Stand User In Marvel Universe
JoJo?
No, this is Dio!
After crossing, the protagonist is examining his new identity aggressively— Dio Brando, a British and Chinese mixed-race coach ratio!
But wait a minute…
This is the Marvel Universe? How long will it take for Thanos to reach the battlefield?
By the way, I have a cheat!
Star Platinum, The World, Crazy Diamond, Killer Queen, Gold Experience, King Crimson… All for me!
Ding, hello new player, your first Stand has been drawn.
Looking at the 'Little Tomato' who was smiling at him, as the only Stand User in the Marvel Universe, Dio was speechless, then lit a cigarette silently, looked up at the ceiling, exhales smoke, it's just a mystery how life is so harsh!
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If you love someone, send him to New York because it is a paradise.
If you hate someone, send him to New York because it is hell.
Sitting in a chair and taking a picture of his chaotic head, He Yongzhi couldn't help but think of the two sentences he saw on the Internet.
He just returned from the hospital to a small restaurant in Chinatown, New York. He is now trying to sort out the 'ridiculous thing' that happened to him not long ago.
Before this, he never thought that he would one day become a part of this bustling city…
One is the fact that he's just an employee of a small-time company developing a mobile game in Volkswagen City. And the fact that he is still single despite already in his thirties with barely enough savings in his bank account. He even manages to buy his own place, despite having the stress every day to the point that it causes hair loss, and of course, no woman would be attracted to him since most women prioritize looks above anything else.
And now all of a sudden he's in someone else's body, a half English – Chinese man. Just a glimpse from the mirror, and he immediately realized this body has a very good genetic. The bright and white face, the cold and sharp eyes, the slightly upward thick eyebrows, the long and intense eyelashes. The height of 185 cm which is considered to be excellent in any country. The straight and robust body is matched with this handsome face. He's delighted if nothing else.
However, He Yongzhi, who doesn't even know how he ended up in this body, was not as excited as he thought. He's still trying to remember the last scene before his crossing…
He vaguely remembers that it was the seventh day of the project developing the ripoff game from a booming animation series "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure," because they're just a small-time company, it's really important to finish it as fast as possible.
Of course, without any licensed copyright and authorization, they will use another name for the game, something not so far-off he can't really remember whether it is called YoYo's wonderful adventure, or JoJo mainland?
This is not the first time his company developed this ripoff game as they can just change the company's name and do this again, and again, as long as it is not big, the original author would not notice this kind of piracy.
When the project is decided, and all that's left is the development process, his boss held a party in his place. The purpose is to encourage his employees to finish this game as fast as possible despite their doubt. This kind of work is obviously illegal, and he can't force the employee to finish this kind of job, that's why he held a party.
These employees have nothing to blame but themselves. They're mostly those who aren't accepted at better companies and ended up here because of their lack of skills, knowledge, and perhaps luck. After all, society nowadays demands hard work and talent. There's nothing these failures can do but enjoy the food and drinks.
He Yongzhi's last memory is when he went to bed that night.
When he woke up, he found himself in the hospital ward of New York. In someone else's body to boot. He found out he was taken to the hospital by ambulance after asking a doctor. Both this body's father and mother are from China, but both of them are not as lucky as him as they're treated too late and ended up dead. This small restaurant in Chinatown is probably the last asset they have for their children.
"I'm supposed to be dead… Ironically I have watched a lot of these anime where the protagonists enter someone else's body when he's about to die. He never expected he would experience the same fate. He Yongzhi probably had a gist about the cause of his death, but he was not fazed by this.
After all, his own life is far from the word interesting or fulfilling. He can't even call it living, all he did is wake up, go to work, and sleep repetitively every day. There are no relatives, no wives, and children. At most, there are only a few friends to eat and drink together, and they're not that close, to begin with.
When he touched his face, all of a sudden, all memories from this body surge into his brain. The first thing he knew is the fact that he was poisoned along with his parents. Nobody knew this fact, and even if he called the police, they wouldn't believe him since police there is pretty much corrupt.
And if it weren't for him, these three would have held their hands together and die.
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In fact, even the doctor thought he's already beyond saving as well. Fortunately, there's a story of miracles occurred in the hospital, for example, a 70-year old woman who regained consciousness when she's about to be buried. So the doctor had no choice but to accept this fact.
"Forget it, it's useless to think about it right now, I'll just do whatever I can do."
He knew more bad news is waiting for him, and there's no point in getting stressed thinking about all this. And it's not like he doesn't have anything. His parents owned a small restaurant with 6 or 7 tables, this is probably enough to sustain his basic needs in this bustling city. In case the business is not going well. He could sell the restaurant and then return to China as well.
Although technically it's not his, since he's stuck in this body now, he might as well use everything he can use.
In the middle of his deep thought, the phone rings.
He Yongzhi reached out to his pocket and take out a phone.
"Hey, Dio, I heard you get discharged today. Have you fully recovered? I'm sorry about Uncle Brando and Aunt He, don't be such gloom. If you need money, I have a little saving here. Also, I know a good cemetery for both of them, the price is relatively low, of course, I didn't mean to remind you about them or anything, I'm just…"
From the memory he got, He Yongzhi knows that he can't hang the phone now. The caller is Will Jos, his current body's friend, a black guy who doesn't know who his father is, he has been in a gang ever since he's a kid. But he is warm and caring, and he's already grateful for being able to eat warm food in He's place.
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The phone is still connected, Will had a unique accent like most black people but since He Yongzhi almost never heard of this accent he ended up listening untill the end.
And he's having this weird feeling because his name now is the same as the villain character in a ripoff game he's about to develop.
JoJo?
No, it's me, Dio!
Perhaps this is fate…
When Diois thinking about the original JoJo series, he suddenly realized that there's something familiar within his sight.
A familiar interface appeared in front of him, a sense of deja vu tingles his mind…
"This is the exact interface from that game! How the hell is this here?"
