Trader In The World Of Pirates!!!

That night, Tsuna slept deeply and peacefully.

The only odd part was…

he dreamt that he had become the boss of the Vongola family and mysteriously gained many powerful abilities.

Then…

he seemed to have an unusual "attraction" to strange events. Odd occurrences frequently happened around him, and random people would constantly appear out of nowhere.

With no other choice, and for everyone's safety...

Tsuna had to lead his guardians to face these challenges head-on, defeating gods if they stood in their way, and overcoming Buddhas if they blocked their path.

Just like with the Varia, Tsuna took care of potential crises before they could grow.

In the end, he naturally conquered the entire underworld and became the undisputed ruler of the dark world!

And just as a crowd of mafiosi was about to force him onto a throne, despite all his struggles…

and when Reborn was about to crown him...

Tsuna suddenly jolted awake from the dream.

"Hah~ Thank goodness that was just a dream."

Sitting up in bed, Tsuna took a deep breath of fresh air.

Sweat dripped down from his forehead in layers.

It wasn't until he saw the bright sunlight streaming through the window that he finally calmed down.

However, in the very next second…

he realized something was wrong.

Wait, what!?

The sun is already up!?

Tsuna quickly jumped out of bed, rushed to the window, and stuck his head out.

What he saw was the sun already high in the sky, radiating a deep warmth.

In the courtyard, Lambo and I-Pin were playing mafia games.

...Real mafia games.

Lambo was pulling grenades out of his afro, shouting "I'll blow you up!" and tossing them at I-Pin.

I-Pin would counter by using her Dumpling Fist to knock the grenades into the sky, where they exploded in brilliant bursts of fire.

Judging by the number of explosions in the yard, they had been at it for quite some time.

Is this really the kind of game mafia kids play?

Stepping back, Tsuna quickly left the scene, hoping not to disturb Lambo and I-Pin and accidentally have a grenade thrown his way.

He had experienced this scenario too many times to take any chances.

Tsuna glanced at the alarm clock on his table.

The time matched what the sun outside was telling him:

[11:40]

Whoa!

Even amidst all those explosions, he had still managed to sleep soundly.

Tsuna had to give himself some credit for his impressive ability to sleep through chaos.

But now wasn't the time to think about that!

He hurriedly got dressed.

If he rushed, he might still make it to school before lunch break ended.

Even though he wasn't particularly good at school, Tsuna didn't hate going.

After all, school was the only place he could see the girl of his dreams—Kyoko.

Not to mention, his grades had been improving "by leaps and bounds" lately, and he didn't want them to slip again!

Thinking of this, Tsuna couldn't help but grumble to himself:

"It's all Ace-sensei's fault. He keeps training me so late every night. I really need to work on my time management…"

"Otherwise, Mom would've woken me up long ago."

Tsuna quickly grabbed his schoolbag and rushed out, using Moonwalk to speed his way to school.

While the technique was a powerful combat skill in the world of pirates, in Tsuna's hands, it had become the perfect mode of transportation.

However...

what Tsuna didn't realize was…

he wasn't the only one late that day.

Hayato, Takeshi, Ryohei…

and even Hibari, who was usually strict about enforcing school rules, had all missed morning classes as well.

Even Lambo had barely avoided being late, only because Tsuna's mother woke him up for breakfast.

...

...

As Tsuna hurried to school, he began to notice something strange.

A new sensation was developing in his mind, as if he suddenly had a panoramic awareness of everything around him.

Even after experiencing so many bizarre things earlier in the morning, he was still stunned by this realization.

"This feeling... it's not just intuition…"

"It feels more like Observation Haki, like Ace-sensei mentioned."

"And…"

Tsuna raised his palm in disbelief, then slowly clenched it into a fist.

As if on cue, a mysterious energy surged from within his body.

His fist was instantly enveloped in a dark, hardened aura.

"Is this...Armament Haki!?"

Tsuna's eyes widened as he looked at his hardened fist.

