Chapter 68: In Namimori Town, I’ll chop you into pieces and feed you to the sharks, you scum…
"It's a really old-fashioned pickup line. It's embarrassing for Italian men."
A voice that did not belong to anyone present sounded from behind Sawada Tsunayoshi, breaking the situation where the player and Sawada Tsunayoshi were looking at each other.
This time, [Perception] did not issue any warning.
It seemed to appear out of thin air.
It should be someone I know.
No one around was wary of his elusive behavior.
Squalo raised his eyelids slightly, without reacting to the other party's arrival.
Players naturally choose to use their sight to find the owner of the sound.
The man who mocked Sawada Tsunayoshi for not having the romantic qualities of Italian men clearly had enough pride in himself. His well-tailored suit perfectly outlined his slender figure, and he didn't button his shirt properly, exuding a casual aura from the inside out.
He held his hat with one hand, so others could only barely see his exposed chin and the corners of his lips raised in a half-smile.
"reborn?"
As if the mockery towards him had never existed, Sawada Tsunayoshi called out to the other party in a slightly questioning tone, as if he was a little surprised by his appearance there.
"He didn't even notice that there was an uninvited little guest at the headquarters, and almost let him leave right in front of him. He is really unqualified as a leader." The mature man who spoke at a steady pace and had a good grasp of the initiative in the conversation chuckled at the end, without trying to hide his true intention of mocking Sawada Tsunayoshi.
The other person should be a very prestigious person in the group.
As the man finished speaking, the two people standing beside Sawada Tsunayoshi glanced at the player at the same time.
The players who were instantly the focus of several gazes did not feel the tense atmosphere.
Perhaps it was because Squalo drew his sword subconsciously and used his body to block the outside gazes coming towards Fushimi Kyoji.
Now Fushimi Kyoji needed to turn his head slightly to be able to see the four people who were blocked by Squalo again.
"Don't move," Squalo said solemnly, standing in front of the player. Then, with a slightly impatient tone, he warned, "Do you want to die?"
...I have no idea who this is addressed to.
Judging from the fact that Squalo showed his weapon to them and only the cool guy with silver hair and a middle part took a step forward, the atmosphere was not tense.
Probably to warn players.
Maintaining a defensive stance with his weapon in hand, he instinctively shielded the person behind him. After confirming that the Tenth Generation Vongola and the Guardians had no intention of attacking them, Squalo finally had time to turn his head slightly and ask the person involved to clarify the situation. "...What's going on?"
Squalo frowned, realizing something that made his expression look even more ferocious.
"Aren't you the new guy Bell mentioned?" He asked in a dangerous and suspicious tone, as if he would break your neck with his bare hands if you said the wrong thing.
The player repeated in the same puzzled tone: "I'm not the newcomer that Bell said I was?"
What are you surprised about, asshole!
“…”
Squalo and the player stared at each other in silence for a few seconds, and then the man suddenly took a step back.
Fushimi Kyoki: Oo
Oops.
I had a preconceived notion that Squalo was the guiding NPC who introduced the player's identity settings.
Squalo's teeth clenched, his masseter muscles tensed, his upturned eyes gleamed with a ferocious expression, and the blood vessels near his temples bulged subtly. "Are you kidding me, you scum..."
"Chop you up and feed you to the sharks!"
Fushimi Kyoji turned his head and tsk- ...
Someone nearby seemed to make a complex and short "uh".
The anger on Squalo's face was interrupted when he heard the unexpected answer. The rising emotions came to an abrupt halt, as if choked, and finally his expression froze in weirdness.
He first looked at Reborn, who obviously had more information. The man raised his hand to lift the brim of his hat and just looked at him with a smile.
This attitude means that the follow-up of this matter has nothing to do with Valya and can be handled entirely by Vongola.
Squalo endured it and clicked his tongue again.
Anyone could see on his face that he was unwilling to be isolated from the outside world. After thinking for a while, his brows relaxed and then frowned again. Without even looking at the player, he chose to leave under the gaze of everyone present with a murderous aura.
"Now, you can answer the question just now." The man put down his hand on the brim of his hat, and Fushimi Kyoji saw his face completely.
Deep, three-dimensional facial features beneath the shadow of the hat brim, eyes as dark as obsidian immersed in a cold pond, and something hard to ignore...
The player blinked dully.
——The sideburns on the side of a man’s face are symmetrical and naturally curled up.
Sideburns! The sideburns are curled!
Fushimi Kyoji stared at the other person's unique sideburns in amazement.
"Maybe you have really seen it." Although facing the players, Reborn's next words were obviously directed at Tsunayoshi Sawada.
“…Yeah.”
Sawada Tsunayoshi couldn't help but look at the player's face again with a completely different mentality, trying to find a shadow that would make him feel familiar.
"You won't find the answers you need by focusing on the people you've met recently."
Not interested in wasting time watching Sawada Tsunayoshi pondering over the matter, Reborn generously gave him hints. Even he was a little surprised that the other party would have another intersection with them.
"Sooner than you think."
