"Love-san, don't be so rigid," Tsuna said as he used Shunpo to appear beside Aikawa Love, patting his arm.
"With the shopkeeper and Shinji here, you're not worried about accidentally hurting anyone, right?"
"…Well…" Love hesitated, not agreeing immediately.
"Just do it," Hirako Shinji persuaded him.
"If we want to train Bankai Hollowfication, this kid might actually be our best sparring partner."
"…Alright," Love sighed.
"But if someone gets hurt, don't blame me."
Reluctantly, he handed the manga he'd been reading to Lisa.
The moment Lisa took the book, she grabbed Hiyori and used Shunpo to pull her away along with the other Visored, clearing the battlefield.
"Let go of me, Lisa!" Hiyori protested.
"Don't be stupid," Lisa said calmly, adjusting her glasses.
"Love's Bankai is no joke. If you mess around, you really could get hurt."
She had personally witnessed Love's Bankai once before.
"Come to think of it," Urahara Kisuke said, clapping his hands,
"I've never seen Aikawa Love's Bankai either."
"That was before you became a captain," Shinji explained.
"Love used it during a Central Seireitei rebellion. He won the battle, but half of Seireitei ended up in ruins."
"A lot of 7th Division soldiers were accidentally killed in the process."
"After that, Love basically sealed away his Bankai. Even during the experiment a hundred years ago, he didn't use it."
"Oh… that incident?" Urahara murmured.
He vaguely remembered it.
Seireitei had been in complete chaos at the time—and he had used that opportunity to investigate several hidden secrets of Soul Society.
While Urahara and Shinji chatted, the battlefield was cleared.
Only Tsuna and Love remained in the center.
Having seen Tsuna's strength already, Love didn't bother holding back.
He immediately released his Zanpakutō.
"Smash it — Tengumaru!"
Tengumaru transformed into a massive cactus-shaped kanabō (spiked war club).
Even by appearance alone, its destructive power was obvious.
Yet despite its size, Love wielded it effortlessly.
For a moment, Love saw the faces of the soldiers he had accidentally killed long ago.
Then the vision changed.
Now he saw the Visored.
Once, he had sealed his blade for his comrades.
Now—
For those same comrades—
He would unleash his full power again.
"Bankai!"
Violent Reiatsu surged through Tengumaru.
It spread across Love's entire body.
A raging storm erupted around him as currents of air wrapped tightly around his form.
Seconds later—
The currents exploded outward.
Love had completed his Bankai.
The massive club was now wrapped in eerie flames, vaguely forming the shape of a monstrous beast.
Behind Love, black wings spread open.
His body was encased in heavy rock armor, leaving only his face exposed—now marked with strange totem-like patterns.
"Honsei Zaiya Tengu!"
The moment Love spoke those words—
Three enormous spheres suddenly appeared behind him.
Each one was half the size of a football field.
They floated silently behind him like miniature planets, radiating overwhelming pressure.
At first Tsuna had thought Love's Bankai looked fairly simple.
But the moment those three planet-like spheres appeared—
His opinion changed completely.
No matter what—
Three objects that looked like small planets floating behind someone was extremely intimidating.
"So this is the Bankai that destroyed half of Seireitei…" Urahara murmured behind his folding fan.
"According to legend, tengu can chase stars and devour the moon. Fallen meteors were sometimes called tengu."
"This Bankai's true ability isn't the club… but those meteors, right?"
"As expected of you, Kisuke," Shinji said.
"Love's Bankai is actually pretty simple."
"Every time he swings his Zanpakutō… a meteor falls."
"Every time?" Urahara raised an eyebrow.
"So those three meteors aren't the limit?"
"Of course not," Shinji said.
"How could just three meteors destroy half of Seireitei?"
Love lifted the kanabō and pointed it at Tsuna.
"Here it comes, Sawada Tsunayoshi!"
A gigantic meteor plummeted toward Tsuna.
The momentum was terrifying.
Tsuna doubted whether even a Vice-Captain-level fighter could survive that attack.
Which meant—
He needed to use his real power too.
"Bankai!
Bear the damage, erase the threat—Lightning!"
Green lightning crackled around Tsuna's body.
His Zanpakutō transformed into an off-road helmet.
The helmet was black with a bull-head emblem on the forehead—the Vongola symbol engraved at its center.
This was the Lightning attribute Vongola Gear Bankai:
Lightning Helmet Ver. X.
The meteor was already descending.
But Tsuna calmly activated the helmet's power.
The form shifted.
A massive spiral horn over one meter long extended from the helmet.
Heavy black armor covered his torso and limbs.
