"Hiss—"
It wasn't over.
The back of the white-haired woman's fair hand was already pierced with countless small holes from the vine's barbs. These barbs dug deep into Killer Queen's fist, then began to grow up its arm. In moments, the barbs had sprouted new vines, rooting themselves in its arm.
Yu Yachen frowned. She controlled Killer Queen to grab one end of the vines and—
"RIP."
With the sound of tearing flesh, the vines rooted in its arm were forcibly ripped out. Simultaneously, a bloody hole appeared in Yu Yachen's own arm, and fresh blood streamed down her pale skin.
These vines spread much faster than the liquid. Yu Yachen threw them aside. Although she had physically dealt with the barbs, the slime on her hand had already climbed to Killer Queen's shoulder.
The Stand ability hadn't been deactivated.
If she let this thing continue to spread, it would be a fatal threat whether it blocked her breathing or destroyed her organs. She had to eliminate the Stand user's main body.
Yu Yachen shouted coldly at the family of three up ahead:
"Stop!"
Killer Queen followed the white-haired woman, appearing in front of the three. The haggard-faced woman frowned, about to scold her, but the Stand knocked her out with a single chop to the neck.
"Thud!"
There were too many people in the complex. Yu Yachen didn't kill them, but she knocked all three unconscious, one after the other.
Only after the little boy was unconscious did the slime, which had almost reached her Stand's shoulder, finally begin to dissipate.
So the boy was the Stand user?
Yu Yachen shook her hand, and Killer Queen gradually faded back into her body.
If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed a child like this could be a Stand user. Although the original JoJo had children like Emporio, this Feline boy seemed completely ordinary, with no potential for awakening a Stand.
Unless... he was accidentally struck by [The Arrow] and became a Stand user.
[The Arrow] was an item that could awaken Stands. If a person was struck by it and survived the accompanying virus, they would become a Stand user.
But I've lived in Lungmen for years and never met another Stand user...
As Yu Yachen was thinking, a sudden, sharp pain shot through her arm! Her forearm swelled with grotesque, purplish-blue veins, as if thousands of worms were squirming under her skin.
"Snap—"
The cufflink on her suit jacket burst off. Her entire arm suddenly split open, and a thicket of thorny vines erupted from within her flesh!
"Spltch!"
Blood splattered! Yu Yachen's eyes widened. When she had used Killer Queen to rip the vines off her arm earlier, her right hand had gone numb. Why hadn't the slime disappeared?
There was only one possibility. She hadn't defeated the Stand user at all...
"The slime didn't disappear. It just burrowed into your body."
Suddenly, a rough male voice reached her ears.
Yu Yachen looked toward the source and saw a Lupo man in strange clothing rising from the bushes by the roadside. His greenish-blue clothes, which had blended with the grass, suddenly changed color, revealing their true black appearance.
"My Stand's ability allows me to blend perfectly with the natural environment. It's very suitable for assassination."
"Long-range Stand effects usually weaken with distance from the user. To prevent you from noticing anything strange, I've been hiding in the grass, following you."
"Who are you? Who sent you?"
Yu Yachen looked at the vines about to reach her shoulder. After entering her body, the slime was growing even faster. At this rate, it would only be a matter of minutes before it corroded her heart or neck.
The white-haired woman half-knelt on the ground. Her pale cyan eyes showed no panic despite her predicament. She commanded Killer Queen to raise its hand in a chop. On her command—
"Slice!"
Yu Yachen severed her own arm. The cut was made just above the point of the vines' encroachment.
The white-haired woman's actions were casual, as if it were nothing. Even a battle-hardened veteran would have winced in pain, but to her, an attack that would be fatal to an ordinary person felt as insignificant as a needle passing through a sweater.
"It's useless. So what if you cut off your own arm? You'll still bleed to death."
"I placed my [The Evil Seed] on that little boy and your car door in advance. That's what made you believe he was the Stand user."
"And from my observations, I've got a preliminary understanding of your Stand—a close-range power type. Its range is about 1-2 meters, correct?"
The Lupo man pointed at her. Even after revealing himself, he maintained a 10-meter distance.
Not too far, not too close. He could defend against a sudden attack from her, but his Stand's ability wouldn't be overly weakened.
"Your Stand's power is extremely weak right now. I could catch your attacks as easily as catching a pop fly."
"I originally thought the person the boss wanted me to assassinate would be a dangerous mission. But now, it seems you're not all that."
"Boss?"
Yu Yachen remained half-kneeling, raising her remaining left hand to her ear as if to listen. Even as blood gushed from the stump of her right arm, her expression remained unchanged, as if she felt no pain at all.
"Our organization noticed your status as a Stand user. The boss sent me to test you. But the organization doesn't accept women, so you can just die here—"
"Hm?"
As the Lupo man was speaking, he suddenly felt like he had stepped on something.
"I see. So it's just a simple long-range Stand?"
It seemed invincible, but in reality, [The Evil Seed] is a very weak Stand.
The white-haired woman's murmur reached the man's ears. He moved his boot and looked down. On the gray concrete, there was a coin. A Lungmen dollar.
In a big city like Lungmen, coins on the ground were common. It wasn't enough to arouse suspicion, so the Lupo man hadn't paid it any mind.
"Killer Queen has two abilities. The first is [Sheer Heart Attack] on the left hand. The second is the [First Bomb] on the right hand, which can turn any object it touches into a bomb."
Yu Yachen, still half-kneeling, explained slowly.
"But if you break it down, the [First Bomb] also has two types. The first is [Manual Detonation], which requires me to press the switch with my thumb. The other is [Contact Detonation], which explodes immediately upon contact."
That coin had already been touched by Killer Queen. But since I cut off my right hand, I can no longer detonate it.
However, unlike the original Yoshikage Kira, I can turn multiple objects into bombs at the same time. And for me, releasing multiple [Sheer Heart Attacks] is also possible.
In Killer Queen's left hand, it was clutching another coin, prepared in advance. This shiny coin was the [Contact Detonation] type.
"That coin... has already been touched by [Killer Queen]."
"What are you trying to say?!"
The Lupo man was extremely vigilant. He immediately began to back away from the coin, but—
"Cling—"
Before he could, Killer Queen had already tossed the second coin at him. Even though the man instantly summoned his Stand to block, the coin made contact with the hem of his clothes.
"BOOM—!"
The flash of the explosion instantly engulfed the Lupo man. And the aftershock from the bomb that detonated on his chest... reached the "bomb" coin at his feet.
"BOOM—!"
Even if the people of Terra had higher-than-average physical durability, under this double explosion, the man would be, if not dead, crippled.
[The Host uses this Stand even better than the original user. I'm suddenly feeling like Killer Queen is just too overpowered. (´・ω・`)]
"..."
Yu Yachen's face was blank.
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