Old Monster

The battle began inevitably.

The five hundred billion treasure had already intensified the conflict between the two sides to the extreme, and the enemy's despicable actions completely destroyed Li Qing's not-so-serious desire for peace.

Whether it's Li Qing Sin, Giorno, or Bucciarati, they came all the way here to change the world, not to conform to the old world.

The spirit of gold cannot tolerate darkness; at this moment, the only option for both sides is to fight.

But Li Qing certainly didn't rush in blindly.

The battle began, and the first thing he did was to put the box containing the boss's inheritance into his pocket and hide it.

The enemy did not take direct action.

Pesci simply gripped the "fishing rod" tightly in her hand, manipulating the fishing line to continue penetrating deeper into Li Qing's body, while carefully waiting for Li Qing's body to age more rapidly over time.

Before the enemy could move, Li Qing seized the opportunity to try his best to sense and detect the environment, thinking about how to break the enemy's Stand ability.

Fortunately, he has a pair of exceptionally sharp ears that remain even as he ages.

These ears allowed him to quickly find a clue amidst the chaos:

"Radish head".

"Everyone in the station is aging rapidly because of your companion's abilities, but your heartbeat and breathing remain strong and vigorous."

Why haven't you been affected by aging?

Li Qing began to subtly probe Pesci in an unfriendly tone:

"Could it be that your companion deliberately controlled the power to prevent you from being affected by it?"

"I'm not sure."

He's like a famous detective in a TV drama, using confident and powerful reasoning to gradually put pressure on the criminals:

"If your partner's Stand ability can be precisely controlled to affect a specific person, then there is no need for him to launch such a wide-ranging Stand attack."

"Even disregarding the lives of ordinary people, maintaining such a large-scale Stand attack would cause a lot of unnecessary energy consumption."

"If this is just to deal with me, then this is going to be a huge undertaking."

"So, Radish Head."

"You, who are unaffected by aging, must be hiding a secret that can break through your companions' Stand abilities."

Pesci's heart immediately skipped a beat.

His mindset was unstable and his fighting spirit was weak, to the point that his heart would race uncontrollably if Li Qing mentioned even a little bit of the truth.

For Li Qing, who could monitor the enemy's physiological activities with his extraordinary hearing, Pesci's thoughts were as clear as an uncensored HD video.

"Just as I thought."

Li Qing verified his idea without lifting a finger.

He suddenly realized that the enemy combination he was facing this time was actually very similar to that of Secco and Jokulrat, whom he had encountered the day before yesterday.

Secco able to ignore his companions' abilities because he has soil-derived fungi protecting him, and now this radish head can ignore aging, which must also be because he has something special on him.

"So."

What's in your pocket?

Li Qing immediately noticed that Pesci's silhouette was somewhat strange:

His shirt and trouser pockets were bulging with stuff, looking like a child whose pockets were overflowing with candy during Chinese New Year.

If you stuff any more in, the pocket will burst.

The contents of that pocket were clearly important to the other party; otherwise, he wouldn't have needed to stuff so much into his person during a fight.

"There's the sound of dripping water."

"Your pocket is dripping water onto the floor."

Just as Pesci was still flustered by Li Qing's reasoning, Li Qing unexpectedly revealed the correct answer with lightning speed:

"Ice cubes, you have ice cubes in your pocket, right?!"

"If I'm not mistaken, the key to resisting your companion's abilities is ice."

"So."

Li Qing calmed his mind and focused his senses firmly on Pesci's heart.

He started exploiting Pesci's inexperience to extract information again:

"Is it simply because of the ice cube itself, or because of other effects caused by the ice cube?"

"For example, a drop in body temperature."

Pesci's heart skipped a beat, pounding like a dumpling boiling in a hot pan.

The answer was determined just that easily.

"That's right, it's because of a drop in body temperature—"

"As long as the body temperature drops slightly below normal, the physical aging caused by the stand-in can be temporarily alleviated."

"Thank you so much, Radish Head."

"It was your poor performance that led me to the answer so quickly, so..."

Li Qing calmly took a step forward:

"Now, all I need to do is snatch the ice from you, and this tragedy can end."

"I"

Pesci's face looked extremely pale.

He could hear the almost undisguised mockery in Li Qing's voice.

What's even more infuriating is that Li Qing's mockery wasn't entirely wrong; he did indeed act like a cowardly and incompetent loser.

"You bastard, you scoundrel!"

Pesci clutched her premonition tightly in her hand, her leafy hair trembling with embarrassment and anger.

"What can you do even if you know?"

"If you spend so much time on nonsense, your body will have aged to an unsightly state long ago!"

"You old geezer!"

He swung the fishing rod with all his might.

