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Chapter 90: Deigned
The carriage from the Ruins of Shreme Castle finally arrived back in Orario.
"Welcome back, everyone!"
As they passed through the city gates, Hestia was there to greet them. Surrounding her were massive crowds of citizens who had watched the War Game broadcast, cheering wildly and welcoming the victors home as heroes. And thanks to Tsuna's masterful speech, not a single person hurled insults or boos at Daphne and Cassandra for their defection.
"You did wonderfully, Bell."
"Goddess..."
Hearing Hestia's warm words of praise after his grueling death match with Hyakinthos, tears of relief welled up in Bell's eyes.
"You finally made it back, Bell."
"Gof!?"
"Bell!?"
"Master Bell!?"
"Mr. Cranel!?"
Suddenly, cutting right through the emotional reunion, a small figure launched through the air and delivered a flawless dropkick directly to the back of Bell's head. Bell slammed face-first into the cobblestone street. Welf, Lili, and Ryuu stared in absolute shock.
"I put you through hell to train you, and you just take off your boots? You've got some nerve."
"Reborn!"
Just as Tsuna expected, the assailant was Reborn. Tsuna immediately yelled at his tutor for completely ruining the mood.
"A-A baby!?"
"I-It's talking!?"
Daphne and Cassandra were flabbergasted, staring wide-eyed at the infant who was standing upright and speaking perfectly normally.
"Wait, did you just call him Reborn...!?"
"Is he Sir Sawada's master!?"
"Eh!?"
"Huh!? You've got to be kidding me!?"
"H-He really is a baby...!?"
While seeing a baby talk was shocking enough, the realization that this infant was the legendary master who had trained Tsuna left almost everyone entirely speechless. Lili was particularly stunned, realizing Hestia hadn't been exaggerating when she said Reborn was literally a baby.
"Reborn! Don't just kick people out of nowhere!"
"Shut up."
"Gubo!?"
Reborn casually leapt into the air and delivered a vicious flying kick directly into Tsuna's stomach. The impact was agonizing, forcing Tsuna to drop to both knees as a wave of nausea washed over him.
"Agah!?"
As Tsuna clutched his stomach, gagging, Reborn seamlessly transitioned his momentum into a merciless axe kick directly onto the crown of Tsuna's head.
"Don't give orders to your tutor."
"Ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow!"
Landing squarely on top of Tsuna's head, Reborn began to grind his heel forcefully into his skull. Tsuna screamed in agony.
The sheer, unadulterated violence playing out before them caused everyone present to recoil in horror.
"Hestia. I've got something to discuss with you. Got a minute?"
"Y-Yeah..."
Despite casually grinding his heel into his student's skull, Reborn spoke to Hestia in a perfectly serious, polite tone. Hestia, sweating nervously, nodded in agreement.
"You're too loud, No-Good Tsuna."
"Gah...!?"
To finish his disciplinary action, Reborn delivered a brutal right hook directly to the side of Tsuna's head. Tsuna immediately lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground, completely motionless.
"Finally, some quiet."
To think even Mr. Sawada is treated like this... This is far too unreasonable...So this is Lord Tsunayoshi's master...I think I finally understand why Mr. Sawada is so incredibly strong... Witnessing Reborn's utterly irrational violence and terrifying strength, Welf, Mikoto, Lili, and Ryuu were left speechless, finally understanding exactly what had forged Tsuna into the monster he was.
"Bell!? Hang in there!"
Meanwhile, Bell, having witnessed the brutal punishment inflicted upon Tsuna, was currently convulsing on the ground like a fish out of water, clearly suffering from severe PTSD triggered by memories of his own training.
"Master Bell!? What's wrong!?"
Seeing Bell acting so strangely, Lili panicked and rushed to his side.
"Seeing what Reborn just did to Tsuna triggered his trauma from the training!" Hestia explained frantically.
"What in the world did you do to Master Bell!?"
Furious that her beloved Bell had been subjected to such horrific trauma, Lili glared at Reborn with intense murderous intent. Reborn, however, didn't even blink, looking completely unbothered by her glare.
Immediately after, the enraged Pallum tried to lunge at the hitman, forcing Welf and Mikoto to physically restrain her, turning the grand homecoming into a completely chaotic circus.
"W-What should we do, Daphne...?"
"What do you mean 'do'? There is absolutely nothing we can do here..."
"I'm so glad Syr isn't here to see this..." Ryuu muttered, rubbing her temples.
.....
Eventually, the feral Lili was calmed down, and the group managed to safely disband.
"So this is your hideout."
Currently, Tsuna, Reborn, Bell, and Hestia were standing in front of the ruined church that served as the Hestia Familia's headquarters. It had been dilapidated to begin with, but the Apollo Familia's assault had reduced the structure to a pile of rubble. It wasn't completely uninhabitable—the underground room they used as their main living space had survived the attack—but the entrance was blocked by debris, which they had to clear away to get inside.
Having won the War Game, ownership of Apollo's massive mansion had officially transferred to Hestia's faction. They were scheduled to move in soon, but the logistics of the transfer would take a few days, so they had to return to the church in the meantime.
"Since it's an abandoned ruin, no one's going to come snooping around. It's the perfect place to hide a body."
"Why is that your first thought!?"
"Please do not talk about hiding corpses in a place filled with so many precious memories!"
Tsuna and Hestia simultaneously yelled at Reborn for his incredibly morbid observation.
"So, Reborn... what was it you wanted to discuss?" Hestia asked, steering the conversation back on track.
"I have a favor to ask you."
"A favor?"
"We've decided to stay in Orario for the time being. So, I need you to let us stay in your Familia until we leave."
"Eh... Eeeeeeh!?"
"What!?"
"Hey, what the hell are you talking about, Reborn!?"
Having heard from Tsuna that they were leaving immediately after the War Game, Bell, Hestia, and Tsuna all shouted in unison, completely blindsided by Reborn's declaration.
"My job is to turn Tsuna into a proper Mafia Boss. I've realized that this city, Orario, is the perfect environment to make him even stronger. So, I've decided we're staying."
"I never agreed to this, Reborn!"
"Of course you didn't. I never asked you."
"Don't say that like it's the most natural thing in the world! You can't just decide these things on your own!"
"This is all for the sake of making you the Vongola Boss."
"And I told you! I have absolutely no intention of becoming a Mafia Boss!"
"?"
Hearing completely foreign words like "Vongola" and "Mafia", Bell and Hestia tilted their heads in confusion.
"What, you didn't tell them? That you're the candidate to become the 10th Boss of the Mafia?"
"Uhm... what exactly is this 'Mafia'?" Bell asked cautiously.
"Ah, right. The word 'Mafia' doesn't exist over here. Let's see... I guess... you could call it an organization similar to Evilus. Make sense?"
""Huh...!?""
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