Lee Sin’s Bizzare Adventure Chapter 36: Melancholy Blues

15:25.

Bucciarati, Fugo, Naranja, and Apaki 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 urban area of ​​Naples.

Backed by Mount Vesuvius, which is still active today, it has numerous natural hot springs built using volcanic geothermal resources, and it is also close to the ancient city of Pompeii with a history of two thousand years. It is uniquely blessed with rich tourism resources.

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

But when Bucciarati and others arrived at the scene, the place had turned into such a miserable scene:

Houses collapsed, pavement cracked, damaged cars crowded the road. Black smoke from embers curled up from the ruins, and it was desolate as far as the eye could see.

Tourists and passers-by had already fled completely in the riot, leaving only a group of firefighters working hard to clean up the mess, and a group of American soldiers searching through the rubble.

"What's going on here?"

Apaki couldn't help but ask.

His first mission after becoming a gangster, the scene seemed much bigger than he imagined.

"About half an hour ago, an American fighter jet crashed here."

"For unknown reasons, a serious riot broke out here."

"According to reports from street gangsters outside our organization, almost twenty minutes ago, the bald man with an oriental face, who was the target of our mission, had an affair with another blond kid wearing a student uniform. appeared together at the scene of the riot."

"Hey, listen to this"

Fuge became a little nervous: "Is this big scene caused by that bald man?"

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

"Is this something that a substitute can do?"

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

"It's possible."

Bucciarati nodded very cautiously:

"Everyone should be mentally prepared, that bald man must be very strong."

"After all, the price the organization paid for this guy's head is"

"The throne of cadres!"

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

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

Bucciarati’s dream is to become such a high-ranking cadre.

"Although I am a little nervous"

Nalanja, like Fuge, had cold sweat on his forehead, but he forced himself to overcome this natural nervousness:

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

"Also, more importantly, the most important thing is"

This 15-year-old boy with still childish look on his face is looking at Bucciarati with a hopeful look:

"As long as we can kill that bald man, Bucciarati's dream will come true, right?!"

"That's right"

"But now it seems that the cadre throne is secondary."

Bucciarati looked at the ruins that were still warm and said with a gloomy face:

"This guy destroyed Naples like this and did this to innocent tourists and citizens. No matter how powerful he is, I, Bucciarati, will not let him go back alive!"

This impassioned statement is not a pretentious statement by a gangster to show off his benevolence, but it is completely sincere.

Because Bucciarati is a good person.

He assisted Polbo in managing the local affairs of the Passion organization in Naples, and had done many **** and violent things in gang battles.

However, this darkness and violence was never inflicted on the ordinary citizens of Naples.

On the contrary, Bucciarati has always used 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 sharp, in the eyes of ordinary citizens who have repeatedly received favors

The Bucciarati Team is actually a public welfare team that integrates multiple functions such as the subdistrict office, neighborhood committee, police station, and Red Cross Society.

The reason why Bucciarati is so eager for the cadre throne is actually because he wants to have greater power in the organization to better maintain peace and happiness in Naples.

"Okay"

Bucciarati took a deep breath and turned to Apaki and said:

"Apache, your 'Melancholic Blues' should be able to trace the whereabouts of that bald man, right?"

Melancholy Blues is the name of Apache's stand-in.

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

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

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

"It should be fine."

"My Melancholy Blues can "rewind" to a specified time point based on the "memory" of the location and "transform" into a character who appeared at that time and place, and play back 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 was damaged a bit and may have some impact on replays of Melancholy Blues."

"But that bald head cannot completely destroy all the terrain he passes through. As long as he spends a little time investigating, he will definitely be able to find his traces."

"That's good."

Bucciarati didn’t waste any more words: “Let’s get started!”

"Yeah."

Apaji nodded, and a blue humanoid stand slowly appeared behind him.

There is nothing strange about the appearance of this humanoid stand-in named Melancholy Blues. The only eye-catching thing is the time counter on its forehead that reads "**:**:**".

"Melancholic blues!"

According to the witness information provided by peripheral gangsters, Apache roughly found an undamaged location and began searching for traces of past targets:

"Play forward 20 minutes!"

"Beep beep beep beep"

Melancholy Blues made a slight beep, and the timer on the forehead quickly changed from "**:**:**" to "00:20:00".

Then, its appearance changed rapidly, as if it had used a transformation technique, from a blue humanoid stand into a young man wearing a black student uniform with three blond hair swirls on his head.

"Not this, change."

Under Apache's command, the look of Melancholy Blues changed again.

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

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

So, when Melancholic Blues turned into this bald head, it was suspended in the air not far from the ground in an extremely weird riding posture.

"Yes, that's the bald one!"

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

"But"

Apaki took a closer look at Melancholy Blues, who had turned into Li Qing: "Looking like this, he was riding a motorcycle, right?"

"Never mind what he rides!"

Fuge urged impatiently:

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

"Yes." Apache responded unhurriedly: "Start replaying, Melancholy Blues!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the timer locked on '00:20:00' on Melancholic Blues' forehead suddenly jumped to '00:19:59'.

Just like a video where the play button was suddenly pressed, the Li Qing it turned into began to move and make sounds:

"Hey, hello"

"Giorno, are you ready?"

The voice and expression that Li Qing made 20 minutes ago appear now through the replay of Melancholy Blues.

What followed 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:

"It's a bit silly to say this, but what we are doing now is stupid"

"Giorno Giovanna, let us save the world together!"

As he spoke, the roar of the motorcycle's engine suddenly became ten times louder.

The melancholy blues in the replay state is like Li Qing twenty minutes ago, riding on a motorcycle that does not actually exist at this moment, suddenly "floating" into the distance.

"Save the world?"

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

"It seems different from what we thought"

"Could it be that this bald man was not wreaking havoc, but fighting something?"

The four of them were silent for a while, but Bucciarati finally made the final decision:

"First follow his footsteps."

"Apache, your melancholic blues should also be able to replay the enemy he fought against at that time, right?"

"No problem."

Apaki replied: "Whether it's a person or a substitute, as long as the time and place are determined, I can replay it."

"Then let's replay his enemies."

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

Bucciarati ordered while leading the team forward.

About half a minute later

"Melancholic blues, changing goals!"

Apaki followed Melancholy Blues to the appropriate location and ordered a replay of Lee Sin's enemies at the time as Bucciarati ordered.

And then

"Huh?"

"Why is it so dark?"

Nalan Jia scratched his head and asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"No, it's not dark"

Apaji’s face, which had been as calm as water from beginning to end, finally collapsed at this moment:

"It's because the size of 'that thing' is too big and the light is blocked"

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Stand-in name "Melancholic Blues"

Ontology Leo Apache

Destructive power: c

Speed: c

Range distance: a (replay status only)

Sustainability: a

Movement precision: c

Growthability: c

Ability: Humanoid stand-in. The actions of a specific character or avatar can be played back like a movie. Although it can perfectly reproduce the opponent's appearance, it cannot reproduce a stand that can move instantaneously. You can use the appearance of the character in play to deceive the enemy, but its weakness is that you will be left defenseless, unable to attack or defend.