An Inaccurate Prophecy

Diavolo and Yoshikage Kira both felt despair.

They also realized that even if Rohan Kishibe's unexpected interlude didn't work, the final result would be the same:

They will die, at the hands of Li Qing's side, who possess an absolute advantage in combat power.

"Damn it."

Diavolo's mentality was beginning to crumble:

"Yoshikage Kira, what exactly did you do?"

"You're the one who lured Li Qing here?!"

First, he fell into Rohan Kishibe, and then he encountered the sudden appearance of Li Qing and his men. Diavolo couldn't help but suspect that this was a trap set for him.

"Do you think I sold you out?"

Yoshikage Kira retorted with a dark expression:

"Didn't you see? I was almost killed by Li Qing just now!"

"I don't know how they found out, but..."

"Wake up! Now is not the time for infighting!"

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Diavolo remained silent.

He knew that Yoshikage Kira was right.

Given Li Qing and the others' personalities, they would never associate with a serial killer.

It's probably because Yoshikage Kira, being a rookie, was careless and failed to properly cover up his tracks, allowing Moody Blues to seize the opportunity.

It's pointless to pursue these questions now.

With a formidable enemy ahead, the two of them must work together to survive this desperate situation.

"The King Crimson - Epitaph!"

The threat posed by Li Qing and his group was too great. He knew that if he made one wrong move, he would suffer a miserable defeat and die.

Therefore, Diavolo did not hesitate to use his trump card of precognition, hoping to gain a way to deal with his enemies by peeking into the future.

But the future he saw only made him more desperate:

In the first second, Li Qing led the charge.

His speed was so great that Diavolo had no chance of escaping.

In the second, Li Qing was the first to charge in front of King Crimson.

His health is only around 60%, and King Crimson is a powerful melee Stand, so it seems that King Crimson still has a chance to win.

However, when the two sides actually clashed...

The powerful and evil King Crimson was now like a bamboo rat that could be picked up by a human, helplessly kicking and struggling in front of Li Qing.

With his speed and power suppressed, King Crimson, tightly held by Li Qing, could only struggle helplessly.

The third second, and afterwards

The rest of the episodes consisted entirely of Li Qing dominating King Crimson; there wasn't much to see.

The King Crimson occasionally manages to land a chop to Li Qing Sin, but this chop, which once could take away most of Li Qing's life, now only inflicts a pitiful 7% or 8% damage.

By the tenth second, Diavolo was already dead.

This is the future.

If Diavolo doesn't use his Time Erasure to change his fate, he will immediately be crushed by Li Qing, just as predicted.

"Damn it. I'm completely powerless against this bald guy!"

Diavolo was horrified, his face turning ashen.

In just over a week, the ant that could be easily crushed had grown into an elephant that he dared not provoke.

"Run! We can't stay a second longer!"

Diavolo understood.

He doesn't even have the right to stand in front of Li Qing now; he has to run as fast as he can.

"King Crimson, let time fly by!"

With his ability to foresee the future, Diavolo timely erased the time.

At this moment, Jotaro had not yet gotten close enough to attack Diavolo, so he did not activate time stop.

Diavolo entered his own unique timeline without any major incident.

But this did not put his mind at ease.

He glanced at the bustling crowd nearby, then at Yoshikage Kira beside him:

"If I were to eliminate time as much as possible, I would probably have a dozen seconds to escape from here."

"Those ten seconds or so are enough for me to blend into the crowd, and if I'm lucky, I might be able to escape successfully."

"As for this Yoshikage Kira..."

"Let's take him with us when we escape!"

Diavolo originally intended to take the arrow from Yoshikage Kira and escape on his own.

But now, after experiencing that kind of desperate despair, he desperately needs a trustworthy companion.

It's a shame that Yoshikage Kira died like that.

Diavolo then quickly ordered the King Crimson to carry Yoshikage Kira on his shoulders, and then, with his only companion, he ran at top speed during the time reduction period.

And so, in a separate timeline unnoticed by anyone, Diavolo, along with Yoshikage Kira, quickly blended into the crowd.

He pushed his Time Erasure ability to the limit, giving himself a dozen seconds of life.

And after those ten seconds or so...

Diavolo had already blended into the dense, crowded throng along with Yoshikage Kira.

Their figures were swallowed up by the sea of people, and their breaths, heartbeats, and footsteps were perfectly concealed in the midst of the commotion.

"It should be safe now."

Diavolo deactivated his powers.

Maintaining this kind of long- Time Erasure is very energy-consuming, and the long-term cutting he just did had already approached the limit he could achieve.

But his all-out escape, regardless of the cost, did have an effect—at least, he now appears to be safe.

"Let's go."

Diavolo said to Yoshikage Kira, who had just escaped the Time Erasure and was still somewhat dazed:

"Keep a low profile."

"They slipped away quietly in the crowd."

"Yes, I understand!" Yoshikage Kira finally realized:

She had just been mentally preparing her last words when Diavolo miraculously rescued her.

This guy is surprisingly reliable!

Yoshikage Kira's trust in Diavolo grew ever stronger.

He clutched the ancient arrow in his pocket tightly and obediently followed Diavolo, blending into the crowd.

