Chapter 9: Predicting the Future

"Diabolo..."

Li Qing whispered this strangely familiar name, and couldn't help but think of the strange scene of the "time jump" just now:

"Could it be... that you are the 'boss' that Amor mentioned before he died?"

"After you killed someone, you never left the vicinity of this inn!"

"That's right."

Diablo replied calmly:

"I never leave any traces when I do things, so I have to make sure that stupid woman disappears from this world completely."

"But I didn't expect that you could appear here silently without me even noticing."

“Oh… this is incredible!”

He praised Li Qing, but his eyes were full of disdain as if he was looking at a dead person.

Diablo has now committed a cardinal sin that a smart person should never commit, which is to look down on his opponent.

In other words, he didn't consider Li Qing as an opponent at all.

In Diablo's eyes, Li Qing is now like a fly that accidentally breaks into his house - annoying, but can be killed with a wave of the hand.

This is not because he is arrogant, but because he has enough confidence to kill Li Qing:

Putting aside his invincible Stand ability, the power and speed of "The Scarlet King" alone is enough to crush the current Lee Sin.

According to the strength system of the JOJO world, the attributes of the Crimson King are:

Double A in strength and speed.

Its power is so great that it can easily penetrate steel plates, and its speed is so fast that it is invisible to the naked eye.

But now Li Qing is only at the limit of human physical strength. According to JOJO's power system, he is at most a "double C of strength and speed".

In addition, the health bar floating above Li Qing's head exposed his fragility and thin blood. The "stand ability" he showed before was mostly simple melee physical attacks...

This means that the Crimson King can beat Lee Sin with just normal attacks.

This difference in absolute power alone is enough to give Diablo a 100% chance of winning.

Therefore, he now looked at Li Qing with a very calm gaze:

"Speak!"

After realizing that he had completely dominated his opponent, Diablo simply stopped rushing to kill Lee Sin:

"Why are you here?"

"Do you have a grudge against me, or is there someone behind you?"

The Passion organization does a big business.

They import local specialties from the "Golden Crescent" region from West Asia, transport them to Italy in the Mediterranean via land and sea routes, and finally sell these West Asian specialties to the whole of Europe through Italy's sales channels.

This is a huge business that earns hundreds of billions (lira) every year.

Because of this huge profit, Diablo, as the leader of the Passion Organization, faces extremely dangerous challenges every day:

Some of them are cadres of organizations who attempt to overthrow their superiors, some are gang colleagues who want to rob each other, and some are elite agents from law enforcement agencies around the world.

It is impossible for Li Qing to come and investigate him alone for no reason. Killing Li Qing can only solve the crisis temporarily. What Diablo wants most is to cut the roots and eliminate the trouble forever.

So, for once, he tried to restrain his murderous intent.

"Speak now!"

"Tell me the real purpose of your visit, and I may be able to let you return alive."

Diablo asked in a condescending tone that left no room for doubt.

"hehe."

Li Qing was not moved at all: "Stop joking!"

"Just now, Amor and his group were beaten to death by me, and you didn't even show up to rescue them."

"That's because you know in your heart that anyone who has seen your true form will die - including your subordinates."

"Then how can you let me survive?"

Hearing this, Diablo immediately stopped his fake smile.

"You're not stupid."

"So, is this your final answer?"

"I…"

Li Qing pursed his lips tightly and tried hard to think:

He simply couldn't resist that monstrous speed and strength.

Not to mention, Diablo also has an invincible stand ability that can "eliminate time."

The so-called erasure time, to put it simply, is the time that can be "leaped" and "deleted" for a maximum of about ten seconds.

During this time, Diablo can foresee the future actions of others, and only he can act freely.

He cannot be attacked or attack at this time, but can move around freely and move objects.

After erasing time, all creatures in this world will not experience the passage of that period of time, and of course will have no memories.

Let’s understand it in simpler terms:

This is like when everyone is playing League of Legends together, as soon as Diablo releases his ability, other players will collectively fall into a high ping and lag state.

During this time, other players can only move unconsciously in the lag, and only Diablo can control the character to move freely.

What's even more terrifying is that Diablo's real body and stand are special existences that are completely independent of the timeline during the period of "time slash" - this means that nothing can harm him in the process.

It’s like when a vampire activates his W, he becomes “untargetable” and immune to all attacks when he activates his skill.

"Invincible..."

"This is simply an invincible stand ability..."

After the personal experience just now, Li Qing had a clear understanding of Diablo's strength:

"His Stand's strength and speed are far superior to mine. He can easily crush me without even using his Stand's abilities."

"Even if I can find a way to attack his body, I can't break his invincible skills."

"How do we fight this?"

The more Li Qing thought about it, the more he felt like a lazy toad caught in the grass on the flowerbed. He had just taken great to eat two small insects when he was suddenly whipped by a naughty kid next to him.

Not only unfortunate, but also desperate, so desperate that one cannot resist.

Now, he can only...

"Don't kill me!"

Li Qing put down his fist and shouted with deep emotion:

"You may not believe it, but I'm really just an ordinary citizen passing by!"

"I am here by accident."

"Can you...can you...can you spare my life?"

"Um?"

Diablo frowned tightly:

Begging for mercy? Was he so desperate that he had lost his mind and thought begging for mercy would be of any use?

No, Diablo didn't believe that.

He knew that Li Qing was definitely stalling for time and trying to launch a desperate counterattack.

As for what the other party’s plan is?

Oh…

Diablo was too lazy to guess, he preferred to just "watch":

"The Crimson King - Epitaph!"

Li Qing only knew that Diablo possessed the invincible secret of "erasing time", but he didn't know that he also had another stand ability that could be called a BUG - predicting the future.

This "predicting the future" is easy to understand without explanation:

Diablo can activate the Scarlet King's second ability, "Epitaph", to predict the future about ten seconds later and grasp the enemy's future actions in advance.

At this moment, he activated his mysterious predictive ability.

Diablo saw the future that had not yet happened within the next ten seconds:

At first, Li Qing pretended to be desperate and begged for mercy.

After some meaningless pleading, at about the 8th second, Li Qing suddenly attacked and shot a "marking light ball" towards his body.

Sadly, Li Qing's speed is really not fast.

There was no need for the stand-in Crimson King to take action. He simply tilted his head slightly and dodged the "marking light ball".

At the 9th second, the Crimson King fought back on the spot, slashing through half of Li Qing's shoulder with a knife.

Li Qing's digitized body healed instantly under such a horrific attack, but the red blood bar floating above his head suddenly dropped.

But, at about the 10th second mark...

Bang!

A horrifying bloody hole suddenly appeared on his original head.

"oh?"