I am the protagonist

Upon seeing that the opponent's weapon was a billiard ball, Tsuna understood the opponent's fighting style at that moment.

"The reason they made this choice is because they knew my identity, so they couldn't get close to me... What a naive idea."

Gamma did not refute this at all, but immediately used his cue to hit the billiard ball that was floating in the air.

"when!"

A layer of ice easily blocked the billiard ball's attack.

The chill from the ice wall froze all the billiard balls in an instant.

[Ice wall!?]

[Could it be that the ice wall was created using the Zero Point Breakthrough technique!?]

At that moment, Gamma realized that what was blocking him and the Lark Box weapon was not something else but a layer of ice wall.

But by the time they realized it, it was too late.

"It's really too late to realize this now."

The sound behind him made Gamma instinctively want to move, but the intense impact made him realize it was too late.

"I'm not the kind of fool who shows mercy to his enemies."

“Killing you all is what I should be doing now.”

Gamma, who had been pierced through his body by dozens of ice spears, was unable to move. The cold air from the ice spears continued to spread throughout his body, and in the blink of an eye, he was completely frozen inside.

[He's dead...]

Gamma was aware of his condition.

Princess, it seems I won't be able to see you again...

His life was essentially sealed the moment the ice spear pierced Gamma's heart.

The astonishing chill emanating from the ice spear was merely a means of cleaning up the battlefield.

In an instant, Gamma's frozen body was completely shattered by the cold air, leaving only a ring and no other remains of Gamma's corpse.

Tsuna picked up the Mare Ring from the ground and gently squeezed it.

"Crack!"

A crack appeared in the gemstone on the ring.

"Just as I thought, they really couldn't be the guardians of Milfiore."

I had previously speculated about the authenticity of the Six Wreaths. If my previous guesses were based solely on my intuition, then seeing the damage to the Mare Ring now basically confirms that these people are indeed the Guardians in the open.

"what happened?"

Hibari, who was watching the scene unfold, frowned.

"You'll understand for yourself."

Tsuna threw the Mare Ring over.

Lark took the ring and saw the crack in the gemstone.

“I only injected a little more of my Death Flame just now, and that ring couldn’t withstand it at all. If the Mare Ring is really like this, then it doesn’t deserve to be ranked alongside the Vongola Ring.”

"In other words, the Marai Ring on Gamma's hand is just a replica. The real one is not in his hands, but in the hands of the true guardian of Milfiore."

"I see."

With a slight exertion of force, Lark shattered the already cracked ring.

[These are quite different from the herbivores I remembered from ten years ago.]

This guy is already a carnivore.

[And it's a carnivore with sharp teeth and claws.]

At this moment, however, the lark developed a strong interest in carnivores that were completely different from those from ten years ago.

"Hibari, you've been investigating the box weapon, you should have reached some conclusions by now."

"Ah."

Yun Que did not deny that she had indeed uncovered some startling information, but it was information that was so difficult to believe that it was hard to accept.

"The reason those box weapons were manufactured was entirely by chance."

"...A coincidence? So, Milfiore frequently exploited these abnormal circumstances to create the Box Weapon?"

"……you know?"

"My guess about White Gesso's abilities led me to this answer, and your investigation has made me even more certain of it."

Chapter 42 I am just an ordinary little person

"...Parallel world travel, I never expected him to have such an ability."

Hibari understood what the topic meant, but he never expected that Byakuran Gesso would possess such a special and abnormal ability.

"It is precisely because he possesses such power that things have become so troublesome."

Tsuna contacted the Vongola's underground base.

"Johnny 2, strengthen the monitoring and defense of the entrance to the Vongola base."

"Chrome, how are things going with Yamamoto and Gokudera?"

[Boss, Yamamoto and Gokudera have found Sasagawa.]

"Get them back to base as soon as possible; the situation outside is getting worse."

Yes, I'll contact them immediately.

"If we go back, things will get very complicated outside."

Having lost contact, Tsuna didn't intend to linger outside any longer. Having just received a level 1 upgrade, he needed to go back and further enhance his abilities.

"uh-huh!"

"Sawada Tsunayoshi, I've suddenly developed a certain interest in you."

"..."

