wait for dawn

The central door was gradually closing, but she couldn't look away for a long time, and just stared at the snow-white door blankly.

A hand on her shoulder.

"Don't worry, Tsuna will be fine, he just needs to calm down."

Turning her head in a daze, she clenched her fists secretly as she looked at Dino, who was somewhat gloomy but still trying to comfort her with a relaxed smile.

"Ring." The silver-haired young man who always seemed to be frowning walked up to her and bowed solemnly to her.

"Ju, Prison Master?" Lan Ling was a little flustered, this was the first time she could remember negotiating with Pengo Li's guardian.

"RingSan, I'll leave Judaime to you." After the ceremony, Kikuji glanced at the door worriedly, and left with Yamamoto who also said "I'll leave the Tsunade to you", in a hurry as if about to go What task to perform.

"..." For the first time, Lan Ling couldn't use the way of self-deprecating and self-entertaining to relieve her feeling of depression and anxiety.

Dino hugged Lan Xiaozhou, who fell asleep due to sobbing, and his brisk voice couldn't hide his fatigue: "Ring, I'll send this child back first...you..."

"Mr. Dino...where are Sal and Nobuko?" Lan Ling frowned when she raised her head and glanced at the empty corridor.

From the moment the mourning began, there was no sign of Vongola's guardians other than Yamamoto Prison Temple, and Saar and Kawahira Nobuko were nowhere to be seen either.

It made her feel... uneasy.

"They are all obsessed with missions..." Dino rubbed his forehead, "Ah, by the way, although Thrall is not here, your other guardian is coming back soon."

...Orz, so she also has a fashionable thing like a guardian? Mouth.

Lan Ling was silent for a moment, but there was an eagerness in her words that was different from self-deprecating psychology: "Who is...?"

Dino didn't answer her immediately, he just blinked and looked to the other end of the corridor.

"Here you come, 'ten o'clock'."

!!!

Lan Ling was startled, and suddenly thought of the small note she found in her room, on which was written "10 o'clock" with an unknown meaning.

Could it mean...

"Hello, Mr. Dino...Miss, I'm back."

Hearing a vaguely familiar voice, Lan Ling turned her head slowly.

Then, the neck froze.

At this time, she should indeed petrify.

Because she saw a person no matter how she thought about it.

"Ze Yuezhi?!" (see chapter "Target 10" for details)

>>

Talking secretly in a room alone with Ze Yuezhi, who is said to be one of her guardians with the code name "Ten O'clock" and who wears a scumbag and has a scumbag name, Lan Ling felt that Yali was not ordinary.

"Except for Da Kong, all the other Rainbow Children died. It seems that Bai Lan has no patience, Miss."

Looking at Ze Yuezhi, who looked serious, calm, wise, reliable, and eloquent, Lan Ling couldn't help letting go of other messy thoughts, and frowned worriedly: "Patience?"

"Yes, miss." Ze Yuezhi stared straight at the blue bell with a sullen face, the worry in his eyes was clearly visible, "The death of Rainbow Son is not only Bai Lan's demonstration against Pengo Lie, but also yours." Warning. Because in your body, Bai Lan has something that he desperately needs, and now, he can't wait to get it."

hinder? ... Obstacle?

Would there be something Bai Lan was interested in about her?impossible.

The Figgram family has been destroyed by Bai Lan, and the Lan family has also been hit badly. She can no longer use the weird forbidden technique of the Goddess of God. So, it can be said that she has nothing and no special skills, what else? Something has the "honour" to be noticed by Bai Lan?

It is more credible to say that "the lily of the valley in the parallel world is his true lily of the valley" and "only the lily of the valley in this world is not".

Thinking of this, Lan Ling looked straight at Ze Yuezhi without revealing his expression: "What does he want?"

"My subordinates don't know." Facing Lan Ling, who was looking at him with provocative eyes, Ze Yuezhi remained expressionless, "Miss, it seems that Bai Lan has made up her mind to let you go to negotiate with Mr. Zetian together this time. "

"yes……"

"Miss, you need to know..."

>>

One day and one night, Sawada Tsunayoshi did not come out of the mourning hall.

Lan Ling took the plate from the hand of the maid who shrank tremblingly at the door, her eyebrows furrowed.The subordinates on both sides opened the door for her as if she was amnesty, and she impatiently slipped through the half-open door.

Tsunayoshi Sawada is still standing in the original seat, and it seems that he has not changed.

Hearing the sound, he turned his head slowly, and was looking at Lan Ling with worried eyes. Suddenly, a trace of surprise and panic flashed across his eyes.

