Katekyo Hitman Reborn! 243

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Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
Target 243: The Battle Begins!!
Byakuran: Ohh, but just before we begin... // I ought to introduce the judges who will be fairly and impartially overseeing this contest.
Cervello: Leave it to us!
Yamamoto: ?!
[TN: It's official: their only purpose in life is judging Mafia battle-contests. Any time they appear in future, I'm just going to assume that the arc is going to climax in a tournament of some sort.]
[Insert text: Vongola VS Millefiore... the battle begins!! And overseeing this showdown... are some familiar faces!!]

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Irie: Y... // You?!! // The Cervello!!
Reborn: ...According to Shouichi, you just seemed to end up at part of the Millefiore somehow. // Who exactly are you people?
Cervello: We are the Cervello Organisation, a branch of the Millefiore. // No more and no less.
Tsuna: The Cervello... of the Millefiore...?
Gokudera: Screw this!! // Whoever you are, you're blatantly on the enemy's side!!
Byakuran: Oh, no, they will judge fairly. It's their speciality. // Indeed, surely it is you who are not following the rules of fair play?
Tsuna: ?!
Kikyou: I feel obliged to congratulate the individual in question for his impressive ability to conceal 99.99% of his bloodthirsty presence... // ...but faint though it may be, I can still sense the remaining 0.001%. There is somebody hidden in that base unit of yours.
Squalo: Tch...

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Tsuna: Squalo!!
Yamamoto: The heck! // So you showed up!!
Squalo: Don't get me wrong, ya piece of trash!! // I just snuck in in the hope of causing a bit of madness an' mayhem.
Byakuran: Hahaha... // You too, little hologram Reborn.
Reborn: !
Byakuran: This area is free of Non-Trinisette radiation, so the real you can feel free to emerge from within that base unit.
Reborn: You're a sharp one.
Cervello: Now, then... Participating members, please enter your own base units. Each base will then be transported to a random location on the field.
[Label(bottom-right): Vongola Audience Stalls]
[Label(top-left): Millefiore Audience Stalls]
Cervello: We have prepared audience stalls from which the progress of hte battle can be observed; all non-participating members should head to their seats. // All communications from the audience stalls to the participants are forbidden. Whilst within the audience stalls, you will be supplied with video feeds from cameras positioned at various locations on the field, as well as audio feed of our own voices and those of your allies, and nothing more. // Furthermore, the audience stalls are heavily reinforced; any attempts to attack them will be deemed foul play and result in the loss of the team in question. // The match will begin in three minutes' time. // Please make sure you are ready by this time.

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[Box: Vongola Base]
Gokudera: And then... // ...you go like this.
Yamamoto: Like this, huh...
Gokudera: Gawd, you could at least learn how to tie a damn necktie, you baseball freak!
Yamamoto: Ah, come off it, would you? It's not like I usually wear these things!
Tsuna: Ehm, I didn't know how to tie it either...
Spanner: We've received map data. It looks like we're positioned in the south-eastern region of the field.
Irie: I see...... Not a bad position...
Tsuna: Irie-kun, are you all right?
Irie: Yes... Don't worry about me... // More importantly, how are you finding the base I built?
Tsuna: I'm really impressed! I don't know how you managed to...
Cervello: Your three minutes are up.
Tsuna: !
Cervello: Well, then......

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Cervello: Let the Choice battle begin!!

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[Box: Millefiore Base]
Daisy: I don't think I like this... // Just sitting here out in all this bright light...
Kikyou: You are the "King" whom we are tasked to protect, so you just wait right there and relax.
Daisy: Okay...
Saru: I have picked up Irie Shouichi's "Target Marker" flames on radar. // Presumably this is also the location of the Vongola base.
Kikyou: Hahah... Well, then, shall we go?

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Everyone: Vongola... FIGHT!!
Yamamoto: That really does pump you up, huh?!
Gokudera: I can't believe I just did that again...
Spanner: This ritual is not unique to Japan, correct?
Tsuna: Hm? // By the way, about our strategy......
Irie: Our only means of pinpointing the enemy's position, and vice-versa, is through our Flame Radars. // As such, Spanner and I will remain here, analysing the relevant data and giving commands, so I would like the rest of you to divide into a defensive and an offensive force. // Based on your combat styles, I feel that Gokudera-kun would be best suited to defense, and Tsunayoshi-kun and Yamamoto-kun to offense.
Gokudera: How many times do I have to tell you?!! // You don't go giving out orders without even consulting the Tenth, asshole!!
Tsuna: S... Still, I think that sounds like a good plan... // And Irie-kun is the one who has experience playing Choice, after all...
Gokudera: ...Hmph. // Well, if the Tenth says so...
Yamamoto: All right... let's get moving!
Tsuna: Yeah.

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Irie: All right, listen up. // This arena is heavy on cover; plenty of places to hide. As such, the sooner we track our enemies down... // ...the better our chance of victory!! // Drop the sheets! // Sawada's unit, Yamamoto's unit, and Gokudera's unit... all routes clear!

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Irie: Move out!!
Kyouko: Wo~w!! They're all riding motorbikes!!
Haru: This isn't much like how I imagined Mafia battles!!

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Dino: Those are two-stroke engines, right? Yet they're as silent as if they were electrically-powered...
Giannini: That's because of the the super-efficient silencers I developed myself. // Not only are they entirely noiseless, they will also not show up on scans for flames or metallic objects. // They are like vehicle ninjas... stealth machines that will be completely invisible to enemy radars!
Spanner: Flame composition analysis complete.
Irie: Right... let's transmit this data to the Boxes.
Spanner: Receipt of data confirmed. Relaying to Boxes now.
Irie: Right... Upper hatches open! // Aerial Boxes, commence hovering!

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Saru: ! // Kikyou-sama. Irie Shouichi's Target Marker has multiplied, and the individual signals are scattering. // Presumably decoys.

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Kikyou: Hahah... Traitor though he may be, Irie Shouichi is still the man who created the game of Choice together with Byakuran-sama. // The boy has some brains in him. // Let us simply eliminate them all. // Destroy all targets.
Others: Roger!
Spanner: Enemies detected on radar. They have split up into three separate directions.
Irie: As I thought... they mean to eliminate the targets one by one. // Right - Gokudera-kun, stand by where you are!

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Irie: Yamamoto-kun, turn left after this block, and head straight to the junction three blocks from there. // Intercept Pattern B. // Tsunayoshi-kun, continue straight ahead; maintain current velocity!! // A~nd come to a halt in three seconds. // Two...... One............

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Irie: Stop!! // Activate your dummy, Tsunayoshi-kun!! // Implement Evasion Pattern F, and attack!!
Tsuna: Okay!
Basil: It's as though Irie-dono has visuals of the whole field at his fingertips...!
Dino: I guess he wasn't Commander of the Melone Base for nothing.
Reborn: He's the kind of guy who pulls through when you need him. // That Shouichi.

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Torikabuto: !

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Torikabuto: ...?
[BubbleSFX: bibip!]
Kikyou: (!! // A new flame reading?!) // Torikabuto... // Behind you!

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Torikabuto: !!
Tsuna: Too slow.
[Insert text: Ambush successful!!]
[Bottom text: Next issue, we're celebrating five years of serialisation!! Reborn takes the cover, and colour pages!!]