When everything around Joey settled down, he found himself back inside Hide and Seek.
His heart pounded faster and faster, proving that he was nowhere near as calm as he looked.
He raised his hand. The precisely ticking hands of his watch told him there were fourteen minutes and thirty-one seconds left until midnight.
Killer Queen's Third Bomb, Bites the Dust.
This was Killer Queen's most powerful ability, capable of rewinding time by an hour upon activation and each time it was triggered.
When despair completely filled Joey's heart, Killer Queen's Third Bomb had activated.
Joey had suspected long ago that Killer Queen could use the Third Bomb.
While in his soul form just after crossing over, the person he had seen had, more precisely, been Yoshikage Kira already disguised as Kosaku Kawajiri.
In particular, that slicked-back, black-and-white, watermelon-patterned hairstyle was the look Yoshikage Kira had adopted after obtaining the Third Bomb.
But in the two months since waking and taking control of his body, Joey had never truly fallen into despair, leaving him unable to activate Bites the Dust.
Only when the pressure Meruem brought upon him drove him into a hopeless situation had Bites the Dust activated.
Upon its initial activation, time would rewind to one hour before the ability took effect.
After that, Killer Queen, implanted in Komugi, would blow up and kill anyone who tried to learn about Joey from her, as well as anyone she told about him.
And every time Killer Queen's ability was triggered, it would cause Time Reversal!
However, for Joey, there was a fundamental difference between the initial activation and subsequent triggers.
Upon the initial activation, Joey would retain his memories of everything that had happened during the hour that was rewound.
But on subsequent triggers, Joey would not retain his