In the prison control room.
A Lung man in a police uniform was tapping away at a laptop. After deleting and replacing several segments of surveillance footage, he pulled a USB from the laptop and stuffed it into his bag.
"I'm telling you, if Yu Yachen didn't have a good buddy like me... she wouldn't be living so easily."
Muttering to himself, "Old Luo" (Lao Li/Lee) slung the bag over his shoulder and pulled his cap down.
Before leaving, he kindly patted the guard sleeping at the desk.
"If we meet again, I'll treat you to tea, kiddo."
"I, Gyro Zeppeli, won't change my name. If you have a problem, go find him."
Old Luo glanced at the sleeping guard, reciting the nickname Yu Yachen had given him, and quickly left.
Meanwhile, in Polpo's cell—
It had been thirty seconds since Yu Yachen left.
The air was frozen. A cold sweat dripped down Polpo's forehead. He was paranoid, expecting her to reappear at any second.
Thirty seconds... a minute... three minutes passed. Nothing. It was as if she had truly left.
Polpo realized something. She had come for the [Arrow]. He suddenly checked... the [Arrow] he kept hidden inside Black Sabbath... was gone!
"Click—"
Just as his nerves were frayed, the main door to the hallway opened. A heavy sound... then footsteps.
"..."
Polpo swallowed, his forehead dripping.
A long shadow appeared. A fierce-looking Lupo man arrived at the cell, looking at Polpo respectfully.
"Mr. Polpo. 'Crow' sent me."
"You... you're the new recruit?"
Polpo let out a sigh of relief.
He looked around. The zipper... it wasn't there. [Black Sabbath] had swept the entire prison. She was really gone.
It was a false alarm.
Polpo wiped the sweat from his face. That white-haired woman... who was she? Her Stand was too strong... beyond the normal scope, right?
Thinking this, Polpo reached for the fridge, wanting a banana to calm his nerves.
He looked down. The moment he opened the fridge door...
"Look over here..."
In the dim light of the fridge, two [Sheer Heart Attacks] were staring right at him. Polpo's eyes went wide!
It was too late. Before he could summon his Stand, the two tanks leaped.
"BOOM—!"
Yu Yachen had taken the day off to get Polpo's arrow.
After "killing" Black Sabbath, she had taken the arrow. The white-haired woman opened the back door of the car, sitting down as she examined the ornate [Arrow].
"What? You got the thing you wanted?"
Old Luo, in the driver's seat, glanced at the golden arrowhead.
"Mhm. This thing is dangerous. If it's not kept safe, and the wrong person gets it, this whole city could fall into chaos."
"What kind of treasure is that powerful?"
Old Luo raised an eyebrow and hit the gas.
System, if I stab myself with this arrow now, will I awaken [Bites the Dust]?
[Hard to say, Host. Even though your Stand is stronger than Kira's, [Bites the Dust] requires 'despair' to awaken.]
[And our Host has such strong mental fortitude... how could you possibly feel despair? (´▽*)]
That's troublesome.
The [Arrow] was "viral." Her Stand had come from the system. She didn't even know if she had the "potential" to awaken one naturally. What if she was too weak and the arrow just killed her?
[Aiyah, don't worry, Host! Did you forget you have two Stands? Killer Queen and Sticky Fingers will each take half the damage! In this case, you just need to stab the Stand directly. ?u(?u)]
...Good point.
Yu Yachen nodded. When did this system get so smart?
She couldn't just carry the arrow around. She summoned [Killer Queen] and stabbed the arrow into its arm.
"Crack—"
A fissure opened in Killer Queen's pale arm. Like a stone sinking into mud, the arrow burrowed into the Stand's arm as soon as she let go.
At the same time, veins bulged on Yu Yachen's own arm. The outline of the arrow appeared under her skin.
Intense pain. She watched, expressionless, as the arrow's shape crawled up her neck, past her jaw... as if it would pierce her brain.
A wave of dizziness... and the bulge vanished. The arrow had merged with Killer Queen.
Yu Yachen flexed her arm. She looked at Killer Queen. The pale-pink Stand was floating in the car, its sharp, vertical pupils staring at her blankly.
"..."
It... was different. Killer Queen's face... was prettier? Its "manly" jawline was more neutral. It was shorter. Its muscles were smaller. The skull decorations were gone, replaced by... cute cat images.
The new information fed back to her. Yu Yachen had Killer Queen float out the window. The 1-2 meter range limit was gone. It flew up, reaching about twenty meters before it hit its limit.
Power, speed, precision, and durability... even the explosive power... had all increased. But she hadn't awakened [Bites the Dust].
Killer Queen floated back into the car. Yu Yachen looked at the "pretty" Stand. Its previously dull eyes were now... "expressionless," just like her own.
"Hello, Yu Yachen."
As she was thinking, Killer Queen suddenly spoke to her. Its voice was identical to her own.
"?!"
"I feel great right now. Like DIO on a 'high'," Killer Queen said flatly. "When are we going to beat Ch'en Huijie to her knees? I can't wait."
Stand: Killer Queen
Stand User: Yu Yachen
Destructive Power: A
Speed: A
Range: A
Durability: A
Precision: A
Potential: A
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