World's End, Six Fairy Tales
After Haschwalth threw out the five dragon eggs, Harry Sack immediately reported the situation to Reverse London and, after hanging up, hurriedly asked Tsuna and the others for help.
"Sawada-sensei, please help us find the fairytale dragon babies scattered throughout London. Once we find them, we must immediately destroy them to prevent a major disaster!"
"What do baby dragons look like?" Uryū asked more seriously.
"I don't know. London's history only records the signs of their transformation into adulthood, like Cinderella, which is the crown on its head," Harry Sack offered an emergency explanation.
"Then can I understand that I can kill any Hollow, that is, any dragon, that I see!" With the safety of the entire London at stake, Tsuna rarely showed his killing intent.
"It may not be an evil dragon, but this is an emergency, and we have no other choice!" Harry Sack made a decisive decision. If they accidentally killed the wrong one, WB could clean up the mess afterwards.
"Are there any more specific characteristics?" Chad also came to the group's side.
"All Fairy Tale Dragon tend to be drawn to things that can bring about their transformation. For example, the bubble that Sawada-sensei killed was pursuing love, and Cinderella completed her transformation under the moonlight."
"The Animal Band will search for music that brings him peace of mind; the Candy House is related to sweets; the Golden Axe reveals its true form when it touches pure gold and pure silver; the red dress dons a red disguise and transforms into a wolf; and finally, Snow White —any substance toxic to the human body could potentially transform her!"
While the conditions for the first few dragons were somewhat predictable, the last one, Snow White, was completely unpredictable. As a modern city, it is not lacking in toxins harmful to the human body. If Snow White were to crawl into some sewage pipe, she would be difficult to find.
"Captain Harry, have the Development Squad send us the locations of all the relevant shops in London. I'll go to the record store, Uryū to find the candy shop and other stores, Chad to the jewelry store, and the red dress is for Captain Harry. As for Snow White..."
After a moment of silence, Tsuna continued, "We can only leave it to fate!"
"All possible locations have been sent to everyone's phones. The management team will also search the nearest locations. May Lady Luck smile upon us!"
As soon as Harry Sack finished speaking, the group scattered and searched for the possible locations on the map.
The London night, apart from the ongoing explosions in the sky, has become lively in the streets and alleys, with occasional explosions adding to the excitement of the search party.
In order to find the Fairy Tale Dragon at full speed, Tsuna has already removed the lightning protection layer in London.
Ichigo also switched to Quincy form, using Uryū's personally taught Hirenkyaku to suppress Cinderella's Stardust as much as possible, and looking for an opportunity to use the All-Things Exterminator to kill her.
But Cinderella, being Fairy Tale Dragon, has a weakness in her crown. Having already nearly died once, she is clearly much smarter, taking all of London hostage and constantly releasing explosives into the city.
This meant Ichigo couldn't find a chance to aim at the crown and could only keep shooting down the stardust with his arrows. However, the density of Ichigo's Hirenkyaku was still not as high as the stardust, and some explosives always managed to leak out of Ichigo's attacks and into London.
At this moment, everyone who could still walk in London was anxious, racing against time to find the Fairy Tale Dragon. Among them were not only Tsuna and his friends and the manager team, but also Quincy in white uniforms!
Given Haschwalth's meticulous nature, how could he possibly gamble with Tsuna and the others after deciding to disrupt London's night?
Haschwalth had planned ahead for the area where he threw the dragon eggs. Five Quincy squads were buried around those five locations, waiting for the dragon eggs to fall.
As someone who keeps Fairy Tale Dragon as pets, Yhwach couldn't possibly be unaware of the factors that allow Fairy Tale Dragon to transform, and each team brought plenty of items and waited.
It could be said that from the moment Haschwalth threw the dragon egg, no matter what arrangements Harry Sack made, they were a step too late.
A dragon egg with four black shadows on it cracked open, and a strange, monstrous creature emerged from it. The Quincy squad guarding the spot immediately recognized it as the Animal Band.
While gathering intelligence on London, the Quincy also emptied the homes of the wealthy. They pulled out their phones, connected them to Bluetooth speakers, and played some soothing music to help them sleep.
Influenced by the music, the Animal Band took two unsteady steps, then collapsed to the ground and began to snore.
Having done all this, the Quincy silently disappeared into the shadows.
The same scene occurred near other dragon eggs.
The Candy House, its entire body resembling spilled paint, received a large bag of candy. It quickly immersed itself in the world of delicious food, and as it licked the sugary treats, its body swelled up—a transformation.
The Golden Axe, shaped like a calf, had its Quincy adorned with gold and silver ornaments by the Quincy, one on each side. His eyes turned bloodshot, as if he had been provoked, and his pent-up anger continued to swell.
A red cloth was draped directly over the wolf cub that had just hatched from its egg. The objects beneath the red cloth twisted and changed constantly, becoming sharp, round, and contorted, but no matter how they changed, they could not break through the red cloth's cover.
