The Dimensional Codex of Destruction

The Demon Sorcerer: As the most intelligent demon of ancient times, the Fire Demon was knowledgeable in many of the world's spells and potions. However, due to the passage of time, most of this knowledge had been forgotten, yet it had become instinctual.

Dragon's Physique: The powerful physique of both demon and dragon allowed the Fire Demon to possess near-immortal strength even without relying on external forces.

Introduction: The Fire Demon, ranked sixth among the eight ancient demons—The Dark One. The Dark One's own power was not immense, but through his wisdom, he gained power far exceeding other demons. After collecting the Twelve Talismans, he could evolve into [The Dark One (SS)].

The Dog Talisman came from a character from the same world, or rather, the talismans themselves were The Dark One's power.

Of course, Qin Mo believed the talismans were not a power The Dark One originally possessed. It was a special setting of that world that the eight demons each held a type of demonic energy. The Dark One was not originally the strongest among the eight ancient demons, but with the Twelve Talismans, he completely overwhelmed any single one of the other eight demons.

This could be seen from how he easily defeated the Demon Dragon, who possessed all the demonic energy.

So, this was very strange. If The Dark One was already this strong, why was he ranked sixth?

Although the anime didn't go into detail, the twelve zodiac animals were originally Chinese. The territory ruled by The Dark One happened to include this region.

Qin Mo had no doubt that The Dark One used his demonic knowledge to steal this power from Chinese history and turn it into his own. It was similar to how he later controlled the power of the Nika's Mask to summon ninja soldiers under his control. However, after obtaining this power, he stopped researching it, which led to him forgetting those powerful spells later on.

Therefore, he could fully understand why the S-rank character card given by the System required the Twelve Talismans to become the SS-rank The Dark One.

However, for now, these were too far off for Qin Mo. He couldn't even equip an S-rank character card, let alone a higher-ranked SS-rank.

After resolving five enemies in Aswan, they encountered no other enemies along the way.

It made sense. Dio only had so many subordinates; once they were all killed, there would be no one left, let alone any useful Stand users.

In the face of Stand users, the combat power of ordinary people was of little significance, unless large-scale firearms were used. However, although Dio was wealthy now, he couldn't deploy a large number of firearms in this regard.

Perhaps he could do so in the future, but what Dio lacked the most now was time.

"Finally arrived, Cairo!"

Following Hermit Purple's writing, the group finally arrived in Cairo. Joseph took out a stack of photos from his pocket. "Next, we need to find the house in the photo."

Looking at the house in the photo, Qin Mo said, "Although I don't know the exact location, I remember you mentioning before that it's an ancient building in Cairo, in the southern direction."

"It was only by chance that Iggy found the place back then."

Joseph rubbed his chin. "Is that so? Iggy. I was planning to have the SPW people bring it, but after hearing about the future you mentioned, I thought it would be better not to let it get involved in this mess."

Qin Mo nodded. They had more people now and were stronger. Jotaro had even quietly mastered the technique of time stop, making them stronger than before. There was no need to find another dog for reinforcements.

Distributing a photo to everyone, Joseph said, "Next, we need to find this place."

"While it would be better to search separately, we don't know when Dio's assassins will attack. Moreover, Cairo is practically Dio's territory, so it's better for everyone to stick together."

Following Qin Mo's suggestion, the group headed south in Cairo, asking if anyone had seen the house in the photo. The results were all negative.

However, they did get the same conclusion from an old man as Qin Mo: the houses in the photos were all old buildings, and the further south in Cairo, the older the buildings were.

Thus, just traversing Cairo took over a day.

As it was getting late, and considering Dio's vampire nature, everyone decided to find a place to stay and rest, as night was the vampires' domain.

Qin Mo also took the opportunity before encountering Dio to organize his backpack and system inventory.

At this time, he had four hundred Crystals, enough for one eight-pull. While it wasn't enough for a guaranteed drop, with good luck, he might get an S-rank.

As for item cards, he had only drawn a hundred times before. In the end, Kiana helped with the draws, and three A-rank cards and one guaranteed S-rank card were obtained, totaling thirteen. Among them, twelve A-rank items were: Reaper's Breath, Ox Talisman, Tiger Tally, Goat Talisman, Monkey Talisman, Frenzied Fire Brand, The Red Stone of Aja, Tree of Harvest, Beauty Hot Spring, Shadow Dancer, and the White Ivory & Black Ebony and Famous Sword Moon Shadow given to Kiana and Mei.

