I am the protagonist

This kid is using that power so recklessly.

"Hey!"

"Tsuna, you shouldn't use that power so recklessly. That power comes at a price."

Tsuna paused for a moment, then unconsciously burst into laughter.

"So you didn't know that?"

"I thought Reborn would tell you guys about this, but it turns out he didn't say anything at all."

After we've had our laughs, let me explain a little.

"The special abilities passed down from generation to generation of Vongola Bosses naturally come at a price."

"After all, everyone's time is limited, and when you use your time, you are also borrowing your time in advance."

"The more times you spend, the less time you have left."

"That's why all the bosses in Vongola's history died young, and only the Ninth Vongola, who didn't use that power very often, was able to live to old age."

"But I am different from them."

A large amount of black substance appeared around Tsunayoshi's body.

The surrounding trees withered and lost their life the moment they touched the black substance.

"The acceleration of time."

With the disappearance of the black substance, the withered trees began to slowly recover.

"Turning back in time."

[This, this use of time!]

Are you surprised?

"...Ah, I am indeed very surprised. I never expected you to use this ability to such an extent. But you should also understand that this ability cannot be used casually."

"Normally, that's correct."

"So didn't I say that I'm different from all the previous Vongola Bosses?"

"Because time is my power, I don't have to pay any price when I use time, but there are certain time limits."

No price needs to be paid.

[This ability doesn't require any price to be paid?]

Tsuna rolled his eyes at his father standing opposite him.

Do you think I'm like you, someone who likes to risk my life?

"If this kind of power comes at a price, I wouldn't use it often. Do you think I'm that stupid?"

Thinking about it this way, Iemitsu felt a little awkward.

I used to think this kid was a little mentally unstable after gaining power, but it seems he was just overthinking things.

"and then."

What restrictions are you referring to?

"Well... actually, this limitation is still quite significant."

Jia Guang's timing is perfectly understandable.

[After all, it's a time-related ability; even if it doesn't come at a cost, its use is definitely subject to significant limitations.]

But what's wrong with Tsuna?

[Every previous boss had to pay a price to use that power, so why has it become a limitation for him?]

Jia Guang couldn't figure out the specifics of the situation.

However, since there's no price to pay, the limitations must be significant.

After all, he was his own son, so Iemitsu listened attentively.

"Ten seconds."

"I can only stop the world's time for ten seconds. Once that time is exceeded, there is no way to stop the world's time."

Speaking of this restriction, Tsunayoshi is actually quite helpless.

Although the ability to stop time is quite remarkable, with extraordinary advantages in both offense and defense, the duration of time stoppage is greatly limited.

Now that his Time Magic has reached its peak, he has almost no way to improve it further.

In other words, the longest time that time can be stopped is at most ten seconds. Once it exceeds ten seconds, the time stop must be stopped, and there will be a momentary flaw that will appear.

That one moment of weakness is truly the biggest weakness.

Therefore, Tsunayoshi has been thinking about how to exploit this momentary opening.

At this moment, Iemitsu was a little dumbfounded.

He needs to calm down and rethink the meaning of that sentence.

What does it mean to stop time for ten seconds?

Does it mean stopping the flow of time for ten seconds?

【…】

Chapter 156 A fight between father and son!

"Time stops..."

"Not just within a certain area, but time has stopped for the entire world?"

At first, Iemitsu thought his son was recklessly abusing the power of time, but now he realizes how naive he was.

He knew about the powers that the successive Vongola bosses had obtained, and was even very clear about them.

This is something that any outsider consultant must know.

The exact nature of their ability to control time has been passed down orally from one boss to another, and each boss has a different skill in mastering time.

I can understand a temporary pause in time in a certain region.

It is understandable to temporarily suspend home visits within a certain timeframe.

I can understand using it for self-acceleration.

He could understand using time to accelerate his own time, thereby achieving his own acceleration.

[But why is it that time stands still across the entire world?]

[And there are still ten seconds left?]

Is ten seconds a long time?

Honestly, ten seconds isn't a long time; for many people, it's just a blink of an eye.

But for many people, those ten seconds are a very long time.

Especially for people in the Otherworld.

"Now that we've had our small talk, we can really get started."

A smile slowly spread across Tsuna's face.

"I heard from Reborn that you haven't been home for a long time as an outside consultant, have you?"

"...Well, as a member of the mafia, I'm not unaware that you're doing this to protect Mom and me."

"However, in terms of mood... you know, I'm still quite uncomfortable."

"So next I'll specifically target your face, let Mom give you a good treatment."

"No way, this kid keeps slapping me in the face!"

Iemitsu knew he couldn't avoid this beating.

After witnessing the power of time, Iemitsu knew that this kid was definitely going to slap him hard in the face in the still world.

"Oh!"

Even though I couldn't see it at all, I already felt like I'd been hit in the face.

【Hey! Hey! Hey!】

[This time-stopping thing is worse than I imagined.]

He had already prepared for this since he knew Tsuna possessed such an ability.

He may not be able to stop time from stopping, but he can strengthen his defense with the Death Flame at the moment time stops.

But his defense completely collapsed the moment he was hit.

[Harmony... That kid has even mastered the power of the Dying Will Flame, besides time manipulation.]

"Oh!"

Iemitsu got punched in the face again.

Just like that punch just now, it almost instantly shattered his defensive measures.

"Here?"

Attack in the direction of the hyper-intuitive reaction.

"Oh!"

It still had no effect.

After all, the so-called attack would be completely ineffective in a world where time is frozen.

"Should I retaliate against my time-frozen world?"

"Dad, I think you're really naive."

Iemitsu took a deep breath.

[This is indeed an extremely troublesome ability.]

If time hadn't stopped, his attack would have been effective, but for Tsuna, the entire world had been frozen at that moment, so it would be a miracle if his attack had any effect.

After throwing his final punch, Tsuna didn't think about immediately pursuing the attack.

"Time's power has already been shown to you."

"But this ability to time can also be used in other ways, it's just that I usually don't use it actively in order to hide my ability to time."

"After all, once my other uses of time are seen, people will definitely know that my ability is to control time."

"Once the ability is discovered, a way to counter it will naturally be found."

"That's also why I'm reluctant to use other time-related abilities frequently."

From the beginning, Tsunayoshi has only ever used the ability to stop time.

It only initially utilized the acceleration and deceleration of time.

However, after his strength was fully systematized, his ability to manipulate time simply stopped.

Because in a world where time has completely stopped, it is the least likely person to discover that his ability is time.

"Judging from your reaction, Dad, my attempts to hide things were quite effective."

"Even the Vongola bosses of all generations probably couldn't stop time completely."

"This is also quite advantageous for me."

"Even if someone is wary of the ability to control time, they wouldn't believe that I can stop the world's time."

"Besides, now that one pair of eyes has been drawn to this, I'm not going to continue using time to fight."

"Let's fight with the power I've gained myself."

Is this place being watched?

Iemitsu frowned.

“Those are the eyes of the Avengers. You probably can’t detect those guys yet, Dad.”

"Instead of searching for eyes hidden nearby, it's better to concentrate your attention."