Chapter 279: Qualifications for Negotiating Terms
Killer Queen's hand was still moving towards the photo.
In fact, its movements were very swift and fierce. It blew up my father without any hesitation, and was even so fast that it left a small phantom in the air.
But looking at the big hand reaching out to him, Kira Yoshihiro felt that this last period of time was so long and so heavy.
"I see…"
"So you have a way to survive... That's great, Yoshikage."
Kirara Yoshihiro cried with tears streaming down his face:
"Dad, I can't protect you anymore..."
"You must live well, live on!"
As he spoke, in a split second, Kira Yoshihiro, with the feeling of entrusting a relic to someone else, tried his best to send the arrow in his hand out of the photo.
Arrows protrude from the photo.
Killer Queen also touches the edge of the picture.
Kira Yoshihiro's loving face was forever frozen in the photo, and then...
boom!
In fact, there was no movement.
Killer Queen can control the extent of the explosion , making the process silent and lightless, without even a trace of unnecessary flames and air waves.
This trick is extremely covert and can be said to be always effective when used in committing crimes.
And now, it is working equally well on its own father.
The moment Killer Queen touched the photo, the photo seemed to be decomposed by nature and turned into ashes in an instant.
It all happened so quickly, so secretly, and so unexpectedly.
This was definitely an unexpected attack from the enemy.
"Goodbye."
Bathed in the flying ashes, Kira Yoshikage took the arrow that his father had handed to him before his death.
He firmly believed that at this moment, the immortal monster must have turned into ashes along with his dead father.
And he, Kira Yoshikage, will soon be able to continue his happy life of going to work, coming home from get off work, eating, sleeping and doing stretching exercises every day.
Kira Yoshikage thought so with relief.
However, at this moment...
Snap, snap, snap…
Behind Kira Yoshikage, there suddenly came a burst of warm and powerful applause.
"W-what…"
The smile on Kira Yoshikage's lips suddenly froze.
He twisted his rusty iron neck with difficulty, turning his head inch by inch:
Sure enough, the demon was still standing there.
Diablo did not turn into ashes along with the photo, his body was still intact.
Now he was standing not far behind Kira Yoshikage, looking him down with the playful gaze of a king examining a court jester:
“Great, great.”
"To be able to use this move so decisively."
"In a sense, you are indeed an absolutely strong person."
Diablo praised lukewarmly.
In fact, he really appreciated this approach. After all, he believed from the bottom of his heart that the so-called "bonds" were the greatest weakness of human nature, and only those who could abandon all useless emotions were qualified to become strong.
However, in this situation, when these words reached Kirara Yoshikage's ears, they were a complete mockery.
It was as if his enemies were laughing at him:
"Here? Why are you sending dad?"
"Damn it... How is this possible..." Kira Yoshikage simply couldn't accept this cruel reality: "How could you have predicted this attack?!"
"Heh." Diablo smiled lightly and did not give an answer.
But the answer is actually very simple. He just used the Crimson King's second ability, Epitaph, and saw this future.
Epitaph is Diablo's real trump card.
Although this move has a relatively long cooldown time, and you will not be able to peek into the future for a short period of time after using it once, but... it is already powerful enough.
It helped Diablo see his own death countless times, allowing Diablo to use time to erase the process of his own death in time, leaving only a changed result.
There is no such thing as "accident" in front of an epitaph.
"So, do you have any last words now?"
"Or, think about it now. What are you going to say when you reunite with your father in heaven?"
In such a light-hearted and playful tone, Diablo approached his prey at a leisurely pace.
Those footsteps were like heavy drumsticks, each one hitting Kira Yoshikage's heart hard.
"No...I don't want to die!"
He bit his fingers so hard that his nails almost bled.
After that, he had no time to think about anything else. He just wanted to survive, no matter what.
So, Kira Yoshikage didn't care whether he could escape or not. He just turned around and ran away like a madman.
Diablo immediately started to act seriously:
"King Crimson, make time leap!"
Another round of maneuvering in the midst of time.
The time cut ended, and the Crimson King appeared beside Kira Yoshikage like a ghost.
It was like a tiger descending from the mountain or a hungry wolf pouncing on its prey, pouncing towards Kira Yoshikage in an irresistible manner - of course, to be precise, its primary target was still the arrow in Kira Yoshikage's hand.
"Killer Queen!"
Even though he knew that Killer Queen was no match for the Scarlet King, Kira Yoshikage could only instinctively use his Stand to block her.
The already broken Killer Queen blocked it with blood.
The Crimson King, who was firmly in the upper hand, came crushing forward.
As soon as their fists touched in mid-air, Killer Queen's body began to tremble wildly like an old washing machine.
But at this moment, something Diablo didn't expect happened.
As King Crimson and Killer Queen face off...