Qin Mo always kept the Dog Talisman and Ox Talisman in his equipment slots. Originally, the last slot was for dual pistols or the Famous Sword Moon Shadow, but after giving those away, the last equipment slot had been empty.

After all, there was nothing suitable among the items he drew. Reaper's Breath was suitable for him, who was now immortal, but Qin Mo couldn't wield a scythe!

As for katanas, they were just for slashing. Scythes, however, heavily relied on the user's skill.

And items like the Frenzied Fire Brand had significant side effects. The description stated that once equipped and used, one would be branded with the Frenzied Fire mark. Qin Mo didn't want to be targeted by such a thing, so he could only let it gather dust.

The only suitable equipment left was the Monkey Talisman, but that was also a bit awkward.

As for character cards, he had a much richer collection.

Eagle of Florence, Kishibe Rohan, Diavolo, Ghiaccio, Credo, Kuroro, King of Puppets Dogri, Nasus, Zeppeli, Koby, Rabido, Tohsaka Tokiomi, Caesar, Sojieta Kuzuki, Nameless Genin, Arad Novice Grappler, Assault Demon Soldier, and two S-ranks, The President and the Fire Demon.

The character cards for Josuke Higashikata and Okuyasu Nijimura had been converted into Stigmata and given to Mei and Kiana.

Compared to item cards, character cards were much more abundant, but few could be of great use. However, Qin Mo discovered that the greatest use of character cards might not be the small amount of power belonging to others obtained after using them, but some special powers that could be learned.

For example, his previously very clumsy Hamon. After obtaining Zeppeli's character card, he would often switch to it to experience the feeling of advanced Hamon, which greatly increased his Hamon proficiency.

He had also grasped some tricks of the Nen ability system from the Hunter world and the Haki system from the Pirate world.

Compared to Nen, Haki was more inclined towards instinct. Qin Mo decided to master this special power selectively when he had time.

As for the chakra system brought by the Nameless Genin, Qin Mo found that after canceling the character card, he couldn't refine a single trace of chakra. Recalling the settings of Naruto, it was perhaps because he didn't have the chakra seed granted by the Sage in his body.

He also lacked the magic circuits required for Type-Moon world's magic. However, Sojieta Kuzuki's assassination martial art, Snake Style, had brought him considerable gains.

Chapter 27: Kiana's Bizarre Adventure

"Oh, Jotaro, Kakyoin, you're here so early."

The next morning, after Qin Mo and Polnareff finished washing up, they came to the hotel restaurant together. Two people were already sitting there.

"I thought we would be the earliest."

After getting some food from the buffet counter, Polnareff and Qin Mo sat down opposite the two. "By the way, where are we planning to investigate today?"

"The old man and Avdol are going to try to contact some local contacts. They know this city better than we do."

Jotaro said as he swallowed the food in his mouth.

Not long after, Joseph and Avdol came down, followed closely by Raiden Mei.

"Hmm? Mei, where's Kiana?"

Seeing Mei come down alone, Qin Mo asked curiously.

"Kiana is still oversleeping. I came down to bring some food back to her room."

Raiden Mei picked up some bread and roast meat from the window. Although eating roast meat early in the morning was a bit strange, in Egypt, roast meat was almost everywhere.

Moreover, Kiana was someone who loved meat, and Mei was very envious of the fact that she wouldn't gain weight no matter how much she ate.

"Mei, don't spoil Kiana too much. Look at the time."

Qin Mo shook his head. "You should eat first before going up. She's sleeping anyway."

"If that's the case, Kiana will probably throw a tantrum later."

Mei chuckled twice. "Alright, I'll head up first. We'll come down again when it's time to depart."

"Hahaha."

Joseph also sat down at a nearby table. "It must be tiring to have been traveling these past few days. There's no need to rush. It's unlikely we'll find anything relying only on us outsiders. Today, Avdol will take us to find help from local gangs."

"Yes."

Avdol nodded beside him. "In Cairo, even the beggars are organized. They have their own peculiar rules, not only dividing territories but also being very well-informed."

Qin Mo nodded. He remembered that in the plot, although it wasn't the beggars who discovered Dio's mansion, that person still found their target, only to be killed by the falcon guarding the gate.

"It's indeed a good idea, but we must be aware that Dio's mansion has a falcon Stand user guarding the entrance. Ordinary people would surely be killed by him."

Avdol nodded in agreement. "It might be slower, but we can just follow them then."

Causing innocent people to die because of his own matters was not something they could do. Since they already knew there was danger, slowing down their pace was acceptable.

Just then, Mei suddenly ran down in a hurry.

