Just as Kira Yoshikage gasped in pain from forcibly restraining Rolling Stone, and the unformed Stand consumed a large amount of his power, leaving his spirit and body in a temporarily weakened state—
Whoosh—!
An extremely faint, yet incredibly sharp sound of something tearing through the air!
But Kira Yoshikage couldn't hear it, because the bullet was faster than the sound; it was supersonic.
A specially modified sniper rifle bullet, capable of penetrating light armored vehicles, shot precisely towards Kira Yoshikage's defenseless back of the head!
The timing was exquisitely cunning!
It was the moment his old strength had just faded, new strength had yet to emerge, and all his attention was focused on the restless dark Stand and Rolling Stone within him!
The chill of death instantly pierced Kira Yoshikage's spine! His superhuman crisis premonition screamed wildly!
Fortunately, Killer Queen had long since become automatic under the constant torment of fate's misfortunes.
Killer Queen suddenly appeared, its hands reaching for the bullet, intending to completely destroy it. With Killer Queen's current terrifying Speed A, it could completely stop this bullet.
However, when Killer Queen grabbed the bullet, an accident occurred.
The bullet wasn't detonated, nor was it caught.
Instead, it easily passed through Killer Queen. Killer Queen wasn't harmed in any way, yet it couldn't stop the bullet.
It could only inform its user that it was unable to intercept, which instantly shocked Kira Yoshikage.
He didn't even have time to think! Relying entirely on Killer Queen's help, by having Killer Queen violently shove Kira Yoshikage's body to the side, he barely managed to roll onto the ground, escaping the bullet's trajectory.
But... Splat!
Blood splattered!
The bullet failed to hit his head but viciously tore through Kira Yoshikage's right arm, gushing a large amount of flesh and blood! The immense impact threw his entire body forward, causing him to fall heavily onto the gravel-strewn ground!
After the bullet landed on the ground, it actually bounced, ricocheting back and directly piercing Kira Yoshikage's arm!
And the shattered arm bones shot out like shrapnel, instantly cutting Kira Yoshikage's neck.
"Ugh ah—!" The intense pain almost made him faint, and his vision went black.
'It hurts so much. Didn't they say people don't feel pain during extreme agony? Was the artery not severed, Killer Queen, attack me, attack me with all your strength! I want to activate Bites the Dust!'
Kira Yoshikage gritted his teeth. The power of fate was truly terrifying. He had already realized that it was normal for Killer Queen to be unable to block this bullet.
Because this was the destined damage of Bites the Dust!
This was the wound he sustained when he was attacked by the American army while chasing the protagonists, but after that day, this damage had never materialized. He even thought this damage had been eliminated along with the death damage.
But now it seemed that it had been preserved by fate, suppressed until now, just released. That guy knew that if he encountered a threat of death, he would immediately rewind time, so death attacks were useless against him.
Therefore, fate didn't kill him but inflicted the most severe damage possible without causing death.
He suspected fate wanted to turn him into a vegetable. He had to rewind time immediately to avoid this disaster, or... But almost as soon as he regained consciousness!
Dozens of dark muzzles instantly appeared from the windows and rooftops of the buildings on both sides of the street!
These were not the handguns or submachine guns commonly used by gangs, but uniformly military-grade assault rifles, light machine guns, and even rocket launchers!
"Fire! For Italy!" A rough voice roared the command, and the sound came through every soldier's walkie-talkie.
Da da da da da!!! Bang! Bang! Bang! Whoosh boom!!!
A dense hail of bullets instantly covered the area where Kira Yoshikage had fallen, like a violent storm! Bullets riddled the ground, sending gravel flying!
The subsequent rocket-propelled grenades directly blew the remains of the stone carving shop sky-high, with flames and thick smoke rising into the air!
This wasn't a gang assassination! This was a small-scale military encirclement!
Diavolo used his influence, mobilized a large number of Italian troops, and, in conjunction with an elite assassination squad, launched a thunderous, decisive offensive!
They had apparently located his position through some means and devised this ruthless tactic of sniper assassination combined with overwhelming firepower!
(Of course, it was also possible that Kira Yoshikage was too arrogant, and his position didn't need to be pinpointed, as he himself was the bait.)
