Crossover Anime: I Became Invincible Starting as an Ajin

Chapter 123 The Ebony Demon, Unable to Rise Again!

The group quickly arrived at the local hotel and were settled into their rooms.

Ann, a little girl, was alone in a room.

Wang Bai shared a room with Polnareff.

As soon as they entered the room, Wang Bai and Polnareff both paused.

"It seems you've sensed it too, Polnareff."

Polnareff nodded, his murderous intent completely undisguised, as if he were standing right in front of you saying he was going to kill you.

"Come out, we've found you."

As soon as Polnareff finished speaking, a figure crawled out of the freezer next to him.

Before the assassin could speak, Wang Bai asked curiously, "You're here to assassinate us, right? But with such obvious killing intent, why are you hiding it?"

"And the hidden place is a freezer, aren't you cold?"

This question startled even the hidden assassins, causing their murderous aura to vanish in an instant.

Wang Bai's question seems to make some sense.

Polnareff, standing to the side, laughed heartily without any restraint.

"My name is Cursed Depo! My substitute is a Tarot card representing the devil."

The short, dark-skinned man, dressed in clothing similar to that of an Indian ascetic, introduced himself.

"Die, Joestar's comrade!" Dipo screamed, seemingly holding something invisible in his hand, as he lunged at Wang Bai!

"Too slow!" Polnareff shouted, and the silver chariot, which had been poised to go, transformed into a streak of silver light!

"Whoosh!"

A flash of sword light!

Dibo's forward momentum came to an abrupt halt. A long gash was torn in the front of his shirt, and his eyes and face were struck several times, with blood instantly seeping out.

However, Dipo's reaction was unexpected.

"Hahaha! Didn't expect that, did you two! I deliberately let you find me, deliberately let you hurt me!"

Dipo revealed a ferocious and terrifying smile as he retreated backward.

"That way, I can legitimately hate you and then kill you!"

He staggered backward, turned around abruptly, smashed open the balcony door of the room, and before Polunarev and Wang Bai could catch up, he leaped off the high hotel balcony!

"What?!"

Polnareff rushed to the balcony and looked down. All he could see was a bustling scene of cars and neon lights, but there was no sign of Dipo.

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Did this guy commit suicide?

Wang Bai also walked to the balcony, his brows slightly furrowed.

"Something's not right, Polnareff."

Wang Bai said in a deep voice, "He might not be dead, or—this is just the beginning."

Polnareff thought Wang Bai was overthinking things. How could someone who had suffered such injuries and jumped from such a height possibly survive?

But he still decided to be cautious. "I'll go tell old man Joseph and Avdol about the situation here, and tell them to be careful. Wang Bai, you check the room and see if there are any clues."

After saying that, Polnareff left the room to meet up with Joseph and Avdol.

Wang Bai remained in the room and searched carefully.

The refrigerator was empty except for a few cans of free drinks.

However, the insights Wang Bai gained from the world of Wandering Swordsman made him exceptionally sensitive to the malice of others.

In this room, a subtle malice lingered, like a venomous snake lurking in the shadows.

Is a Stand user really that easy to kill?

Moreover, the other party also said that this guy named Dipo deliberately let us find him!

It is estimated that this action is related to the opponent's Stand ability.

However, this character made it impossible for Wang Bai to remember what the other person's Stand ability was.

After all, he seemed quite insignificant in the original work.

He tried to use the Shadow Legion to scout, but the enemy seemed to be extremely good at hiding, making it difficult to pinpoint their exact location in a short time.

Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through his calf!

"Ugh!"

Wang Bai cried out in pain and looked down to see that his left trouser leg had been cut open, and a deep wound that exposed the bone was gushing blood!

What horrified him even more was that before he could react, several rough strips of cloth, seemingly torn from hotel sheets, suddenly sprang out from under the bed like venomous snakes.

With astonishing speed and strength, they tightly bound his legs and arms, and suddenly dragged him under the bed!

"Damn it! What is this?!"

Wang Bai was both shocked and furious, and struggled desperately.

