Conquer the world, young man!

After talking with Belphegor, Totsuka confirmed that this seemingly strange man was indeed a member of the royal family and had an older brother whom Belphegor had killed. Totsuka couldn't understand Belphegor's actions.

A loud 'clang' rang out, and when Totsuka looked up, he saw Squalo, who had been doused with red wine, looking annoyed, with his long white hair still dripping with wine.

"Did the BOSS yell at you again?" Belphegor clutched his stomach, laughing heartily. "The BOSS must have complained about the chef again!"

"What's going on?" Totsuka hadn't expected that this person, who was XANXUS's right-hand man, had been suffering all this time in Varia. But looking at XANXUS, he did seem like a violent person.

Squalo slammed his fist on the wall in frustration. "Damn boss, where am I supposed to find a chef I'm satisfied with?! He's not satisfied with anything!"

"Do you really need to prepare this?" Totsuka covered his mouth and laughed as he looked at Squalo's disheveled appearance. "I didn't expect to see Squalo like this. XANXUS is really amazing in some ways."

Squalo touched his hair, the sticky feeling making his expression even worse.

"What would XANXUS like to eat?" Totsuka stood up. This place is so big, the kitchen should have all kinds of food.

Squalo looked at the boy with a puzzled expression, "Uh... steak..."

"Steak," Totsuka thought for a moment, not being particularly good at this kind of food. "Is there anything else besides this?"

"I don't know!" Squalo grabbed his long hair, making it a little messy. "I've tried steaks from several different places, and none of them were satisfactory!"

"If you don't mind, let me give it a try." Totsuka smiled. "Where's the kitchen? And do you have all the ingredients?"

Squalo, in a daze, led the boy to the kitchen and asked the kitchen staff to prepare everything the boy needed. When he came to his senses, he saw that the boy had already tied on an apron and started working.

"This guy is way too self-aware..." Squalo, standing at the kitchen door, twitched as he watched the boy skillfully chopping vegetables. "Or are we Varia really that hospitable?"

Belphegor also stood up from the sofa, peeked out from the kitchen doorway, and raised his hand, saying, "Hehe, give the prince one too, I'm a little hungry!"

Totsuka turned around, gave an OK sign, and asked, "What do you like?"

“Sushi, don’t disappoint the prince, otherwise…” Belphegor looked at the boy and said, word by word, “The prince will be angry!”

"Hey! Kid, are you really okay?" Why is he acting like he's practically family with Bell?! Squalo feels like his worldview has been turned upside down. Are all the Vongola people like this kid, complete idiots?! Or did this kid come here on purpose, trying to do something?

With that thought in mind, Squalo immediately kept a close eye on the boy. If he were to poison someone, their Varia assassination squad would know immediately. He wouldn't do something so stupid, would he?

At this moment, Totsuka connected with the system in his mind and directly asked the system to describe how to make a delicious steak.

[Hmph, always bothering this system with such trivial matters, host, you're becoming more and more useless.]

"You can't say that, System." After accurately judging the system's temperament, Totsuka directly communicated, "No other method of making steak is as good as the one you provide, System. If you want to ask, of course I'll ask you, the all-knowing one."

"Hmm, that makes sense. Host, you're getting better and better at judging people. Since you admire me so much, this consultation will be free."

If you could be a little more generous, you would be even more charming, and even the great Tom Sue would be very satisfied with you.

[Host, you're so mean... She already satisfied the great Tom Sue, and her charm is unmatched.]

Totsuka's lips twitched, deciding to stop communicating with it. Following the system's menu, she seared the steak to medium-rare, then evenly poured the prepared sauce over it using its specific instructions. Aside from steak, Totsuka was quite adept at making sushi.

Having lived in the island nation for so long, and with the Yamamoto family owning a sushi restaurant, he could recreate several types of sushi he had tasted and found delicious, relying on his memory. Besides these, Totsuka also made several bowls of borscht, which would go well with the steak. After thinking for a moment, Totsuka also cooked a pot of hand-pulled noodles, which Levi and Squalo could also try.