"Cough cough..." Kira Yoshikage was suppressed by the blast wave and dense bullet rain, unable to even lift his head, blood flowing profusely from his shoulder wound.
But this was only because he wanted to feel it, having given up resisting the bullets.
He curled up in a shallow crater blown out of the ground, surrounded by the whistling of bullets and the roar of explosions, "Hahahaha! So that's it, it seems I overestimated you before, Fate!"
Kira Yoshikage didn't continue to let Killer Queen launch a fatal attack on him. He was feeling it, countless shrapnel and gravel hitting his body.
His body was like a hornet's nest, pierced by countless attacks, blood constantly gushing out like small fountains, so much that he felt it already exceeded the amount of blood a human body should have.
But his mind was still clear, his strength and spirit still abundant. This amount of damage couldn't kill him, even though he had been shot through with who knows how many transparent holes.
"I used to think this world was deterministic, always feared you, and tried various ways to become stronger and break free from your limitations, but now it seems you're not that strong.
You can only guide some misfortunes, strengthen others, and have them deal with me, but you yourself don't seem to have any power!"
"Killer Queen!" He roared, enduring the intense pain, yet an uncontrollable smile spread across his face. The arrow inside him was boiling. He somehow grabbed a handful of fragments.
"I'm going to swallow these!"
The pink cat-like Stand instantly appeared, its arms wildly flailing, deflecting bullets aimed at vital points as much as possible, converting them into miniature bombs that detonated in the air!
And Kira Yoshikage, disregarding everything around him, expressed absolute trust in Killer Queen. He swallowed a handful of arrow fragments, which came from Passione's arrow.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Small fireworks constantly exploded in the air. Under Killer Queen's current power, bullet rain was useless. Within a three-meter radius centered on Killer Queen and Kira Yoshikage, any incoming bullet would be instantly detonated.
The first bomb, which could be activated using air as a medium, was still too overpowered.
Kira Yoshikage, however, was plunged into immense pain. The arrow inside him didn't reject these fragments, because this arrow had no consciousness; it didn't care about such inferior counterparts.
But the moment the sharp fragments passed through his throat, Kira Yoshikage still felt endless pain. He could feel his throat being cut and torn, and the arrow was flowing into his body through his wounds.
Bit by bit, it completely fused, and an even more surging power was released from within him.
"Bastard..."
Kira Yoshikage's eyes became incredibly fierce and violent. An indescribable emotion surged within him. This power brought him an infinite rage.
He knew, he felt it, the power of this arrow had entered Killer Queen!
It became sustenance for Killer Queen, just like the arrow that awakened Bites the Dust Rhapsody in him, completely becoming Killer Queen's power and increasing the Stand's growth potential!
"Second Bomb! Sheer Heart Attack · Detonation!"
Three miniature tank-shaped Stands instantly detached from Killer Queen, like agile mice, clinging to the ground, enduring the hail of bullets, and speeding towards the directions with the fiercest firepower!
Leaving only a few extremely deep tire tracks, the stone bricks were directly crushed.
No matter how terrifying the attack, it couldn't harm these small vehicles in the slightest. The second arrow that enhanced Killer Queen didn't awaken a new bomb but enhanced the Second Bomb, giving it an ability called Detonation!
"What is that?!"
"Watch out! It's the target's Stand ability!"
Exclamations rang out among the military soldiers—of course, not from the soldiers themselves, but from the Stand Users hidden among them. They had clearly received some vague intelligence about Kira Yoshikage's abilities beforehand.
However, Sheer Heart Attack's speed was extremely fast, and its size was small. After being strengthened again, its speed probably reached A, and its power was outrageously strong, making it impossible for them to intercept.
Boom!! Boom!!!
Soon, violent explosions occurred in the two buildings on both sides of the street! The machine gun firing points instantly fell silent! Screams were heard!
And that wasn't all; a secondary explosion instantly occurred, and the two small buildings on both sides of the street were instantly vaporized, leaving only two incredibly smooth, large craters, as if the largest spoon had directly scooped out these two buildings.
A gap appeared in the firepower net!
And the last small vehicle directly charged into the army, "Fire!"