The earthquake grew fiercer and fiercer, as though it would shake this world apart at any moment.
In Phantom City, sealed beneath the moonlight for twenty-five years, high-rises overgrown with wild plants kept crashing down, from the outskirts to the city center.
A figure streaked across the sky above the city, trailing a speck of red light. Dio silently counted the seconds.
He had been flying for almost a minute. At this speed, he had to be approaching the city limits.
It could drag him over from so far away. The implications secretly alarmed Dio.
A similar feat in the original story had been Kurapika using his chain to snatch Uvogin away from a distance.
And now, in terms of functionality and performance, the rope tied around him was no less impressive than the chains of Kurapika, one of the manga's protagonists.
Whoosh-
The air currents high above were turbulent, slicing at Dio's cheeks like knives before being blocked by the [Ten] covering his body.
The closer he came to the city limits, the clearer a strange, high-pitched voice became, carried on the wind.
Only when he was about to land did Dio finally make out what it was shouting. "-We workers have guts and grit, what iron pick could be harder than bone-"
Bang!
Dazzling golden light fell from the sky and slammed into the construction site paved with white bone ash.
A gale erupted at once. Waves of air surged, sending bone fragments flying and throwing several nearby mummies away.
The resounding work chant stopped abruptly, replaced by unhurried footsteps.
Whoosh!
A tall, powerfully built man swept aside the swirling bone dust with one hand. He had long red hair and an expression as calm as a priest's.
"My name is Druha. No surname. And you?"
Druha's voice