Mamon Youth Development Program

【Ambra——! 】

【What's up?My dear disciple. 】

【When will you withdraw this damn illusion! ? 】

【Want to get rid of broccoli? 】

【Um. 】

[Then try to remove it yourself.Keep getting stronger until you use your ability to destroy my illusion. 】

【...Then why are you constantly strengthening it! ? 】

[In order to protect you from going astray before you realize the truth of heaven and earth. 】

【...In your eyes, all hairstyles that are not broccoli are evil? 】

[Correct answer~! 】

【asshole! 】

The calendar on the wall reads July [-]rd, and yesterday happened to be Viper's birthday.

Just like the words that Viper murmured in a low voice the night before.

"For me, birthdays are not something to celebrate."

Because birthday means that the next night, he will sink into an infinite nightmare again.

Viper was originally preparing, because the previous mission made him forget the time, so his own preparation was not complete, and he was worried.

Stephanie, who had been by her side all the time, also had a serious expression on her face. For the sake of the annual test, they turned down the upcoming next task.

Today they still gather in the same villa with others.

In the early morning, Skalu, who was in a good mood because he couldn't have a dream that he couldn't remember, leisurely pushed open the door of his room, and vowed in his heart that this time, he would impress those bastards, especially that Viper!

"Did you sleep on the bed? You idiot." A completely unfamiliar voice rang in his ears with gusts of wind. Scaru's heart trembled, and there was already a drooping human head in front of him. Not paying attention to details, a pair of eyes that fell out of their sockets stared at him firmly.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

Viper, who successfully frightened people, dispelled the illusion, and floated in the air looking down at Skaru with a dissatisfied face.

"What time do you think it is? Idiot." Viper raised his eyebrows, the sunlight outside the window was just right. "Because all the people were not present, they refused to hand over the rest of the remuneration. Do you know how much I have to pay for delaying my time?"

"—How could you know it!" Skalu, who was so frightened and fell to the ground, yelled in collapse: "Is it because of this reason that you treat me like this? Don't be kidding, it is impossible for me to pay you. Money!"

Lu Che was still sleepy. She got off the bed, rubbed her eyes, and immediately understood what was going on.Smiling helplessly and sighing, she put on her clothes and hat again, opened the door, and walked down the stairs step by step.

"Viper, stop playing tricks on Skaru." She said with a bit of resentment in her tone.

Finding that there were also people who didn't get up until this time, Scaru hurriedly pointed at Lu Qie and shouted: "You see, she also only got up at the same time. Why did you only scare me alone!?"

Viper looked down at Skaru from top to bottom, with obvious contempt on his expression.

"She is pregnant, are you?"

"..." This is really impossible.

The corner of Viper's mouth curled up, as if he was very happy because of Skaru's performance.Floating back to the low altitude again.

"...Bastard, V, Viper, you bastard—!" Skaru yelled, quickly got up from the ground and threw himself at Viper, who was easily dodged by him. "Even if it's like this, you can't scare me, bastard!"

"It's just because you're scared to such an extent, you're not very good." Viper groaned twice, sat back in his seat and began to count the money, with a slight arc of the corners of his mouth. "Fool!"

"You, you, you... I will never spare you this time!" Skaru yelled, but Viper's attacks were always dodged by Viper, but the other party was still floating in the air with money, so leisurely. "Bastard Viper, you have special abilities and illusions, let's fight one-on-one."

"Idiot, come up if you have the guts." Viper laughed again, this time with a bit of a nasty sneer. "One-on-one, if you're willing..."

That tone and the slight movement of Viper's fingers reminded Skaru of the nightmare that had always surrounded him, and his confidence was instantly emptied. "I'm sorry, Viper..."

"That's right!"

"Viper." Luche spoke again, feeling helpless in this situation that kept happening. "No, don't do this, you can't always bully Skaru."

"Hmph..." Viper silently floated to Lu Qie's side. "What are we eating today?"

"I don't know about this yet..." Lu Che said. "This time, I really have to think about it."

"Why don't I..."

"Although you have to think about it, you can always figure it out!"

Viper felt a little lost in his heart, and spoke again. "How about... let the wind try?"

"That's a good idea."

At noon that day, Lu Qie suddenly had a stomachache, and Feng was in charge of lunch, and Viper decisively stated that he could also help.Luche was in so much pain that he couldn't stop this incident smoothly, so he could only helplessly...watching Viper enter the kitchen.