Dio knew from the novel and anime about this kind of story; usually, the protagonist is granted some kind of special power. He never thought he would get one too, and seeing this interface excites him!
"Hey, are you listening? You're there, right?"
"Ah? Ah! Sorry, what did you say again?" Dio is so surprised that he forgets he's on the phone with Will.
"I said that you should take proper rest. I will fetch you tomorrow and check out the cemetery. I didn't expect THAT playboy Tony Stark would be so generous."
"OK, I'll do just that, see you tomorrow."
"Got it, take care, Bro!"
Dio hung up the phone quickly, but then he remembered the name Will mentioned…
Tony Stark!?
Could it be…
Dio finally realizes how serious this situation is, he's not in the world he belonged to!
He sets aside his intention to inspect the special power and immediately takes out his mobile phone and searches online.
After a few minutes, he was utterly speechless. Stark Industries… Many well-known names actually exist, not as an actor but as the real deal.
Whether he can, believe it or not, turns out, he crosses into the Marvel universe.
Fortunately, it's still 2010 here, so the fight off against Thanos is still far off, but the thing is Dio doesn't even remember the exact time about the big fight or any important event occurring in the movie, he merely knows the heroes and the fact that they fought villains to save the planet.
And if someone carelessly alters the timeline in this universe, it could lead to a time paradox.
Suddenly realizing his situation freaks him out, and he felt the urge to return to his previous life. At least it's peaceful in his last life. But here alien attacks are already like some daily occurrence, even this city which is far from New York is pretty much a dangerous area!
But if he doesn't do anything, Thanos will be able to gather all six infinity stones, and with a snap of a finger, half of the universe is gone.
The chance is still 50%, but he believes he's amongst the ones with bad luck!
Every time he and his team completed a game, he tested the game out to find bugs gacha rate, etc.
And based on his experience, he never got lucky in gacha game, not even once! Meanwhile, his friends got a lot of useful SSRs.
He can't get one even when gacha rate is increased by 10 times!
So relying on luck is not an option for him!
And now that he's in someone else's body, he would like to compare which one is luckier, his old self or his current self!
Thinking about it makes him forget about the urge to return to his previous life.
Now that he gets a special power, he'll utilize it no matter ho weak it's gonna be, he's determined to survive!
Even if he can't change anything, at least he tried his best, that's what he thought!
Now that he has calmed down and accept the reality, he wants to learn more about this special power, this is his best chance at surviving, so he better learns things as fast as possible!
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Even though back when he developed that ripoff game, it's not yet completed, but the basic command, feature, and interface are already implemented, so he got the gist of it.
"System?"
He tried to interact with the system by calling it because from the novel he read, that's how the protagonist interacts with the superpower which related to a system like this but turns out no answer, he thought maybe it's because the game is not completed just yet, that's why there's no respond.
But when he thought about it, if suddenly there's a voice whispering into his ear, he wouldn't be so pleased either.
And this interface is created by him, so at least he knows the basic, he got a faint idea how he'll.
So the first thing Dio did is open the gift package for the novice player, which has a white egg, and this will be his first stand.
Emm…
He frowned.
Novice pack contains two items, a skill book to learn hamon energy and an egg with an unknown stand within.
Dio clicked on the ripple energy. Resulting in a lot of knowledge instantly transmitted to his mind. Then he opened his eyes, brimming with amazement!
What is hamon?
Although JoJo's real popularity is due to Stand, anyone who has seen all series has to admit that old man Araki is a genius. The core combat elements in the first two seasons of JoJo's are the so-called hamon energy!
Even though what makes JoJo's popular is Stand, by no means hamon is less appealing. One of the well-known sentences from the second season is 'Ore no saigo no hamon daze! Uketottekure!'
Pretty sure those who watched this scene was moved.
Adding the concept of 'hamon' into the game he made was intentional. One is to make it as similar to the original series as possible to attract more players.
The second is to replace the blue bars, MP, energy bars, and other similar functions in other games. After all, this mobile game contains the feature Stand. If would be weird if magic is involved in using the Stand.
So the idea is to introduce the hamon energy, which is barely used in the third season as the 'power' to control the stand, use a finishing move, etc. After all, this is just a ripoff game from JoJo's series.
However, Dio didn't expect that the hamon energy he got from the novice pack can be strengthened with several methods. He just found out after clicking the hamon energy in the novice pack earlier!
In other words, not only the Marvel universe is real here, there's a possibility that JoJo's universe is real as well!
Based on the knowledge he gained after clicking the hamon energy, Dio knows hamon is energy that identical to the sun, which the human body can produce through controlled breathing, having the effect of creating ripples of energy propagating from the bloodstream to the rest of the body and other objects in contact with it. Hamon manifests itself as electricity-like sparks, and it can be seen by ordinary humans.
For example, if he uses hamon on a stone then throw the rock into the water, the rock will cause a series of ripples in the water.
So the main point to use hamon energy is by controlling your breathing!
Hamon can strengthen the body, and since it's a similar kind of energy to the sun, it's pretty useful.
After understanding the theory behind hamon, he wants to try firsthand, so he adjusts his breathing and hamon energy condense from the blood inside his body, and envelope his hand, then he punched the table in front of him.
A table made from wood in front of him has instantly ripped apart!
Dio didn't expect hamon to be this powerful, causing him to gasps, and the hamon energy in his hand quickly dissipated, and then he couldn't help but feel a little tired and check the interface. He saw that the energy bar representing the value of the hamon energy was reduced by one-third!
Since he learned about hamon just now, the initial value is 100 points, which means that the hamon he used on his punch just now used 30 points of energy.
The power is very destructive. The average person won't stand a chance against him, but he only has three opportunities at max for now. He's aware that he can't get stronger in one night. He believes can become stronger as time passes. Without hamon energy, he is just an average guy, and nowadays all women care is looks, they don't even bat an eye at a strong man!
