I am the protagonist

He rarely sees anyone who has honed their skills to this level. Their self-cultivation, swordsmanship, sword, and death flames have all reached the same level, making them a swordsmanship master whose mind, skills, and body are completely integrated.

Now, it will be difficult for either the Varia or the Simon family to deal with Yamamoto in his current state.

Chapter 285 Six People Slain in Succession

"Ah... I've been taken down."

Bell looked helplessly at the watch fragments that had turned into shards on the ground. Losing his eligibility for the competition meant that he could not continue to participate in the subsequent battles; otherwise, it would be considered a violation of Varia's rules.

With no other option, Bell could only withdraw from the battlefield and rest on the sidelines.

Raji had no choice but to stand aside and watch as a spectator.

This situation is getting a bit bad.

The situation is no longer the same as before. Edheidi has seen Yamamoto's strength and feels that two or three people probably wouldn't be able to suppress him at all.

"Enma!"

"I know."

Enma manipulated gravity to slow down Yamamoto's movement, even pinning him to the spot.

[Gravity...it really is as Tsuna said, this ability is incredibly powerful, and its versatility is extremely wide.]

An astonishing burst of deathly flames erupted from his entire body, completely resisting the effects of gravity and allowing him to escape the area of ​​gravitational pressure at an even faster speed.

Although its applications are quite widespread, as Tsuna said, gravity is not a force that is easy to control.

[Enma's ability control shouldn't have reached Tsuna's level yet, so there's a way to counter him.]

Yamamoto rushed towards the red leaves.

Is the target me?

Momiji noticed Yamamoto's movements and immediately became alert. Even Lusslia, who had encountered Momiji, began to be extra wary of Yamamoto.

He still remembered the scene of Bale being kicked out of the game; if he wasn't careful, he might be the one being kicked out now.

(Hey~ how about a temporary truce?)

(...Alright, let's deal with the troublesome guy first, then we can have our showdown.)

The two briefly reached an agreement, maintaining a certain distance from each other as boxers, in order to avoid the embarrassing situation of being eliminated by Yamamoto in one fell swoop, as they had just experienced.

Yamamoto quickly approached Momiji and Lusslia, and the oppressive force of gravity also reached them.

[Oh no! The gravity field has been widened to restrict Yamamoto's movements!]

Upon noticing this, Enma quickly removed the gravity.

[As expected. ]

[Right now, Enma can't control gravity as well as Tsuna, nor can he keep gravity constantly on me.]

This really gave me a great opportunity.

The appearance and disappearance of gravity affected the balance of Momiji and Lussuria, causing both of them to stumble and almost fall to the ground.

Before they could even adjust their physical condition, Yamamoto had already appeared in front of them.

Shiyu Cangyanliu - Special Type - Type 11 - Swallow's Beak!

The two katanas transformed into countless swallow beaks, pecking at Momiji and Lusslia's entire bodies.

In an instant, both of them had minor, non-fatal wounds, but the watches on their wrists were both pierced by the swallow's beak.

"You're not getting enough exercise, Yanzhen."

"In order to capture Yamamoto who was moving at high speed, the range of gravity was deliberately expanded, and as a result, even our own people were affected."

"Well……"

Yan Zhen had no way to refute it. It was really his gravity that affected Hongye, causing her to have such a big opening, and Yamamoto easily seized on that opening.

"Your gravity has been restricted."

"If you continue to use gravity, Yamamoto will move closer to your guardian, and then your gravity will help Yamamoto restrict your guardian."

The wind stopped Enma from continuing to use gravity to restrain Yamamoto. As long as Enma couldn't control gravity precisely, he couldn't restrain Yamamoto. Continuing to use gravity recklessly might endanger his own guardians.

"It's not just your gravity that's being restricted; Sit P's swamp and Edheidi's glacier are also being restricted. Once the attack range expands, your attacks will inevitably be exploited by Yamamoto."

"It's best to focus on controlling position and defending for now."

"Ah."

Although somewhat unwilling, Yan Zhen still felt that doing it this way was safer.

“Edheti, Curie, Sid P, and A-Xun, come over here now.”

The four people who were called responded and went to Yan Zhen's side, successfully forming a defensive line to guard against Yamamoto's sudden attack.

They moved quickly, and both sides were formidable teams.

Moreover, it seems I've attracted too much hatred.

A sword aura shot straight towards him.

Yamamoto was familiar with this fierce sword aura and immediately loosened his grip on the sword.

"when!"

This was also the first time that Yamamoto's sword had dropped significantly from its original position when he caught an attack.

However, it was precisely this flexible downward movement that almost completely blocked the impact of the sword strike, and even before the impact of the sword strike arrived, it had already used its own skills to completely eliminate it.

He managed to catch the sword strikes in front, but he couldn't stop the lightning bolts behind him.

