Shinigami Transformation

In the underground space beneath Urahara Shop, Urahara and Yoruichi stood on high alert. Kukaku Shiba beside them had already been injured by Hollowfied Tsuna. The only ones left with any real fighting power were Urahara and Yoruichi.

"Kisuke, use your power if necessary," Yoruichi said. Her speed could no longer suppress Hollowfied Tsuna. With those strange yellow flames, Hollowfied Tsuna had adapted to his enhanced body and could fully keep up with her speed.

"I understand." Urahara glanced at his Red Princess. If he still could not suppress Hollowfied Tsuna, he could only alter the terrain to limit Tsuna's offensive, just as he had altered this underground space.

Hurry up and finish, Tsuna.

Just as Urahara raised Red Princess to block Hollowfied Tsuna's attack once more, Hollowfied Tsuna vanished before their eyes. In his place, a violent spiritual pressure erupted behind them.

This was bad. Just as Urahara was about to move, Yoruichi was faster. The compressed violent spiritual pressure exploded around her, and a punch unleashed through Flash Cry barely blocked Hollowfied Tsuna's ambushing claws. However, Yoruichi no longer had time to stop the long teal hair attacking her from behind.

At that critical moment, the words had already reached Urahara's lips. "Ban..."

Suddenly, Hollowfied Tsuna stopped moving. A series of cracking sounds came from his body. Urahara pulled Yoruichi back, and they watched a white Hollow-shaped shell peel away from Tsuna's body before shattering into fragments on the ground.

Tsuna's small figure was revealed. He wore a white suit with black lapels and a black tie. Two short blades were strapped horizontally across his lower back, one black and one white, positioned above and below each other with their hilts hanging to the left and right. He looked both handsome and sharp.

In addition, Tsuna wore half a mask over his face, completely covering the upper half. Beneath its left eye was an inverted blue crown pattern.

Tsuna removed the mask and opened his eyes. Seeing Urahara and the others guarding against him, he asked dazedly, "Did I... succeed?"

Urahara Kisuke straightened his clothes slightly, walked up to Tsuna, then crouched and circled him once. Covering half his face with his folding fan, he said, "By all rights, you succeeded. But what is with the style of that Shinigami Uniform?"

Only then did Tsuna notice what he was wearing. In his inner world, he had been too occupied talking with Decimo and Byakuran to notice that the outfit Decimo had given him was not a traditional Shinigami Uniform, but the suit Sawada Tsunayoshi wore when representing the Mafia in battle.

"It looks more like a Western style," Yoruichi commented.

"The West... the West Bureau?" Urahara murmured. Deciding not to dwell on it, his gaze fell upon Tsuna's two blades. "Another pair of Zanpakuto? This makes the third pair of Zanpakuto, doesn't it?"

"Kisuke, open your eyes and look carefully. His swords are different. Strictly speaking, they cannot be considered a pair of Zanpakuto." Yoruichi stared at Tsuna. "Kid, do you know what is going on with your swords?"

Tsuna scratched his head with a silly grin. "Huh? Aren't all Zanpakuto like this? I was kicked out right after learning their names."

Of course, Tsuna knew what his swords represented. One black and one white—did they not symbolize his Shinigami power and Hollow's power?

As for the other two pairs of Zanpakuto Urahara Kisuke had mentioned, they belonged to Shunsui Kyōraku, captain of the Soul Society's 8th Division, and Jūshirō Ukitake, captain of the 13th Division.

However, strictly speaking, neither of them possessed paired Zanpakuto. Shunsui Kyōraku's Zanpakuto, Katen Kyōkotsu, had used a special method to allow Katen to give birth to Kyōkotsu. As for Jūshirō Ukitake's Sōgyo no Kotowari, its two hilts were connected by a chain.

Therefore, both Shunsui Kyōraku's and Jūshirō Ukitake's Zanpakuto were, strictly speaking, a single Zanpakuto. In contrast, Sawada Tsunayoshi's two Zanpakuto, born from two different powers, were a true pair of Zanpakuto.

Yoruichi did not fully believe Tsuna. This brat, who was clearly far more mature than his age suggested, was definitely hiding something.

"It seems Tsuna already knows his Zanpakuto's name, so the third stage of training can be canceled," Urahara said.

Tsuna rolled his eyes at Urahara Kisuke. He just wanted to see his Shikai and had gone in such a huge circle to get there. "By the way, where is Tessai? Why don't I see him?"

"Cough, cough. I'm here. Congratulations, Sawada-sensei."

Kukaku Shiba walked over while clutching his left arm. Healing Kido glowed in his right hand as he treated himself. He had suffered some injuries while resisting Hollowfied Tsuna earlier. First, his hand had been injured, making it difficult to cast Kido smoothly. Then Hollowfied Tsuna had punched him, directly inflicting internal injuries.

"I'm sorry, Tessai. I got you hurt." Tsuna immediately realized that he had injured him during his Hollowfication.

"It's all right. Don't take it to heart."

"No, please let me do something for you."

Tsuna drew the black Zanpakuto from its sheath with a backhanded motion. Not only its hilt, but even its guard and blade were pure black.

Seeing this, Urahara hurriedly stepped in front of Tsuna, waving his arms as he stopped him. "Tsuna, Tessai is already injured. There's no need to give him another slash, is there?"

