Chapter 62: Huh? Why did I die? ...
Chapter 62
Since everything started from the ninth generation, the best way is to start the investigation from the ninth generation of Vongola.
By hacking into the Vongola database, Kurokawa Kaoru gained a general understanding of the Ninth Generation—also known as Timoteo. A reserved and euphemistic moderate, he represents the conservative faction within the Vongola family, often using his cane as a weapon.
The Vongola family is a bloodline inheritance system, which means that only family members with Vongola blood flowing in their bodies are eligible to inherit the family.
Before Tsunayoshi Sawada, there had been three candidates who could inherit Vongola, but due to some force majeure, these three candidates died, and the problem of succession was thrown back to Timoteo.
In desperation, Timoteo had to start selecting from the qualified candidates again. Finally, he discovered Sawada Iemitsu's son, Sawada Tsunayoshi, the direct descendant of the first generation of Vongola.
wrong.
Kurokawa Kaoru frowned.
Logically speaking, Timoteo and Xanxus are father and son, and Xanxus is the leader of the Varian clan. Since they're looking for someone with Vongola blood to inherit the clan, shouldn't Xanxus be the first choice? Why settle for second best and choose three candidates from among their own nephews?
If XANXUS had been kicked out of the list of candidates from the very beginning, then why would the ninth generation have suddenly changed their minds and chosen XANXUS to inherit the Vongola, given that the ninth generation had already chosen Sawada Tsunayoshi, and even Reborn had traveled all the way from Italy to Japan to become his tutor?
From this point of view alone, it doesn't fit Timoteo's image as a moderate. After all, as the leader of Varian, Xanxus has a terrible temper. If he becomes the tenth generation leader of the Vongola, it will probably affect public opinion.
Then there is only one possibility -
The decision about XANXUS being the candidate was fake, and there might even be problems with the letter, all in order to promote the War for the Ring.
Because he'd "read the script," Kurokawa Kaoru already knew the outcome of the Ring Battle, so there was one thing he couldn't understand. Why was XANXUS acting so determined to win the Judaime position when he clearly wasn't overly concerned about it?
The other person shouldn't be the type who likes acting, right?
Could it be?
Kurokawa Kaoru's eyes widened as an unbelievable possibility came to his mind.
"No... this kind of thing is too... but if it's really what I think..."
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that his idea was correct. Kurokawa Kaoru's breathing became rapid and his body became cold.
Because he didn't want to get involved in the Vongola's affairs, when he discovered the contradictions in XANXUS, he didn't pay too much attention to it, but put it behind his mind. Now think about it, as early as when they first met, XANXUS had already given him a "hint".
In order to verify his guess, Kurokawa Kaoru quickly read Timoteo's information again. After discovering that there were indeed doubts about the timeline in the other party's information, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
As expected, Kurokawa Kaoru thought to himself with mixed feelings. His guess was correct.
It's not that Kurokawa Kaoru couldn't understand Timoteo's behavior, but it was a bit too cruel for another person. Thinking of the expression on XANXUS's face when he was talking to him, Kurokawa Kaoru sighed heavily with the same eyes.
At the same time as yesterday, Kurokawa Kaoru appeared in front of everyone. But for some reason, this time he was accompanied by a boy who looked familiar.
"I'm sorry, this guy insisted on following me."
Seeing the surprise on Sawada Tsunayoshi's face, Kurokawa Kaoru scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly.
"After all, he came with me, and I promised his parents that I would take care of him. I can't just leave him like this."
Having said that, Kurokawa Kaoru paused and his eyes fell on Cerbero: "You guys don't mind, do you?"
"…Confirmed to have a new 'audience member' added. His identity is a friend of Kurokawa Kaoru, the heir of the allied family."
"I don't remember when I became the heir of the family."
She wasn't surprised at all that Cerbero knew of her identity. Glancing at them with a half-smile, Kurokawa Kaoru sighed and said to Gong You with a resentful look on her face, "That's why I refused the position of heir. Not only am I uninformed, but I don't seem smart either. If I hang out with someone like that every day, I'll become a fool too."
"Ha ha……"
Gong You laughed dryly twice, reached out and patted Kurokawa Kaoru's shoulder: "It's okay, didn't you reject Mr. Kurokawa? The Mafia's affairs have nothing to do with you anymore."
As he said this, perhaps noticing Sawada Tsunayoshi's gaze on him, Miya You's expression shifted slightly, and he nodded at him: "Hello, I'm Kurokawa's friend, Miya You."