"Sorry, sorry, I forgot the time in a blink of an eye..." Tsunayoshi Sawada scratched his head awkwardly like an ignorant boy, his smile was as warm and tolerant as ever, and the sky was cloudless.

Lan Ling grasped the end plate in her hand.

Then, she heard her own soft and calm voice echoing in the silent and wide space.

"Gang... Let me go to negotiate with you tomorrow."

Tsunayoshi Sawada's eyes widened for a moment.

"You can't go." His tone was rare and cold, mixed with a few traces of deep distress, and finally turned into a tired murmur, "You can't go..."

"Although I don't know what Bai Lan wants from me who has nothing..." Lan Ling suddenly smiled, her cold and calm appearance couldn't see her emotions at all, "But... to reverse the current adversity, these For the trivial details, let's just follow the other party's idea and see what he wants... Then, find the time to counterattack, anyway, his request is not a big deal..."

"How could it be 'insignificant' and 'not a big deal'?!" Tsunayoshi Sawada suddenly stepped forward and clasped her shoulders, "A Ling! Who told you this nonsense If so, you need to know that Bai Lan..."

"I know how dangerous and terrifying Bai Lan is." Lan Ling suddenly raised her head, and looked at the young man who was out of control in front of her, with a rare force, "Sawada Tsunayoshi, although Figgram's house is no longer the same, but Don't underestimate its remaining power, and don't underestimate the Lan family—now, I am negotiating with you as the leader of the alliance family, I have the right to decide what to do, and I know what I have to do What."

"...I understand what you said." Tsunayoshi Zetian pulled her into his arms, preventing her from seeing his expression, "but... I always feel uneasy..."

"Gang..." Closing her eyes and wrapping her arms around his waist, she buried her head in his arms, feeling the reassuring smell, "Actually, I... am very scared..."

"Yes, I know……"

"But... I don't want to hide behind anymore, I want to fight side by side with you."

Reborn was right, she wanted to be the protector, to protect everything, not just to be protected by others but helpless herself.

She... can't run away any longer.

>>

"Miss, don't be nervous."

Ze Yuezhi showed a soothing smile, and handed Lan Ling a cup of hot tea.

Lan Ling took it, took a sip absently, and frowned slightly:

"The taste of this tea seems a bit strange."

Hearing this, Ze Yuezhi's smile froze for a moment, something flashed in his eyes, and he returned to calm.

"Yes, it is a newly developed scented tea. You may feel uncomfortable drinking it for the first time."

"I see." Lan Ling took another sip, her brows stretched, "Well, it seems so, the second sip feels much better."

"Miss, here it is."

"...This is?" Holding the box that Ze Yuezhi handed over, Lan Ling was a little puzzled.

Ze Yuezhi opened the box and took out the contents——

It was a dainty little pistol, sheathed in jingle leather.

Without opening the leather, it looks like an ornament at first glance.

Ze Yuezhi handed the gun to Lanling, with a gentle smile on his face.

"Tie this thing on the outside of your thighs, miss. It's good to have another thing for self-defense."

"Thank you! Zegoshi-kun."

Lan Ling, who was focused on wearing a gun holster, didn't notice it.

Ze Yuezhi's originally gentle smile changed little by little, and turned into sarcasm.

If Lan Ling had observed more carefully, she would have found that on the note that said "10 o'clock" found in her room, there were obvious signs of being torn before the "10".

Ze Yuezhi also had half a note in his pocket, which also had Lanling's handwriting on it.

The content of the handwriting is: "Caution".

>>

late at night.

Blocked at the door of the leader's office, facing Tsunayoshi Sawada who looked at her in astonishment after opening the door in formal attire, Lan Ling raised her lips and raised her eyebrows.

Sure enough, what Ze Yuezhi said was right, Ze Tian Tsunayoshi planned to hide her and go to Bailan's place alone.

Facing Lan Ling with an expression of "I won't let you sneak away", Tsunayoshi Sawada sighed helplessly.

"There's nothing I can do with you...hey, let's go."

"Gang, don't you bring a guardian?" Lan Ling was confused and surprised following Sawada Tsunayoshi who quietly walked out of the general base without any subordinates.

"...Only you and Reborn know about the secret negotiation—because Bai Lanyan made it clear that you and I can only go alone and cannot bring any subordinates, otherwise the chance of peace talks will be terminated."

... No matter how you look at it, it is a terrible trap that makes no secret of its insidiousness and various conspiracies, right?Lan Ling was a little startled.

"You agree to such a ridiculous thing?!"

"Even if he has only a sliver of sincerity, I would like to give it a try... The struggle between the mafia has made this world - so, this time is really dangerous, I hope you, Ling...