Chapter 316 Li Qing's Counterattack
At 8:00 on April 6 , time goes back to this point again.
In front of Morioh-cho tram station, Li Qing woke up again beside this familiar street.
Everything happened so suddenly. The heat wave from the explosion seemed to still be flowing around me, and the shadow of death still loomed over my heart.
Li Qing came back to his senses with lingering fear, and finally confirmed that he was still alive.
What falls on my body is the warm sunshine at 8 o'clock in the morning, and what rings in my ears is the soothing noise.
"Phew...Successfully 'loaded' the file."
Li Qing knew clearly that he had almost ended up with no remains left.
If he had not prepared the "File Reader No. 2" to be on standby at all times, and if he had not carefully activated the digitization, he would have really died.
"To think that there is such a terrifying ability..."
"Kira Yoshikage."
This unknown person who was once regarded by Li Qing as a third-tier rookie villain has now become an insurmountable peak standing before him.
Li Qing had just escaped the terror between life and death, but soon felt a suffocating despair:
"As long as you attack the main body, the bomb will be triggered, and it will not stop until the attacker is blown to ashes."
"That is to say, not only can I not reveal Kira Yoshikage's identity to the outside world, I can't attack Kira Yoshikage either—"
"You can't even ask for help!"
A thin layer of sweat had already covered his forehead, and his sweaty head was shining in the sun.
Even though Li Qing was extremely smart, he still couldn't figure out this unsolvable puzzle:
"Invincible... This ability is simply invincible!"
"All roads are blocked and I can't do anything."
Now he can't rely on his companions, can't exert his strength, and can only rely on his not-so-big head to fight alone in despair.
Does all this make sense in front of the invincible loser Shichen?
At this moment, Li Qing almost thought of giving up.
But this pessimistic thought quickly disappeared.
After all, he was not fighting alone, and he was also carrying the lives of his companions.
Li Qing knew that if he did nothing, Giorno and the others would disappear from the world the moment the clock struck 9 o'clock.
"Think, think!"
"No… thinking is not enough."
"I have to make more attempts and collect more intelligence."
'Loading the save file' is the only advantage Li Qing can think of now. Going back in time gives him the possibility to try again and again.
But the word "test" is far more dangerous than it looks literally, and can even be said to be courting death.
Li Qing couldn't help but think of the hot wind that exploded from his body, and the horror of falling into the abyss of death if he wasn't careful...
For a glimmer of hope that was currently out of the question, he had to risk his life to face everything he had just tried to escape from.
"Giorno...just wait for me."
Li Qing's eyes gradually became firm and resolute:
"No matter how many times I try, I will save you from hell!"
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It will be detonated as soon as it is attacked, but in order to remove the Dust of the Loser, Kira Yoshikage must be defeated. This is simply a vicious circle.
Li Qing hasn't figured out a way to break this vicious circle yet.
So he still chose to attack tentatively, but he would use different methods.
"I won't hire a killer this time. I'll do it myself."
"It took three bombs to kill me, but it only took one punch for me to defeat Kira Yoshikage!"
"As long as I rush fast enough, death can't catch up with me!"
Li Qing started his attempt boldly.
After some operation...
“Number 3! Number 3!”
The Roman maximum penalty prison, 10,000 kilometers away.
A panicked voice sounded in the ear of the heavy-duty prisoner numbered 3:
"Kirara Yoshikage is a murderer!"
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At 8:00 on April 6, time goes back to this point again.
"Damn it! The explosion was triggered before I even got close to him."
"Even the stealth approach phase is considered part of the [attack]?"
"There's no way I can get close to that bastard, let alone attack him before I get blown to death!"
Li Qing worked hard to improve his combat methods amidst his failed attempts.
"Well, let's use the Sky Sound Wave for long-range attacks this time."
"Since I can't get close, I'll try to use my super-fast displacement skills."
"At that speed, even an early explosion can't stop me from approaching!"
Li Qing started his attempt boldly.
After some operation...
"Number 4! Number 4!"
The Roman maximum penalty prison, 10,000 kilometers away.
A panicked voice sounded in the ear of the heavy-duty prisoner numbered 4:
"Kirara Yoshikage is a murderer!"
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At 8:00 on April 6, time goes back to this point again.
