Yoshikage Kira's Death

Damn it! Why?

Even the usually elegant Yoshikage Kira couldn't help but curse under his breath:

Why didn't Killer Queen return?

Did Li Qing not trigger the first bomb at all?

But Li Qing had clearly already made an "attack," so how could he not trigger the first bomb?!

This ridiculous oversight shouldn't exist in Bites the Dust.

Li Qing should have been blown up to death by now!

Yoshikage Kira's mind was filled with questions and lingering fear.

Just then, Li Qing, whom he regarded as a dead man, spoke again on the phone, his voice filled with exhaustion.

Time seemed to stand still at that moment.

The movement of everything seems to slow down infinitely; only words and thoughts can move.

"Yoshikage Kira, what's your next line?"

"How is this possible?"

"How is this possible!"

Yoshikage Kira roared in a daze:

"You're clearly 'attacking' me, so why didn't you trigger the first bomb?!"

"Attack? When did I attack you?"

Li Qing's tone remained calm, like a stagnant pool of water:

"I only made a phone call to you."

"This phone call is a trap!"

"You know in advance that the car will go out of control, and you know the time and place when the car will crash."

"So you lured me to this time and place with a phone call, and led me into your trap!"

"This is an absolutely undeniable act of attack!"

Yoshikage Kira roared wildly in fear.

He vehemently asserted his correct theory, as if winning the debate against Li Qing would change this cruel reality.

But Li Qing continued to shatter his illusions with that drowsy voice:

"Lure? Trap?"

"Yoshikage Kira, ask yourself this:"

"Was there anything I said on this phone call that was meant to entice you to stand in this exact spot at this time?"

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As soon as he finished speaking, Yoshikage Kira fell into a deathly silence:

Indeed, upon careful reflection, Li Qing never said anything that could entice him to do such a thing.

He walked out of the company on his own and unknowingly ended up in that place while taking a walk.

It's as if he completely courted death this time.

"It's you! This is your trap!"

Yoshikage Kira suddenly realized something again.

"You know I have a habit of going out to answer the phone, and you know I have a habit of taking a walk while making a phone call."

"So you don't need to say anything special, you can lure me into a trap just by making a phone call!"

"Isn't this your roundabout 'attack'?"

"Hehe."

A hint of coldness finally crept into Li Qing's voice:

"I do know that you like to come out to answer the phone, and I also know that you like to take a walk while making the call."

"However, most of the large open space in front of Kame Yu Department Store is safe from being hit by cars."

"Yoshikage Kira, why did you have to end up in that 'certain death' position at that particular time?"

Yoshikage Kira felt a tremor in his heart upon hearing this:

Yes, it's such a big place, and Li Qing didn't deliberately lure anyone.

Why did I happen to be standing in that position where I was most likely to be hit and killed by a car at the very moment the accident happened?

He could have avoided the impact by simply standing a little to the side.

If he just stands a little further back, he might have enough time to dodge.

To be precise, in that large open space in front of Kame Yu Department Store, only the spot where he is currently standing is 100% guaranteed to be hit by a car and die.

How did I end up standing here exactly when the car accident happened?

What an incredibly small probability that is!

What terrible luck!

Yoshikage Kira was bewildered; he felt as if he were fighting against some ethereal god.

"This has nothing to do with fate!"

"This is the reward I've received after going through countless cycles of hard work that you look down upon!"

Li Qing coldly gave the answer:

"I've observed you closely; you tend to take unconscious walks when you're on the phone."

"Moreover, it could be due to slight differences in dialing time, different content I say each time, or other unpredictable variables."

"In each cycle, the frequency of your steps and the path you choose when you take a walk are different."

"There is no pattern to this, and it cannot be summarized."

"In other words, in each new cycle, your location at a specific time is completely 'random.'"

"This means—"

He paused, his voice becoming incredibly sharp:

"As long as I try enough times."

"There will come a time when you find yourself in that 'certain death' spot, at the same time as the car accident!"

This is Li Qing's solution!

As Yoshikage Kira said, "aggressive" behavior is absolutely not allowed.

Whether he does it himself or asks for help, whether it's a timed trap or a poisoned dart, as long as it's related to Li Qing, he will inevitably trigger the first bomb.

So, after repeated failures, Li Qing finally found a way to kill Yoshikage Kira without needing to "attack":

That means letting Yoshikage Kira die on his own.

He died of his own will, and of his own "bad luck".

"I tried many, many times."

"Even though the probability is very low, I'm still like a mobile game player who's frantically pulling for no guaranteed drops in these pay-to-win gacha pools."

"I've drawn the only trump card I needed!"

Li Qing let out a long sigh, a sigh filled with boundless weariness.

But Yoshikage Kira felt fear instead:

How many times did Li Qing actually try?

