San Giorgio Maggiore is a church island in Venice, with very few buildings on it other than the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore.

Normally, only members of the church could enter the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, but Diablo was different; he was able to enter by virtue of his power.

Diablo's "Passion" organization is deeply entrenched and deeply rooted in Italy, with countless powerful figures colluding with it, making it the undisputed king of Italy's underground.

In the original work, Polnareff even encountered a communication blockade by the "Passion" organization when investigating Diavolo's information, making it impossible for him to contact the outside world.

This demonstrates the extent of this organization's covert control over the country.

These past few days have been the rest days at the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, so the church was empty. Diavolo chose to receive his daughter, who was being escorted by Bucciarati's squad, here.

Of course, Diablo's purpose in taking in his daughter was not to protect her, but to kill her.

The reason is that he believes his daughter has a blood connection with him, so it is very likely that someone can find his whereabouts through his bloodline.

Although it sounds absurd, his concerns are quite reasonable in the JOJO world.

The bloodline connections in the JOJO world are incredibly exaggerated; the Joestar family's bloodline almost runs through the storylines of Parts 1 through 6.

While pondering Diablo's situation, Qin Chuan took a small boat to San Giorgio Maggiore Island.

After all, this is Venice, the city of water, and there is no shortage of small boats. Qin Chuan spent a little money to rent a speedboat and arrived at this small island that is almost entirely composed of churches.

Upon approaching the island, the first thing Qin Chuan did was to use his "qi" to sense the entire island.

He needed to confirm whether Diablo was now hiding in the church, as he suspected.

Chapter 236 What is the use of time erasure?

Under Qin Chuan's perception, the "qi" of the entire island of San Giorgio Maggiore was completely exposed, and even the "qi" of the small animals on the island was perceived by Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan ignored the weak "qi" that was clearly from small animals, and then carefully sensed the aura inside the only church on the island.

Soon, he sensed a rather peculiar "energy" emanating from the top of the church's only bell tower.

That "aura" wasn't strong compared to ordinary people. After all, while a Stand user's "Stand" possessed power far exceeding that of ordinary people, the Stand user themselves wouldn't exceed the realm of ordinary people.

Diablo is the same; his physical abilities may be slightly better than the average person, but not by much. At best, he's just a relatively strong ordinary person.

Therefore, in Qin Chuan's perception, Diablo's "qi" was just so-so. Although it wasn't as low as "trash with a combat power of only 5", it was still at a single-digit level.

"However, it seems Diablo has already noticed me."

Upon sensing Diablo's "qi," Qin Chuan knew that Diablo must have already noticed him.

After all, Diablo is now located on the top floor of the church's bell tower, and from that height, he can see almost every ship that arrives at the island.

On the church's days off, no one else would come to the island, so Qin Chuan's small boat was the only vessel to arrive, and Diablo couldn't possibly have missed it.

However, Diablo did not dare to make any rash moves. He could not tell whether Qin Chuan was coming for him or was just an ordinary tourist who did not know that the church was closed.

Of course, what Diablo thought is not important; what is important is...

From the moment Qin Chuan detected Diavolo's "qi," Diavolo's life was completely in Qin Chuan's hands.

……

"What's going on? Isn't today a church holiday? Why are there tourists on this island?"

At the top of the church's bell tower, Diablo hid in the shadows, looking down at the edge of the small island through the window of his room.

Qin Chuan's boat was clearly in sight, and Diablo recognized the type of boat—it was a speedboat specifically designed for tourists, highly praised for its ease of operation.

Diablo guessed that Qin Chuan was just an ordinary tourist and was thinking about how to get rid of him.

After all, he was still waiting for Bucciarati's team to escort his daughter over so he could kill her himself. If there were other people on the island, things might get complicated.

However, as Diablo looked out the window, he suddenly trembled, and an indescribable sense of fear welled up in his heart.

Driven by fear, he summoned his Stand almost instantly:

"King Crimson!!!"

The next moment, a hideous humanoid stand appeared behind him. Its striped body and somewhat distorted features reflected Diablo's insane personality.

On the forehead of the Crimson King, there is a small, raised face, which is the "Epitaph," a byproduct of the Crimson King's abilities.

The effect of "Epitaph" is very simple and straightforward: it predicts the future—although it can only predict the future for a few dozen seconds, it is enough for him to anticipate the enemy's moves in battle.

After summoning the Crimson King, Diablo activated his Epitaph ability almost immediately, seeing the scene for the next few dozen seconds.

