24 After so long, the boss is finally going to show his face

【Music Opening】

"JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Fighter" op

Song Title: "STANDPROUD"

Singing: Hashimotohito

そして、集いしスターダスト

100年目の目醒めに呼ばれて

男たちは向かう

時の沙を越えるJourney

鎖のよう連なる絡み合う宿命(カルマ)

白金(ひかり)で断つ運命(さだめ)

Standup! Standup! Standup!

打ち込むのは

AllrightnowAllrightnowAllrightnow

誇りのBullet

BreakyoudownBreakyoudownBreakyoudown

拳放つ聖なるヴィジョンStandProud!

Seal(と)じられてた「時」に

陽の光浴びせるのは誰だ

Hope for the future

流れる星のクルセイダース

賭けるのは命護るべき愛と

TAROT(カード)は配られた

Standup! Standup! Standup!

立ちはだかる

AllrightnowAllrightnowAllrightnow

敵を倒し

BreakyoudownBreakyoudownBreakyoudown

道を拓く魂のヴィジョンStandProud!

闇の中嗤う背中を

探し追い求める男の

その足音レクイエム

Sand desert に響く...

Standup! Standup! Standup!

打ち込むのは

AllrightnowAllrightnowAllrightnow

誇りのBullet

BreakyoudownBreakyoudownBreakyoudown

拳放つ聖なるヴィジョンStandProud!

Standup! Standup! Standup!

立ちはだかる

AllrightnowAllrightnowAllrightnow

敵を倒し

BreakyoudownBreakyoudownBreakyoudown

道を拓く魂のヴィジョンStandProud!

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[X city, a villa in the suburbs. 】

In the study room on the second floor of the villa, in the best lighting direction, there is a set of tables and chairs, and a middle-aged man is sitting on a chair, reading a book, and the cover reads "The Count of Monte Cristo".

The middle-aged man is tall and strong, and just sitting there gives people a feeling of looking up. His hair stood on end, and his hair was gray, but he did not look old at all, and his gray hair added a bit of majesty to him. With an angular face and a neat white beard on his chin, you can see that this is a serious, resolute and decisive person.

The middle-aged man sits motionless in a chair, and if he doesn't occasionally flip through a book, he may mistake it for a sculpture.

At noon, there was a sudden knock on the door of the study where the middle-aged man was.

"Come in." He paused to read, looked at the door, and said.

A young man dressed in a butler's uniform walked in with a dining cart.

The young man didn't look strong, he was very tall and thin, more than two meters tall, but his appearance was ordinary, but his height was enough to attract attention. After he entered the study, he first saluted the middle-aged man, and then said, "Master, it's time to eat." As he spoke, he placed the food on the dining car in front of the middle-aged man, and then stood respectfully in front of the middle-aged man and waited for the order.

The middle-aged man put down the book in his hand, ignored the food in front of him, and asked the young man: "Ah Yuan, how is the experiment in Z City?" ”

"Back to the master's words." The young man, known as Ah Yuan, replied respectfully, "Although there are some variables, the experiment has been successful, and all the indicators are completely in line with expectations, and it has been able to be mass-produced." ”

"Well, well, the year-long plan is finally complete. That's the last step...... the middle-aged man nodded, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Are the people from the council here?" ”

"Back to the master, I just came, just downstairs, I'll ask him to ......"

Before Ah Yuan could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a voice: "No need, I'm already here." As soon as the words fell, the middle-aged man's eyes flickered, and a person suddenly appeared in front of him.

The middle-aged man's expression fluctuated slightly, and he thought to himself, "This person suddenly appeared in the room, and neither I nor Ah Yuan noticed it. The door didn't open, and it didn't seem to be done with speed...... Looks like the council has sent a master this time. ”

The middle-aged man looked at the person who suddenly appeared in front of him, and his first impression was: cold and gloomy.

This man has blond eyebrows, a burly figure, and an arrogant expression, dressed in golden clothes from top to bottom, with a heart-shaped green belt pinned to his waist, and golden boots on his feet. Although he was golden, it was dull, as if the sun would suck it away when it hit his body.

He stood in front of the middle-aged man with his hands on his chest, looked at the middle-aged man condescendingly and said, "You are the imperial court, hmph, it seems that it is nothing more than that." ”

The imperial court looked at him silently, and suddenly stood up with a light snort: "Your Excellency seems to be very confident......" The imperial court said suddenly, and reached out and punched the man!

The "whew" fist brought the wind sound, but it didn't feel like it was hit.

The fist fell into the air.