Since hamon had such destructive power, even though inexperienced, maybe he can easily kill someone because it seems like hamon can be used as a projectile as well! That's what he thought
But he decided to keep a low profile for now…
Then Dio calmed down his nerve and readjusted his breathing to practice hamon again, but then Dio found through the game interface that his energy value is recovering, and quite fast too. In a matter of seconds, his energy bar is fully recharged.
"This just describes how important to control his breathing. If I mess up, not only I can't use hamon, I also won't be able to recharge my energy bar!" Dio couldn't help but smile a bit. For an ordinary person who is an average person before teleported into another world, suddenly was shocked by the fact that controlling his breathing could affect the outcome of a fight. Becoming strong sure is not that easy.
However, he's not discouraged by this fact, he made up his mind to master the breathing technique and engrave it into his mind, if he can't even do this, who knows maybe Thanos will suddenly come and he's already dead without even realizing it.
Dio, who has made up his mind, consistently practice the breathing technique while paying close attention to the white egg.
Although he realized that the Stand he got from the white egg won't be a top-tier Stand, he can't help but look forward to it!
Stand!
The Stand is a powerful figure generated by life force in the body. Based on the game he developed, to use Stand, he needs hamon energy!
If hamon energy is Dio's foundation, then Stand symbolizes Dio's strength!
And one more thing to note is that this undeveloped scam game has five slots for Stand!
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In JoJo's original series, under normal circumstances, a stand user can only have one stand, but because this is using the system from the game he developed, he can use up to 5!
However, because his hamon energy level is still 1, he can only use one Stand for the time being.
He closed both his eyes with his hands due to the excitement as the white egg hatched…
Star Platinum, The World, Crazy Diamond, Killer Queen, Gold Experience, King Crimson… too many powerful stands leave him drooling, and if he could get one among them, he's basically good to go.
But reminded by his previous life's luck, suddenly he's getting cold feet!
With a soft white light, a creature resembling a small tomato emerged in front of him and was staring at him!
"Congratulations to the player to get Stand – Pearl Jam!"
Dio was speechless, then lit a cigarette silently, looked up at the ceiling, exhales smoke, it's just a mystery how life is so harsh!
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[Pearl Jam] is the stand of Tonio Trussardi, an Italian chef who first appeared in JoJo's fourth part, Diamond is Unbreakable. He is the owner of Trussardi Restaurant in the suburb of Morioh Town.
There are only very few scenes showing [Pearl Jam, and none of them is a fight. For the sake of 'improving experience of gameplay,' the programmers include every stand on the series.
"Is this supposed to be a joke? Just because I own a restaurant now, I get this?"
He can't say anything else. He's just utterly disappointed, so much for his hopes on getting an overpowered stand, it turns out he only got ingredients for cooking.
Holding a glimmer of hope, Dio checked the properties of [Pearl Jam, while taking out a cigarette quietly…
Destructive Power: E
E rank! He's about to faint when he saw this the lowest value means that this stand has almost no offensive ability…
Speed: C
Indicating the stand agility and reflexes. This is also evaluated reasonably high for the melee stand. It can be strengthened through training from time to time.
Range: B
The maximum distance between the stand and the user. E: 2 meters, D: 5 meters, C: 10 meters, B: 20 meters, A: 50 meters.
Important note! This parameter is created by the programmers of the game, not by any means depicting the original character from the series.
Persistence: A
Determining the maximum amount of time to materialize the stand, the higher the value, the less hamon energy consumed to keep it materialized and vice versa.
Precision: E
Indicating the stand's accuracy and the effect of their abilities to specified targets. Automatic type stands are generally evaluated with Rank D or below, with a few exceptions.
Growth: C
Measures the Stand's potential, utilization of its abilities and powers, and capacity to improve its overall capabilities. It decreases in rank as the user masters their stand.
Special Abilities:
Diet – The ability to cure ailments through the ingestion of a specific dish. The more delicious the dishes, the more potent it is as a cure.
"What the hell!"
He put out his cigarette and sighed.
After finished inspecting the properties of [Pearl Jam, he completely lost his hope. It is impossible to survive with just tomatoes. Either he needs to get the next stand as soon as possible or master hamon as quickly as possible.
The only good news is that his stand is exceptional. Even if his stand is attacked or damaged, there will not feedback damage to him. After all, his stand is one of the 'food ingredients,' so obviously, it will be cut into pieces and cooked with other ingredients!
Even if he used [Pearl Jam] as an ingredient, he could still summon another [Pearl Jam] as it is a colony stand. The persistence reaches the evaluation of A. It means that the hamon consumption rate is extremely small. For a 'new player' like him, this helps a lot as he doesn't have that much hamon energy yet. The maximum distance with the user is 20 meters. So it's pretty convenient!
"It seems that the one responsible for sending me here wants me to be a great cook!" Dio, who can't do anything but accept his fate, with [Pearl Jam] equipped in his stand slot, then use his hamon energy to summon these 'small tomatoes'.
"Hey! Hey!"
With 10 hamon energy as the cost he summoned several 'small tomatoes,' the little thing was inquisitive, flying back and forth around Dio while calling him and laugh in a weird tone.
"So, the hamon consumption rate for 1 [Pearl Jam] and the recovery rate from the breathing method is the same, as expected of A-level sustainability." Dio tried to summon an additional 3 [Pearl Jam, and the consumption rate per second becomes 4. His remaining 60 points of hamon energy are only enough to last for 20 seconds.
"I am so weak I can't stand it!"
Dio, who immediately dismissed the stand, came to a realization at this moment. He's indeed granted a special power here, but that doesn't necessarily make him strong right off the bat! He needs to strengthen himself gradually.
Then, he took a deep breath and suddenly saw the most eye-catching 'golden' sign on the game interface!
Friendship Pool: single draw a hundred friendship points. Ten free draws every 24 hours.
Golden Pool: require one gold bar per draw.
He's also aware of this feature, but at the moment he can only use a friendship pool.
