Conquer the world, young man!

“Even if it’s not a collaboration, I think maintaining a good relationship is very important.” Reborn jumped onto Totsuka’s shoulder and kicked Lambo aside. “After all, you’re here, Tatara.”

Author's Note: You probably didn't expect this from Du Niang, did you? Making a cameo appearance ten years later~~

Thank you [nvn], [Corner Cat], and [AT] for the amazing news! ╭(╯3╰)╮~

Chapter 98095 Guardian of the Mist, Mist Warrior

On the way back, Lambo chased after Reborn, crying and making a scene, trying to cause several explosions, but Reborn ignored him completely. Gokudera, preparing for the battle against the Storm Guardian, said goodbye and then disappeared. Totsuka learned from Reborn that the Vongola Rings had been given to the Guardians he had chosen for Tsuna, but Tsuna said he still didn't know who the Mist Guardian was.

Thinking of the Mist Guardian, Totsuka immediately focused on his unfinished mission: was the Guardian that Reborn had invited really Rokudo Mukuro?

The system checks the completion status of the tutor's side quests. Totsuka directly begins to confirm this issue through the system.

[Regarding the side quest: Help Reborn gather the six guardians of the 10th Vongola Boss (4/6). The host didn't contribute at all. It seems this system is being too lenient with the host.]

Would Reborn really send Tsuna into the Ring Battle before the selection is even finalized? Totsuka doesn't believe Reborn can't handle the Guardians, but judging from the current situation, the problem seems to lie with Rokudo Mukuro, and the remaining one is definitely Hibari.

[Ding! Host's guess is correct. This system requires Rokudo Mukuro to join the Vongola and become the Mist Guardian.]

Isn't that guy locked up in Avengers Prison? How could he possibly see him?

[That's because you, host, never wanted to see him. If you want to, you can.]

System, you're getting more and more cryptic. Totsuka cut off the connection with the system, and after telling Tsuna that he would continue to come to the Ring Battle, he took Diarmuid home.

But when Totsuka returned home and saw the scene before him, he was utterly dumbfounded. Was this still his home? When had his narrow alley been torn down and transformed into a wide avenue? When had the uneven cement floor been replaced by marble tiles? And where was his little house? It had been replaced by a Baroque building! That building, with its opulent decorations and carvings, even radiating a golden glow, could never be his home!

However, the address was correct, and the house that originally belonged to Yamada Taro, right next to his house, had somehow disappeared, which made Totsuka deeply suspicious of what was in front of him.

"Master, shall we go in?" Diarmuid stood half a step away from Totsuka, about to push open the door.

Why is Diarmuid ignoring this change? It hasn't even been a day yet, and the appearance of this kind of house is completely illogical!

The magnificent, luxurious doors opened automatically, and Gilgamesh's arrogant voice rang out from inside, "Randy, aren't you coming in?"

"It's definitely this guy's fault!" Totsuka thought, as if he had found the crux of the problem, and immediately went inside. When he saw Gilgamesh dressed casually, leaning back on a spacious sofa and sipping red wine, Totsuka's brow twitched involuntarily. "Gilgamesh, can you explain what's going on with my house?"

"Randy, why don't you sit down and have a drink?" Enkidu said with a smile, pouring red wine into a glass as well.

"Enkidu, didn't you stop Gil from doing this?" Totsuka looked at Enkidu, but when he saw his smile, he sat down and gestured for him to explain.

Diarmuid stood silently behind Totsuka. He had now become accustomed to ignoring the malice Gilgamesh was emanating from him.

Gilgamesh swirled his wine glass and chuckled. “Don’t worry, Randy. All your things are still in your room, and the layout is exactly the same as before. And…” Gilgamesh seemed to have thought of something happy, his blood-red eyes filled with laughter, “In your wardrobe, there are still the clothes I gave you before. You really have been thinking of me all along.”

"You actually peeked at my things!" Totsuka frowned, looking at the guy who was completely oblivious. Had he already completely taken this place as his own territory?

