Night, Rome.

This old and bustling city is still brightly lit.

Diablo sat in an ordinary little bar, waiting quietly in the shadowy corner where the light could not shine, in front of the computer screen glowing with a faint blue light.

He was waiting for the "starting gun" to sound:

Probably in order to ensure safety, Polunarev only said on the phone in the morning that he would let Li Qing arrive in Rome quickly, but did not specify the specific meeting time and place in advance.

To know the exact time and place, Li Qing needed to wait patiently in Rome and wait for Polunarev's next move.

At the same time, Diablo had already arrived in Rome.

Not only that, but he even used the secret door program to monitor the whereabouts of Li Qing and his party throughout the process, and then quietly hid near them.

Li Qing didn't realize that Diablo was not far from him now, and Diablo didn't mean to attack Li Qing and the others right now.

Because Diablo knew it was a different kind of racing game.

Polunarev is the "end" of this racing game, and the arrow with mysterious power is the championship trophy.

The finish line has not yet been determined, but Diablo and Li Qing, the two sides of the race have stood silently at the same starting point.

The next thing to wait for is Polunarev's call, which is the "starting gun" of this game.

"Boss."

"It's me, Sandro."

After a long wait, Diablo's phone rang.

The person on the other end of the line was a member of the Guards named Sandro, one of the few remaining cronies in Diablo's command.

The fall of the Tech Group has completely deprived Diablo of control of the Passion Organization, and he is no longer able to mobilize the organization's huge resources and manpower, even the few staff cadres who are loyal to him are difficult to contact - once contacted and told the situation, the fact that he was knocked out of the boss throne is completely exposed.

Therefore, the only remaining pawn in Diablo's hands now is the guards who are almost independent of the organization and directly obey his orders.

And after yesterday's series of battles in Naples, most of the already small number of pro-guards have been lost.

If they are allowed to fight a tough battle again, Diablo is very likely to become a bare-bones commander directly.

This was a very sad thing for a dark emperor who had once been so glamorous, but now that the war was imminent and there was no one available, Diablo had no choice but to transfer all the broken guards to Rome.

"The weapons are ready."

"Then just wait for them to go, and we can play."

One of the last members of the Guard, Sandro reported carefully to Diablo on the phone.

And after dutifully reporting it, Sandro asked a little uncontrollably:

"Boss, hasn't a notice been issued on the organization's intranet to officially revoke the wanted warrants of Li Qing and others?"

"We thought a few of them had already been dealt with, how... Will it be good to be here? ”

The real name of the wanted warrant within the organization is "Nirvana", and it can only be revoked if the wanted person is dead.

In general, if the wanted warrant is gone, the target should already be dead.

But now Li Qing and the others not only did not die, but also let the boss squat here for a long time as if they were facing a great enemy.

Sandro was puzzled.

And Diablo was also very embarrassed when his subordinates asked such a question:

Of course, he didn't withdraw that wanted warrant.

Because now the de facto boss of the organization is already Li Qing, not him.

"Do your job well and don't talk nonsense."

"I revoked the wanted warrant just because I didn't want those minions to get in the way—the people who got in my way, I had to kill them with my own hands!"

Diablo said the terrible words in a terrifying tone, finally scaring his subordinates who were faintly aware of the change in the situation for the time being.

Sandro carefully hung up the phone and honestly continued to crouch in the shadows.

But Diablo's mood was suddenly much worse:

"Damn..."

"I've fallen to the point where I have to lie to my subordinates."

"Shame... It's a shame...! ”

He clenched his fists tightly, and knotted meridians burst out of his tense muscles.

A great sense of shame welled up in his heart, and Diablo, while angry about it, couldn't help but gradually become agitated:

"Polunarev..."

"Why hasn't he shown up yet?!"

Diablo was already waiting for this starting gun, already in a hurry.

Because the later the time is delayed, the closer the invincible man who flies from the other side of the world in a plane will be closer to Rome.

If you don't know where Polunarev will appear until Jotaro Kujo lands in Rome, restarts his phone, and sees a missed call from Li Qing... Then it's all over.

The two strong enemies joined forces, and he had absolutely no hope of turning the tables.

He can sink deeper and deeper into the shame of this lost dog, and he will never be able to turn over.

"Porunarev ... Polunarev..."

"Where the hell are you?"

Diablo kept calling the name of this enemy in his heart, acting more anxious than Li Qing and more cordial than Jotaro.

Finally, in his so ardent anticipation. Polunarev finally appeared.

He once again used a computer hack to contact Li Qing.

At the same time, all this was heard in the ears of Diablo and others:

"Hey, you guys should be all in Rome already, right?"

Polunarev asked on the phone.

"Here we are."

Li Qing's tone was a little helpless:

"We were already in Rome in the afternoon, and we have been waiting until now."

"Whatever you've been through, you've been a little too cautious - as I said, we're now indirectly controlling the Passion organization."

"Really?"

The voice on the other end of the phone became a little suspicious:

"In that case, you should be able to contact Jotaro easily."

"So, is there any news from Jotaro?"

"It's... No. ”

"That guy's phone keeps turning off, and we can't get in touch at all."

Li Qing's voice was even more helpless, and it seemed a little embarrassed:

I kept saying that I had controlled everything before, and I didn't need to be afraid of listening.

But most of the day passed, and they couldn't even get through to the number given by the other party - as if they deliberately didn't contact them, or didn't dare to contact them.

Although it is true that Jotaro's mobile phone has been turned off, from the perspective of the "mysterious person" on the other end of the phone, their inconsistent words and deeds are indeed very suspicious.

"Well..."

Polunarev hesitated for a while, but finally decided to try to believe Li Qing.

No way, he's been trapped here for too long.

It's not easy to wait for someone who dares to resist Diablo and can go all the way here.

As long as there was a chance to escape from the cage, although there was a little suspicion, he had to choose to believe.

"Come and see me, then, at the Colosseum."

"No matter where you are in Rome right now, I'll only wait at the Colosseum for 30 minutes."

"Please get here as soon as possible, I want to confirm your identity and attitude in person, and then consider whether to entrust this secret."

"30 minutes, Colosseum?"

Li Qing memorized the address, and then replied without thinking:

"No problem, we'll be there shortly."

After agreeing on a meeting place, the phone hung up.

Diablo's side could only hear a busy sound. He knew that Li Qing should have set off by now.

"The Colosseum?"

"It's a bit far away, but, hehe... I will definitely reach the finish line before Li Qing and the others. ”

Diablo jerked to his feet and casually tossed the laptop aside.

He walked straight out of the bar to the side of the road and into the car he had prepared.

At the same time, Li Qing and his party also walked out of a nearby restaurant and walked towards their vehicle without noticing.

Diablo quietly watched all this.

He looked at the distant backs of Li Qing and the others, and used the key to provoke the roar of the engine, as well as the raging flames in his pupils:

"The starting gun has gone off..."

"So, the game begins!"