As one of the programmers who developed this game, Dio knew that friendship pool is only a pool for poor players who don't want to spend any money on the game, naturally, the content of the pool is mostly trash, there's only a handful of stand inside friendship pool, which is just as weak as [Pearl Jam, with absurd draw rate, about one in a thousand.
To be precise, it's only ten among a thousand of the total items in the pool!
Well, maybe after a few hundred draws, the player will get a stand from the friendship pool. Otherwise, it won't be granted for free.
And obviously, a good stand belongs to Golden Pool. Of course, the player must use real currency to use this.
According to the game, friendship points can be earned by fighting with friends, it's relatively easy to accumulate.
But does that apply in this world, he can't even imagine how to 'add other people' as a friend in real life, the friend that he's aware of so far is Wiljos, what's he supposed to say? "Hey, man! Let us fight together! To deepen our bond!"?
Obviously, that's just ridiculous.
As for the golden pools which require a golden bar …
The fact that it uses a gold bar already confused him, for example, which gold bar is required!?
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Ten grams?
Fifty grams?
Or a hundred grams of a gold bar?
There is still another problem, even if he really got the gold bars, how can he draw? Is it an automatic process, after he clicked draw, the gold bar he held disappear just like that or what?
Because whether he likes it or not, he has to use the golden pool if he wants to survive in this world.
Meanwhile, others who were sent to another world like him got overpowered abilities, he feels so powerless, both his parents are dead, his power is a bit tricky to use too, it's just one problem after another.
"Screw it, I'll get something to eat first, this body of mine hasn't eaten anything yet. Even if the food here is unfamiliar with the food here, there's no choice, I guess, still better than dying of hunger!"
As the only stand user in this Marvel Universe and the only user possessing an edible stand, he can't even imagine how to eat it.
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Dio rummaged through the kitchen to find edible ingredients while using the free ten draw from the friendship pool for today.
He got six Morioh Town's brick, a white chef's hat, two low-level hamon beads. And in addition to these things, there is also the original underwear that belonged to Trish Una…
Dio, who is looking for ingredients to cook, can't help but lament upon his misfortune. He got bricks! The fact that it's a brick from Morioh Town doesn't make it any different from ordinary bricks. The white chef's hat is just as the name implies, a chef's hat. Not even granting any bonus stats, but the two low-level hamon beads are better than nothing.
Low-level hamon beads: increase the maximum value of hamon energy upon consuming.
Dio instantly swallows both two low-level hamon beads. The maximum value of the hamon energy is increased from 100 to 102, so other than training, this is another viable method to become stronger.
As for the 'original underwear,' he can't even retort anymore. He wanted to discard it along with other bricks, thought that maybe he had some use for it later, and decided to keep a few, and discarded the rest along with the 'original underwear.' The game's storage can only contain up to 100 items, and as far as he knew, it can only store game-related items.
He found some ingredients, three eggs that he put into a bowl, and Glutinous rice…
Because Dio's family is dead because of gas poisoning, that restaurant is in a worse state than ever. Can't function even at this time of day with barely any ingredients left, so Dio decided to simply make a scrambled egg, mainly to try out the ability of [Pearl Jam] firsthand.
So 'small tomato' became real tomato… After stirring the egg, Dio materialized two [Pearl Jam] with hamon energy. And the moment it's summoned, it's as if these 'small tomatoes' already know its purpose and a voice is sounded in Dio's mind.
"Please select the consumer and determine the ailments to be treated."
Dio snorted and then selected himself as the consumer. The symptoms that need to be treated are dark circles on his eyes and a scar on the hand.
These two 'small tomatoes' laugh weirdly! After selecting the consumer and ailments to be treated, one of them suddenly jumped into the mineral water he just poured, and the other one jumped into the egg he just stirred, and both disappeared without a trace.
Dio, who wants to make scrambled eggs, is quite surprised seeing this but relieved at the same time because he can't force his Stand to be his food's 'ingredient' even though it looks like a tomato.
A few minutes later, Dio finished cooking a plate of scrambled eggs and served it with a glass of white water.
As someone who spends his whole life single, he's used for cooking for himself, and the taste is not that bad, so he's not precisely inexperienced with cooking.
"Let's see how potent the ability is!"
He sat down with a scrambled egg and a glass of water in front of him, Dio hesitated, but he needed to try the effect out, so he grabbed the glass, and drink it!
"What! How can water be this good and fresh!?"
He can't believe normal plain water can be this good!
When he's about to drink some more, he suddenly felt like his eyes are burning. In a flash, tears poured out like waterfalls!
Dio was shocked at first, but then he remembered how his Stand's ability works.
[Pearl Jam] After entering the human body through digestion, it will treat illnesses by destroying it first and regenerate it afterward. Therefore the treatment process is really extreme causing most people to freak out when they saw it.
Dio burst into tears for 30 seconds, he felt as if his eyes were falling out before the endless tears finally stopped. Then feels refreshed afterward, as if he has brand new eyes!
He quickly looks at the mirror!
"What do you know? I become so handsome!" after seeing this wonderful effect, he's suddenly in high spirits to try the scrambled eggs.
Time to dig in!
Thanks to [Pearl Jam] foods and drinks become much more delicious, imagine if he's a top chef, there'll be so many celebrities and other wealthy people lining up to eat his food, and he doesn't need to worry about money anymore.
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He finished the scrambled egg in a matter of minutes, and sit in satisfaction while waiting for the effect to kick in.
After two seconds, his hand felt itchy, so itchy he can't help but scratch the scar on his hand, which Dio got by accident when he was a child! He knew this is the ability of [Pearl Jam, and one by one, his skin layer is flying off, and this scene is so grotesque.
He can't bear to see this, but suddenly the itch is gone, and the scar is gone. It's as if he grew a new hand.
"Wow, this is amazing, I mean this is so useful people will pay a lot of money for something like this!"