When Lu Che slowed down, Feng had already come out of the kitchen carrying a steamed bun, and behind him... Viper was carrying two plates of strange objects.

what is that?Everyone pointed to the things in Viper's hand and asked, and when the wind turned around, they were stunned.

"That's the bun I made... 1 minute ago..."

"That's... Viper's talent..." Lu Che explained. "As long as it is an unfinished dish, once it reaches his hands, it will become like this, in an instant..."

"...What did you do to Baozi, Viper!" Skaru asked loudly.

"Is there something wrong?" Viper calmly grabbed a little and put it in his mouth. "It's okay."

Maybe that stuff just looks bad and tastes okay?

Scaroo tried a little in silence, and immediately fell down with a livid face.

Lu Che was too late to stop again.

Only Stephanie could eat those unknown objects without changing his face like Viper.

Facing everyone's bad reaction, Viper frowned dissatisfiedly, and temporarily put down his preparations for tomorrow, "Mmm~ you all need it..."

His words stopped suddenly, Viper raised his left hand, looked at the strand of indigo hair held up by him, and was absent-minded for a long time.

Now Viper is not in the mood to care about these people's contempt for his cooking skills. He even temporarily forgot the fact that today is the third of July, just staring at the long and smooth strand of indigo hair in his hand, silently lost in thought.

The illusion on his hair was suddenly lifted, and in front of everyone, the hair that hadn't been cut due to the illusion all these years hung down. Viper never knew that his hair had grown so long somewhere he didn't know.

The slender indigo hair hangs down gently, with a natural curvature, making Viper's already delicate face even more beautiful, with a faint illusory hazy beauty.

But Viper just clenched his fist, gritted his teeth inadvertently, and suddenly asked Verdi: "What happened in the waste street?"

Verdi came back to his senses because of his voice, and the boy's elf-like face was lingering in his mind. He absently pressed a series of buttons and said, "Recently... it seems that Peng Lie is the main one. Several mafia families in the city clashed with the people in the waste street, and the result was... a faction headed by Ambra in the waste street was destroyed, the illusionist himself disappeared, and... the one known as the waste street Carlo, who is the strongest in the street, also suddenly lost the news."

"Wait!" Verdi looked at the information that had just arrived in his hands, and said in surprise: "Carlo suddenly appeared alone at the Gaia family headquarters, and...with his own strength, he destroyed this mafia family, Gaia The family has since disappeared, and Carlo himself seems to have been injured and disappeared."

Viper was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly grabbed Stephanie's hand beside him, and Stephanie, who had always been in touch with him, looked serious, and took him to teleport away to the spot.

"Viper...? Is this...?"

"Probably went to Waste Street." The killer lowered the brim of his hat, unable to see his expression clearly. "After all, there is information that the illusionist Viper was born in Waste Street, he is a disciple of illusionist Ambra, and has a deep friendship with Carlo, who is number one in Waste Street."

"That guy...is he alright? Kora!"

"Viper... is he anxious because the teacher lost news...?"

On the other side, in the woods next to the Gaia family headquarters, Carlo leaned on a tree and sat on the ground.

"KUHAHA...do you think I don't know? KUHAHAHA..." He raised his hand to cover his right eye, but still couldn't stop the bright red blood. "Originally... thought that Vongola was different...the result...KUFUFUFUFU...has fallen? Vengola...!"

"KUFUFU... Sure enough, the mafia is the most annoying thing..."

He covered the wound on his chest, but couldn't stop the blood gushing out.

"Old friend..." He thought of the very familiar face in his heart. "KUHAHAHA... At first you said 'Vongola is different', now? KUHAHA..."

"See you next time... No... Until I achieve my goal, it's better not to meet you again."

"KUFUFU...Even if this era is over, the bad relationship between me and you...can't be broken so easily."

Viper, who knew nothing about all this, still flew towards the former residence at high speed.

At dusk, he finally returned to the abandoned street, the former home where he studied and grew up.

...It really fell apart.

This place, which can be called home, has been destroyed, no one is there, only burned ashes and rubble all over the ground.

That's how it should be...

Stephanie looked at the broken stone tablet in the courtyard, and Viper looked around at the collapsed walls.

He already had such a premonition in his heart, and knew that he was going to face such a scene, but Viper couldn't accept it in his heart.

That woman...just...gone?

Even though her abilities surpassed hers, the woman who didn't think she could get back the debts she owed all these years...just...just left?

