Finding Yoshikage Kira

"Giorno!!"

Li Qing roared in despair.

But so many of his fallen comrades had died that he couldn't possibly call out to them all at once.

These friends and reliable companions he cherished were now like fragile, insignificant withered grass, helplessly swallowed up by the raging fire.

Not even ashes remained; the only proof that they had ever existed was the overflowing hot air.

Li Qing stretched out his hand, trying to catch the wave of heat that was hitting him.

However, in the next instant...

He reached out and grasped a ray of sunlight falling from the sky.

"Huh?!" Li Qing's expression immediately turned to one of utter shock.

Just moments before, he was in the living room of the Higashikata Family, witnessing his companion vanish into thin air.

At this moment, he was suddenly and passively "activated" into Digitization Mode and found himself on a noisy street.

"Wait. This place is..."

Li Qing, startled and uncertain, deactivated the data processing and opened her eyes to see:

Morioh Train Station, the place where I wake up this morning!

"And time is..."

His gaze settled on a clock hanging in a shop:

"8:00 AM!"

An office worker happened to walk past Li Qing.

Li Qing's pupils shrank: that was the very passerby he had stopped to ask the time when he had just woken up that morning!

"It is now 8:00 AM on April 6th."

He quickly gained a clearer understanding of his situation:

"I've somehow traveled back to an hour before the explosion?!"

"It turns out that I didn't 'activate' datafication; rather, I returned to a time when datafication happened to be in full swing!"

Li Qing was filled with shock and lingering apprehension:

Time rewind!

Yoshikage Kira's ability can actually trigger time reversal!

He had only revealed his identity to his companions when the suddenly appearing Killer Queen blew everyone who knew about it to ashes and turned back time by a full hour.

Wait, let's go back an hour. Are all the comrades who were killed in the explosion still alive?

Li Qing felt a surge of joy.

But this joy lasted only a moment before quickly turning into a heavy chill:

"Giorno and the others should be alright, at least for now."

"But Yoshikage Kira, how can I completely solve the core problem?"

Yesterday, that guy's identity was clearly exposed, and he was clearly in dire straits.

But after that incredible ability was activated.

The world has changed, and all memories that were detrimental to Yoshikage Kira have been altered.

"And I, I am actually the vessel of the Killer Queen."

"If I reveal his identity to anyone, they will be blown to smithereens."

"Time will be rewound, back to an hour before no one knew his identity."

"In this way, in this new world on April 6th, there will be no enemy besides me who can threaten Yoshikage Kira!"

"And even I, as the vessel of that substitute, will certainly be subject to various restrictions in my actual actions."

"Damn it. Bites the Dust."

"How can there be such an invincible Stand ability in the world!"

Li Qing felt a chill run down his spine:

He wasn't afraid of the intractable problem of Bites the Dust.

What truly chilled him was that the Bites the Dust seemed to be a perfect fit for Yoshikage Kira in this world.

Kira didn't want to die a miserable death, so time jumped from the desperate evening of the 5th to the harmless morning of the 6th.

Kira wanted to live an ordinary life, so all his unfavorable memories were erased and the truth was completely covered up.

Kira didn't want to be exposed again, so Li Qing got a permanent debuff that would cause him to be thrown back an hour earlier if he told the truth.

This ability seems to have been born from Yoshikage Kira's wish.

You can have whatever you want.

May all your wishes come true and may everything go smoothly.

Is this game owned by you?!

Fate seemed to have become Yoshikage Kira's loyal servant, taking meticulous care of him.

Facing an enemy who is so infinitely favored by the gods, Li Qing felt as if he were rebelling against the entire world.

"No, fate wasn't entirely on Yoshikage Kira's side!"

"Otherwise, wouldn't it be better for him to just awaken an ability that can 'annihilate all enemies'?"

"Memory modification, world reset, time reversal."

"These settings are more like tests set for players in the game, rather than unlimited cheats for the boss."

Li Qing's gaze gradually hardened.

"Fate must have left me a glimmer of hope!"

"As long as I find this glimmer of hope, I can truly defeat Yoshikage Kira!"

Thinking of this, Li Qing hurriedly took out his phone from his pocket.

Just like last time, he first called Giorno to check on his companions.

As he expected, those companions who had recently vanished before his eyes were now alive and well in the retraced past.

"Hopefully they'll be alright this time."

Li Qing felt fortunate, yet also vaguely worried.

But he quickly put aside his emotions about reuniting with his comrade after a life-or-death experience and seized the time to begin his counterattack:

The first step, naturally, is to find out where Yoshikage Kira is.

If you can't even find the other side, there's no way you can retaliate.

So Li Qing chose to call Thomas, who was the underling he had recruited in the technology group and is now the head of the Tech Intelligence Unit.

He has always been in charge of logistics and intelligence work, and is the only help Li Qing can think of right now.

