She was suddenly a little annoyed.
Yu Yachen made her way back to the convenience store and found Exusiai standing at the entrance, looking around anxiously. The moment she saw Yu Yachen, she hurriedly waved.
"Where did you go just now?! I got so worried when I couldn't find you!"
"Sorry. I went to the restroom."
"Again? Didn't you just go a moment ago?"
"Earlier I only washed my face."
Yu Yachen pressed a hand to Exusiai's back and steered her into the store.
"Did you finish picking everything?"
"I already paid!"
"Then go find Mr. Lee first. I have a few things to deal with."
"Huh? Why? You're definitely sneaking off to do something shady behind my back."
Exusiai looked displeased.
Yu Yachen calmly replied, "If you behave, I'll grant you one request later."
She snatched the shopping bag from the counter and shoved it into Exusiai's hands, then nudged her out the door. At the same time, a blond Feline man placed a steak sandwich and a bottle of mineral water on the counter.
"Checkout. Thanks."
Yu Yachen turned her head slightly and, without making it obvious, glanced at Yoshikage Kira. She smiled faintly, then continued pushing Exusiai away from the store.
"Really? You'll grant me one request? Don't you dare go back on it."
Exusiai had been a bit cautious around Yu Yachen before, but ever since Yu Yachen confessed to her, she'd relaxed completely.
"Of course."
"Then it's a deal!"
Even though she didn't know what Yu Yachen was hiding, Exusiai chose to trust her. After giving the white-haired woman a quick hug as a goodbye, she left reluctantly.
Yu Yachen stood at the convenience store entrance. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Yoshikage Kira walk past her toward the street, brushing shoulders with her.
She chuckled softly, quickened her pace, and pulled out her phone. Walking as she lifted it to her ear, she pretended to be on a call—though the phone wasn't even powered on.
"Hello, Officer Chen? I've got a lead on that serial killer case you asked me to look into last time."
"Yes, that's right. I've identified a suspicious individual. The culprit is very likely the manager of a chain store called Kameyuu Department Store. Name: Yoshikage Kira. Thirty-three years old. Lives in a villa district in the northeast of Jiangxia. Unmarried. Always returns home by eight at the latest."
"He doesn't smoke, drinks only occasionally. Goes to bed at eleven every night, makes sure he gets eight hours of sleep. Always drinks a glass of warm milk before bed, then does twenty minutes of stretching to warm up. Once he gets into bed, he falls asleep immediately—never letting stress or fatigue carry into the next day."
"His phone number is, his ID number is—"
"????"
Kira stared at the white-haired woman walking ahead of him, speaking with utter confidence. His steps stopped dead.
Who the hell just doxxed me?!
Cold sweat beaded down his temple. Even if her tone sounded playful, the problem was that everything she said was correct.
How do you know my ID number?!
He immediately reached for his wallet—leather under his fingers. The wallet was still there.
Then he felt inside his coat where he kept the severed hand.
His wallet was there, but his wife was gone.
Where's my wife?!
Kira clenched his teeth and glared at the woman getting farther away. Right—she'd been in the store too. Had she stolen his hand while he wasn't paying attention?
And now she was openly reciting his personal details right in front of him, even his ID number.
He started forward, intending to catch up—
But his suspicious nature made him stop again.
If she already knows everything and is taunting me to my face… then following her now would be walking right into her trap.
But if he didn't, what if she told the police everything?
Yoshikage Kira only wanted a quiet life. He could not allow an accident like this.
In other words—trap or no trap, he had to check.
He hurried toward the corner where the white-haired woman had disappeared. Reaching a narrow alley, he braced a hand on the wall and peeked in—only to find she was nowhere in sight.
He entered cautiously.
Ahead was a residential complex, a maze of intersecting paths. Kira paused, scanning the area—until a cold female voice drifted down from above.
"A perverted serial killer… is afraid his crimes will be exposed?"
Yu Yachen was crouched at the edge of a rooftop, looking down. Kira's eyes widened as he looked up.
When did she—?!
"Killer Queen!"
He immediately summoned his Stand. The muscular Killer Queen emerged from behind him, glowing with an unsettling purple light.
"Oh? Same type as my Killer Queen. Short range, but with tremendous strength and precision."
Yu Yachen rested her cheek against her fist. Her own Killer Queen materialized behind her as well.
They were similar in appearance, but Yu Yachen's had less pronounced musculature, was slightly shorter, and had more refined features.
"That's… Killer Queen?"
Kira blurted out in shock.
There are two Killer Queens? Impossible!
"Hey. Can you use the Third Bomb?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Doesn't look like you've learned it yet. Makes sense—there are too few Stand users in this world. There isn't a protagonist like Jotaro Kujo running around to clean up scum like you, so it's hard to push you into despair."
"But I'll do it for them."
In truth, the two did share certain similarities—both craved a "quiet life," and Yu Yachen's obsessive cleanliness was even more extreme than Kira's.
But unlike Kira, Yu Yachen didn't kill for desire. She killed to vent irritation. She didn't care about anyone other than herself. Killing, to her, was effortless—no different from slaughtering an animal.
"Too much water? Add seasoning. Too much seasoning? Add water. To me, you're just water or seasoning. There's no emotion involved."
Yu Yachen looked down at him.
Killer Queen floated down from above. Before Kira could even process why her Stand's range seemed so absurdly long, a punch was already flying straight at his face.
Bang!
Kira's Killer Queen raised an arm to block, but the impact numbed his arm.
The second punch slipped right through his guard.
Bang!
Pff!
So fast!
Kira took the blow square on the bridge of the nose and was launched backward, slamming into the wall behind him.
Yu Yachen raised her brows, a little disappointed. In the manga, Kira had been the major villain of an entire arc—but against her current strength, he wasn't enough.
Like Diavolo—someone she could "seriously" erase in an instant.
This world still had many stronger monsters. Yu Yachen had once felt a small swell of pride at collecting so many Stands, but after meeting Ling, her excitement had cooled.
In the end, those were the system's powers—not hers.
If she wasn't planning to recruit him as a subordinate to fill out her "Araki Manor," she would've simply killed Kira on the spot.
I should get the Arrow as soon as possible… and obtain Star Platinum.
Stand: Killer Queen
User: Yoshikage Kira
Destructive Power: A
Speed: B
Range: D
Durability: B
Precision: B
Growth: A
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