Katekyo Hitman Reborn! 242

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Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
Target 242: Target Rule
[Insert text: Tsuna and Byakuran make a Choice to determine the battle participants!! But what do these results mean...?!]
Ryouhei: Wh... What's this? // What do these numbers mean?!
Irie: Beside the symbols for each element... // I see...!! The number of participants for that element!!

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Byakuran: Nice intuition you've got there, Shou-chan. // That's right!♪ // The Choice made by the Gyro Roulette indicates the number of warriors who will be battling on the field for each given element.
Yamamoto: !! // You're deciding numbers based on element...?
Tsuna: But the total number for the Vongola and Millefiore is different!
Byakuran: It's a special rule~!♪ So you've got one each of Sky, Storm and Rain... // Pretty nice draw, I'd say, Tsunayoshi-kun!
Gokudera: Hold it!! What about that square thing at the bottom?! // I don't know any element like that!
Byakuran: Hm? // Oh, that's "non-elemental". // In other words, it represents the people who don't have any rings. // You've drawn "two" of those... // ...so you have to pick two of your non-ring-bearers to participate.
Reborn: ...So that's why you wanted us to bring everyone.
Tsuna: Everyone has to participate in the fighting......?! // That's just...!!

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Girls: Aahh!
Tsuna: ! // When did she...?!!
Bianchi: What on Earth are you?!
Daisy: My name's...... // Daisy...... // This is...... for you.
Kikyou: Hahah.
Daisy: Gahh!
Girls: Aaahhhhh!!
Kikyou: Sorry about that. I only took my eyes off the little rascal for a second... // Daisy, you see, just can't get enough of...

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Kikyou: ...things that perish beautifully, like you people.
Tsuna: Wha...?!
Ryouhei: Ngh...
Byakuran: No~w then... How about we both announce which members will be taking part, hm? // Oh, / this is the one part that we actually decide ourselves.
Irie: Byakuran-san... Since I don't have any rings... // I can count under "non-elemental", right?!
Byakuran: Hmm... // Well, / I suppose I'll allow it.
Irie: Well, in that case, Tsunayoshi-kun... // I suppose that's our members decided.
Tsuna: Hm?
Irie: The participating Vongola members will be...

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Irie: For the Sky, Tsunayoshi-kun. // For Storm, Gokudera-kun. // For Rain, Yamamoto-kun. // And for non-elemental, myself... // ...and Spanner.
Gokudera: Hey - hold it, Irie!! Who the hell put you in charge of us, huh?! Our Boss is the Tenth!!
Reborn: But I agree with his choice of members. This way, everybody has battle experience.
Gokudera: Wha - Reborn-san!
Ryouhei: Hold it! // What about me?!! I want to take part as well!! // What was all my extreme training with Garyuu for?!!
Irie: Just sit back and accept it for the moment. The opponent has the same restrictions. // This is how Choice works.

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Irie: And the results of our Gyro Roulette spin aren't bad at all!! // Not only do we have more members than they do, Byakuran-san himself isn't taking part!!
Hibari: You think that's reason enough to convince me? // I'm taking part.
Tsuna: H... / Hibari-san!
Irie: Wait...! // It's all very well saying that, but...!
Dino: Hold it, Kyouya. // Honestly, I don't know what to do with you sometimes...
Tsuna: Dino-san! // When did you...?!
Dino: Oh, I snuck in during the transfer. / [aside]I've been here the whole time.[/aside] // I'm your tutor... how could I miss out on this?
Bluebell: Byakuran... who's that?
Byakuran: Vaulting-Horse Dino~♪

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Dino: Think about it. Once Tsuna and the others beat the Millefiore guys, you can fight with anybody you like after that, right? // Have a little patience, yeah? // Okay?
Hibari: ......... // Hurry it up.
Dino: Okay, okay.
Tsuna: (Dino-san has got better at convincing Hibari-san...!!)
Dino: Tsuna. Make your decision. // Are you going to go with those members?
Tsuna: Huh...? // Y... Yes!
Fuuta: Are you okay with this, Giannini? // [aside]you're kind of getting ignored...[/aside] // They just picked out the other non-elemental mechanic over you...
Giannini: Oh... // W... Well, it's a shame, but I guess I'll just have to live with it~~~! / [aside]I'll leave it to you guys! // Good luck with that!![/aside]
Tsuna: (He didn't want to take part at all...)
Fuuta: (He looks a little too happy...!)

