age is not a problem

The main island of the Lipari Islands——

The helicopter hovered in the night, looking for a foothold on the ground below.

"That's..." Nicole, who was sitting in the driver's seat, narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the shining place below, as if guiding them to land, "Yo, Pengo Li, it's your companions. "

The plane had already lowered quite a bit, and Tsunayoshi was also looking down through the window glass... Sure enough, it was Yamamoto who was waving at the helicopter while flashing the signal light.

And at this time, Tsuna suddenly realized... Isn't the plane he is sitting on now the one that he and Yamamoto drove? !Too many things happened just now that he didn't notice it for a while.

"Ah, the situation was urgent, so you used your helicopter without saying hello. Anyway, you are idle when you park there. I'm sorry." Nicole lazily said the words of apology, and then turned Turning his head, he looked at Gang Ji meaningfully, "What should I do, now I'm surrounded by you Pengo Lie."

Understanding the meaning of Nicole's words, Tsuna smiled sincerely and thanked, "This time... Thank you very much, Nicole."

"I can trust you, King Vongola X." Nicole smiled, and it was rare for him to lower his state of high alert when facing the "enemy" on the ground.

Gang Ji also responded with his sincerity, "Please rest assured, at least at this moment, you can trust me like you trust Qingmei."

While speaking, the helicopter has landed smoothly.

When he was about to get off the plane, Tsuna looked at Qingmei who had fallen into a deep sleep in his arms, and shook his head helplessly and affectionately, not having the heart to wake her up:

"She's really tired...Forget it, let her have a good sleep first."

After laying Qingmei flat on the seat in the back row of the cabin, for fear of waking her up, Gangji carefully stepped off the helicopter.

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Outside the helicopter, the people waiting are not only Yamamoto, but also...

"Kurihara?!" Tsunayoshi looked at the person next to Yamamoto in surprise. He thought that he would never have the opportunity to communicate peacefully with Kurihara face to face.

Then he turned to Yamamoto.

After receiving Tsunayoshi's questioning look, Yamamoto looked at his once extremely trusted deputy, with a complicated but relieved expression, "Forget it, let Kurihara speak for himself."

Before being asked, Kurihara handed a small black leather box to Tsunayoshi.

"This is...?" Tsuna looked at the suitcase in confusion.

"It's a raw stone, a key item that can help you recover your body. The first seven pieces of jade were extracted from the island of Lipari when the seven cubes were created. They are very rare and difficult to find. Yamamoto and I just spent a lot of time It took a lot of effort to find these rough stones. Not only you are looking for them, but others are also looking for them, and they hope to find them before you." Kurihara said slowly.

Although he didn't make it clear, Gang Ji already knew it in his heart, "It's those elders, right?"

"That's right. You also know that they really don't want you to be able to return to the original state, so that one day Vongola X will become a child, and everyone in the Mafia circle will make a fuss. And they can better turn you, a 'little child', into their puppet step by step."

Nicole, who was originally only planning to be an audience, frowned in confusion, "Although I don't care what you think inside the Mafia, but... can I ask a question? As far as I know, the only one with Penger The bloodline of the Lie family is the 'little boy' in front of me, if this continues... how to solve the issue of the next successor of the Pengo Lie family?"

"Ah, there is no problem with that." Kurihara ignored the slightly embarrassed expression of his own leader at the moment, and said bluntly: "Given that the Pengo Li family currently has few descendants and may even face the crisis of not being able to choose an heir in the future. When he took over as the head of the family in the tenth life, he had already frozen the sperm in advance according to the family's request, in case any extreme situation would really happen in the future...Of course, those little tadpoles will not be used unless it is a last resort~"

"So that's it, it's really thoughtful... After all, if Vongola X died before he had an heir, it would be a headache." Nicole whistled.

Li Principle shook his finger, "Well, well, there may be other situations. For example, due to some accident, Pengele X lost the ability to provide healthy tadpoles...so it is very necessary to collect and save some tadpoles in advance."

Was it all black when the people in the Yushou department cut it open... Tsuna couldn't help sighing in his heart.

Immediately, he asked sternly: "Kurihara, why did you..."

"Why did you choose to help you again? You want to ask this, right?"

Kurihara took the conversation directly, with a serious look on his face:

"Sawada Tsunayoshi, to be honest, I still don't agree with you, your naive thoughts. But, like I said before, I'm on the side of the elder forces only because we all have a position against you. , the so-called 'the enemy of the enemy is a friend', I don't have a good impression of them themselves."

"But...you regard your companions as more important than anything else, and regard the so-called 'family' as a false name; while they, taking the interests of the family as the starting point, desperately want to get rid of you as a member of the family, What's the difference between you and those who tried to invade the family. So, in comparison...you are more cute when you are 'naive'."

"That night, at the Suzuki Museum of Art, you told me that after thousands of years of precipitation, society has already formed an invisible power network. We are all just people in the network, and no one is so great, so we must What you do is not to oppose this network, but to improve it... Then, I really want to see what step you can make."

"and……"

[A few days ago, on the plane from Tokyo to Rome——

"I really don't understand what kind of attitude you have towards Sawada Tsunayoshi." Kiyomi joked rather playfully.

Kurihara shrugged casually, "I said, I don't agree with his naive ideas."

"But this does not prevent you from admiring him, and what you admire and what attracts you...isn't that innocence."

"I really can't bear it, can a 14-year-old girl not be so sharp... But, you are right, as a friend, he is indeed a good friend."]

"No, it's nothing." Kurihara smiled, ended the topic, and then talked about serious things, "Now that the original stone is also in hand, then, it's time to go back to Vengley's headquarters and discuss the matters that should be dealt with with the elders. dealt with."

