My obsession with role-playing seems to have distorted the world's aesthetic.

Normally, a commission involves returning one's body to the commissioning party after completing the commissioned task. However, my first commission was somewhat special.

Diablo, the client, seems to have become withdrawn and reclusive. For him, death is a relief; all he needs to do is prevent this body from falling into a death loop in the past.

As for the future...

All I need to do is prevent this body from gaining immortality, and the future will be changed, and this mission will be complete.

The system can help her block out the time-traveling effects of the Requiem of the Golden Experience in the future, and Xia Qing has decided to follow the example of her predecessors with this identity.

"I, Diablo, just want a peaceful life."

After casually making a comment, Xia Qing took out her keys, opened the door, and walked into the living room without hesitation.

Through the power of the epitaph, he has seen the future. Illuso's Stand ability is the Man in the Mirror, and his image is currently in the full-length mirror in his bedroom.

As Xia Qing walked, she recalled the abilities of the Mirror Man. Compared to the data panel of her current Stand ability, "King Crimson," the Mirror Man was simply no match.

However, that Stand didn't rely on its own strength and speed, but rather on its unique abilities.

The person in the mirror can bring any object they permit into the world inside the mirror.

In the world inside the mirror, no one except Iruso can move objects, and events happening outside the mirror will also affect those inside.

In the mirror, Illuso can allow authorized people to enter, but the stand-in remains outside.

To pull someone into the mirror, two conditions must be met: first, the person must see Iruso's reflection; second, the person's body must be reflected in the mirror.

So normally, you just need to avoid seeing yourself in the mirror, but Xia Qing is a little unsure.

Epitaphs foretell a future that has not yet happened. If you see a mirror in this foreseen future, will you be pulled into it?

If that really happens, hopefully it won't be continuous. If Crimson King is pulled into the mirror, he should be refused entry.

At that point, it would be necessary for her to use Li Erlid's power, and Xia Qing's expression became somewhat awkward when she thought of that power.

Only the bathroom and bedroom in this room have mirrors. Xia Qing, who was walking towards the living room, did not rush to the bedroom.

Xia Qing casually picked up a drink from the table, sat on the sofa, took a sip, and after a moment smiled slightly, prepared to go to the bedroom.

The cooldown period for the epitaph has ended.

The epitaph activated again, and the next few dozen seconds of the future appeared in Xia Qing's eyes.

The future that one foresees when opening an epitaph is all based on calculations of the world's current established trajectory. As long as one doesn't see something that foretells death or injury, there's generally no problem.

Seeing a mirror in the foreseeable future will not have any effect on oneself.

However, in the end, I still have to go through the mirror myself, and the assassination group is also a group that can be recruited in a certain sense.

The mirror effect on the recipient's pull status is continuous, meaning that if you see the mirror, using time-deletion only delays the process of being pulled in.

Doing so would be pointless and might even expose your abilities, so it's better to use the power of the support cards instead.

Although the support card I drew wasn't bad in this world, the problem was that it was too awkward to use.

Hmm, no, I can't be the only one embarrassed. Let's all be embarrassed together!

"This is troublesome... It seems I still have to use that power."

By deliberately letting Iluso overhear her words, Xia Qing from the future was already preparing for a dance battle.

"Power? What power?"

Hiding behind the bedroom mirror, Illuso heard Xia Qing's words and frowned. Could it be... the power of a Stand?

Hmm, thinking about it, it makes sense. As the boss's confidant, this guy named Diavolo is very likely also a Stand user.

As Iruso pondered, Xia Qing had already opened the bedroom door. With the die cast, Iruso had no choice but to proceed according to the original plan.

As Xia Qing entered the bedroom, a mischievous thought suddenly arose in his mind. Pretending to be looking around, he walked to the windowsill, turned his back to the mirror, and stretched one hand towards his head.

With a pose straight out of DIO, Xia Qing turned to the mirror and said in a deliberately suppressed tone, "Illuso, you're looking at me, aren't you!"

!

Upon hearing this, Iluso's expression changed; the BOSS's confidant had actually noticed that he was being watched.

How did he manage to do that? Was it his Stand ability?

No one could answer Iruso's questions, but then something shocking happened.

Xia Qing walked straight towards the mirror with her back to the sun!

"Won't you invite me to sit in the world in the mirror?"

Xia Qing spoke with an air of certainty that Iruso was in the mirror, a statement that made Iruso somewhat wary.

That confident tone... there's no doubt that the pink-haired guy in front of me knows about my Stand ability.

Knowing his Stand ability, he still dares to be so confident, which means he has a sure way to win?

Wait, it's also possible that the other party is bluffing. My abilities are not a secret among the organization's higher-ups, and the other party knows they are no match for me, so they chose this method.

However, it is also possible that the other party did this on purpose, with the aim of making him fall into the same mindset he had just experienced.

If you actually make a move, the other party can kill you in the mirror world through some method.