Lightning flames surged onto the horn.
Green electricity crackled wildly, extending the horn even further.
Lowering his stance—
Tsuna charged straight toward the falling meteor.
Lightning Horn!
BOOM!
Tsuna disappeared into the meteor's impact.
The collision generated a massive shockwave.
Even Hachigen had to erect a barrier to protect the spectators.
Hiyori and Mashiro screamed excitedly.
They had never seen Love use power like this before.
Who would have thought that the manga-obsessed otaku-looking guy possessed such terrifying strength?
But the scene didn't stay quiet for long.
Crackling sounds erupted from inside the meteor.
Then—
The massive sphere shattered.
At its center stood Tsuna, his horn still raised.
Completely unharmed.
Among the Seven Sky Flames, the Lightning Flame specialized in hardening.
In this state, Tsuna's defensive power was at its peak.
A single meteor wasn't enough to defeat him.
"Good," Love said calmly.
"Now I can attack without holding back."
He spread his wings and rushed forward with Tengumaru.
Another meteor followed close behind.
Tsuna didn't hesitate either.
Lowering his body, he rammed directly toward the massive club.
BOOM!
Their clash exploded with Reiatsu.
The pressure spread across the entire warehouse.
Then—
Another meteor crashed down toward them.
Now Tsuna finally understood something.
Love's heavy armor wasn't just decoration.
It existed so he could fight enemies while surviving his own meteors.
Another meteor slammed down.
Tsuna immediately wrapped his body in lightning.
Lightning Armor.
"Hachigen!" Urahara shouted.
"Stop reinforcing individual barriers."
"If those two keep fighting like this, they'll destroy the entire space."
"Understood!" Hachigen responded.
Urahara, Tsukabishi Tessai, and Hachigen simultaneously placed Kidō seals around the warehouse to stabilize the barrier.
"Defense is on us," Shinji said.
He and Rose stood in front of everyone, shielding them from the shockwaves and debris.
Meanwhile—
Tsuna and Love continued clashing.
Meteor after meteor fell.
The battlefield never stopped shaking.
Both fighters relied on their tremendous defensive abilities to continue battling at the epicenter of destruction.
But Tsuna frowned.
Something felt strange.
Was Love's Reiatsu really this massive?
Why were the meteors endless?
He needed to understand the mechanism.
"Demon Spade's Demon Lens."
Tsuna murmured.
A floating single-sided mirror appeared over his eye.
The moment he looked at Love—
He understood.
Behind Love's wings was a strange Reiatsu dimension.
Inside it—
Countless meteor spheres floated densely.
They weren't created from Reiatsu on the spot.
They were already stored there.
No wonder Love didn't seem exhausted.
The kanabō in Love's hands was essentially the key to that spatial dimension.
Each swing simply released a stored meteor.
In other words—
Honsei Zaiya Tengu wasn't a Kidō-type Zanpakutō.
It was actually a spatial-type Zanpakutō.
That was bad news.
Tsuna dismissed the Demon Lens.
Which meant Love had barely consumed any Reiatsu so far.
But another question remained.
He had seen the "Star-Rushing" part.
But what exactly was the "Calamity Karma" (Zaiye) part?
Love seemed to have reached the same conclusion.
He no longer wanted to maintain a stalemate.
Flames ignited on his kanabō.
Love soared into the sky.
A tengu-shaped flame trail cut through the air.
A meteor collided with the flame—
Forming a blazing tengu carrying a fireball as it rushed toward Tsuna.
"Calamity — Meteor!"
Tsuna activated the power of the Vongola Gear.
His horn expanded outward into a wide bull-horn shape.
Lightning surged through the spiral horn.
The twisted structure acted like an electromagnetic coil.
The electricity generated enormous magnetic force, allowing Tsuna to control the iron sand around him.
A black iron spike formed inside the hollow horn.
It was a horn forged from condensed iron sand.
Electromagnetic Coil Horn!
Tsuna's attack and defense increased once again.
Violent lightning erupted from the horn.
Thunder raged wildly.
Using Shunpo, Tsuna charged straight into Love's attack.
BOOM!
The collision exploded violently.
The burning meteor shattered into countless flaming fragments that rained across the battlefield like an apocalypse.
Love flew higher into the sky, his expression serious.
Tsuna's Reiatsu was still overwhelming.
Which meant—
His attack had barely affected him.
It was time to prepare the next move.
Love's kanabō handle suddenly extended dramatically.
He swung it through the sky, leaving a long trail of flame.
Then—
A strange spatial rift opened behind him.
Like a miniature Garganta.
Love had completely opened the Meteor Dimension Gate.
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