The Dimensional Codex of Destruction

"Alright, but why is she collapsed here?"

Crazy Diamond's healing was fast. Raiden Mei looked around the corridor, at the rows of rooms. The floor was covered in a meticulously laid carpet, and every few meters, potted plants were placed around. Other than that, there was nothing.

The carpet on the floor wasn't red, but apart from the area beneath the woman, there were no bloodstains anywhere else.

This meant the person must have been attacked right here.

"Ugh..."

As if her injuries had been healed, the person in Kiana's arms gradually regained consciousness.

"You guys are... Ah!"

The moment the woman woke up, she reached behind her. "My wound is gone..."

Neither of them knew how to explain the situation to an ordinary person, so they decided to change the subject. "We just arrived and saw you lying on the ground covered in blood. Did something happen?"

Neither of them admitted to having healed her.

"I remember... I was on my way back to my room when I suddenly felt like I was cut by something. When I turned around, there was nothing behind me, and then I lost consciousness."

"Do you need to be taken to the hospital?"

Even though she had already been healed by Crazy Diamond, Kiana couldn't just say, "You're fine now," as that would expose them. So, she had to pretend she knew nothing.

"No, I feel fine..."

The woman stood up, looking at the blood on her clothes and the ground. "Thank you both, but I'm alright now, and this is hard to explain."

The two nodded. Since there was nothing else, they parted ways.

"Mei, was that a Stand attack?"

An invisible attack. The first thing Kiana thought of was the special powers in this world – Stands. After all, she hadn't had a Stand a few days ago, and she understood very well how ordinary people felt watching Stand users fight.

"Yes, it's better to be careful, Kiana. I wonder why that lady was attacked."

"Maybe someone just didn't like her. Didn't Qin Mo say there are a lot of ruthless people inside? But if they dare to come, I'll definitely show them how powerful Killer Queen is!"

When they were at sea, Qin Mo had given Killer Queen to Kiana at the first opportunity. However, due to the lack of private space, Kiana couldn't take off her outer clothes. She had to ask Qin Mo to avoid others and only touch her skin on her back with his hand.

"Finally, I can rest. I'm going to take a bath first. My hands are covered in blood."

After Mei opened the door to their room, Kiana immediately rushed into the bathroom to wash off the bloodstains on her hands.

Mei smiled, walked into the room, pulled open the balcony curtains, and carefully checked the condition of the room.

Touching her clothes, which she had been wearing for several days while drifting at sea, Mei sighed helplessly. As a girl, going several days without a shower was unbearable.

Although they could use White Album to create fresh water to drink at sea, it was impossible to take a proper bath, and there weren't enough conditions for such a thing.

Kiana had been wandering for a long time and was already used to it. However, Mei had been a young lady before. Even after her father was imprisoned, she hadn't become homeless. So, this was her first time experiencing such a situation.

But since everyone else was going through the same thing, her kind nature didn't allow her to complain.

Witnessing different scenery was interesting, but in this era, it was certainly not an easy thing.

"What is this!"

As Mei stood on the balcony, enjoying the breeze, Kiana screamed from the bathroom.

Crazy Diamond instantly appeared. Raiden Mei quickly rushed to the bathroom door, smashed the lock with a punch, and burst in. "Kiana! What happened!"

"Mei..."

Kiana slumped to the floor, looking at her hands. Seeing Raiden Mei rush in, she instinctively wanted to hug her, but then she remembered something. "No, Mei, don't touch me! I might have been attacked by a Stand!"

"A Stand attack!"

Raiden Mei looked at Kiana's hands and saw that they were covered in strange, dark red patches. Her entire skin had changed color and swollen as if infected by an allergy.

"This is... Empress!"

"Empress?"

Raiden Mei looked at Kiana helplessly. "Kiana, you didn't listen carefully to the information before, did you? Stands that infect through blood will cause flesh buds to appear where the blood has touched."

"So you do know our information!"

As soon as Mei finished speaking, a large red, swollen area on Kiana's hand sprouted a mouth.

"Aaaah! It's talking!"

Kiana looked at her hands and felt completely awful. Were Stands really this disgusting?

"Don't panic, Kiana. This flesh bud is the Stand. We just need to destroy it."

Raiden Mei said, but the flesh bud on Kiana's hand was fearless. "Come and destroy me if you can. Unless this young lady doesn't want her hands anymore."

"Aaaah! I'll cut you off!"

Killer Queen instantly appeared behind Kiana and reached out its right hand towards Kiana's hands.

"Wait a moment, Kiana."

Crazy Diamond stopped Killer Queen in time. "The damage caused by your Killer Queen, my Crazy Diamond cannot restore."

"Let's try another method."

"Haha, if you want to get me off this little girl, you'll have to break her arm!"

The Human-Faced Garlic sneered at the opportune moment. Unlike Joseph's situation back then, Kiana's arm was extensively infected, making precise removal impossible.

"Defeating the main body is also a method. That woman just now should be the main body, right?"

Identifying the main body wasn't difficult. After all, the only suspicious person they encountered after arriving was that woman. It was likely she had planned to lie in their path all along.

"Idiot! You think you can still find me!?"

Chapter 12: Yellow Temperance

"Qin Mo, you go take a shower first. Aren't you going out with your two girlfriends later?"

As soon as he entered, Polnareff tossed his luggage, which looked like a trash bag, by the bed.

"En, I'll use it then."

Qin Mo hadn't brought any luggage. Or rather, neither he, Kiana, nor Raiden Mei had any. They had been suddenly brought here. He had mentioned this to Joseph on the ship earlier, so Joseph had offered to fund new clothes for them once they reached Singapore, as this trip wouldn't be a short one.

"Ah, right, this thing is inconvenient to bring inside."