“No, how can you call it peeping?” Gilgamesh shook his head, reached out, and a set of clothes fell from the Royal Treasury. “I’ve kept your clothes all along. This only shows that even though we are separated by space, we still miss each other.”

Totsuka stepped forward, wanting to retrieve the Namimori school uniform he had left behind in distant Babylon, but Gilgamesh pulled him down to sit beside him. Gilgamesh placed the glass of wine that Enkidu had poured into his hand, raising an eyebrow slightly, "Randy, constantly refusing to acknowledge your feelings isn't a good thing."

Suppressing the urge to punch the guy in front of him, Totsuka took the glass and smiled as usual, "So, you can freely alter my house, and that's a good thing?"

“Today is a bit rushed, and the garden isn’t finished yet.” Gilgamesh took a sip of red wine, his smile relaxed and content. “But we have plenty of time. Every inch of this world is my garden, and I’ll make sure you’re never bored, no matter where you are.”

Totsuka took a sip of his drink, suppressing his anger, and turned to Enkidu. "Are my room and Diarmuid's room the same as before?"

“Indeed.” Enkidu nodded in reply. “Gil originally wanted to convert your room into the master bedroom, but I think you would prefer to keep it as it is.”

"Thank goodness you're here." Totsuka rubbed his head and let out a helpless sigh. "Never mind, besides this place, what happened to the house next door?"

“How can such scum live next to my palace?” Gilgamesh narrowed his eyes and snorted. “Since this is a place you like, Randy, then everything around it belongs to you.”

Enkidu immediately said when he saw the boy's fingers tighten around the wine glass, "The family next door paid them, so they moved away from here too."

Totsuka thought that the Yamada Taro family had been living in poverty, so perhaps this was a good thing for them.

“They’re just a bunch of fools.” Gilgamesh glanced at Enkidu and snorted. “It’s a real reward from me to let them leave like this.”

Totsuka downed a glass of wine in one gulp, put down the glass, and said, "So, I should 'thank' you for renovating my house?"

Gilgamesh's lips curled into a smile, and when he saw the boy's slender waist, his eyes flashed, and his lips curled up even more. "If you want to express your gratitude, perhaps..."

Totsuka stood up and waved to Enkidu, "Enkidu, take me to see where the room is. The house is so big now, it feels really inconvenient."

Gilgamesh's smile froze. When he saw his boy and Enkidu walking together, with a scoundrel following behind, his good mood vanished.

The room in the middle of the second floor is where Totsuka is currently living. The furnishings are indeed unchanged, but the room has been greatly expanded and is fully equipped. On either side of his room are Gilgamesh's room and Enkidu's room. As for Diarmuid's room, which should have been next door, it has been moved to the end of the corridor. It seems that this is definitely Gilgamesh's malicious exclusion of Diarmuid.

“Master.” Diarmuid frowned as he looked at the arrangement. He really couldn’t feel at ease having two Servants living next to the boy.

Totsuka looked at Enkidu and asked, "Could you move Gil's room upstairs or downstairs? Diarmuid can live across from me, that's fine too."

Enkidu shook his head and said in a low voice, "Randy, you know Jill's temper. If you keep refusing his 'kindness,' then..."

The smile on Totsuka's lips froze for a moment. He gestured to Diarmuid and said, "Gil's room is fine as it is. Diarmuid, why don't you move to the room opposite mine? There are plenty of rooms here anyway."

"Yes, Master." Diarmuid smiled with relief. If he lived closer to the boy, he could take care of him promptly if any problems arose.

Enkidu glanced at Diarmuid and casually asked Totsuka, "It seems that Diarmuid and you, Randy, have gotten along quite well during this time."

"I'm so glad to have a Servant like Diarmuid." Totsuka nodded to the two Heroic Spirits and smiled. "Alright, it's getting late, you should get some rest too. Goodnight."

"Goodnight, Randy." Enkidu watched the boy enter the room, then smiled at Diarmuid, who hadn't yet gone inside. "Diarmuid, aren't you going to rest?"

"I'll go in after you've rested." Diarmuid leaned against the wall, holding the 'Red Rose of Exorcism' in his hand.

