JOJO, The Escape from Real Diavolo

Chapter 126 The Emperor is Everyone's Substitute

"You are emperors? You are all emperors?"

Chen Miaowen was startled. It would be strange if he wasn't afraid of being stared at by a group of people who looked like mixed-race individuals.

"But they weren't hostile, were they?"

Chen, who hadn't been distorted, paused for a moment, then tentatively asked,

"You are the Emperor... or are you possessed by the Emperor? Why are you doing this at this time? And... what do you want from me? Wait, I only need one person to answer... there are too many people, it's a bit chaotic..."

Chen looked down tentatively at Miss Dong, a beautiful woman with thick lips, who gave a forced smile.

"Friend, you're really something. Are you negotiating with the Emperor? I don't think it's noisy at all."

Miss Dong answered in a deep, masculine voice that didn't belong to her, tossing and fiddling with her sunglasses. Her eyes blinked and flickered, making it impossible for Chen to meet her gaze. He could only look away and continue asking questions.

"But judging from your appearance, I think I should be able to ask you some questions, right?"

"Of course, one of the reasons I've shown up is to have a chat with you, but there are some things I will answer and some I won't."

Miss Dong suddenly waved her sunglasses and gave some instructions, telling the rest of the "Emperors" to go back to their respective places.

So the "royals" put their sunglasses back on, the bartender and the captain turned and left, and the human pigs used their exaggerated tongues as arms to put the sunglasses back on their ears, and then crawled away with their chins against them.

Chen witnessed everything, and feeling a chill run down his spine, he asked his first question.

"Why are those human pigs still alive after all this time?"

"The first rule is that no one can be killed, and no one can be killed. This is a hard rule that cannot be broken. No matter what, the participants who wore sunglasses will not die, even if their heads are cut off."

What is this person saying? Do you think you're the King of Hell? How can you be alive after your head has been cut off?

Chen sighed. He didn't really care and just thought the other person was joking. He was about to ask a second question when Ms. Dong interrupted him.

She suddenly stood up, waved her sunglasses in front of Chen, then quickly moved closer to him and said,

"Why don't you try wearing sunglasses? If you don't believe me... you can test it out yourself and see if I'm right."

Chen was startled by the faint scent of shampoo wafting towards him.

"Just kidding... You're an unexpected presence, Your Majesty. Wearing sunglasses might make you even more unexpected, right? Maybe even more troublesome?"

Miss Dong squinted at him, trying to see if Chen was even slightly moved. She wanted to get Chen to willingly put on the sunglasses without any worries, since sunglasses could enhance one's strength, and she was also curious to see just how strong Chen would become behind the sunglasses.

"...Stay away from me a bit. I have some questions. Just answer me from this distance."

"Okay, okay, okay."

"Cough cough..."

Chen was still catching his breath. He felt nauseous, not because of the shampoo's fragrance, but because the beautiful woman with the male voice had almost kissed him just now, which he found hard to accept.

"So, what is the real purpose of sunglasses?"

"It's very simple. It's something that can greatly unleash a person's potential, allowing them to find the growth of their abilities in the best possible future and then bring it into reality... For example, that old man at your feet, before he wore sunglasses, he had the ability to hide in shadows. After he put on sunglasses, he was able to control your shadow, right? This is an ability that he might develop in the future, but it manifested earlier because of the sunglasses."

Is it possible to gain growth early in the future? Is it really that exaggerated?

Chen took out his sunglasses from his pocket, lost in thought. He wondered if it really was like that, and whether he should give it a try.

"Ah...so you had sunglasses in your hand."

Chen Miaowen put his sunglasses back into his pocket and squinted at Miss Dong as well.

"But the purpose of these sunglasses is actually the power bestowed upon you by the Emperor, isn't it? After all, from any perspective, they're just an extremely ordinary pair of sunglasses, and they're commonplace..."

"Yes! That's the power I bestowed upon you! This is my power, and the Emperor's power is this strong!"

The male voice coming from the woman's mouth suddenly became loud and violent, like a dragon's roar, vibrating the wooden deck, destroying the calm of the sea, and making Chen Miaowen's ears ring naturally.

Just as he was about to use force to shut her up, the woman stopped talking and said...

"Let's continue."

"...I kind of want to kill you."

"Um?"

Chen rubbed his temples and shook his head again.

"It's nothing. May I ask you two last questions?"

"explain."

"First, do you know what a Stand is?"

"I know, I am the stand-in, the Emperor is the stand-in, you can also think of me as the stand-in for the person wearing sunglasses, I am everyone's stand-in... You could say I serve everyone."

Chen stared blankly, holding his forehead, seemingly not expecting the other party to answer so decisively.

"Okay, I understand... There's one last question."

"Um."

"Your throne isn't for someone else to take, is it? Rather, if I'm not mistaken, you intend to use, to use certain people..."

"Wait...wait a minute!"

Miss Dong's expression changed drastically, and she suddenly interrupted Chen, who had been rubbing his temples.

"...What are you saying all of a sudden? Is that even a question?"

"What else? This is my last question... Ah, my head hurts."

The woman quickly took two steps back, her lips trembling, her eyelashes fluttering. Golden light shimmered on Chen's body, but Chen didn't react much, just kept rubbing his temples.

"Why would you ask such a question...no, how did you come to this conclusion!?"

Although Chen's last question was interrupted and left unfinished, Huang had already anticipated what would follow, which was completely beyond her expectations.

She even doubted whether she had misheard, whether she was dreaming, and whether the person opposite her was actually herself, the emperor tormenting her, coming from the mirror.

Otherwise, they shouldn't know about this! The people who knew about this don't even exist! Because they're all dead!

The emperor, who thought he had everything under control, finally felt fear. This was the first time he had ever felt fear since he appeared in this world, and it came from the seemingly harmless man in front of him.

"Phew...I knew it was like that?"

Chen finally stopped moving, seemingly because his headache had subsided.

He then personally untied his braid and let his octopus-like hair, covered in black spots, fall loose again, thus becoming Diablo.

At the same time, he called out the Crimson King, clenched his fist, and faced Miss Dong.

"Your purpose has been exposed, so it's time for you to make your move on me... Well then, let's do it."