Mamon Youth Development Program

Desolation, silence, and darkness, this is the definition of an abandoned street from the outside world.

The tense atmosphere for many days had stretched the gatekeeper's nerves to the extreme, so when there were some slight sounds in the distance, he immediately raised his gun and pointed it in that direction.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmmhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh," the tentacles that appeared out of nowhere entangled his arm holding the gun, forcing him to suppress his movements, but the gatekeeper himself felt relaxed." down.

"Tch, so it's you, a brat. After being outside for so long, you finally know you're back." His hostility has disappeared, and the tentacles naturally dissipated. The gatekeeper put his gun away again, and pointed to the gate behind him. "After knowing the news that you were coming back, she canceled today's trip and asked you to go to her room if you came back... What are you doing, brat?"

It's no wonder that he asked such a question. It's because Viper's current behavior is too abnormal. In the past, he would have flown directly over the wall to find Umbrella, and he wouldn't stay here for a second.

He noticed that Viper was walking slowly to one side, his movements were a little stiff, but he was indeed walking slowly.

"...you actually walk on your own legs..." Watching Viper slowly approaching, and then slowly walking past him, I have already heard how bad the two children raised by my boss are. People can't help but sigh.

Because I grew up here, whether it is the fact that Viper is a waste of physical skills, or the fact that this guy is flying in the air without landing, everyone here knows it. After all, it is here that Viper kept falling when he was running. A group of people kept counting and yelling next to the house, saying things like "the kid will plant another one", "make up twenty more for tomorrow's extra meal", "I bet he will plant one within three seconds", forcing Viper to run away on the spot And then never want to land again.

"Do you have any comments?" Glaring at the gatekeeper, Viper, who clearly remembered the faces of the few people who joined in the fun at the time, seriously considered some revenge in his heart, and walked past him.

The gatekeeper noticed something in front of Viper and quickly waved his hand. "No, I mean, Stephanie is back, she's in the courtyard now, and..."

"Well--!"

Seeing Viper, who transformed into tentacles in front of him to catch his tripped body, the gatekeeper laughed out of embarrassment. "Did you forget that there is a threshold here? Brat! Hahaha..."

Viper stood still while leaning against the wall, and looked back at the laughing gatekeeper with a gloomy expression.

"—Viper illusion!"

Ambra's room is in the center, and to get there you have to go through the courtyard.

The head chef was startled by the sound of the door, and seeing Viper, he stood firmly on the way to the kitchen with his kitchen knife sideways, but Viper gave him a sideways glance and walked straight past, pretending that the celebratory sounds behind him didn't exist at all.

Stephanie stood in the center of the courtyard, with her back to Viper, looking at the stele in front of her, her fingers slowly slid across the names on the stele.

Viper jumped over the railing and stopped behind her.

"Is everyone on here dead?"

"Hmm." Knowing about Viper's arrival early in the morning, Stephanie withdrew her hand, turned around and stood there casually. "It's all the names of the deceased. Really, they died on their own even though they still owed their bills~ A group of rough guys with bad appearances and bad hearts."

"Ah~ I haven't seen you, Viper, for a few days. I feel like I miss you so much after being separated for a long time~" Rubbing Viper in her arms, Stephanie simply didn't let go. "As expected, my younger brother is the best~"

"Stephanie, I won't be able to breathe if you do this." Grabbing Stephanie's hand around his neck, Viper gave himself room to breathe. "And, are you too heavy? It's so heavy."

"...No matter how you think about it, it's Viper, your strength is really too bad. As a boy...my weight is pretty standard."

"Does that count muscles?"

"Don't make others look like the kind of muscular girl who is big and thick, I think my curves are completely fine." Finally, Stephanie let go of her hand, stepped back a few steps and stood still. "Did you come back to check on the situation because you thought it was a bit strange? It's quite deserted here~ This tense atmosphere is really unaccustomed."

No one was laughing and cursing in the originally lively courtyard, and only patrolling people passed by here from time to time. Everyone had solemn faces and tense muscles, ready to meet the sudden battle at any time.

"That old witch Ambra is fine." Pointing to the road behind Viper, Stephanie said with a smile: "You also know that woman has been huddling in her lair and not going out, obviously the situation is like this In serious cases, the number of times she went out is still very small, and her whole body is unscathed except for the small wound of a few millimeters caused by herself a few days ago."

Speaking of this, Stephanie paused for a moment, and her smile was a little more malicious. "Ah, no, just follow her style of life, if you don't get hurt, you will lose all your hair one day, that's fine."

"...Aren't you afraid she'll hear you, Stephanie?"

"...What are you afraid of, Viper is on my side, and no one else has heard of it except you~"

Shrugging her shoulders, Stephanie stuck her weapon—the special umbrella on the ground, took out a handful of flower petals, and casually sprinkled them on the stone tablet behind her.