Qin Chuan appeared behind him instantly, then reached out and casually grabbed his neck, rendering him unable to resist.

The brief footage revealed fear in Diablo's expression—because he saw that his attempt to attack Qin Chuan with the Crimson King's fist hadn't even broken his skin.

No, not only was the skin not broken, but he even saw the Crimson King's fist hit Qin Chuan's body, unable to even make him sway.

"What kind of monster is this!?"

Diablo, who witnessed this scene through his ability to predict the future using "epitaphs," exclaimed in disbelief.

But before he could react further, the future he had foreseen had already come to pass—Qin Chuan's figure instantly appeared beside him.

Once Qin Chuan has sensed Diablo's "qi," he can teleport directly to Diablo's side, rendering any escape futile.

Unless Diablo has a way to hide his "qi", he will never be able to escape Qin Chuan's grasp.

People in the JOJO world probably don't even know what "ki" is, let alone how to hide it.

"The future predicted in the epitaph cannot be changed unless... time is erased!"

Based on the future he had just predicted, Diablo knew very well that he had no chance of confronting Qin Chuan head-on, so his only thought was to escape as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Diablo immediately tried to activate the power of "Crimson King"—to erase time!

The Crimson King can erase several seconds of time. During this "erased time," everyone except Diablo can only act according to their instincts.

Diablo, on the other hand, is free to make judgments and take actions during this time.

The abilities "Predicting the Future" and "Eliminating Time" are the power of the Crimson King. When used together, they can always anticipate the enemy's moves.

Diablo used this ability to make the right judgments at every crucial juncture, and eventually got to where he is now.

"The Crimson King!"

With Diablo's roar, the Crimson King immediately erased time—sure enough, the surrounding scenery changed instantly, and Qin Chuan's movements were also caught in the "erased time."

"Great, this way, this guy can only act on instinct. As long as I avoid his movements, I can escape smoothly..."

Diablo was just about to act when he immediately realized something was wrong.

Qin Chuan's actions were indeed caught in the "reduced time," and he could only act on instinct—and his action was to reach out to Diablo's neck.

Diablo already knew the trajectory of Qin Chuan's outstretched hand. Logically speaking, he could escape from Qin Chuan's grasp with just a slight movement of his body.

But the one thing he hadn't anticipated was that Qin Chuan's speed... was too fast!

During the "time that was cut off", Qin Chuan's speed in reaching out had completely exceeded Diablo's dynamic vision and reaction speed. Even though he could see Qin Chuan's movement trajectory, he still couldn't avoid it!

"How could this happen... at this speed!?"

Diablo's face turned pale instantly. Then, the "time erasure" ended, and Qin Chuan grabbed his neck tightly and slammed him to the ground.

"...Oh? Did you just erase time?"

Qin Chuan seemed to sense the subtle changes in the surrounding environment and quickly realized what Diablo had just done.

Although he made his move, he seemed to have lost the memory of the time when he "captured Diablo." By the time he came to his senses, Diablo was already pinned to the ground.

"It seems that even if you can predict the future and react to my actions within the time frame that's been cut off... if you can't react in time, you just can't react in time."

Diablo was being gripped tightly by Qin Chuan's large hand, almost suffocating. He could only stare wide-eyed at Qin Chuan, managing to squeeze out a few unwilling syllables:

"What exactly are you...? What kind of monster are you?"

Chapter 237 Insect Arrows and Trade

Qin Chuan didn't waste any words with Diablo and knocked him unconscious.

To prevent him from secretly waking up and escaping by using his Stand ability, Qin Chuan also inserted a "Blackbird Lover" into Diavolo's brain.

Because "Blackbird Lover" is lurking in the brain, if Diablo wakes up, even if he pretends to be unconscious, Qin Chuan will be able to sense it immediately.

Unless Diablo has a way of thinking without any brain activity... he can't possibly hide it from Qin Chuan.

"After knocking him out, the Crimson King also disappeared... Oh well, I'll wake him up later and have him summon the Crimson King so I can eat him."

After dealing with Diavolo, Qin Chuan looked at the location where King Crimson had been—because the Stand user had fainted, the Stand had naturally disappeared as well.

Qin Chuan was quite concerned about the Crimson King's abilities, because this guy's abilities included "predicting the future."

Even if the predicted future is only a few tens of seconds long and cannot influence future decisions, it can be very useful in combat.

Even Frieza, whose future actions were predicted, was completely helpless. Naturally, he wouldn't let go of such a useful combat ability.