When the illusion on his hair dissipated, he felt that something was wrong. The illusion that Ambra had tried so hard to plant dissipated for no reason... It could only be that Ambra himself retracted it or was unable to maintain it, no matter which one it was... Neither bodes well.

Walking through the courtyard where Stephanie was fighting with a group of uncles, I can still see how those people first bullied Stephanie, and then was beaten back by Stephanie... At that time, the siblings cheated them of a lot of money by gambling , Now that I think about it, I can feel a deliberate feeling from it, and I can even faintly feel a little spoiled.

That's right, they are the children raised by those people... Their growth from childhood to adulthood, little by little, is all brought up by those people, and they are all in their eyes.

The half-collapsed building over there is Ambra's library, and the books in it are all collected by her, which is Viper's initial understanding of the world.He has read most of the books in it, and he has turned over and over the fragmented books about illusions, engraving every word deeply in his mind.

But although the fonts in my mind are clear, they are not as heavy as the weight in my hands.

After walking for a while, he will reach the kitchen. Every time he walks on this road, the chef will jump out from nowhere to stop him. I really don’t know how he, a chef, can be so elusive as a killer.Let Viper, who has always wanted to show his skills in the kitchen, fail every time.

Walking through the corridor, he finally stopped in front of a door and gently pushed it open.

It wasn't really a push, the door in front of him was no longer the solid one he had seen last time, it was just two pieces of rotten wood that were randomly leaned against the dilapidated wall.

The originally dilapidated door collapsed at this moment and fell to the ground with a loud noise, which also stirred up ashes on the ground.And the room behind the door was still the same as before, but I didn't see the person who always lay there casually and looked at him with a smile on his face.

[You do have a pair of beautiful eyes. 】

【This is the attitude my disciple should have. 】

[I can't find any flaws in your illusion. 】

[You can only rely on yourself outside. 】

"Teacher...?" No one responded.

Viper suddenly saw something, and immediately flew to the side cabinet, staring at an empty seat above.

There was a thing there originally, which looked very inconspicuous, but it was cherished by Ambra and put together with her treasures.She once said that even if she went to hell, she would definitely take that thing away before she left.

That kind of thing should not arouse the greed of others, and there is no burnt wreckage left in the place where it was placed before, that is to say... it was taken away by someone.

[The illusionist himself has also disappeared. 】

just missing...

Viper couldn't help rubbing the empty seat, and the scorched black traces on the wooden cabinet also remained on his fingers, and he felt a little relieved.

are you still aliveteacher……

That woman... really shouldn't be someone who died so easily.

Maybe... it's just a loss of strength.

Maybe... she is still living somewhere in this world.

The light coming in from the hole in the wall gradually faded, and the inverted triangle on Viper's face suddenly glowed strangely.

A dull pain from the deepest part of his brain made him fall forward.

"Viper!" Just like that... poured into the arms of the person who would guard him every year.

"Stephanie..."

Every year, it takes more nightmares to wake from a deep sleep.

How many are there this year? thought Viper.

The darkness began to weave even more terrifying nightmares in front of him.

Besides those familiar faces, Viper unexpectedly saw those so-called "companions".

What... is it that even these guys are considered by the curse on his body to be existences that can affect his emotions?

It is true that the purple numbers seen in both eyes have been increasing, but this is nothing more than feelings for a trusted companion.

He will not be affected.

Viper gritted his teeth, frowned, and suppressed the negative emotions in his heart.

One after another, counting the number of nightmares and guessing the time to wake up.

When returning to the meeting place the next day, the changes in Viper were obvious.

He seemed to have experienced something, his face became paler, and his spirit was a little listless.

But... It can be easily found that his illusion is stronger, and the emotions contained in it are also stronger.

Many people cast worried glances at Viper, but Viper turned a blind eye to everything and walked straight in front of Lu Qie,

He handed a pair of scissors to Lu Qie.

"Are you really going to cut it? Viper, such long hair...it's a pity..."

"Yeah." Viper nodded, Lu Che sighed, and cut off the long indigo hair with the scissors in his hand.

It's really a pity... such beautiful hair... but it has to be cut off.

"These cut hair... don't you want it?"

"No more." Viper put on the hood again and whispered.

Lu Che looked at the leaving figure, still remembering the amazement brought by the long hair in his mind.

She sighed, and carefully put away Viper's cut hair, but she couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

Why do you have to cover your eyes with props even when you are cutting your hair...

The last time Lal should have seen Viper's eyes, he was obviously such a person, but because of this, he maintained a strange atmosphere with Viper for a long time.

Even she is starting to be curious...