Chapter 276: Father of the Atomic Heart

This devil-like voice echoed in this empty Japanese-style mansion.

Kirara Yoshikage in the kitchen had just cooked the rice as planned when he heard his damn father's hoarse warning.

That’s right, the one who appeared in the other room to stop Diablo was Kira Yoshikage’s father, Kira Yoshihiro, who had been dead for many years.

Kira Yoshihiro died of natural causes of cancer when his son was 21 years old. He was a complete dead man.

But he doted on his son too much, and was too obsessed with his son's death. Coupled with the effect of his own stand ability, he ended up existing in a ghost-like form after his death.

Kira Yoshihiro has always existed like this, openly or secretly covering up and assisting Kira Yoshikage's "special hobby".

And now…

Hearing his father's piercing howl, Kirara Yoshikage immediately realized that something was wrong:

"There's an outsider in the house?!"

Thinking of this, he didn't even care about his "girlfriend" on the dining table, and hurriedly ran over to the sound.

On the other side, when the ghost roar just sounded...

The flash of the Polaroid camera flashed and disappeared, and a photo quickly appeared under the camera:

The background of the photo is naturally this room, and Diablo himself and the arrow in the box in front of him are all frozen in this seemingly ordinary photo.

But, the creepy thing is…

In this photo, not far behind Diablo, there is an old man in pajamas standing upright, who is impossible to see in reality.

He only exists in the photo, everything in the photo is frozen, and only he can move freely - just like a low-dimensional creature living in a two-dimensional plane.

Diablo took a closer look at the pale and terrifying face of the old man in pajamas:

"Isn't this Kira Yoshikage's dead father from the photo album?"

"Oh, so it's a ghost... Looks like it has some kind of stand ability that can enter photos."

Ghosts do exist in the world, and Stand Users can see ghosts. This is one of the experiences that Diablo has mastered as a senior in the industry.

Therefore, Kira Yoshihiro's strange appearance in the photo not only failed to shock him, it didn't even make him panic at all.

"You're going to die here!"

"This arrow is not something you are qualified to touch!"

Kira Yoshihiro was still roaring viciously in the photo.

However, Diablo just said with a disdainful tone:

"Don't I have the right to touch you? What a joke!"

"All these arrows were dug out from Egypt by me. They belong to me by nature. I am just keeping them in your hands temporarily."

"Now, it's time to return the property to its original owner."

At this point, a look of contempt appeared on Diablo's face:

"Sorry, I don't have time to waste with you."

"The Crimson King—"

"Eliminate time."

The Crimson King instantly appeared beside him, and Diablo activated the time-reducing state without saying a word.

Kira Yoshihiro, who had just been threatening in the photo, suddenly became stunned at this moment.

At this moment, Diablo leaned down gracefully in this timeline that belonged to him alone, and carefully grasped the arrow that had been away from him for many years in his hand like a gentleman picking up a towel.

He walked towards .

No one can stop Diablo like this, not even a demon.

So, without Kira Yoshihiro realizing it...

Diablo laughed loudly and went out...

Bang your head against the wall above.

"W-what?"

Diablo retreated in astonishment, then instinctively took two steps back.

He looked at the "wall" he had just hit with some disbelief:

There is no wall at all, the front is completely transparent.

But if you reach out and touch carefully, you will find that there is indeed an invisible but tangible "wall" at the door of the room.

"how so…"

"You can even block me when I'm in the time-slicing state?"

Diablo should be absolutely invulnerable under the Time Slash, so this is why he dared to save a skill called Epitaph and directly activate the Time Slash to escape cleanly and neatly.

But now, he could be blocked back in the time cut.

"This is not a simple stand attack..."

"This is actually a 'terrain change' caused by the Stand's ability. It is some kind of ability that changes space!"

Diablo vaguely understood something.

After all, the only thing that can stop him in the time slash should be the world itself.

Therefore, that ghost old man must have done something to cause this 'world' to change.

Diablo was surprised by this situation, and Kirara Yoshihiro was even more shocked by what just happened:

"How, how could this happen..."

"When did you walk to the door, and when did you grab the arrow? And when did that pink octopus head appear?!"

"Is it because I'm too old and my brain is degenerating and I'm distracted..."

"No, it's impossible. I've obviously lost my mind!"

The Crimson King's strange ability was extremely powerful, and Kira Yoshihiro, who had little knowledge of Stands, was immediately shocked and speechless:

Can ghosts also be dazed and distracted?

Does my body have this function?

He was so shocked that he could not express it in words. However, Diablo had already focused his attention on the transparent wall in front of him with a serious expression:

“There is indeed an invisible wall…”

"The Crimson King!"

Diablo thought about it and gave the order to attack.

The Crimson King immediately launched his massive and terrifying force at the solid wall in front of him without reservation, just like the Urban Cannon that bombarded Constantinople .

However, faced with such a terrible blow...

The transparent wall did not move at all.

It seemed that no attack could destroy it, and the room inside and outside were separated into two spaces.

"Ha ha ha ha…"

Seeing Diablo's ridiculous and useless performance, Kira Yoshihiro couldn't help but calm down:

"Don't waste your energy!"

"It's not a 'wall' that can be destroyed, but a fault in space - the 'frame' of the photo."

"From the moment you were photographed in that photo with me in it, you and this room have been isolated from the outside world."

"This is another world, my world!"

"Without my permission, no one can enter or leave this room freely!"

Kirara Yoshihiro said confidently:

"You can't escape from this room..."

"Just take the arrow back, bastard!"

“…”

Hearing this, Diablo's face couldn't help but become a little gloomy.

He didn't think Kira Yoshihiro was lying, and it didn't matter whether the other party said it or not. After all, his own series of previous attempts had clearly proved this rule.

"Can't go out..."

"Then it seems that we can only find a way to deal with this damn old man first."

Diablo's murderous intent suddenly surged in his heart.

At the same time, he held the arrow tightly, not relaxing at all.

At this time, Kira Yoshihiro said aggressively:

"I said, give the arrow back!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the old man who only existed in the photo began to move leisurely in the photo.

In reality, Diablo has already walked to the door of the room with an arrow.

In the photo, Diablo's figure and the arrow's figure were still frozen in the center of the room, next to the open wooden box.

Then, Kira Yoshihiro walked up to the photo and gently picked up the arrow in the photo.

The arrow in this photo should be just an ordinary image.

However, when Kira Yoshihiro walked to the table with this "arrow" in the photo and casually stuck it into the table...

A strange thing happened.

Almost at the same time, in the real world outside the photo, Diablo suddenly felt that the arrow he was holding tightly in his hand had become "light and weightless".

Just like fists couldn't stop Lee Sin in the Echo Slam state, he couldn't catch the arrow that had become "empty".

Not only Diablo couldn't be caught, but the Crimson King couldn't be caught either.

There was no way to stop the arrow from flying towards the table.

Then, like the arrow that Kira Yoshihiro had fiddled with in the photo, it was firmly stuck on the table.

"It's totally impossible to stop..."

"That means..."

Diablo's expression became more serious.

He had a keen eye for observation and was able to roughly analyze the enemy's capabilities after only one look:

"What happens in the photo will 'definitely' happen in the outside world."

“This is a law that cannot be stopped at all.”

"So if I don't get rid of this annoying old man hiding in the photo, I will be so passive that I won't even be able to hold the arrow..."

Diablo vaguely realized the trouble with his enemy.