Every JOJO villain through the generations has their own unique charm.
Kira Yoshikage is without a doubt the most unusual existence among them.
His charm lies in the contrast.
The desire to live as a quiet office worker and the uncontrollable urge to kill, when the two combine perfectly together, it's just like Bateman from American Psycho, radiating a kind of bloody and bizarre personal magnetism.
But that's from a character interpretation perspective.
If we only talk about raw combat ability, Kira Yoshikage is definitely the weakest among JOJO's villains. His trickiness lies more in his deliberate concealment and Killer Queen's strange deadly techniques.
Yet the system judged it as "Extremely High" difficulty, even highlighting the warning text in red.
Ryosuke thought about it for a while and asked the system, "Can I bring a few Stands in with me?"
No response.
He stared at the words 'Alone, enter Morioh Town.' He vaguely remembered that Star Platinum's trial introduction said 'Bring Star Platinum, alone enter Cairo and fight Dio Brando.'
'This time it doesn't say whether I can bring any Stands. I can't rule out the possibility that I won't be able to bring any at all. And in the JOJO world, the natural energy is thin…'
What he could rely on was only Ripple, the Golden Spin, and his physical body.
But no matter how strong the body is, against Killer Queen's bombs… how many times can he endure?
As Ryosuke thought, he summoned the pink big cat and asked, "You're max level now. If you use your First Bomb on me, how many times before I die?"
Killer Queen tilted its head, observed Ryosuke up and down, then slowly raised three fingers.
Three times.
And that's in the Naruto world, where Ryosuke had super-speed regeneration.
If it were in the JOJO world, without natural energy's protection, maybe just once would be enough to kill him.
Killer Queen's power had nothing to do with physical toughness, but with size instead.
The bigger the body, the slower the explosion.
Like when it was the Eight-Tails, Gyūki.
'If my guess isn't wrong, the difficulty is indeed higher than fighting Dio in Egypt. But...'
He opened the system and flipped to Part 4 of the manga.
Ryosuke knew Kira Yoshikage's exact identity. As long as he checked at the police station, he could find Kira's home address.
This villain boss, who planned to hide until the endgame, had now lost his most important edge, information.
Investigate, lock on, long-distance kill.
For Ryosuke, not really a big deal.
'Hmm… unless it's Depressed Kira Yoshikage? Super-enhanced upside-down Killer Queen?'
He pondered for a long time, then shook his head, giving up on further speculation.
Instead of overthinking, strengthening himself was the best strategy.
If Ryosuke hadn't misunderstood the trial mission, then he couldn't bring Stands inside. What he could rely on was Ripple and the Golden Spin.
The three-stage Ripple method, until Ryosuke trained the golden flames to burn his entire body, he couldn't talk about breaking through.
The fastest way to raise his strength was to move forward from the Golden Spin, which was still stuck at lesson-1 level.
Ryosuke closed the system interface.
"Looks like I need to make a trip to Konoha."
Yamanaka Fū, later, through identifying the corpse and with White Snake's explanation, Ryosuke finally understood how this guy died. Under his Mind Body Switch Technique, Ryosuke's soul and body had a brief moment of separation.
In that short fraction of a second, Ryosuke faintly grasped the knack of lesson-2.
But Yamanaka Fū died too quickly, not giving Ryosuke enough time to experience it fully.
The chaos in the Land of Water had temporarily settled down. Plus, with the Extermination Army, Kirigakure ninjas, and official samurai, Ryosuke could rest assured and step onto the journey he had long planned, to Konoha, to find the Yamanaka clan to help train the Golden Spin.
Once training bore fruit, he'd take on the trial mission.
———
It had been a long time since he last headed to Konoha. With him this time were Sasuke and Momoka.
The three boarded a ship, crossed the sea, and arrived again at the Land of Waves. Seeing one familiar port after another gave them a feeling as if no time had passed.
But when they saw the great bridge under construction, Ryosuke understood clearly that the Land of Waves was no longer the pitiful place once controlled by Gato.
Once the bridge was completed, the Land of Fire and the Land of Waves wouldn't need ships. Caravans and travelers could go back and forth directly by road.
After entering the Land of Fire, the three continued on horseback, traveling at an easy pace. Five days later, Ryosuke saw the gates of Konoha.
Before leaving, he had sent a carrier pigeon to Tsunade, telling her roughly when he would arrive.
From a distance, Kakashi was already waiting at the gate, holding his book. On the ground beside him, someone had drawn a huge cross mark in chalk.
Ryosuke and Kakashi were old acquaintances, comrades who had fought side by side during the cult leader annihilation battle. No need for excessive greetings, they just nodded at each other, enough.
Ryosuke pointed at the cross mark on the ground.
"What's this supposed to mean?"
Kakashi put away his Icha Icha Paradise and said, "I was afraid that if you flew over again, you wouldn't see clearly where to land from the sky. So I marked a spot for you."
Ryosuke's expression turned strange.
Good guy, he'd actually made him a helipad.
Ryosuke said, "Last time I was in a hurry, plus I needed to put some pressure on Danzo."
"And now you don't need to intimidate anymore?"
Kakashi gave Ryosuke a secretive look.
Ryosuke's group hadn't deliberately concealed their movements. His journey to Konoha was already leaked. Recently, quite a few sneaky "flies" had slipped into the village, with unknown intentions.
Ryosuke just smiled and walked past Kakashi into the village, as if he knew the way by heart.
"I don't need to use that kind of tactic to intimidate anymore."
Back then, Ryosuke had to show his muscles, to display his strength.
Now, just standing there, for anyone harboring ill intentions, fear would naturally well up in their hearts. It was as if the moment they took even half a step forward, they'd be shredded into pieces by this demon, this evil spirit called "Ryosuke."
Kakashi looked at Ryosuke's back, a little dazed for a moment, unable to suppress the thought again, "If Itachi and Danzo hadn't massacred the Uchiha clan, how strong would Konoha be with Ryosuke in it?"
"Danzo, you really deserved to die."
He sighed quietly, then quickly caught up to Ryosuke.
When they reached the Hokage Building, after more than half a year, he finally saw Tsunade again. Compared to before, she seemed less playful, more steady, but also wore an unhidden fatigue.
Not physical fatigue, but mental exhaustion.
Ryosuke pulled out the chair opposite Tsunade and sat down.
"Looks like Sarutobi Hiruzen left you with quite a mess."
Tsunade smiled with a cold "hehehe," her voice carrying complicated emotions, like a poor office worker who had just run into mandatory overtime on top of scheduled overtime, working more than twenty days straight, still having to take the blame and scolding.
"Let's not talk about work."
She pushed the documents on the desk away, rubbed her face hard, trying to massage away the tension. Her cheeks turned slightly red, and she barely regained her usual energy.
"You said in your letter that you want the Yamanaka clan to help with your training?"
Ryosuke nodded and briefly explained the difficulties he faced.
Tsunade rested her chin in her hands.
"You want to master a kind of rotation technique that only touches the skin, without affecting the muscles."
"Yes."
"What you're describing…"
She thought for a while, then asked suspiciously, "Isn't that just the Rasengan?"
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