Chapter 318: Searching for Diablo
Li Qing has treated this world as a game from the very beginning. This has improved to some extent, but has not completely changed.
In the virtual game world, players are always synonymous with chaos:
They may be heroes who save the world and are righteous one day, and cruel and brutal villains who kill and whip corpses the next day.
It all depends on your mood.
Unfortunately, this time, the death of his companion had already made Li Qing feel extremely bad.
So Kira Yoshikage died, and his death was horrible.
Just like the road that has been shattered into powder.
The horrified witnesses called the police and an ambulance quickly arrived at the scene.
The emergency doctor on board observed Kira Yoshikage's body up close and was soon so frightened that he lay down in the ambulance.
The culprit, Li Qing, quietly left the scene amid the noise.
He had confirmed Kira Yoshikage's death over and over again. Now, he had only one most important thing left to confirm:
"Giorno, did you survive?"
This question weighed heavily on Li Qing's mind.
He didn't call directly to confirm, he wanted to witness it with his own eyes.
With unspeakable nervousness and hope, Li Qing exerted all his strength and ran quickly towards the Dongfang family.
The anger and gloom on his face gradually disappeared, leaving only the unresolved uneasiness.
Finally, Li Qing returned to the Dongfang family.
The time has long passed the 9:00 that would reveal fate.
What he feared most was hearing silence when he returned. He was afraid that even if he cracked the Loser's Dust, he would not be able to change the fate of his companions' death.
But soon, the door opened.
Giorno pushed the door open and looked at the tired-looking Li Qing outside with confusion and worry:
"Li Qing, where did you go this morning?"
"Giorno... Great, you're still here."
Li Qing answered the question irrelevantly.
Just let out a long sigh of relief.
When he saw that familiar face, he knew that all his efforts were not in vain.
He rescued all his lost companions from hell, and he successfully protected the only thing that mattered to him in this "game".
"Is everyone okay?"
"Everything is fine."
"That's good…"
"You look tired?"
Giorno vaguely sensed something was wrong:
Li Qing's monstrous body already possesses unimaginable energy, and the digitized mode turns him into a perpetual motion machine with unlimited energy.
The two days of high-intensity and continuous fighting during the start-up phase did not make Li Qing show any signs of fatigue.
But now, Giorno found that Li Qing's eyes were full of fatigue.
That kind of tiredness did not come from the body, but from a tortured soul.
"What on earth did you go do?"
Giorno frowned slightly, his eyes filled with worry.
"I killed Kira Yoshikage." Li Qing replied with relief.
Hearing this, the frown deepened: "Who is Kira Yoshikage?"
"..." Li Qing was silent for a while:
It seems that the changes that this strange ability has brought to the world and the corrections to people's memories are permanent.
Even though Kira Yoshikage died, Giorno and the others did not recover their memories.
They will not remember Kira Yoshikage, nor will they know how hard Li Qing worked in that endless cycle.
"Forget it, it's not important."
"I hope everyone is okay."
A reassuring smile appeared on Li Qing's face.
Anyway, Kira Yoshikage is dead, and everyone has survived the ordeal safely, so there is no need to tell those unnecessary stories.
He yawned loudly, looking as tired as an internet addict who had been working in an internet cafe for seven days and seven nights.
The game finally ended in frustration and numbness.
The string that was tightly stretched in Li Qing's mind was finally loosened.
His figure was so shaky that he almost fell down.
"I'm so sleepy... Let me take a nap first."
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April 6, 17:30 p.m.
Li Qing woke up slowly from that long sleep.
When I woke up, the sun had already set in the west and the sky seemed a little dark.
He came to himself, looked at the sky and saw that it was finally not morning anymore, and he felt much more relaxed.
After learning that Lee Sin had woken up, Giorno, Jotaro, Polnareff and other companions quickly gathered in front of him.
But Li Qing couldn't help but ask:
"What time is it now?"
"On the 6th, at 5:30 p.m."
Everyone looked at Li Qing with some worry:
"What happened this morning?"
"You were so tired that you slept for the whole day as soon as you came back."
"It's okay, don't worry."
“I have solved all the problems.”
Li Qing let out a long sigh and put everyone at ease with his calm expression.
However, Higashikata Josuke couldn't help but ask:
"Is it related to that Diablo?"
"We haven't found any clues about this guy for two days... We don't know where he is hiding now."
There was a hint of anxiety in Josuke's tone.
