Chapter 37 Golden Spirit

Half an hour ago, 14:55.

The fighter jet has crashed in the small town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, and Li Qing and Giorno have just formed a two-person team to fight an epic boss.

The two ran along the road towards the crash site, trying hard to find suitable transportation.

"Oh My God…"

Li Qing tried to enter the data mode and used his keen hearing to sense the movements at the crash site a few kilometers away.

"What's going on?" Giorno heard Li Qing's subconscious sigh: "Is the situation bad?"

"What do you think?"

Li Qing spread his hands helplessly: "I can hear that guy's movements from three kilometers away. How can this situation not be bad?"

"Judging from the sound waves..."

He paused deliberately, and said to Giorno in a tone of telling a ghost story:

"After swallowing the plane engine, the monster was already about five or six meters tall."

"oh."

Giorno wasn't frightened at all.

He just sighed softly and said calmly:

"The power of a fighter jet engine is much greater than that of a school bus, which is to be expected."

"but…"

Giorno looked at Li Qing with some concern, and asked, "You seem a little depressed?"

“It’s not that depressing…”

Li Qing was slightly surprised by Giorno's observation skills, and then said in a complicated tone:

"I was just thinking about a question..."

"In order to save myself, I accidentally steered the piece of meat onto the bus; in order to save the students on the bus, I stayed and fought the enemy with you; in order to save me and you, I steered the piece of meat onto the plane; in order to save himself, the pilot let the plane fall into a densely populated city."

"in the end…"

"I saved some people, but more people may die because of this."

"What on earth is this? Wouldn't it be better to do nothing from the beginning?"

“…”

Giorno was silent for a while:

"This question... is really boring."

His eyes remained firm:

"We just did what we had to do at the time."

"It's not us who should be asked the question, but the scumbag who released this monster."

"this…"

Li Qing was slightly stunned, and couldn't help laughing:

"Ha ha ha ha…"

"This state of mind that will never waver...are you really only 13 years old?"

“The real deal.”

"I'm just in the second half of the first year of junior high school this year."

Giorno glanced at Li Qing helplessly and said seriously:

"Don't think about such boring things."

"Hurry up and do what you can do next!"

As he spoke, he began to analyze the battle situation intently:

"Although the monster has become larger, the situation is actually much more favorable than before."

"We were too close to the piece of meat before, so if we moved a little, it would catch up with us immediately."

"And now, we can keep a maximum safe distance from it and extend the time it takes to catch up with us."

“That’s true.”

Li Qing translated Giorno's philosophy into a statement that was easier for the Dragon Country people to understand:

"That monster was always slightly faster than us. From what I observed, its speed was always about 1.2 times that of its prey."

"Let the distance between me and the monster be X (m) and my speed be V (m/s). Then the time it takes for it to catch up with us should be t=X/(1.2-1)V=5X/ V."

"Obviously, the greater the distance, the more time we can get to escape safely."

Then he added:

"And I've observed before that the monster's maximum perception range should be 100 meters."

"That is to say, the maximum value of X is 100. We can definitely attract its hatred even if we are 100 meters away from it."

"Forehead…"

Giorno adjusted to Li Qing's way of understanding and continued:

"That's right."

"This V is actually the fastest speed we must maintain among all moving objects within the monster's perception range."

"You will certainly be disturbed by other people while traveling, but this interference is actually very limited on land."

"Even if there is a car passing through the battlefield, assuming it is traveling at 60km/h, then we only need to set the travel speed V>60km/h=16.67m/s."

"X takes its maximum value of 100, V>16.67, and we get t<29.99 seconds!"

"This means... as long as we keep a maximum distance of 100 meters from the monster in advance, even if there is a car on the road that is traveling at 60 km/h to interfere, we can still buy ourselves nearly half a minute of safety time!"

"That's more than enough time!"

Li Qing added with shining eyes:

"In that case, as long as the two of us always maintain a maximum safe distance and attract its hatred from different directions, we can pull this irrational monster to the direction we want it to go!"

“Just like vectors being added together!”

"Forehead…"

"I understand the reason, but..."

Giorno, who is still in the first grade of junior high school, asked in confusion: "What is a vector?"

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14:58.

"To realize our plan, we must ensure that we can move faster than all distractions, including cars."

"Obviously, this will require the help of transportation."

"Cars are too heavy to handle complex terrain, and bicycles are not fast enough to meet the requirements, so..."

“A motorcycle that combines speed and agility is the right choice.”

While Giorno explained his intentions to Li Qing in a serious manner, he skillfully pried the lock of a motorcycle parked on the roadside.

“Hello…”

Looking at Giorno's serious and focused look when he was picking the lock, Li Qing couldn't help but complain:

"Why are you so skilled?"

"kindness?"

"You mean stealing a car?"

Giorno didn't even raise his head, but said calmly:

“ It’s a little complicated to explain, but there’s nothing I can do about it.”

"My stepfather and I have a terrible relationship and he even refuses to pay for my tuition."

"I am only 13 years old. No decent place would dare to recruit a child laborer of my age."

"so…"

"It's impossible for me to work, and I don't know how to run a business. I can only make a living by stealing things like this."

He finished his story without changing his expression, and then added:

"Oh yeah..."

"We need one more thing besides motorcycles."

"When the battle begins, there will definitely be quite a distance between the two of us."

"You can't communicate in time in that kind of chaos just by shouting, so it's best for us to equip everyone with a mobile phone to facilitate instant communication during the battle."

"I carry a cell phone myself, but I don't know if you have one."

"I see."

Li Qing understood Giorno's reasonable request to "enable team voice", and immediately nodded and said: "I will find a way to get a mobile phone now."

As soon as the words fell...

An extremely angry voice suddenly sounded next to him:

"Asshole!"

"What are you doing to my car?!"

The person who spoke was a young man wearing a green shirt, jeans, and a plush hat. He exuded a lazy air and looked like a lazy guy.

He pointed at the motorcycle that Giorno had pried open and started using some unknown method, and said angrily:

"Get down here now, you shameless car thief!"

"well…"

"Why are you saying such harsh words?"

Giorno was too disdainful to respond, so Li Qing was the more patient and gave a kind answer:

"How can saving the world be considered stealing?"

"We have requisitioned your motorcycle. The people of Naples will never forget your contribution."