ora—
After a friendly exchange, Guard Westwood fell into a Baby-like sleep.
Having finished all this, Kai Ishida and Jolyne followed the Green Baby's trajectory.
But when they reached the Baby's landing spot, they found only some inexplicable green mucus and a scattering of broken shells on the ground.
"The green should be the Baby's blood. He shouldn't have gone far yet," Kai Ishida said, pointing to the trail of 'bloodstains' on the ground.
"Then let's hurry and catch up," Jolyne said eagerly.
"Not 'we'," Kai Ishida shook his head, "but 'you' alone."
"The loss of the 'Green Baby' is not what we are most anxious about, but White Snake."
"His true body will definitely come here looking for clues."
"I must make good use of this opportunity!" A fierce glint flashed in Kai Ishida's eyes.
Time returned to the present.
Kai Ishida hid in the dark, while White Snake's figure appeared behind a man.
This further solidified Kai Ishida's belief that the man was the priest in disguise.
"However, the distance is still a bit far," Kai Ishida estimated the distance between himself and the man to be about thirty meters.
At such a distance, even if he used steel balls, he couldn't inflict fatal damage on the priest.
He needed to get a little closer!
Just then, a team of Guards, noticing the abnormality here, rushed to the scene.
Seeing this, Kai Ishida's eyes lit up. "The opportunity has come."
Star Platinum instantly activated its time-stopping ability.
Kai Ishida took advantage of the time stop to blend into the team of Guards.
"Time, resume flow!"
Kai Ishida pulled his hat brim down and silently followed at the back of the team.
But the leading Guard, seeing the scene before him, was instantly dumbfounded.
"What on earth is going on in this solitary confinement building?!"
"How did all the Guards and prisoners disappear?"
"And what's with all these plants covering the ground?"
Questions poured out from the mouth of the gun-wielding Guard.
Just then, the man in the Guard uniform standing next to the plants spoke up: "When I arrived here, they had already disappeared, but there's still a survivor in that corner over there. He should know something."
As he finished speaking, the man pointed in D&G's direction.
The other Guards, hearing this, quickly ran to D&G's location, then found a stretcher and lifted him up.
Due to the slight jostling, D&G also woke up from his slumber.
But when his eyes caught sight of Kai Ishida's face among the Guard team, he instinctively tried to shout out.
"Sa…"
The word had barely left his mouth when Kai Ishida, seeing the situation was not good, quickly activated time stop.
Then he walked over to D&G's side and pinched his throat, temporarily making him unable to speak.
Time resumed flow.
"Wuwuwu…"
D&G wanted to expose Kai Ishida's identity, but found himself suddenly unable to speak, and was filled with terror.
"What's wrong with him?" a Guard carrying the stretcher asked, somewhat puzzled.
"He might have been too scared to speak. I just took a look, and there are some prisoners' clothes under those plants. The situation back then must have been quite terrifying," Kai Ishida explained with a smile.
"Is that so?" Although this Guard felt something was not quite right, he didn't dwell on it.
However, D&G's unusual behavior caught the man's attention.
"That feeling just now… Star Platinum's ability. Although I didn't hear it very clearly, D&G really wanted to convey something to me."
"Save… save me? Or something else?"
"Star Platinum's range is only two meters, which means the Guard who stole Star Platinum should be among that group of Guards." The man's gaze swept over the group of Guards, finally settling on Kai Ishida.
Although he couldn't clearly see his face, he noticed signs of a struggle on this Guard!
With this thought, the man began to silently retreat.
This action also caught Kai Ishida's attention.
"Don't even think about escaping!"
"Star Platinum"
His current distance from the man was only two meters; he wouldn't miss this precious opportunity.
Star Platinum instantly appeared behind him.
"ora—"
Seeing the situation was not good, the man also quickly summoned White Snake.
"White Snake"
However, their stats were still far from equal.
White Snake, with a D in speed, could only take a beating in front of Star Platinum.
But as he fought, Kai Ishida noticed something strange.
"Why isn't this guy's true body taking any damage?!"
Almost instantly, Kai Ishida chose to stop time.
"Za Warudo"
"Time, stop flow!"
Everything around him ceased movement, only Kai Ishida's brain was still rapidly working.
"Damage to a Stand is transmitted to the Stand User; this is beyond doubt. But there's no sign of injury on that man's body."
"There are no signs of injury on the surrounding Guards either…"
"I must have overlooked something…"
1.5 seconds had already passed in the time stop.
If Kai Ishida didn't figure out the key to breaking the situation within the last 0.5 seconds, everything would be in danger!
"White Snake! Yes, it's White Snake!"
At the last moment, Kai Ishida moved the man into White Snake's attack path.
"Time, resume flow!"
White Snake's fist swept across the man's forehead, and a disc instantly popped out.
As the disc ejected, White Snake's figure also disappeared.
At the same time, outside the solitary confinement building, in the wetland.
Jolyne Cujoh followed the Baby's trajectory and found the Green Baby's location.
Just then, the grass nearby suddenly rustled a few times.
"Who's there?!" Stone Free instantly appeared behind Jolyne, ready for battle.
But then, Kai Ishida's voice came from the grass.
"It's me."
Pushing aside the grass, Kai Ishida emerged, with some obvious scars on his body.
Seeing Kai Ishida, though surprised, Jolyne still asked, "Where's White Snake? Is it dealt with?"
"Almost," Kai Ishida shook his head. "At the last moment, the Guards arrived, and I didn't have a chance to kill him, but I already know his identity."
"Who is it?" Jolyne clenched her fist.
"Tunaqi, a prisoner from the Men's Prison, number MA18079."
...Stand: Puppet Show
Ability: Can transfer another person's mental energy to oneself (only one person's mental energy can be transferred at a time), and the Stand User's body is controlled by the mental energy owner, like a marionette.
Power: E
Speed: A
Range: A
Durability: A
Precision: C
Development Potential: E