The raised skull that looked like a decoration on Killer Queen's left glove suddenly broke away from the back of Killer Queen's hand and jumped out with a plop.
"Killer Queen——"
"Withering Heart Attack!"
Kira Yoshikage finally used his last trump card.
And he used this trump card just right.
Because Diablo has just used Epitaph once, and after changing his fate once, he can no longer see the future during this short cooling period.
And now, Killer Queen is releasing the withering and piercing attack very close to Crimson King.
Diablo really didn't expect it, and couldn't have imagined...
It turns out that the small car in the big cat's hand can be disassembled?
Then, in the blink of an eye, the automatic bomb vehicle called Withering Heart Attack suddenly jumped onto the chest of the Crimson King like a facehugger.
Then, the next second...boom!
Fire suddenly appeared, and flames and air waves erupted near the Crimson King.
"What?!"
Diablo was shocked.
At this moment, he could already feel the pain brought by the flames burning on the Crimson King's body.
But Shi Xie's ability is strong enough after all.
Even though he was a little slow, Diablo still activated the Crimson King's time-slashing ability at the first possible moment before the explosion spread completely.
He instantly entered an invincible state.
Kira Yoshikage's trump card, the so-called withering and piercing attack, is like a flamethrower in the hands of a butcher. Even at full power, it can only barely burn off a layer of pig hair.
"Is it a long-range automatic attack stand?"
Diablo quickly recognized the true appearance of the skull-shaped car.
Because this thing was still locking onto Diablo and continuing to act while it was being cut off, this was obviously not being controlled by the main body.
Logically speaking, this would indeed cause some trouble for Diablo...
but…
“It’s too slow.”
"At this speed, if a person runs faster, it won't be able to catch up, right?"
Diablo looked at the car slowly approaching him, his heart remaining calm.
For the first time, he luxuriously maintained a long time of time, took a few steps back calmly to lead the automatic bomb vehicle a little further away, and then...
"The Crimson King!"
Diablo let the Crimson King leap out with him, instantly creating distance between himself and the Withering Piercing Attack, and at the same time, he suddenly leaped to the side of Kira Yoshikage.
Now the withering piercing attack is still a few meters away, and it will take at least 1 second to turn around and cause trouble for Diablo.
Diablo is confident that he will only need 0.5 seconds to kill Kira Yoshikage's real body and completely end this battle without any suspense.
There is no other way. With the vital point of the original body so close, this brainless and slow automatic stand is of little use.
So…"The time cut is over!"
The Crimson King once again struck down on the head with that deadly, unpretentious hand knife.
But at this critical moment:
"stop!"
"Otherwise I'll destroy the arrow!"
Kira Yoshikage roared at the top of his lungs in despair.
"What?"
Diablo's pupils shrank, and the Crimson King's killing move also paused.
He was shocked to find that the sudden explosion of the withering heart attack had created a moment of confusion and astonishment...
Kira Yoshikage actually found a gap in the Crimson King's airtight attack and quietly sent the arrow into the hands of the Killer Queen!
"You've seen the speed at which Killer Queen can detonate."
"Whether it's an arrow or a photo, it only takes a moment for Killer Queen to detonate the object in her hand. Just a moment!"
Kira Yoshikage used his own father who had just ascended to heaven as a vivid example:
"You might be able to kill me, but can you stop an explosion that fast?"
"You can't do that!"
"The arrow is your goal, not my life, right?"
"If you kill me but can't get the arrow, it will definitely be a loss, right?"
“…”
Diablo's face suddenly turned as dark as ink.
He felt an unprecedented rage:
It happened again, someone wanted to destroy his dream that was so close to him.
"Boy, do you know what you are doing?"
Diablo's voice was chilling:
"You'll regret this."
"Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you're dead. There are many ways to die. I hope you can choose the easy one."
"I just want to survive."
Kirara Yoshikage covered his bleeding shoulder and said in a weak but firm voice:
"I, Kira Yoshikage, just want to live a peaceful life."
"And you...didn't you say that negotiating terms requires qualifications?"
Killer Queen tightly grasped the arrow that determined the fate of both of them :
“I have obtained this qualification.”
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PS: Stand-in panel
Stand Name: [Sheer Heart Attack]
The main body——Kirara Yoshikage
Destructive power: A
Speed: C
Range: A
Sustainability: A
Movement precision: E
Growth: A
A small stand separated from Killer Queen's left hand. It looks like a remote-controlled bomb car that can track targets based on "body temperature". Its abilities are basically the same as Killer Queen's, but it is a long-distance automatic stand.
The defense is extremely strong, but the disadvantages are also obvious: Kira cannot specify the target for the Withering Heart attack, so it is very easy to accidentally injure and waste time on non-target objects; at the same time, its movement speed is not fast, and the target can completely escape the attack range of the Withering Heart attack by relying on the strength of his feet.
