The interior was just as bad as the outside, noticed the brunet upon witnessing the countless holes on the floor, walls and ceiling. The fragments had just been shoved to the sides to let people walk. There were scorch marks all over the place and some blood stains, but nothing bigger than a nosebleed and no body or body parts to be seen. At least they had respected that condition so far.
Thankfully, all the damage they had seen so far was manageable, and they could fix it with their little construction skills and a lot of paint. It would just take a lot of time to take care of everything, from the cleaning of the rooms, to the plugging of the small holes and the complete rebuilding of the most destroyed walls. The floor and ceilings were salvageable with some work. Finally, there would be the decoration part, with the painting of the wall, the removal of all damaged curtains and other furniture and the bringing of new ones.
This would take months, bu it was doable and the would be paid by the hour with a bonus for each finished room. If everything went well with the customers, it was definitely worth it.
Lussuria had been excitedly babbling about his 'mischievous coworkers and their bad habits of breaking stuff' -his words exactly- when he stopped in front of a massive closed double door that was miraculously devoid of any holes or burn marks. "Here's the Boss' reception room. He's a bit gruff and not very polite, but he's got a good heart. Somewhere. Deep down inside. He knows about the contract and he won't attack you despite what it looks like, so it will be fine. Just introduce yourselves, answer his questions concisely if he has any and get out. Easy right?" He smiled, but did not receive any answering smile strangely enough.
Tsuna tightened his hold on Lambo and followed Lussuria. From what he had learned from his friends, the head of Varia, a man named Xanxus, was infamous for his perpetual anger and violent behavior. He just hoped that they would go in and out of the room without starting a fight. Right here in the middle of Varia territory, they didn't have a chance in battle.
The room was spacious, just as dilapidated as the rest of the mansion, with a throne of all things at the opposite end. A man -although from his appearance he wasn't any older than 20 was leisurely lounging in it, a glass of wine in one hand. He was properly terrifying : red eyes that stared at them, a frown that made him look furious and guns at his hips. The stuff of nightmares.
His eyes glared at them all in turn with recognition shining at the three former criminals, settled on Tsuna and he frowned even more. After that his eyes didn't leave the brunet, and the Sky was uncomfortably reminded of that Squalo guy's reaction.
The long-haired man was actually standing on one side of the room (still staring at Tsuna), along with the probably-Arcobaleno Mammon, a tall guy with an odd mustache and a weirder hairdo and a boy around the same age as Tsuna with a fringe covering his eyes and- was that a tiara? Lussuria joined them and left Caeruleus (and the brunet in particular) to face the glare of his Boss.
"You mini-trash are the construction company?" Growled the red-eyed man. Kyoya, Hayato, Ken and Mukuro stiffened at the slur, but thankfully stayed quiet and didn't move.
"Uhm, yes we're Caeruleus. We're here to assess the extant of reparations." Stumbled the Sky. Xanxus was still staring at him, so he was obviously the one who would be the one to answer.
The man kept glaring at him, and Tsuna had to fight not to fidget. What was wrong with these people? Eventually, the guy scoffed and started talking again. "I'm Xanxus, and you scum are now working for me. You already know the long-haired trash," He ignored the answering indignant bellow. "The sissy and the baby. The laughing princess is Bel and the fucking lapdog with an afro is Levi. They are the elite and will make fucking sure that no other trash bothers you when you work. You'd better do a good job and not do anything against us or I fucking swear that you will regret it. Capisce?"
Chapter 21: That worked with Varia-quality
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