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Zakuro: A~~~~hhhhh... // This sucks~~~~~~~
People: !!
Yamamoto: That's...
Tsuna: The guy who was whistling......
Gokudera: ...in that magma bath!!
Zakuro: Byakuran-sama. // Sorry, but since it looks like I'm not taking part... // ...I'm not sure I can take all this much longer...
Kikyou: My apologies, Byakuran-sama... // It would appear that Zakuro has lost his spirits...
Byakuran: Hm. // Well, let's hurry this up, then.
Bluebell: Hah! // Now who's "nonsense"?!
Byakuran: Well, then, I'll go ahead and announce... // ...the participating members for the Millefiore side.

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Byakuran: For the Cloud, I'll select the lovely leader of the Real Six Wreaths, always reliable to a fault... // Kikyou. // For Sun, the corpse who lives to kill... // Daisy. // And for Mist, the phantom giant who proclaims the truth... // Torikabuto~♪
Basil: ......! // But that's not enough members! // You're supposed to have two Mist participants!!
Bluebell: Alas!
Byakuran: Oh dear!

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Byakuran: ...is what we're not going to say.
Bluebell: Behh~
Byakuran: As I mentioned before, each of the Real Six Wreaths has a hundred A-ranked subordinates. // Our second Mist participant is already here.
People: !!
Byakuran: Torikabuto's subordinate... // Saru!♪
[TN: His name means "monkey" ~~]
Gokudera: Where did he just appear from?!
Chrome: Two illusionists...
Dino: ...I guess they're not going to have any issues with numbers.
Basil: That's not fair...
Byakuran: No~w then, here comes the most important part: how to win the game! // There are plenty of different rules that Choice can be played by, but let's go for the most simple and effective...

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Byakuran: ...the Target Rule.
Basil: "Target... Rule"?
Irie: It's a simple rule. // Each side selects a unit to act as the enemy's target. // Whichever side's target is defeated first loses.
Reborn: I see... so each side has a "general". // Like the King in Shogi; a piece that has to be protected at all costs.
Byakuran: Incidentally, the targets have already been chosen through the Roulette just now.
Tsuna: ?!
Byakuran: You see the flames against the element symbols on the Roulette Board?

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Byakuran: For the Millefiore, Sun! // And for the Vongola, non-elemental! // Now, when we have two or more participants of the element in question, the Roulette will select from them at random.
People: ! // ! // And... // I guess that settles it!♪
Byakuran: The Millefiore target is Daisy. // And the Vongola target is Shou-chan!♪

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Tsuna: Irie-kun!
Irie: ...Don't worry. // This is fine by me.
Kikyou: In other words, we have to defeat Irie Shouichi, and you have to defeat Daisy. // Whoever does so first, wins.
Gokudera: Sounds simple enough to me. // I like it.
Yamamoto: Yep!
Spanner: ......... // Simple, but complex at the same time...
Irie: Spanner's right about that... // ? // ...?! // !!! // Aaghh!

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Irie: Aahhh!! // What is this~~?!
Tsuna: Irie-kun!!
Gokudera: Flames on his chest?!!
Byakuran: That's the Target Marker.
Tsuna: !
Byakuran: The target displays his or her own Dying Will Flames on his or her chest, so as to provide a means of differentiation from the other players. // It also serves as a means of indicating that the target hasn't been defeated yet, you see?
Irie: Ngh... // It won't come off!!
Byakuran: Oh, you can't remove it until the battle is over. // And the status of the Target Marker is displayed on the Board, so everybody can see it.
Reborn: Wait, Byakuran. / If you draw out a person's Dying Will Flames - their life energy - continuously like this... // ...then they'll run out of energy and collapse in no time.
Byakuran: Well, I guess that gives this battle a kind of time limit.
Irie: !
Reborn: ............

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Byakuran: If the Target Marker disappears, for whatever reason, that side loses the battle.
Tsuna: That's just...
Irie: It's fine... let's just start...
Tsuna: ! // Irie-kun! Don't push yourself...!!
Yamamoto: If you're not careful, you could die just from releasing those flames!
Irie: ...... // The same thing goes for the enemy... // Besides, I'm not doing this out of self-sacrifice! // I'm the one who made Byakuran-san this way!! // I can't run away from this now!!
Byakuran: Ohh~? // I didn't know you thought of it that way, Shou-chan. // Well, whatever.

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Byakuran: As you already know, the prize for winning this ultimate game of Choice... // ...is every one of the Mare Rings...... // ...every one of the Vongola Rings...... // ...and every one of the Arcobaleno pacifiers... // In other words, the ultimate power that created this world... // The Trinisette. // It's time for this Mafia battle for the genesis of a new world to begin!♪
[Insert text: Their friends... their future... their world... Everything is on the line in this ultimate battle!! The true battle with the Millefiore begins here!!]