"Hello."
Hearing Gong You's voice, Sawada Tsunayoshi was stunned for a moment, then reacted: "You are...you are the one at the airport before?"
"It's you!"
After being reminded by Sawada Tsunayoshi, Gokudera Hayato reacted and tried hard to dig out some fragments of that time from his memories of the "Tenth Generation": "No wonder I felt that you looked familiar from just now."
Gong You blinked and turned to look at Kurokawa Kaoru beside him: "So I have become a celebrity?"
"idiot."
Kurokawa Kaoru was somewhat helpless: "Just shut up and stop saying stupid things."
"……oh."
Kurokawa, you are so stingy.
The mist guardian of Sawada Tsunayoshi is a girl named Chrom Skull. Judging from the attitudes of Hayato Gokudera and Takeshi Yamamoto, they don't trust Chrom Skull. But this is after all the choice made by Sawada Tsunayoshi... or more accurately, by Reborn. Now that things have come to this, they can't say anything more.
As for XANXUS's Mist Guardian Mammon, like Reborn, he was one of the seven people chosen to become cursed babies, and he is also an excellent illusionist.
Illusion...
"Oh no."
Only then did he remember that there was Miya Yu, an ordinary person who knew nothing about superpowers. Seeing everyone curiously looking at the two people who walked onto the "stage", Kurokawa Kaoru frowned with a headache and whispered in Miya Yu's ear, "Don't be surprised by anything that happens later. Just treat it as a movie."
How can he believe it when you say it in this tone?
Gong You felt a little helpless. He was prepared that the worldview he had spent more than ten years building would collapse tonight.
Compared to the battles for other rings, the battle for the Mist ring was like a real-life 3D sci-fi blockbuster. There were no flashy techniques or bloody explosions, just an artistic illusion. Once trapped, there was no chance of waking up.
What was surprising was that this girl who seemed a little timid to them actually had a heart made of an illusion. Once the illusion was removed, she would die immediately.
In fact, Mammon did just that. He believed Chrom Skull was merely a medium for illusion, so even if he died, it wouldn't matter. But the moment he removed the illusion, a chilling aura emanated from Chrom Skull.
Chrom Skull...turned into a man!
Kurokawa Kaoru: "Wow."
Although I know that the future Sawada Tsunayoshi will have two Mist Guardians, it is still a bit scary to see Chrome Skull transform into Rokudo Mukuro.
Wait a minute... I feel like I've seen this kind of inexplicable "transformation" scene somewhere before.
Unlike Chrom Skull, Rokudo Mukuro's illusion was simply brutal, and Mammon was a bastard who didn't care about anything except money, so he actually dragged everyone present into the illusion. But for some reason, each of them saw a different scene.
“Damn it…”
Kurokawa Kaoru rubbed his forehead with a headache: "That guy, please don't let anything happen to me."
At this point, Kurokawa Kaoru no longer had time to think about other things and turned to look at the scene around him.
——It was a funeral.
As if to reflect the mood of those present, the sky was overcast and suddenly it began to rain. Drenched by the sudden downpour, Kurokawa Kaoru frowned and was about to find shelter when he looked up and saw a familiar woman.
The woman who always liked to wear colorful clothes was wearing a black long dress. Not only that, she also wore a black veil on her head, so that Kurokawa Kaoru couldn't see her expression clearly.
To her right, a man with a few streaks of white hair held a black umbrella, his face expressionless. Seeing them, the restless crowd suddenly quieted down. After a moment, a young man emerged from the group that looked like technicians, approaching them with red eyes.
"Sir... Madam..."
Just opening his mouth had already exhausted the young man's strength. As if someone was choking him, his breathing was rapid, and he could barely form a complete sentence: "Chief... Young Master... We..."
"Everyone calm down."
“…”
As the young man finished speaking, he closed his eyes and his expression finally returned to normal.
"I understand, sir."
“…”
As more and more familiar faces appeared, a ridiculous idea came to Kurokawa Kaoru's mind. It wasn't until the man pulled out a jar made of unknown material from the safe that the woman in the black dress, seeing the jar in his hand, could no longer control herself and sobbed and knelt on the ground.
He stared blankly at the other person kneeling on the ground, crying heart-wrenchingly. It was the first time he could remember seeing a woman in such a miserable state. Kurokawa Kaoru opened his mouth, and for a moment, he seemed to taste blood.
As expected, he thought to himself.
It turned out that this was his own funeral.
TBC.
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