date, stroke by stroke, noting down the events that had occurred in his dream the previous night.

Actually, he didn't have the habit of writing a diary. His teacher said that a diary is a good friend that you can't talk to. You can confide in your "good friend" whether you are happy or sad. But Tsuna really didn't think there was anything that made him happy enough to write in his diary. If he kept writing about his embarrassing moments, the diary would also feel annoyed.

However, making good friends like Xiao Xiang and Xiao Zheng should be remembered!

That same day, Sawada Tsunayoshi suddenly realized that his diary was still very important. If one day he forgot how happy he was that day, he could open his diary again and smile involuntarily.

Sawada Tsunayoshi was essentially a man of few days on and few days off. After that, he wrote in his diary a few more times sporadically, and later he would just casually stuff the diary into his hand and forget to take it out for many days in a row.

Okay, let him see when he wrote his last post.

"Remember to return the umbrella to Hibari-senpai..."

Tsuna slammed the notebook shut. Haha, he'd completely forgotten about the umbrella and all that.

But Hibari-senpai is really scary. Sawada Tsunayoshi's mind started replaying the first time they met, the other party's sharp, cold-looking weapon.

Alas!

"Let's think about this again when school starts," Tsuna thought, flipping through his diary again. He carefully avoided the page with Hibari-senpai's name on it before writing Rokudo Mukuro's name.

Now I won't forget!

Although Tsunayoshi tried to write his handwriting nicely, his skill level was still what it was. The result was that his handwriting was slightly neat, and overall it was something that even Rokudo Mukuro himself would find unbearable to look at.

Summer wasn't over yet, and Tsuna ran to the Hyuga family with two bottles of soda in his arms. Although the coach had told him he didn't have to train today, they had made plans yesterday to watch Irie Shoichi's music performance.

"Excuse me," Tsuna whispered, peeking his head out from the doorway.

Hinata Natsumi, Sho's little sister, was sitting in her stroller putting a teething toy in her mouth when she heard Sawada Tsunayoshi's voice and laughed and clapped.

Mrs. Hyuga casually took the toy out of the child's mouth and beckoned Tsuna to come in, "Sho-kun is still sleeping, Tsuna, do you want to go up and wake him up?"

Sawada Tsunayoshi walked over to Xia, greeted Hyuga's mother, and then teased his little sister with a small toy. As expected, she laughed. Tsunayoshi thought for a moment, "Then I'll go wake up Sho."

They also want to see Xiao Zheng's performance.

When he stood by Hyuga's bedside, the other person was curled up under the covers, and Tsuna realized how overly familiar he was with her.

He wasn't exactly a cheerful and outgoing person, and he used to think that it would be better if he were more extroverted. But the whole process of coming to find Hinata and her sister to play together, and then running over to wake Sho up, was so seamless. If it had happened a few months ago, he probably would have gone home first if he had known that Hinata was still sleeping.

Sawada Tsunayoshi was a little depressed. He squatted down and poked at a ball of blankets. What was this? Had he become more cheerful because of Hyuga?

Hinata finally regained consciousness from his deep sleep after being relentlessly harassed. He poked his head out from under the covers.

"What's wrong?" The voice was muffled.

Tsuna's legs were a little numb from squatting, so he simply sat down on the floor by the bed. "Do you remember we were going to see Sho's performance?"

He clearly noticed that the guy who was groping for a comfortable position under the covers to continue sleeping paused for a few seconds, then suddenly sprang into action and, to Sawada Tsunayoshi's unsurprised expression, jumped into the bathroom, where the clattering sound of washing up echoed.

He was indeed not as lively as Hinata Shoyo. Amidst the lively background noise, Tsuna sat on the ground, thinking silently.

Of course, Sawada Tsunayoshi is usually the one who needs to be woken up. Every morning when he goes to school, Hinata has to run to wake Tsunayoshi up. As a result, even the problem child Tsunayoshi's attendance has become normal. Before, he would sometimes be late or leave early, but with Sho at school, he doesn't feel bored even if he doesn't listen to the lessons. After the final exams, his homeroom teacher looked at him much more kindly for the next few days.

It's probably the kind of expression you get when you see a wayward child suddenly realize their mistakes, repent, and even pass their final exams.

A few minutes later, Sawada Tsunayoshi and Hinata Shoyo stood at the door, holding their tickets to watch the music performance.

The late summer morning sun was still scorching. Tsuna held an umbrella, and Hinata skipped and hopped beside him. Along the way, there were other Namimori residents who were also on their way to see the performance. At the corner, they met Eri Irie, who was also holding an umbrella. She had a ribbon with "Irie Shoichi" on her head, and her expression lit up when she saw them.

Feeling that Eri had ill intentions, Sawada Tsunayoshi hesitated, but in the end, he and Hinata Shoyo walked nervously toward Irie.

So when Irie Shoichi and his teammates went on stage together, even though he had expected his sister to cause some trouble, he still felt so bad that he wanted to disappear from the stage immediately when he saw what was happening.