"Huh?" Huang Ting's brows furrowed, he was very confident in his attack, and he asked himself that it was impossible to hit at this distance, but he really didn't attack in front of him.

"Tsk, is this your fist, it's so weak."

A voice sounded behind the imperial court, and the imperial court slowly turned around, and saw that the man's posture of holding his hands on his chest had not changed, and there was a smile on his face, but this smile was cold and piercing.

The imperial court suddenly smiled: "You are welcome here!" My friend! Haha, hahaha......"

The man laughed too, but to others it seemed more sarcastic: "The weak deserve to be my friend of Lord Dior?" Hum. ”

"You! You! Ah Yuan, who was on the side, suddenly spoke up, pointed at Dior and shouted, "You dare to look down on the master!" I'm going to...... Yes!!! ”

Before he could finish his sentence, he suddenly screamed. Dio stood still and didn't move, but Ah Yuan pointed at Dio's hand and flew out for no reason, and the blood and water degraded the imperial court.

The imperial court was silent, and after a while, he ignored the screams of Ah Yuan next to him, looked at Dior and said seriously: "I have seen Mr. Dior's strength, so Pingchuan Valley will ask you." ”

"Hmph, that's why I'm here."

"Okay, then ......" The imperial court turned his head to look at Ah Yuan who fell to the ground, "Ah Yuan, you go and arrange people, and then give Pingchuan Valley a ...... reminder"

"No need." Dio abruptly interrupted the royal court.

"Oh?" The royal court looked at Dior.

"I've already sent someone......" Dior looked up at the sky, a playful smile on his face.

“…… I have a new gadget I want to try. ”

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【An isolated island in Southeast Asia】

In the cave at the top of the mountain, a man sat cross-legged on the ground, and the shadow covered his upper body, making it impossible to see his face.

A man in a black cloak came in from outside the cave, bowed his head and half-knelt in front of the man in the shadows: "My lord, Lord Morrison has arrived in City X, and the Glory Squad is ready. ”

"En......" The man in the shadows spoke, his voice was low, like a drooping old man, "I know, you should step back first." ”

"Yes, sir." The black cloak replied, but his body did not move, he raised his head and said in an uncertain tone, "My lord, can it be done this time?" ”

"Huh?" Hearing the question from his men, the man in the shadows opened his eyes, looked at the black cloak and said, "No. ”

"Then why send people to do it?" Black Cloak asked again.

"You have to understand." The voice in the shadows grew lower, "Not every battle has to be won......"

“…… We are going to win this war. ”

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【Z City, Iron Mountain Hospital Duty Room】

Warwick and Sister Chuan sat opposite each other.

Even after many days, Warwick still can't forget the pressure that Sister Chuan gave him. Now, although Sister Chuan didn't deliberately target him like last time, she just made Warwick uncomfortable with the aura she exuded casually.

"It's worthy of being a super S-level character, no matter how long it takes, it's unforgettable."

Now Warwick is here because the commission that Sister Chuan gave him before has come to fruition. Warwick took out a stack of documents from his bag and handed it to Sister Chuan and said, "This is my investigation and analysis. Written specifically for employers, I don't need this stuff. ”

Sister Chuan took the document handed over by Warwick, flipped through it casually, and her brows slowly furrowed: "This doesn't look good." ”

"I first looked at the current number of gangs and members in the two cities, and then I looked at the activities of previous years and found something strange," Warwick said. ”

"Huh?"

"In these two cities, and to be more precise, in the surrounding cities, the gang organizations and spheres of influence were relatively fixed in the past few years, but since the middle of last year, there has been a change of gang power. Up to now, the old gangs that have not shaken their status for more than ten years have all disappeared, and the new gangs have changed frequently. Judging from the results, there is a reason for each change of power, which seems reasonable - the recent Rong Gang in X City split because the gang leader was killed by a bounty hunter. ”

Saying that, Warwick's expression became serious: "Every time there is a reason that seems reasonable, but successive coincidences are no longer coincidences." I'm sure there's some organization behind this, and ...... is a transhuman" organization. Warwick looked at Sister Chuan, "It's done by people like you." ”

"Well...... I agree. Sister Chuan's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, "Only the [Superhuman] organization has this ability. ”

"Indeed." Warwick nodded, "But there is one more discovery I have made that surprised me even more. ”

"Say."

"That's – since the beginning of the year, the population of these two cities has stopped growing." Warwick said with a serious expression, "I stumbled upon it when I was investigating the gangs, and the disappearance rate of the population in these two cities is much higher than that in other cities, which is extremely abnormal. Although these two cities have a large population flow, the disappearance rate is also extremely high. At the same time, the mortality rate and birth rate are not outstanding compared to other cities, but the population is not growing. ”

The atmosphere became serious.

