Chapter 273 Mutual Attraction
One hour ago.
Sunday, April 4, 1999, 17:01 (Japan time).
Morioh Town, a satellite city on the outskirts of S City, this quiet town with a population of less than 60,000, ushered in another quiet, peaceful and ordinary evening.
The sun slides to the west as usual, the clouds float in the sky as usual, the citizens are busy as usual, and the same scene has been played out in this small town countless times.
And Kira Yoshikage never got tired of such scenery.
He was born and raised in Morioh Town, and what he loved most was the daily life in Morioh Town, which was ordinary to the point of being boring, and peaceful to the point of being maddening.
Because he was born not wanting to attract attention, he always got so-so grades in school. After graduation, he only worked in a local company of moderate size like Guiyou Department Store. After work, he neither sought promotion nor slacked off. He just worked as a cog in his company with a low sense of presence for ten years.
From this point of view, Kira Yoshikage is really an ordinary citizen.
If he hadn't seen the hand, he would have erected it.
Yes, in addition to being an ordinary office worker, Kira Yoshikage is also a serial killer who has committed crimes in the Morioh-cho area for 15 years, committing a total of 46 crimes (so far).
He specifically targeted young women with beautiful hands. His methods were cruel and extremely covert. He was good at destroying the bodies and leaving no clues or evidence. As a result, the Morioh Town police are still unaware of the existence of such a sensational serial murder case in their jurisdiction.
Kira Yoshikage is an ordinary citizen who strives to be ordinary, and a serial killer. These two extremely contradictory identities appear in one person.
And all this is because of his perverted obsession with beautiful women's hands.
Ordinary hand control people like hands growing on living people, but Kira Yoshikage is like a strange foodie who is only obsessed with pickled chicken feet but hates eating chicken. He doesn't like women with delicate hands at all, but only likes women's delicate hands.
So, just like Prince Dan of Yan who warmly entertained Jing Ke two thousand years ago, Kira Yoshikage would get rid of all the "extra parts" of the poor woman, leaving only the hand he wanted.
Just like today.
Today is Kira Yoshikage's turn to take a day off, so he doesn't have to go to work at Kameyu Department Store.
However, his previous "45th girlfriend" had already become a bit of a stigma, so he took advantage of this relaxing holiday to decisively break up with his "ex-girlfriend" and searched for his 46th target in Morioh Town.
With almost no obstacles and familiarity, Kira Yoshikage got his "46th girlfriend" from an unlucky female tourist from another place.
"Don't be impatient...don't be impatient..."
"Take a rest in my pocket. Once I finish shopping for daily necessities, I will save some time to spend with you."
This brutal murder happened not long ago, and the bloody hand was even still warm.
But Kira Yoshikage could put the severed hand in his wide suit pocket without changing his expression, and then wander around the convenience store like a real ordinary person without any emotional fluctuations.
While he was casually shopping among the shelves of the convenience store, he was also talking to the "girlfriend" in his pocket in a calm and gentle tone without anyone noticing:
"Just wait a little longer, it will be ready soon."
"Let me get another carton of milk, and then I'll have all the items I need."
Kira Yoshikage really treated himself as an ordinary man shopping with his girlfriend, and started chatting with himself with great emotion.
Then he took a box of milk from the shelf and walked to the checkout counter with his full basket.
Until now, no one in the convenience store had discovered what was in the pockets of the handsome blond man next to them.
Everything is the same as it was 45 times before.
It was the perfect crime.
Kira Yoshikage will continue to live his peaceful life as before, with his 46th "girlfriend".
Just like that, with such a calm and indifferent mentality, Kira Yoshikage hid his hands in his arms and walked to the cashier counter without changing his expression.
The person checking out in front of him was a middle-aged man with pink hair, tall and straight build, wearing a slim-fitting suit and a pair of sunglasses covering most of his face. But from his rough, overly white skin and his distinctive, high nose bridge, it was obvious that he was a foreign friend of European descent.
It's no surprise that Morioh-cho is often visited by foreign tourists.
However, what concerned Kira Yoshikage was...
When he walked to the cashier in a posture that could not be more ordinary, the foreign friend in front of him in the queue turned around and looked at him with some concern.
