I am the protagonist

"Victory in battle is a fact I've already witnessed. No matter how many times I predicted in my mind that I would be the ultimate victor, even Alcbareno has been freed from the curse. These things seemed inevitable to me, but..."

He still couldn't understand the identical outcome behind those countless predictions, or the inevitable occurrence of something.

"After the battle was won, after everything was over, it should have been a happy ending, but after the battle ended and the curse of Alcbareno was lifted, all futures stopped at the same moment."

"Stop? Like time standing still or something?"

"Yes, no matter how many times I predicted it, everything stopped at that moment, not even the future. It was like a world where time stood still."

Bai Lan never expected this situation.

[Tsuna's predictions about the future are quite accurate. Since he has already confirmed victory in the battle, he certainly wouldn't do something like this.]

The battle was indeed won, but some things happened afterward.

Within a short time, Byakuran realized that Tsunayoshi was not joking with him, so the key question was what would happen after the victory.

Has everything in the future come to a standstill?

[Is it like a world where time has stood still?]

"Could it be that Tsunayoshi has really stopped time?"

"...I don't know, that situation is very similar to time standing still. It's just that scenes of time standing still usually don't appear in my predictions, so it's not quite like time standing still."

"I also do some insurance work myself."

"So, that's why this proxy war has been accelerated?"

Byakuran was beginning to understand why Tsunayoshi had accelerated this proxy war.

"Hmm, I wanted to try changing some details to see if the situation would change... but I think I was wrong. No matter how I change the details in the process, as long as I win the battle and end the curse of Alcbareno, then the ending of time stopping will come."

"That's really a bit strange."

"Generally speaking, if the process of things changes slightly, the result will change accordingly. You should know this better than I do."

"Yes, that's indeed the case according to normal theory."

As the owner of time, Tsunayoshi fully understands the meaning of this statement. He had previously made certain changes to some events that were going to happen, and these changes would have a certain impact on the future.

Just like how Skull was originally going to find Enma to be his agent, but he recommended Kaze instead, letting Kaze go to find Enma as his agent, which changed the prediction of the future.

This situation has altered the established future, leaving Skull almost on the verge of being eliminated.

If we make certain changes to the predicted future, then the future will not be fixed; it will definitely change.

After reaching this conclusion, Tsuna felt no psychological burden about changing the predicted future, but it was still a bit strange that the predicted situation would remain completely unchanged like today.

"So, is this a terrible future?"

"No, this is the only route to achieve the perfect ending, simply put, the Happy Ending route."

"What about something really bad?"

"There's basically no chance of a bad ending. With my current strength, there's absolutely no possibility of things going down a bad path. Because even if things get really bad, this is the solution anyway, which is why I've made some preparations."

"Hmm... in that case, perhaps that situation isn't such a bad ending after all."

Chapter 291 Only Two Teams Left by Tomorrow Morning

"Not the worst-case scenario?"

After thinking about it for a while, Tsunayoshi finally came to a conclusion.

"You mean that it wasn't a bad situation for me, but rather that I triggered something that caused time to stop? Rather than me personally facing some kind of danger of death?"

"That's the kind of situation I'm looking for."

No matter how Bai Lan thinks about it, this is the situation.

"Time is unique to you. Even if others have super intuition, they will never possess the same power as you. Since the final outcome is still like this, it is very likely that you yourself caused the time to stop."

"No one knows exactly how that ending happened, but if it was inevitable, I think you should definitely try to reach that ending yourself to see how it turned out that way."

"Hmm... I actually have the same thought. Because no matter what we do, we can't avoid that outcome, so I'm going to see how things turned out that way."

Initially, Tsuna did not feel pessimistic when faced with this situation. After all, he was very familiar with the world where time was frozen, and he was not helpless even in such a situation.

Of course, this is on the premise that he can understand how things ended up that way.

"But given your situation, are you planning to end the proxy war quickly this time?"

"Well, no matter what, we still need to go and see what's going on as soon as possible. In the end, all the predictions were stuck in a world where time stands still, which is really beyond my understanding. I also hope to find out why that time-stopping situation is happening as soon as possible."

This is also why Tsunayoshi has another reason to quickly end this proxy war.

"You were indeed quick this time."

“Skull has essentially quit the game, Rokudo Mukuro has quit too, and Varia is left with only Squalo, Mammon, and Xanxus. The Simon family is down two members. The battle has already progressed to this point on the first day. I think the fighting here will be over in less than three days, right?”

"No, perhaps the final result will be available by tomorrow morning."

“…So soon?”

The final result will be available by tomorrow morning; that's incredibly fast.

"No, everything has already been decided."

"The Avengers are involved too."

"...No wonder it ended so quickly this time. Even if we faced them head-on, those guys were just as formidable."

No wonder Tsuna said the final outcome would be decided by tomorrow morning. If the Avengers were to join in, the current situation would definitely become even worse.

Bai Lan fully understands just how terrifying those people's strength is. If they were to intrude, it wouldn't be surprising if the situation immediately became clear.

"So their targets tonight are you, Enma, and Xanxus."

"In that case, only three teams will be able to deploy combat power."

If the Avengers achieve a complete victory, there will only be three teams left: Tsuna's team, the Avengers' team, and the team of the external advisors.

No, there are only two.

"After midnight today, there will only be two teams left: me and the Avengers. The Avengers got their spot through my dad, understand?"

"So you've already come up with a plan after all this time?"