Warwick continued: "Now that the number of people in the two cities seems to be increasing, it is actually a more frequent movement of people. If you take this factor into account, the gap is even greater when compared to other cities. All that is said ......"

"Someone is killing people in a planned way."

Silent. No one spoke, only the sound of Sister Chuan flipping through the documents sounded from time to time, and Warwick stared at Sister Chuan motionlessly.

In the middle of the night, Sister Chuan threw all the documents on the table, leaned back and sighed.

"Hey~~~"

She closed her eyes and rubbed her forehead as she waved her hand at Warwick, looking a little irritated: "Okay Warwick." Your commission is over. She stretched out her hand and swiped in the air, and a check appeared in her hand, and she casually threw it to him, "This is your follow-up payment, and this matter will end here." ”

"I ......" Warwick obviously recognized the seriousness of the problem, and he was about to say something when he was interrupted by Sister Chuan: "I know what kind of person you are, but this matter is not for you to meddle in." Sister Chuan rested her elbows on the table, her palms on her forehead, and Warwick couldn't see her face, "This is a [superhuman] thing, not something that you can participate in at your level." When you hear from Nicholas, you will leave immediately, and return to Higashishima City immediately. ”

Speaking of this, Sister Chuan straightened up, looked at Warwick's eyes and said, "Hey...... I'm quite optimistic about you, and there will be some use in the future, I don't want you to die in a daze, do you know what I mean? ”

Warwick's face changed dramatically, and finally he let out a long sigh, "I see." ”

"It's good to understand, then ......" Speaking of this, Sister Chuan's mobile phone suddenly rang. She took out her mobile phone and looked at it, and the next moment she showed a cold smile, "I really said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived...... Humph......"

What appears on the phone is the special number given to Nicholas by Sister Chuan. According to the agreement between him and Sister Chuan, when the phone rings, it only explains one problem.

Hirata is in danger.

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【Time Backtrack】

This is the last day of work, under the leadership of the local tyrant Cauldron brother, the three of them went to a newly opened restaurant in Z City early in the morning to have a tooth sacrifice.

At the dinner table, Brother Cauldron said while eating: "Xiaotian, Xiaolong, tell you something." ”

"What's wrong?" Hirata stopped the chopsticks in his hand and said. As for Xiaolong, he didn't pay attention to the two of them at all, concentrating on eating.

Brother Cauldron took out a check and said, "This is for you, a total of 100,000, you can distribute it yourself." ”

"I'm rubbing! The sun is coming out in the west, and the iron rooster is plucking? Hirata said in disbelief.

"." Brother Cauldron turned his head away, "This is the bonus given on this year's excellent work, I have become rich this month by commission, I want to give it to you as soon as I want." ”

Hirata looked at Brother Cauldron's face and stared at him for a long time.

"What, I have flowers on my face?"

"No, I'm looking for your cuteness."

"Get out!"

"No matter what." Brother Cauldron said, "You have helped a lot, and you two have contributed to completing the [abnormal] cleanup work ahead of schedule this year." On behalf of all the citizens of Z City, I would like to thank you. ”

"Be polite, come to us for this kind of thing in the future, after all, it's not easy for someone to invite you to dinner."

Xiaolong praised with his eyes on the side (he couldn't open his mouth with food stuffed in his mouth).

"Haha, come to me anytime you want to eat it, I'll pay!"

"That's settled, cheers!"

Everyone: "Cheers!" ”

On the way back to the hospital, I passed through a small street, and the sun was shining on the street, shining warmly on people's faces. This time, it was work time, and there weren't too many pedestrians on the road, but the shops were open, and bursts of attention-grabbing music were playing from the streets on both sides.

"The big river flows eastward, and the stars in the sky participate in the Beidou~~" This is normal.

"You are the most beautiful cloud in my sky, let me leave you with my heart~~~" This is a square dance party.

"Pleasant goat, beautiful goat, lazy goat, boiling goat......" This is a children's rhyme.

"My Lao Ga (home) lives in that Teng (Tun)." Well, it's a joke.

Both Hirata and Xiaolong were a little drunk this morning (is it really okay to drink for breakfast?). The two staggered back with each other's arms, humming as they went: "What's under the girl's skirt?" Why do boys blush when they hear this? Girl's underskirt ......"

It's still the familiar singing, it's still the familiar taste.