That extraordinary wrist strength traveled along the fishing line all the way to the hook ten meters away, and finally poured out onto Li Qing without reservation.

Li Qing is now old.

His once full muscles gradually withered, his ruddy face became covered with wrinkles, and even his once round, shiny head now had layers of unsightly wrinkles.

This appearance is more like an old man dancing in a park, rather than a strong, capable martial monk.

However.

Facing the force transmitted from the fishing hook.

Li Qing's aged body only trembled slightly from the pull.

"H-How is this possible?"

Pesci's expression changed instantly:

"How do you still possess such power?!"

"A normal person, after being aged by their older brother, might not even be able to walk!"

"A normal person? Haha."

"I've long since surpassed the limits of humanity!"

The intelligence the Assassination Team possessed was actually somewhat outdated.

When Diavolo publicly issued a warrant for Li Qing's arrest, Li Qing's physical abilities were only comparable to an Olympic champion, but three days later he was as strong as Captain America.

Even when Superman gets old, he's still just an old Superman.

Although Li Qing's physical condition has declined across the board due to aging, it is still much stronger than that of the average person.

Both Pesci and Prosciutto had previously thought that Li Qing would be easy to bully once he got old.

They probably don't know what it means for a 70-year-old to beat a 20-year-old.

People usually only use two words to describe this kind of person: weirdo!

Back then, Huang Hansheng was able to fight Guan Yu for over a hundred rounds at the age of 60. Now, it's no problem for Li Qing, at 70 years old, to defeat two young men.

"If this is all the power your fishing substitute can exert?"

"Then you probably can't stop me!"

Li Qing suddenly tensed all the muscles in his body.

Those muscles, which had become withered and emaciated with age, miraculously reformed into a steel-cast form under this outburst.

Then, Li Qing bent over to gather his strength and suddenly stomped on the ground.

His figure shot out like an arrow released from a bow, and even with the speed reduced, he was still as fast as a track and field champion.

The distance between the two sides, which was more than ten meters, seemed so short at this moment.

Pesci was immediately terrified and broke out in a cold sweat.

"Damn it."

"Don't come any closer!"

He yanked the fishing rod desperately, trying to stop the old monster from getting closer.

But Pesci's fishing rod Stand, named Beach Boy, wasn't known for its destructive power. His arm strength, which wasn't much better than an average person's, was no match for Li Qing's swift, tiger-like movements.

The distance between the two sides quickly decreased at an astonishing rate.

No matter how hard Pesci tried to stop him, Li Qing's Riot Games was approaching him at a visible speed.

Pesci's hands were trembling violently; he almost dropped the fishing rod.

"Big brother! Big brother!"

"Help me, please!!"

PS: Substitute Panel

Stand name – "Beach Boy"

Body—— Pesci

Destructive power: C

Speed: B

Shooting range: B (50-meter fishing line)

Endurance: C

Precision of movement: C

Growth potential: A

It looks like an ordinary fishing rod.

Abilities: Can attack enemies through objects; the hook will pierce the enemy's body and attack vital points; if the fishing line is attacked, the attack will bounce off the hook; if the attack involves a Stand ability, the effect will also emanate from the hook. Can also sense the number of enemies by their aura.

Regarding the issue of the ability to the Grateful Dead: Yesterday, a well-meaning (pirated) reader raised an opinion in the book review section in a rather unfriendly tone, strongly pointing out that the ability to the Grateful Dead can actually ignore the cooling effect of ice, and that the older brother in the original work only deliberately restrained it to protect Trish.

1. Neither the original story nor the Stand panel explicitly states that Prosciutto can completely ignore the cooling effect.

The burden of proof lies with the person making the claim; if you have any objections, please provide direct evidence from the original comic.

2. The original work says that "you can distinguish between men and women by body temperature", which does not mean that you can ignore cooling down the Grateful Dead. The former is a necessary but not sufficient condition for the latter, and the latter cannot be derived from the former.

3. According to the original work, aging is not fatal in the short term; it only causes loss of mobility. If Prosciutto could actually ignore the ice, he could have temporarily lifted the so-called restriction when facing Mista and Bucciarati, instead of risking being killed in a head-on confrontation with the enemy.

4. Ignoring the cooling effect and having no weaknesses, its the Grateful Dead is invincible. Its kill range of several hundred meters is like a human nuclear bomb. If the main body is hidden far away, even if Jotaro comes, it won't work.

If anyone can produce solid evidence from the original work, I will definitely admit my mistake. But even if I am wrong, I will not change it because I don't know how to change such an invincible thing, let alone write it.

5. If you really can't accept the premise of this book, at least be more polite and use more civilized language.