How many cycles did he go through, and how many hours did it last?

Is this man completely invincible?

Yoshikage Kira was filled with horror, while Li Qing's voice still echoed:

"Your death was just an unfortunate 'accident'."

"This 'accident' is just your own bad luck, it has nothing to do with me."

Li Qing played a negligible role in this car accident.

If we must assign blame, we can only say that he deliberately lured Yoshikage Kira out of the company and sent him into a dangerous area where a car accident was imminent.

However, Li Qing had already tried this before.

He once hired a hitman to drive a dump truck to run over Yoshikage Kira, a situation that was a hundred times more dangerous for Yoshikage Kira than this time.

However, Li Qing did not trigger the first bomb when making the call.

The first bomb was detonated just as the assassin began preparing to run over the people.

Thus, through repeated attempts, Li Qing gradually figured out the criteria for Bites the Dust to determine "attacks," confirming what he could do within the safe zone:

Making a phone call, which slightly increases the danger level for Yoshikage Kira, cannot be considered an attack.

"It's all your own bad luck."

"If you don't get to that position at that time, no one can do anything about it."

"Bites the Dust won't be triggered by your own bad luck, Yoshikage Kira— "

"If you want to survive, your only option now is to recall your substitute!"

Li Qing pointed out the only "way out" for Yoshikage Kira.

At that moment, time, which seemed to have frozen, suddenly accelerated, and the deadly car was about to crash head-on into Yoshikage Kira.

Yoshikage Kira clenched his teeth, his handsome face contorted in pain.

He knew he had no other choice.

Recalling his double is undoubtedly a desperate measure, but if he doesn't recall the Killer Queen, he'll be crushed by wheels right now.

"Bites the Dust, dispel!"

Yoshikage Kira gritted his teeth and gave the order.

The out-of-control car hurtled straight toward the road like a bull.

The long-lost Killer Queen instantly returned to Yoshikage Kira's side.

It unleashed its maximum speed, narrowly avoiding a collision with Yoshikage Kira.

But this does not mean that he has escaped unscathed.

Just as the Killer Queen, along with her true form, was making a hasty retreat...

Behind Yoshikage Kira, completely unnoticed, a dazzling ball of light was rapidly flying down from the top of the department store rooftop:

"Sonically Enhanced Wave!"

The white orb of light struck Yoshikage Kira precisely on the ground.

The glowing mark was deeply imprinted on his body.

"Li Qing? He's hiding here!"

Yoshikage Kira's face suddenly turned ashen; he had no time to react.

A phantom streaked across the sky as Li Qing descended, fueled by the fury of revenge.

His Riot Games contained the most powerful force he could muster.

That power was as vast as the sea and as immense as a mountain.

The hatred of losing companions, the despair of being trapped in a deadly situation, and the endless suffering that seemed to have no end in countless reincarnations all erupted completely at this moment.

"Echoes Act!!"

A punch slammed into his chest, stirring up a raging storm.

Yoshikage Kira's chest shattered instantly, and his entire body twisted and deformed at that moment.

With just one strike, Yoshikage Kira's life was almost over.

His broken body was slammed into the ground by a punch, embedding itself deeply in the wide avenue in front of the Kame Yu Department Store, the one he had walked day after day for ten years.

Yoshikage Kira is really going to die.

Even the brain, which is most crucial to the Stand User, was slammed heavily into the ground by the aftershocks of the massive impact.

It was smashed to pieces, looking like a lump of paste.

Intense pain surged like a tide, and the severely damaged brain was even less able to serve as a vessel for the mind.

He can hardly maintain his consciousness anymore.

Under such severe damage, Yoshikage Kira was unable to even perceive despair, let alone think.

In a daze, he even forgot who he was.

All that's left is instinct, instinct originating from the subconscious.

"Miss Mona Lisa."

Amidst pain and confusion, Yoshikage Kira shakily reached into his pocket.

It was as if he could be happy forever just by touching that soft hand.

But Li Qing kicked his hand away.

It also shattered his last beautiful dream.

You don't deserve happiness.

Li Qing's long-suppressed anger finally no longer needed to be suppressed:

"And also, Yoshikage Kira."

"Do you know what happened to the last guy who almost caused me to lose my comrades?"

Yoshikage Kira did not answer, nor was he able to.

He is now deeply embedded in the reinforced concrete of that wide avenue, his flesh rotting and his body twisted.

Li Qing felt no pity whatsoever.

The pain of witnessing his comrades being wiped out twice and being powerless to stop it was enough to turn him into the most terrifying killing machine:

"You're no better looking than that guy."

"Goodbye, Yoshikage Kira."

As soon as he finished speaking, the force of his punch erupted like a tsunami.

The Great Way has been obliterated once again.