Although the shame is not good.

While the two were singing all the way, an uncle with an umbrella came across the road. The uncle was tall, wearing a brown cloak, and holding a huge dark red umbrella nearly one person tall in his hand, which completely covered his appearance under the umbrella, making it difficult to see.

This dress is really strange~~~ Xiaolong thought to himself.

Just when Hirata and the uncle staggered, the umbrella uncle suddenly collected the umbrella and swept towards Hirata, and at the same time, Hirata also summoned Xiao Hei to use the umbrella surface to have a head-on collision with the other party.

"Bang-smack!"

The umbrella uncle was shocked by the force and slipped a few meters, while Hirata was directly knocked out and fixed on the wall, a human figure was printed on the wall, Hirata was embedded in the wall, his eyes were black for a moment, and his throat opened his mouth to spit out a mouthful of blood.

When Hirata saw the umbrella uncle for the first time, he knew that guy had bad intentions, the other party's killing intent was too obvious, even if he drank too much, he could feel it (Xiaolong didn't notice it), so he summoned Xiao Hei to block this blow at the first time when the other party made a move, but he didn't expect the opponent's strength to far surpass his own, and he suffered a big loss after only one fight.

"Ahem...... I didn't expect it, the strength is so strong, this time it's big. Hehe, why are there so many people who want my life now. Hirata slowly crawled out of the wall, coughing up blood in his mouth, looking a little sluggish, but his eyes were fixed on the umbrella uncle opposite without blinking.

"What?!"

Encountering this change, Xiaolong also came back to his senses, and most of the wine woke up in an instant, his body burned with red light, and the remaining alcohol in his body turned into steam and volatilized.

"Who are you?" Xiaolong, who had adjusted his state, asked, and at this time, Hirata also stood next to Xiaolong, slowly pulled out his umbrella blade, and looked at the other party vigilantly.

But there was no response, and the umbrella uncle on the opposite side just stood up silently, put away the giant umbrella in his hand and inserted it on the ground, and "looked" at the two opposite.

"What is this!?" When he saw the face of the enemy on the opposite side, Xiaolong exclaimed.

When the enemy revealed his full face, both of them chuckled in their hearts, because the person opposite was wrapped in a white bandage from the top of his head to his neck, except for his eyes, the rest of the place was covered by bandages, and there was not a single gap. Even his eyes can only see two black holes, and he should be bandaged from the neck down, which means that the enemy on the other side is a mummy.

"It's so weird, why do you want me to die for anything?" Hirata said unhappily, "Did I dig his grave or occupy his land?" As for running from the Nile? ”

"Eh, maybe it's cosplay, it's popular right now." Xiaolong interjected.

"Can you even plug your nose in cosplay?"

"Dedication......"

“……”

Even in the tense moments of the battle, they can also be persuaded - if someone else is present, they will definitely complain like this. But there will be no one else, from the first time Hirata and Uncle Umbrella fight, the pedestrians on the road suddenly disappeared like a bubble, along with the people in the roadside shops and the ubiquitous music. Now the surroundings are quiet, and the pins can be heard, and I don't know if they disappeared after the fight or if they didn't exist in the first place - Hirata guesses it's the latter.

"I said." Xiaolong whispered to Hirata, "We fought for a long time, and it didn't seem to react, eh?" Although Xiaolong's face was facing Hirata when he spoke, his eyes kept turning in the direction of the mummy.

"Indeed." Hirata also looked at the mummy out of the corner of his eye, "It seems that we are still naïve to test him in this way." Let's fight head-on. ”

Both of them turned their heads to look at the enemy, and no longer played tricks, but looked at the enemy seriously.

"I guess we've fallen into a trap." Hirata looked at his opponent and said to Xiaolong, "There are only two possibilities for people on the street to suddenly disappear. One is that we fell into his ghost realm, and this is his world. The other situation is not so good......"

"Well, what's the situation?" Xiaolong has also been looking at his opponent, although the other party is just standing there, feeling full of flaws, but Xiaolong's intuition tells him that as long as he makes a move, he will definitely die.

"The second scenario is." Hirata cautiously moved forward half a step to try, but he still didn't react to the opposite, "The other party has long been ready to do it, so he laid out the enchantment formation here in advance." If that's the case......"

Xiaolong took over Hirata's words: "It proves that the other party is prepared, and he is completely sure that he can kill the two of us." ”

"That's right." Hirata took another half step forward, "To be honest, I'm a little square......"

Just then, the mummy moved.

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[Congratulations on opening the side quest: This is a mummy?] 】