JOJO, The Escape from Real Diavolo

Chapter 57 King Crimson VS King Crimson

"Remember that bread covered in a layer of dough? That bread contained the delicious blood of a lovely young girl that I carefully prepared for you."

Two red kings, one standing confidently on the fifth deck, striking an invincible pose.

One stood at the top of the stairs, huddled there, its mind blank.

Chen Miaowen didn't have much time to accept this unbelievable fact. His soul roared, taking over his mind. He understood that no matter what, he had to do his best to deal with the enemy, not escape, and kill them with all his might. This was his next course of action.

After all, the person opposite you is your reflection in the mirror, who might even be stronger than you. Running away would definitely mean certain death.

Compared to Chen Miaowen, the girl was not entirely at ease either. Although she possessed a very powerful Stand, she couldn't use her other abilities.

She was also relieved that the prince had stopped making a move; otherwise, a Red King fighting another Red King plus a Kamaitachi would definitely have put her at a disadvantage.

However, she also possesses an advantage: the advantage of knowing everything, and an arrow that can only be used as a last resort.

"Blow him up!"

Chen Miaowen instantly moved away from his original spot, trying to avoid the unwarranted attack.

His landing spot was revealed by the girl's epitaph, and he was then met with a punch from the Red King.

Chen Miaowen caught the attack, using his fist covered by the Red King's barrier.

Because he also has an epitaph.

"Tch, this is really difficult."

She was forced to retreat repeatedly by the other party's counterattack; after all, she was just a little girl.

Seeing that his opponent was suddenly at a disadvantage, Chen Miaowen pressed his advantage and the offensive and defensive strategies were reversed.

"It seems that your thirty Stand users were just a decoy after all."

This advantage has only a one-time effect and can only intimidate the other party.

Previously, due to various reasons, she missed two crucial opportunities, so now she will be suppressed by Chen Miaowen, who possesses the Wind King Barrier.

"How long can your barrier hold? How much mental energy can you provide in this state? You'll definitely collapse first! Look at you coughing up blood!"

The girl didn't show any fear, because she wasn't wrong. When two identical Stands fight each other, it's almost impossible to determine a winner based on their abilities alone. It all comes down to which side has stronger willpower, which side can last longer, or which side will expose a weakness.

She believed she wouldn't make a mistake, and she also believed that in this state, her slightly recovered mental strength would definitely be stronger than that of a heavily injured enemy.

So while being chased by Chen Miaowen, she made a strategic retreat and started running upstairs.

Seeing the girl completely disappear from his sight in an instant, Chen Miaowen finally couldn't keep up the act anymore. He pressed himself heavily against the wall, panting heavily.

"It hurts...it hurts even more than in that dream."

The bombs were powerful, shattering several of his ribs. The power of the Crimson King's fist was even more terrifying. Even if a full-force punch only hit the barrier, it almost made him foam at the mouth, dizzy, and nearly go into shock.

It can be said that without the prince's protection and timely reinforcements, he would have been shattered into pieces long ago.

The prince saved him at least twice.

"Ugh."

As he sighed, he noticed the barrier had dissipated.

He paused for a moment, then, supporting his lower back, slowly walked onto the deck, squatted down to check on the prince's condition, and began CPR.

"He's still breathing, and, and before he passed out, the Wind King's Barrier helped stop the bleeding... Thank goodness, thank goodness."

Fortunately, the seawater didn't take his life before it quickly dissipated.

Fortunately, the barrier had only been in place for a short time, not because the prince had stopped breathing.

He looked at the prince he had once despised, the one who seemed so high and mighty in his eyes, and realized that the prince was such a kind and compassionate man, which made him feel quite ashamed.

The saying "Don't judge a book by its cover" is becoming increasingly relevant...

Now that the prince was alright, he was ready to begin his battle, even though he was in so much pain that he felt dizzy.

What are the weaknesses of the Crimson King?

Before that, he looked into the eyes of his double and began to recall the past.

"Unable to attack during the deletion period, only able to ambush... This isn't even a weakness, and apart from that, it seems there really aren't any other shortcomings."

He was always at a disadvantage in the battles he had experienced because of his own stupidity and carelessness, coupled with the fact that the enemies he encountered were too powerful.

But in fact, his own Red King is a Stand capable of ruling the world, and the complementary abilities of Time Deletion and Epitaph are enough to deal with any situation.

He didn't believe that a Stand of Satan's caliber would reappear. However, based on his battle with it, he concluded that to truly kill the Crimson King, he would have to use some laws of cause and effect, or have a plan to self-destruct and perish together with it.

"Is it really just a contest of mental strength? Is she currently recuperating, hence the temporary truce?"

He could also take a break during this time, but unlike his enemy, who might be mentally exhausted and could recover with some rest, he was genuinely injured. No matter how much he tried to recuperate, without dealing with the mess in his body, he would never be able to recover, and his mental strength would naturally not be as good as before.

Moreover, judging from the current situation, that girl seems to possess an unusually strong mental fortitude, perhaps even stronger than I am, who is becoming increasingly useless.

Therefore, her decision to temporarily cease hostilities and recuperate was correct.

"We can't give her a chance to stall for time; the longer it goes on, the worse it will be for me."

......

Just as Chen Miaowen thought, the girl was actually very tired. Manipulating abilities that did not belong to her would consume her mental energy to an extreme degree. Even though she had restrained herself and only used the weaker abilities, the side effects were still too great.

"What a pity, if only I were a bit older, maybe then..."

But she was just comforting herself. She had indeed copied thirty Stand abilities, but none of them were very strong. The only ones she could really use were invisibility, gravity, Prince's wind blade, explosion, transformation, and so on.

To think that one could achieve the feat of slaying the Crimson King by combining these abilities is simply a pipe dream.

"But I didn't expect that even if I became the strongest Red King, I wouldn't be able to kill him immediately... But it's only a matter of time. He must be seriously injured, even if it's not visible on the surface."

She was calm inside, but her soul was somewhat chaotic and needed to be adjusted in order to better cope with the upcoming battle between the two kings.

"King Crimson has almost no weaknesses. It is the strongest Stand I have ever seen. Doppio is unable to find his own flaws at this time. If we really have to decide the winner, it can only be decided by the difference in mental strength."