Iluso thought quickly, various possibilities flashing through his mind, but in the end, he gave up thinking.

Iluso no longer wanted to think about the layers of tricks they were using; perhaps their goal was simply to make him hesitate.

Don't be a coward when faced with a problem, just go for it. After thinking it over, Iluso finally decided to believe that Xia Qing's courage was just an act.

The ability of the person in the mirror was activated in that instant, and Xia Qing, who was looking directly into the mirror, arrived in the world inside the mirror.

Not far from him, a man wearing a crop top slowly walked over.

Looking at Iluso not far away, Xia Qing said somewhat awkwardly, "Let me show you the power of a top-notch stylist!"

???

Iruso felt he had many questions at this moment, as if he saw a road of no return in front of him.

Chapter 5: Whenever I type a question mark, it's not that I have a problem, but that I think you have a problem.

"What exactly do you want? In this mirror world, I am the sole ruler!"

Iruso's voice trembled slightly as he spoke. Within the assassination squad, his awareness wasn't considered high, so he couldn't help but panic when faced with such a situation where the enemy was fearless in the mirror world.

Iruso acted decisively, but at that moment he suddenly felt a force binding him.

Could it be... a Stand attack?

"The future has already been decided, and the only victor will be me."

From the moment Xia Qing entered the mirror world, she was in a state of having her "Style Power" activated. This power allowed her to ignore any Stand effects and enter a state similar to when King Crimson erased his own time.

And now I'm using another ability from the Li Erlid character card, which is the clash of styling power. In the battlefield called styling, the one with the strongest styling power is the winner.

Xia Qing thought that she might need to use this power again in the future, so since it was embarrassing, she couldn't let herself be embarrassed alone. She was considering whether to spread the system of matching power.

Even if it spreads, everyone in this world would only be at the novice stylist level at the beginning, but his own support card gave him the power of the strongest stylist in the original place of that support card.

"This is a substitution attack!"

Looking at the gradually changing environment around him, Iruso's expression turned grim. He had no control over his body and could only let his opponent do as they pleased.

Wait... I think I can move around now?

Suddenly, Iruso found that the restraints on his body had disappeared, and the world around him had transformed from the mirror world into a vast blue sea of ​​light with background music playing.

"Iluso, let's have a battle of styling skills and see who has the better styling ability."

While talking to Iluso, Xia Qing struck a P pose, and as she did so, she felt the power of her styling filling the space.

The real-life version of the strategy battle is similar to Go, where the winner is determined by whose strategy fills the battlefield the most before time runs out.

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Whenever I type a question mark, it's not that I have a problem, but that I think you have a problem. Iruso felt like he had a lot of questions right now.

Sir, what are you doing? We're having a very serious stand-in battle, why are you suddenly dancing?

"Man in the Mirror!"

He called out his Stand's name, but at that moment Illuso realized that his relationship with his Stand seemed to have disappeared.

Previously, he had always isolated other people's stand-ins; Iruso had never encountered this situation before.

While Iruso hesitated, Xia Qing was still engrossed in posing.

"System, what do you think of this position?"

He asked the system in his mind. Although the system didn't have many major functions, it did have quite a few functions for daily life, such as the screenshot function that Xia Qing was going to use later.

"Hmm... This pose, which is suitable for an innocent young man, feels pretty good when the host does it, but Diablo's body is not suitable for being cute."

The system answered seriously. Xia Qing felt a little embarrassed listening to the electronic-sounding girl's voice. Only then did she realize that she looked exactly like Diablo.

After realizing this, Xia Qing completely let go of himself, and he even wanted to dance to the song "Gokuraku Jodo" on the spot.

The one who's in an awkward position right now is Diablo. What does that have to do with me, Xia Qing?

but……

"Innocent boy... to tell you the truth, the whole school was my fishpond back then."

"Even if I lose, I won't lose face," Xia Qing thought to herself, retorting decisively. To this, the system replied in an emotionless tone, "I suggest you go to sleep early; you can have anything in your dreams."

Hearing this, Xia Qing felt a pang of hurt. Well, in fact, it had been a long time since he had held hands with a woman.

Unaware of what the pink octopus head in the distance was thinking, Illuso, realizing that his Stand was unusable and he couldn't escape, decided to end the battle directly with his main body.

However, after taking only a few steps, Iluso felt himself blocked by an invisible wall. Helpless, Iluso watched Xia Qing's movements.

As a normal member of the Passionate Assassination Group, Iruso was not an idiot, and he quickly figured out what he needed to do.

Although I don't know why the other person is dancing, I just follow along.

Anyway, when I, Iluso, encounter trouble, I only have one word: reckless!

As for whether the other party was intentionally trying to get me to do something like this, Iluso no longer intended to think about it. Constantly guessing was too tiring, and I was simply not suited for the work of a wise man.

The battle didn't last long. As the music ended, Iruso suddenly felt weak in his limbs and his hands and feet went limp.

"I, Diablo, am the victor of this battle."