70 soul pieces, like coins thrown into a pinball machine, made a crisp and pleasant rattling sound.
Numbers jumped, disappeared, and turned into tiny, bright stars that flew into the card drawing page.
Not enough!
"I bet my soul."
A ray of golden light floated out from within Linto's soul.
It was thrown into the card drawing page again.
Ten draws were put together.
Draw cards!
The stars in the night suddenly burst forth with brilliance, ten stars fell, drawing brilliant arcs across the sky.
Ding ding ding ding.
With four crisp sounds in a row, four stars appeared.
The starlight gathered to form a purple vine.
Stand Name: Hermit Purple.
Four stars.
User: Joseph Joestar
Ability: Spirit Photography, seeing distant scenes by smashing cameras or other media, can conduct Ripple and electricity, and can also be used as vines for movement.
Current Level: 1
Note: "Old man, your stand is the most useless - Dio."
"Four stars?"
Linto was stunned.
Didn't they say you were guaranteed a five-star stand with ten draws?
Also, what does "most useless" in the note mean?
Suddenly, a series of crisp dings sounded again.
And this time...
It was five sounds!
Starlight flashed, and a burly, muscular, blue-purple humanoid stand with flowing long hair appeared.
Stand Name: Platinum Star.
Five stars.
User: Kujo Jotaro.
Ability: A close-range power-type stand with super strength, extreme speed, and super high precision.
Current Level: 1
Note 1: Time Stop ability not yet unlocked.
Note 2: Invincible.
Double stands in ten draws!
What kind of luck is this.
No, it can't be called pure luck.
There is also a recognition from the stands in the darkness.
Linto has countless reasons to choose to hide, to choose to escape.
After all, once you come out, you have to risk your life, you have to bet your soul.
But there is only one reason for Linto to come out—
The courage to face injustice.
The two stands before him responded to his courage.
Linto doesn't know who these two murderers are, nor does he know what kind of power, that shuts out the sky, that prevents anyone in the village behind them from coming to rescue.
Linto is only clear about one thing.
That is, as a mature adult, even if he doesn't have the ability, he cannot, when he has the ability to make a choice, stand by and watch these two beasts attack a child.
When you are poor, take care of yourself; when you are rich, help the world.
Of course, at this moment, he didn't think so much.
Linto just wants to beat these two beasts.
He took a deep breath, and when he opened his eyes again, there was no fear in Linto's eyes.
He clenched his fists and adopted a boxing stance.
"Come on! Trash!"
Called trash by the shame of the Uchiha family, Uchiha Itachi's eyes flashed with complex emotions for a brief moment. He didn't expect that Linto would be the one standing in front of him in the end.
Is this fate mocking him?
The extra emotions flashed by, and Uchiha Itachi walked over with his sword.
He didn't waste Chakra to use Ninjutsu, and didn't even activate his Sharingan.
The masked man beside him is too mysterious and too dangerous. Uchiha Itachi must save enough power to guard against him.
Most importantly, Itachi believes that he doesn't need these things to deal with Linto at all.
The reason why he walked over with a sword, rather than throwing a kunai casually, was out of respect for Linto's willingness to stand up despite knowing he would die.
Itachi took a step, like a ghost, the blade cut through the air, making a sharp hiss.
He stared at Linto coldly:
"I take back my contempt for you. You are a man worthy of respect."
"It's a pity, for the sake of Konoha and world peace... please die."
The blade swept up from bottom to top, and Linto was about to be cut in half.
Obito yawned boredly.
Young Sasuke had witnessed too much death tonight, and he closed his eyes tightly.
Just then—
"Ora!!!"
Accompanied by a thunderous roar, the dull sound of fists hitting flesh appeared!
Sasuke opened his eyes sharply.
"Hmm?"
Obito frowned slightly, his gaze looking over through his mask.
The deadly blade froze in mid-air.
It was less than an inch away from Linto, but it seemed to encounter an invisible barrier, unable to continue cutting.
Blood spurted out, looking like tiny red gemstones under the silvery moonlight, the source of the blood...
Obito's pupils suddenly shrank.
Itachi got hurt?!
Just now, Platinum Star punched Uchiha Itachi in the face, his high nose bridge collapsed, spraying blood.
And this...
Is just the beginning!
Platinum Star's range is only two meters.
If Itachi uses Ninjutsu remotely, Linto has no way to fight back.
But the other party actually chose to step into Platinum Star's attack range, so Linto can't miss this opportunity!
Linto single-handedly inserted Kabuto, and the tragic deaths he witnessed along the way turned into anger, gathering on his index finger.
He pointed straight at the executioner who had been stunned.
