I am the protagonist

It was rare for the boy, Chrome, to show any interest in such things, and he was naturally pleased to see this cultivated interest.

Chapter 211 The Price of Keeping a Secret

"Tsuna, the information about the Avengers must be highly confidential, right?"

"Of course, it's a secret that even the Vongola bosses of all time don't know."

Yamamoto had already guessed this answer long ago.

"Well, this isn't something we can just find out by asking, is it?"

A thought began to form in Yamamoto's mind.

So, if they were the ones asking instead of Chrome, would Tsuna tell them?

"Definitely."

Yamamoto's face twitched a few times; he knew that Tsuna hadn't initially intended to tell them.

"After all, you won't fall into the same trap a second time unless you've fallen into it once yourself."

“I want to see you jump into the pit, so that you won’t make the same mistake again and you’ll be more careful in the future.”

Tsunayoshi was anything but lenient with Yamamoto and the others when it came to their education.

Cultivating family members is also a very important task for the Boss.

How can we make family members aware of what constitutes danger?

It's actually quite simple. Tsuna just imitated the lioness's actions and pushed the cubs off the cliff.

Once you learn from this experience, you'll know when to be cautious.

"Tsuna, you really don't hold back at all."

"Yeah, Sawada, you're the boss, how could you just watch us jump into the pit?"

The person who said those words was Sasagawa, which surprised Tsuna a bit.

"Sasakawa, I believe what Yamamoto says, but why don't I believe what you say?"

"You yourself are someone who is always on the edge, how could you possibly have any thoughts about this kind of thing?"

"Based on your past thinking, even if you knew there was a pit ahead, you would still jump in, right?"

These words made Sasakawa look a little embarrassed.

Sasakawa is well aware of how reckless he usually is, but he doesn't want to jump into a pit if he can avoid it, because wouldn't that make him look too stupid?

"cough!"

“Sawada, you know that people grow up.”

"Now that I know there's a trap ahead, why should I be a fool and jump in?"

"Reckless" and "foolish" are not synonyms.

Sasagawa still didn't want people to think of him as a complete fool.

"..."

"Sasakawa, I never imagined you'd grow to this level."

Compared to Chrome, Tsuna felt that Sasagawa had grown the most at this moment.

Tsuna had previously tested Sasagawa's mind and found that he had almost no other way of thinking besides being reckless and silly.

I never imagined that Sasagawa, who was like that, would one day not want to jump into the pit.

[Is it because you, in the afterlife, know this that Sasagawa has finally come to his senses?]

What exactly happened to cause such a dramatic shift in Sasagawa's thinking?

This inevitably made Tsunayoshi think of a question.

What caused the changes in Sasagawa?

This idea made Tsuna frown.

Then he looked at Sasagawa with a strange expression.

"That's weird."

"Even though something like traveling to the future happened, Sasagawa, you haven't changed much."

"If I had to say, the only change was to make Kyoko stronger so that she could adapt to that era."

"But how did you become so shrewd?"

"And not just combat shrewdness, but everyday shrewdness...!?"

Tsuna felt that Sasagawa's sudden maturity was a bit strange, and now he understood why Sasagawa had suddenly become so Fuji.

Sasakawa noticed that Sawada's expression had become strange and instinctively felt something was wrong.

"So that's what's wrong with you. You confessed to Kurokawa Hana."

"!?"

At that moment, Sasakawa's entire face turned bright red.

"!?"

Even Gokudera and Yamamoto, who were his comrades-in-arms, did not expect that this person would actually confess to a girl.

"Kurokawa Hana...Tsuna, is that person a girl from our class?"

I don't remember much about Yamamoto, the girl.

In the beginning of junior high school, I focused on baseball. Since my return from the future, I have focused on swordsmanship and becoming stronger, and only occasionally spend time on baseball.

He didn't pay much attention to the girls in his class.

At most, I can only vaguely remember the name.

"Yes, she's Kyoko's best friend, the girl who's usually closest to Kyoko."

