I am the protagonist

"!?"

【Oops! 】

The next second, these fragments turned into cloud hedgehogs, with sharp spikes surrounding Rokudo Mukuro from all sides.

"boom!"

Hibari glanced at Rokudo Mukuro, who was pierced by the cloud hedgehog, and then quickly rushed towards an empty place.

"when!"

A trident blocked the attack of the floating duckweed stick.

Rokudo Mukuro emerged from the shadows, and the "one" in his right eye had turned into a "four".

[Even illusions can be seen through so easily; my Six Paths of Reincarnation is completely ineffective.]

At this moment, Rokudo Mukuro realized that there was a certain gap between his current strength and Hibari Kyoya's; otherwise, his advantage in genjutsu would not have allowed him to be suppressed on one side.

"Rokudo Mukuro, you... have become weaker."

A powerful force sent him flying.

He immediately tried to recover after landing, but the heavy blow to his abdomen left Rokudo Mukuro in a very bad state.

Hmm! It's heavy... I underestimated its speed.

The blow to the abdomen was painful, but this pain wouldn't have a serious impact on Rokudo Mukuro. The real problem was the misjudgment—the misjudgment of speed and power—which had a severe effect on him.

"Pfft!"

"!?"

【Oops!?】

Looking at his foot pierced by spikes, Rokudo Mukuro knew he was in big trouble.

That's why I said you've gotten weaker.

Hibari, who suddenly appeared next to Rokudo Mukuro, used his Floating Float to shatter the wristwatch on Rokudo Mukuro's wrist and kicked him away.

Rokudo Mukuro, who had been kicked away, suddenly turned into a wisp of smoke and disappeared.

This scene made Hibari frown repeatedly, and finally his gaze settled on a blind spot.

"As expected, their strength has weakened; all they can think about now is escaping."

Hibari turned around and focused his gaze on the direction Rokudo Mukuro had fled.

"Rokudo Mukuro, you really enjoy playing these kinds of tricks."

"laugh!"

Countless spikes suddenly multiplied in an empty place.

"cough!"

This blow caused Rokudo Mukuro to cough up blood and collapse weakly to the ground.

He looked down at the spikes protruding from his body.

"Your illusions have weakened. Even if the illusions that have been freed from materialization deceived my eyes, do you think everyone can be fooled by you?"

The lark has already been fooled by illusions before, how could he be so easily fooled again?

Although he is now skilled in using the Dying Will Flame and can use it to break free from the illusion, he has a simpler way to accurately detect Rokudo Mukuro's exact location.

"..."

In fact, the moment Hibari Kyoya turned his head, Rokudo Mukuro realized that things were going too smoothly. However, he did not expect that Hibari Kyoya had already made ample preparations against his genjutsu, and had not even let him realize that such preparations had been made against him.

"...When was it done?"

"Hmph, of course it's from the very beginning."

A bitter taste rose in Rokudo Mukuro's mouth.

At the beginning...

[Hibari Kyoya, I didn't expect you to have made this preparation from the very beginning.]

Rokudo Mukuro judged Hibari Kyoya's behavior entirely based on Hibari Kyoya's past personality, but he never expected that Hibari Kyoya would have changed so much in his methods of action.

Rokudo Mukuro's physical condition had rendered him powerless to resist, and he could only watch helplessly as Hibari Kyoya shattered his Boss Watch with the Floating Bean Cane.

"When did you start taking these kinds of actions?"

Rokudo Mukuro's voice was filled with strong sarcasm.

“The weak have the right to pursue power. This world is not full of predators. If this world were full of predators, how would they survive?”

"I am not an animal, and I don't want to be one."

"I want to become a hunter."

"And you are still stuck in the shadows of the past, that's the difference between us."

Hibari completely ignored Rokudo Mukuro's taunts. He had now seen his path forward. He didn't want to be a carnivore; he wanted to be a hunter.

His targets are powerful herbivores and carnivores, but he himself is definitely not a carnivore.

Chapter 284 One Man Against Two Teams

Hibari Kyoya's attitude made Rokudo Mukuro understand exactly how Sawada Tsunayoshi had changed these people.

Sawada Tsunayoshi actually gave the Guardians a path of their own.

That guy led everyone onto the right path.

[Chrome is the same... No wonder Chrome has changed so much.]

Now Rokudo Mukuro understands why he lost so badly to Hibari Kyoya. It wasn't that he wasn't growing enough; his growth rate was still quite fast. It's just that Hibari Kyoya and the others, under Sawada Tsunayoshi's guidance, were progressing much faster, far exceeding his own pace.

This change is not just a change in strength, but also a change in personality.

