"Sorry. I got a little too emotional just now."
Yu Yachen's usual smile returned as she rejoined Exusiai and took her hand again.
It wasn't a big deal. She probably just needed to get used to it.
She brushed back her bangs. Being with Exusiai was genuinely fun. There was no need to resist it.
She just… had severe "mental cleanliness"—a kind of obsessive boundary.
She couldn't help feeling a bit guilty at fooling someone so optimistic and open.
So for now, she'd treat Exusiai a little better.
"Actually, I also kinda—let's go back."
"Mm."
Lao Li had separated from them earlier that morning. Before leaving, Yu Yachen gave him a bank card to buy another vehicle.
He insisted she didn't need to compensate him… but after hearing she was a super-rich woman, his hand still accepted the card anyway.
Jiangxia was far from Lungmen—they couldn't exactly walk across the wilderness.
If she could max out Exusiai and Alina's favorability, she'd be able to use three different Stand "avatars" at once. And that wasn't just "three times stronger"—it meant combinations.
For example:
Gold Experience + Scary Monsters — Scary Monsters could turn objects she touched into dinosaurs, but size depended on the object. Still, if Gold Experience injected life-force into something first… even a pebble could become a terrifyingly destructive dinosaur.
Thinking about it—because of the cat she used to co-raise with Chen Huijie, Yu Yachen had once "cohabited" in a sense.
Looking at Exusiai now… reminded her of high school.
"It's still early," Yu Yachen suggested. "Let's grab some stuff from a convenience store."
"Let's go!"
They entered a random store and picked food and water. As Yu Yachen walked past the counter, she caught a glimpse of a white-clad Draco woman with blue hair studying a row of Huanghe liquor.
Some regions of Yan still kept the habit of wearing traditional clothing—but it wasn't that.
This woman's aura was… almost unreal.
Like Yu Yachen.
And those arms—what were those faint blue patterns peeking from under long gloves? Tattoos?
"Yu Yachen, over here~"
Exusiai called out.
"What is it?"
Yu Yachen turned and approached a drinks cooler.
"Coke or Pepsi?"
Exusiai held up a blue-wrapped cola and a red-wrapped one.
You're starting a war with that question…
"I like Pepsi more," Exusiai said cheerfully.
"Then get me a Coke," Yu Yachen replied flatly.
[Host host! Surprise—look behind you, to the right!]
"?"
Yu Yachen turned—
—and saw a blond Feline man in a fitted purple suit in the corner.
Thin build. Hair gel. Clean, meticulous vibe.
And a flashy skull-pattern tie.
Yu Yachen recognized him.
That guy… is this world's Yoshikage Kira?!
He was browsing the fresh pork cutlet sandwiches.
He was here in Yan?
And in this world he was a Feline with cat ears…? A horrifying visual.
And if this world also had Pucci and DIO…
Could she collect Kira too, and complete "Araki Manor"?
Even play mahjong.
[Host~ I have a thought, hehehe. What if we take Kira's hand… and when he realizes it's gone, what do you think his reaction will be?]
…You're evil.
I like it.
Yu Yachen's lips curled.
She was already in a slightly sour mood. Teasing Kira would be perfect.
And she'd used the Star Platinum 24h card yesterday evening, which meant—
She could still stop time.
Star Platinum: The World!
The ticking sound fell away.
Time froze.
The muscular Stand appeared behind Yu Yachen. She walked quickly to Kira's side.
Star Platinum lifted his suit—
—and sure enough, inside was a dried-blood severed hand, a ring still on the ring finger.
Gimme that.
Star Platinum grabbed it and casually tossed it into a nearby trash can.
Two seconds passed.
Yu Yachen smiled, about to return and release the time stop—
When, from the edge of her vision, that blue-haired woman turned curiously.
And looked straight at her.
Yu Yachen's smile vanished.
She stiffened.
She hadn't imagined it.
The blue-haired Draco woman was walking across the slick store floor—inside stopped time—staring at Yu Yachen in astonishment.
"Strange. Did you just do something?"
"…?"
Yu Yachen's mind blanked.
Huh?!
She can move in frozen time?!
Her shock in that moment rivaled DIO's when he realized Star Platinum could move too.
"What… are you?"
"I'm Ling," the woman said calmly. "Single character. So—will you tell me what you just did?"
Ling approached.
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