Tsuna didn't have many memories of Kurokawa Hana, but he often saw her chatting with Kyoko during his school days, so he paid a little attention to the girl's name.

I really didn't expect that.

Sasagawa actually confessed his feelings to Kurokawa Hana.

"Kyoko doesn't know about this yet, does she?"

"..."

"It seems Kyoko would find it quite interesting to know that her best friend has become her sister-in-law."

"..."

"By the way, Kurokawa Hana is Kyoko's friend, and you're confessing your feelings to your sister's friend... I find that quite interesting."

At this moment, both Yamamoto and Gokudera had faint smiles on their faces.

【Oops! 】

Sasagawa had a bad feeling that was constantly alarming him, especially when he saw the completely changed look in Gokudera and Yamamoto's eyes. He knew that he was probably going to be ripped off.

"Cough cough!"

"Sasagawa-senpai, I know a really nice sushi restaurant recently opened. Shall we go check it out sometime?"

"Hey, I know a really good steakhouse opened recently. Let's go try it out sometime."

If you want us to keep it a secret. *2

These two sentences are hidden.

But at this moment, Sasagawa could hear these two hidden words.

"Are you... are you still my comrades?"

Sasakawa felt as if his heart had been stabbed.

These two bastards are serving steak and sushi, and just hearing that price tag is enough to make your mouth water, especially considering he doesn't have much pocket money.

"Yes."

"That's why we agreed to help you keep your relationship with Ms. Kyoko a secret, on the condition that it be kept confidential."

Sasakawa was so choked up that he almost couldn't catch his breath.

Shouldn't we, as brothers, help him keep his secrets for free in this situation?

Now he knows he's definitely going to have to pay money to avoid disaster.

Even though he's already started dating Hana, he's not ready to introduce her to Kyoko yet.

Therefore, it is still necessary to keep it confidential.

After all, he shouldn't let his sister know about this until he's ready.

Chapter 212 Bonds are not a kind of restraint

These guys...

Hibari, who had always been an outsider, couldn't help but feel some special emotions as he watched this atmosphere of friendship.

To Hibari, their earlier mutual sabotage seemed like how these guys interacted.

He had always scoffed at the idea of ​​friendship.

Does he need this kind of thing?

He doesn't need a herd of small animals; he doesn't need anything that would weaken him.

But this time, seeing it evoked a different kind of emotion in him.

These creatures are clearly social animals, so why have they become so strong?

There are no dominant species among social animals.

The strongest are always lonely.

Only the strongest person can see the view from the top.

But these guys in front of me are standing at the same high place, and they're even climbing higher and higher.

Why are these social creatures able to do such a thing?

Why are these guys able to keep moving forward?

Ever since witnessing the power of Gokudera, Sasagawa, Yamamoto, Chrome, and Sawada Tsunayoshi, Hibari has had this question in his mind.

Why are these guys able to become so strong?

In the future world, no matter how hard he chased after them, he could not catch up with them and was even left further behind.

Mingming's strength is gradually increasing, but these guys have maintained the initial gap between them and him.

Tsuna noticed the bewilderment on Hibari's face out of the corner of his eye.

You really need to think about why you're falling behind the others.

[Your talent surpasses that of others. Ten years from now, you may even stand at the pinnacle of the Guardians. Even Byakuran knows of your strength.]

But you don't yet have the right to be proud.

Furthermore, everyone has completely changed now.

If you haven't changed anything, then just stay where you are.

Actually, Tsuna had wanted to help Hibari improve his strength a long time ago.

With the right help, Hibari's strength will soon reach the level of Gokudera and Yamamoto.

But this idea has always remained just an idea.

The lark's solitary nature directly negated all of this.

So he completely gave up the idea of ​​helping Lark.

Tsuna had no intention of accommodating Hibari. In some areas, only when he himself figured things out would things change. Remaining unchanged meant stagnation.

Let's let Hibari continue to work hard.

Tsuna believes that Hibari, knowing his shame, will still silently grow stronger, perhaps even stronger than he will be ten years from now.