Lee Sin's Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 36 Melancholy Blues
15 points.

A group of four, Bugarati, Fugo, Naranca, and Apache, drove to the tourist town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius.

It is said to be a small town, but it is actually part of the outer city of Naples.

Backed by Mount Vesuvius, which is still active today, it has numerous natural hot springs built using volcanic geothermal resources, and is also adjacent to the ancient city of Pompeii with a history of 2000 years. Its rich tourism resources are unique.

You don't need to think about it to know that this kind of place will never lack popularity.

But when Bugarati and others rushed to the scene, it had already turned into such a miserable scene:
The houses are crumbling, the roads are cracked, and damaged cars are crowded on the roads. Black smoke from embers rises from the ruins, and it is desolate as far as the eye can see.

Tourists and passers-by had already escaped completely during the riots, leaving only a group of firefighters trying to clean up the mess, and a group of American soldiers searching and picking up in the ruins.

"What the hell is going on here?"

Apache couldn't help asking.

His first mission after becoming a gangster seemed to be much bigger than he had imagined.

"About half an hour ago, a Miguel fighter plane crashed here."

"After that, for some unknown reason, there was a rather serious riot here."

"According to the reports of street gangsters outside our organization, about 10 minutes ago, that bald man with an oriental face, the target of our mission, once had a riot here with another blond boy in a student uniform. Appeared together on the spot."

"Hey, listen to the meaning."

Fuge became a little nervous: "This big scene was all caused by that bald head?"

He swallowed, looked at the devastated scene nearby and said:

"Is this something that a stand-in messenger can do?"

"What kind of monster is this guy that the organization asked us to hunt down!"

"possible."

Bugarati nodded very cautiously:
"Everyone must be mentally prepared, that bald head must be very strong."

"After all, the price the organization put on this guy's head is—"

"The throne of the cadres!"

At the top of the Passion organization is the emperor-like boss, below the boss is the staff department, which is equivalent to the cabinet, and below the staff department are the local cadres who are equivalent to the feudal officials and are in charge of a certain city.

These local cadres manage the gang affairs of a city and maintain the underground order behind millions of people, and their power is self-evident.

Bugarati's dream is to become such a powerful cadre.

"Although I'm a little nervous. But"

Naranja, like Fugo, was sweating coldly on his forehead, but he forced himself to overcome this natural tension:

"As long as Bugarati gives you an order. No matter who the enemy is, I will follow to the end."

"Also, and most importantly"

This 15-year-old boy with a childish face is looking at Bugarati with a hopeful look at the moment:
"As long as we can kill that bald head, Bugarati's dream will come true, right?!"

"That's right."

"But now it seems that the throne of cadres is second."

Looking at the lingering ruins, Bugarati said with a gloomy face:
"This guy destroyed Naples like this, and killed innocent tourists and citizens like this. No matter how powerful he is-I, Bugarati, will not let him go back alive!"

This impassioned proclamation is not some gangster tycoon dressing up his benevolence and righteousness, but it is completely sincere.

Because Bugarati is a good person.

He assisted Polpo in managing the local affairs of the Passion organization in Naples, and he had done a lot of bloody and violent things in gang fights.

However, this darkness and violence has never been imposed on the ordinary citizens of Naples by him.

On the contrary, Bucciarati has been using his authority as a small gang leader to do his best to maintain peace and order and help people in need.

The eyes of the masses are discerning, in the eyes of ordinary citizens who have repeatedly received favors.
The Bugarati team is actually a public welfare team that combines multiple functions such as the street office, neighborhood committee, police station, and Red Cross.

The reason why Bugarati is so eager for the throne of cadres is actually because he wants to have more power in the organization so as to better maintain the peace and security of Naples.

"All right."

Bugarati took a deep breath and turned to Apache and said:
"Apaki, your 'Melancholic Blues' should be able to trace the whereabouts of that bald head?"

Melancholy Blues, is the name of the Apache stand-in.

Its main ability is not to fight, but to play back and watch the "what happened in the past" of the target location like a video tape played backwards.

Although this stand-in is not good at fighting, he has powerful intelligence gathering capabilities.

With this stand-in who can "see the past", all detective suspense works such as "Sherlock Holmes" and "Detective Polo" can be completed within 3 minutes of the opening.

"should be no problem."

"My Melancholy Blues can "rewind" to a specified point in time according to the "memory" of the location and "transform" into a character that appeared at that time and place, and replay his actions at that time. "

"As long as there are two elements of "time" and "place", nothing can escape its replay. "

Apaki knew the main role of being invited here, so he explained without hesitation:
"The place is a little bit damaged, which might have had some effect on reruns of the blues."