An apple was offered to the snow-white dragon. The dragon's pitiful expression, combined with its beautiful appearance, couldn't help but evoke sympathy.
But Quincy wouldn't harbor pointless emotions towards Hollows. The apple was infused with the toxins from Askin's room; an ordinary person who ate it would simply be waiting to die.
As her name suggests, Snow White, like a dragon, ultimately couldn't resist the temptation of the apple and swallowed it whole.
Mission accomplished, these low-ranking Quincy retired, now only needing to await the dragon's the Roar.
Instead of blindly searching, Tsuna and his friends each followed one of the directions in which the dragon egg had flown away to search.
After searching several music and video stores without finding any trace of the Fairy Tale Dragon, just as Tsuna was about to search in another direction, a faint spiritual pressure caught his attention.
Following the direction of the emanating spiritual pressure, Tsuna turned two corners and saw a palm-sized, snow-white object in a dark corner.
It looks like a typical Western dragon, but judging from its breathing pattern, it's probably not far from death.
Is this a dragon that WB doesn't have jurisdiction over?
Tsuna didn't think the newly appeared Fairy Tale Dragon was any different from a dead one. If it were a normal dragon, there was no need to worry about it; judging from its condition, it would die soon on its own.
But remembering the agreement they made before they parted ways, they resolved to kill any dragon, no matter what kind it was.
After snapping a quick photo for record-keeping, Tsuna decided to keep his promise, gathering spiritual pressure at his fingertips and using the least powerful Byakurai to pierce its head.
A flash of white light appeared, and even the most ordinary Kido possessed extraordinary power in Tsuna's hands.
But when the Byakurai struck the little dragon's head, it shattered into pieces like a raindrop hitting its forehead. The little dragon, however, opened its eyes groggily, as if Tsuna's actions had startled it.
Before Tsuna could even feel confused, the Hachi suddenly glared at him, and a dragon's might formed from spiritual pressure instantly slammed into Tsuna's body.
The distance was too close and the incident was too sudden; Tsuna was pushed against a nearby wall and embedded solidly in it.
The slight pain in his body didn't bother Tsuna at all; all his attention was focused on the little dragon that had blocked his killing move. The spiritual pressure that had pushed him away in an instant was definitely at least that of Gillian. Could it be...?
To Tsuna's astonishment, the Hachi soared into the air, his body rapidly growing larger with the change in altitude. As his entire body became crystal clear, his dragon tail Dragon Wings were adorned with numerous lace patterns, an aura that Cinderella, the fake princess, could not possess—an innate nobility and elegance.
Snow White?
The moment this thought crossed Tsuna, he saw seven scales fall from the White Dragon's body. The scales transformed into seven small flying dragons that accompanied the dragon, each dragon embodying a different color of the rainbow.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?
It wasn't that he lacked the ability to catch up, but rather that he was momentarily stunned. This sense of déjà vu, of a childhood fairy tale being brought into reality, was completely different from his feeling of coming to the world of Bleach. The fairy tales were ones he had heard in both his lives, and their impact was much stronger.
If this were Snow White, Tsuna would immediately realize that Snow White's near-death state must be the result of eating the Poison Apple.
Tsuna sighed inwardly, realizing he had learned something new. As expected of the Fairy Tale Dragon, it had even recreated the fake death after consuming the Poison Apple.
While Tsuna was still in shock, the public channel on his phone rang.
"Everyone, watch out for that strange guy in the red robe in the West District! I was just attacked by him!" It was Uryū's voice coming through the channel.
Just as Uryū was searching for traces of dragons through the streets and alleys, he was suddenly attacked by a human dressed in a red robe. Although the other party was clearly human, he had the spiritual pressure of a Hollow, which made Uryū mistakenly think that the Arrancar had also come to London.
Fortunately, Uryū possessed the ability to the Antithesis his own injuries. The scratches on his body were reflected back onto the other person, who let out a strange cry before disappearing into the darkness.
"The Red-Robed Monster?" Harry Sack's voice rang out in confusion. "At this point, there's only one possibility! He's the Fairy Tale Dragon, the one in the red dress! He's a master of disguise, able to switch freely between human and wolf forms!"
Harry Sack's roar confirmed the other party's identity: not human, and certainly not Arrancar. The Fairy Tale Dragon known as the Red Dress was actually the Big Bad Wolf wearing Little Red Riding Hood!
"Guys, I might have encountered Fairy Tale Dragon too!" Chad's panting and the sound of heavy objects colliding came through the channel, sounding like he was fighting something.
"The minotaur, wielding a pair of gold and silver axes, kept asking me which one I dropped."
Upon hearing Chad's words, Harry Sack shouted, "You can't answer! Any answer is wrong! If you tell the truth, you'll be rewarded with a double-axe attack!"
After a long while, Chad finally said, "It's too late."
As everyone knows, Chad is an honest man, and he is being repeatedly beaten by the golden and silver axes, with several cracks tens of meters long appearing in the street.