Chapter 45: The Movie Protagonist
With the goal of defeating Diablo, Li Qing and Giorno officially became allies.
At the same time, the lava well was completely plugged by them.
"Let's go..."
"Mi Guoyan's convoy is about to arrive, get out of here first, find a safe place to talk slowly."
Li Qing beckoned Giorno to leave, and Giorno quickly nodded and followed.
But at this moment, an uninvited guest suddenly appeared on their way.
"Is that you?"
Looking at the young man riding a motorcycle on the road in front of him, Li Qing frowned tightly.
His face was not very good-looking: in order to save the reckless and stubborn guy in front of him, he had just almost lost his life with Giorno.
"Looking for a motorcycle?"
Li Qing pointed to the messy ground that had been crushed by the pieces of meat: "Oh, go and rummage in the ground." β
"Haha."
The young man of society accompanied the smiling face, completely lost the ferocity and anger of the gun chase at the beginning.
He didn't mention the motorcycle and mobile phone he was robbed of, but looked at Li Qing and Giorno deeply with a complex gaze full of excitement, curiosity and yearning:
"Hello, my name is Gedo Misda."
"16 years old, freelance, hobby is watching movies, hates everything related to the number '4'."
After the man named Misda introduced himself, he stretched out his hand to Li Qing and Giorno with an excited face:
"You..."
"It's the kind of superpower person you play in the movie, right?"
β......β
Li Qing and Giorno remained silent in tacit understanding, and neither of them touched Misda's outstretched hand.
But Misda was not at all aware of this delicate and awkward air.
He looked at Li Qing excitedly: "One can fly into the sky and escape to the ground." β
He looked at Giorno again: "A warrior who can summon gold and manipulate plants." β
"Anyway, that horrible piece of meat... I've seen all the battles just now! β
"So 'saving the world' or something isn't an excuse you made up to steal cars... It's all true! β
"You are the superpowers who saved the world in the movie!"
"Wait..."Li Qing and Giorno sensed that something was wrong: "The golden warrior... Cuts of meat... Can you see the stand-in? β
"Stand-in? What is a stand-in? β
Misda asked rhetorically in an unpretentious tone.
"Don't you have a stand-in?"
Li Qing tried to explain the existence of the stand-in in an easy-to-understand way:
"Just like the 'Pokemon' that can be played on the GB machine, a stand-in is almost a 'creature' that can be summoned by you, listen to your commands, and have some special ability."
"Only a stand-in messenger with a stand-in can see other people's stand-ins."
"Huh? I don't have that kind of thing..."
Misda replied with a blank expression:
"I didn't know why, but suddenly I could see that huge piece of flesh, and the 'golden warrior' floating beside you."
"But..."
He recalled Li Qing's previous explanation, and his eyes instantly lit up:
"Listen to me, I... I'm actually a superpowered like you, right? β
"I see! I couldn't see it before, but then I could suddenly see itβI must have awakened some superpower! β
"Uh..."
Li Qing and Giorno glanced at each other, and they roughly understood the current situation:
The little gangster named Misda in front of him is obviously a rookie stand-in messenger who has just awakened his stand-in ability and has not realized that he has a stand-in at all.
"Robbing someone on the street is a stand-in messenger..."
Li Qing sighed helplessly:
"Are stand-in messengers magnets that attract each other?"
"I've been here for half a day..."
He looked at Misda and counted the stand-ins he had seen since he crossed over:
"One... Two... Three... Four..."
"Huh?"
Misda is like a mouse that smells of a cat, and when she hears the number 'four', she shudders: "I can't be the fourth, right?" β
β......β
Li Qing gave him a strange look: "No, you are the fifth..."
"That's good."
Misda breathed a sigh of relief, and then came to Li Qing and Giorno very familiarly, and asked expectantly:
"Tell me, do I have superpowers?"
"If I have superpowers, why haven't I felt them now?"
"Can you teach me how to use this superpower?"
"Save the world or something, can I also participate?"