"The sound wave exploded before it was even launched..."
"With the explosion impact affecting my movements, it's impossible for me to hit the target from a distance."
"Asshole...try another way!"
“…”
"Number 5! Number 5! Kira Yoshikage is…"
“…”
"It seems that rushing in directly won't work."
"I've thought of it. Maybe I can try to set up a time-delay trap!"
“…”
"Number 6! Number 6! Kira Yoshikage..."
“…”
“The previous thinking was all wrong.”
"Attack, the key should be the criteria for judging [attack]!"
“…”
"Number 7! Number 7! Kira..."
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April 6, 1999, 8:50.
In Kameyu Department Store, Kira Yoshikage sat at his desk, concentrating on the work at hand.
He is just an insignificant clerk here, a replaceable screw, and his daily work is repetitive, boring and uninteresting.
Anyone with a little bit of ambition would not be willing to sit on the bench like this.
But Kira Yoshikage enjoyed it very much.
Ordinary, plain, and uneventful.
His pursuit is that simple.
When he's not working, Kirara Yoshikage would occasionally think of Lee Sin:
The man who had once pushed him into a desperate situation in just one day could no longer be an obstacle in his way.
"What a twist of fate..."
"But unfortunately, you are the one being played by fate."
Kira Yoshikage's mouth curled up quietly.
In this comfortable mood, he quietly stroked Miss Mona Lisa in his pocket, and his smile suddenly became happier and warmer.
He could actually feel that the Loser's Dust had been triggered, but he just couldn't tell how many times it had been triggered.
But what is certain now is that Li Qing must have experienced the pain and helplessness of his companions' explosion.
Thinking of this, Kira Yoshikage's mood became brighter.
At this moment, his cell phone suddenly rang.
"Hello? I'm Kira Yoshikage, an employee of Kameyu Department Store."
"May I ask what you may need..."
"Oh, it's you who's here... Li Qing."
Kirara Yoshikage's formulaic smile suddenly turned cold:
"Wait a minute."
"Wait for me to find a place where it's more convenient for us to talk."
He left his workstation with his cell phone in hand and walked out of Guiyou Department Store avoiding the sight of his colleagues.
This is Kira Yoshikage's little habit. He doesn't like to make private calls in a department store where there are many people around.
So, Kira Yoshikage walked quickly out of the company gate and came to the wide avenue.
He didn't see Li Qing outside.
It seems that Li Qing just made a simple phone call.
"Haha, Li Qing..."
"Has the loser eaten dust been triggered?"
"How many times has it been triggered? Now you..."
Kira Yoshikage put the phone to his ear and began to mock the enemy who had once brought him endless nightmares in a joking tone.
While he was talking to Li Qing on the phone in a happy mood, he was subconsciously pacing back and forth in the open space in front of the department store.
He would pace around unconsciously when he was on the phone. It was a little habit of his.
"Kira Yoshikage."
"Your loser, Dust Eater, is indeed very powerful."
Li Qing on the other end of the phone finally spoke.
Unlike the anger he had imagined, the voice that Kira Yoshikage heard sounded faintly tired, even weak.
Compared with the Li Qing who exuded infinite vitality at that moment in the past, this Li Qing is like a young office worker whose edges have been gradually worn away by life, and the demeanor of daring to fight against the world can no longer be heard in his voice.
"Oh? From your tone..."
"You seem to have witnessed the true power of the Loser Eater of Dust?"
Kirara Yoshikage couldn't suppress his smile at all, and his steps became more and more cheerful:
"Li Qing, it seems that you already know what you are facing now."
"Yes - Loser Eats Dust is invincible!"
He has such absolute confidence.
So he did not hide his arrogance at all, nor did he hide his contempt for Li Qing.
Li Qing was like a desperate person whose spirit had been extinguished. No matter how Kira Yoshikage mocked him, he showed no emotion at all.
"Perhaps."
The voice was neither sad nor happy, just like a dried salted fish:
"You're right, the loser eating dust is too unsolvable."
"I've tried many times...many times...but I still can't find a way to crack it."
“…”
Li Qing kept on talking in a depressing tone as if admitting defeat.
It was as if his spirit and fighting spirit had completely collapsed in the face of that cruel reality.
