JOJO, The Escape from Real Diavolo

Chapter 121 The Ugly Old Man in the Shadows

The bartender was stunned.

"Actually, I'm not sure either. Maybe that's possible... After all, those two haven't shown up yet, who knows where they went?"

"If that's the case, I'll also have the opportunity to become the fifth emperor. I probably wouldn't mind; I'd be very happy..."

The bartender's smile faded, and he replied in a low voice.

"However, you cannot kill me... As long as I remain on these steps, no matter how powerful you become, you will not be able to affect this barrier..."

"So, you accept it when they take action against you, right?"

Chen interrupted the other party, waited for a minute, and then split himself again, splitting into five thousand spider Chens, which surrounded the barrier.

"I find it hard to believe that I can't solve your problem."

Chen made up his mind to do this partly because he genuinely wanted to get rid of the bartender, and partly because of his own reasons.

Chen did not isolate himself from the influence of the human pigs beneath his feet. He knew he couldn't do it, so he decided to provoke someone's hostility and let that hostility concentrate on so many clones. In this way, his personality would be distorted, and he wouldn't be affected by the stench of the sea of ​​blood.

A twisted personality—it sounds terrifying. No one would accept such a change, not even Chen Miaowen. But he still decided to do it. He didn't want to keep vomiting. Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing to make such a show in front of the enemy.

"Then give it a try!"

The bartender was still smiling, but a murderous intent seemed to emanate from the steps, spreading throughout Xiao Chen's entire body.

"It's strange though... there's hostility, but no intention of attacking."

Diablo could also see the invisible killing intent emanating from the other party, but the other party showed no intention of backing down.

Are you scared?

The bartender remained silent and did nothing, simply watching as countless tiny Chens began their attack on the barrier.

His confidence was not unfounded. No matter where the sharp spider silk or the small but terrifying fists came from, no matter how fast their attacks were, they really could not affect the barrier.

Chen's main clone's personality twisted again, but instead of joining forces with the main clone, he was searching for something. He moved from outside the cabin to below the deck, intending to find the female ghost and the old man and then chop off their limbs.

As for the bartender, if he doesn't come down, just ignore him for now and stall him.

"Good luck, sir. Hopefully you can find and eliminate them; that would give you a 50/50 chance of inheriting the throne..."

Chen Miaowen went down one floor, closing the door behind him to block out the bartender's somewhat annoying voice.

"Perhaps one of those two is the so-called emperor, but that doesn't quite make sense... Take the captain's story, for example, how come he hasn't even been able to clearly see the emperor's clothes after all these years? But the old man's and the female ghost's clothes are much more conspicuous..."

"Cough cough..."

The first part was spoken by Diablo, followed by an extremely faint cough, almost like a heavy breath, which seemed to come from nowhere. Chen thought it was Diablo, and Diablo thought it was Chen... In any case, the sound echoed softly at the top of the stairs and then disappeared, almost being drowned out by footsteps, so they didn't pay any attention to it.

As Chen continued walking down, the source of the sound finally appeared in the darkness where Chen had stepped—it was the ugly old man.

"This person... is really scary, and completely different from how he is during the day."

He emerged from the shadows; one of his abilities is to hide in the shadows. Ever since Chen turned around during the day, he used his ability to slip into Chen's shadow.

For the rest of the time, Chen's location was illuminated by light, whether it was sunlight or electric lights.

Now, Chen had left the light and arrived at a stairwell where there was almost no light except through the crack in the door. He had no choice but to come out.

However, in order to avoid being discovered by Chen, he could only make a little noise and activate another of his abilities, 'Shadow Covering the Darkness'.

The essence of a shadow is darkness. If one is surrounded by darkness, one can use logical imagination to perceive this darkness as the shadow of something, thus becoming one with the darkness. (The ability is activated by the sound emanating from one's mouth.)

However, this ability has a huge flaw because it is linked to imagination and mental strength, so it is related to the brain and specifically to his right brain.

According to the old man's own imagination and so-called mental strength, he couldn't withstand the cost of this ability at all. He could only last for ten seconds at most. If Chen Miaowen didn't leave during this time, he would die.

If he insists, his brain will explode, and before Chen even has a chance to intervene, he will be covered in blood on the dark staircase.

"I originally wanted to go with him to find the Emperor... but now it seems basically impossible, since the Emperor hasn't shown up yet, and probably won't..."

The old man noticed that Chen had long since gone far away, and even the sound of his footsteps on the wood could no longer be heard. He then squatted down and began to pant.

They said they didn't want to follow, but now they had no choice but to. They either had to go back to Chen Ying or find a chair under the light to hide in and avoid trouble.

Anyway, he can't push open the door and return to that battlefield. Not only will he be discovered, but he'll also be instantly killed by five thousand clones.

Even if he possessed this ability to hide, it would be difficult for him to enter the shadow of the spider clone. Although his speed was like teleportation, whether he could see the spider-sized shadow after opening the door and before the clones discovered him was a serious problem.

And coincidentally, he couldn't enter the bartender's shadow, because the bartender didn't have a shadow.

...Anyway, he believed that once he pushed open the door, he would definitely not survive more than half a second.

"I remember there were lights on the third floor below... because the passengers forgot to turn them off before the party."

The old man was calculating the time, judging Chen's speed, and then preparing to quietly follow him.

However, this approach could be extremely dangerous.

"The second floor is dark, but the lights on the third floor are still on..."

Chen remained silent, while Diablo became more talkative, offering Chen hints that might otherwise be overlooked and helping him as enthusiastically as possible.

Perhaps because he admired the Twisted Chen, his words no longer carried any hostility.

Then, when I gave him a reply, it was just two "hmm"s.

Chen is currently standing on the second floor, in the middle of the stairs between the second and third floors, looking at the lights on the third floor, but he is just looking and not going down.

"What is he doing? Why doesn't he keep going?"

After pondering for a while, the old man began to move his feet. Coincidentally, there were gaps between the stair railings, just like the wooden stair railings in schools that could support the weight of most students. By looking down through the railing on the top floor, he could see the view from the bottom floor.

The old man secretly saw Chen, who was no longer moving in the darkness, on the third floor from the first floor.

The light from the third floor didn't reach Chen, so Chen had no shadow, and the old man could only stand there.

He dared not make a sound or move his gaze, for if he were unlucky and the other person disappeared after he turned his gaze away, then things would be very difficult.

And in order to avoid being noticed by the other person's gaze, he could only try his best to catch a glimpse of him out of the corner of his eye, concealing his body as much as possible, while cursing inwardly.

"Take two more steps... you bastard!"