Tsuna, who was walking ahead, suddenly felt a chill.

Turning his head, he saw that gaze, as if looking at prey, which gave Tsuna a sudden bad feeling.

"...If you want to have a male-male relationship, go to this era of me. I'm not really interested in male-male relationships."

After saying this, Tsuna immediately quickened his pace to leave. He could accept relationships between men and women, but relationships between men... were truly beyond his acceptable range.

"..."

"As expected, you're one of my targets to kill!"

The other end

"...Understood. Yamamoto and I will immediately take the lawn-headed guy back to the base."

Gokudera's feelings are mixed; he's both excited and sentimental.

"Baseball idiot, lawnhead, the Tenth Boss has found Hibari and successfully killed Gamma the Lightning. He's on his way back to base now."

"The other side doesn't know about Gamma's death yet, but Gamma's importance is different from the two people the Tenth Generation killed before. They'll realize something's wrong in less than a day. We need to get back to base quickly."

The person killed this time was Gamma, who was Milfiore's apparent guardian. Milfiore's side would start to take action if Gamma disappeared for half a day.

Gokudera understands this very well, which is why they need to speed things up and return to the Vongola underground base as soon as possible.

"Tsuna is truly worthy of the name."

Yamamoto was slightly taken aback when he heard the news, but then a bright smile appeared on his face.

"Although I thought Tsuna would succeed, I didn't expect him to do it so quickly."

"That's only natural!"

"The Tenth Generation Boss's strength is enough to deal with Gamma without too much trouble. The key is how long it will take him to finish the battle."

"???"

Sasagawa, who was standing next to him, looked completely bewildered.

Are Yamamoto and Gokudera talking about Sawada? But Sawada is already...

Sasagawa witnessed Sawada's death firsthand; he and Yamamoto moved the body to the back mountain.

But it is precisely because of this that Sasakawa understands even less of what Gokudera and Yamamoto mean.

"Ah, Sasagawa-senpai, it's like this."

"Oh!"

Gokudera interrupted the baseball idiot's words with a punch.

"Do you think this is a base? This isn't the time for idle talk!"

“The entire Namimori region is unsafe right now, and the outside is not a place to talk. You can explain it however you want when you get back to base.”

The other guardians outside were all on their way back to the base, while Tsunayoshi, who was the fastest, had already returned to the base.

"Tsuna, did you kill Gamma?"

Reborn remained silent for a long time before finally asking the question.

"...Ah, he's already killed."

"is it?"

Reborn lowered his hat and did not comment on the matter.

"Reborn, are you two old acquaintances?"

"...He was a tragic man."

"How tragic... No wonder his eyes were so complicated before he died."

Tsuna understood that this was something no one could avoid; the moment you raise your gun, you must be prepared to be killed—this was a resolve every killer needed to have.

Also, don't regret the things you've done.

"Reborn, I will not regret what I have done."

"Even if I knew he was your friend, I wouldn't have shown him any mercy when I had to make my move."

Their differing stances are the biggest reason for their hostility.

The Vongola can never reconcile with the Milfiores because neither side will act with the intention of destroying the other.

Reborn lowered his hat but smiled.

"Ah, that's only natural."

[This idiot Tsuna has finally learned to shoulder his responsibilities.]

As the boss of the Vongola family, protecting one's own family is only natural, and Reborn is actually very happy that Tsuna has such awareness.

"In addition, the ring he was wearing was exactly as I had guessed."

A flicker appeared in Reborn's eyes.

"It seems that this White Gesso is hiding more than we imagined, even more than anyone in this era could have guessed."

Milfiore's true guardians were all hidden away. Why? Because Byran Geso never trusted anyone from the very beginning.

He knew from the beginning that there were spies in his family, so he even deceived his own family members, creating a group of fake guardians.

"Reborn, do you think this world will end completely?"

"Don't say such foolish things. If you want to think like that, you should first defeat the overlord of this world."

“…That’s true.”

Tsuna's gaze became more determined than before.

To Tsuna, everything that happened in this era was wrong, because one person's actions caused tragedy for many people, and that was a mistake.

Perhaps in a sense, this is a hypocritical idea.

Whether it's hypocrisy or not doesn't matter!