JOJO, The Escape from Real Diavolo

Chapter 96 Your Soul Is Mine

This is time stopping, time has stopped throughout the entire universe; otherwise, the current situation cannot be explained.

Joe realized this and wanted to kill Chen Miaowen during this frozen time.

But he couldn't do it. Not only could he not touch the Crimson King, he was also unable to move, just like the other party.

He now hangs motionless in mid-air, dragging his mutilated body. The pain still lingers, the blood from his severed legs and arms remains suspended in mid-air, along with some blood-stained spider silk.

"You have sacrificed one-tenth of your soul to stop the universe for five minutes. It's stopping everything, not just time... but it has no other effect. You can't affect reality. You can't even move, breathe, blink, or have your heart beat. But you're still alive. You're different from everyone else. You can still think briefly. But in five minutes, you'll die, crushed to death by the Crimson King's fist."

Someone spoke in his mind again, and this time Joe knew who it was—the arrow that had been fused into his hand.

"So, what should I do now? What about my curse? Can I even survive?"

"Your curse has not yet disappeared, because the curse has also entered your body with me. However, you can sacrifice a portion of your soul again to repair yourself and obtain a non-cursed body. Then you can use another portion to escape from Egypt. Of course, it's not just that. You can make any wish about yourself and the outside world, but not one that affects other living beings... and only within these five minutes."

"To add one more thing, once your entire soul is sacrificed, you'll go to hell, and your soul will belong to me, to Red Arrow. In simpler terms, it means 'your soul is mine'... Oh, and also, for every two parts of your soul you lose, you'll lose one emotion. There are five emotions in total, like joy, anger, sorrow, and so on. In short, these emotions will be sacrificed along with the lost soul."

"I almost forgot, canceling the five-minute freeze also requires a sacrifice. Using rule-based abilities that don't include the frozen universe again will require even more souls to be sacrificed."

"Hmm, my current advice to you is to become a Stand user, let the curse become your substitute, and then leave..."

"My only goal is to get rid of the curse forever. My heart and will are mediocre... In short, I don't care about Stand users. Just let my body be restored and let me get rid of the curse."

Joe interrupted the sound and gave an internal command, losing a part of his soul, which then merged with the other two. He also sacrificed an additional emotion called sorrow.

The disappearance of these things restored his intact ordinary human body in the static world, while the remaining human blood and mutilated bodies would be blown away by the wind after the static ended.

"What, do you want to leave here? You still have eight parts of your soul and four emotions that you can sacrifice. Go wherever you want... Friendly reminder, you only have three minutes left to freeze."

"I have other things to do, because Tobio... he has to die... how can I make him die in agony?"

"To find the answer, you must sacrifice your soul."

That's outrageous!

"Two minutes left..."

Joe had no idea what had happened, nor did he know about the existence of a place called Huangzhen. He simply assumed that the other party had obtained the arrow and was preparing to leave Egypt. He had no idea that the other party was being hunted down by countless people.

Arrow didn't tell him his thoughts either.

"Okay... let's leave it at that then."

Five minutes later, everything returned to normal, and Joe teleported from Egypt back to the ship.

Chen Miaowen was stunned for a moment, then noticed that Qiao had suddenly disappeared. He activated his ability and quickly retreated.

"How could he suddenly disappear, and where's the blood? Am I dreaming?"

His consciousness was actually beginning to return to normal, though he didn't know why. It wasn't until he noticed that the two arrows in his hand had disappeared that his condition completely returned to normal.

"You lunatic... You've recovered? You're not an idiot anymore?"

Diablo was still talking in his head, and he naturally knew about Joe's disappearance, but that wasn't important at the moment.

"Aren't you going to run? Are you just waiting to die?!"

"Wait, boss, my arrow is gone, which means the mark in my mind has disappeared, right?"

"...That's how it is."

The arrows were gone, the map in their minds was gone, and the markers wouldn't appear. It seemed they had escaped their fate of being hunted down.

Chen Miaowen also returned to normal, guessing that it was probably because of those two arrows. Their disappearance was actually a good thing, but it also made him a little disappointed.

Because his experiment seemed to have been in vain, although he didn't know what had happened, the simultaneous disappearance of Joe and the two arrows made it hard for him not to believe that Joe had taken the arrows and used some kind of power to leave this place.

"The mark disappeared, Giorno. It was two kilometers away. That should have been the arrow that disappeared, and just now, it reappeared."

"Never mind all that, let's get there first. We'll definitely find him up ahead, it's only two kilometers away."

For a while, Chen Miaowen couldn't find Qiao's location. Apart from the puppet with an unfamiliar face, he only found a small plane on the opposite slope.

"Did he come on this plane?"

Chen Miaowen approached the plane and looked towards the cockpit, trying to find any other clues.

At that moment, he immediately saw some kind of creature flying over from several hundred meters away through the plane window. Although he couldn't see it very clearly, he knew without a doubt that it was a furry creature.

"You...bastard!"

"King Crimson!"

He only hesitated for 0.01 seconds before entering the pre-launch phase, and even earlier, the plane exploded.

The explosion had already occurred. In the world of Time Deletion, the plane was shattered, and even sparks hit Chen Miaowen's face, burning half of his face.

It's fair to say that if he hadn't seen Rongrong in the distance through the glass and activated the time-delete in time, he would have been blown up and wouldn't have survived no matter what.

"Ouch...it hurts so much!"

"Is it pain, or death?"

The explosion will instantly cover the surrounding area after the time-lapse, and will definitely affect the nearby Momoko as well.

Knowing that he would no longer be marked, Chen Miaowen activated his shrinking ability and prepared to run away by pulling on spider silk in the Time Deletion World.

A second before running away, he glanced back at the blurry, fluffy figure and sighed with lingering fear.

"That was so close! Luckily, thankfully the driver's side window didn't reflect light... and thankfully, Giorno couldn't get her hands on it from there..."

It was indeed fortunate enough that Chen Miaowen forgot to discuss the reasons for the plane explosion and also forgot the pain on half of his face.

The sudden explosion of the plane was the best death gift that Joe had imagined before he left, and it was the best gift he could give Chen Miaowen.

"Once Tobio enters a certain area, the plane will explode immediately... I don't believe his abilities can react."

This cost Joe a portion of his soul.

He now has six points left, and has also lost the emotion of joy.