Having seen Ace use Haki, he immediately recognized what was happening.

But…

"How did I suddenly learn Armament Haki!?"

"Didn't Ace-sensei say that because the worlds are different, I wouldn't be able to learn this power through normal means!?"

Could it be…

Recalling Reborn's sudden disappearance the day before and Ace's mention of a visit from his boss, Leo...

Could it be that...

Reborn had exchanged all of this for him!?

With this thought, Tsuna suddenly felt a sense of realization wash over him…

Then, once again, he sensed a mysterious power within his body…

It was the power of the bond between him and his Pokémon!

At that moment, he also noticed a new wristband glowing with a strange energy on his arm.

"Bond Evolution!? MEGA Evolution!?"

"These powerful abilities... they're actually real!?"

Feeling the mysterious energy flowing through him like a switch being turned on, Tsuna's eyes widened in shock.

But just then…

the lunch bell of Namimori Middle School rang, signaling the end of the break.

"No! Class is starting!"

The familiar sound jolted Tsuna, and his body moved on instinct, pushing aside thoughts of his newfound powers.

What does it matter if I'm stronger now?

Will that help me solve math problems? I still can't do it!

Tsuna had no intention of letting these sudden changes make him late for class.

---

Meanwhile, far away in Italy…

It was early morning on the other side of the ocean, but the Vongola executives, fresh from a grand banquet, were full of energy.

Especially the guardians of Vongola Nono…

They stared at their rejuvenated bodies in disbelief.

While a 50-year-old body isn't exactly in its prime, it was certainly better than the fatigue and frailty of a 70-year-old.

Not to mention…

these weren't the bodies of ordinary 50-year-olds…

They were the bodies of a group of mafia elites who could shake the criminal world with a mere flick of their fingers!

"Is this… is this a miracle?"

The Ninth's guardians marveled at the transformation.

And after learning about the Transdimensional Chamber of Commerce and dimensional transactions…

they were even more stunned, barely believing their ears.

Had their bodies not genuinely been restored to youth, they might have thought the Ninth had been tricked by some scammer!

However…

when they remembered the Ninth's plan to ensure Vongola's eternal survival, their eyes lit up with determination.

Even if Vongola no longer belonged to them in the future…

the guardians, who had devoted their lives to the family, had no complaints.

After a period of careful discussion, they departed from Vongola headquarters, setting off for various regions and allied families to gather items of special power.

---

In the reception room of Vongola's headquarters…

Sunlight streamed through the large, classical windows, filling the room with warmth.

Leo sat calmly in a grand chair, sipping a cup of steaming coffee.

After a while, he looked up and addressed Reborn, who sat across from him.

"So, have you made your decision?"

Reborn remained silent, his gaze fixed on the pacifier hanging from his neck. He hadn't spoken for a long time.

Just moments ago, Leo had personally informed Reborn…

that there was an efficient way to lift the curse of the Arcobaleno—by exchanging his cursed pacifier for points, which represented the power of the world's origin!

In doing so, Reborn would be freed from the curse forever and transcend its limitations.

But…

if Reborn made this choice, should a situation arise in the future where the Arcobaleno's power was needed…

they would be down one pacifier and unable to fully harness the Arcobaleno's true strength.

Reborn, caught up in the current situation, might not fully grasp this, but Leo, who knew the story of "Katekyo Hitman Reborn!" inside and out, understood well…

If the power of the 'Tri-ni-sette' (the Three Powers of Seven) was ever broken, the consequences for their world would be catastrophic.

This was also why Leo had refrained from exchanging the Vongola rings for points, even though he had considered it.

The 'Tri-ni-sette' was made up of three major powers in the world of "Katekyo Hitman Reborn!": the Vongola rings held by Tsuna and his team, the Arcobaleno pacifiers guarded by Reborn and the others, and the Mare rings controlled by Byakuran.

Of these, the Vongola rings upheld the timeline of the 'Katekyo Hitman Reborn!' world—the 'Y-axis'.

