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At Daikanyama 2-Chome, in front of a convenience store, inside a sedan.
"A player with the ability to stop time, just died like that?!" Turquoise Pool opened his eyes, in disbelief.
"If it were "jojo"... it would be normal, I guess." Li Qianxia also found himself at a loss for words.
"Drive the car a bit farther away." Turquoise Pool instructed the driver.
Facing an enemy who could truly stop time, no amount of caution was excessive, and she had already prepared to abandon the mission.
To abandon the mission wasn't to flee, but to covet the mysterious artifact on Storm's person.
She didn't want to swap bodies herself, but it could be used to enhance her subordinates' strength, and also to prevent others from swapping bodies with her!
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Shibuya Intersection, Tokyo time 20:18.
The intersection was filled with smoking craters, strewn everywhere with charred debris.
Exploded fire hydrants and water pipes spurted water, shattered glass was scattered on the streets and sidewalks, and abandoned cars had become burning metal bonfires.
The silken threads in the sky retracted, re-weaving into Kujo Jotaro's body.
She glared at the "Storm" lying on the ground and then at "Kojo Jotaro" with hands in his pockets, her fists clenched tightly, her eyes nearly bursting with blood.
"Senpai..." Tears flickered in her eyes.
"Everything is already fated." Storm, who had acquired Kojo Jotaro's body, said indifferently.
"Shibuya Intersection, a helicopter, a Stand that freezes time... all of this, just like someone will inevitably quietly shout 'Za Warudo' after watching "jojo", is destined."
"I know it's painful for you, like swallowing egg liquid only to find out it's snot."
"But..."
Storm's tone of voice did not change, just paused slightly, adding an incomparable sense of oppression.
"...fate is on my side, and even I must accept the arrangement."
"Fate? Your fate is only death!"
Kujo Jotaro stood out, golden ripples burning furiously, like her raging anger.
Boom!
The air trembled violently, rippling like water, as if two powerful, invisible forces were colliding in the air.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The ripples grew larger, gradually forming a powerful shock wave.
The ground rumbled, and pieces of glass and stones slowly rose, attracted by some invisible force.
The rumbling sound grew louder, and to everyone's eyes, Kujo Jotaro and Storm were just standing face to face, doing nothing!
Only Stand users can see Stand users!
"Muda Muda!" Storm laughed maniacally, "You're too weak!"
"Puh!" Kujo Jotaro's body curled up like a shrimp, her clothes, skin, and muscles all twisted.
"Ah!" She let out a painful cry, her face squashed as if she had been punched.
Boom!
After a brief suspension in the air, Kujo Jotaro was flung out like a cannonball, crashing into the robust statue of Hachiko.
She groaned amid the rubble, struggling to raise her head.
"You, go to hell!" She exerted herself with both hands.
"Ugh!" Storm's face turned red instantly, as if someone had tightened a noose around his neck.
He slowly lowered his head, veins popping on his forehead, looking at his neck wrapped with golden ripples of blue rope.
"How, how did you?!"
"Die!" Kujo Jotaro, fueled by towering rage, stood up and flung her arms wide open, the threads strangling.
Puh!
Kujo Jotaro spewed a mouthful of fresh blood.
Storm was standing behind her.
"This is fate." He smirked.
Li Qianxia's puppet rushed forward, but was once again stopped by Turquoise Pool's puppet.
"Keep watching for a while."
"Xu Lun is in danger!"
"All the local players in Japan are observing the situation, what are you rushing for?"
Samurais, sumo wrestlers, witches, monks, young men wearing dueling disks, and young girls holding Spirit Balls... all were spectating the battle.
Anyone who tried to rush in was stopped by higher-level players.
Li Qianxia swept her gaze over these people and her puppet surged forward again.
Approaching within 2 meters, a strong blast of wind pressure hit her face, and Li Qianxia's sense of crisis skyrocketed.
「Instantaneous」.
The puppet appeared beside Kujo Jotaro.
「Instantaneous」.
The puppet, with Kujo Jotaro, appeared five meters away from Storm.
The puppet didn't dare to linger; at such close range, even if Storm could only stop time for a second, it was enough to launch an attack on both of them.
She could lose her puppet, but Kujo Jotaro must not run into trouble!
The third 「Instantaneous」!
Control over the puppet weakened instantly, a third of the "Ability" was almost drained, but luckily, she had rescued Kujo Jotaro.
"Thank... thank you." Kujo Jotaro was still conscious.
"Are you okay?" Li Qianxia asked, not caring whether the other party understood her, instinctively.
"That... cough! Where's that guy?" Kujo Jotaro struggled to raise her head, looking towards the center of Shibuya Intersection.
In the midst of thick smoke and flames, the adversary stood there like a Demon God, invincible.
Li Qianxia didn't understand what she said, but knew what she meant.
"Don't worry, my brother is on his way, he's doomed!"
Of course, Kujo Jotaro didn't understand what she was saying either.
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Harbor District, Tokyo Tower, 300 meters up the external horizontal bar.
"Time Stop... Miss Yang, let's go."
"Don't get too close all at once, stand in a spot where he can't reach within two seconds, and try attacking from a distance first."
Li Changzhou embraced Yang Qinglan's slim waist, took a step, and leaped down from Tokyo Tower.
The night wind howled furiously, their clothes and hair seemed ready to fly off into the night sky.
A smile curling excitedly yet slightly wickedly at the corners of his mouth.
The duo twisted into colors and vanished in midair.