Byakuran has now realized that Tsuna had already discussed this matter with the Avengers.

All the teams would finish their battles within two days, leaving Bermuda and Tsuna from the Avengers to face off one-on-one. This was a preparation to completely lure out the mastermind, but it was indeed a rather daring move.

This means that Tsuna is preparing to deal with the guy behind the scenes all by himself.

"You really have a lot of guts, actually wanting to confront the person behind the scenes directly."

"I thought you told me to get ready so we could go and find him together."

"...Actually, I had this thought before, but after seeing the abnormal situation in the future, I couldn't help myself."

Tsuna looked embarrassed, but Byakuran didn't seem to care much.

While it would be incredibly satisfying to personally expose and beat up the person who had caused his endless cycle of reincarnation, some things still need to be realistic. Like, could he really use his current strength to beat up the person behind it all? Even though Byakuran was very confident in his abilities, he knew he was still not strong enough to do so.

Although his ability to spy on space has not been sealed, there are no parallel spaces left now, which means that whether his ability is sealed or not is irrelevant.

The ability to spy on space is not the same as the ability to travel through space.

Ultimately, his abilities weren't as unreasonable as Tsuna's, otherwise he really wanted to give that bastard a good beating.

"Well, whatever, I'll just play around with the Avengers this time."

Bai Lan didn't delve into the issue. Since he had already trained, he decided to have a good time with the Avengers and see how big the gap was between him and them.

"Don't worry, the Avengers are cooperating with me. At most, they'll just smash your watch; they definitely won't kill you. They'll still give me that much face."

"...So you really think I'd die if I faced them?"

If anyone else had said such a thing, Bai Lan would have slapped them to bring them to their senses.

"You're not going to die, but the Avengers' spatial abilities are no joke. Luckily, Bermuda didn't make a direct move, and he didn't want to waste time on one person, otherwise he wouldn't have had time to deal with that guy."

“Even if Bermuda doesn’t make a move, his subordinate Yeka is quite skilled in using the Night Flame. One wrong move could result in serious injury, and you should understand that.”

"Night Flame... The Avengers' Death Flame ability is really troublesome."

Spatial abilities are notoriously troublesome, and as someone who also possesses spatial abilities, Byakuran understands all too well just how troublesome they are.

Considering the Avengers as opponents is definitely a difficult problem; at the very least, defeating them will not be an easy task.

"It's not just the Night Flame that's a problem; they themselves are a problem."

"...That's true. As the former Alcobaleno, they were indeed a problem in themselves."

None of the Alcbarenos are simple, let alone the Avengers who are all former Alcbarenos.

Chapter 292 Don't you have anything to say to me?

"Tsuna, aren't we going with you today?"

"No need for all that trouble. Today's battle is over, and tomorrow's battle won't be of much concern to us. We'll have a day to adjust, a day for everyone to take their time."

Tomorrow's battle doesn't really concern their team much, Tsuna knows this, so he lets Gokudera and the others go back to rest. In fact, he himself needs some time to sort out the current situation, after all, that frozen future makes him somewhat uneasy.

"Then let's disband now and take a day tomorrow to get everyone back into shape."

Everyone else returned to their own homes.

Tsuna took Chrome back to his home.

However, the situation at home was not ideal either.

Dad, Reborn, and Arya were sitting on one side of the sofa, while the Avengers and Bermuda were sitting opposite them.

This left Tsuna, who was standing outside, speechless.

He placed his schoolbag against the wall.

"Although I knew you would come early, you've come way too early this time."

"We arrived too early because our feelings were complicated."

If Bermuda's face hadn't been wrapped in bandages, his intense excitement would have been clearly visible.

"You're getting a little too excited. How about you calm down first?"

"I will now explain his situation."

Bermuda calmed her breathing; she still needed to hear some information about that man.

"That guy's attribute is mist."

"...The most troublesome attribute?"

Bermuda understood just how terrifying warlocks were. A powerful warlock could easily control anyone's five senses, and once those senses were controlled, everything would come to an end.

Bermuda had never been able to figure out what kind of attributes that guy had, and it turned out that this troublesome guy also had very troublesome attributes.

"I knew that guy was a problem, but I didn't expect him to have the most troublesome attribute."

Fog is a tricky problem; if we don't know about it beforehand, we might run into a lot of trouble if we confront it directly.

Bermuda has frequently interacted with warlocks over the past few centuries, including excellent warlocks like D.

He had a remarkably deep understanding of warlocks.

I also understand how troublesome it is to be a good warlock.

"Last time we said that guy didn't have a single Medusa's Hair yet... What should we do if that guy doesn't show up?"

"Heh~ Isn't this a very simple method?"

Tsuna's lips curled up slightly.

"His wife has been taking care of his newborn daughter lately, and with the Avengers around his wife and daughter all day, I think he should know what the consequences would be if he didn't step forward."

Bermuda smiled more at this moment, once again convinced that finding an ally like Sawada Tsunayoshi was extremely important to the Avengers.

"Show him the power of Night Flame, let him understand the consequences of not coming out on his own. Then he will step forward this time, and may even want to eliminate us."

"My only concern is whether he will run away. I would prefer him to fight me head-on."

"To avoid any unexpected situations, you shouldn't actually take action. If the target goes wrong, it will ultimately affect our outcome."

“I am very clear about that.”

Bermuda naturally knew that Chess Face's wife and daughter were not the key figures; at most, such family members could only be used to threaten Chess Face into coming out.