Great, we're doomed now!

He shoved the door open with his shoulder and staggered into the last rays of the setting sun.

A sudden gust of wind swept by, and the man shuddered: there was no way out.

da~

The man turned around abruptly, leaning against the cold, low wall, his bloodshot eyes wide as he looked behind him.

"Come out!" he screamed, his voice trembling uncontrollably. "Come out here! You're playing tricks... Who do you think you are?!"

From the shadows, a very faint, almost inaudible sigh seemed to come. Then, a leather shoe stepped out of the darkness and onto the rough cement surface of the roof.

Are you afraid?

His straight silver hair stood upright in the sky, proclaiming his pride and stubbornness—Polnareff stood with his back to the setting sun, his silver Stand raising a rapier and cleaving the evening glow in two.

"Just like those girls you killed."

"W-what did you say?"

The blond young man, Yoshikage Kira, twitched his eyelids violently: "I don't know what you're talking about... My name is Yoshikage Kira, I live in Morioh, and I currently live on campus in the Faculty of Letters at D University... My dream is to find a job in my hometown, never have to leave, and live a peaceful life... You murderer, what do you want from me?!"

"Yoshikage Kira."

Polnareff stared at him coldly: "No need to pretend anymore, I already know about your crimes."

"I'm just a minor, even—"

"Didn't I say that pretending is useless?!"

Polnareff interrupted him furiously: "You bastard, do you think I came to you without any evidence?"

"Even though you think you've done a clean job, my colleagues have as much evidence as they want!"

The righteous swordsman scattered a large stack of photos. Kira Yoshikage struggled to pick one up, and his pupils immediately contracted:

That was a girl he had killed last year!

This photo looks like a candid shot, but you can see Yoshikage Kira's face in the corner... probably the moment he noticed the girl and made her his target.

But...that's so strange!

He is a very cautious and perceptive person. If they were taking pictures at the time, he would never have appeared in the camera's field of view!

Over the years, ever since he acquired a Stand that can "blow up" all matter, he has never left any evidence!

The only thing left behind were the hands of his "lovers," that is, the girls... but without a doubt, they were all removed.

It's impossible for him to have left behind such obvious evidence as photographs...

"H-How could this be..." Yoshikage Kira's hands trembled slightly, and when he looked up again, he was filled with despair.

“You don’t need to delay any longer. Maybe you’re still thinking someone will come to save you. After all, even scum has parents.” Bobo said sarcastically. “Your bald old man has already been subdued by my comrade. Although his Stand ability is a bit tricky, my comrade happened to have a camera worth 200,000 yen with him. He was sealed in a set of exposure film and became obedient.”

"Father, Father!"

Kira Yoshikage was thrown into chaos, his last shred of hope extinguished. He was certain the man before him would not let him go, for that expression clearly showed he was prepared to kill.

"My anger has nowhere to go. It's probably because I have a younger sister who's about the same age. She was pampered by her family from a young age and is now healthy, happy, and full of energy in France... The thought that a girl like her, who should have had a bright future, died at the hands of someone like you—"

Whoosh!

Polnareff held a silver rapier and a black longsword in his hands, and in the space where they intersected, a deathly, cold face appeared—

"He shall be punished by having ten thousand swords pierce his heart!"

"Ughhhhhhh!!!!"

……

【Ding! 】

[Destiny Coins (Yoshikage Kira) +15]

"Ok?"

Only fifteen?

Ye Shou, who had returned to the instance world, was observing this scene not far from Qun Liu. He frowned slightly after hearing the notification sound.

It was less than he had imagined. Considering the special nature of "JoJo", it was probably because Yoshikage Kira was killed before he could grow up, and the weight of fate had not yet been concentrated on him.

After all, he hasn't awakened "Bite the Dust" yet.

Of the Stand abilities of the first few bosses in "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure," only Dio's is a proper time-based Stand. The others are all related to the power of "cause and effect" to some extent. For example, "Bite the Dust" and "King Crimson" both have the hidden setting that "they cannot be defeated unless their secrets are deciphered."

Yoshikage Kira is one of the few final villains without any "power," and his individual strength is no match for the entire protagonist group. He spends most of his time trying to avoid revealing his identity and also avoids meeting the protagonist Jotaro (just kidding).

Only after awakening "Bite the Dust" did he gain absolute confidence and fortune completely turned in his favor!

Now? He's just a rather unusual, deranged killer.

However, Ye Shou had no intention of keeping him alive (Bobo and the others would not let him go either). Ye Shou couldn't bring himself to let Yoshikage Kira go unpunished and kill more innocent girls in order to harvest more Destiny Coins.

It affects one's Dao heart~

"Phew... Ye Shou, I've already taken care of the culprit. Looks like you made a wasted trip."

Bobo spat onto the mangled corpse, then turned back to Ye Shou with a grin, completely unfazed: "I deserve the credit this time, so it's your treat!"

"no problem."

Ye Shou shrugged and smiled: "The timing is wrong, otherwise there would be a nice Italian restaurant in Morioh... Now I'll have to make do with any Michelin three-star restaurant."

"The timing is wrong?" Polnareff knew that Ye Shou was a man of good taste, and his interest was piqued. "Does it mean you'll be opening a shop in Morioh in the future?"

"Yes."

"That's a shame... Now that you mention it, I really do want to eat Italian food."

"If there's a chance, as long as Joseph finds a clue about that pink octopus, we'll immediately go eat the most authentic Italian food."

