Zhu Tian: Starting from the Stand User

Chapter 21 Diego

We continued to move forward in the direction Johnny was walking. There were sparse trees on both sides of the road, and the sun was emitting scorching heat.

It was already afternoon, and Lu Chen, who had been traveling all day, felt a little sleepy. The sleepiness made him consider whether he should take a short rest on the side of the road.

Suddenly he saw a familiar figure right in front of him. After seeing this person, Lu Chen patted his face to keep himself awake.

The man was riding a chestnut horse, wearing a blue coat, had blond hair, and a hat with three big letters DIO on it.

This person is Diego.

He fell behind in the rankings because his horse was injured while competing with Johnny and Jero for first place, but he was still in the first tier.

After seeing Diego, Lu Chen began to wonder whether he had reached a deal with the President.

If Lucy hadn't taken the Saint's spine, Diego wouldn't have known that Lucy was the traitor to the President. Then Diego wouldn't have enough leverage to impress the President.

So Lu Chen believes that Diego should be moving forward with his own will now.

In other words, not many people knew that he had the Saint's Right Eye. At least in the eyes of the President, Diego was just an ordinary contestant.

Diego also discovered Lu Chen at the same time.

Stand users are attracted to each other.

Diego also realized the extraordinary nature of the Oriental man in front of him, especially after the saint's right eye began to emerge on his body.

This change only occurs when encountering someone who also possesses the remains of a saint. He already knew this when he met Johnny before.

During the game, Diego had already begun to guess the real purpose of this competition. Now he didn't know much because of the lack of information.

This Oriental man in front of him might know something. Diego was sure that this man was not a contestant because he remembered all the top contestants.

Lu Chen also knew that he could not hide the fact that he possessed the ears of a saint from Diego, because the ears of a saint in his body also began to emerge.

Diego deliberately slowed down his horse, waiting for Lu Chen to catch up with him.

Lu Chen didn't get too close to him. Diego's ability [Terrible Beast] possessed extremely powerful close combat capabilities. Even the president with A-level strength and speed was no match for him.

The most important thing is that Diego is an unpredictable person, and you never know whether he will suddenly take action.

The President's pursuers might be following him, and he has no time to deal with him.

Diego grinned and said to Lu Chen, "Why don't you come over and walk for a while together?"

"You're a competitor in the SBR, right? You're definitely aiming for $5000 million. My horse is slow, so I won't go with you. Otherwise, it might affect your chances of victory."

Diego spread his hands and replied, "My horse was injured so I fell behind. It won't affect me walking with you for a while."

He wanted to get some information from Lu Chen, and it would be a good option if he could seize the remains of this Oriental saint.

Lu Chen said with a teasing tone: "Oh? Is the nobleman of the horse racing world also feeling depressed?" Lu Chen certainly knew that Diego was not such a person, and every word he said was a lie.

Diego also understood that since the Oriental man in front of him knew him, he should also know his bad reputation.

After a closer look, Lu Chen realized the man in front of him was riding Mandentim's horse. Why was he riding Mandentim's horse? Lu Chen couldn't tell the difference between horses. But in the eyes of these masters, the characteristics of horses were more obvious than those of people.

"You seem to know Manden Tim?"

This surprised Lu Chen a little, as there should be no intersection between the two of them in the comics.

"Yes, I know Mandontim."

Diego asked curiously, "You are riding his horse now. Did something happen?" And the horse showed no resistance.

"Just some things happened." The implication of his words was that Lu Chen didn't want to tell him these things.

Diego showed a friendly attitude and said:

"You may have heard some rumors about me, but unfortunately, they are all false. People always look down on people like me who come from poor backgrounds. They think people like me can't be on the same stage with them. But they can't beat me in the competition, so they make up those rumors to slander me."

Lu Chen didn't know whether the information was true or false, such as marrying an 83-year-old rich woman and framing Johnny's brother. He didn't know whether it was true or false.

However, Lu Chen fully understood what kind of person Diego was.

So Lu Chen echoed Diego's words and said, "People are always blind. They don't care about the truth of things. They only care about having fun."

For example, Lu Chen didn’t care at all about Diego framing Johnny’s brother, but he was extremely curious about the 83-year-old rich woman.

This remark struck a chord with Diego, who immediately began to apply his own pigeon theory:
"Yes! Humans are like a flock of pigeons. If one flies right, the rest will follow. You can truly see how foolish humans are."

Lu Chen felt like he was one of those foolish people. The truth or falsity of this kind of celebrity gossip didn't really matter to people; everyone just watched it for fun. So he thought about stealing the president's line about napkins.

Seeing that the atmosphere was good, Diego took the opportunity to ask what he wanted to know:
"There seems to be something unusual behind this competition. I wonder if you can tell me something about it."

Lu Chen thought that it would be a good opportunity to say some bad things about the President to Diego, since he would definitely confront the President later anyway.

"Of course, spending such a huge amount of money on an event must be for some purpose. Think about it, is it worth spending at least 70 to 80 million US dollars just for a competition? If you don't have your own purpose, you definitely wouldn't spend that much money."

"So what is the purpose of this competition? It seems like you know."

Lu Chen pointed at the eyeball that appeared on Diego's face and replied, "Of course, it's to find this thing on your face."

Diego pointed to the saint's right eye that appeared on his face and said, "Then what is this thing?"

"This is a rare treasure that can trigger miracles. You can sense its power, right? The organizers of this event are hoping to obtain this kind of thing."

Diego squinted his eyes and looked at the ears that emerged on Lu Chen's body, and thought of Jello's other eye.

"This seems to be someone's body, right?"

"It's obvious isn't it?"

"To obtain this rare corpse, you must be the chosen one, so the moment the corpse chooses you, this power should belong to you. But the organizer of the event doesn't think so." Lu Chen began to bring in his own private goods.

(End of this chapter)