In the course of history, only one set of Vongola rings holds true power.

That set was now in the hands of Tsuna and his friends.

This is also why the future Vongola needs Tsuna's team in the present to defeat Byakuran and save the world.

On the opposite side of the Vongola rings are the Mare rings.

The Mare rings protect the horizontal axis of the 'Katekyo Hitman Reborn!' world—the 'X-axis', representing parallel dimensions.

Like the Vongola rings, only one set of Mare rings exists across countless parallel dimensions.

It was through the power of the Mare rings and his ability to traverse parallel worlds that Byakuran built the formidable Millefiore Family and pushed the future Vongola to the brink of destruction.

To put it simply, the 'Katekyo Hitman Reborn!' universe can be visualized as an infinite plane on a coordinate system.

The Y-axis represents time, and the X-axis represents parallel worlds.

Each point on the plane represents a different world at a unique moment in time.

The Vongola rings and the Mare rings appear only in the worlds corresponding to specific points along the Y-axis and X-axis.

Across countless worlds, the real Vongola and Mare rings can only exist simultaneously at one point in time.

That point is where both the Y-axis and X-axis meet at the "origin."

This origin isn't a literal zero-zero point, but rather a concept or focal point.

No one knows how many X-axes, Y-axes, or how many origins exist.

For now, Leo was simply a businessman with a modest strength level of just over 100.

He was still far from comprehending the true nature and rules of the world, let alone knowing if the system's power could help him achieve such an understanding.

At this moment, the time and space where Leo and Ace exist can be understood as the point [0, -10 years] on the Y-axis.

In this world, the Mare Ring might merely be an empty shell, devoid of any appearance.

Ten years later, the future world where Tsuna and the others were summoned via the Ten-Year Bazooka, corresponds to the [0, 0] point on this axis, in a way.

In that time and space, the Vongola Ring and the Mare Ring coexisted in the same world, within the same time and space!

As for the remaining Rainbow Pacifiers, which number 7 to the power of 3, they hold the most mysterious power.

They are capable of existing at any point in all times and across all parallel dimensions.

In other words...

In every world, there will always be Rainbow Pacifiers with real power.

But even if a point can appear anywhere...

Once Leo exchanges it for points, it will vanish from all time and space.

Therefore, Leo is confident that, without disrupting the world of "Reborn!" the 7 items out of the 3 included are the Vongola Rings.

The disappearance of the Vongola Rings would at most mean the world would lose artifacts that allow travel through time and space, such as the Ten-Year Bazooka.

Even if the Mare Ring is involved, it likely wouldn't destabilize the world, but it would eliminate the possibility of interaction between parallel worlds.

However, when it came to the Arcobaleno's Pacifiers...

Leo dared not exchange them lightly.

Because their existence seemed to be holding the entire world together.

Even though this was just his own speculation.

This was also the reason why Reborn fell silent.

"I..."

After Leo's question, Reborn finally made a decision. With reluctance, he lifted his head and said:

"I'll think of another way."

In truth...

Due to the curse of the pacifier, Reborn's lifespan was nearly exhausted—he probably had only a year or two left.

But after learning that destroying the pacifier might harm the world, even with death looming, he still couldn't make up his mind.

Seeing Reborn's hesitation, Leo smiled inwardly.

Knowing him well, it wasn't surprising to Leo that he would act this way.

In fact...

Even if the "Reborn!" world were destroyed now, Leo had the power to take Tsuna and the others to the pirate world, where they could continue to survive.

After half a year of hard work, Leo had successfully created a passage in the void that linked the pirate world and the "Reborn!" world, allowing him to travel between the two at a low cost.

This passage was also available to Ace, Tsuna, and anyone else.

He had resolved that whenever he discovered a suitable world in the future, he would construct such a channel to allow different worlds to interact with each other.

Perhaps, when he accumulated enough original power, he could even create a battlefield in the void!

A place where people from different worlds could interact or fight!

This was his next goal, a challenge to take on when boredom struck!!!