Reborn tilted his head and looked at the two guardians standing next to Sawada Tsunayoshi: "Maybe Yamamoto and Gokudera have seen it too."
Seeing the surprise and contemplation flash across their faces, he announced the answer with satisfaction: "After all, Fushimi was also your classmate at Namimori."
The short-haired man with a vertical scar on his chin widened his eyes slightly and unconsciously let out a sound as if suddenly realizing something: "...Ah."
The other guardian beside Sawada Tsunayoshi didn't miss his reaction: "Do you know him?"
Those brown eyes that gave off a serious and focused impression narrowed slightly as their owner smiled broadly. "I don't have much of an impression."
"What are you talking about!" The mature man with silver hair and a middle part seemed to be very angry at his answer.
"Wait a minute." Sawada Tsunayoshi took a step forward. As he raised his hand, a friction between family members that had not yet turned into a dispute was settled. He asked Reborn for confirmation, "So, why did Fushimi appear in..."
I almost said "Vongola Headquarters".
Reborn did not laugh at Sawada Tsunayoshi's abrupt pause, and brought the topic back to the center of the incident.
“The timeline fluctuations captured by the technical department are likely due to this.”
When I say 'maybe', reborn is actually almost certain.
"Otherwise, there's no way to explain how they were able to bypass patrols and identity checks and enter the headquarters."
When I checked the nearby surveillance footage, it was as if... it appeared out of thin air.
"Could it be that stupid cow is using..."
"Who knows?"
As if knowing what Mukudera would say next, Reborn answered without comment.
He didn't see the pink smoke produced when the bazooka was used in the surveillance footage.
"Yamamoto."
The person being called looked towards Reborn.
"Please take her to Spana and explain the current situation."
"Oh!" The person assigned the task responded readily.
Fushimi Kyoji turned around and took a last look at Sawada Tsunayoshi and the other two.
"Follow me."
Yamamoto Takeshi quickly spoke up, signaling the players to follow him.
It was completely different from when he was following Squalo.
Fushimi Kyoji thought.
Yamamoto Takeshi is also much taller than her. He walks side by side with the player with a natural pace, and it is impossible to tell whether the other person is slowing down.
Compared to the treatment Squalo received, probably yes.
Obviously, from the outside, he doesn't look like a careful person.
Unexpectedly, he would care about other people's feelings.
"Fushimi...can I call you that?" While asking the player's opinion, his focused eyes never left her face.
The other person's attentive listening attitude can greatly increase your favorability, but when being stared at with hawk-like eyes, the subtle pressure you feel is partially offset.
"Oh, sorry, you must be confused now."
Yes, please introduce the background setting quickly.
Yamamoto Takeshi rested his knuckles on his chin. "Hmm...where should I even begin? Explaining everything would probably be difficult to understand and a waste of time."
"As expected, let's go find Spana first."
——But there was no introduction at all!
Did the player skip the key dialogue?
It feels like Yamamoto Takeshi said a lot, but didn't get any useful information.
The Guardian of Rain clearly saw that the person in front of him was hesitant to speak after hearing what he said. When he showed the slightest tendency to want to end the conversation, he lowered his head in distress.
Ah, that looks disappointing.
Taking advantage of the height difference between them, his gaze stayed on the player for only a moment at most.
And he's not very good at interrupting others.
He seemed to have successfully discouraged the other person's desire to communicate with others.
This happened to be the reason why Reborn chose him to be alone with the other person.
Although it was not explained explicitly, Yamamoto Takeshi probably vaguely understood that Reborn wanted him to observe this unexpected visitor who suddenly appeared in the Vongola headquarters and it was unclear whether he was a friend or foe.
After all, they had experienced the near-destruction of the Vongola in the past, and things related to the 'unknown' and 'abnormal' could always easily touch the ever-tense nerves in their brains.
So much so that everyone is a little mentally hypersensitive.
So it was him, not Yusi.
Yamamoto Takeshi slightly suppressed his smile.
When he doesn't deliberately maintain a casual expression, his tough facial features will reveal their original sharpness, and the affinity that makes people feel good will disappear.
His brown pupils were calmly gazing at the player walking side by side with him. His gaze moved slightly, moving from his medium-length hair with a light golden sheen to the other person's clothes.
...It's not surprising that Squalo mistook the person for a newcomer to Valia.
“Hmm…”
He uttered a long, vague, meaningless sound, and his eyes, which had never moved away from the player, blinked at his master's will.
The long trench coat was easy to move in, with shiny leather straps at the shoulders and waist. The dull black color that did not match her age made her look like a shadow walking out of the darkness - almost completely in line with Varya's style preferences.
His eyes habitually swept to the waist first. Yamamoto Takeyu noticed that there was a subtle bulge in the fabric behind the other person's waist. He didn't know what was pinned underneath.
The deep gaze gradually became inquiring.
That location...
It would remind him of something that wouldn't make him happy, like... a gun.
It really is...
A thoughtful look appeared on Yamamoto Takeshi's face.
It's an outfit that's very suitable for a mafia member.
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