The more Kira Yoshikage listened, the more comfortable he felt, and the more energetic he became.
His pace sometimes quickened and sometimes slowed down, as cheerful as if he was on vacation on the beach.
He knew that he could live an ordinary and happy life forever, and even Li Qing could not stop him.
At this time, on the wide avenue in front of Guiyou Department Store, a car was speeding along the lane close to Guiyou Department Store.
It was driving very fast, like the wind, and it absolutely deserved the speeding ticket.
But this is just a normal phenomenon on this road:
There are no speed cameras on this road, and the road is flat and wide, the weather and visibility are good, and there are not many pedestrians getting in the way.
At 8:51 in the morning when traffic was relatively light, on a highway with such good road conditions, it was no big deal for the driver to just let go and speed for a while.
That's what the driver of this sedan thought.
Kira Yoshikage didn't pay much attention to this. He was still strolling casually on the open space beside the avenue while talking on the phone with great interest to Li Qing.
However, at this moment, Li Qing's voice on the other end of the phone suddenly became deep:
“I keep failing, repeating.”
"But through countless attempts, I gradually summed up some experience."
“In fact, the first one is.”
"Destiny cannot be changed. Things that were destroyed before will still be destroyed in due time!"
“This is true for people and objects.”
Kira Yoshikage suddenly felt something was wrong.
However, Li Qing continued to speak methodically:
"On the third morning of my experience, 8:51:23."
"In front of Guiyou Department Store, a dump truck collided with a speeding car coming from the opposite direction."
"The left front side of the car was deformed and it lost control and crashed into the Guiyou Department Store."
Just as he finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of metal denting and deforming on the broad road.
The speeding car that was originally speeding on the road had its left front side damaged and deformed without any collision with any other vehicle!
Li Qing did not hire a killer this time, so the dump truck that was the culprit naturally did not appear.
But even though the dump truck did not appear this time, the car was still damaged as fate had written - the damage was so sudden that it was impossible to react.
The sudden damage instantly destroyed the vehicle's stability.
The car, which was already seriously speeding, suddenly lost control and swerved, speeding toward the roadside in an unstoppable manner.
In front of the out-of-control car, the first to face this horrific collision was...
It’s Kira Yoshikage!
"W-what?"
Kirara Yoshikage's face changed drastically:
Only then did he realize that he had unconsciously walked to the side of the road while walking, and walked to a position closest to the out-of-control car.
Faced with this sudden high-speed collision, his mortal body had no time to dodge.
Killer Queen is still on Lee Sin at this moment. Unless Kira Yoshikage cancels the Loser's Dust Eater and instantly recalls his Stand, he will die in the next second.
"Damn it...are we going to cancel the Loser's Dust Eating Order?"
Kira Yoshikage's face looked extremely ugly.
Everything happened so suddenly that he couldn't react at all.
However, during this almost static time, Kira Yoshikage's clever mind, which had been buried in tedious work, suddenly came into play:
"Wait... I see..."
"I don't have to be afraid at all!"
"Since Li Qing knew in advance that the car would lose control and crash here at this time..."
"So his act of luring me to this specific time and place by phone was actually setting a trap!"
"This is undoubtedly also an attack, an act that will trigger the first bomb!"
Kirara Yoshikage instantly calmed down:
Since Li Qing is [attacking], he must have triggered the first bomb before the [attack] officially occurred.
At this time, Li Qing might have been killed by the serial explosions, and the Killer Queen who had lost her host would return to her body within a moment of Li Qing's death.
By then, with the protection of Killer Queen, Kira Yoshikage will be confident that he can survive the last moment before the car accident.
"Haha...it's really thoughtful of you to think of this method."
"But my Loser Eater is an invincible ability that has no loopholes!"
"This little trick of changing your form to set a trap can't hurt me, Kirara Yoshikage!"
The out-of-control car roared towards them, carrying with it terrifying kinetic energy that seemed capable of crushing everything.
Kira Yoshikage knew that he didn't have time to dodge, so he just stood there calmly.
He was waiting, waiting for Killer Queen to return with victory.
However…
Killer Queen didn't come back.
The car was about to hit it, but it didn't move.
Kira Yoshikage's smile collapsed in an instant.