Qin Mo took a small notebook out of his pocket and placed it on the table next to the TV.

"What is this?"

"Oh, nothing, just Dio's information. I wrote it down to prevent myself from forgetting."

With that, Qin Mo walked into the bathroom.

Listening to the splashing water from the bathroom, Polnareff's eyes darted towards the notebook on the table.

He stood there for about half a minute before reaching out and opening the small notebook.

However, what greeted his eyes wasn't any so-called information, but a doodle that looked like a clown.

"!!!"

He quickly closed the notebook, but suddenly found himself unable to muster any strength.

"What..."

As his body collapsed onto the floor, the bathroom door opened.

Qin Mo was completely dry, and he looked at the collapsed Polnareff with a blank expression.

"Qin Mo... What's going on... What did you do..."

Ignoring Polnareff's question, Qin Mo walked over to the notebook he had left, casually picked it up, and put it into his System's backpack.

"It should be about time."

As Qin Mo finished speaking, Polnareff's face suddenly exploded, turning into yellow liquid and pooling on the ground. The true face beneath was revealed, with pages of a book appearing on it.

Heaven's Door!

After entering the bathroom, Qin Mo had switched to Kishibe Rohan's character card. He used his Stand ability to turn others into books by having them look at his drawings.

After all, he couldn't be sure if the Polnareff in front of him was trustworthy. If he wasn't, this ability wouldn't harm the innocent. But if he was...

"Let me see..."

Heaven's Door's ability was unbeatable. Or rather, any Stand with "Heaven" in its name was incredibly powerful. The outcome of a Heaven's Door confrontation was always one of two: the ability failed to activate, or the ability activated and completely suppressed the opponent.

"Emperor, Empress, The Hanged Man, and Devil are here this time too."

Except for the Devil and the Yellow Temperance in front of him, the others should have appeared in India. It seemed his appearance had caused some changes.

As for Polnareff, after seeing The Hanged Man arrive, he knew he had likely been tricked and led away.

After all, Qin Mo had already told him that The Hanged Man was his enemy.

Qin Mo's assumptions were confirmed after flipping through a couple of pages. However, he didn't know the later plans of Yellow Temperance, as they seemed to have chosen different methods to prevent information from being leaked to enemies.

All he knew now was that he had deliberately left some of Yellow Temperance's slime in Jotaro's room to mislead him.

After all, according to that old lady, some of their Stand information had been exposed.

Qin Mo hadn't expected the information he'd revealed only a few days ago to be leaked. He wasn't sure if it was eavesdropping or some other reason.

However, Qin Mo wasn't worried. He had long been prepared for his Stand usage to be discovered by others, even Heaven's Door. He had directly written a command on the face of Labas, the main body of Yellow Temperance.

"Do not use your Stand to impersonate any of us eight people. Forget everything that happened today. Harbor extreme hatred towards Dio and desire to kill Dio immediately."

Heaven's Door's ability was quite inhumane; it could completely control a person's consciousness.

By writing on that person's pages, he could not only issue mandatory commands but also alter their subconscious.

Qin Mo had no psychological burden regarding the Yellow Temperance in front of him. He knew what kind of person it was, and its original fate was to be killed by Jotaro Kujo.

Watching Yellow Temperance leave like a walking corpse due to Heaven's Door's effect, Qin Mo sighed again. As an A-rank character card, this Stand was excessively overpowered.

Perhaps its rating had decreased due to Kishibe Rohan, its true form, who had little combat power?

Heaven's Door had only one activation condition: making the opponent see his drawings. In the original work, Kishibe Rohan used his Stand by drawing it in the air or tricking others into looking at his work. In Qin Mo's opinion, this was very cumbersome.

If he were a bit more shameless and drew directly on his clothes, wouldn't the ability activate as long as the opponent saw him?

However, Qin Mo chose to self-seal this method, and even refrained from using this ability most of the time. After all, the feeling of being able to control others so wantonly was truly terrifying. It was like a beast locked in a cage; if unrestrained, it would cause immense harm once released.

As Qin Mo stepped out of his room, ready to find the others, he saw two girls running towards him.

"Oh, Kiana, Mei, you're here."

"Qin Mo! How are things here? My lady and Mei were attacked by a Stand user!"

Kiana rushed over and said breathlessly.

"I was attacked by Yellow Temperance, but I've already dealt with it. What about you two?"

Hearing Qin Mo's words, Kiana immediately got into a defensive stance. "Yellow Temperance! Are you really Qin Mo?"

Everyone knew that Yellow Temperance could change its appearance to resemble others. Seeing Kiana's suspicion, Qin Mo said with a hint of annoyance, "Your caution is good, but you shouldn't use it so carelessly."

"But if you really need proof..."

Qin Mo took out a bouquet of flowers from his backpack and handed them to Mei. "I haven't had the chance these past few days, but I finally found flowers today."

"Qin Mo, these flowers..."

Seeing Qin Mo's actions, the two girls knew that the Qin Mo in front of them was real. After all, only the three of them knew about this in this world. However, Kiana still wore a slightly strange expression. "Are these the flowers from the vase in the guest room..."

"Ahem..."

Qin Mo coughed twice, looking at the unknown fresh flowers in his hand, he said, "I think they look quite nice."

"It's okay, I like anything you give me."

Before Qin Mo could say anything more, Raiden Mei smiled and accepted the flowers, making Kiana beside her grind her teeth.

Chapter 13: Temporary Safety

"Just outside our room, we encountered the Empress's true form. She pretended to be injured and smeared blood on Kiana."

Raiden Mei remembered the important matter, holding the flowers that were wrapped with materials from the guest room. "But we've already cut it off. For some reason, Moon Shadow can harm Stands."