Slash!
Blood sprayed through the air. At the same time Yu Yachen cut open Tobio's torso, Killer Queen seized the pink-haired youth's arm, leaving a strange black sigil on it.
Killer Queen's third bomb—Under Pressure.
Tobio stared wide-eyed at the sudden attacker. He swiftly summoned his Stand; a thick pink arm swung toward Killer Queen.
Bang!
The blow stopped the white-haired woman in her tracks. Tobio took the chance to retreat, breathing hard as he clutched his wounded shoulder, eyes wary.
"Who are you? You're a Stand user too, but you're not one of the organization."
"And you can use Diavolo's King Crimson as well? Even if it's only the arms."
Yu Yachen ignored his question entirely. She relaxed her dinosaur traits, speaking offhandedly.
Too much time had passed; she'd already forgotten some of the finer details of the story.
Diavolo's Stand, King Crimson, could erase roughly ten seconds of time from the world. After he activated it, everyone skipped straight past that erased span and retained no memory of what had happened.
Combined with his ability to see several seconds into the future through Epitaph, his power was arguably on par with Star Platinum's time stop.
"Why… why do you know the boss's real name?!"
Tobio panicked. As he retreated, his expression suddenly changed. The naive, boyish face shifted to something harder, and his voice dropped to a deeper, older register as he muttered to himself:
"Tobio, I'll be there soon. It looks like this woman's Stand is a close-range Power type. Don't let her get near you again!"
"I understand, boss!"
"A dual-personality case, huh? Seems he isn't much different from the Diavolo I know."
Yu Yachen smirked.
BOOM—!
While the two faced off, the floor beneath Yu Yachen suddenly dropped away.
Without warning, the decrepit floor of the abandoned building began to collapse, and a pair of arms in green-brown skintight gear thrust up from beneath her feet.
"Oh my, looks like backup's here." Yu raised a brow.
"Don't touch her, filth."
Killer Queen stepped in front of Yu Yachen to shield her, then lashed out with a lightning-fast punch at the man hidden in the floor.
Bang!
The blow struck him square in the face. With a howl of pain, he was driven straight through the collapsing floor, crashing into the level below.
CRASH—!
Yu Yachen lazily glanced around. The pink-haired Tobio was already gone, having taken advantage of the brief clash to escape.
"Arghhhhhh—!!!"
Looking down through the hole Killer Queen had punched, Yu saw a man in green-brown skintight gear lying sprawled on the floor below. The suit covered his entire body save for his eyes and nose. The distinctive look made Yu recognize him at a glance.
She recalled his name: Secco. His Stand: Oasis.
He could liquefy a large area of the ground around him into "mud," but this state applied only to him. Everyone else felt solid ground; only he experienced it as soft sludge.
Fighting him meant standing on terrain that looked fluid but struck like concrete.
She also remembered that he could swim through the ground like a fish in the sea using his Stand.
"Reminds me of two very similar idiots," Yu murmured to herself.
"So much pain… it hurts so much, Cioccolata, my face, my face…"
The man on the lower floor suddenly began wailing.
"Waaahh—"
"Can I kill him, Yu Yachen? Elena won't hate us for it, right?"
Killer Queen glanced back at Yu.
"Elena isn't here anymore," Yu replied.
Although this Stand had developed a degree of self-awareness, it still didn't grasp the nature of the [Simulation].
She could grant her Stand a will of its own and could also multitask, taking over Killer Queen's consciousness directly.
"The ones who are going to die are you two! You dared damage my face! Witness my Oasis—aaaahhhh—!!"
At that moment, Secco clambered up a support column like a gecko.
His Stand, Oasis, was a worn-type Stand: the skintight suit on his body was made of softened soil. His furious roar echoed through the stairwell.
He swung both fists wildly, raining blows down on Killer Queen. But the pink Stand merely raised one arm in a casual guard.
Bang!
Killer Queen lifted its palm and blocked the punch.
Bang! Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang—!
Secco's arms blurred into afterimages as a storm of attacks crashed toward Yu Yachen. The building shook with every impact, loose stones and shards of glass bouncing and skittering across the floor.
Yet no matter how fiercely Secco attacked, Yu Yachen blocked everything with Killer Queen's single left hand.
Bang!
Pff!
With a lazy shove, Killer Queen knocked aside Secco's arm, then whipped a hook into his face. His nose caved in, and he was sent flying.
Thud.
He tumbled across the floor, rolling several times before slamming into a wall, coughing up blood.
"Fast… this woman… why is she so strong…?"
Yu Yachen wasn't impressed. In raw power and speed, her Killer Queen far outstripped most Stand users, and its destructive force even surpassed Star Platinum's.
She had just etched Killer Queen's third bomb onto Diavolo's arm, but she still wasn't sure whether it would work on him.
If it did, she intended to tear away his consciousness completely and turn him into her slave.
Guided by her will, Killer Queen lifted a thumb in a familiar gesture. She didn't plan to be gentle with Diavolo the way she'd been with Chen Huijie; she was going to blow his personality to pieces.
Click.
Killer Queen pressed the switch.
At the same time, the pink-haired youth who had already fled the building was sprinting down the street. Tobio ran flat-out, panting hard.
Per the boss's instructions, he'd leave that woman to Secco and Cioccolata. To wipe out the assassination squad, the boss had pulled in a lot of Stand users from the organization—personal guards and even the drug squad. Clearly, he was taking this battle very seriously.
Tobio's job was to get away from the combat zone and look for opportunities to ambush the assassination squad—or that terrifying woman—from afar.
RUMBLE—!
Just then, he felt a sharp sting on his arm. A soft popping sound reached his ears. He stumbled, losing his footing.
Thump—
He sprawled onto the ground.
Even though Tobio was far beyond Killer Queen's usual range, as long as the third bomb was planted, Yu Yachen could sense whether it triggered or not.
Click.
Yu pressed the switch again, lowering her eyes as she felt out Tobio's condition.
Secco staggered to his feet. That earlier punch had rattled his jaw; he lurched as he rose.
After a long moment—
"…"
"Heh."
Yu Yachen chuckled and lifted her pale blue gaze to the enemy before her.
"It failed."
"But that's fine."
She had never put too much stock in enslaving Diavolo. Killing him outright was safer.
Though before that, she needed to deal with this idiot.
Stand: Oasis
User: Secco
Destructive Power: A
Speed: A
Range: B
Staying Power: A
Precision: E
Growth Potential: C
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