β......β
A series of disturbing questions popped out of Misda's mouth, like a loudspeaker that couldn't turn off the switch.
At this moment, this 16-year-old boy, who usually idles around and has nothing to do but takes watching movies as his greatest pleasure, suddenly discovers that he himself seems to be able to go from mediocre to extraordinary, from passerby to protagonist, as he played in the movie.
Yes, from Misda's point of view, he is now completely the protagonist of the movie:
A 16-year-old gangster, a delinquent boy who is looked down upon by the world, his ordinary life is broken by a sudden adventure, not only can he see a certain monster that mortals can't see, but he also encounters a superpower person who fights monsters, and he is suspected of awakening some special ability.
It's a pity that this script doesn't make a movie.
And Li Qing and Giorno, these two superpowers who don't know him, are obviously the kind of "guides" at the beginning of the movie who lead the protagonist to the transcendent path and serve as a nanny and mentor all the way.
Especially Li Qing's bald head...
If this shape is placed in a Hollywood movie, it is clear that it is the kind of "Oriental warrior monk who masters the mysterious qigong"!
Thereupon...
In Misda's expectant gaze, the reaction of the two "guides" was:
"There's no time."
"If you can see a stand-in, it means that you have actually awakened your abilities."
"Just take the time to think about it yourself, and don't bother others."
Giorno, who is only 13 years old, uses a youthful tone to lightly preach to Misda, who is three years older.
"Don't look at me."
"Do I know you well?"
Li Qing's answer was much more concise.
He only glanced at Misda slightly, and was ready to beckon Giorno to leave directly.
For this "passerby A" he had never heard of, Li Qing, who didn't even know anything about the stand-in ability, and was still in a state of being hunted down, was not interested in wasting time on him at all.
"Hey, hey..."
Misda was a little disappointed with Li Qing and Giorno's cold attitude:
"Don't go!"
"Can't you teach me how to master that stand-in ability?!"
As he spoke, he was like a kraft candy that he couldn't shake off, pedaling the motorcycle and blocking Li Qing and Giorno again.
"What do you want?"
Li Qing frowned and said very seriously:
"I'll make it clear to you, I'm doing something extremely dangerous right now."
"If you get too close to me, you're likely to be implicated, and you might even dieβjust like you just did."
He wasn't joking at all.
The killer sent by Diablo doesn't know when he will come back, and if this rookie, who is not very reliable at first glance, gets too close to him, it is very likely that he will be implicated.
And Misda is a passerby who doesn't know the height of the sky in Li Qing's eyes, and he doesn't think that Misda can survive that level of battle turmoil like Giorno, a natural protagonist.
He ignored Misda, he was really doing good for this guy.
However, hearing Li Qing's solemn warning, Misda became even more excited:
"Extremely dangerous things?"
"That's right... That's it, exactly like in the movies! β
"Senpai!"
He said to Li Qing excitedly: "Take me into the industry!" β
β......β
Li Qing and Giorno were speechless for a while, and then they tacitly looked away, bypassing Misda and continuing to walk forward.
"Wait!"
Misda caught up again.
Li Qing and Giorno still ignored it, and walked around in silence.
Misda caught up for the third time, sideways the motorcycle, blocking their way:
"How can you walk away like this!"
This time, he was a little unhappy:
"Just for my robbed phone and motorcycle, you should also give something 'in return', right?!"
"It's... Motorcycle? β
Li Qing seemed to be really moved, and nodded thoughtfully.
"How?" Giorno was a little puzzled: "You really want to waste your time on him?" β
"No, no, no..." Li Qing shook his head: "I just thought of one thing..."
"What's the matter?"
"He just reminded me..."
Li Qing looked at Misda with a smile... The brand new motorcycle underneath:
"On the way to escape, it is quite inconvenient to have no means of transportation."
............................
A few seconds later...
Li Qing and Giorno rode away on motorcycles.
Misda fell to the ground in a daze as she held the revolver she didn't have time to raise.