"It's done!" Totsuka smiled as he looked at the finished dish and beckoned Squalo over. "Hey, take the steak and soup to XANXUS. I've done my best."

Squalo looked at the food in front of him and swallowed hard. He felt that the food the boy made was very appetizing just to look at.

"Is the prince's sushi ready?" Belphegor called from outside. "Hurry up and bring it out, my diligent princess! The prince is getting impatient!"

Totsuka's lips twitched. Bell seemed to really like giving people nicknames. What kind of title is "Princess"?! But despite thinking that, Totsuka still took the sushi on the plate and placed it in front of Bell. "Try it."

Belphegor grinned, reached out and picked up a piece of sushi, then quickly finished the whole plate. "Hehehe, the prince is very satisfied. Is there anything else?"

"There's also noodles, if you want some..." Before Totsuka could finish speaking, Bell had already entered the kitchen and ladled out a bowl.

Totsuka also greeted Levi and laid out the portion meant for Squalo. Only then did he sit down and begin to eat.

Levi awkwardly sat down, glanced at the boy, and then began to eat. He quickly finished the entire bowl of noodles, leaving no trace of broth. Holding the bowl, Levi's face flushed slightly as he murmured, "It's...it's really delicious..."

“If that’s not enough, there’s more in the pot.” Totsuka smiled. “But leave some for Squalo. Hopefully, he won’t be treated violently by XANXUS this time.”

Squalo, holding his plate, thought for a moment before pushing open XANXUS's door. "BOSS."

XANXUS narrowed his eyes, somewhat displeased. "You're only arriving now? Trash!"

Squalo completely ignored XANXUS's words, put down his plate, and placed the steak and borscht in front of him. "Boss, this is..."

XANXUS also sat down at the table, picked up his knife and fork and began cutting the beef. When he tasted the tender meat and the perfectly matched sauce, XANXUS's annoyed expression calmed down. After finishing a plate of beef, he drank the refreshing soup and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

Upon seeing Squalo standing stiffly at the table, XANXUS was in a good mood and said, "Trash, this time the preparations were not bad. Let the newly hired chef stay."

“Uh…” Squalo didn’t expect that the boy’s creation would be so to XANXUS’s liking. When he thought that the other party was from the Vongola side, he couldn’t say anything at this moment.

"What, is there a problem with this?" XANXUS frowned, also showing some dissatisfaction with Squalo's expression.

Squaw chuckled twice, nodded, and walked out. Perhaps Mammon was right; leaving that brat in Varia might be a good choice.

When Squalo came downstairs, he saw Levi, Belphegor, and that kid sitting together eating noodles, looking... remarkably harmonious.

"Hey, Squalo." Totsuka waved and pointed to the noodles on the table. "Come and eat, or the noodles will swell up."

"Hehehe, the BOSS didn't say anything this time?" Belphegor put down his bowl, rubbed his stomach, and realized that the prince had really eaten his fill this time.

Squalo no longer cared about the boy's identity, sat down and picked up his noodles, "That bastard boss wants to keep him here."

"Really?" Levi stared wide-eyed at the boy, while Belphegor on the other side burst into laughter.

"The diligent princess is here to cook for the prince." Belphegor leaned back on the sofa, a smug smile on her face. "The prince is truly a genius!"

Totsuka was somewhat exasperated this time. "I'm here as a guest, not to cook for you!"

Squalo finished the noodles in his bowl, a smile spreading across his face. "Now it's not up to you to decide, kid."

When XANXUS came downstairs and found his subordinates hanging out with that strange brat from the Vongola, he was momentarily at a loss for words. The group, who had been chatting happily, immediately froze upon seeing XANXUS.

"BOSS!" Squalo stood up, shielding the boy behind him. "What are your orders?"