"But that bald head can't completely destroy all the terrain he passed. As long as we spend a little time investigating, we can definitely find his traces."

"Well."

Bugarati didn't waste his time talking: "Let's start!"

"kindness."

Apache nodded slightly, and a blue humanoid stand-in slowly emerged behind him.

There is nothing strange about the appearance of this humanoid double named Melancholy Blues, the only thing that catches the eye is the time counter on its forehead that displays "**:**:**".

"Melancholy Blues!"

According to the witness information provided by the gangsters on the outside, Apaki roughly found a location that was not damaged, and began to search for traces of past targets:

"Rewind 20 minutes!"

"Beep beep beep."

Melancholic Blues beeped slightly, and the timer on his forehead quickly changed from "**:**:**" to "00:20:00".

Then, its appearance changed rapidly, as if using a transformation technique, from a blue humanoid double to a boy wearing a black student uniform with three blond swirls on his head.

"Not this one, change it."

Under Apaki's order, the appearance of Melancholy Blues changed again.

This time, it was a bald head with an oriental face.

Melancholic blues can only reverse the appearance, words and deeds of a person at that place in the past, and cannot restore all the scenes and objects around this person.

Therefore, when Melancholic Blues turned into this bald head, it was floating in the mid-air not far from the ground in a very strange riding posture.

"That's right, it's the bald head!"

"He must be the Li Qing we are looking for."

"but."

Apaki took a closer look at the melancholy blues who had turned into Li Qing: "This look, he was riding a motorcycle at that time, right?"

"Never mind what he rides!"

Fuge urged impatiently:

"Hurry up and play it, what did that guy do 10 minutes ago?!"

"En." Apache responded unhurriedly: "Start the replay, Melancholic Blues!"

话音刚落，忧郁蓝调额头上锁定在‘00:20:00’的计时器，就猛地跳转到了“00:19:59”。

Just like a video in which the play button was suddenly pressed, it turned into Li Qing who began to move and make voices:
"Hello."

"Giorno, are you ready?"

The voice and expression that Li Qing made 20 minutes ago have now appeared through the replay of the melancholy blues.

Then there was the violent roar of the motorcycle engine.

"Ready."

Although Giorno's appearance was not replayed by Melancholy Blues, his voice was also recorded in the "Li Qing" videotape: "What about you, Li Qing?"

"Hahahaha. Of course!"

Li Qing laughed heartily:
"Although it's a bit of a second class to say so, what we're doing now is stupid."

"Giorno Giovanna, let's save the world together!"

As he said that, the roar of the motorcycle's engine suddenly became more than ten times louder.

The melancholic blues in the replay state is like Li Qing 10 minutes ago, riding on the motorcycle that does not exist at this moment, suddenly "floating" to the distance.

"save the world?"

Fuge and others who watched the replay were a little surprised:

"It seems to be different from what we thought."

"Could it be... that bald head wasn't wreaking havoc at the time, but was fighting something?"

The four were silent for a while, and finally Bugarati made the final decision:
"Follow in his footsteps."

"Apaki, your melancholy blues should also be able to replay the enemies he fought at that time?"

"no problem."

Apache replied: "Whether it's a person or a stand-in, I can replay it as long as the time and place are determined."

"Then replay his enemies to see."

"I want to know what Li Qing was doing at that time."

Bugarati ordered while leading the team forward.

about half a minute later
"Melancholic blues, switch targets!"

Apaki followed Melancholy Blues to the right place, and ordered to replay Li Qing's enemies at that time according to Bugarati's instructions.

And then.
"what?"

"Why is it getting dark?"

Naranja scratched his head and asked with a puzzled expression.

"No, it's not dark"

Apache's face, which was as calm as water from the beginning to the end, finally collapsed at this moment:

"It's because the volume of 'that thing' is too large and the light is blocked."

PS: stand-in panel

Substitute name - "Melancholic Blues"

Ontology - Leo Apache
Destructive power: C
Speed: C
Range distance: A (replay state only)
Sustainability: A
Movement precision: C
Growth: C
Ability: Humanoid stand-in.The actions of specific characters or avatars can be played like a movie.Although it can perfectly reproduce the appearance of the opponent, it cannot reproduce the double that can move instantly.You can deceive the enemy with the appearance of the character you are playing, but your weakness is that you will be in a defenseless state where you cannot attack or defend.

(End of this chapter)