This is much better than medicine, cosmetics, therapy, etc.
And without side effects!
At most, the treatment process is terrifying!
And after the treatment, he became even more handsome, Dio is glued to the mirror seeing how handsome he became!
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Chapter 6
The next morning, right after cleaning up the table he broke yesterday, somebody comes knocking on his door.
"Hey, brother, It's me, Will."
The moment Dio opened the door, Will gave him a big hug, but it looks pretty funny since he's only 1.6 meters, while Dio's height is 1.85 meters.
"Hello, Will." Dio can't get all chummy with him because he's not exactly a friend of Will, but seeing Will's attitude, he was relieved. From now on, he will live as Dio Brando. Will's best friend!
"Wow, my bro!"
Will deliberately made a comical expression and gesture, but actually, he was carefully observing Dio's situation. Dio had such a terrible accident, he was so worried about Dio's current condition. After seeing Dio in person, his worry is blown away.
"Hey, bro! Are you sure you're not doing plastic surgery while you're at the hospital? Because I think you became way more handsome after you get discharged from the hospital, No wonder Jane was rejected, if she saw you now, she'll never let you go!"
"Hahaha, of course not. Since God still let me live, then instead of waste my time in grief, it's better to try my best for the future. I believe that that's what 'they' want as well." Dio says with a calm expression on his face, but he decided not to tell Will about Stands as it could complicate the matter at hand.
Will then patted him on the back without saying anything.
"Everyone is very sorry about what happened. Just remember that Uncle Brando and Aunt He will also bless you in heaven."
"Do not worry, I am not as vulnerable as you think. We're going to the cemetery, right? let's go with your car, for now, my car is at home."
He Yongzhi, who had gained Dio's memories, talked to Will the way Dio talk. Will didn't realize about it. After Dio locked the door, they left on a second-hand Chevrolet.
Just before Dio and Will depart, inside a black car not far from the restaurant…
"The target left with Will Jos. Based on their conversation yesterday that we already taped, they should be on their way to the cemetery donated by Stark Industries."
"Okay, you observed the since yesterday, did you notice something?"
"Target emotional seems to be unstable, yesterday he broke a table which he disposed of this morning."
"Anything else?"
"No, sir."
"Keep me informed about him. "
"Yes, sir!"
After he hangs, the phone someone on the car said: "Why don't you just kill him?"
"Do you think that I don't want to send him to reunite with his family? The last time I rushed things up, that boy got lucky and somehow "return from death," causing SHIELD to sniff around. If I'm not careful, they'll get suspicious. Fortunately, this lucky boy should know nothing. With complete surveillance for a whole, we should know for sure whether he knows something or not. If he doesn't, just let him live. "
Afterward, the guy in the black car went to the supermarket to buy a sandwich, obviously dissatisfied with their precious time wasted in keeping an eye on someone who's both lucky and unlucky to survive after seeing something he shouldn't have seen. These people had no choice but to eliminate anybody who finds out, even if it's a whole family!
In the suburb, a recently built cemetery came into view.
Will who sat in the driver's seat kept going on and on about Tony Stark in his unique accent.
"Tony Stark, this guy should die! God knows how many people killed from the weapons of the Stark industry, 100,000? A million? Or maybe 10 million?"
"Hey, I heard that yesterday, our famous playboy Tony Stark took home the most famous twin supermodels who won Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Today's news is all about this…"
"Brother, I got a joke for you, Tony Stark, the notorious arms dealer in the United States, is actually a philanthropist, hahaha!"
Dio almost forgot Will can't stand the wealthy, especially someone like Tony Stark, like most black people in slums, they just can't bring themselves to trust someone like Tony Stark even if he does a good deed!
"Well, brother, we are here."
After leaving the car, Dio couldn't help but take a deep breath a few times. The air is fresh, he simply enjoyed it.
Whether Tony Stark is really a good man or just someone who does something solely for business, this newly built cemetery is finished thanks to his donation, so it doesn't really matter for Dio as long as he can use this cemetery
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Dio is no longer a naive guy, he knew how harsh this world can be, it's basically survival to the fittest, deceive or be deceived. It is better to think of ways to live a better life.
"How about it? Pretty good place, right?."
"Yes, but are you sure that it's cheap?" Dio's face is full of disbelief.
"Hey, I know a guy here, but since he didn't get his 'goods' from me. I can threaten him if he doesn't give us a discount. There was no embarrassment on Will's face when he said that.
Everyone has their own way to do things, this is Will's way, as someone who spent most of his life in a gang.
'Goods?'
Dio knew what he meant by that, but he decided not to say anything, as he's not a naive kid, and knows how this world works, it's not like he's a saint with no sin, he has his fair share of dirty work, so he just went along with Will's plan.
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Chapter 7
"Oh, FXXK! I already paid for the last goods! What are you doing here?"
When Dio met Will's acquaintance, he was startled, it's a man with a luxurious suit with the letters "successful " written all over his face. This white man couldn't help but swear when he saw Will enter his office, of course, no one else was there other than those three.
It seems like Will knows a lot about this guy because, despite his appearance, he doesn't even try to hide his vexation. And Will instead of angry, he smiled although it's a sly one, then Will approached him until he's right in front of his acquaintance.
Oh, God!
Dio wanted to laugh, but he held it back real hard so he won't embarrass Will.
Will doesn't know how funny this is because of his height, but he doesn't know that even if he gets really close with a scary face, it doesn't look the slightest bit intimidating, then he immediately pushes this white man on his chest, and then said, "Maybe I should let your boss, wife, and children know about an interesting fact that an elite white-collar civil servant, the famous Mr. Edward is a drug addict who makes a deal with a gang!"
Will's ridiculing tone makes Edward agitated, although it's nothing unusual here in America, and lots of famous celebrity and successful businessman is basically a drug addict.
But at the same time, those who are against drug abuse is just as many, especially in the government. If the news about Edward's drug abuse is made public, what awaits him will be a letter of resignation and a letter of divorce.
