Chapter 298 The Experience of Being Abandoned
"Huh?" Li Qing's expression was extremely surprised: "Experience, upgrade...how do you know these?"
“…”
Giorno fell silent immediately.
Soon, he looked at Li Qing, who was in shock, with an expression as if he was observing Yitai:
"I said... Li Qing."
"What are you surprised about... You don't really think that your lies can fool people, do you?"
"Except for Mista who has watched too many movies, everyone in the team knows that you are talking nonsense - including Naranja."
"Ah...Is that so?"
Li Qing touched his head somewhat embarrassedly, with a slightly disappointed expression.
He actually felt that the theory he had come up with was very convincing.
After all, there are even stand-ins and vampires in this world, so it should not be surprising that the mysterious Dragon Kingdom Qigong exists.
Mista's performance also helped Li Qing strengthen his confidence in this regard - after listening to the story, that guy kept pestering Li Qing to become his apprentice, and his attitude was extremely sincere.
But now, Giorno was helpless to expose this terrible lie:
"Even if there really is Dragon Qigong in the world, it definitely won't be like this."
"Visual health bar, indestructible body, teammates can't hurt each other, skills with absolutely fixed cooldown time..."
"This looks like a setting from a video game."
"Although I don't know where this ability comes from, I can be sure that your ability is to restore a certain game character to reality."
Giorno immediately revealed the truth about Lee Sin's ability, and even further deduced:
"Also, from what I've observed, just like the characters in video games, you can gain experience by killing 'monsters', and accumulate experience to level up and strengthen your attributes."
"You should have gone through two 'upgrades' since we met."
"Once in Naples and once in Venice."
"Those two upgrades happened within just two days, and a full week has passed since the last upgrade."
"During this week, we faced three more challengers at our new headquarters in Rome."
"And those three teams had more than a dozen Stand users in total, and they all died at your hands in the end... With so much experience, you should be able to level up to the next level."
That's the bad thing about being friends with smart people.
Secrets cannot be hidden at all and can always be seen clearly by others.
"That's right."
Li Qing simply did not hide his incredible data capabilities:
"I'm level 4 now, and I only need a little more experience to reach level 5."
"Besides, Giorno, you should also be able to think of..."
"The rewards for killing elite monsters in the game are always more than ten times higher than those for ordinary monsters. In real life, the rewards for killing a Stand User are also hundreds of times higher than those for killing an ordinary person."
"The little bit of experience I lack would take hundreds of lives for an ordinary person to make up for."
"But now, I only need to eliminate one scumbag... and I will gain enough power to crush Diablo."
Li Qing spoke very tactfully.
In fact, he is really greedy for Nijimura Keicho's head.
He followed the principle of only killing bad guys, but a drawback gradually emerged - he killed too many people and there were not enough bad guys left.
Li Qing has been waiting anxiously these days.
But those scumbags in the Passion organization were really not competitive enough. After they were killed three times, they became obedient. After a few days of making trouble, no one dared to challenge them again.
I only need one more kill to level up, why is no one coming? !
Now, with great difficulty, a scumbag villain has been found in Morioh Town who has committed numerous evil deeds, deserves to be put to death, and perfectly meets Lee Sin's principles of killing him, but Giorno insists on stopping him at this critical moment.
"Li Qing, I understand your desire for power."
"But, at least this time, I like that you can show mercy."
Giorno understood Li Qing's attitude, but he still refused to give in.
Li Qing, who was eager to upgrade and evolve into a humanoid Star Platinum, immediately had some opinions about this close friend who had been with him through thick and thin:
"Giorno, what do you mean?"
"Are you so moved by what happened to the Nijimura family that you won't help? Stop kidding..."
"The villain who has committed many evil deeds can be whitewashed with just a tragic memory. This is the plot I hate the most!"
“…”
Giorno remained silent.
But Li Qing became even more annoyed by his best friend's silent protest:
"Or do you think I'm just a hypocritical villain?"
"Do you think that all those high-sounding principles I said were just lies, and just excuses for me to kill people for profit?"
"If that's the case, it's really disappointing!"
What Li Qing said was three-tenths false and seven-tenths true, and it was not just hypocritical talk.
After all, if he really just wanted to gain experience...why not learn from Jokrat and massacre the city?
At level 4, he has both strength and speed, but the upper limit of the system level is 18.
If Li Qing really made up his mind to rush into the city and kill for a whole day, and mow down the enemies with all his might, there would be no one in the world who could stop him.
The only thing that can stop him is his own conscience.
But Li Qing felt that his best friend was questioning him.
Li Qing's face looked very ugly, but facing Li Qing's angry questioning, Giorno still maintained a deep silence.
He bit his lips tightly, his nose trembled slightly, and his expression was extremely responsible.
Giorno still didn't speak.
But his eyes, which were always as calm as water, were now filled with a human complexity.
"this…"
Li Qing finally noticed Giorno's abnormality:
This natural born protagonist, who was perfect from head to toe like the Son of God, finally lost his untouchable divinity at this moment and became like a fragile person.
Some emotion was madly entangled in Giorno, making it difficult for him to get rid of it.
He was no longer as rational as before, but instead became as impulsive as an ordinary teenager.
"I see…"
Li Qing sighed softly. He realized that he was completely wrong:
From the very beginning, this matter has nothing to do with right or wrong, or a dispute over ideas.
Giorno also knew that Nijimura Gyosho should be killed and that Lee Sin urgently needed experience to upgrade, but he instinctively wanted to stop it.
Because of Dio, the man who gave him life.
Just now, Giorno deeply realized the sins his father had committed.
Maybe it was to make up for his father's mistakes, or maybe it was due to some more complicated and unspeakable psychological reasons...