"Ora! Ora! Ora!"
Platinum Star grabbed the blade with one hand, and clenched the other hand into a fist. The fist, as big as a rice bowl, smashed towards Uchiha Itachi's head.
Each punch was harder than the last!
Each punch was heavier than the last!
By the third punch, the sound of skull fragments could be heard.
Obito came back to his senses.
Too fast!
And too ruthless!
From the time Uchiha Itachi swung his sword to the time he was about to have his head smashed, only a fraction of a second passed. What's even more terrifying is that it is impossible to tell what kind of Ninjutsu this is.
There are no hand seals.
No charms.
Could it be a Bloodline Limit?
What kind of Bloodline Limit is this... No! He is a member of the Uchiha clan, Sharingan?
But...
Obito couldn't find the Sharingan's curved markings, or the Mangekyo, in Linto's eyes at all.
In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Obito's mind. Under years of combat instinct, his body acted faster than his thoughts. He teleported to Uchiha Itachi's side and reached out to grab Itachi's shoulder.
Itachi's power is crucial to Obito's follow-up plan.
He wants to transfer Itachi to the Kamui space.
Linto's abilities are too strange, and Obito doesn't want to touch him casually.
Just as Obito's hand was about to touch Uchiha Itachi.
"Star Finger"
Platinum Star let go of the sword, bringing its two fingers together, extending them to stab Obito like a spear.
Obito could not see Platinum Star, but instinctively felt the danger and used Intangibility.
He successfully dodged the Star Finger,
But the hand that was going to save Uchiha Itachi passed through his shoulder.
In a state of Intangibility, Obito cannot bring people or objects into the intangible space. This is a limitation of his ability.
Information is always the key to a ninja's battle.
With Uchiha Itachi and Obito's combat level, not to mention two-on-one, even one-on-one, with their Ninjutsu, skills, and combat experience, they would definitely be able to defeat Linto.
But there is just a difference in the first move.
A pure first encounter kill effect.
No matter how powerful the Ninjutsu is, no matter how well-trained the Taijutsu is.
The human body is always fragile after all.
Platinum Star, which is only level 1 and has not yet been upgraded, has a punch impact that is no less than a semi-trailer truck speeding on the highway.
What Uchiha Itachi?
I thought it was a speed bump!
Go talk to my insurance!
Platinum Star threw Uchiha Itachi upwards, clenched his right fist, and took a deep breath.
"Too, too strong..."
Sasuke, sitting in the corner, stared blankly at his brother being thrown into the air.
It didn't feel real.
Everything feels like a dream.
Itachi killing the entire clan is a dream.
Linto wanting to kill Itachi is also a dream.
But Sasuke knows that everything is real.
"Ora!"
An angry roar sounded.
The wind from the fist swept through, the gale howled, and smashed towards Uchiha Itachi's face with unmatched power.
Once hit, he will surely die!
"Susanoo..."
A circle of dark red barrier appeared, surrounding Uchiha Itachi.
At the moment of life and death, Uchiha Itachi's strong desire to survive made him come to his senses.
Obito breathed a sigh of relief.
It's Susanoo, he's saved.
Crack.
Platinum Star's fist landed and hit the red barrier, accompanied by a subtle crackling sound.
Hairline cracks appeared.
Linto took another step, closing the distance with Uchiha Itachi, and said calmly:
"Pledge my remaining souls, exchange them all for resources, and upgrade Platinum Star."
"Platinum Star has been upgraded to... Level 2."
"The soul pledge amount is 0. Please obtain 500 soul fragments within 24 hours, otherwise your soul will completely disappear."
Even though he had pledged all of his soul, the golden light in Linto's eyes shone even more brightly.
The wind stirred by Platinum Star's fist made his hair fly.
Moonlight hid in the clouds, the world seemed to fall into darkness, only Linto's eyes, emitting golden light, quietly stared at Uchiha Itachi in the darkness, like a god descending into the world.
Linto raised his finger, pointed to Itachi in the air, and issued an order.
"Beat him up."
Platinum Star at level 2 has received an all-round increase in strength and speed.
"Ora ora ora!"
In just a moment, he threw countless punches.
The Susanoo that Itachi had just released now looked like a tea egg that had been left in a rice cooker for a day, with fine cracks appearing, until the last punch—
Bang!
A crack appeared in Susanoo.
Platinum Star's arm pierced through, grabbing Uchiha Itachi's neck.
His neck is very thin.
After all, Uchiha Itachi is only 13 years old at this time.
But...
Demons have no age.
Linto did not hesitate for half a second.
Platinum Star's palm exerted force suddenly.