But the strips of cloth were exceptionally tough, and the way they were wrapped was extremely tricky, leaving him powerless. He was tightly bound to the narrow space under the bed, his vision obstructed, and his breathing difficult.

"The Shadow Legion!"

Wang Bai immediately summoned his substitute.

Then, through the Stand's perspective, they saw the target of the attack.

A doll!

A shrill, distorted voice, as if from a doll, echoed in the room, filled with mockery.

It's a stand-in!

Deepo's Stand—"Ebony Devil"!

It can possess dolls and manipulate surrounding objects to attack targets, while its true form, Dipo, is clearly not dead and is hiding somewhere in the hotel, remotely controlling everything!

"You can't see me! You can't hit me! Polnareff, you will become Lord Depo's sacrifice to Lord Dio!"

However, when the doll sensed the change in the surrounding light, it looked up.

Several Shadow Legion soldiers had surrounded it, their eyes, emitting a faint white light, fixed intently on the puppet's body.

"How could that be? There's no information about a Stand like you in the intelligence!"

Several large-scale Stands were practically the perfect counter to his Ebony Demon.

However, the Ebony Demon was met with an attack from the Shadow Legion.

Several shadowy weapons pierced through the puppet.

The battle ended like a child's play amidst the opponent's screams.

While using magic to heal his wounds, Wang Bai sighed, "Stand users' battles are sometimes really easy, and some people's Stands are just too weak."

"Aside from ordinary people, no one should be able to defeat a Stand like this."

Soon, the hotel security guards and manager were alerted and rushed to the room.

It took Wang a lot of effort to explain it clearly.

While dealing with these troublesome matters, Joseph, Avdol, Kakyoin, and Wang Bai all rushed over upon hearing the news.

Seeing the mess in the room and Polnareff's injuries, everyone knew that they had been through another fierce battle.

"Is it another one of Dio's assassins?" Joseph's expression turned grave.

Polnareff briefly explained the situation, emphasizing that the strange Stand that could possess the doll and its messenger were likely dead.

Wang Bai listened quietly, his gaze sweeping across the room before finally settling on the old-fashioned CRT television.

From the moment he entered the room, he vaguely sensed that something was wrong, not just the lingering scent of Dipo, but also a feeling of being watched.

Joseph clearly had a similar intuition. He walked to the television, his brow furrowed. "I have a feeling—there's something else in this room."

He reached out his hand, and the purple vines of the Hermit Purple wrapped around his arm.

"Read and write!" Joseph shouted, channeling the power of Hermit Purple onto the television.

The television screen first burst with a lot of snow and static, as if the signal was being severely interfered with.

Joseph focused his attention and tried to adjust the "channel".

The images on the screen began to switch rapidly, with various distorted and fragmented images flashing by, as if searching for specific clues in a stream of countless pieces of information.

Suddenly, the switching stopped.

A blurry, distorted message appeared on the screen, as if barely glimpsed through heavy interference. It was fragmented yet chilling enough to send shivers down the spine of anyone who could decipher it:

Beware of traitors!

【—Among—you—】

【——花——京——院——典——明——】

【—Di—O—O—Servant—】

"What?!" Joseph exclaimed in shock.

Avdol and Polnareff also saw the words on the screen and instantly became alert, their wary gazes locking onto Kakyoin!

Kakyoin's face turned deathly pale, and he hurriedly protested, "No! It wasn't me! Jotaro has already removed the granulation tissue from my forehead! I genuinely wanted to help everyone and make amends for my mistake!"

The atmosphere at the scene instantly plummeted to freezing point.

The foundation of trust has cracked.

However, before anyone could react further, the text on the television screen suddenly disappeared, the image distorted violently again, and finally stabilized—what appeared on the screen was Dior's handsome yet sinister face!

It was as if he was watching them in real time through the screen!

"Joseph!"

Dior drawled out the word, his voice full of mockery and ridicule, as if he were watching an amusing drama.

"You're watching now, aren't you? You're watching right here!"

"But the game is over. Filled with suspicion and fear, you will march step by step toward destruction!"

Before he could finish speaking, the television screen suddenly lit up with a blinding white light, and an overloaded hum came from inside!