As Dio's son, he couldn't bear to say the word "kill" when facing the Nijimura family who were in endless pain because of that man.
"Let him go this time."
Giorno rarely spoke to Li Qing in such a weak voice.
"Hmm..."
Li Qing looked at Giorno's awkward face.
He spent half a minute suppressing his eagerness to upgrade, then gritted his teeth and said reluctantly:
"Okay... no killing this time."
The duck that was about to be eaten flew away, and the ice cream that was just in my hand fell to the ground.
Just like the miserable farmer who saw the fat pigs he had raised with great effort being washed away by the flood, Li Qing felt so painful that he just wanted to cry.
But he still endured it, out of consideration for Giorno's feelings.
Moreover, this is not the first time that Li Qing compromised because of Giorno...
After all, according to Li Qing's principles, all the scum in the Passion organization deserved to die.
If he were left to decide, he would definitely kill everyone on the organization's list one by one and start a bloody genocide in the organization.
But Li Qing didn't do that.
It's not that he doesn't dare, but because Giorno's dream is to become a Gang-Star——
If Li Qing killed all those scumbags in exchange for experience, how could Giorno become a gangster superstar without any troops?
Therefore, Li Qing finally resisted the urgency of wanting to upgrade, and instead helped Giorno recruit those scums of the Passion organization.
Now think about it carefully...
Since Li Qing has even recruited those mafia thugs, there is indeed no reason for him to keep targeting Nijimura Keisuke now.
"Okay... okay..."
"Don't kill him... It won't be a problem to upgrade later..."
Li Qing suppressed the heartache and stammered out his decision.
Giorno didn't say much, just sighed deeply: "Thank you."
"fine."
Li Qing responded to Giorno with a smile.
When he turned around and looked at Nijimura Kyōsho, his expression instantly turned as dark as ink:
"Nijimura Gyosho, you're lucky this time."
"I decided to let you go."
"W-what?" Nijimura Gyousho, who had long been in despair and waiting for death, was stunned by the good news: "I don't have to die anymore?"
"Very good!"
Nijimura Otasu, who was originally crying while hugging his elder brother, suddenly cried even harder:
"Brother, you can survive, survive with me and father!"
For a moment, the father and his two sons became more excited and their tears flowed more freely.
The warm and touching feeling became stronger and stronger.
Li Qing's expression became increasingly ugly - as the atmosphere became more tense, he looked even more like a villain.
"You can escape the death penalty, but you can't escape the living crime!"
Li Qing still feels sorry for his own experience.
In order to make up for the loss, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and say to Nijimura Gyousho:
"You killed so many people, you must spend the rest of your life atonement!"
"What should we do?" Nijimura Keisuke, who had already deeply realized his mistake, asked very seriously.
“It’s very simple.”
"Atonement means changing yourself, helping others, fighting crime and practicing justice from now on."
I only heard Li Qing righteously say:
"It just so happens that Giorno and I run a public welfare organization in Italy that promotes mutual assistance among citizens."
"We are just starting out, and we have a limited number of core members and are short on manpower."
This is a very serious and realistic problem.
The organization has more than 700 regular employees, but the new boss Giorno can only truly trust six companions, including Li Qing and Bucciarati.
With such a small number of people, it is very difficult to organize and manage the organization. They really need to recruit some reliable subordinates to help.
"So, Nijimura Kyōcho..."
"You can join us and serve as our thug...ahem...security guard."
"Of course, since you are here to atone your sins, not to make a fortune... don't even think about asking for too high a salary."
In order to change the bad policies that made life difficult for lower-level employees during the Diablo era, the first thing the new boss did after taking office was to increase the wages of regular employees by a full ten times.
Being a thug in the mafia instantly became a promising, prestigious, and high-paying career.
Now Li Qing hasn't gotten the experience yet, and he is still asked to pay this experience baby such a high salary... It really makes me sad just thinking about it.
"The salary and benefits will be based on the standards of the previous assassination team."
Li Qing said without blushing.
Nijimura Gyosho didn't know what the "standard of the assassination team" actually meant in terms of salary, but he didn't care about the issue of salary at all.
All he knew now was that his life had been saved.
"Everything is subject to the boss's arrangements!"
Nijimura Gyosho immediately changed his tone.
I have saved my life, so what’s the point of working for others?
Moreover, today he resolved the knot between him and his father, and his life seemed to be completely renewed.
“No matter what the job is, I will try my best to do it.”
"I will spend the rest of my life slowly paying for the sins I committed."
Nijimura Keicho expressed his opinion very seriously.
Li Qing was also shocked to find that this kid had truly changed his mindset.
Because, just at that moment, Li Qing suddenly found that he could use the Golden Bell Cover on Nijimura Kyosho - this guy regarded Li Qing as his boss from the bottom of his heart, and was therefore judged by the system to be a trustworthy "teammate".
"Very good, do a good job in the future."
Seeing that Nijimura Keisuke surrendered so sincerely, Li Qing's murderous intent really faded.
"Brother, you don't have to die!"
"I can always be with my big brother from now on!"
Nijimura Okuyasu held the monster father's hand and followed the expression with tears in his eyes:
"Home is wherever my eldest brother is."
"I will also go to Italy in the future and work with my brother to make money!"
The warm and harmonious family atmosphere became even more intense .
"Hmm..."
When Li Qing heard that Nijimura Okuyasu had also come to show his loyalty and become a younger brother, his expression became a little strange.
He carefully recalled Nijimura Okuyasu's outstanding performance in the battle just now, and then he taught him earnestly and kindly:
"Yitai...you should find a school and study hard."
"You can't do the work in our company."