This is why Will kept pressing this matter. Although this will undoubtedly offend Edward, as long as Will is holding this trump card, Edward won't be able to mess with him.
After hearing Will's threat, he became furious and yelled, "Bastard! Is that how you treat your customers?"
"I'm sorry, the customer? The customer wouldn't yell at me the moment I enter the front door." Will scraped his earwax and fling it into Edward's head.
Edward is really furious, but after a taking few deep breaths, he forcibly squeezed a bitter smile.
"Aw come on, I'm your beloved regular, aren't I?"
As much as his anger drives him insane right now, he realized he's also at fault, Edward sighed and said, "Okay, I apologize for my attitude earlier, but you have to understand. If anyone knows I have a connection with your gang, my position in the government will be endangered."
It's not like Will doesn't understand where Edward is coming from, and now that Edward explained things politely, things finally calmed down, and Will remain silent.
The fact that Edward is a civil servant is already shocking to Dio, but what's even more shocking is Will threatened that very civil servant!
After seeing Will finally calmed down, Edward immediately asks, "What can I do for you today, I don't have much time, but as long as it's within my power, I'll do it, as an apology for my attitude earlier."
Dio also quietly clicked his tongue a few times behind him, as a signal to discuss their purpose coming here today.
Will snorted and then tell their circumstances and their purpose for coming here to Edward.
After hearing their intention, Edward breathed a sigh of relief. He thought it would be something troublesome. Although he bought goods from the gang, he doesn't want to be involved in any gang related problems.
"Fortunately, this is within my power, but to be honest, it won't be easy. You know, I just transferred here recently, I can't do anything rash. And I can't cover this much money with my salary."
This is undeniably the truth, and Dio feels bad about shoving this matter to Edward but instead Will just sneer and said "Come on, I know something like this is right up in your alley, besides I know a fact that with Stark Industries' donation, military personnel be it the one currently in service or retired is granted discount, they only need to pay one-third of the full price, I believe you can set this up for us since we're friends right?"
Dio is shocked that Will knows that much!
Human really is a corrupt creature, all they saw in others is how to make a profit out of them. And these two are no exceptions, but Edward is just speechless after hearing Will's detailed explanation.
"You overestimate my ability, I'm not capable of that." Edward still struggles despite knowing that it's futile. A donation, charity, etc. is nothing but an additional profit for Edward, and Will already knows this. This is just business for Edward.
As for the Stark Group, the donator is even more indifferent. As long as the public knows they donated a lot of money and build a better reputation for themselves, they don't care with whom that money ended up.
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Seeing Edward began to falter, Will added, "I know the rules, but just this once, and I swear, no one will find out about our relationship, and you won't see my face again."
Will's words are like the whisper of a devil, tempting Edward to nod.
"I'm counting on you, damn, I shouldn't have bought from you, now I really regret it!"
"Don't say that, aren't we friends? Besides, something like this isn't that difficult for you. And I owe you one, I'll do you a favor if you need, call my friend here when you finished with the paperwork later."
Edward smile like a weight was lifted off his chest, "Your friends can fill out this form and wait for my call. I will arrange it as soon as possible. You'll get the same discount as the military personnel, but…"
"I know, I know, your share, right?"
Edward's smile turned into a laugh, Will really knows how things work.
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Chapter 8
"So….i take it as a yes?"
"Glad to help!"
After saying goodbye to a smiling Edward, Dio and Will hopped into the second-hand Chevrolet and left. No one spoke on the way until they enter New York City, until Will tried to break the ice and asked, "Where to? Back to the restaurant?"
Dio was silent for a minute, and then with a lower voice, said, "let's head to my house!"
Dio's family home is also in Chinatown, just two streets away from their small restaurant.
Locating near the infamous Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan, law and order is not its specialty.
Chinatown is in the southern end of the city, and Hell's Kitchen is in the West Central City.
Recalling the memories he had, Dio knew that his British dad had come to a restaurant that his mother and her family-run together.
That restaurant is the very restaurant he's just from before heading to the cemetery.
Dio's dad gave up his promising future and lived separately from his family in England to stay with his new family. He was willing to stay in Chinatown with Dio's mother to run a small restaurant.
According to Dio's memory, Dio's dad is a very funny gentleman, but his British stubbornness and pride are deeply engraved in his bones. Despite being uncomfortable with society, he still had a lot of friends.
And just because it's Chinatown doesn't mean all Chinese there is like a big family willing to help each other.
Just because they're not in China, cooperation and kindness are suddenly viable?
At first, yes, they help and encouraged each other to survive in this foreign land, but as Chinatown expands, and becomes more crowded.
Currently covers 45 streets, with a total area of more than 4 square kilometers, sustaining more than 800,000 Chinese. Causing people's nature to change eventually.
The warm and soothing place turned into a lawless zone where nobody cares even if a crime is committed in front of their very eyes. The people who just recently come here maybe not aware of the situation, but Dio, who has lived here for more than 20 years worth of memory, is well aware of the real situation. The residents here wouldn't mind resorting to 'foul play.'
With the area expands so fast, gradually taking over other districts, more and more Chinese come to the United States, and when they arrive, the first place they're heading to is none other than Chinatown.
With the sudden increase of population, but the economy can't keep up with it, more and more slum is built with each day.
There are more and more people. There are restaurants and convenience stores opened by these Chinese. How can they earn enough money when they compete with each other?
In fact, this happened recently, a Chinese man just recently arrived in New York, he was going to open a convenience store in Chinatown. After the store opened, everyday gang member would come and extort him for protection fee, and not just one gang, other gangs also extorted him, but because he already paid for protection money to other gangs, he refused to give any more money, which results in robbery at his store, causing him to go bankrupt and had no choice but to return to China.