"Not good! Get out of the way!" Wang Bai was the first to notice the abnormal energy and shouted a warning!

"boom--!!!"

With a loud bang, the television set exploded!

Hot fragments and sparks flew everywhere!

The powerful shockwave sent Joseph, who was closest to the wall, flying through the air and crashing heavily into it!

The smoke from the television explosion had not yet completely dissipated, and the hotel room was filled with the smell of burning and a heavy sense of suspicion.

Joseph covered the scratches on his face, his gaze sweeping back and forth between Kakyoin and the others.

Polnareff clenched his fists, the silver chariot looming in and out of sight, clearly convinced of the warnings on the screen.

Abuder appeared more cautious, but his eyes were also full of vigilance.

Kakyoin Noriaki stood there, his face pale, his lips moving, unable to find the words to prove his innocence, as he faced the suspicious gazes of his former comrades.

"I—I really don't know what's going on! My granulation tissue is already—"

"That's enough!"

Joseph abruptly interrupted him, his tone more severe than ever before.

"Until we find out the truth, you'd better stay within our sight, Kakyoin!" The vines of Hermit Purple twisted uneasily on his arm.

Wang Bai remained silent, his spiritual power as calm as a still lake, carefully sensing the emotional fluctuations emanating from Kakyoin.

He could sense Kakyoin's inner grievances, panic, and a pang of betrayal, but he did not detect any obvious malice or deception.

However, Dior's strategy of sowing discord was too ruthless; relying solely on intuition was not enough to win people over.

"The most urgent thing is to get out of here," Wang Bai said calmly, breaking the deadlock. "Dio already knows our location; staying here will only make us sitting ducks."

The proposal was agreed upon by everyone.

They quickly packed the necessary luggage, and with Kakyoin still under suspicion, hurriedly left the hotel, preparing to head to another safe house arranged by the SPW Foundation.

Just as they stepped out of the hotel, a figure they knew all too well appeared before them: Kakyoin Noriaki.

"?" Kakyoin, who appeared from the front, asked in surprise, "Why did you leave the hotel ahead of time? Aren't you waiting for me to come along?"

"!!" Kakyoin, in the middle of the group, saw another version of himself appear in front of him. His pupils contracted sharply, and he instantly realized, "It's a Stand attack! Someone is impersonating me!"

Two Kakyoin Noriakis suddenly appeared before him, identical in appearance, clothing, and even their astonished expressions!

The tension in the team instantly reached its peak!

"Damn it! How dare you impersonate me!"

Kakyoin, in the group, was both shocked and furious. The green vines of the Emperor were faintly visible around him, but he dared not make a move rashly, for fear of causing a greater misunderstanding.

"Watch out, everyone! It's a fake!"

The person opposite, "Kakyoin," also pointed at Kakyoin in the group and shouted, their expression incredibly realistic.

Joseph, Avdol, and Polnareff immediately assumed fighting stances, their gazes rapidly shifting between the two Kakyoin members.

"Calm down!" Wang Bai's voice was steady. He stepped forward and stood between the two of them.

"Didn't you notice?! Kakyoin has revealed his double, the Retired Emperor!"

On the other hand, Kakyoin did not reveal his Stand at all.

The truth is obvious at a glance.

"The one on the left," Wang Bai pointed to Kakyoin in the group without hesitation, his tone resolute, "he's the real one."

Almost the instant Wang Bai finished speaking, the look of astonishment on the face of "Kakyoin" opposite him distorted and peeled away like melting wax, revealing his true form beneath—a shapeless, writhing, yellowish, gelatinous substance! It was his Stand—

Yellow moderation!

"Tsk tsk, that's why I was willing to let you split up and then disguise yourselves. It's a pity you're always together; there's simply no chance to get close to you!"

"That Dipo guy is really useless! He can't even reduce your numbers, I have to do it myself."

"That's good too. The combined head count of all of you can fetch a hefty bounty from Dio!"

The yellow-clad messenger, a man with sinister eyes, spat, "But it doesn't matter, eating you all is the same!"