“This scum…” XANXUS stretched out his hand, glanced at the crowd, and said coldly, “What’s going on?”

“BOSS.” Levi also quickly stood up, looked at the boy, and hesitated, unsure of what to say.

"Yo, XANXUS." Totsuka popped out from behind Squalo and waved. "Bell invited me to visit, so I came to Varia to take a look."

"Want to die, you scum!" XANXUS felt a surge of irritation upon seeing the brat, but the brat's smile made him reluctant to kill him outright. This made him feel his thoughts were spiraling out of control, and his brows furrowed even more deeply.

Looking at Xanxus's expression, Squalo was genuinely worried he might start a fight. Even though they were originally on opposing sides, after spending time with the boy, he truly felt it was rare to encounter someone so compatible. The boy was indeed quite special, able to get along well with everyone on the enemy side.

"Always being so irritable will accelerate aging." Totsuka glanced at the time and smiled, "There's the Cloud Battle tonight, so we can set off soon. Before we leave, you can tell me what you want to eat."

XANXUS's eyes darkened as he looked at Squalo. Could it be that the food he ate today was actually...?

"Hehehe... What a hardworking princess." Belphegor, seemingly oblivious to the tense atmosphere, said to the boy, "Whatever the princess wants to do, the prince wants to eat."

“BOSS!” Squalo sighed as if giving up, “This brat is the chef you wanted to keep. Now I think it’s not a bad idea to keep him.”

"Is that so?" XANXUS thought for a moment, his expression changed, and then he burst into laughter: "This is a blow to the Vongola, isn't it! Let this scum stay!"

"Hey... I haven't said anything yet!" Totsuka looked at the group of guys who made decisions on their own, and his lips twitched again.

Author's Note: Chapter 100 of the main text. Where did all the little fairies who were going to write long reviews for the lamb cub at chapter 100 go? T_T

Chapter 104101 Chaotic Battle

Just before the Cloud Battle was about to begin, Totsuka realized he'd forgotten something. He hadn't brought his phone, and Tsuna and the others had no idea what was going on with him. And he'd been gone for a whole day; if he reappeared with the Varia people… just thinking about it made Totsuka's head spin again.

If he was originally just a guest and could leave, then after XANXUS made his decision, it seemed that it wasn't just a matter for Totsuka alone. Totsuka also met the last remaining member of Varia, a man named Ruslia, who had been severely injured by Gora Mosca's punishment during the Battle of the Sun with Sasagawa Ryohei and was still lying in bed unable to move.

After meeting Russlia, Totsuka's opinion of Varia's eccentricities rose even higher. Russlia's fashion sense was so trendy and avant-garde that even when he was bedridden, his appearance still caught Totsuka's eye. Furthermore, after meeting him, he actually wanted Totsuka to call him "Big Sister," which Totsuka couldn't understand why such a strange man existed.

Of course, Belphegor directly told Totsuka: "Ignore this transvestite, he looks incredibly stupid right now."

Totsuka wholeheartedly agreed; Ruslia and the 'transvestite' did indeed resemble each other. He wondered what Ruslia would be like if he recovered.

The battleground for the Cloud Battle was a spacious outdoor sports field in Namimori. The battlefield was surrounded by barbed wire and eight automatic turrets that would react to and attack any moving objects within a 30-centimeter radius. The ground outside was also covered with motion-sensing mines, making the battleground extremely harsh.

When Totsuka was brought to the Cloud Battle site by Varia's people, he could only awkwardly smile and wave when he saw the Vongola's people, saying, "Gokudera, Takeru, and Sasagawa-senpai... where's Tsuna?"

"Lord Totsuka!" Gokudera Hayato's eyes flashed with anger when he saw the Varia people shielding the boy. "No wonder we haven't heard from Lord Totsuka all day, it seems it was you!"

"Hehehe... You're only realizing it now?" Belphegor grabbed the boy's hand, while holding a small knife in his other hand. "The prince won't give him to you!"