"I heard that she also has something to ask for you, go ahead, Viper, don't forget to ask a few more questions to find out what her plan is."

Viper nodded. "You haven't gone yet?"

Stephanie paused her fingers, turned her head to face Viper with very slow and stiff movements, and smiled a few times with the corners of her mouth pulled. "Since Viper is already here, there is no need for me to see her. I really don't want to see that psychopathic old hag at all. So, Viper~ Please help my sister and ask me a few more questions .”

"You always call yourself sister at times like this... I really want to know what she did to you to make you so afraid of her..." With arms folded around his chest, Viper tilted his head slightly. "Mm~ I see, I'll help you ask."

"As expected, you are the best, Viper." Stephanie smiled brightly in an instant. "This time, I plan to live here tonight. I'll talk about these days later. Go, I'm going to stay here for a while."

Viper glanced at Stephanie, then at the stone tablet behind her, turned and left without saying a word.

"...Dead." After Viper walked away, Stephanie whispered.

"They're all... dead."

No matter how great Ren Viper's imagination was, he would never have thought that he would see someone other than Ambra at the moment he opened the door.

Moreover, it is also a rival of Ambra with pineapple hair, not to mention how much Ambra, who always likes to stay at home alone, hates others staying in his room. These two look harmonious here The matter of eating snacks is beyond Viper's imagination.

Viper's expression distorted for a moment, and he ignored Ambra who was lying on the soft couch eating fruit, and asked Carlo loudly. "Why are you here?"

"KUFUFU...Old friend, of course it's because the situation is urgent, so I'm here to discuss countermeasures with your master...Isn't this taste good?" Carlo said to Ambra while holding up the dessert in his hand.

"That's right~ that's the masterpiece of our head chef~" Ambra looked proud.

"...The two of you are just discussing about food...Hey! Give me some points for that too!" Complained halfway, but found that it was one of his favorites, Viper immediately joined the team for grabbing food . "That guy always hated me for blowing up his kitchen and refused to cook for me!"

The three of them finished dividing up the chef's craftsmanship, and only then remembered the business they were going to discuss.

After swallowing the last portion in Viper's rather resentful eyes, Ambra showed a satisfied smile and leaned back on the chair. "What do you want to say when you come back this time, Viper?"

"...how is the situation on your side?"

"It's okay." Pointing to Carlo beside him, Ambra continued, "With this powerful ally present, my side is a lot easier."

"The name on the stele outside..." Viper paused slightly. "One-third of your capable officers are already on the top, and now it should be just the beginning. What are you going to do next, are you really sure you can survive this turmoil?"

"Sah~ who knows, maybe it can." Ambra's expression was not at all flustered, as if she was only facing the question of where to go for a walk tonight. "Anyway, if it can't continue, it's just a change between different forces. I've been arrogant for long enough. It's time to give way to those who come later."

Hearing this, Viper sneered. "This is really the words of the old man, Umbra."

"That's right, here, I can barely be considered an old man."

Ambra's flat tone made Viper focus on her face for an instant. He was silent for a long time before speaking slowly.

"Do you need me to come back and help?"

"You kid, don't get involved in the adults' affairs if you haven't handled your own affairs well." After Ambra finished speaking, he raised the corners of his mouth and showed a flamboyant smile. "You have already been affected by the things here, right? That's fine, don't get involved in the things here anymore. In the eyes of most people, you are just an 'outside' person."

"You can't stay here, and you can't stay here, you shouldn't be someone like me who stays in such a bad place, Viper."

"This point has been clear to me since the time I picked you up."

"So, don't come back, Viper, people in Waste Street will not accept the leadership of outsiders, you don't belong here after all."

"The people here, since they were discarded as garbage from the beginning, they have no intention of accepting the things that discarded them again." Umbrella's eyes looked directly at Viper, with serious brilliance. "Besides, if you don't have the ability to tempt me, I will definitely not allow you to pull me down from this position."

"If you open your mouth at this time and say that you want to stay and help me take care of these guys, and then you will never be able to get away, and exist here as a 'young master' from now on, I will be very disappointed."

Inside, there was silence.

After a long silence, Ambra raised her foot and kicked Carlo fiercely. After kicking into the air, she withdrew her foot as if nothing had happened. Looking at the figure in front of her in the mist, she laughed and cursed. Said: "Don't think that I don't know that you came to Viper after getting the news, and it's your excuse to talk to me, why don't you go out and talk about the two of you, because you want to stay in my mother's room to provoke people Are you bothered?"

Carlo let out a few inexplicable laughter, turned around and walked out the door. He didn't close the door, but waited for Viper outside the door, and the outdoor sunlight also entered the room through the door.

"Then, I'm leaving." Viper stood up silently, walked to the door and planned to close it.

"Hello, Viper." Ambra said suddenly, she was staring at something in her room with dim eyes.

