I am the protagonist

“Your Simon family and the Vongola family are old friends, and my attitude is clearly to rekindle that friendship.”

"And the strength of your Simon family has also been noticed by families large and small around the world. In addition, given your relationship with the Vongola family, your Simon family will soon be courted by other major families."

"Regardless of whether it's because of your Simon family's status."

"It's still because of the power that your Simon family currently wields."

"So, whatever the reason, once your Simon family has made a comeback, it's impossible for you to quietly go back to where you were."

"Unless you wish to continue living in seclusion like Simon I."

Yan Zhen remained silent for a moment before shaking his head.

"Living in seclusion in another world is probably not an option."

“My sister and I haven’t seen each other for seven years, and for the past seven years I didn’t even know she was still alive.”

“I don’t want Mami to be living that kind of life with us in the Holy Land right now.”

In the past, Enma might have actually chosen to live a secluded life.

Life outside was too treacherous; he still preferred to live in the Holy Land, which suited him better.

However, his sister is still alive, which makes Yan Zhen feel guilty towards her. After all, he always believed that his sister had died in the blood flood incident seven years ago, and it was because of this that he never thought of looking for Zhenmei.

Now that he knows his sister is not dead, Yanzhen hopes to make up for his guilt over not taking care of Zhenmei all these years in his own way.

"makes sense."

"And your sister probably can't accept the life of seclusion either, after all, the person your sister loves now is Rokudo Mukuro."

Yan Zhen's expression suddenly changed at that moment.

"Tsunayoshi, let's have a proper talk about this later."

[As expected, having a younger sister turns you into a siscon.]

Even a useless older brother like Enma has the urge to protect his younger sister.

[Is it because I haven't taken care of my younger sister for too long?]

It seems like every older brother turns into a sister-complex character, so Tsuna doesn't comment much on this situation.

"Let's put aside the question of who your sister likes for now. You can talk to your sister about these topics yourself later."

"Now, let's get down to business."

All the members of the Simon family perked up their ears.

"I hope you will become external advisors to the Vongola family."

Chapter 223 Friendship that disregards status and power

"An outside consultant!?"

The mere appearance of this name astonished the Simon family.

"Tsunayoshi, the External Advisors seem to be a very important department, right?"

Yan Zhen had heard from Ed Heidi that the External Advisors were a very important department in the Vongola, and that they could exercise Boss authority when the Vongola was in danger, making them the true second-in-command of the entire Vongola.

"It is indeed a very important department."

"The outside consultants are a special department that can exercise the Boss's rights under special circumstances, and they are not considered members of the Vongola family under normal circumstances."

"Therefore, I hope that your Simon family can become my external advisors."

“Under normal circumstances, you are still the Simon family. Only in special circumstances do you become external advisors to the Vongola.”

The External Advisors are a very special department within the Vongola family; they belong to the Vongola family, yet it can also be said that they do not belong to the Vongola family.

Because they are more independent and have more power than other Vongola divisions.

In special circumstances, the Boss's rights can be exercised, which is basically the second highest power in the entire Vongola.

"That's precisely why we want you to take over this very important department."

"Of course, there are also some personal reasons involved."

"My dad is now the boss of the external consultants. It's just that he has been in this position for many years and hasn't been with my mom. Even if my mom can understand, I can't. I also hope that my dad can retire as soon as possible and stop causing trouble outside for no reason."

Tsuna doesn't shy away from this issue; that's what he's thought from the very beginning.

Although I have no memories of the past, is it something that needs to be guessed?

The job of an outside consultant is like this: if family members get involved, there could be a lot of trouble, so avoiding family members is the best outcome.

Tsuna believed that his father must have started avoiding his mother a long time ago, to prevent her from getting involved in those troublesome things.

Now that the outside consultant issue has been going on for so many years, he also wants his father to retire from the front line so he can take care of his mother.

"I see."

Compared to those grand principles about the Simon family, Enma actually understands Tsunayoshi's current thoughts much better.

[Tsuna was also thinking of his mother.]

It seems the job of an outside consultant isn't as simple as it appears.

"Tsuna... your father has always been working?"

"Yes, that's about it. The job of an outside advisor for the Vongola family is not a simple one. In order to avoid any danger to family members, the best approach is to avoid doing the job outside the family."

"This kind of work can't be finished in a day or two; it must have started a long, long time ago."

"However, I don't have much of a memory of that."

The predecessor should have had a very deep memory of this, but Tsuna has no memory of it at all, and can only guess at some things.

"No memory?"

"Ah, something unexpected happened before, and I have no memory of anything from before."

At that moment, assassination suddenly came to Yan Zhen's mind.

It wasn't just Enma who thought of this; even Ed Heidi couldn't help but think of assassination.

It was definitely an assassination attempt.

