One Piece's Bizzare Adventure - Chapter 23
Polnareff and Avdol were a bit puzzled.
“Weren’t we supposed to go find Diavolo’s hideout? How come there’s time for a meal?” Ignoring the looks of his two companions, Jon casually hooked Doppio’s shoulder.
“Kid, what’s your name, and how old are you this year?”
Doppio felt somewhat disgusted inside, but remembering the boss’s mission, he had to force a smile and replied, half-truthfully, “My name is Doppio, I’m seventeen years old, a second-year high school student.”
Upon hearing this, Polnareff and Avdol were stunned.
Seventeen years old? Almost an adult, why does he look like a primary school student?
Then again, Jon was only eighteen years old, but he was tall and sturdy, so the two just exchanged glances.
The world was so diverse~
“I see.”
Jon nodded.
Just as he was about to say something.
Suddenly, his hand was empty.
At the same time, a slight sting came from his side!
“What!”
Polnareff and Avdol were shocked.
But Jon, the person in question, sighed helplessly, “So, why do you villains have so many tricks? You make me embarrassed.”
Several meters away, Doppio, holding a short knife, remained silent, staring at Jon with unfriendly eyes.
Even if Polnareff and Avdol were slow-witted, they knew something was wrong with this kid.
The two stood behind Jon, summoning their Stands simultaneously.
“Very good, Doppio, you did well. Leave the rest to me.”
Under the gaze of the three, Doppio muttered in a daze.
Then, his demeanor changed.
A pink strange face appeared on his forehead, and the boy’s figure suddenly grew taller, turning from a boy into a man in the blink of an eye.
Polnareff and Avdol were dumbfounded.
Was this even possible?
“No wonder you dare to trouble me, you do have some power.”
With a successful personality switch, Diavolo threw away the short knife with a mocking expression.
Jon smiled faintly, “Trying to ambush me with this kind of thing, you’re two million years too early.”
‘What an arrogant kid!’ Diavolo’s eyelids twitched.
Just then, Polnareff couldn’t hold back and shouted, “Stop the nonsense and let’s attack together!”
However, Jon waved his hand to stop him.
“Leave him to me, you go find the Arrow.”
Polnareff was extremely puzzled.
Bro, weren’t you a fan of group fights? Why ask for a 1v1 now? Recalling what Jon had said before, Avdol pondered for a moment and reached out to stop Polnareff. “Now is not the time to talk, let’s go!”
After hesitating for a second, Polnareff ultimately decided to trust Jon.
Seeing the two leaving, Diavolo didn’t stop them.
It wasn’t until Polnareff and Avdol’s figures completely disappeared that he spoke in a low voice, “So, you want the Arrow.”
“Yes.” Jon admitted openly, “To be precise, it’s me who wants it, they’re just here to help.”
Diavolo snorted coldly.
“You’re looking for death!”
“Don’t be so sure, Diavolo. I know everything about you, while you know nothing about me.”
Jon spoke very quickly, a smirk of malice appearing at the corner of his mouth.
“Your next words are, ‘Wait, how do you know my name’.”
“Wait, how do you know my name!”
Diavolo subconsciously blurted out.
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a fly.
Damn, he was tricked!
“See, predicting your actions isn’t difficult at all, I know you too well.”
Jon shrugged.
Diavolo gritted his teeth, thinking Jon was just bluffing.
With a slight change of mind, a Stand with two faces appeared abruptly.
“Kid, pay the price for your arrogance! King Crimson!”
The heavens and the earth stood still, all things silenced.
Diavolo’s figure flickered, jumping into a dimension completely detached from reality.
The breeze left traces, and even the movement of clouds left traces.
As long as one lives, there will always be ‘traces’!
What Diavolo aimed to do was to find advantageous ‘nodes’ within these ‘traces’ and exploit them.
This ability to foresee the future was what he called ‘Epitaph’.
“Oh? Not moving at all? It seems I’ve been underestimated.”
He intended to find the enemy’s weakness.
Unexpectedly, the opponent over there chose to ‘stay still to deal with changes’.
Diavolo laughed in frustration.
Besides ‘Epitaph’, he had another ability.
That was to utilize opponents’ unconscious state during ‘time erasure’, circumvent them from behind during ‘time erasure’, and then cancel ‘time erasure’ to ambush them.
This move was called instantaneous killing, and it was invincible!
“It’s over!”
With ‘time erasure’ canceled, Diavolo controlled ‘King Crimson’ to strike directly at Jon’s back.
A gust of evil wind blew from behind, but Jon, who had anticipated it, calmly stepped back.
“Swish!”
The deadly blow of ‘King Crimson’ missed its mark.
Diavolo couldn’t help but widen his eyes.
“Blink!”
He had used ‘time erasure’ to create a pseudo teleportation, only to encounter the ‘real deal’ that could teleport at will.
In short, he was in trouble.
Stepping out from the ‘Inner World’, Jon spoke in a relaxed tone, “What’s wrong, Diavolo? Aren’t you going to attack?”
Diavolo’s expression darkened.
“Who are you?”
Jon smiled, “Who I am doesn’t matter. What’s important is that you’ve taken something that doesn’t belong to you.”
The top seeks to subdue the opponent without fighting.
Upon hearing this, a hint of panic appeared in Diavolo’s eyes as expected.
Of course, he knew what Jon meant.
The ‘Arrow’.
The divine item that changed his life!
Before discovering the ‘Arrow’, he was just another random guy who wandered aimlessly every day.
It could be said that his current status and strength were all thanks to the ‘Arrow’ and his Stand!
Diavolo stared at Jon intently and said word by word, “I will never hand over the ‘Arrow’ to you!”
“I know, so I won’t ask you to hand it over. I’ll take it myself.”
Diavolo was no saint, and Jon had no qualms about eliminating him.
Thinking about this guy starting to engage in the ‘business’ of hell once the organization developed to a certain extent, he felt it would be better to eradicate this tumor sooner rather than later.
“You’re asking for death!”
Having seen madness before, but never seen such madness.
Diavolo roared in anger, activating ‘King Crimson’ once again!
The scene shifted.
To his extreme horror, in the dimension where only he should retain consciousness, Jon was actually speaking and smiling!
“Diavolo, I’ve completely seen through your abilities. Give up futile resistance, you’re no match against me.”
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