"That's right. It's only a minor injury. I'll recover with a little time." Kukaku Shiba hurriedly refused as well. He had already prepared himself to be injured when he agreed to participate in this.

"It's fine. I never said I was going to cut you." Tsuna spun the blade and spoke its release command. "Illuminate the sky, Sun!"

The black short blade transformed. A cluster of yellow light enveloped Tsuna's hands and feet, and a pair of white fingerless gloves and thick white combat boots appeared on him. Both the gloves and boots bore the yellow Vongola Family Emblem.

When Decimo had shaped Tsuna's Shinigami Uniform, Tsuna had already learned all of the Shikai release commands. Just like Fullbring, by reciting different world commands, Tsuna could gain abilities of different attributes. What he had used now was Vongola equipment of the Sun Attribute: the Sun Gloves and Propulsion Boots.

Among the Sky Seven Attribute Flames, the Sun Attribute Flame's characteristic was Activation.

The Sun Attribute's Activation had different effects depending on how it was used. Under normal circumstances, it could stimulate the body's cells, causing them to rapidly grow and achieve a healing effect.

Tsuna opened his palm and released sunlight-like radiance toward Kukaku Shiba's injured area. This was Tsuna's first time using this ability. The Sun Attribute equipment in his Fullbring had been purely for attacking and possessed no healing effects whatsoever.

Sunlight shone over Kukaku Shiba's body. He felt warm all over, while his wounds itched as they healed. Even his internal injuries began to recover.

After the sunlight had shone for a while, Kukaku Shiba lowered the hand covering his wound. His injuries had visibly healed completely, and Tsuna withdrew the Sun Attribute Flames.

Kukaku Shiba moved his body. Not only had his arm healed, but even his internal injuries had recovered. The speed was far faster than using healing Kido himself. The only side effect was that his body hair had become much more vigorous, and his beard now completely covered his neck.

After Kukaku Shiba's treatment was complete, Tsuna sheathed his Zanpakuto. Urahara, meanwhile, stared thoughtfully at Tsuna's blade.

"A Zanpakuto of the healing type? But that Shikai form does not look like a recovery type no matter how I look at it. If I had to say, it somewhat resembles the equipment form of a certain friend of mine," Urahara commented.

"That's right. It is obviously a Hakuda-type Zanpakuto!"

Yoruichi was somewhat envious. If her Zanpakuto had taken this form, she would not have had to hide it away and never use it.

"Hey, kid, hurry up and use Shikai. Let's exchange a few moves." Yoruichi cracked her knuckles. Earlier, she had been afraid of hurting Tsuna, so even when using Flash Cry, she had restrained herself. She could no longer wait to beat up this lucky Tsuna.

"It's already late, Yoruichi. Let Tsuna go home first. Starting tomorrow, we can help him familiarize himself with his Shikai's power," Urahara Kisuke said, defusing the situation.

Under Urahara Kisuke's farewell, Tsuna hurried in the direction of home, wondering what new club excuse he could make up to get permission to return late.

"Kisuke, you just let him go? There is something strange about that kid's twin blades." A woman's intuition told Yoruichi that Tsuna's completely white Zanpakuto had a problem. That whiteness resembled the white of the Hollow they had fought just now.

"Well, there is no need to rush. We still have plenty of time to interact with Tsuna. Sooner or later, we will obtain the information we want." Urahara's deep eyes were filled with thought. From the tiny hints revealed in Tsuna's words, Urahara judged that Tsuna knew far more than he let on.

On the way home, Tsuna silently took stock of his abilities. Judging from the situation in his inner world, his Shinigami power was the adult Sawada Tsunayoshi—Decimo—while his Hollow's power was Byakuran.

But Decimo and Byakuran were clearly different from what he remembered from Reborn!. Like him, both possessed the power of all Sky Attribute Flames.

To put it plainly, Decimo and Byakuran did not represent themselves alone. They embodied the combined power of everyone in the school building.

In other words, Tsuna's Shinigami power was not Decimo, but the Vongola Family represented by Decimo. Correspondingly, his Hollow's power was the power of the True Funeral Wreaths and the Millefiore Family, represented by Byakuran.

After realizing this, seven pieces of information appeared in Tsuna's mind. They were all the release commands for his Shinigami power.

Tsuna felt a few black lines form on his forehead. He had not expected Decimo to keep something hidden. He had not told Tsuna all the world commands directly, so when Tsuna had previously used the Sun Attribute equipment, he had needed to picture Ryohei Sasagawa in his mind before learning the Sun release command.

Now that he knew all the release commands, Tsuna did not even need to draw his swords. He could directly use the power of the corresponding attribute's Shikai simply by reciting its release command.

"Sweep away and devour, Sky. Equipment: X Gloves, Hyper Dying Will Mode." "Raging gale, Storm. Equipment: C.A.I. System."

"Wash away all things, Rain. Equipment: Bamboo Sword Shigure Kintoki." "Illuminate the sky, Sun. Equipment: Sun Gloves, Propulsion Boots."

"Powerful strike, Lightning. Equipment: Twin Short Horns." "Follow my own path, Cloud. Equipment: Floating Cloud Tonfas."

"Ethereal phantom, Mist. Equipment: Trident."