[With a family as large as the Vongola, there must be people who don't want their direct bloodline to inherit the Vongola position.]

This situation makes perfect sense when applied to the Vongola family.

"So, Enma, would you like to come along?"

"Ah."

After thinking for a moment, Yan Zhen reached out his hand.

Just like Simon I and Vongola I back then, after nine generations of succession, the relationship between the two families became friendly once again.

After finishing his business, Tsuna left with Reborn and Chrome. He had many things to deal with, and the Simon family would need some time to process what was happening.

Ed Haidt was the last person to expect that Vongola X would have such an idea.

"The outside advisor, I never expected that the Tenth Vongola would have such thoughts."

"Ah, that guy's idea is really bold, actually inviting our Simon family to be our external advisors."

Curie never expected that Vongola X would have such an idea.

"The external advisors can be said to be the Vongola's last and most solid support."

"Besides handling some of the Vongola's most urgent matters, it also controls the Vongola's intelligence agency, making it arguably the most important department in the Vongola."

"Even the Boss of the External Advisors can exercise the power of the Boss for a certain period of time. This should be a very high position. Apart from the Vongola Boss, the Boss of the External Advisors should be considered the second highest position in the Vongola."

Even if it were an attempt to win them over, it wouldn't warrant using such a high-ranking identity, let alone having the Simon family control such an important department as the Vongola.

[The Xth Vongola is trying to deepen his relationship with the Simon family.]

I can somewhat understand why Ed Heidi found it a bit strange; this way of deepening the relationship is indeed a bit odd.

However, this is indeed a good thing for the Simon family.

Curie believed that as long as Enma continued to be friends with Vongola X, the rise of the Simon family would not be a big problem.

But then he gave a helpless smile.

Perhaps Yan Zhen wouldn't think that way; he probably cherishes this friendship even more now.

Measuring these things with friendship is... incredibly foolish.

Perhaps for Yan Zhen, friendship is more important than status and power.

[Was that why Vongola X did this?]

If so, that's really impressive.

Of course, regardless of the circumstances, Curie was indeed deeply impressed by this practice of entrusting the backing to the Simon family.

This shows trust in the Simon family and treats them as true friends. Otherwise, would they be given such a high status and power simply for exploitation?

Curie herself wouldn't be so foolish as to give such a high position to a family that hates her; such an act of repaying evil with kindness would be utterly stupid.

However, it has to be a family that can truly be trusted.

If someone is truly trustworthy, then this is a symbol of friendship.

Only true friends can trust each other like this.

[Vongola X, you're truly different from the other bosses.]

However, this time, the entire Simon family has accepted your friendship, and this friendship will never betray you again.

Curie had already secretly sworn an oath to Vongola X in her heart.

Chapter 224 Tsunayoshi, whose momentum was suppressed

The matter of D. Spado has now come to a complete end.

Although the D-Spade incident was over, some things were not truly over yet, and follow-up issues still needed to be addressed. This led Tsunayoshi, who had just left the Simon Family's sacred ground, to return to Italy immediately.

"Hey……"

"Dealing with the Simon family's affairs is so complicated."

Because he needed to deal with the troublesome issues surrounding the Simon family, Tsunayoshi stayed in Italy for the time being.

In fact, the Simon family's influence at that succession ceremony was not significant; rather, it deepened their influence in the underworld.

Because of that incident, Tsuna is now able to handle some things more easily.

However, settling the Simon family has become much more complicated.

"The Simon family's affairs are closely related to D. Spade's affairs."

"In addition, they caused a scene at your succession ceremony, so dealing with them now will naturally be more troublesome. Moreover, you are planning to arrange for them to become external advisors, which naturally adds to the complexity."

Tsunayoshi understood this as well. The Simon family's affairs were also very troublesome, especially since the blood flood incident seven years ago had also been blamed on the Simon family. He needed to do some cleanup work on these matters.

Of course, the so-called "cleanup work" is actually just explaining the blood flood incident seven years ago and putting a period to the events of that time.

However, the process and steps involved in these matters are relatively complicated.

"Arya, thank you for your help this time."

Tsuna was still very grateful to Aria for helping him with some things; without her help, he would be completely bewildered right now.

[You old codger, you always let me down when I need your help.]

Of course he knew what that old man was thinking.

Even if you wanted me to get to know Arya better, you didn't have to go this far!

Even though time has passed and Tsuna can now face Aria with a better mindset, he can still feel awkward when things are supposed to be awkward.

Arya looked at Tsunayoshi, whose body was still very stiff, with great interest.

“Yuni misses you so much~ I mean something else entirely.”

Upon hearing this, Tsuna's body stiffened even more.

He didn't know if Yuni had those intentions, but he knew that Arya was definitely saying that on purpose.

"Pfft~"

"You're really too easily amused; you're so easily influenced by those words."