JOJO, The Escape from Real Diavolo

Chapter 62 Diablo's Killing Criteria

Diablo was born in 1965 in a women's prison in Italy.

His mother was a female prisoner sentenced to ten years in prison for robbery and assault. During her imprisonment, she suddenly became pregnant and gave birth to him without having any contact with outsiders.

Regardless of whether his birth triggered any extraordinary celestial phenomena, it does hint at an unusual destiny.

He didn't cry when he was born, and his eyes had two different eye colors. If this had happened to Chen Miaowen, he could have been a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur) for the rest of his life.

Unable to care for the baby in prison, he was sent to Sardinia and then adopted by a priest.

What followed was the torture of his mother, the murder of the priest, the setting of a pyrimidine fire, and then his disguised death and disappearance. Using the money he obtained from the arrows, he built his own organization, "Passion," and became its ultimate boss.

That's basically his story; from birth, he symbolized the birth of a demon.

However, even after his first murder, he still experienced a final vestige of humanity.

This shred of humanity served almost no purpose; in fact, after he abandoned it, it only highlighted the evil in his soul.

For example, in the case of torture and murder.

He abused his mother, committing cruel acts against his own flesh and blood by locking her under the floorboards, sewing her mouth shut, and so on, in order to escape the shadows in his heart.

However, his thoughts changed somewhat when he killed the priest.

He was selfish and cautious, realizing that in the days to come, he could not kill slowly and cruelly, because that could easily lead to unexpected situations or cause the victim to suddenly unleash their potential and turn the tables on him.

So he killed the priest by decisively plunging the knife into his heart, causing him to lose his breath in less than three seconds.

This became his sole criterion for killing after he came into contact with arrows and awakened the Crimson King.

It must be a decisive strike, without any hesitation.

Therefore, in any situation, he never spends too much time facing his enemy; if he spends too much time, it means he is going to lose.

"That's it, it's just murder. She wanted to kill you, and you think you can let her go? I'm Diablo! If you can tolerate this kind of bullshit, I'd kill you and her together!"

Chen Miaowen has found the girl, the girl with the binoculars, not just in those ten seconds, but six times.

The girl took three tries, which probably only took nine and a half seconds.

During this limited time, she even returned to the fifth floor and searched the entire bow, but still couldn't find Chen Miaowen's location. Even after using the epitaph, he still didn't appear.

Unable to find him, she became increasingly anxious, seriously suspecting that he had already run away, and her search became more and more frantic.

Finally, after the last time cut ended, a tiny sound was made over the ruins, which was caught by Chen Miaowen on the port side.

Chen Miaowen also spent three sessions, but he deliberately didn't do it consecutively. Sometimes the girl would wait for several tens of seconds without activating her ability.

This will make the other person panic, making it even more difficult for her to calm down and think, and also temporarily invalidating her epitaph.

Moreover, he always carried that rope with him, and when it was the other person's turn, he would hang down there, waiting for the end.

He heard the sound and walked towards the stern tower, eventually finding her lying in the ruins, even though the girl had changed positions several times.

Later, he returned to the starboard side and experienced another time cut. Finally, in less than a second during the next time cut, he arrived in front of the girl.

So, by standing in front of her, Chen Miaowen had already won.

"I...I understand."

At this point, he accepted the boss's disdain.

Because he didn't actually know why, he had made a mistake that almost killed him when he confronted the gecko. In the subsequent battle, he adjusted his mindset, and even when he killed Di Wang, he didn't feel anything at all.

But now, he hesitated. Although he knew that the enemy in front of him was doomed, he felt a dull pain in his heart, as if if he made the move, he would never be able to go back to the way things were before.

Even if he were soft-hearted, this situation would never have occurred.

"Three seconds left, within three seconds, kill her, through her chest, just like she did to you before. She won't be able to react; her gaze will be completely focused on the binoculars... Actually, even if she does react, the cooldown won't be over. You can't possibly miss... After killing her, go back and help your damn prince..."

The boss urged him on in his mind, then suddenly froze and stopped talking.

Because he noticed that deep within Chen Miaowen's soul, within that blue mass, another soul began to gradually split, just like if the soul were a tardigrade, it would be undergoing physiological mitosis.

"Get the hell out of here! An emperor doesn't need three faces!"

He bared his fangs and claws in the soul realm belonging to Chen Miaowen, seized the soul, and began to tear at it frantically, even as the soul cried out in sorrowful pleas.

"No, don't..."

With two seconds left, Chen Miaowen remained bewildered, standing blankly in front of the girl.

With one second left, Diablo completely devoured the soul and began to roar.

"Damn bastard, kill her!"

The ability was deactivated 3.2 seconds later, and the girl was accurately pierced through the chest.

Moreover, this attack was so fast that it was unimaginable, giving the girl no chance to react at all. The moment the image appeared before her eyes, she immediately felt the pain of death.

The girl dropped the binoculars in her hand in pain, and her dazed eyes stared in disbelief at the man in front of her.

That man was no longer the useless person she knew, but a ferocious soul that was even more terrifying and powerful than the Crimson King.

......

"Huff, huff..."

"...Master, you don't need to panic so much. There's still an hour left, isn't there?"

"If you don't run faster, are you trying to kill me?! That's a demonic clone!"

This is ridiculous! Master...

He ran for his life, returning to the port five minutes later, found the pilot he had hired, and took out some jewelry.

"Keep flying, take me to Egypt!"

"Huh? Sir? Wasn't it just now..."

"Shut up!"

The pilot, controlled by the blue eyes, boarded the plane like a puppet.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, Trish."

"What kind of cat is this?"

"Ah, it's reinforcements sent by SPW, and also a Stand user. It can help us find the location of that demon, but now it's tired and wants to rest."

The group of people finally arrived in front of Trish. After a brief reunion, they began to analyze the situation.

......

"Why did you suddenly appear? Why were you able to find me so quickly, while I couldn't find you..."

She couldn't say it anymore, because she was dying.

Her mental energy collapsed instantly, and even her imposter Crimson King was unable to mount a final counterattack.

At this moment, Chen Miaowen seemed not to be Chen Miaowen at all; his eyes shone with the unique color of a boss, cold and ruthless.

Diablo has been launched.

"Roar... I'm actually back, back to this universe?"

He pulled his hand out after killing the man, then shook it, took out a tissue left over from the banquet from his pocket, and wiped it lightly. His braid had also come undone at some point.

"Hmm...how refreshing! I never imagined that I, Emperor Diablo, would return!"