After Ye Shou finished speaking, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and for a moment he showed a rather serious expression, but Bobo did not notice.

The silver-haired swordsman may not have noticed the unusual phenomena happening around him, but Ye Shou already knew that he was "unwelcome" in this world.

He had already given Joseph and the others information about Diavolo and Yoshikage Kira, so they should have been able to find and kill them quickly.

But in reality, in the several dungeon cycles that followed, Ye Shou would encounter inexplicable villainous Stand users every time he returned. Some were Dio's subordinates, some were people he had discovered doing evil, and some were even people that Granny Enya had hired before... attacking him with all sorts of disgusting mechanical Stands.

Although everything was eventually resolved, Ye Shou was almost constantly restless. Meanwhile, Kira Yoshikage, a homebody who didn't like to move around, surprisingly decided to go to France to see the Mona Lisa... The dungeon time was only twenty days each time, and it was used up before he knew it. He could even clearly sense a will preventing him from moving freely, and it was so obvious that it was almost illogical.

While Joseph's situation wasn't quite as extreme, just like when they went to defeat Dior, they constantly encountered unexpected situations during their journey, with several incidents specifically related to "Dio's legacy."

The hand of [Fate (World Will)] is omnipresent.

The days when Ye Shou was away were alright, but when we were working together, we were really unlucky... It took several cycles before we finally managed to kill Kira Yoshikage.

The fact that they were able to end things so decisively this time doesn't mean they had a stroke of good luck—in fact, there were many inexplicable things about Yoshikage Kira that delayed their search.

The decisive factor was that Ye Shou "upgraded"!

The resistance seemed to have broken through and no longer tried to stop them, so this time there were no more accidents and everything went smoothly!

Even so, Ye Shou could sense something watching him, its invisible will almost frenzied, staring intently at him the entire time...

The reason they stopped making any more underhanded moves was probably because no matter how much they delayed, Ye Shou, who had already transformed into a giant of light, could easily defeat them—they were simply out of options!

However, Ye Shou did not act recklessly and continued to follow the rules... because he always had a bad feeling that if he went too far, something terrible would happen that would destroy everything.

He hadn't reached the level of the King of Ao after all; he could only fight, not repair... so he restrained himself somewhat.

Fate also has its say. Of the several "wedges" it arranged, the Joestar family was significantly affected, which is one thing, but even after Dio died, a successor to his will could be found to take over his role...

But what do you mean by still not being satisfied?

Not only does it come back every few days, but it also keeps eyeing the remaining important "protagonists" covetously...

In any case, the invisible hand of fate could not defeat the visible hand of capital—the gold coins of fate ultimately flowed into Ye Shou's pocket.

……

"+15...224?"

Ye Shougang returned from "JOJO" and waited for the next cycle to hunt the pink octopus. After calculating all his current "savings", he was suddenly overjoyed, as if a huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders, and he couldn't help but relax a lot.

Previously in the main world, "Mages" successfully completed his initial test, and the Machine Island forces that had been on guard against did not appear.

It's unclear whether they haven't reached Earth yet, or whether the prototypes, which are currently traveling at less than one-thousandth the speed of light, aren't worth the effort.

Ye Shou closely monitored the subsequent experiments, but nothing particularly noteworthy happened; only the experimental data was increasing at an extremely exaggerated rate.

Time passed slowly, and almost two months went by. No new monsters appeared on Earth, and Ye Shou didn't get any more valuable system cards. All projects were on track and no longer needed constant guidance, so he himself became more relaxed.

So he entered the dungeon world like he was doing daily quests, planting crops in Delicious in Dungeon, giving lectures to David in Cyberpunk, and occasionally making cameo appearances in Iron-Blooded Orphans to soothe people's hearts, but the harvest of Destiny Coins was never much... Although he was no longer short of money after getting a lot of coins from the Ancient and Tekkadan dungeons, you can never have too much of these things.

Who knows, maybe another Arcane card will pop up in the future? It's always good to be prepared.

Unfortunately, opportunities to harvest dozens or even hundreds of Destiny Coins at once are still too rare...

But after all this effort, even if he gets another Arcane card now, he won't be as strapped for cash as before. He might even be able to "buy it outright" again!

You don't need to be anxious for now.

“Lord Ye Shou, you previously instructed that you be informed of all important matters related to the ‘Magnus Power System’.”

Ok?

Ye Shou had just stepped out of his "seclusion" room when the maid brought him some unexpected news.

"Dr. Yao has made a breakthrough. According to the latest algorithm, the prototype's limit can be increased to one-tenth the speed of light... but he feels there is a certain risk, so he is seeking the opinion of the test pilot."

"One-tenth the speed of light..." Ye Shou couldn't help but gasp when he heard this.

This doesn't seem like much to Ultraman, since after the Land of Light developed into the New Generation, almost everyone there is faster than light, and even time travel has become commonplace.

But that is actually a benefit brought about by the "technological explosion" and the "population explosion". Ancient giants of light, who are in the early stages, cannot do it so easily.

Ultraman Tiga and Leaf Guardian are already very skilled, but long-distance teleportation still consumes most of their energy and may even cause their lights to flash.

One-tenth the speed of light... as long as it's not on an astronomical scale between galaxies, it's already an extremely incredible performance within the scope of a star system.

"It's like a dream," Ye Shou exclaimed sincerely.

Just then, the maid received a message. She opened it, glanced at it, and nodded slightly: "Lord Ye Shou."

What was the result?

"Test pilot Mr. Asuka agreed."