Chapter 253: Rules of the Mirror World
Under the drag of Illuso and his stand [The Man in the Mirror], Polnareff's body gradually disappeared from the real world.
He began to struggle violently, trying hard to break free from this mysterious and strange force.
The ice pack in Polnareff's arms and the wallet in his pocket fell to the ground during the violent struggle.
But no matter how hard he struggled, he was now like a desperate man stuck in a quagmire, inevitably sinking deeper and deeper into that unknown space.
Soon, Polnareff disappeared from the real world.
There was no one around the car. Only a bag of ice cubes and a wallet scattered on the ground, and the silver chariot that had lost its owner and stood there aimlessly, could prove that Polnareff once existed.
"Where on earth have I been dragged to?"
Polnareff was in a trance.
Because he found that after he was pulled into an "unknown space" by an inexplicable force, the scenery in this "unknown space" was actually the same as the outside world.
The same blue sky, the same bridge deck, the same waves, the same sea breeze.
At first glance, it looked as if he was still standing there, in front of the car.
But Polnareff soon realized the strangeness of this world:
First, he saw Illuso in front of him.
In this world, Illuso and the man in the mirror are no longer shadows appearing in the mirror, but real people standing in front of him.
Secondly, he found that the world was very "empty":
All objects in the real world have mirror images here , except that there are no people.
In reality, there were still a few pedestrians passing by on the bridge, but here there was no trace of passers-by at all. It seemed that Illuso and Polnareff were the only two living people in the whole world.
Finally, Polnareff also discovered...
The objects in this world are actually different from reality.
Although it looked the same, left and right were reversed - it was like looking in a mirror.
The most obvious thing is the car’s license plate, the letters on it are completely upside down.
"Could it be... this, this is really..."
Polnareff's long silver hair trembled in excitement.
He hadn't been this shocked in a long time.
But this time, he truly entered another world, a world beyond his cognition:
"Mirror world?!"
"Does the world in the mirror really exist?"
Polnareff sighed.
"ha?"
Illuso couldn't understand the excitement of this strange old man:
"What's so strange about this!"
"There are even things like stand-ins in this world. Isn't it normal to have a world with mirrors?"
He subconsciously said the same words that Polnareff and Kakyoin used when they argued.
"This... turns out to be real."
Polnareff couldn't help but recall the irrefutable firmness with which his best friend had reflected scientific knowledge to him through the science mirror.
Now that I think about it... he seems to have been tricked...
Polnareff was thinking with emotion, but Illuso was already getting impatient:
"Hey, hey...uncle."
"What do you mean by your attitude, which is like that of an elementary school student visiting a planetarium? Are you looking down on me?"
"Recognize your situation carefully—"
"Look, where is your current stand?!"
"Hmm? A substitute..."
Polnareff's heart skipped a beat: "Where is my silver chariot?"
After the shock of discovering the existence of the mirror world subsided, he immediately realized the severity of the situation:
His mental connection with the silver chariot still existed, and he could sense that the silver chariot was still standing somewhere intact.
He could even give orders to his stand-in without any hindrance.
But the terrifying thing was that the silver chariot was not beside him.
Polnareff didn't know where the Silver Chariot was exactly, nor could he see the scenery over there.
The Silver Chariot is now like a computer with a broken monitor. Even if the player still has the keyboard and mouse in his hands, he doesn't know how to continue the game.
"Your Stand is still out there in the world!"
Illuso gave the answer with a sneer.
He pointed at the glass of the car beside him. What was reflected on the large glass, which looked like a mirror, was not the reflection of any object, but the situation in the real world.
The mirrors in the mirror world are no longer ordinary mirrors, but channels connecting the two worlds.
Although only Illuso himself can open these channels at will, others can also see the outside world, that is, the real world, through these mirror channels.
At this moment, Polnareff could see clearly:
In the real world on the other side of the mirror, his stand-in, the Silver Chariot, was standing there in a daze.
Seeing this, he immediately controlled his stand-in to reach out and touch the mirror, wanting to try and see if he could let the silver chariot also follow through the mirror channel into this mirror world.
But unfortunately, such an attempt is meaningless.
In the real world, the silver chariot only touched the mirror surface, and in the mirror world, Polnareff only touched the cold glass.
They stood in front of each other through a mirror, but could not penetrate the thin barrier of the mirror.
"I see…"
"Am I trapped in this mirror world?"
Polnareff gained a deeper understanding of his situation.
“That’s right!”
Illuso opened his arms exaggeratedly, as if he wanted to embrace the whole world:
"This world in the mirror is my own world!"