"Wait... this violates the rules of the competition!" Cerberus stepped forward upon seeing the situation and said, "The other party is a Vongola participant. If they used coercion..."

"Shut up, you scum!" XANXUS glanced at Cerbero, his tone extremely displeased. "Hurry up and start the match!"

“Lord XANXUS, this…” The two Cerberos exchanged a glance, then nodded. “Then, the battle of the Cloud Guardians shall officially begin!”

Hibari Kyoya, who had somehow arrived, looked at the people from Varia with a somewhat puzzled expression. However, when he saw the giant robot blocking his way, he directly directed his anger at Gora Mosca.

"Hey, Tatara, are you doing alright over there?" Yamamoto Takeshi waved his arms, but while Hibari was fighting, he turned all his attention to one of the Varia members.

Shishu nodded, just about to say something, when Belphegor's knife was pressed against his neck, and he said beside him, "Diligent princess, this is not the time for you to build rapport with the enemy."

“Bell.” Totsuka frowned and glanced at him helplessly. He knew that Totsuka’s behavior had made Gokudera furious. “I don’t think you can stop me with your words alone.”

"Bell, watch out!" Squalo glared at Belphegor, whose smile grew even stranger. "Just keep an eye on him."

"Do you guys really think I'm helpless?!" Totsuka sighed, realizing that this group of strange people was also difficult to communicate with.

XANXUS remained seated, but turned around and said coldly, "Scum, be quiet!"

What an arrogant bunch! Totsuka knew his current position was dangerous; if all of Varia's people were to target him, he truly wouldn't stand a chance. But Tsuna hadn't arrived yet. Was he still not fully trained?

Meanwhile, when Totsuka noticed, he saw that Hibari, as expected of Hibari, had easily knocked Gora Mosca to the ground and removed his mechanical arm. Having obtained the other half of the Cloud Ring, Hibari closed the ring but threw it directly to Cerberus, saying, "I don't want this."

"Hibari!" Totsuka watched from the side, feeling extremely conflicted. The other guardians were all focused on obtaining the ring, but Hibari really didn't care about this at all!

[Congratulations, host, for helping Reborn gather all six Guardians of the 10th Vongola Boss (6/6). Mission reward: Sun attribute activity (can be developed), 1000 reward points.]

[Congratulations! Host, you've escaped the fate of running around naked! Hooray!]

At least the mission was accomplished; Lark did participate in the Ring Battle, which is not bad.

At this moment, Hibari Kyoya directly faced the people of Varia, his gaze sweeping over the boy before landing on XANXUS, who was sitting upright in the chair. "Alright, get down from the chair, you sitting there."

A mocking smile appeared on Hibari Kyoya's lips as he slowly said, "I won't go back unless I bite the Monkey King on Monkey Mountain to death."

Hearing Hibari's provocative words, XANXUS didn't fly into a rage; instead, a smile curled at the corner of his lips. He stood up and launched a flying kick at Hibari Kyoya, but it was blocked by Hibari's floating cane. Landing easily on the ground, he raised an eyebrow, "My foot slipped."

Totsuka, watching from the sidelines, was quite astonished. XANXUS's attack this time couldn't really be considered an attack. He had specifically checked XANXUS's overall attribute value, which was an A+. For Hibari in his current state, this was not an easy opponent.

Hibari Kyoya put down his crutch, seemingly unimpressed by XANXUS's behavior, saying, "I think so too."

“I’m serious.” XANXUS paused briefly before jumping to the side, and the landmines buried on the ground exploded. “I just wanted to retrieve that machine. We lost this time.”

Even though he had admitted defeat, XAXNUS's smile didn't fade, and Totsuka clearly sensed something was wrong—that Gora Mosca…

Hibari Kyoya frowned, growing increasingly dissatisfied. "You don't seem to think that way." With that, he charged straight at XANXUS.