The Strange Tales of the Vongola

A game of escape, fooling people and ghosts, with the first-generation Vongola boss?!

Now that's exciting.

Tsuna: Thanks for asking. I'm already terrified of ghosts, so why give me a body that attracts them?!

Faced with the endless ways the culprit, the black mist, finds to torment him, Tsuna just wants to say no three times.

Can you please not make a scaredy-cat do this sort of thing?!

As if tricking ghosts weren't enough, why are you livestreaming it to the other Guardians behind my back?!

As one of the game's regular players, Tsuna is tired of saying, "Stay away from me."

And as another regular player, Giotto says: Bring on more.

Ghost stories? Nursery rhymes? Tales?

Could anything be more fun than watching Tsuna exceed his expectations again and again?

...Ugh, what are you supposed to do when you're stuck with a long-term teammate like this?

First-generation Guardians, I'm begging you. Someone come and take Giotto away.

Role-playing games? Everyone loses their memories?

Are the people around you really still the people they used to be?

Sorry, ghosts. He was being too loud just now.

Please come back.

If I try to outsmart these people, I'll die without a body to bury.

Whispers that don't belong to the living echo through an empty classroom. Hymns beneath a grand church cannot cover the wailing. Departed souls linger at an abandoned station, and unseen traces haunt a glittering mansion on a remote island.

When the man who should already be dead grips Tsuna's chin with a hand that is no longer warm,

"You inherited my glory, my bloodline."

"And now you want to abandon me?"

Cold fingers force his lips apart and slip inside. The man's voice is sweet, but wrapped around him like a gentle chain he cannot escape.

"You know what happens to bad children."

Tsuna bites down hard, until he tastes blood.

"Of course."

"I've been ready for this ever since I decided to deal with you myself."

Reader's notes:

1. All27 is the basis, with G27 as the pairing.

2. This story has its own setting. Tsuna alone knows the first-generation boss and his Guardians.

3. The two generations don't look exactly alike in this story. They only resemble each other a little from certain angles.

4. As for the timeline, Tsuna is currently nineteen and has only recently taken charge of Vongola affairs. Please give our little bunny a chance to grow.

Giotto is currently twenty-three. He founded the Vongola six years ago in his era, and this story includes plenty of personal headcanons about him.

5. I really like the way box weapons are used in battle, so the characters keep their future-era gear.

6. Please don't nitpick the ghost stories. The existing ones will be used at the beginning to explain the rules, but most later stories will be fictional or adapted to fit the plot.

Theme: Courage is the hymn of humanity