Hiring a Killer

Yoshikage Kira turned and left calmly.

He didn't take Li Qing's threat seriously at all.

As Yoshikage Kira left, Li Qing's expression cooled from anger to coldness, a coldness tinged with profound indignation.

Now his most prized strength has become useless, and all he can rely on is his purest intellect and wisdom.

Therefore, Li Qing forced himself to suppress his hatred and used rational thinking to solve this unsolvable problem:

"His heartbeat and breathing remained steady from the beginning."

"That bastard's composure wasn't an act; he wasn't afraid of our presence at all."

"In other words, he is confident in resisting attacks that directly target his body, whether it's me or the helpers I've brought in."

An indescribable feeling of suffocation quietly welled up in my heart.

Li Qing's main purpose in bringing the team here this time was actually to test the waters—

He wanted to test two vulnerabilities that Bites the Dust had not yet revealed, or rather, two possibilities for exploiting them:

1. Without revealing Kira's identity, he, as the vessel, directly launches the attack.

2. Without revealing Kira's identity, please have someone attack his true form.

However, Yoshikage Kira's almost dismissive indifference told Li Qing that neither of these methods seemed feasible.

Otherwise, he should have been shaken the moment he saw Li Qing and the others, or at least shown slight signs of a fluctuating heart rate.

Is that really the case?

"No, there must be a loophole here."

"If no one can attack Yoshikage Kira, then this ability is truly unsolvable!"

In his confusion, Li Qing gradually grasped a vague direction:

"We still have to try."

"Even if the attack fails, I must try to study how the Bites the Dust protects its main body from attack."

"Only by understanding its triggering principle and working method can I find the key to cracking Bites the Dust."

He made up his mind quickly.

But Li Qing didn't just rush into Kame Yu Department Store and start a massacre.

Let alone the fact that he might not be able to kill Yoshikage Kira, even if he could, he wouldn't dare to do so now.

If Yoshikage Kira were to die now, Li Qing himself could win, but his fallen comrades would never return.

"We have to 'reload' and start over."

"And that's not all I'm going to do:"

"Since the 'fate' of objects being destroyed will continue after time rewinds, Giorno and the others will definitely be reduced to ashes at the exact moment 9:00 arrives."

"In other words, I must crack Bites the Dust before 9:00!"

"Only in this way can I truly save my comrades!"

Li Qing clearly recognized the difficulty of this task.

Once he had a clear idea of what was going on, he couldn't wait to reload the save and start over.

The prerequisite for reloading the save is to reveal Yoshikage Kira's identity, which means deliberately letting Bites the Dust kill someone.

Li Qing resisted the urge to grab an unlucky person off the street and stopped to think it over carefully.

Then, he dialed his younger brother's number with practiced ease:

"Hey, Thomas?"

"Let me tell you something."

April 6, 8:08.

Time rewinds once again.

This is the third 8 o'clock Li Qing has spent on the 6th.

The first thing he did upon waking was to repeat what he had done before reloading his save file and make a phone call to Thomas, the current head of the Tech Intelligence Unit.

"Boss, do you want me to Italy number within three minutes?"

"And we also need to ensure that we can contact them by phone at any time?"

Thomas simply couldn't understand Li Qing's outlandish order.

"That's right." Li Qing answered without hesitation, "Just sort by first letter and give me a list."

Thomas hesitated slightly.

The Passion Organization controls the entire Italian prison system. For example, former executive Polpo lived in a high-security prison as if it were his own villa while he was alive.

The fate of prisoners is entirely in the hands of the organization, which indeed has the ability to contact any prisoner at any time.

Li Qing specifically requested serious criminals who had committed heinous crimes such as murder and rape.

They were all heinous scumbags; some were sentenced to death, and those who weren't basically sentenced to death had to spend the rest of their lives in prison.

These scumbags may be vicious and unruly, but in front of the Passion Organization, they are all obedient little boys.

Because the most serious crime is punishable by death or execution.

But if you offend the organization, you won't even be able to die then.

"Boss, what exactly are you trying to do?"

Thomas asked nervously:

The boss has suddenly organized such a group of desperados. Is he planning a rebellion?

This is absolutely terrifying.

He anxiously and wildly speculated about Li Qing's intentions.

But Li Qing gave him an unbelievable answer:

"I just need them to answer my call."

"What they need to do is wait for my call."

"Once the call connects, stay on the line and wait patiently. Don't speak, and absolutely do not hang up on me."

"Huh?" Thomas was stunned for a moment.

Li Qing, however, calmly added the incomprehensible details:

"After the list is sorted, just cross out number 1."

"We've already used number 1, so we'll use number 2 this time."