Enkidu raised an eyebrow slightly. "You're worried about me and Gil?"

Diarmuid did not answer, but focused his gaze on the door of the boy's room.

Enkidu clicked his tongue, shook his head, and returned to his room. "What a loyal knight, Diarmuid."

After taking a shower and lying in bed, Totsuka casually picked up his phone and found a message from Kusanagi Izumo.

Kusanagi-kun: [Are you alright?]

Totsuka was surprised that Kusanagi Izumo would ask such a concise question. Was he still worried that the mafia's conflict would hurt him? But then he thought of another problem and immediately replied to the message.

To Kusanagi-kun: [Kusanagi-kun didn't tell King, did he? I'm fine, there's nothing wrong with me at all.]

After a while, Totsuka finally received a reply from Kusanagi Izumo.

Kusanagi-kun: [No.]

To Kusanagi-kun: [That's good. But their Ring Battle seems to be going on for many more days, all at night. I need to check on their training progress during this time, otherwise it would be bad if something went wrong.]

Kusanagi-kun: [Hmm. Where is the Ring Battle held?]

To Kusanagi-kun: [Don't worry about being in Namimori. Tell King I'll be back in HOMRO soon!]

Kusanagi-kun: [Okay.]

Tonight, Kusanagi-san was surprisingly concise in his speech. Totsuka put down his phone and decided to get a good night's sleep. As soon as the thought crossed his mind, drowsiness immediately overcame him.

Totsuka knew she was asleep, but her thoughts were still drifting. And the darkness before her eyes gradually gave way to a different view as light began to appear.

This was the illusion he had visited before, still with blue skies, white clouds, and green grass. This immediately reminded Totsuka of what the system had said: if you want to see something, you can? This made him immediately look at the only large tree on the grass. The figure under the tree made Totsuka smile and quickly walk over.

"Yo!" Totsuka reached out and greeted him, "Looks like you're doing pretty well now." Rokudo Mukuro was still dressed in his original attire, wearing the school uniform of Kokuyo, and his hairstyle was still the peculiar pineapple leaf shape. At this moment, he was sitting on the grass, propping his head up and looking at the scenery, looking very comfortable.

“Kufufu…” Rokudo Mukuro chuckled softly, raising his eyes to look at the boy. “Entering my illusion once was a coincidence, but what about twice?”

Totsuka sat down directly, leaning against the tree trunk, and replied with a light laugh, "Twice is enough to show that it's fate."

"Wow, that's a pretty good idea." Rokudo Mukuro stretched his limbs and turned his gaze to the lake he had specially conjured in the illusion because of the boy's suggestion. At this moment, even the wind in the illusion seemed to have become gentler.

"Are you still in Avengers Prison?" Totsuka looked at Rokudo Mukuro's current state and couldn't imagine that he was a prisoner.

Rokudo Mukuro scoffed softly and slowly said, "Avengers Prison isn't a place you can escape from so easily, especially now..." Rokudo Mukuro still didn't reveal his current situation, "Did you come here just to ask this?"

"If I said I wanted you to join the Vongola, what would you think?" Totsuka could tell that Rokudo Mukuro was more peaceful now than during the Kokuyo War, and his emotions didn't fluctuate much when he mentioned the word Vongola.

"Vongola?" Rokudo Mukuro laughed again, his one blue and one red eye looking directly at the boy. "How naive. The mafia are people I hate. Why would I join the Vongola?"

"Didn't you want to control Tsuna, destroy the Mafia, and then destroy the world?" Totsuka couldn't help but cover his mouth and laugh when he said this, but then immediately became serious. "In the last battle, Mukuro should have been able to see how much potential Tsuna has. As the core organization of the Mafia, the Vongola is really not easy to control."

"Kufufu... Totsuka, what are you trying to say?" Rokudo Mukuro didn't think the boy was saying anything useless; on the contrary, his words seemed to be guiding him.

“Your goal, Mukuro.” Totsuka nodded. “If your abilities could really get Tsuna’s body, then ruling the mafia might not be a joke.”