"Have you found Yoshikage Kira?"

Thomas pronounced the name, which was extremely difficult for him to say:

"Boss, this task is a bit difficult."

"Our organization only has influence in Europe and West Asia, and we can't reach the other side of the world."

"This is your problem, and you must solve it!"

In his anxiety, Li Qing spoke domineeringly and arrogantly:

I'll say it again:

"I need to see all of this man's information within three minutes!"

Yoshikage Kira is not a seasoned veteran like Diavolo who has spent half his life in the underworld; he could not possibly know how to perfectly erase the traces of his activities in society.

Perhaps his whereabouts can be found through this traditional intelligence investigation method.

The only worry was that Diavolo might have helped him conceal his tracks—but Li Qing had to give it a try anyway.

"All right."

Thomas sighed deeply:

"I can contact Japanese yakuza groups through the dark web to get their help."

"But we have no personal relationship with each other, and these kinds of cross-border emergency missions are often quite expensive."

"I don't care how much it costs, I want to get it all done!"

"All done, understand?"

Li Qing opened his mouth and offered Thomas an unlimited budget.

A higher budget translates to higher efficiency, Thomas quickly made contact with Japanese yakuza forces through special channels in the underworld.

And the local bully truly lived up to his name.

Li Qing originally thought he would have to wait a whole day for news, or perhaps never hear from him.

But these colleagues on the other side of the world sent back the answer Li Qing wanted in just half an hour:

"What?"

"Yoshikage Kira is working at the company now?!"

Li Qing's expression became extremely subtle:

"And this guy hasn't even changed his phone number."

"Can that phone number be dialed directly?"

He actually has Yoshikage Kira's phone number.

However, he didn't believe that Yoshikage Kira would not change his phone while "on the run," so he never tried to call him from the beginning.

That's it.

Thomas thought Li Qing was questioning the authenticity of the intelligence.

He earnestly added, following the advice of his Japanese counterparts:

"I heard you should call that number now."

"You can even hear Yoshikage Kira personally promoting the latest hand massager from Kame Yu Department Store to you."

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Li Qing fell completely silent.

He wasn't distressed about the wasted intelligence funds, but rather wary of Yoshikage Kira's performance:

This guy actually dared to show up so brazenly at such a sensitive time.

Is Bites the Dust ability really that invincible, giving him such a bold confidence?

"Understood"

Li Qing buried that indelible unease deep in his heart:

"Notify Giorno and the others to go to Kame Yu Department Store now."

April 6, 8:55.

Morioh, Kame Yu Department Store.

Yoshikage Kira was sitting upright at his desk, working.

Unlike his colleagues' messy desks, his desk was impeccably clean and tidy.

Every document was arranged so neatly, and every small item was stored so orderly.

Yoshikage Kira, with his elegant and appropriate attire, handsome features, and tall and upright figure, looked very dashing as he sat in front of the computer, engrossed in his work.

"That must be Mr. Kira."

"I heard that he took a day off yesterday, which is unprecedented for him, breaking the company's only perfect attendance record of almost ten years."

Several nosy female employees, carrying coffee, gathered behind Yoshikage Kira and whispered among themselves.

"I know why!"

"None of you have been listening to the local news from Morioh, have you?"

"A luxury mansion in the villa area caught fire yesterday. Kira's sign was hanging in front of the door."

"Hiss, could that be Mr. Kira's house?"

"He used to live in a villa area! That's a place only the truly wealthy can live!"

"Wait a minute. Speaking of which, Yoshikage Kira looks really cool."

"How come we never noticed such a handsome guy in the company before?"

The female colleagues' conversations started to veer towards increasingly strange topics.

And Yoshikage Kira, who was once an unremarkable, invisible figure in the company, has now unknowingly become the focus of everyone's attention.

But Yoshikage Kira himself felt a bit uneasy:

"What a hassle."

"The past has not really changed after all."

"My ten years of maintaining a low profile have been ruined by these gossipy old women."

Yoshikage Kira felt somewhat displeased.

But when he gently touched the hand hidden in his pocket, his expression immediately calmed down:

"Well, at least I've successfully returned to work."

"Once the hype dies down, those women will naturally forget about me, this marginal person in the company."

Yoshikage Kira was very confident in his ability to keep a low profile.

That perfect, ordinary daily life will soon truly return to him.

With a happy expression, he stroked the "Mona Lisa" in his pocket and then continued to work with great enthusiasm.

Everything was so peaceful and beautiful.

Until his phone suddenly rang.

Yoshikage Kira has virtually no private social life; most of the people who call his cell phone are customers he meets through work.

So he began by saying:

"Hello? This is Yoshikage Kira, an employee of Kame Yu Department Store."

"How can I help you?"

"Oh, it's you."

Yoshikage Kira's smile suddenly turned cold:

"Li Qing."