Of course, even if one can predict the future, it won't be of much use if the difference in strength is too great—just like Diablo now, even if he predicted Qin Chuan's attack, he still wouldn't be able to dodge it.

As for why he didn't kill Diavolo immediately... the reason is simple: he still needed to use Diavolo's face to lure Polnareff out.

In the fifth part of JOJO, Qin Chuan was most concerned about the "Insect Arrow" that could allow a Stand to evolve into Requiem, and that "Insect Arrow" was in Polnareff's possession.

It's not too late to kill Diablo after we get our hands on the "Insect Arrow".

Otherwise, if Diablo is defeated and the main quest ends, and you're forced to leave the quest world before you've even gotten your hands on the "Insect Arrow," wouldn't that be a huge loss?

Diablo is able to live a little longer thanks to the existence of "Insect Arrow".

……

Jane Pierre Polnareff was one of the members who went to Egypt with Jotaro Kujo and others to defeat Dio in the third part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

They encountered numerous attacks from Stand users sent by Dio along the way, and after many hardships, they finally arrived in Cairo, Egypt, only to find that... Dio had already been killed.

Although this surprised them greatly, it was a good thing for them that Dio was killed.

Therefore, their mission changed from "killing Dior" to "cleaning up Dior's remaining influence".

After Dior's death, many people took his legacy and scattered around the world, causing trouble. For example, the Nijimura brothers stole Dior's "arrow" and went to Morioh.

During his investigation, Polnareff discovered that drug trafficking had inexplicably surged in this region of Europe, seemingly orchestrated by an organization behind the scenes.

Out of a desire not to let any clues slip by, Polnareff infiltrated Italy to investigate, which led him to the "Passion" organization, where he was discovered by Diavolo.

Diablo used the power of the "Passion" organization to block his ability to communicate with the outside world and killed him on a cliff—that's how it was supposed to be.

But Polnareff did not die; he survived with great difficulty, even though he lost an eye and a leg and could only sit in a wheelchair as a disabled person.

Moreover, during his seclusion, he unexpectedly discovered the secret of the "Insect Arrow" he had obtained during his previous investigation: this "Insect Arrow" could allow his Stand to evolve further.

Therefore, his hope of fighting Diavolo was rekindled, but his crippled body made it impossible for him to actually defeat Diavolo. So he waited for someone who was also investigating Diavolo's true identity.

In the original work, this person is none other than Bucciarati's team, who betrayed Diavolo. They painstakingly obtained Diavolo's appearance and searched the internet, eventually being discovered by Polnareff.

Qin Chuan, on the other hand, didn't need to go through so much trouble. Diablo was lying right at his feet, and he had as many photos of him as he wanted.

After searching the room on the top floor of the clock tower, Qin Chuan quickly found a laptop in a corner of the room.

Although the JOJO world is still in 2001 and laptops are not yet widespread, Diavolo, as the leader of Italy's largest mafia organization, certainly has no shortage of such devices.

In the original work, Diavolo used a laptop to view photos and contact Bucciarati, so Qin Chuan knew there must be a computer here, and sure enough, he found it.

Qin Chuan grabbed Diablo by the neck, pulled his face in front of the laptop screen, and took a few pictures of Diablo using the laptop's built-in camera.

Then these photos were put online for searching—and Polunarev was left to discover them.

Because Polnareff's means of communication are blocked by the "Enthusiast" organization, he is unable to actively contact the outside world and can only passively wait for someone to search "Diavolo's appearance" in order to establish contact.

Sure enough, just a few minutes after Qin Chuan uploaded Diablo's photo to the internet, a window suddenly popped up on the screen.

Then, a clearly manipulated voice came from the laptop—it was undoubtedly Polnareff's voice:

"That's Diablo's face... Are you searching for information about Diablo!?"

Although the voice was processed, Qin Chuan could hear a strong sense of surprise in his tone, as if he hadn't expected anyone to actually search for Diablo's appearance.

Now that they had established contact, Qin Chuan saw no need to hold back and spoke directly to Polnareff on the other end of the laptop:

“Wrong. It’s not just about searching for Diablo’s information… Diablo is in my hands now.”

"..."

Qin Chuan's words left Polnareff speechless for a moment—indeed, in the photos Qin Chuan had just uploaded to the internet for searching, Diavolo had clearly lost consciousness.

At first, he thought that someone had secretly taken a picture of Diablo while he was sleeping through some means.

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