"Isn't Sawada Tsunayoshi your companion?" Rokudo Mukuro raised an eyebrow and asked with a smile.

Totsuka tilted her head and smiled, "If Mukuro can really defeat Tsuna, then it might be possible..."

Rokudo Mukuro thought of his battle with Sawada Tsunayoshi. The fact that he could ignite such a flame and possess such conviction was truly remarkable. Furthermore, the boy seemed to trust Sawada Tsunayoshi implicitly, which was why he could say such things, implying that if he wanted to achieve his goal, he should join the Vongola, something the boy considered completely impossible.

“Kufufu…” Just thinking about what the boy meant, Rokudo Mukuro couldn’t help but laugh again. “How interesting, Totsuka.”

"What do you think?" Totsuka blinked. "This is the easiest way to fulfill your wish."

"Are you here for the Ring Wars?" Rokudo Mukuro didn't answer, but instead asked the boy, "As far as I know, Varia is a well-known assassination squad."

Totsuka propped her chin up and stared at Rokudo Mukuro. This direct gaze didn't seem to bother Rokudo Mukuro. Instead, he touched his cheek and chuckled, "What, are you infatuated with me?"

“No, I was thinking…” Totsuka stared into Rokudo Mukuro’s eyes and said slowly, “You have been paying attention to the Vongola’s movements all along. You have your own plans for the Mist Guardian, don’t you?”

Rokudo Mukuro's eyes flickered slightly. He hadn't expected the boy to be so perceptive, which made his smile widen even more. "I just find it really interesting that the leaders of the Vongola assassination squads are vying for the position of successor!"

"So, are you coming to participate?" Totsuka asked, of course, sticking to the original question.

Rokudo Mukuro glared at the boy, his tone becoming somewhat helpless, "So, you came in today just for this?"

"I just wanted to see if you were doing well," Totsuka muttered softly. "After all, I was a little worried when you were taken away by those Avengers. This is an illusion, and I also want to see you appear in reality."

If Rokudo Mukuro had initially harbored some resentment, his mood brightened upon hearing the boy's words. His heterochromatic eyes crinkled into a smile, and he had accepted his role as the Guardian of the Mist.

[Congratulations, host, on completing the side quest: Encourage Rokudo Mukuro to join the Vongola Family and become the Mist Guardian. Quest reward: One Basic Illusion Technique Training Manual (already placed in your system inventory), 1000 reward points]

Upon hearing the system notification, Totsuka's smile grew even brighter. It seemed his words to Rokudo Mukuro hadn't been in vain; it appeared no one disliked hearing kind words.

Rokudo Mukuro turned around and saw the boy smiling so brightly, which made him feel even better. "It seems you're quite happy here with me."

"With such beautiful scenery, it would be a waste not to appreciate it." Totsuka yawned slightly, her previously clear thoughts gradually becoming hazy. "But right now, it seems that resting is more important..."

"What an unsuspecting guy..." Rokudo Mukuro watched the boy close his eyes and fall asleep, and then he closed his eyes as well. As for the sudden weight on his shoulders, it wasn't a problem for him.

When Totsuka woke up refreshed early in the morning, he realized he had unknowingly left the illusion. He took out the illusion cultivation manual that the system had rewarded him with and flipped through it, discovering that some of the contents could be applied to Yin-Yang techniques, which surprised and delighted Totsuka.

After washing up, he opened the door and found Diarmuid already standing there. Upon seeing him, Diarmuid immediately said, "Master, how did you rest?"

Although Totsuka didn't know why Diarmuid asked that, she nodded nonetheless. "I rested very well. How about you?"

"Very good." Diarmuid smiled and followed the boy downstairs.

Downstairs in the restaurant, the tables were already laden with food. Gilgamesh's eyes darkened again when he saw the scoundrel following behind the boy. He was actually waiting outside the boy's door all night; did he think he was the kind of person who couldn't control himself? What a joke!

"Randy, come and have breakfast." Enkidu greeted the boy immediately and nodded to Diarmuid behind him, "Diarmuid, come on in too."