After receiving the message, Yamamoto also said with confidence: "Don't worry, Gang, we also took action in advance. The elders originally planned to send people to take or directly destroy the original stone tonight, but , All their forces are now under the control of Prison Temple and the others, and all the evidence has been conclusive. Now, it's up to you to go back and pronounce the sentence."

"Okay, I see." After three seconds of silence, Tsuna nodded.

In the nearby helicopter, Qingmei quietly looked at the roof of the cabin.

When Gang Ji put her flat on the seat, she was already awake.

She also heard the conversation outside just now.It's just that there doesn't seem to be any reaction at the moment, and it's very calm, whether it's the face or the eyes.

He just blinked his eyes occasionally.

……

Outside the ancient and heavy gate——

"Yo, you're finally back, King Vongola X." The man in a black suit standing against the wall looked at the approaching Gang Ji with a bit of teasing.

"Li Baoen." Gang Ji nodded slightly to his mentor, as a greeting and a compliment.

"Do you know why your backtracking bullets were dropped, and why those veterans found out about the original stone so quickly? Not only Kurihara from the Yushou department, but also the few close assistants who directly belong to you, they are also there. eyeliner." After finishing speaking, Li Baoen even wanted to see the student union's reaction with a bit of mischief.

Gang Ji's mood didn't fluctuate much, but he asked helplessly: "My personal staff is arranged to have eyeliner... Li Baoen, you have actually noticed it a long time ago, right? Then, it was deliberately not tell me."

"That's right." Li Baoen chuckled lightly, and his eyes became a little more stern as a teacher, "Because you need these tests, don't think that sitting in this position is the end and you can stop growing Yes. The position of godfather is not so easy to sit on, every day you need to be stronger than the day before, you still have a long way to go."

"...Follow the instructions, my tutor." Gang Ji gave a concise salute to Li Baoen.

Pointing to the door behind him, Li Baoen said as he left: "Go in, inside, you need to deal with it."

After calming down, Gangji walked in with steady steps.

In the huge space, all the elders have been controlled by their own guardians.The generals under the elders have also been controlled by the subordinates of various guardian departments.

Looking around at the scene in front of him, taking a deep breath, Tsuna calmly and forcefully expressed everything he wanted to express:

"First of all, elders, you are my predecessors. I am very grateful for everything you have done for the Pengo Lie family. I understand that you really love this family. I hope that the glory of the Pengo Lie family will last forever. I poured my heart and soul into it."

"I know, you guys have difficulty accepting me from the beginning. Yes, before the age of 14, I was just an ordinary Japanese boy, but because I was the only one with Vongola blood, I got this Location. From your point of view, my sudden arrival, who has never been to Italy before, who has never lived in the family headquarters, who has never been exposed to the world of the mafia, is undoubtedly an intruder, even a stealer, that's all Steal the Vengley family that you love and put your heart and soul into."

"I have always said that companions are more important to me than anything else, even more than the so-called 'family glory'. I will do my best to protect my companions, and this will never change. Because... everyone in the family is my companion, and my companions and I constitute the family. Only when every companion is present can the family be complete and have its 'glory'. This is also It is the greatest honor I have as the head of this family."

"If you still can't agree with me, I won't force it. Then, an eternal principle of survival in the mafia world-the strong is king, this will be the only way we can talk. So, the current situation , the final result, obviously, I won."

"However, if possible, I still hope...you can trust me."

"At the succession ceremony, the oath made in front of the portraits of the previous leaders of the Pengele family, I, Pengele X, will abide by it to the end until death."

After speaking, Tsuna Yoshi bowed deeply to everyone present.

The bow that I made was humble yet majestic.

The expressions of all the veterans present also softened from the initial anger and stiffness, some were helpless, some were relieved, and some were moved.

At this moment, a maniacal laughter suddenly resounded, shaking the entire hall.

Among the generals under the control of the veterans, a madman who had become deranged suddenly rushed towards Gang Ji with a knife!Everyone was caught off guard!

The effect of the semi-finished retrospective bullet has not yet ended, Tsunaji subconsciously wanted to ignite the flame of death energy, but found that the bad and disordered physical condition at this moment prevented him from igniting it for a while!

In the nick of time--

"boom--!"

A bullet pierced through the glass and hit the crazy man's vitals, killing him with one blow.

The people present were startled again, and all instinctively looked out of the window in the direction of the bullet, but they saw nothing, and the outside was peaceful.

"Ahaha, it's really powerful. This kind of ultra-long-distance precise and powerful shooting is comparable to that of Colonello after the curse was lifted during the proxy war." Yamamoto said suddenly.

Tsuna turned her head and looked at Yamamoto in an instant, "She..."

"Ah, when we parted, she asked me for a sniper rifle."

Before the words were finished, Gang Ji ignored the surprised eyes of everyone, and suddenly broke through the door and rushed out.

……

On the nearby hills—

Qingmei, who had just prostrated on the ground and sniped, stood up, patted the dust on her clothes, and then threw the sniper rifle aside, "I hope I will never need to use this kind of thing again. "

Nicole took the thrown sniper rifle, "Why did you use your right hand just now? Aren't you left-handed? You've always been left-handed."

"Isn't my left hand dislocated?"

"Didn't you take it back already?"

"Oh, okay..." Qingmei smiled, and looked at the red sun that was gradually piercing through the night and emitting light in the sky, "Because, that is Airi Weiler's sniping method, and Airi Weiler Le is dead..."

The girl's smile is soft and indifferent, but full of new hope and yearning, just like the new red sun in the sky.

"From now on, I'm just Kiyomi Asakawa."

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