In the peaceful town of Morioh, Yoshikage Kira, carrying a briefcase, was hitting on a gorgeous woman with long, wavy hair, trying to sweet-talk her into his car or some secluded alley.
A man in casual clothes and a baseball cap had been watching everything from the shadows.
"My name is Kira Mufeng. I'm twenty-nine years old and live in the southwestern part of Morioh. I'm married, with a beautiful wife and an adorable six-year-old daughter.
I'm a freelancer. Using memories from my previous life, I've brought literary works from that world to this one, and we live comfortably.
I don't smoke or drink. Normally, I spend my time with my family, but I have to stay on high alert because I have a perverted relative who likes collecting hands.
Today, I was planning to keep secretly acting as my wife's bodyguard. I never expected to catch Yoshikage Kira hitting on her. Now I'm about to put this pervert down for good."
Having finished his introduction, Kira Mufeng was about to slip forward and subdue Yoshikage Kira. But as Kira chatted up Mufeng's wife, Miki Kobe, he suddenly glanced over at Mufeng.
He casually tossed out a wad of paper. It fluttered down in front of Kira Mufeng, who immediately backed away warily.
Crack—
The paper wad exploded. Fortunately, Kira Mufeng had been ready and summoned his Stand, Soft & Wet, which wrapped the wad in a bubble. The blast couldn't even break through it.
"Miki, get out of the way! That man's dangerous!"
Kira Mufeng used Breathing Style and Flowing Red Scale to strengthen his body. His speed surged, and in the blink of an eye, he was between the two of them.
"A speed-type Stand, but you shouldn't have gotten this close to me. For the sake of my peaceful life, you'll die here."
My name is Yoshikage Kira. I only want to live a peaceful life. I'd noticed this man following me for a while and had been watching his every move. Kira Mufeng had already made it onto my kill list. I had to eliminate anything that might threaten my peaceful life.
"More than seven times. You tried to make a move on my wife on seven separate occasions—in the shopping district, at the bakery, at a Western restaurant, and elsewhere. Did you really forget, Yoshikage Kira? Stop hiding your Stand, Killer Queen.
"I hate trouble, so let's settle this right here."
Seven times? Yoshikage Kira finally remembered. His collection in the refrigerator had expired, so he'd gone out looking for prey and found a woman whose hand was like an artwork meticulously sculpted by God.
He'd created opportunity after opportunity to make a move on her, but something had thwarted him each time. Every time he was stopped, he heard the sound of a bubble popping. So Kira Mufeng had been protecting her in secret.
If not for his father's warning, he would have been caught by Kira Mufeng after one of those seven incidents. He'd escaped before anyone else could discover him.
He'd finally run into the woman again today, only to discover that her husband was a Stand User, too. That confirmed the trait of Stand Users being drawn to one another.
"Honey, what's going on?"
Without a word, Kira Mufeng controlled Soft & Wet, forming a huge bubble around his wife and sending her far away. While he was occupied controlling Soft & Wet, Killer Queen secretly touched his body and turned him into a bomb.
"It's all over."
Click—
Boom—
The instant Yoshikage Kira pressed his thumb, a click sounded, and Kira Mufeng exploded before everyone's eyes.
Piercing screams split the sky, and chaos erupted at the scene. All Yoshikage Kira had to do now was flee and act as if he knew nothing. Then he could return to his peaceful life.
"Kira! That man isn't dead! He's coming over!"
What?!
Kira Mufeng slowly emerged from the crowd like a ghost. His baseball cap was pulled low, hiding his eyes and making his expression impossible to read. The sight only made Yoshikage Kira, already shaken, even more nervous.
A bomb—Sheer Heart Attack—shot from Yoshikage Kira's left hand, a little car with a skull on it rolling toward Kira Mufeng.
"Yoshikage Kira, thirty-three, unmarried office worker, living in northeastern Morioh and employed at Kame Yu Department Store. A severe hand fetishist who's murdered God knows how many women just to satisfy his perverted urges.
"You keep saying you want a peaceful life, but how many other lives have you ruined to get it? The women you murdered had lives and families of their own. You destroyed their lives."
The way Kira Mufeng laid everything bare shattered Yoshikage Kira's mental defenses. He nervously began biting his nails.
"Son, get out of here! I'll buy you some time!"
A photograph of Yoshihiro Kira flew out of Yoshikage Kira's suit pocket. Yoshihiro's body emerged from the frame. Holding a bow and arrow, he aimed at the nearest passerby and shot them with a Stand Arrow.
"Got you."
Sheer Heart Attack exploded the moment it hit Kira Mufeng. But unfortunately for Yoshikage Kira, it had only been a Shadow Clone.
Kira Mufeng, who had been hiding in the crowd, suddenly accelerated. His target was the Stand Arrow Yoshihiro Kira had fired.
When Yoshihiro Kira saw Kira Mufeng, his face filled with shock. When had Kira Mufeng appeared over there?!
As soon as he learned his opponent was Yoshikage Kira, he'd started preparing. He knew only the basics of Breathing Style, but he'd studied the Shadow Clone Technique in depth.
Against someone like Yoshikage Kira, who could turn things into explosives, he had to be extremely cautious and avoid making direct contact. That was where a Shadow Clone came in handy.
As Kira Mufeng charged toward the Stand Arrow, he summoned Soft & Wet and reached out to grab it. But his hand slipped, and he could only watch as Yoshihiro Kira used a string to pull the arrow back to himself.
Liquid—the Stand the passerby had just awakened had released a slippery liquid onto the arrow. Damn it, I didn't think of that.
"The Stand Arrow is mine! I won't let you take it!"
Seeing that Yoshikage Kira had already fled the scene, Yoshihiro Kira hurriedly hid inside the photograph and flew away.
"It doesn't matter. I've already memorized your scents with the power of Aura. You can't escape."
The ground around them was now covered in blue liquid, making it incredibly slippery. Ordinary people kept falling as they struggled to move across the slick surface.
The blue liquid was still spreading. If no one stopped it, the consequences would be irreversible.
Kira Mufeng didn't care. All he wanted was to deal with Yoshikage Kira and take the Stand Arrow from Yoshihiro Kira, eliminating the threat to his life.
Kira Mufeng had just taken a step when a diamond-studded fist suddenly appeared in front of him. He hurriedly summoned Soft & Wet and crossed his arms to block, but the A-power punch sent him flying several meters.
"Hey, you did all this, didn't you? Hurry up and put everything back the way it was!"
A pompadoured boy shouted at Kira Mufeng. Clearly, he thought the blue liquid on the ground had been created by Mufeng's Stand.
The protagonist of Diamond is Unbreakable, Josuke Higashikata, and his Stand, Crazy Diamond.
He'd shown up right when I was pursuing Yoshikage Kira. So Stand Users really were drawn to each other. What a troublesome trait.
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