"Scum, how are you going to hide now?"

"Ha~"

Squalo suddenly had a bad feeling when he saw the smile on this scumbag's face.

The next second, a black ring of bone appeared behind Yamamoto, blocking the lightning attack.

【What! ? 】

[This is Gokudera Hayato!]

A quick glance upwards revealed Gokudera Hayato's figure, though he was drawing his bow.

"Levy!"

"Franc!"

"Watch out above!!!"

But the warning came too late; the fully drawn bow had already soared into the air.

"Oh!"

The arrow suddenly exploded in mid-air, not far from Levi and Fran, and countless tiny arrows bombarded the area where Levi and Fran were located.

When the dust settled, Levi and Fran stood unharmed on the ground, except that their bodies were riddled with very small arrows.

"This is...so small?"

Levi pulled out an arrow from his body. It was only as long as a fingernail, very thin, and looked as thin as a hair.

The arrows did almost no harm to him.

Levi himself was tough and wouldn't be harmed by these arrows, but the watch wasn't as tough as Levi.

"Ah, a watch!"

The watch was also covered with these tiny arrows, but Levi could no longer see the numbers displayed on it, which meant that his watch had been destroyed.

"Oh... my watch is ruined too."

Fran's watch was not spared either; in fact, it was the watch that received special treatment. Perhaps these small arrows wouldn't cause physical harm, but they did inflict 500% damage on the watch.

Chapter 286 We Believe in the Tenth Generation's Choice

Gokudera leaped from the high building, drew his bow, and this time aimed at Squalo, who was still fixated on Yamamoto.

"cut!"

Squalo did not linger in the fight, dodging the arrows while maintaining a safe distance.

He might have had a chance if there was only one scumbag around, but now that Gokudera Hayato is here, he won't have any chance at all.

"You came back quite quickly. Is the situation over there still the same as before?"

"Ah, Skull still doesn't have any agents. It seems he has withdrawn from this proxy war."

"That's the same point as what Tsuna said. So, what about Rokudo Mukuro?"

"They've already been kicked out."

Yamamoto wasn't too surprised by the result. He knew that Tsuna had been training Hibari recently, so it wasn't surprising that Hibari's strength had improved and he could defeat Rokudo Mukuro.

"That leaves only five teams."

"What about Chrome?"

"Unfortunately, they didn't take direct action over there."

"Although you need to be at the designated location one minute before the battle begins, it doesn't mean that a battle is inevitable."

Yes, proxy wars do not necessarily require actual combat.

The rule is that the watch will remind you once a day to enter the designated battle location one minute in advance; whether a battle will actually occur is another matter entirely.

After all, proxy wars don't restrict alliances; if allied forces clash, they'll naturally choose to avoid each other. Therefore, the start of a battle isn't necessarily limited to conflict; alliances can be chosen.

"is it?"

Yamamoto glanced at the time on his watch.

"Time is almost up, and I haven't finished this part quite well."

They could have taken this opportunity to eliminate more people, but they only eliminated six.

Team Mamon still has two players, and Team Wind still has five players, which is actually quite a lot for the first elimination round.

"It's really unpleasant to hear those kinds of words."

The defeated Varia members listened from the sidelines, their veins bulging on their foreheads.

"Scum, who else do you want to eliminate?"

“...Of course it’s you, Squalo.”

"Tsuna has told us a lot of things, so it's not entirely without reason that we want to eliminate you this time."

Squalo was puzzled as to why King X would issue such an order.

"Does the Tenth Emperor want to accelerate the proxy war?"

"Could it be because of Reborn?"

"No, I want to say you've got it wrong. Tsuna's purpose in accelerating the proxy war is for all the babies, not just one, not even one of them, but all the babies."

"What!?"

Mammon was the one who could least understand its meaning.

Is this why Sawada Tsunayoshi chose to accelerate the proxy war in order to protect all of Alcobaleno?

There must be other reasons for this, but Yamamoto didn't mention them.

[As expected. ]

Kaze, who had already made a promise with Sawada, was not surprised at all. He wouldn't believe anyone else who said this, but Sawada was the only exception.

Knowing the truth and everything about Alcbareno, Sawada might not be so noble as to fight for Alcbareno. But he's definitely not deliberately causing trouble for Alcbareno; on the contrary, he's offering them the most beneficial assistance.

"Are they just going to eliminate us like this just to help Alcobaleno?"

"This is truly a rare act of help!"

Yamamoto and Gokudera didn't say anything when faced with Mammon's questioning.

Whether you believe the Tenth Boss or not is your business. Even if you don't believe him, it doesn't really concern us.

“The Tenth Boss will tell us whatever he wants to do. We know the truth better than you do, and we understand why the Tenth Boss does what he wants. We don’t need to pay attention to what others say. We only know that the choice we are making now is the right one.”