The crowd provided them with excellent cover, making it difficult for Li Qing and his team to find them among the hundreds of people.

If things continue like this, they will soon be able to escape quietly and completely get rid of the threat posed by the enemy.

However, just as Diavolo and Yoshikage Kira were fleeing into the distance with this wonderful idea in mind...

But they ran right into that bald guy whose face screamed invincibility.

"Li Qing."

Diavolo's face turned extremely pale:

Unbeknownst to them, Li Qing had already blocked their escape route ahead of them!

"Damn it, have we been discovered?"

"That Abbacchio is clearly not here, and my actions during the Time Erasure should not have left any 'memory'."

"How could my whereabouts have been exposed so quickly!"

Diavolo couldn't figure out the answer at all.

"Ha, haven't you ever wondered why we were able to track down the tram station?"

"Diavolo, give up! We have completely tracked your movements!"

Li Qing gave a rather misleading answer.

But the real answer is actually quite simple: they simply used Gold Experience's remote tracking ability to turn Yoshikage Kira fell into the Higashikata Family into a fly that could track his true form.

Following the fly, Li Qing and the others easily caught up with it and reached the tram station.

Diavolo had just mercifully helped Yoshikage Kira escape, but he never expected that his comrade-in-arms would continue to expose his whereabouts.

The answer is so simple, but Diavolo could never have predicted it:

Because stand-in battles are essentially intelligence battles.

Diavolo had no idea that Gold Experience possessed tracking abilities; he had already lost half the battle before it even began.

Because of the lack of intelligence, he still can't figure out why his whereabouts were exposed.

But Diavolo knew that he now had to keep running:

"King Crimson, let time fly."

"Trying to use up your time to escape again, huh?"

"That's right, no matter how strong I am, I can't stop your Time Erasure, but..."

A cold smile appeared on Li Qing's face:

"Think about it carefully, at my speed..."

"If I were the only one chasing after you, would it have taken me this long to appear before you?"

At this moment, time seemed to...

No, time has truly stood still.

Behind Diavolo, unnoticed, appeared another face radiating invincibility.

The crowd could conceal Diavolo, and it could also conceal his enemies.

Jotaro had already quietly approached Diavolo's side under the cover of the crowd.

Diavolo is already within Star Platinum's firing range:

"Star Platinum— "

"The World!"

Time stood still at this moment, and the entire universe came to a standstill.

Trapped in this frozen time, Diavolo is unable to move, think, or even perceive what he is about to encounter.

"Ora ora ora ora ora!"

"Ora ora ora ora ora!"

A tsunami suddenly erupted from the stagnant time.

Like a volcanic eruption, with raging winds and waves, that vast and boundless power was poured onto Diavolo without reservation.

His fragile flesh and blood body quickly twisted and deformed like a rice cake being pounded by a giant hammer, and his bulging chest continued to break and cave in.

One second, two seconds, three seconds— Jotaro has been training in real combat these past few days, has managed to train his time-stop ability back to three seconds.

Although it's only 1 second longer than before, that short 1 second can make Star Platinum's output during time stop increase by 50% compared to before.

Star Platinum's incredibly fast Riot Games made those 3 seconds feel infinitely long.

Finally, time, which had been stagnant, began to flow again.

The terrifying punching power accumulated in Diavolo's body began to explode like a time bomb.

Diavolo struggled to regain his senses from the intense and sudden pain.

But the well-prepared Star Platinum quickly overwhelmed them with her Riot Games once again:

"Ora ora ora ora ora!"

"Ora ora ora ora ora!"

Skin torn apart, flesh rotted, bones shattered, internal organs turned into a mess.

Diavolo was powerless to resist any longer; his life was drawing to a close.

"This is the debt you owe Polnareff."

"I got it back for him."

Jotaro stared coldly at Diavolo, a barely suppressed rage surging beneath his calm exterior.

But he did not allow Star Platinum to deliver the fatal blow to Diavolo, but simply watched as the already critically wounded Diavolo died painfully on the ground.

This is certainly not because Jotaro has any particular fondness for watching his enemies slowly die in agony.

This is just a good habit that Jotaro has developed this week:

He was responsible for crippling the enemy, leaving the heads for Li Qing to collect.

Anyway, handing Diavolo's life over to him would only serve to vent his anger, so it's better to leave him alive so that Li Qing can make some profit.

With that in mind, Jotaro stopped paying attention to Diavolo.

Diavolo can't do anything about it now.

He could only collapse to the ground, powerless like a piece of rotten flesh, watching his life, as fragile as a candle in the wind, slowly fade away in agony.

"Am I really going to die like this?"

"Damn it. Is fate really unchangeable?"

In his final moments, Diavolo thought of many things.

Life's revolving lantern began to run at just the right time.

But among those countless hazy images, what ultimately remained fixed in Diavolo's mind was a round stone:

"Damn it. What nonsense about the Stone of Destiny!"

"A gruesome death that cannot be described by carving."

"Can't my current death pose be sculpted?"

Diavolo gradually stopped thinking:

"Rolling Stones, your predictions aren't very accurate."