I am the protagonist

"Little lion."

Chrome extended a finger in a friendly gesture.

"Ouch!"

After looking at it for a while, the little lion put its paw on it in approval.

Mutual understanding is the foundation for mutual recognition.

At this moment, Chrome and the little lion have come to understand and accept each other.

[...Why does this scene look so strange to me?]

For some reason, even though it was a perfectly normal scene, Tsuna felt something was inexplicably strange about it.

"...We've finally arrived."

The man on horseback finally breathed a sigh of relief when he arrived at the Vongola's underground base.

"Oh!"

"it hurts!!!"

When I was dismounting, my foot slipped and I fell off the horse.

The way he landed on the back of his head looked like it really hurt.

"...He really is just as useless as anyone else."

Only when he saw his other foolish disciple, Reborn, could he understand the goodness of Tsuna.

At least now Tsuna isn't as useless as his other disciple, who can even fall off his horse because he didn't have a firm footing.

Even Reborn lowered his hat, not wanting to look at this good-for-nothing a second time.

"Even Tsuna did a better job than you. What have you been doing for the past ten years?"

"interesting……"

Although I had a terrible headache, I was still touched to hear such a reprimand after so long.

Tears streamed from the corners of his eyes because of the head injury, but his eyes were filled with joy as he looked at Reborn, who was speaking.

"I didn't expect you to actually be here."

"It's been so long since I've seen you like this."

The teachers of this era are dead.

He died at the hands of Blanche.

But it's truly a blessing to still be able to see teachers alive today.

"Oh!"

Reborn stomped on the man's entire face, burying his head in the ground.

Don't try to get too close!

"Whoa!"

"They're all incredibly stupid. Looks like you need to be re-educated too."

The man's lips twitched.

Why is Reborn so agitated today?

[Could something bad have happened to make you feel down?]

Chapter Ninety-Nine: Dino, being educated after ten years

"...Reborn, are you in a bad mood today?"

Then Dino noticed a dangerous glint in his teacher's eyes and immediately shut up.

Do I look like I'm in a bad mood?

Dino shuddered and quickly shook his head to deny such a statement.

“Stand up. Don’t be such a useless piece of trash after ten years.”

"Yes……"

Although he knew he was implicated, Dino's past experience had made him afraid to put up any resistance.

Because resistance would only result in a beating.

He was too naive in the past, which is why he was beaten every day.

But now he's smarter and he's determined to avoid such unnecessary beatings.

"...I hadn't heard that the situation here was that bad."

While keeping quiet, Dino began to ponder why Reborn was in such a bad mood.

[It's definitely not because of the battle on the front lines. I'd already heard that Tsuna and the others were going to have their final battle with Byakuran and Gesso in a week. Even if that situation is bad, it's not the reason Reborn is angry.]

So, is Reborn angry because I'm such a useless piece of trash?

"...No way, didn't Reborn already know he was a complete loser?"

I thought of all sorts of reasons, but none of them felt quite right.

Dino couldn't immediately figure out why Reborn was in a bad mood.

However, it's definitely the right thing to do now not to provoke Reborn.

[Okay, that's so stiff.]

The atmosphere was really too abnormal. Dino felt that Reborn was becoming increasingly dangerous under this atmosphere.

In order to find a topic that would not make the atmosphere so awkward.

Dino took the first step.

"Ah, speaking of which, how's Tsuna doing lately?"

A sense of danger made Dino stop in his tracks.

The moment I looked down, the whole world turned black and white.

The world was white, but his teacher was black, and a black that could swallow up all the white like a black hole.

【! ? 】

[Yes, it's Tsuna's problem!?]

A shiver ran through him, and he quickly forced himself not to look at the teacher's current appearance, otherwise Dino would develop a new phobia of black and white starting today.

"Reborn... Has something happened to Tsuna?"

He glanced back at his foolish disciple.

"What do you think?"

"Uh, how would I know what happened to Tsuna?"

If I had known, I wouldn't have seen that scene.

Although we don't know exactly what happened, Reborn looks really angry right now.

[That's strange. Didn't Tsuna used to avoid Reborn's restricted areas, just like me?]

Why is Reborn so angry about Tsuna this time?

Dino knew that he and his junior apprentice both had the ability to seek advantage and avoid harm.

This ability is entirely a result of Reborn becoming their tutor. Only Reborn had this ability to enable them to grasp the ability to seek advantage and avoid harm from the beginning; otherwise, they wouldn't even know how they died at Reborn's hands.

What did Tsuna do this time to make Reborn so angry?

Dino followed Reborn to the monitoring room.

Then Dino saw that many of the surveillance cameras in the room were focused on Tsuna, and also on the girl next to him.

[That girl... is she Chrome from ten years ago?]

Why is she getting so close to Tsuna?

If Dino remembers correctly, Chrome and Tsuna weren't that close ten years ago.

Could it be that Rokudo Mukuro has some new idea?

It's no wonder Dino thinks that way, because Rokudo Mukuro in this era has always been very resourceful. If it weren't for Byakuran's situation, Rokudo Mukuro could have caused a lot of trouble.

"Reborn, it can't be that Rokudo Mukuro has another idea, right?"

"..."

Why are all my disciples so useless?

At that moment, the veins on Reborn's forehead began to throb.

Upon seeing the scene of Tsuna and Chrome together, this idiot only thought of Rokudo Mukuro.

[...I'd forgotten that this idiot also hadn't had any romantic relationship with a single woman for ten years.]

It would be strange if this idiot understood.

Reborn tried hard to control his temper.

But when he looked back and saw Dino, that idiot, still with that clueless, moronic expression, he couldn't help himself.

"Hey!"

Am I mistaken?

"Ah! Reborn, yes, it was my fault, please don't hit me..."

A well-deserved beating left Dino sprawled on the ground, his face bruised and swollen.

"Son, thinking about it carefully, that doesn't make sense either."

If it really is Rokudo Mukuro's problem, Reborn definitely won't ignore it.

What's going on?

Dino stared at the monitor, enduring the pain in his face.

Gradually, he began to notice something else.

"Reborn...Aren't Tsuna and Chrome very close?"

"But I remember that Tsuna and Chrome's relationship was just so-so ten years ago."

Dino clearly remembers that Chrome was Rokudo Mukuro's sidekick ten years ago, so how come Chrome and Tsuna are so close now?

Is it just a superficial good relationship?

However, judging from Chrome's focused expression on the screen, it didn't seem like a relationship that was just on the surface.

[This doesn't seem like a relationship at all... Could it be that Chrome from ten years ago had those kinds of feelings for Tsuna from ten years ago?]

Even Dino himself found the thought a little inexplicable the moment it came to him.

"That was the past."

"That's the kind of relationship Chrome and Tsuna have right now."

Dino stared wide-eyed, still unable to comprehend why such a change had occurred.

"These days, Chrome has been staying in Tsuna's room."

For a moment, Dino's brain almost exploded.

"Junior brother has already stepped onto the adult ladder at such a young age!?"

"Oh!"

Another kick, and Dino landed face down.

"If that idiot Tsuna really did that, would I still need to worry?"

"If that idiot Tsuna really had that kind of guts, would I need to have such a headache?"

"...That idiot Tsuna is just as useless a disciple as you!"

After being thoroughly stomped on, Dino realized that his thinking had been terrible.