Chapter 80 Bai Lan? Bai Lan!
Chapter 80
The boy's face was pale and his back was trembling, like a fragile cicada wing that would completely collapse with just the slightest poke.
XANXUS had been hoping to pry some crucial information from the man about the world ten years ago and why Sperbi Squalo was there. Seeing the ferocious expression on the man's face, his expression shifted slightly, and he grabbed the man by the collar and lifted him up.
The feeling of his feet suddenly hanging in the air made Kurokawa Kaoru stunned for a moment. Before Kurokawa Kaoru could react, a calloused hand covered his eyes.
"That expression is really ugly, rubbish."
“…”
XANXUS?
"I'm not interested in your affairs, and I don't think there's anything worth listening to."
Just as he had always believed that he was the old man's successor, in order to become the tenth generation recognized by others, he had been working hard since he could remember, just to wait until the day when he could take over the Vongola from the other party.
Xanxus hadn't been without suspicion about those doubts, about the abnormalities revealed by the other party. Whether it was inserting the person into Gora Mosca, intending to kill him through Sawada Tsunayoshi, or wanting to promote the War for the Ring despite knowing that only those with Vongola blood flowing through their bodies could inherit the Vongola, it was all to avoid such pain for himself.
As it turned out, even though he did so much, the results he got were still not satisfactory to him.
After so many years, he'd learned to accept the bad things that happened. The past was already in the past, so there was no point dwelling on it. He still felt pain every time he thought about the things he couldn't figure out, but it was precisely because of this pain that he could live.
"This is something I couldn't comprehend ten years ago. Remember this, you rubbish."
“…”
XANXUS's words were like a hammer, hitting Kurokawa Kaoru's heart hard. Staring at him intently, Kurokawa Kaoru's expression shifted slightly, his eyes filled with emotions.
“What if you put in a lot of effort but the results are still not what you expected?”
"You try and fail again and again, you try and fail again and again. You just want to survive, but for some inexplicable reason, or even just a random passerby, everything you have in the past will turn into nothing. If you were going through all this, would you still feel the same way?"
The heavy sadness was transmitted to everyone through Kurokawa Kaoru's speech. Looking at the young man in front of him, XANXUS raised the corners of his lips and pushed the man back hard.
Lusilia helped him up and he barely managed to avoid falling to the ground. He wanted to ask what the person was going to do, but when he looked up, he saw XANXUS smiling.
Unlike the other person he had seen before, the current XANXUS was laughing freely, and that kind of nonchalant attitude towards everything successfully calmed Kurokawa Kaoru. Looking at XANXUS like this, Kurokawa Kaoru knew that he had already given an answer to the previous question.
"The reason why Varian can serve as the assassination force of the Vongola is not because the Vongola needs such an agency, but because... the Vongola needs XANXUS."
All the pain of the past had been turned into bait, becoming everything XANXUS had become. Perhaps, as Kurokawa Kaoru said, there were many things where even hard work was useless, and sometimes even a small thing could bring all the hard work to nothing.
But in XANXUS's opinion, such a result is simply because he did not work hard enough.
"I don't believe in the so-called 'fate' in this world. Since everything has cause and effect, as long as I don't accept the 'cause', the result will definitely be what I want."
“…”
"I still don't understand."
"So you're the brat, trash."
Although he only lived to his twenties each time, according to the total age, he was the oldest, okay? Not wanting to argue with XANXUS on this issue, Kurokawa Kaoru lowered his eyes and said in a flat voice, "If, as you say, everything I've experienced is because I haven't tried hard enough, then I can only say that the creator of this world has been too cruel to me."
"So you're still trash..."
“So I decided to give it a try.”
Facing XANXUS's gaze, Kurokawa Kaoru smiled, the other person's figure clearly reflected in his eyes.
"If I hadn't run away this time, I might have been able to rip some high and mighty Creator down."
This sounds really...
When XANXUS was met with gaze, his breathing quickened, and because of excitement, he could not suppress the murderous intent that burst out.
"That's the most human thing you've said since you came here."
The base of the Milufiore family.
"Lord Bai Lan."
Smiling, he handed his coat to the family member, Bailan Jesuo raised the corner of his lips, and walked straight to the room at the end of the corridor. When he reached the door of the room, he knocked on it symbolically. When he heard the sound from inside, he smiled and pushed the door open and walked in.
"Xiao Zheng, are you still busy?"
"Bai Lan."