Not only was Eri Irie waving her glow stick, but she also dragged Tsuna and Shoyo behind her to hold up a banner with the words "Irie Shoichi is the best in the world" written on it, which was so big it almost blinded Irie Shoichi himself. Yet Hyuga was smiling brighter than the sun in the sky, and there was no sign of him being forced.

Why can't we just sit quietly and watch the game on such a hot day?! Irie Shoichi lamented inwardly.

Coincidentally, Sawada Tsunayoshi thought the same thing. His face was flushed, whether from the sun or from being too embarrassed.

His bandmates laughed without giving him any face, and Zheng Yi's heart shattered. All the mental preparation he had made before going on stage vanished, and he finished the performance in a bad mood.

As soon as the performance ended, Eri Irie disappeared without a trace. In the end, Tsunayoshi gave the bouquet to Masashi. The adults passing by watched the children's sense of ceremony with smiles on their faces, saying things like "How sweet."

Anyway, things finally got lively around him. Tsuna looked at Hyuga, who was hiding around him. Even Shoichi was much more lively. In a few moments, Irie Shoichi grabbed Hyuga Shoyo and loudly reprimanded him.

"I really want to play volleyball."

After fussing for a while, Hinata held the back of his head, his droopy hair stubbornly insisting that he must play volleyball.

"Didn't the coach tell us to rest well?" Sawada Tsunayoshi opened the soda, tilted his head back and drank the water. They planned to put their things back at the Irie family home, which was the closest to them.

Hinata Shoyo opened the soda, and with a click in the background, he grumbled, "But I don't think I need to rest at all."

Shoichi Irie disagreed, saying, "Excessive exercise can stunt your growth, you know?"

With just one sentence, Tsunayoshi extinguished Sho's desire to play volleyball. He silently admired him and then said, "So let's go to Masashi's house to watch a volleyball match. Didn't Sho say he wanted to watch the Italian Super League?"

Hinata's attention was easily diverted, and she immediately went back to Shoichi's house with them happily. Irie Shoichi was amazed; Shoichi was really suited to raising children.

Having calmed the child down (?), Sawada Tsunayoshi turned to look at Irie Shoichi, who scratched his cheek with his finger and asked,

"Does Xiao Zheng know any way to keep having the same dream?"

"Eh, why are we talking about this?" Irie Shoichi was taken aback by the question.

"Hmm," Sawada Tsunayoshi organized his thoughts, "it's probably because I had a really good dream last night, so I want to keep having that dream today?"

After all, Mukuro wouldn't allow him to tell anyone else what happened in his dream, so Tsuna could only rack his brains for other excuses.

Irie and Hinata didn't ask each other what they had dreamed about, but they were so obsessed with it that they wanted to keep having the same dream.

Irie Masakazuki thought to himself, "How could such a thing be possible?" But faced with Sawada Tsunayoshi's expectant gaze, Irie sighed and stammered, "..."

"Perhaps, what you think about during the day, you dream about at night. If you think about that dream more before going to sleep, hmm, maybe you'll keep dreaming about it?"

He despised the nonsense he had uttered, and looking at the child who seemed to have listened thoughtfully and was about to try it out that night, Irie's heart softened. He was still just a child.

All three were satisfied, but things didn't go as smoothly as Irie Masakazu had said. Even after the summer vacation ended and Tsunayoshi was back to his daily routine of running between training and school, he didn't dream of Mukuro again.

For some reason, Sawada Tsunayoshi had a premonition that Mukuro would get angry, and wondered if the other person would feel pain. A mist rose in his heart, swirling and spreading.

By addressing their weaknesses, Sawada Tsunayoshi and Hyuga Shoyo's teamwork became increasingly seamless. Suzuki always said that this move, when used on the field, would definitely surprise the other clubs.

Since Suzuki was the only coach at the entire Namimori Club, the club also took a break during the week of Tsuna's match. Suzuki then took out the match schedule.

"We've been placed in Group A, and we'll first play against a small club. If we advance, we'll probably face the Soundkoma Kids Club..."

Hyuga sat obediently cross-legged on the floor, and after a while, she couldn't help but whisper to Tsuna, "Don't you think Coach Suzuki is getting more and more talkative?"

"That's true," Tsuna nodded subconsciously. At first, Coach Suzuki had seemed like a cool, somewhat颓废 (颓废 is a difficult word to translate directly, but it implies a sense of listlessness, apathy, or apathy) guy. But under the coach's increasingly hostile gaze, Sawada Tsuna immediately sat up straight and replied in a whisper.

"Listen carefully to what the coach is saying."

A note from the author:

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From now on, I should be updating daily!

This time, Liu Dahai became a truly memorable figure in 27's mind.

Speaking of which, some of you noticed the cover I changed! The super cute 27 baby is making my keyboard spin. I'll finish writing this book just for the sake of Fried Sweet Cake Sauce!

(This appears to be the author rewarding himself for writing.)