Awakening a Stand, Facing a Cursed Spirit

My name was Lu Lu. I lived in a villa district in Setagaya, was years old, unmarried, and a first-year student at a Tokyo high school.

I got home no later than o'clock every day. I did not smoke, and only drank alcohol in moderation.

I went to bed at o'clock every night and always slept for a full hours.

Before bed, I drank a glass of hot milk and did minutes of stretching. Only after relaxing my body did I go to bed, and that usually let me sleep soundly until dawn.

When I woke up in the morning, I felt like a newborn baby, without the slightest lingering fatigue or stress.

Even the doctor said during my physical examination that I was extremely healthy and could live to be one hundred and one.

"I wasn't originally from this world. Because of a traffic accident ten years ago, I came to this world and became a five-year-old child."

"Maybe I was lucky. An elderly couple who ran a supermarket found me, and I lived with them ever since."

"They passed away of natural causes last year."

"They left me a valuable detached house in Setagaya."

At this point, Lu Lu stopped his quiet monologue and smacked his lips, seemingly wondering whether he should say what came next.

"As a transmigrator, I naturally received some benefits. Three days ago, a high fever that refused to go down for several days unexpectedly awakened my Stand, making me a Stand user."

"My Stand is..."

Before Lu Lu could continue, a burst of noise interrupted him.

The dark shadow opposite him slowly became restless, as if it had lost all patience with listening any longer.

The pitch-black figure trembled, then suddenly swelled in size.

A huge tumor darted continuously around inside its body, making the entire thing sway from side to side.

Thick, translucent fluid continuously streamed from its mouth and nose.

"Pssh..."

As it dripped to the ground, it produced the sound of the floor being corroded, along with a pungent, sour stench.

"Give it... to me..."

The distorted voice sounded like several voices mixed together. In the dim environment, it was especially piercing, making anyone who heard it shudder.

"Give it to me... quickly!"

Seeing that Lu Lu had not reacted at all, the bizarre monster became increasingly agitated.

It charged straight at Lu Lu. Though enormous, the monster was not slow.

It could even be said to be far faster than an ordinary person.

Its immense strength and rapid footsteps crushed crack after crack into the concrete.

"Good grief..."

Faced with this strange creature and its overwhelming momentum, Lu Lu remained exceptionally calm. There was even a faintly disdainful smile on his face.

"I knew it. Ever since awakening my Stand, I've always felt something strange whenever I passed nearby."

His foot shifted slightly, and he took a small step forward. Yet just as the monster reached him, his entire body vanished.

BOOM!!!

The monster's tremendous momentum was impossible to stop in time, and it slammed directly into a concrete wall by the roadside.

The hard concrete provided no obstruction or support at all. Like tofu, it was effortlessly smashed to pieces by the monster.

The dust kicked up instantly engulfed the surrounding area.

"Give... give it to me?"

A confused voice came from the mouth still constantly leaking yellow fluid.

"Seriously, making such a huge commotion. What if someone saw us?"

A calm voice sounded from behind the monster, continuing what had been left unsaid earlier.

"I thought it might be some other Stand user or something. I didn't expect it to be this kind of thing."

"This stench of resentment and curses... a Cursed Spirit..."

As Lu Lu spoke, his shoulders shook as he set down the schoolbag slung over his back.

His words sounded as though he were talking to himself, yet also as though he were questioning the monster.

But at this Cursed Spirit's current level, it was fundamentally impossible for it to possess enough intelligence to communicate with a human.

"Give... it to me!"

The Cursed Spirit abruptly turned around, its thick arm carrying immense force as it swung straight at Lu Lu.

The wind from its fist instantly blew away the surrounding dust, revealing the wreckage littering the ground.

Facing that powerful punch, Lu Lu did not dodge this time. Instead, he gently exhaled.

"SarPiu!"

In an instant, a pale-purple phantom taller and more muscular than Lu Lu appeared behind him.

At that moment, the Cursed Spirit's fist had already reached Lu Lu's face.

"ORA!!!"

The phantom behind Lu Lu merely shifted his shoulder. No one even saw him throw a punch.

Pfft...!

There was no violent collision or intense sound of battle, only the sound of something bursting apart.

The Cursed Spirit's arm, as thick as a utility pole, had been reduced to half its length. Its entire forearm had vanished without a trace.

"AAAH!!!"

An even more piercing and bizarre cry burst from its mouth, accompanied by a spray of corrosive yellow fluid.

Its entire body twisted violently. The huge tumor burrowed straight into its head and continued forcing its way upward, as if it wanted to break through the body and crawl out from within.

But before it could emerge, a tsunami-like barrage of punches descended upon it.

"ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA...!"

Every spot struck by Star Platinum instantly exploded into fragments that scattered through the air.

It was as if those were not fists being thrown, but bombs.

The towering Cursed Spirit was reduced to a pile of scraps and vanished in the blink of an eye.