Because the memories of Kira Yoshikage have been deleted and modified, everyone's memory of these two days is roughly like this:
No. 4 Josuke unexpectedly encounters Diablo on the street and a conflict occurs between them.
No. 5 Li Qing and others came with support and defeated the Hongcun brothers.
But until the 6th, until now, they have not found any trace of Diablo at all.
Finding Diablo is a long way off, but this murderous demon hiding in the dark has already had a very bad impact on Higashikata Josuke's life.
He now doesn't dare to let his mother go out alone, for fear that Diablo might kidnap her accidentally.
As long as Diablo is not eliminated, he will not be able to let go of his worries.
Therefore, Josuke Higashikata is very concerned about capturing Diablo.
"This...what happened this morning has nothing to do with Diablo."
"It's a long story, but I can't find the guy now."
Li Qing replied somewhat helplessly.
In fact, this matter is somewhat related to Diablo. After all, Kira Yoshikage is Diablo's accomplice.
He now has no idea where Diablo went after Kira Yoshikage activated his ability yesterday, and he doesn't even know whether he is dead or alive.
Everything returned to the starting point, and Li Qing had no clues to find Diablo.
"It seems that we can't find him for the time being."
The taciturn Jotaro suddenly spoke.
He pointed out another way for those who were in trouble:
"Then we can only stay here carefully for now."
"Wait until the old man arrives in Morioh Town, and then ask him to help with the 'reading and writing'."
"Old man?" Li Qing didn't quite understand.
Higashikata Josuke's expression became a little subtle.
Polnareff, however, showed a look of nostalgia in his eyes, and then said excitedly:
"Is Mr. Joseph going to come over in person?"
"Yes, my grandfather is coming to Morioh Town."
"He actually set out from the United States a long time ago by ship, just to see..."
Jotaro glanced at Higashikata Josuke without showing any emotion, and then continued to talk about business:
"The cruise ship the old man is on will arrive at Morioh Port in three days."
"Once he arrives, we can have him try to use the 'Hidden Purple' to find Diablo."
"Can't we just read and write now?"
Polnareff is well aware of the ability of Jotaro's grandfather's Stand, which is a super-intelligent Stand that can read and write the target's photo across half the world.
"I can't... the old man is really old now."
Jotaro sighed softly, which was rare:
"He's already 79, and he's still too lazy to practice the ripples."
"Now he has to use a cane to walk, and he can't read or write if he's too far away."
"In fact... I don't even know if he's still conscious enough to use a Stand."
That sounds unreliable...
This was Li Qing’s first reaction after hearing it.
Moreover, the other party had come here slowly by boat from the United States in advance, so they would have to wait at least three more days before they could meet Mr. Joseph.
Why didn't the old man just take a plane? It's obviously faster and safer to take a plane.
Li Qing complained in his heart about this somewhat unreliable plan.
At the same time, he was trying hard to think about how to find Diablo's whereabouts:
"Is there any other way to find Diablo as soon as possible?"
“Do I really have to wait here for three days for a 79-year-old man to come and help me?”
He felt vaguely uneasy.
Because the power Kira Yoshikage displayed before was extraordinary.
Although he had not noticed the arrow hidden in Kira Yoshikage's pocket, he could also sense:
That power didn't seem to be Kira Yoshikage's original power, but a power that was suddenly awakened in a desperate situation by some means .
Now Diablo's whereabouts are unknown, and his life or death is unknown.
Li Qing was very worried that if time dragged on for too long, this guy would suddenly make a comeback like Kira Yoshikage.
"It was entirely thanks to Kira Yoshikage that I was able to find him last time."
"Because Diablo had no idea of the power of Gold Experience, he was completely unprepared."
"That's why Giorno was able to use the hair that Kira Yoshikage dropped to track him down."
"And now that Kira Yoshikage is gone, Diablo has left no clues to follow... Wait..."
Li Qing suddenly thought of something:
It's not like Diablo left no trace at all.
And since he didn't know about Giorno's Golden Experience's ability, he didn't think of erasing that trace.
"Blood! There's blood on the road in front of the train station from when Diablo was seriously injured yesterday!"
"Only the memory has changed. The past has not really changed. The bloodstains are still there."
"As long as these bloodstains are there, Giorno can use the power of Golden Experience to directly lock onto Diavolo's body."
Li Qing's eyes lit up, and he suddenly stood up from the bed:
"We don't have to wait for Mr. Joseph."
"Today is the day Diablo dies!"