"Arranging them one by one makes it easier for me to keep track of the number of times."

Thomas was completely confused, but Li Qing issued orders methodically, like a cold machine:

"While you're at it, help me contact some local Japanese forces from the dark web."

"I need to issue an assassination mission in Morioh. The target is Yoshikage Kira. The location is the Kame Yu Department Store in Morioh. The deadline for completing the mission is 9:00 AM today."

"Well?"

This order makes things even more difficult.

Even though he wasn't very familiar with the underground world on the other side of the world, Thomas, putting himself in others' shoes based on his own experience, said helplessly:

"Boss, you're not joking again, are you?"

"Complete the assassination mission before 9 o'clock? That's less than an hour!"

"A hitman isn't a cop; you can't just find one anywhere in a small town."

"This amount of time is probably not enough for the assassin who accepted the mission to reach Morioh, let alone successfully assassinate the target."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Li Qing's attitude was exceptionally firm:

"Just place the order and pay for it for me."

"I asked, and they happen to have someone in Morioh."

April 6, 8:22.

The reason Li Qing asked Thomas to help hire a gangster assassin was because Li Qing wanted to formally test Yoshikage Kira's defense mechanism.

Li Qing was reluctant to risk such a dangerous situation alone.

If they asked Giorno and the others for help, they worried that something unexpected might happen and the situation would worsen.

So, with a try-it-out mentality, Li Qing asked Thomas to help him contact his Japanese underworld counterparts.

Surprisingly, the Japanese colleagues actually accepted the almost impossible 9 o'clock assassination mission without hesitation.

Because they happened to have a group of people stationed in Morioh.

After suddenly receiving this incredibly lucrative and urgent order, the Japanese colleagues immediately decided to have their team temporarily put aside their current tasks and prioritize helping Li Qing resolve his troubles.

After placing the order, paying the huge sum of money, and making the special request that he must accompany the assassin offline,

Li Qing soon got his wish and met the group of yakuza assassins hiding in Morioh.

These are Japanese yakuza assassins who operate under assumed names and carry out secret missions.

They were right near the Higashikata Family.

On the main road that Li Qing smashed yesterday

Wearing a safety helmet while repairing the road.

"You guys... are you really involved in organized crime?"

"Did I come to the right place?"

Li Qing's lips twitched slightly:

He could clearly see that the people standing in front of him were a group of road construction workers covered in dust.

The guy who was leading the group and claimed to be a gang leader looked more like the foreman of these workers.

In fact, Li Qing had just passed by here the morning before and even greeted the road workers.

And now, in the blink of an eye, this road construction team has turned into a gangster assassin whom he bought with a huge sum of money?

"You're not kidding, are you?"

Li Qing repeatedly confirmed the secret code:

"So you really are the assassins who took my job?"

"Of course, there's no doubt about it."

The foreman, no, the foreman, replied with a serious expression:

"Don't look at us like this now."

"Many of our brothers are experienced fighters who have seen blood."

"Mr. Li Qing, we will definitely complete the commission you have submitted smoothly."

"Is that so?" Li Qing still felt something was off. "Then why are you abandoning your underworld connections and coming here to build roads?"

"This..." The foreman looked troubled.

Li Qing was a VIP customer who had paid a huge sum of money, and was said to be a European underworld tycoon, so of course he dared not offend him easily.

After a few seconds of hesitation, the foreman said, looking embarrassed:

"It's not easy to get by in the Japanese underworld."

"It just so happens that our organization is ostensibly operating as a construction company."

"So when there are no assignments, people take on construction projects to supplement their income and make ends meet."

Li Qing's expression suddenly became unusually rich:

Are the lives of our Japanese colleagues really this difficult?

So poor that they have to carry bricks and build roads just to make a living, this underworld life is a bit frustrating.

"No, that's not right." Li Qing wasn't so easily fooled after all.

After he finished speaking, he suddenly noticed that the foreman's heart was beating slightly faster.

This guy is clearly hiding something; the truth is definitely not as simple as he claims—he's just repairing roads to supplement his family's income.

However, this is ultimately their business.

With time of the essence, Li Qing had no interest in investigating what secret mission these complete strangers in the underworld were carrying out.

At worst, we can just tell everyone to be more vigilant and cautious in the future. Now is not the time to dwell on unnecessary issues.

Li Qing quickly put his doubts aside and went straight to the point:

"Since you're the ones who accepted the mission, let's get started now."

"Before nine o'clock, at Kame Yu Department Store, take down that guy named Yoshikage Kira."

"No problem."

"Just a department store employee."

The foreman wiped the mud and dust from his hands and politely shook hands with Li Qing:

"The task must be completed before nine o'clock."