Viper stopped what he was doing, the door was half closed.

"If we can see each other again after this time... probably at that time you already have something that doesn't belong to this era."

"At that time, I will convey to you the heart that has transcended time."

After saying this, Ambra closed her eyes, waved her hand, and signaled Viper to close the door.

Viper continued to move, and with a soft sound, the door in front of him was completely closed.

What exactly does that mean?What is the meaning of that unclear words trying to say?

That woman has always been like this. She knows a lot of things but refuses to say a word. This feeling of being trapped in a mystery but knowing nothing is really...

... sucks.

Viper held the door, took a deep breath, temporarily suppressed the doubts and anxiety in his heart, and faced Carlo.

"Tell me, what do you want from me?"

Carlo didn't speak, just laughed a few times, held a pile of papers in front of Viper, and shook them. "Give this to Stephanie. I think she needs this very much now."

"Arcobaleno...?" After receiving the documents, Viper glanced subconsciously, and a completely unfamiliar word came into view. "What's this?"

"A thing that will be very important to her and to you." Carlo raised his index finger in front of his mouth, with a mysterious smile on his face.

One or two are like this, which is really annoying.

Viper gritted his teeth, silently put away the information in his hands.

"So... what else?"

"Carol, don't tell me that you made a special trip just to let me pass on some information."

The smile on Carlo's face disappeared when Viper's voice fell to the ground. He looked directly at Viper's eyes under the hood. His eyes were serious with a bit of loss, sarcasm, and bewilderment, and there was also a strong and crazy obsession that gradually deepened. mixed in.

"Viper, I ask you."

"What do you think makes Vongola... different from other mafia?"

When he asked this sentence, his voice was very low, with some slight vibrato, his eyes told Viper that he already knew the answer he would get in his heart, but he wanted to get Viper's opinion, maybe I want him to tell the difference, or maybe I want him to be unable to tell the difference.

"Veng Lie?" This is a name that keeps popping up in Viper's ears recently, whether it's the sister's best friend, the bias of the person who is barely a partner, or the problem of the person in front of him.

Viper didn't know exactly what answer Carlo wanted. He just expressed his thoughts based on what he knew.

"What's the difference? Stronger? Better? Darker and more aware of how to expand and forge ahead? The previous Seventh Generation seems to be a hardliner, but now this one is just better." Viper smiled coldly. "You want to hear what I say? Say Vongola is a charitable group? Different? No, no, all the same."

"The current Vengley is no different from other mafias."

And Carlo, you who are obviously a member of the mafia, what kind of existence are you dreaming about.

Carlo stared at Viper for a long time, something was gradually hidden in his eyes, and those crazy obsessions grew more and more.

Now, in his dream, even if he stood around the clear lake, he could only see the red sky when he looked up.Those suppressed crazy breaths are probably no longer just blocked by the valley.

Viper was clear in his heart. He looked at Carlo in front of him. The man raised his hands to cover his eyes, and slowly grinned.

"KU, KUHAHA...KUHAHAHAHAHA..."

He laughed loudly, wildly and sharply.

"Yeah, what am I still looking forward to? Do I expect Pengo Lie to be the kind of world-famous good man, the savior who emerges from the mud without staining?" Carlo moved the hand on his face, only covering his face. He closed his right eye, revealing madness in the azure blue eye. "Everything has changed, why am I still clinging to the phantom of the past!"

"Old friend, maybe it's time to say goodbye soon." He took a few steps forward, gently stroked Viper's cheek with his left hand, and then he opened his arms and embraced Viper in front of him.

Because of the strength gap with the person in front of him, Viper, who was used to not resisting his strange actions, froze in place, and the strength of the person's arms in front of him made him feel distinct pain.

Carlo lowered his head slightly, leaning against Viper's ear.

"grato! (thanks)" is what he said.

"...I didn't do anything worthy of your gratitude." Viper used illusion to escape from Carlo, but Carlo didn't stop, just looked at his empty arms and paused, then looked up and smiled as always.

If you want to say thank you, in fact, Viper himself should be more grateful to Carlo.

"No..." Carlo said, looking down at Viper with a tender gleam in his eyes for a moment. "I want to thank you, old friend."

"MistaidicendochelamiaunicalucenonsoloMirage (It was you who told me that my only light was not just a phantom)"

Viper was taken aback for a moment, and Carlo disappeared in front of his eyes without hesitation, leaving only some indigo mist in front of him.

There is a feeling of losing something, whether it is Ambra or Carlo, both...

Viper pulled the brim of his hat, gritted his teeth fiercely, and for some reason there was a fine and clear pain spreading continuously in his chest.

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Enter the next chapter, by the way, it's not Balian~!

At that time, some people may understand how much my heart fluttered when I wrote a certain sentence in the copy~!

Of course, let me first say that the pair is just for fun, and it will never really come true in the text.

I won't disclose anything else~