Hearing Bailan Jesuo's voice, Irie Masakazu blinked and turned to look at him: "According to real-time tracking, it was discovered that Varian's XANXUS left with a strange girl today, but it shouldn't be..."
"It's him."
Bailan Jesso laughed.
"Varian's Xanxus wouldn't get too close to a stranger so easily. He showed up at this time, dressed as a girl. I can't think of any other possibility other than Kurokawa Kaoru from that world."
Shiran seems really excited, Irie Shoichi thought to himself. He and this guy had known each other since junior high, and he didn't know when it started, but Shiran Jesuo suddenly asked him excitedly if he wanted to rule the world with him.
At that time, Irie Shoichi simply thought that the other party was joking. After entering high school, he joined the same club with the other party, and their relationship became better and better.
Then--
Everything changed when Bailan Jesuo became the heir to the Milufiore family.
A few days ago, the other party came to him with a photo and asked him to gather family members to investigate all the people in Vongola. If anyone was found to have contact with the boy in the photo, he must notify the other party immediately.
The boy in the photo is named Kurokawa Kaoru. Through investigation, Irie Shoichi discovered that there is indeed such a person, but he is a man a few years older than them, and the overall feeling he gives is also different from the photo.
Bailan Jesuo was not disappointed with the results of their investigation, but rather seemed a little excited. So, Bailan Jesuo issued his first order - ignoring the Mafia's principle of not harming ordinary people at will, find the man named Kurokawa Kaoru, and kill him.
Irie Shoichi tried to stop him, but when he met Byakuran Jesso's gaze, he swallowed back what he wanted to say.
Bailan Jiesuo looked terrifying, so terrifying that he didn't look like the person Irie Zhengyi knew. As if realizing his own abnormality, Bailan Jiesuo smiled and shook his head, reaching out to pat Irie Zhengyi's shoulder: "Xiaozheng, since you have chosen me, please don't question my decision, okay?"
As if he was entangled by a water snake in a pond, Irie Shoichi's breathing became rapid and he couldn't utter a word.
After a while, it was Bailan Jesuo who reacted first. He didn't care about the paleness on Irie Masashi's face and left with a smile.
From that day on, Byakuran Jesuo began to seem increasingly unnatural. Through tracking, they found out Kurokawa Kaoru's address, and at the same time, Irie Shoichi also established a relationship with him.
After all, he didn't want an ordinary person to lose his life because of Byran Jesso's stubbornness. Based on the information obtained from the investigation, Shoichi Irie knew that Kaoru Kurokawa was very talented in information technology, so he asked a family member Spana to hack into the other party's computer and want to communicate with him.
To Irie's surprise, Spana's invasion plan failed, but that night, Irie's computer was hacked by Kurokawa Kaoru.
【Is there something you want to talk to me about? 】
Looking at the dialog box that popped up on the computer screen, Irie Shoichi's eyes widened and he quickly opened a document to reply to the other party.
"I just want to tell you that someone is trying to kill you, and with your strength, you're no match for them. If you want to survive, you can flee to another country, and even better, change your name. Maybe there's still a chance of survival."
After Irie Shoichi sent this message, it fell on deaf ears, and he never received a reply. He then tried to write more content on the document, but as expected, no dialog box popped up again.
Just when he thought the other party had left and would not reply to him again, the disappearing dialog box popped up again.
[Even if there was no Byran Jesso, I would have died for other reasons.]
Did Kurokawa Kaoru know that Byakuran Jesuo wanted to kill him? Irie Shoichi's eyes widened, wanting to ask how he knew that. Before he could even open the document, two new messages appeared in the dialog box.
My future self has no way to end my own death, but my past self will continue on the path to death. To me, Bailan Jesuo is not worth my attention. All I want is for this farce to end and for all timelines to return to their correct trajectory.
"Thank you for letting me know, but don't try this kind of thing in the future. You'll be targeted by those around you."
Irie Shoichi was surrounded by no one but Byakuran Jesso. Thinking of that terrifying look, Irie Shoichi felt a cold sweat break out on his back, and even breathing became difficult. He hadn't tried to communicate with Kurokawa Kaoru since then, until today, when the family members discovered that XANXUS, the leader of the Vongola assassination team, had left with a strange girl.
At that moment, countless thoughts flashed through Irie Shoichi's mind. About Kurokawa Kaoru, about Byran Jessop, about Vongola and Millefiore, and also about himself.
Finally, as if he had finally figured something out, seeing the smile on Bailan Jesuo's face, Irie Masakazu lowered his eyes and said in a voice that only he could understand, "Congratulations."
TBC.
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