"This is bad! Qin Mo! Kiana is missing!"

Time returned to ten minutes ago.

Mei had just reluctantly come downstairs alone for breakfast because Kiana was oversleeping.

An unfamiliar set of footsteps approached the door of their room.

"Heh heh, damn Qin Mo, for daring to hypnotize my consciousness, I'll make you regret your actions!"

He extended a finger, and a stream of yellow slime flowed along his finger into the keyhole.

Although it was a fluid, Stands themselves could not be understood by common sense. With a click, the hotel room door lock was easily opened.

If it were a modern electronic lock, there would be no need to worry about such things, but in JOJO's era, there were only these ordinary door locks.

Pushing open the door, Rabbaso stepped into the room, with no intention of hiding his footsteps. He passed through the entryway and entered the hotel bedroom.

At first glance, he saw two neatly packed bags on the TV cabinet. Opposite the TV cabinet were two single beds. One bed was empty...

Well, there wasn't even a comforter or pillow on it. The other bed was bulging, with the comforter and pillow from the other bed all there. A disheveled white-haired girl was nestled in one comforter, tightly hugging the other comforter and pillow.

Although the other side was now empty, even seeing the current situation made it clear what had happened.

If it were an ordinary teenage boy, he might be moved by the sight of the beautiful girl sleeping, but standing there was a killer who had long since lost his humanity.

"Hehehe, die unknowingly in your sleep. Blame your companions, if you must."

A large amount of yellow slime suddenly surged from Rabbaso's body. This was his Stand, Yellow Temperance.

Although he seemed like a weakling after being tricked by Qin Mo, Yellow Temperance was actually a very powerful Stand. As a Stand, it had almost no weaknesses; its only weakness was its user.

The moment the large amount of Yellow Temperance surged towards Kiana, Kiana, who had been sleeping soundly, suddenly opened her eyes. Without even confirming her surroundings, she kicked away the comforter blocking the surging Yellow Temperance.

At the same time, she sprang off the bed and even managed to grab the black and white pistols from under the pillow.

Yellow Temperance's attack was blocked by the comforter, but under its immense power, the comforter was quickly torn apart, and dozens of bullets flew towards them.

"Useless, useless."

Yellow Temperance blocked Rabbaso like a curtain, intercepting all the incoming bullets. The immense impact of the bullets had no effect on it. Yellow Temperance caught the bullets as easily as catching a shuttlecock in a high serve.

"Suck the earwax out of my ears with a straw and listen clearly. My Stand, Yellow Temperance! Has no weaknesses!"

Kiana fired several more shots without a word. However, this time, the bullets did not fly in a straight line but formed an arc, shooting towards Rabbaso's body from both sides.

The gun-fighting techniques of the Kaslana family, although Kiana only learned them half-heartedly, she could still perform maneuvers that relied on physical fitness, like curving bullets.

However, Yellow Temperance merely flowed slightly, blocking the bullets from both sides simultaneously.

"Are you deaf, country bumpkin! My Stand is like armor that absorbs energy! A defensive wall that attacks! No matter how fast your bullets are or how large their caliber, they are meaningless in front of my Yellow Temperance!"

"Do you understand!"

A large amount of Yellow Temperance suddenly erupted from Rabbaso's body, surging forward like a bursting dam.

In the mere seconds of combat, Kiana had already regained her senses after her initial instinctive reaction.

Yellow Temperance?

His sluggish brain briefly sputtered to life from its instinctive haze.

Did Qin Mo say something?

He seemed to say he needed water to defeat it?

Kiana couldn't recall any information Qin Mo had given her. After all, both Mei and Qin Mo were incredibly reliable, and she just needed to follow their instructions.

That's why Kiana never bothered to remember such details. After obtaining her external brain, Kiana had given up on deep thinking.

However, the instincts honed by years of wandering allowed her to quickly make the right choice.

Her Stand appeared and smashed through the room's window, and Kiana leaped out from the third-floor room.

Chapter 28: God Osiris VS Diver Down

When several people downstairs and Mei rushed into the third-floor room, they found it in disarray.

They saw torn bedding scattered everywhere, along with a shattered window and wall.

"Kiana was attacked, but there's no blood. She must have escaped from here."

After a quick glance at the scene, the group quickly made their assessment.

"Chase!"

The broken window faced the backstreet.

It wasn't tourist season, and the few people who were around had already left their rooms early in the morning, so no one noticed the commotion from Kiana's fight.

There were no witnesses on the backstreet either.

"There are traces here."