Rokudo Mukuro's first thought was Chrome, whose changes seemed the most significant to him. His second thought was Hibari Kyoya, who, despite his past as a berserker, was now beginning to think more calmly and even employ tactics in battle.

Bermuda, which has been closely monitoring the proxy war, also saw it.

"It was Sawada Tsunayoshi who prompted their change."

Bermuda also knew about Hibari Kyoya's information, but the current Hibari Kyoya is completely different from the past.

Bermuda knew that Hibari Kyoya had been receiving training from Sawada Tsunayoshi during this period, so he was even more certain that Hibari Kyoya's changes in strength and mentality were entirely due to Sawada Tsunayoshi.

"Everyone who followed Sawada Tsunayoshi underwent some changes, more or less."

"He is indeed extraordinary."

"And now it's officially confirmed that Sawada Tsunayoshi and Pawnface have officially stood on the opposite side. It seems that this time, we Avengers have really found the right ally."

Bermuda is very excited right now.

The long-cherished wish of hundreds of years has finally come true. This is his hatred, and it is also the hatred of them, the avengers.

Sawada Tsunayoshi is now the best ally for the Avengers.

Because of various factors, the Avengers don't need to worry about any controversy arising from Sawada Tsunayoshi fighting the same opponent; their goals are the same.

"Your Majesty, shall we make a move against Skull?"

“No, he’s of no use to us. We don’t want any of Alcbareno’s deaths to happen, and his continued existence doesn’t affect us much. We don’t need his set of competition tools.”

"In contrast, we hope this boring game can end as soon as possible."

“Sawada Tsunayoshi isn’t the only one who wants to speed up the end of this game; we share the same idea.”

Bermuda intends to replace Skaru's qualifications.

But now it's unnecessary to replace Skull. Instead of getting Skull's qualification, it's better to get Colonello's qualification.

After all, the Avengers and Sawada Tsunayoshi are now allies, a relationship far more important than anything else. Bermuda already has a premonition that this alliance with Sawada Tsunayoshi might be the key to the Avengers' revenge!

The fighting on the other battlefield was also quite intense.

Compared to the one-on-one situation between Hibari and Rokudo Mukuro, the situation on Yamamoto's side was obviously much more exciting.

"when!"

The two swords on the left and right blocked the attacks from Squalo and Mizuno Kaoru respectively.

"You scum, you really have gotten a lot stronger."

After exchanging blows for several minutes, Squalo could clearly sense that Yamamoto's strength was simply unbelievable.

Having donned the brand-new Varia Ring, his strength has also increased significantly, and he gradually unleashed his full power in the previous exchange.

Even so, he still couldn't suppress this scum; instead, he became the one being suppressed.

"We can't get by without becoming stronger."

His hands gripping the knife didn't tremble at all. Yamamoto had completed all the training he could at this stage, and now he had no weaknesses.

"Once I think about what the world will look like in the future, I'll have to work harder."

"Only by having strength can you change the future. This is what Tsuna taught me, and I deeply believe in it."

"So I won't hesitate at all at this moment."

Yamamoto suddenly withdrew his strength and retreated.

"Trying to escape!?"

Squalo was about to give chase when he realized that his movements had become very slow.

[Stay calm? When exactly did this scumbag do it?]

Squalo, who also possessed the Rain Flame, thought he had been careful enough, but even so, he still didn't realize when Yamamoto had attacked him.

Not only Squalo was infected, but Mizuno Kaoru was also infected.

Yamamoto, who had retreated, suddenly transformed into two people and charged at both Squalo and Mizuno Kaoru.

[An offensive style?]

His body was slowed down by the calming effect, making it unrealistic to completely dodge the attack. Squalo simply chose to take the hit head-on.

【coming! 】

Kaoru Mizuno is also ready to retaliate.

Yamamoto's knife slashed at the necks of the two men with unimaginable speed.

This scene startled them all, and they quickly used their weapons to block the trajectory of the knife.

But the next second, the knife that was aimed at the two people pierced through their defenses and dissolved in the air like water vapor.

[I fell into a trap! ]

The two of them turned around quickly and saw almost the same thing at the same time.

"Bell!"

"Raji!"

"Watch out behind you!" *2

"Hey?"

Both people whose names were called were visibly startled.

"brush!"

But in that brief moment of distraction, a silver light slid down before their eyes.

"Crack!"

The watch, a symbol of participation in the proxy war, was directly chopped into pieces.

"There were two people at first."

Yamamoto vanished behind the two as a black shadow and began to rapidly approach the others.

Oh~

[They've really undergone excellent training, managing to improve their strength to this level. No wonder they dared to intercept two teams.]

As someone who has practiced martial arts for many years, one can see just how strong Yamamoto's skills have become.