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“Blood?”
Diablo's muscles tensed up instinctively.
But after turning his head and warily glancing at the handsome blond man in a suit behind him, he promptly suppressed the murderous intent that was almost bursting out of his chest.
Because although the blond man in a suit behind him had a faint smell of blood, he did not show any hostility.
His temperament is so ordinary, the kind that you would never find him in a crowd of people.
Look at the shopping basket in the blond man's hand. It is filled with various daily necessities such as milk, drinking water, plastic wrap, toilet paper, etc. He really looks like an ordinary person who goes out to purchase goods.
“Is it an illusion?”
"Indeed, if he himself was slightly injured, it is normal for his body to smell bloody."
"Forget it... No matter if it's an illusion or not, as long as it doesn't cause me any trouble, it has nothing to do with me."
Diablo decisively withdrew his gaze.
The blond man behind him also calmly avoided looking at her.
Diablo is a person who is used to keeping a low profile, and this is even more so after becoming a "stray dog".
His main task now is to hide his whereabouts as much as possible to ensure that he is not discovered, and try to find the whereabouts of the arrow before Li Qing and others have not reacted, and figure out a way to use the arrow to enhance his own stand ability.
To be honest...this plan is actually very unreliable and even a bit wishful thinking.
Putting aside other issues, the most important point is...
Diablo had no idea where to find the arrows.
He only knew that "a mysterious man with an arrow is in Morioh Town", but as for where to find this mysterious man after arriving in Morioh Town... he had no idea at all.
In fact, Diablo has been in Morioh Town for nearly half a week.
Until now, he had no idea how to find the arrow.
But this doesn't mean that Diablo has done nothing these days——
He has been wandering around Morioh Town these days.
Yes, wandering around like a headless fly.
But Diablo is not a headless fly, he actually has a reason for doing this:
Stand users are attracted to each other. This is a theorem that all veteran Stand users vaguely know.
Therefore, as long as Diablo keeps wandering around Morioh Town, sooner or later he will run into a local Stand User on the street because of the wonderful fate that exists between Stand Users.
Because most people's Stand abilities are stimulated by arrows, there are very few people who are born with awakened Stands.
Therefore, he could most likely use this substitute as a breakthrough point and try to collect clues about the mysterious arrow bearer.
Although this plan has great uncertainty, it is the only option Diablo can choose.
"Damn...if only my subordinates were still here."
Diablo couldn't help but miss the good old days when he was in charge of the Passion Organization and had absolute intelligence capabilities.
It’s a pity that the past is the past, and now he is just a simple commander without troops.
Although snakes have their ways and rats have their ways, Diablo, who has been in the underground world for many years, is also familiar with the operation of the global "dark web" and is not unable to contact the local Japanese underworld forces.
As long as he is paid enough, he will not have trouble finding help.
But this is the other side of the earth after all, and Diablo is just a powerless outsider here. He dare not entrust such an important matter to a group of local snakes who he does not understand at all.
"I can only keep banging my head against the wall like this..."
"I hope we can find the so-called 'breakthrough' before those bastards react."
Diablo thought helplessly in his heart.
He had been soaking in the deadly calmness and peace of Morioh Town these past few days.
If he continued to live such a peaceful and uneventful life, life would turn him into a retired old man on vacation at the seaside.
But no matter how you think about it, Diablo's life in Morioh Town seems so dull.
He still hasn't met a Stand user who should be "mutually attracted" to him, and he's just like an ordinary person shopping at a convenience store and queuing at the checkout counter.
Everything was so boring and suffocatingly quiet.
"Sir, it's your turn to pay the bill."
The cashier spoke ordinary words to Diablo in an ordinary tone.
“Swipe the card.”
Diablo handed over the card to pay the bill like an ordinary person.
If nothing unexpected happens, today will just pass by like an ordinary day.
That breakthrough seems to be a long way off.
However, just as Diablo was bored waiting for the bill, and the blond man behind him was bored waiting for him to pay the bill...
The cashier's expression slightly changed as he looked up at Diablo and said:
"Sir, it looks like there's no money in your card."