Later, when someone inquired, turns out the one pulling strings was his own neighbor, who sent a bouquet of flowers with a smile on the store's grand opening
This is the core problem in the United States overlooked by law. The old resident of Chinatown mostly retains their warm and honest personality, but there are some of them that afraid their business will be threatened due to a new business run by the new resident.
So, Chinatown is not as good as the people imagined. Of course, some good people are enthusiastic about living their life here, but at the same time, the one with ill intent is not any less. The old residents of China already have several generations of descendants here in New York City. They know that Chinatown is a dreadful place. If they mess up, them and their families' well being will be threatened.
As Dio browses through the memory he gained, Will already parked the car in front of an old building. It is said that a mafia boss used to live here, although nobody can prove that.
"Let's go."
"Wait, Let me smoke a cigarette first." He rolled down the car's window, Dio gave Will one cigarette before lighting his own.
Although the soul in the body has changed, the memory of 'Dio' itself for more than 20 years is real, and but because it's not his own memories, it's just awkward for him.
And finally, Dio stubbed out his cigarette.
"Let's go."
After throwing the stub of his cigarette, Dio and Will go upstairs.
On the way upstairs, many people greeted him. And offer their condolences. Whether they are sincere or not, Dio doesn't really care.
Dio took out the key and opened the door.
There's still the smell of the gas residue left on the floor. There was also a dilapidated table covered in dust.
How did they not notice the smell of gas with a house this small, it's just unthinkable?
Not to mention that Dio's parents own the restaurants, so things like the smell of gas shouldn't be something unfamiliar for them.
However, as far as it goes, this is just a hypothesis, and police only consider this as illegal pipeline modification.
Only
As the Chinese aren't really used to using a gas burner, they would instead use primus stove, there's even a joke among themselves before cooking with gas burner, be sure to call a firefighter in advance.
Inside the house, Dio walks around, and then Will said.
"You still want to live here?"
"Well, after looking around, I think I'll move somewhere else, and the only thing left worth bringing is only this album. The rest should remain here, I guess." Dio chuckled and raised the album in his hand, a keepsake to remind him of his family for.
Will nodded indifferently and then asked, "Where are you going to live? Rent a house? I have a place if you want…"
"Thank you, but I am going to stay in the hotel in the meantime. By the way, it is time to prepare for the opening." Dio immediately rejected Will's proposal. The place Will mentioned probably is full of gang members. It's not that Dio hates gang members, but there's more than that.
After conducting a proper burial for his parents, it's time to plan how to survive in this world, at least financially, and it's not a problem to live in the restaurant for the time being.
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Chapter 9
A week has passed.
During this whole week, as he said, Dio stayed in the restaurant every day, learning about his asset, and asked someone to renovate his small restaurant.
He didn't want to make it a big deal, but the expenses for his parent's funeral almost emptied his wallet, even after adding some money and some stuff left by his parents.
Even with military discount thanks to Edward, one-third of the fee for that cemetery is equal to any other cemeteries, not including Edward's share yet.
However, since he's an orphan in his previous life, he finds this to be quite fulfilling. Although he never really felt the warmth of family, he knows now how precious family is thanks to his memory in this world.
Besides, it's not his money, to begin with, so now he can start his life anew.
As for the case involving the death of Dio's parents, he really wanted to investigate about it, but the thing is, it's easier said than done, he's neither a policeman nor a detective, besides he knew this smells like trouble, one wrong move and he could get himself killed, he's not dealing with an average thug or gang members here, so before he's sure he can protect himself, he's not going to risk it.
He needs to investigate this privately, without drawing unnecessary attention to him, and strike when the time is right.
In these seven days, Dio is training his hamon and breathing until he gets a knack of it, and the result of his training is already showing. His max hamon energy increased by 40 points. He's aware that it's slow progress, but he can't do anything about it!
In addition, Dio also drew seven times from friendship pools.
So his game backpack has dozens of more bricks from Morioh Town, scrap iron, and some miscellaneous.
Of course, he still got about 11 lowest level hamon beads, which he instantly consume despite its lack of taste. And his max hamon energy is currently at 153 points, not that far from the 200 hamon energy, which is required to upgrade to level 2.
However, Dio is obviously not satisfied with this growth rate. Because he already knew about most of the things in the game. Consuming a top-level hamon bead can increase the hamon energy by 10,000 points!
He can only increase 5 or 6 points per day right now. Imagine how much time he can save if he can increase instant 10.000 points!
Of course, as he gets stronger, his growth rate will increase too, but the sensation of instantly become invincible is really tempting!
Not to mention the incomparably strong Stands in the JoJo, he really wanted to empty his wallet to get them.
But after he lets it sink, his excitement turned into complete silence.
He's not just lazing around doing nothing in the past few days, he visited ran a lot of jewelry store, and when he touched a hundred grams gold. The system automatically asked if he wanted to top up.
Dio still remembers the price, it was 54 USD per gram of gold, which means that the price of this gold bar must be at least 5,400 USD!
And for ten draws will require 54,000 USD!
This is definitely the most hardcore pay to win a game he ever played!
Just look at the money he needs to make ten draws, he's afraid even selling his kidney won't cover it!
Who the heck makes this game?!
After realizing how poor he is, he knew that he has to rely on the ability of [Pearl Jam] to make a fortune. Otherwise, let alone a gold, he won't even be able to fulfill his basic needs!
Now that he finished renovating, he would like to keep things low profile, since Pearl Jam's treatment is kind of terrifying, there's a possibility it will draw black egg head a.k.a Nick Fury and his organization the SHIELD's attention!
There's a possibility he will be recruited as SHIELD's logistics division member, but based on the movies, he knew that none of SHIELD's agent is decent.
And if he can't avoid dealing with SHIELD and the Avengers in the future, he must be able to stand on his own two feet. Meaning he doesn't have to take orders from someone else.
Just as Dio was still annoyed with how to make money much money but remain under the radar, little did he know that he's under someone's surveillance.
Inside the black car outside the hotel, the person in charge of monitoring him is making a report to his superior.
