Lee Sin's Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 32 The Weapon in Hand

The taxi carrying Diablo and Tobio slowly drove out of the airport.

The taxi driver looked at Tobio's young face with an introverted temperament from the rearview mirror, and then unconsciously used a more casual address: "Little brother, where are you going?"

Tobio smiled shyly:
"Just drive in the direction of the coast near Mount Vesuvius."

"When we get there, I will tell you the exact location."

"correct."

His tone suddenly became urgent: "Please drive faster."

"The boss assigned me a very important task, and I must get there as soon as possible."

"clear."

"It's not easy to work part-time, so I try to drive as fast as possible."

The driver nodded heartily, and then stepped up the accelerator a little in a cooperative manner.

The taxi speeded up on the ever-flowing urban roads, and the speed was obviously faster.

And Tobio casually looked at the ever-changing bustling street scene outside the window, and said nervously to himself:
"The boss asked me to find a bald head in that place. But what does this bald head look like?"

"Will the boss contact me again when I get to the place?"

He feels restless about the important tasks he has on his shoulders, completely unaware that the boss he regards as a god is "himself".

And this time.
Tobio, who looked out of the car window unconsciously, unexpectedly saw a strange scene on the side of the street:
"Stone?"

"Beside this street, why is there a stone?"

On this bustling street full of life, there was a spherical stone the size of a pumpkin placed next to the passers-by.

The surface of this stone is rough and unpolished, and if one ignores the big "fierce" character engraved on its surface, it looks like a waste brought from some barren mountain.

It is really out of place to be placed in that bustling market like this.

Tobio instinctively felt a little strange, but the taxi was driving so fast that he didn't have time to take a closer look, and the strange stone fell far out of sight.

However, about half a minute later, when the taxi drove to another street.
He was here, and saw another stone that was exactly the same as before.

"Another stone on the side of the street?"

"Who is so boring to put this useless stone on the road?"

Tobio felt more and more strange, and then...
"Beep, beep, beep beep~"

"Beep, beep, beep beep~"

No matter how you look at it, this pink-haired boy who looks pretty and normal suddenly seems to be suffering from a mental illness. While unconsciously performing ventriloquist imitating the ringtone of a mobile phone, he said to himself:

"what?"

"Where is the phone ringing?"

"Beep, beep, beep beep~"

"Forehead?"

The uncle driver in the front driver's seat was taken aback by the strangeness:
"That...little brother, what's wrong with you?"

"Why, why did you suddenly make such a strange noise?"

Tobio simply ignored the driver's concerned and fearful greeting.

He hurriedly fumbled in the briefcase he carried with him, but in the end he just picked up a wallet and put it next to his ear like a mobile phone:

"Hey?"

"Yes, is it the boss!"

Tobio was talking to his boss, Diablo, facing the non-existent mobile phone.

They are obviously the same person, but the two personalities Diablo and Tobio can still talk to each other in this weird way.

"Tobio."

Diablo's voice came directly to his mind:
"You should be careful."

"The enemy may well be near us."

"what?"

Tobio's voice came from his mouth. From the perspective of outsiders, he seemed to be talking to himself in a wallet:

"The enemy is near us?"

"Could it be that stone I saw just now?!"

"Yes."

Diablo in his mind instructed very seriously:

"There is such a stone that is incompatible with the environment on the main road. Everyone can't help but take a look at it?"

"However, none of the pedestrians who came and went on the sidewalk just now noticed it, as if the big rock didn't exist at all."

"Obviously, it is."

"Substitute attack!"

Tobio tightly clutched the wallet in his hand, his face became serious:

"Ordinary people can't see the double at all, so I'm the only one who noticed the stone!"

"That, that"

His tone became flustered:

"what should I do?"

"Boss, will you help me?"

"Of course I will help you, my Tobio."

Diablo comforted the other "self" with a good voice, and used him as a tool man;
"However, the identity and location of the enemy cannot be determined now, and it is not convenient for me to show up."

"So, this enemy can only be dealt with by you for the time being."

"do not be afraid."

"I will lend you my 'epitaph' that predicts the future, and you will definitely be able to solve it yourself."

The secondary personality Tobio is Diablo's last line of defense to hide his true identity.

If he couldn't guarantee safety, if he couldn't ensure that everyone who saw his true identity would be silenced, Diablo would never reveal his true face.

Therefore, before this mysterious enemy showed up, he chose to let Tobio take action on his behalf.

"OK."

Tobio took the task entrusted to him by the boss seriously.

At the same time, on his forehead covered by pink bangs, a small face that ordinary people can't see slowly emerged—this is the characteristic of the "Epitaph" ability of the Scarlet King.

"Stone. Will that stone still appear?"

Tobio concentrated on observing the scene outside the car window, guarding against the reappearance of that strange stone.

Then, the stone actually appeared.

But this time it didn't appear on the side of the street, but on this moving taxi.

That's right, Tobio didn't even notice how the stone appeared, and the stone was placed on the back seat of the car only a few feet away from him without a sound.

"Damn!"

Looking at the stone that was only half a meter away from him, he was suddenly startled and his spine shivered.

"Epitaph!"

Tobio activated the only ability he could use without hesitation to detect the possible moves of the enemy in the next few seconds.

1 seconds.

The rough and ordinary spherical stone suddenly trembled strangely.

2 seconds.

The stone moved towards Tobio bit by bit with a firm but slow gesture.

3 seconds.

Tobio instinctively kicked towards the approaching stone.

4 seconds.

Tobio is dead.

He died without a sound, like a centenarian who died suddenly and forever.

"This?!"

Whether it was Tobio, who was in charge of the body at the moment, or Diablo, who was lurking in his mind, they were all taken aback by these terrifying future pictures:
"As long as I touch this stone, I will die!"

"Must. Must stay away from it."

"Don't come near me!!"

So, without Tobio realizing it at all,
Diablo briefly took over the body, using the Crimson King to activate "Time Cut", skipping the time when he was touched by the stone.

The future has just been changed.

Unexpectedly, Tobio jumped up from the back seat in surprise like a timid rabbit seeing a natural enemy, and flipped onto the front passenger seat again.

The driver who was originally concentrating on driving was pushed hard by Tobio, and almost missed the steering wheel on the spot and hit the road:
"Hey!"

"What are you doing suddenly jumping to the front, are you crazy?!"

The uncle driver yelled at Tobio in fear, while instinctively stepped on the brakes.

And that stone seemed to be unaffected by inertia—it actually kept its slow and steady movement trace even when the taxi braked suddenly, and kept approaching Tobio who fled to the front seat.

"Boss, what, what should I do?"

"I'm going to die if I touch it, so how do I fight back?"

"Are you going to run away?"

Tobio said nervously to Diablo who was "on the phone".

"do not be afraid."

Diablo said calmly:
"Currently, apart from the strange characteristic of 'death on touch', this stone is not very strong in terms of destructive power and speed."

"You don't have to run away, just try to destroy it."

"Destroy it?"

"But."

Tobio looked left and right to find a suitable tool, and said in surprise:

"I can't touch this stone directly, and I don't have a weapon in my hand."

"Who said no?"

Diablo retorted coldly:

"My dear Toby"

"Look around you, that uncle who is driving—"

"The human skull is harder than most rocks. Isn't that handy enough?"

(End of this chapter)