An Unexpected Display

In the alley.

In the gray-black shadows, crimson blood flowed everywhere.

Pristine white, deep yellow, dark red, jet black—all sorts of glaring colors blended together under that meat grinder-like touch, becoming indistinguishable.

"See? This is the price you pay for humiliating me!"

Willy reveled in the brutal scene, a veritable hell on earth, his blood-splattered face filled with ecstasy.

He had never felt so powerful before.

"Bucciarati, come out!"

"Aren't you the boss that everyone treats like a godfather?"

"I've already fed three of your former men. If they don't come out soon, even more will die!"

As if he were releasing all the anger that had accumulated over the past eighteen years, he roared and howled like a wild beast without any sense of reason.

And just then...

A zipper suddenly opened on the ground about ten meters away.

A man crawled out alone from the opening.

"Fugo?"

Are you alone?

Willy's pupils contracted, a mixture of fear and madness coursing through him.

"That's right! It's just... just."

When Fugo first climbed out, his face was still tense, showing a composure that remained unchanged even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him.

But when he actually saw the writhing Meat Chunk of flesh, and the human flesh being gnawed at by Meat Chunk, he immediately began to stammer uncontrollably—

He swore he had never seen such a disgusting and horrific scene in his life, even though his own double was Purple Haze, whose methods of killing were extremely undignified.

"That's disgusting."

Fugo stared nervously at the Meat Chunk in front of him, and began to recite his lines with difficulty:

"Willy, calm down!"

We didn't mean to humiliate you, you don't need to be like this.

"Shut up!"

Willy roared through gritted teeth:

"Even now, you don't think you did anything wrong, do you?"

"Yeah, just a coward despised by everyone."

"Even if they wantonly insult, beat, or even send you to the ICU, it's all just a trivial 'joke,' right?"

"Fugo, you self-proclaimed Fugo, I've hated your arrogant attitude for a long time!"

His frantic roar, coupled with the violent writhing of the Meat Chunk tentacles, created a truly suffocating sense of oppression.

But Fugo stubbornly withstood this fear.

He completely changed his initial submissive attitude and lashed out at Willy with a fit of rage:

"So what do you want?"

"Willy, you've helped Bucciarati and me so much, don't be ungrateful!"

"Don't know what's good for you?"

Willy's face instantly darkened:

"You really don't understand the situation."

"Die, Fugo!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Meat Mountain that had been guarding Willy like a city wall suddenly moved.

Since there were no fast-moving objects within a hundred meters, its speed was only slightly faster than that of an ordinary pedestrian.

However, even just that, the overwhelming smell of blood was enough to make one's heart tremble.

"Quickly, quickly pull me back!"

Fugo clenched his Riot Games tightly, praying in his heart that his teammates would take action soon.

Then, just as the Meat Chunk left Willy's side, preparing to move forward...

"Steel Chain Fingers!"

The zipper on the ground opened again, and Fugo, who had just stepped out, was pulled back underground.

At the same time

Five meters underground in the sewer, Li Qing sensed Willy's approximate location by listening to his voice.

The instant Fugo lured the Meat Mountain away from Willy, he clenched his fist and, following the direction he had determined in his mind, suddenly unleashed a dazzling white light upwards:

"Sonically Enhanced Wave!"

The dazzling white light ignored the thick layer of soil and hurtled towards Willy on the ground.

Willy, of course, didn't have the ability to see through things, and the Meat Chunk couldn't sense the movement of this ethereal ball of light. Therefore, neither of them noticed that a ball of white light was flying towards Willy's feet.

Ultimately, the Sonically Enhanced Wave struck its target.

A flashing notification appeared on Li Qing's skill bar indicating that he could use the second Echoes Act.

"Was it successful?"

Giorno, who was accompanying Li Qing Sin, asked.

"Hit!"

A hint of joy appeared on Li Qing's lips:

"He couldn't even see through such a clumsy diversionary tactic; this guy is easier to deal with than I thought."

"Now that the Sonically Enhanced Wave has hit the target, I will be able to touch its true form with 100% certainty!"

Echoes Act has the property of "ignoring obstacles".

This means that even if the Meat Chunk can teleport in front of Willy to block him, it can't stop Li Qing, who can "pass through walls".

Therefore, this move became their winning strategy to overcome Willy.

And now, the dawn of victory has been so easily grasped in Li Qing's hands.

He immediately entered the second phase of the Echoes Act's charge, soaring into the sky with a strange, earth-shaking motion.

His body pierced through the concrete ceiling of the sewer, through the thick layer of soil, and finally...

It hit the target without holding back!

"Ah!!"

A scream echoed through the alley.

However, the scream did not come from Willy.

When Li Qing emerged from the ground, he realized that his Riot Games had not hit Willy at all, but had hit an innocent thug lying on the ground.

The thug, who had been unconscious, was suddenly struck by such a heavy punch from Li Qing, who had emerged from the ground. He immediately woke up in pain and let out a scream, before fainting again amidst the screams.

Meanwhile, Willy was staring intently at him with an extremely terrified look:

"Ahhh!"

"Friend, come back and save me!"

The next instant, the Meat Chunk teleported there.

Li Qing felt a blur before his eyes, and his entire body was seized by that huge and powerful fleshy tentacles.

By the time he realized what was happening, he was already hanging upside down in mid-air like a dried salted fish.

"H-How is this possible?"

"I clearly located him, so how did the Sonically Enhanced Wave hit someone else?"

Li Qing was somewhat incredulous.

Although the soil layer prevented him from accurately reconstructing the outline of an object by sound, it should be impossible for him to make a mistake in simply confirming its location.

He was puzzled, then looked down at Willy:

"Could it be..."

"He wasn't standing on the ground at all; he was standing on that person!"

Li Qing's eyes widened slightly in shock:

"That's right, that's the only possible explanation."

"It turns out he had seen through that clumsy diversionary tactic long ago and anticipated that we would launch an attack from underground."

"That's why he trampled on that thug like a floor, using him as a human shield to protect his blind spot!"

Thinking of this, Li Qing suddenly felt a bit wary of Willy.

That cowardly and stupid incompetent fellow actually displayed some remarkable wisdom.

The enemy also possesses an overwhelming numerical advantage.

If they make even the slightest mistake in their strategy, the result will be like what Li Qing is doing now—being thoroughly beaten.

Thinking of this, Li Qing couldn't help but feel more worried about the upcoming battle.

However.

Looking at Li Qing, who was bound by Meat Chunk and hanging upside down in mid-air, Willy gasped for breath, still shaken by the experience.

"What was that? What was that?"

"How did you manage to crawl out from underground when Bucciarati didn't open the zipper?!"

"Damn it."

He wiped the cold sweat dripping from his forehead:

"If I hadn't been so angry that I stomped on that bastard's face..."

"I was the one who just got hit!"