After dealing with a few matters, the Vongola Family proceeded as planned.
Squalo led Varia in their negotiation with Stussy. Of course, Lussuria also went with him. After all, it'd be worrying having Squalo go alone. Of course, it was not his strength Giotto was worried about, but his temper. If there was no one to mediate, he might just fight Stussy right off the bat.
After arriving at Secon Island, G immediately joined Reborn's hellish training. His combat instinct, skills, and physical strength were already polished. What he needed to learn was only Haki.
Alaudi left after his injuries recovered. A lone wolf like him would not stick around for too long. He would wander around the world and challenge some skilled individuals that he was interested in. It was obviously more meaningful than guarding Vongola Family's territory. At least, in his opinion, he only ought to show up when the Family encountered a crisis.
However, before he left, Giotto also left him a message. He wanted him to come back a year later. According to Verde, the Devil Fruits that Mammon brought back were suitable for developing Storm and Cloud Box Weapons, which should be completed in a year. By that time, Alaudi's strength would increase again.
The response from the World Government was as Giotto had expected. However, after they knew that Giotto was still alive, they obviously couldn't believe it. After all, many people saw that Giotto's chest had been impaled. How could he survive with such a serious injury? Just how tenacious he was?
However, they couldn't afford to start a war with Vongola Family, so the Marines only raised Giotto and other Vongola Family members' bounty again, but they did not mention the reason behind it because they planned to pin the blame on what happened in Mary Geoise on Fisher Tiger.
Only the rescued slaves and a few people knew that the real savior of that day was Vongola Primo!
Because of this incident, the bounty of Vongola Family members increased once again...
Vongola Primo's bounty was no 3.39 billion Belly!
That amount of bounty was nearly the same as the bounty of the Four Emperors in the future. However, people often didn't particularly feel anything if one's bounty was too high. At most, people would just gasp in surprise and completely forget about it the next day. After all, it was impossible for them to meet Giotto in person.
G and Alaudi's bounty exceeded one billion Belly, but that amount of bounty was not surprising for a Guardian.
Mammon and Fran also had a bounty of more than 800 million Belly now after displaying their skills in Mary Geoise. After all, their ability to trap everyone in an illusion where the whole Mary Geoise was collapsing was surprising. Giotto and the others might not be able to leave Mary Geoise either hadn't it been for them!
As for Fisher Tiger, who was targeted by the World Government, he returned to Fish-Man Island and established the Sun Pirates after freeing the slaves.
Jinbe also joined Sun Pirates after getting permission from Issho. For the record, the current Jinbei was not weak, and he might just be able to prevent Tiger's death if he joined.
Giotto's daily schedule was very tight. He was mostly cooped up in his training room, either training his Devil Fruit Ability or his Wave Energy. After all, his Box Weapon was only a prototype. If it could be perfected, then his own strength would also rise to another level. Although he was very strong as he was, he ought to become stronger if he wanted to protect this Family.
"Fire Fist!"
Giotto's voice echoed in the training room, and fierce flames fiercely smashing against the wall of the training room.
Giotto, whose body had transformed into flame, slowly reverted. He panted as he landed on the ground. His body was covered in sweat as he had already lost count of how many times he had used Fire Fist today...
"3,700 degrees Celsius? It gets harder to raise the temperature." At this moment, Giotto could not help but sigh. His progress in strengthening Flame-Flame Fruit became slower and slower, giving him a feeling that he had worked hard.
"There are some things that just can't be rushed. Take a proper rest and relax your nerves. Small stuff like that unexpectedly works like a charm."
At this time, Aria walked into the training room with a lunchbox. "Let's eat. Ever since you left Mary Geoise, your eyebrows have been wrinkled all the time."
She knew very well that although Giotto seemed normal on the surface, he had always been concerned about the battle in Mary Geoise deep down. That was why he trained like crazy every day and only rested for four hours at most. He spend the remaining twenty hours doing high-intensity training.
Reborn and G had tried to persuade him, but it fell on deaf ears.
Hadn't Aria delivered food every day, Giotto might have starved himself to death in the training room!
"There are too many powerful people in this world, and they are only going to be stronger and stronger. I have never felt this way before, but after the battle in Mary Geoise, I realized that if I stopped, the people behind me would catch up, and the people in front of me would get further and further. I have to protect Vongola Family, so I have to get stronger..."
Pa!
A loud sound echoed in the training room, and at the same time, it interrupted Giotto's words.
Aria smacked Giotto on the head. At first, she wanted to slap his face, but after thinking about it, it was somewhat inappropriate for her boss to walk around with a slapping mark.
"You're not alone in this Family. If Vongola Family only relies on its leader, what are the Guardians for?"
After saying this, Aria changed the topic and revealed a gentle smile. "I haven't been here long. There are various places I want to visit, how about accompanying me for a change of pace?"