The next day.
Rome, Presidential Palace.
This ancient building, symbolizing Italy's national power, was nothing more than a larger, older hunting ground in Kira Yoshikage's eyes.
He ghosted past the perimeter guards; the ordinary soldiers and security systems were useless against Killer Queen's ability, and without even realizing it, they were all detonated.
Kira Yoshikage easily infiltrated the building.
The corridor was covered with a scarlet carpet, classical oil paintings hung on the walls, and from a distant attic, a figure with a maniacal grin burst into wild laughter upon seeing this uninvited guest.
"Yo yo yo yo! Yoshi yoshi yoshi yoshi! Secco! Did you see that?! He's here, so let's begin! My good doggy!"
"Yo, you want some sugar cubes too, don't you? I'll throw them to you as a reward.
Two? Not enough, give him more, give him more, I'll give you a few more sugar cubes! I'll throw five to you, and remember, you can't catch them with your hands!"
Below, Kira Yoshikage walked leisurely, his goal clear: to find the President's office or private area, to see if he could find any clues related to Diavolo, or at least, to show this shadow government a thing or two.
Killing their country's ostensible ruler would be a slap in their face, certainly better than doing nothing at all.
However, just as he passed through a corridor connecting the main building to the side wing, adorned with marble columns, an extremely ominous premonition, like ice water, drenched his entire body!
A faint, sweet, yet putrid and musty smell permeated the air!
At the same time, Kira Yoshikage clearly felt an indescribable weakness and a sense of decay begin to spread upwards from the soles of his feet as he stepped!
He immediately looked down, his pupils contracting, and instantly understood that he hadn't come to the wrong place.
The soles of his freshly polished leather shoes and the edges of his trousers were, at some unknown point, covered in dense, nauseating gray-green mold!
These molds were growing at a visible rate, attempting to corrode his body; the greater the amplitude of his footfall, the faster the molds grew.
"Green Day!"
Kira Yoshikage recalled the appearance of that psychopathic pervert, but even though this guy had no bottom line and was evil, his Stand was truly effective, one of the two best Stands in Italy, in his opinion.
"Cioccolata! You rat in the gutter! Not only did you not run away, but you actively came here? Interesting."
He suddenly realized that as long as he was in a state of "descent," even a very slight change in height, just normal walking, could trigger Green Day.
For example, walking from a slightly higher tile to a slightly lower tile, or even just the natural slight sinking of the body when standing, would cause the mold to grow rapidly.
As for the magnitude of the descent, it only affected the speed of growth, but growth was inevitable; the main characters not showing mold growth elsewhere was probably just due to the artistic representation in manga and anime.
In reality, as long as one stayed within this range for a certain amount of time, death was certain.
"Hee hee hee hee—!!"
A crazy and excited laugh came from above the corridor; Doctor Cioccolata stood by the second-floor railing, looking down at Kira Yoshikage, while Green Day behind him continuously sprayed mold outwards.
The perverted doctor's face was flushed with a morbid pleasure, "Look who it is! The Destroyer of Naples! Welcome to my mold paradise!
Every breath you take, every tiny fluctuation brought by your heartbeat, come on, come on, let me see what kind of power you possess, to be able to destroy such a large city!
You actually accomplished something I couldn't, slaughtering a city, hahahahahaha, you're something else!"
Kira Yoshikage tried to move, but immediately found the marble tiles underfoot becoming unusually soft and muddy, as if instantly turning into a swamp!
"Useless! Secco! Get him!"
Cioccolata grinned maliciously, showing no intention of retreating or hiding, even though he knew his Stand could be effective from the shadows, and hiding was the best option.
But he wouldn't do that, because he was a perverted individual; what he loved most was watching people suffer and die little by little, and now, such a ruthless person who had slaughtered a city might die miserably before him, showing a gradual trend of pain and despair.
Such a precious sight, he had to witness it with his own eyes! He was such an utterly rotten person that even the Boss found him perverse... Suddenly, the ground beneath Kira Yoshikage's feet swelled, and a bizarre arm in green clothing burst out, fiercely grabbing at his ankle!
It was Secco!
He used Oasis to soften the ground, making the earth like water, submerging himself underground, and using Oasis's ability to turn the solid corridor floor into his home turf!
This ability worked quite well with Cioccolata's ability; one pulled people into the earth, the other caused instant death upon descent.
"Annoying fly duo!"
Kira Yoshikage's eyes blazed with ferocity; the distortion had made him unable to control his emotions, but he was still very cautious, as he knew the power of this combination.
He couldn't move freely, and the ground beneath him was a constantly softening trap, but for him, the strongest Stand User short of Requiem... the opponents were still too weak!
"Killer Queen!"
The pink Stand instantly appeared, not attacking Cioccolata in the distance, but instead smashing a fist down hard onto the grabbing hand.
Kira Yoshikage's brutal strength directly tore through the ground, at the cost of his hand being covered in mold, but the effect of this strike... Boom!
The first bomb exploded!
And beneath the ground, Secco, who was manipulating the softened earth, was directly blasted out, his bones and flesh shattered... Explosions followed, directly pulverizing this perverted patient into dust.
At the same time, the mold on Kira Yoshikage continued to spread, already climbing up his calves, bringing with it bone-chilling coldness and corroding agony!
"You're next! Cioccolata, prepare to die!"
Kira Yoshikage instantly exerted all his strength, leaping up.
The two deformed arms on his back shot upwards like grappling hooks, digging fiercely into the solid stone wall on one side of the corridor! Then, his arm muscles bulged, and he forcibly suspended his body, lifting himself off the ground!
At the same time, his mouth opened, and his tongue, transformed into a long snake, shot out, extending several meters, directly coiling around Cioccolata.
"Oh? Secco died?! It doesn't matter, I only liked this dog because he was strong! His death only proves he was too weak, but he listened to me because I'm stronger!"
Cioccolata raised an eyebrow, but his grin grew more cruel, and Green Day punched the long snake, "Die! Fall like rotten meat, and die in agony!"
Then... Green Day's A-strength fist was directly shattered, Cioccolata's hand was pulverized with it, and he was completely bound, knocked unconscious before he could resist, and his ability immediately deactivated.
"Trash, ultimately just trash."
Kira Yoshikage brushed the dust off his suit; although the process was a bit troublesome, the outcome was no surprise. He used his tongue to pull the opponent down, holding him tightly in front of him, considering whether to replace that spatial Stand with this guy.
But he was still thinking; devouring would waste too much time.
The hunt in the Presidential Palace had just begun. Diavolo, if he was here, then it was his turn to appear. If he escaped while being devoured, that wouldn't be good.