"Nothing particular happened, and there is no suspicious individual who paid him a visit. Should I keep an eye on him a little longer?"
"Very well, we'll stop the surveillance for now."
"Yes, sir! What about the SHIELD?
Only
"Several gang members dead is nothing new. If they didn't find any concrete lead, they wouldn't be able to trace it back to us, you better do your job properly next time, so there'll be no more mistake. "
The person inside the car immediatsely looked at it, "Yes!"
After the contract was over, the person in the car glanced again and couldn't help but whisper to himself: "What a lucky kid, he better hold dear to his life."
After muttering, he hit the gas and leave. He's officially relieved from his duty.
Dio, who was still cleaning the hotel at this time, didn't even realize how lucky he is… The only thing in Dio's head right now is: "Women will be crazy about Pearl Jam's ability!"
Yes, that's it!
Dio's eyes are bright in a moment, no woman does not love beauty, those skincare products, beauty salons, as long as it's for the sake of beauty they'll gladly jump into fire to get it, if what it takes to be more beautiful is money, they'll shove it into his mouth without hesitation!
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Chapter 10
To make a fortune for himself, Dio thought about making a phone call to his college classmate, the 'bimbo' Jenny.
He didn't say much on the phone. He only invited her for dinner. Jenny instantly said yes without hesitation
This world is really all about looks… The next day at noon, hot-looking Jenny came to the Dio's small restaurant, although it's pretty questionable to invite her on a date in Chinatown, For Dio, Jenny didn't mind at all.
Also, thanks to her friend's information, she knew about the tragedy involving Dio's parents, so he has empathy toward him while imagining various ways to 'comfort' the poor Dio, of course.
"Hey, Dio~"
After opening the door, the first thing caught Jenny's eyes are plaid tops and jeans Dio wears.
"Oh, God, Dio became even more handsome since the last time we met, are my eyes playing me? Or is it because of that accident, making him a more mature and masculine man?"
Looking at Dio's porcelain skin, Jenny is so captivated, she almost unable to breathe.
"I must make him fall for me!"
This is what in Jenny's mind when he saw Dio!
Dio, who was thinking about making money, was a little surprised when she saw Jenny at first glance. Although, based on his memory, she knew that Jenny is called 'bimbo,' but she really is one beautiful girl, most men will definitely fall for her, and most women will be jealous of her.
Jenny stood in front of Dio, wearing a tight vest, exposing her belly button. The sight of her white cleavage will make men drool. And with her lower half waring super short pants makes her even more irresistible, paired with 3 cm red high heels on her feet, with hair like a golden waterfall, Dio could easily give her 75 out of 100 Points, she definitely is not pale to comparison with those hollywood actresses.
To put it simply, she's just stunning, not to mention in bed!
During her school days, Dio was the one and only man who ever reject Jenny's charm. Making Jenny went crazy for him. It's also thanks to her relentless pursuit of Dio's love and always ended in failure, that she earned the nickname 'bimbo.' Of course, Dio is really handsome, that's an undeniable fact. Being half English-Chinese makes it even harder for people to approach him
"Hey, Jenny, it's been a while," Dio said while hugging Jenny.
Most men will be bewitched after seeing Jenny, but not Dio, and the reason is relatively simple, he doesn't want to become one of Jenny's 'collections.'
The environment in the United States leading to sexual promiscuity amongst teens. Most girls are no longer virgin by the time they graduate from high school.
Especially the 'bimbo' Jenny, naturally does not have any concept of chastity. Before she met Dio, she already had intercourse with many handsome guys. Her handsome classmate is basically her sex slave, most guys wouldn't even think twice of course, as long as they can have their way with Jenny even if they know it won't last long.
However, Dio is an exception. He's already popular with girls, and thanks to his parents, he has a proper way of living. And he won't date Jenny just to show off to his friend, that's just terrible.
After they hugged, Jenny is so mesmerized, she blushed like a little girl who fell in love for the first time.
However, knowing Jenny's personality, Dio just shrugs it off, smiled and said: "You're even more beautiful after I haven't seen you in a while."
"Aw, thank you, but that's exactly what I think when I saw you. Do you have some special tips for that?"
Jenny is so mesmerized after seeing Dio's fair skin up close, she ended up blurting her thought out loud.
Thanks to Jenny taking the initiative to ask, it makes things easier for Dio.
"Really?, I recently got a recipe for certain a diet to improve my current mental outlook. I realized that I was a bit too decadent some time ago." Dio deliberately lured Jenny to his trap.
"Really? Diet? What is that?" Jenny's eyes lit up, filled with curiosity.
No woman's not interested in becoming more beautiful, especially those who are already attractive, they're even more excited to become more beautiful than the average girl.
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Recently, Jenny felt that her skin is not as smooth as it used to be, her hair was messed up. Dark circles and little freckles required her to use a lot of cosmetics to cover it up.
Dio explained with a smile: "In simple terms, it is food therapy, and nourishing products cooked with some herbs and ingredients."
Jenny understood this time, this thing is said to be the concept from the East, only However, in Europe and the United States, it's not so well-known. Few people believe, and some fewer people actually try. And nobody knows whether it's actually working.
Then Jenny listened to Dio and then elaborate: "most diet takes a while before the effect is showing, but the formula I got is very unusual. It is said to be the secret of the emperors of the ancient eastern era. It only takes one time to get immediate results. At first, I'm just trying it out because it piqued my interest, but I never thought…"
Dio deliberately paused, then pointed to himself, "As you see."
"Oh, God! You are lying to me, right? How could there be such a magical thing?" she totally took the bait, but she still can't believe that such a magical thing actually exists.
Jenny's questioning made Dio very 'angry.' He immediately said with a serious face: "What's in it for me to deceive you? I just invited you today and share it with you while I'm at it, but now I suddenly think this is a stupid idea. Alright then, change of plans, I know an excellent western restaurant, they got a good steak, let's go."
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