Game on

Chapter 21: Inheritance Arc 5

When the dust settled, all could clearly see the battered form of the illusionist, appearance flickering between that of Daemon Spade and Katou Julie – and finally, deeming the body too damaged, a shade leaving the body of the young man, trying to flee toward Mukuro, only to be repelled.

The shade tried again and again, until Tsuna stated "It's useless. You won't be able to possess any of us. Did you think we'd come unprepared?"
Hearing that, the shade tried to flee – only to bounce once more, not against someone, but a shimmering barrier.

"This is the end." Enma added "Just give up."
"The end? Give up?" the shade was becoming more and more visible – until the illusionist was standing anew before them "Stop saying non-sense!"

"How is it possible..." a disbelieving Gokudera muttered "He has no body how is he..."
"Real illusion." Mukuro simply stated, clearly impressed by the other Mist Guardian's skills - mad as he was, even Viper's skills paled in comparison with the first Vongola Mist's own
As for Katou Julie, he was dangerously weakened, but fortunately, they had foreseen that – and Chrome, having herself already taken a few potions, was now helping Takeshi and Adelheid take care of the newly freed teenager.

[Bonus Goal Complete 2 ! +50 000XP
Alliance System unlocked]
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Now that Daemon Spade was out of a human body, Kazami was itching to get rid of the nuisance, her Soul Art protesting against the unnatural presence in front of her in a manner it didn't anymore when facing the Vindice.

And in spite of her powers being barely under her control, she suddenly felt a cold hand settling on her shoulder – and Jagger, Bermuda on his shoulder like always, at the other end of said hand. Surprised, she turned toward them – for Vindice never touched anyone, and she would have thought that she'd be last on the list, with her powers so frightening to them.

The Vindice, she could feel, was just as surprised as her, if not for the same reasons – but he shrugged off his confusion for the moment, explaining to her and an attentive Reborn, who wanted to help student just as much as her "Don't. This, too, has been predicted by Giotto and Cozarto."
Bermuda nodded at his co-Vindice affirmation, continuing "If you help them now, the last memory will remain hidden."
"If you let them fight and believe in them, they'll surpass their ancestors and unlock the last memory."

Kazami nodded reluctantly, and tried to settle herself – then the way the two Vindice had talked to her hit her.
They were supposed to be being of hatred, yet when they talked to her, when had clearly felt different feelings. Stunned she stole a glance at the two, trying to see if they seemed different in any other way.

"Don't look at us like that," chuckled the smaller Vindice – and this time, Reborn too turned toward them - for a Vindice expressing any emotion was unheard of, especially in light of what they now knew about their origins "Whatever is happening it's of your doing, not ours."
She frowned, wondering what they meant – then suddenly understood – she had started to feel more than simply hatred from them when Jagger touched her.
The ex Arcobaleno was right, whatever was happening, it was linked to her – and more than probably, to her Soul Art...

"While it is an interesting development," interjected a reluctant Jagger "Now isn't the moment to study it."
"You're right." sighed Bermuda, just as disgruntled as his partner – and Kazami could certainly understand why, being after to feel for the first time in centuries certainly must be quite strange and interesting for the two Vindice
As such, they didn't debate more about this new discovery – but Jagger didn't remove his hand either, and neither Kazami nor Reborn commented on it.

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As for Tsuna and Enma, things weren't going all that well for them.
Instead of weakening him, discarding the body of Julie seemed, on the contrary, to have lifted an unknown until then limitation upon the illusionist, who was now fighting in his illusionary body as if it was real, an elegant death scythe in hand.