"The first rule of this world is——"
"Without my permission, no matter whether it's life or a substitute, nothing can enter here!"
There was a hint of arrogance in his tone.
But with this entire grand and magical mirror world as his backdrop, such arrogance seems somewhat justified.
"Uncle Broomhead..."
"See clearly, right? Without a substitute, there is no way you can resist me."
"You are now a prisoner of this mirror world."
Illuso had a sinister smile on his face, and he slowly approached with the humanoid substitute named "The Man in the Mirror":
"Well, could you please cooperate and say something?"
"After all, you, I heard there was another tall guy, but they were all unexpected factors that were not recorded in the intelligence."
"Who are you? Why are you with Li Qing?"
"You and your mysterious friend, what kind of stand abilities do you have?"
"Speaking of which, I'm really curious... Uncle, you didn't show any Stand abilities when you were attacked just now - could it be that the Stand ability of that humanoid Stand that looks like a swordsman is really just 'playing with swords'?"
He asked casually, his playful voice hinting at murderous intent.
But Polnareff didn't buy it at all:
"You want to pry some information out of me?"
"I'm so sorry... Do you think I would be such a naive guy?"
"Although I may be suspected of showing off my past, I still have to say... When I was fighting to save the world, you were probably still receiving compulsory education in elementary school!"
His voice was extremely firm, even though the situation was extremely critical.
He has witnessed too many deaths along the way, both enemies and companions, and this kind of thing can't scare him.
"He is not a simple guy..."
Illuso also gradually restrained his relaxed and complacent attitude.
Because he could use his assassin's intuition to sense that the unknown mysterious uncle in front of him had the temperament of a warrior.
This is a temperament that can only be forged after countless battles, countless hardships, and countless life and death experiences.
This silver-haired uncle is definitely not an ordinary person.
Li Qing's team suddenly had two more mysterious helpers of unknown origin and extraordinary demeanor, so their combat effectiveness and threat level might have to be re-estimated.
"A man with eyes like that will never betray information."
"Let's quickly resolve this matter..."
"Also...when we meet Prosciutto at the station, I'm afraid I'll have to remind everyone to be careful of the other tall guy."
Illuso thought so solemnly.
He no longer hesitated and immediately gave his stand-in an order with a stern look:
"The man in the mirror, kill him!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the substitute named Man in the Mirror leaped out like a tiger out of a stream.
The figure of this humanoid stand-in could hardly be described as burly, but his muscular body was well-defined enough to be described as "muscular".
Although this punch did not produce any otherworldly effect, it was still steady and powerful, making it difficult to defend against.
Polnareff was hit hard in the chest.
He staggered backwards with a groan, holding his chest and taking several steps back until he hit the iron guardrail of the bridge and stopped.
But Polnareff's expression relaxed:
"So your Stand only has this much power..."
"Not much better than ordinary people."
He wiped the light blood from the corner of his mouth and smiled with relief.
"You can really laugh."
"The man in the mirror is indeed 'weak', but he is more than enough to deal with you!"
Illuso, however, was not at all excited by Polnareff's sarcasm:
To be honest, the strength of the man in the mirror is at most at the limit of human strength. In terms of fighting, it is only slightly stronger than ordinary people.
But this narrow "line" was enough to make countless enemies suffer.
Because once you are pulled into the mirror world, the enemies will all be ordinary people who cannot use their stand abilities.
This is what Polnareff is like now .
But he didn't have any sense of crisis in his situation:
"In terms of strength, he is indeed much stronger than me..."
"But when it comes to fighting, I am also very experienced."
Polnareff's voice was calm and confident.
As he spoke, he slowly bent down and reached out to grab an iron pipe in the guardrail.
This iron fence is obviously very old, and there are obvious signs of looseness at the welding points of the iron pipes. It should be easy to break them off and use them as weapons.
However…
Polnareff pulled hard...
The iron pipe didn't move at all, but he almost fell to the ground.
"This... I can't even bend a metal pipe?"
Polnareff was a little bit unconvinced.
His muscular body is not grown for nothing, his big chest and abdominal muscles are full of strength.
So he immediately tensed his muscles, which were comparable to those of a Terminator, and assumed the posture of Lu Zhishen uprooting a weeping willow tree, and tried his best to pry open the rusty iron fence.
final…
He succeeded in knocking himself flat on his face.
The iron fence that looked like it would break if pulled was still not loose at all.
"Ha ha ha ha."
Watching this funny performance, Illuso couldn't help but laugh out loud:
"Very good, Uncle Broomhead."
"It seems that you have discovered the second rule of this mirror world."
"The mirror world is my world— "
"I am the only one who can lift the objects inside!"
