Explosion Maniac

"What's the boss's account and password on the internal network?"

"Don't joke around, how could a technician like me possibly know about that kind of thing?"

Jamie responded to Li Qing's question with a hint of mockery in his tone:

"The internal network account is the boss's most important proof of identity, and probably only the head of our technology team has the authority to know it."

"Besides, even if we could get the boss's internal network account, so what?"

"The boss himself is still alive and well. Your heinous actions will only force him to personally intervene and send you all to hell one by one!"

After choosing to back down, Jamie gradually lost that unwavering determination to die.

He had already half-heartedly boarded the pirate ship, and gradually, even his backside had unknowingly sided with these "traitors."

"Besides."

"Don't assume that taking shortcuts will make you safe. Our technology team has the world's most advanced path prediction algorithm."

Jamie glanced at the deep, tranquil countryside scenery outside the window and reminded him mockingly:

"We can calculate exactly which routes from Rome to Pisa can avoid surveillance, and where on these routes we can achieve absolute interception."

"An attack could come at any moment, even the boss himself. I advise you to run away quickly, run away now."

"If we can escape the country before the boss takes action himself, there might still be a sliver of hope for survival."

"Hahaha."

Li Qing smiled without wavering:

"What I want is for him to take action himself."

"If he keeps hiding in the shadows and doesn't dare to show his face, then I'll have a headache."

"What."

Jamie was slightly taken aback.

Seeing Li Qing's calm expression, he couldn't help but start to believe what Li Qing had said about the boss having suffered a setback at their hands.

"All right."

Jamie sighed deeply, as if he had made up his mind:

"In short, I can't help you with this."

"If you have any other questions, I can try my best to answer them."

"Alright." Giorno then changed the subject. "Mr. Campbell, you should know about your team members' Stand abilities, right? Our goal is to seize control of the Tech Team, and they will be our enemies sooner or later. If you know anything, I hope you won't hide anything from us."

"This"

Jamie hesitated for a moment before answering:

"Let me explain one by one: Our technology group is mainly composed of pure technical personnel, and there are actually not many Stand User."

"The supervisor stays at the base and never leaves. Besides Adam and me, the most likely person to leave the base and attack you is that Explosion Maniac."

"Explosion Maniac?" Everyone could roughly understand the guy's Stand ability from this nickname.

"That's right."

"That guy, like me and Adam, is someone who enjoys challenges and likes to stir up trouble."

"However, what he enjoyed was the thrill of blowing up the enemy."

"His name is Sam-Sang, his Stand name is 'Stellar Note,' and his ability is..."

Jamie calmly recounted the information about his team members' Stands.

Just then, Li Qing suddenly heard a noise in the once quiet valley:

"A car is here!"

"There is a car coming towards us, about 300 meters away."

This mountain path is already secluded and deserted, and it's early morning when most people haven't gotten up yet, so the chances of encountering passing vehicles are very small.

Suddenly encountering an oncoming car at this time and place, Li Qing couldn't help but become wary.

"Three hundred meters, two hundred and fifty meters, two hundred meters."

Li Qing drove carefully while listening intently to the sounds coming from the mysterious car ahead.

Meanwhile, due to their relative movement, the distance between them is rapidly closing.

"Only 100 meters left. We'll meet at the next corner."

Li Qing pointed to the bend in the mountain road ahead and tentatively asked Jamie:

"I could roughly make out the driver's physical outline."

"That guy was very tall, but he was skinny as a rake, like a bamboo pole."

"A stick-thin figure?" Jamie was slightly taken aback.

He suddenly realized something, and his expression changed drastically:

"That might be that Explosion Maniac!"

"Stop the car quickly, then get out and get as far away from it as possible."

"If we're still in the car when that guy gets within fifty meters, we're all doomed!"

Jamie shouted nervously.

"What?" Li Qing instinctively slammed on the brakes, but then immediately came to his senses. "No, it's too late. Even if I slow down now, that car will be within fifty meters of us in no time. That's too little time; we can't jump out of the car."

"Then turn around quickly!"

Jamie pointed to the valley on the right, where there was no road at all, and shouted:

"Even if we drive the car into the river now, we absolutely cannot let him get within fifty meters of us while we are still in the car."

