Chapter 28: Bait

"Wood big wood big wood big wood big!"

The bus, which had almost turned into a hell of flesh and blood, resounded with the imposing battle cry of the Golden Experience.

This dazzling stand-in, which exuded a faint golden light, had been "wooden" intermittently for nearly half a minute under Giorno's order.

As long as there is any sign that the Piece of Meat will divert its target to attack the Normal, the Golden Experience will use its magical stand-in ability to infuse the dead with life energy, transforming it into a bait that can attract the attention of the Meat Block.

Finally, under the best protection of Giorno and the urging of Li Qing's evil voice, those frightened ordinary people finally escaped with their injuries.

They escaped far enough away to get out of range of the Meat Block.

Even though Giorno didn't make any more brown swift bait, the twisted piece of meat didn't turn around to chase his classmate.

However...

Li Qing and Giorno remained where they were, in the human purgatory, which was almost covered in sarcoma and tentacles.

And, fortunately or unfortunately, there were no other pedestrians or vehicles passing by on this empty road.

They helped the students attract the hatred of the monsters, but now, no one could help them attract hatred.

"Whew... Call....

"Don't act anymore... The Golden Experience. ”

Giorno panted and ordered his stand-in to stop, sweating profusely from his forehead.

The huge consumption caused by the excessive use of the stand-in ability made him mentally exhausted to the extreme, and it was only with the support of his strong will that he did not stumble to the ground.

And at this time, the monster, which had swelled to the size of a car, also lost its purpose.

It instinctively perched on the half-eaten bus, slowly and unconsciously extending its wriggling blanket of flesh in all directions, constantly eroding everything around it.

"Hey..."

"Mr. Baldhead."

Giorno struggled to maintain his stiff stillness, gasping and saying:

"Have you figured out a way to escape?"

"If we continue like this, even if we stand as solid as a stone, sooner or later we will be swept into the body of the monster that continues to spread."

"How to escape?"

Li Qing also maintained the comical posture of the 'one-two-three-wooden man':

"Of course."

"Otherwise, did I stay here to die with you?"

He gave Giorno a confident look and suddenly asked:

"Imp, you should be able to manipulate animals of your own making, right?"

"This..."

Giorno struggled to brace his spirits, keeping his composure in front of the slowly approaching mass of flesh:

"The animals I create are all self-conscious, truly life-like."

"It's impossible to manipulate them as you please, I can only give them a simple command at best."

"That's enough."

Li Qing's expression became much more relaxed.

Even though the disgusting mass of flesh was close to his body, his voice was still very calm:

"Well, then, please create another bird."

"Instead of brown swifts, it's better to be the kind of bird that takes off very slowly, slower than the human limit."

"After you create it, you can just order it to fly straight into the sky."

"Slower than the human limit?"

Giorno had some doubts in his heart, but he didn't ask any further questions.

He knew that all he could now trust was the mysterious bald man: "Okay, can we start now?" ”

"Wait."

Li Qing stopped Giorno's eager action:

"When I shout to start, you can start moving."

As he spoke, he frowned slightly, listening intently to everything around him.

"This..."

Giorno didn't know what Li Qing was listening to, and he didn't know what time he was waiting for.

The only thing he knew now was that with the slow but determined pace of that piece of meat, he would only live for ten seconds at most.

In another ten seconds, he and Li Qing would fall into that quagmire of flesh and blood, and they would never be able to break free.

10...9...8...

The pieces of meat were getting closer and closer, and the distance between the two sides was not even a meter.

7...6...5...

Li Qing still hadn't shouted the start, but the tentacles of the piece of meat had slowly stretched out to Giorno's feet.

The creeping sound at hand, the disgusting stench, was enough to turn any brave warrior into a coward who fled from the wilderness.

4...3...2...

Li Qing still didn't move.

The tentacles that extended from the pieces of flesh had already touched Giorno's shoes.

"What the hell is he waiting for?!"

Giorno couldn't help but have such a question in his heart.

For a moment, he even wondered if Li Qing had actually run out of options, and just wanted him to wait quietly for death with a false hope.

However, in the face of the aura of death, he finally chose to believe Li Qing.

1...

Touching the flesh of Giorno's body, he was stimulated by the fragrance of flesh and blood.

It squirmed its bloated body at a rapid pace, lunging at Giorno's delicious flesh like a hungry wolf.

At this time, Li Qing finally shouted:

"Let's go!"

"Golden Experience!"

Giorno had already called out his stand-in, and the golden experience of his vigorous posture immediately erupted into a fist shadow:

"Big wood, big wood, big wood!"

Its brilliant golden fist condensed a powerful vitality, and in an instant, it "beaten" the seat next to it into one.... Chubby pigeon.

Yes.

In order to meet Li Qing's request of "slow take-off", Giorno also specially added a little food to this pigeon.

"Goo!"

As soon as the fat pigeon was born, it cooed and chirped.

Without Giorno giving it an order, just by feeling the invisible aura emanating from the giant piece of flesh, it began to fly desperately towards the sky.

And it was slower, but it was still much faster than Giorno who was standing.

So, the piece of meat, which relied entirely on rigid procedural action, immediately abandoned Giorno and went on to attack the fat pigeon, which had just flown out and was not very tall.

"Skysound!"

At this time, Li Qing suddenly waved his hand and made a dazzling glance, imprinting a white positioning mark on the fat pigeon.

"Goo-goo!"

The fat pigeon that had been hit by the sonic wave was in pain, and could not help but fly faster and harder.

And the piece of flesh shrank violently into its strange, tough body, trying to bounce off the ground like it had preyed on brown swifts.

However, Li Qing stopped it:

"Let go of that pigeon, something is coming at me!"

He let out a loud shout, and instantly burst out with the strength of his whole body, and quickly ran towards the empty road outside the carriage.

The lump of meat was a brainless instinctive creature.

It was like a monkey being played back and forth by a few bananas, and immediately gave up the fat pigeon that it was about to chase and kill, and turned around to chase Li Qing, who showed faster speed.

Because of its own characteristic of "definitely faster than the target", this bloated monster with a huge size comparable to a sedan suddenly burst out with a terrifying speed that was two points faster than Li Qing, who was running away at full speed.

"Sure enough..."

"He wanted to use himself as bait to get the pigeon flying high in the air."

Giorno understood Li Qing's intentions.

Seeing that Li Qing was about to be caught up and devoured by that hideous and terrifying piece of flesh, his mood calmed down.

"If ordinary people run recklessly like this, they will definitely not be able to escape for a few seconds, and they will be caught up by the meat block."

"But if he dares to use himself as a decoy to attract firepower so boldly, he must have something to rely on to protect himself."

The truth was as Giorno expected.

The piece of meat that ordinary people were either dead or injured when they touched it failed to devour Li Qing after chasing him, and even this monster couldn't even bite off a piece of meat on Li Qing's body.

It could only wrap tightly around Li Qing's body, constantly consuming his blood volume.

"Huh?"

It was only then that Giorno noticed that something was wrong:

"On the head of this bald gentleman..."

"When did you get a green bar?"