“ARI ARI ARI ARI ARI!”
The loud and distinctive roar echoed from Sticky Fingers. Accompanied by this fierce sound, its blue iron fist covered in silver armor struck Lee Sin with a ferocious force.
With the Sonic Wave’s mark on this fist, Lee Sin had no choice but to confront Sticky Fingers’ attack head-on.
Boom!
Their fists collided in mid-air, producing a thunderous, muffled explosion. Lee Sin landed safely, using the force of the punch, while Sticky Fingers staggered back a couple of steps under the impact.
In this exchange, Lee Sin had the upper hand. However, it was important to note that Lee Sin had used his most powerful skill, whereas Sticky Fingers had only used a basic attack.
“ARI ARI ARI ARI ARI!”
The blue humanoid Stand, clad in silver armor, let out another loud cry. After stabilizing itself from the punch, it charged forward with a barrage of relentless punches aimed at Lee Sin.
“Damn it!”
Lee Sin couldn’t keep up with Sticky Fingers’ incredibly fast punches. He had to leap backward and swing his fists desperately, trying to block the oncoming barrage of blue fists—much like playing a frustrating game where effort only led to being overwhelmed.
Eventually, Lee Sin leaped back two or three meters, and Sticky Fingers halted its pursuit as it reached its range limit.
But then…
“Zippers… My body is covered with zippers!”
Lee Sin’s expression turned extremely grim. His shoulders, elbows, forearms, and wrists—all the parts hit by Sticky Fingers—were now adorned with zippers.
These zippers looked as though they were growing from Lee Sin’s body, transforming his once solid physique into a hollow “bag.” When the zippers were pulled, the areas around them collapsed and fell apart.
Moreover, where the zippers were opened, the exposed inner surfaces were dark purple and smooth, suggesting that behind these openings lay the mysterious spatial void created by Sticky Fingers’ ability.
“What a peculiar experience…”
Lee Sin smiled bitterly. Theoretically, his limbs were still connected through some mystical spatial rule, and he wasn’t truly dismembered. But practically, his right arm, riddled with zippers from shoulder to wrist, hung limp and useless, resembling a chain of loosely linked “sausages” that dangled awkwardly down to his ankle.
“It’s done!”
“He’s only got a half-functional left hand left. He can’t fight us anymore!”
Narancia exclaimed with relief, looking at Bucciarati with admiration:
“Bucciarati, you’re truly the smartest!”
“The seat of the lieutenant, your dream, is about to be realized!”
“Indeed…”
Bucciarati exhaled slightly, but quickly regained his seriousness:
“However, don’t get too excited yet. He still has an ally to deal with.”
“Narancia, I’ll handle the rest here.”
“Go assist Fugo. His Stand’s ability is too dangerous for him to handle an enemy alone.”
“Understood.”
Narancia nodded seriously and left the alley without hesitation.
Once Narancia was gone, Bucciarati’s calm and gentle gaze turned cold. He finally steeled himself, revealing the terrifying killing intent honed through years in the underworld:
“Lee Sin, you have no room to resist now.”
“So…”
“Prepare to surrender your life!”
Bucciarati stepped forward, and the menacing Sticky Fingers steadily approached.
“Wait!”
Lee Sin raised his only usable left hand, urgently stopping Bucciarati:
“You must be Bucciarati, right? I have something to say!”
At this critical moment, he resorted to words. Bucciarati, being a protagonist in the original series, was inherently a “good person in a bad place.”
Lee Sin hoped to resolve the issue through conversation, appealing to Bucciarati’s sense of justice and reasoning.
“Something to say?”
Bucciarati frowned slightly but didn’t stop him. In this world, conversations didn’t take much time, so letting the enemy talk wouldn’t affect the battle significantly.
“Bucciarati!”
“I know you actually…”
Lee Sin adopted a righteous tone, severely criticizing the organization’s deplorable acts, particularly their drug trade in Italy, which visibly affected Bucciarati, who despised such dealings.
Then, he claimed to have crucial information to defeat the boss and promised to bring a revolution in Italy. Finally, he made grand promises, stating that if Bucciarati joined him in overthrowing the boss, he would help him take the organization’s top position:
“Diavolo is nothing but a scum deceiving the people of Italy, hiding in the shadows like a coward, unfit to be a leader of the underworld.”
“Brother, you’re an upright and honorable man. Why serve as an underling to such a despicable person and suffer these indignities?”
“Why not decisively abandon this minor position and join me in fighting that despicable creature!”
Talking too much, Lee Sin began to ramble. Whatever he said, the system would translate it anyway.
Bucciarati’s response was…
“I refuse!”
He bluntly shattered Lee Sin’s hopes of winning without a fight:
“Betraying the organization and fighting the boss? That’s gambling with our lives!”
“Not just mine, but also Fugo’s, Narancia’s, and Abbacchio’s… You want me to gamble our lives on a one-in-a-million chance?!”
Bucciarati’s voice was firm. Truth be told, he was slightly moved during Lee Sin’s speech. Although he lived in darkness, he always yearned for the light.
However, a few simple words weren’t enough to make Bucciarati risk his and his companions’ lives.
Moreover, Lee Sin, who had only watched two episodes of the anime, misunderstood one thing: even in the original story, after being defeated and persuaded by Giorno’s protagonist charm, Bucciarati didn’t immediately decide to betray the organization.
This man, who had been in the underworld since 14, always believed he could change the world from within the mafia.
And the mysterious boss, who ended the chaotic gang era and brought unity and peace to Italy, was someone Bucciarati deeply respected as a mafia godfather.
It wasn’t until Bucciarati witnessed the boss’s ruthless act of killing his daughter to cover his tracks that he fully decided to turn against him.
A few unconvincing words couldn’t make him decide to rebel.
“Lee Sin.”
“I saw you bravely protect the city from that meat monster.”
“I’d love to be your friend if possible.”
Bucciarati sighed deeply, his gaze complex and difficult to describe:
“But we have no choice but to be enemies.”
“If I let you go, my companions and I would be in danger, and my dream would never come true. So… I’m sorry.”
“You are indeed a good person.”
“But since joining the mafia to survive and later to fulfill my dream, I’ve killed many good people like you.”
“You won’t be the first or the last…”
“This is my unerasable sin!”
“Lee Sin, I swear to you:”
Bucciarati placed his hand on his chest, solemnly declaring:
“After achieving my dream and changing this world, I, Bucciarati, will atone with my life!”
His voice carried a resolute conviction that was hard to doubt.
“First killing and then apologizing…”
“You can actually say such a contradictory thing!”
Lee Sin sighed helplessly:
“Also, it sounds like I’m already dead… Hey, don’t misunderstand.”
“I used words to save effort, not because I couldn’t beat you.”
“If you don’t believe teaming up with me can win, then…”
He clenched his half-crippled left hand and shouted:
“Watch closely—”
“I’ll wake you up with this remaining hand!”
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