"Hurry, we still have time—that guy can only attack after he gets out of the car, we still have a chance to escape!"

"Ha?"

Fugo, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but interject, "Are you lying to us?"

"If we drive the car into the river, with no village or shop in sight, how are we supposed to move forward?"

"I'm not lying to you!"

Jamie's voice was distorted with nervousness.

If it weren't for the fact that only a head remained, he would have grabbed the steering wheel right now.

"I'm already on your pirate ship—I survived before, but now I don't want to die anymore!"

"This"

In that split second, Li Qing made a timely decision.

He heard Jamie's unmistakable, tense breathing and chose to believe him.

When the two cars traveling in opposite directions were about fifty meters apart, Li Qing suddenly turned the steering wheel, causing the car to rush straight off the road like an out-of-control bull.

The car flew sideways off the mountain road, slid down the sloping embankment, and finally crashed into the shallow, calm riverbed.

Water splashed and turbid waves surged.

The car's engine shut off instantly, and the tires stopped turning.

In this way, Li Qing used this violent method to temporarily create distance between himself and the mysterious car, and stopped the car, which was originally traveling at high speed, in the shortest possible time.

"Get out of the car!" Jamie urged frantically. "Stay away from the car and don't carry any electronic devices!"

The atmosphere became incredibly tense.

Although it was still uncertain whether the visitor was the "Explosion Maniac" Jamie had described, for their own safety, everyone chose to believe him.

And so, Li Qing and his group of seven hurriedly unbuckled their seatbelts and jumped out of the car in a panic.

By then, the mysterious car had already approached.

It silently stopped by the roadside, not far from where Li Qing and the others had fallen into the river.

While everyone was struggling to jump out of the car in the river, the tall, thin, bamboo-like mysterious man had already gotten out of his car and was looking over from a distance of several dozen meters.

"It's over. It really is him!"

Upon seeing that familiar figure, Jamie's expression changed drastically.

The next instant, the car, which was already submerged in water, suddenly exploded.

Flames shot into the sky, generating a powerful shockwave that shattered the tranquility of the entire mountain valley.

The first explosion quickly triggered a secondary explosion of the fuel tank, and the raging oil instantly turned half the sky red.

The shockwave swept outwards like a whirlwind, and Li Qing and the others who had just escaped from the car were all more or less affected by the explosion.

Even more terrifying than the shockwave were the metal fragments that flew out when the car exploded.

The sturdy steel plate that was supposed to protect the car owner cracked inch by inch in the sudden explosion, and was then swept away by the shock wave, eventually turning into a deadly metal storm.

"Ah!"

Amidst the flames and smoke, several cries of varying degrees of pain rang out.

The most agonizing scream came from Jamie.

The others managed to escape the car, but only his head escaped – because of the "precautions" Li Qing and the others had taken against him, Jamie's resting body was locked in the trunk.

Now that the car has been blown to pieces, his body from the head down has naturally turned into charcoal as well.

Even worse, Jamie's head wasn't even intact.

A flying metal fragment struck him squarely on the forehead, piercing his skull and penetrating deep into his brain, killing him instantly.

"He can't be saved."

Seeing this scene, even the highly skilled physician Dr. Qiao issued a death sentence.

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Li Qing fell silent for a moment.

Although Jamie was forced to reveal the information through torture, it must be said that Jamie had just saved their lives.

If Jamie hadn't reminded them in time, no one would have jumped out of the car in time.

The enemy's ability to make cars explode out of thin air was enough to wipe them out in one fell swoop when they were completely unprepared.

Seeing this guy die so suddenly, even though he was still an enemy in a strict sense, Li Qing couldn't help but feel a sense of sympathy for him.

"Damn it."

Why would a car explode for no apparent reason?

Because he was focused on sensing the enemy, Li Qing didn't hear Jamie's explanation clearly.

He clenched his fists and asked his companions urgently and seriously:

"Did you hear that clearly? What is that skinny guy's Stand ability?"

"I heard you."

Giorno repeated the life-saving information Jamie had given him earlier:

"Her Stand is named 'Stellar Note,' and her abilities include creating batteries and causing them to explode."