Omake 39: Bizarre Displacement (Diamond is Unbreakable)

Morioh City was once a quiet city, a certain serial killer would say.

It was the perfect setting for his existence, for his hobby and obsession. Especially since no one could stop the unique power within himself. He was unbeatable, invincible even- and yet as of recent times, the city was no longer quiet. ‘Noisy’ people had started to flock out of nowhere and tag along, creating a very troubling instance where he, a brilliant murderer, was now cornered by the enclosing nature of so many infuriating individuals trying to overwhelm him and stop his spree.

What a foolish notion. Why would he want to stop? Why would they think he would stop at this hassle when he was set for victory? He was Kira Yoshikage, and he would never concede to any form of defeat. He was so confident of this, and yet his confidence had started to waver as he noticed something was wrong with the latest trick he applied to Hayato. ‘Bites the Dust’ shouldn’t have allowed him to keep any memory of the past, and yet some particularly intense fragments went through the loops. The only reason why he could justify those to remain was the implications behind those. Each time Hayato would end up triggering the bomb and resetting the timeline to the beginning of the day, someone would just rush up to him with deadly intentions.

It was sudden, it was terrifying and it bore orange eyes. He didn’t know who it was, or why it did the things it did, but while it had a young man’s appearance, the demonic essence was enough to make him question its humanity. Something about it was wrong, and it was proven that each day the murderous creature came close to decapitate, dismember and even gut him down. It was ferocious and maliciously entertaining for the monster, leaving a quiet man as Yoshikage shivering at the idea of what will come next. In a move that he would end up regretting, he decided to remove the bomb, to alter the habit of the creature and see if he could get it on the spot he wanted it to go. He could do it, he knew he could. He was Yoshikage Kira, and victory was at hand.

Was.

He blinked just once that morning. He was on the way to his workplace. To get his job done properly, to make money to sustain his alibi and current identity. He could feel eyes watching him, studying his moves, and then… ‘attacking’ as he thought he was in the safest place to be. His boss came by, the entity closely walking behind him and Kira’s attention alternated between the older man telling him the news that this investor, this Dio Joestar, was here to ‘speak with him for a promotion’. ‘Dio’ had been interested for ‘many years’ now about this part of the company and wanted to raise someone that had been hard-working up to this point to a higher position. For Kira Yoshikage, that would have been a solid no. But for Kawajiri Kosaku, this wasn’t a deal he could refuse. And from the smug glance on this predator of killers like him, this was the basis of this attempt.

He is good.

Yoshikage had to admit it was a good plan, but one that didn’t take into account a small particular element.

“Apologies, chief. I don’t believe myself to be able to stand up to these expectations.”

“Yoshikage now, you know better than me that these are rare opportunities,” His boss reminded sternly.

“I understand. But also for this point, I have to keep in mind my current skills at work. I don’t believe I am qualified just yet to go for a promotion.”

The boss looked ready to give him a piece of mind at that polite refusal, but ‘Dio’ interrupted by fake-coughing.

“Apologies, but I think he isn’t wrong. If he believes that he isn’t ready, then no one should push him like that.”

The old man wasn’t expecting that, but he sheepishly conceded to that as they went for the next candidate. While at first Yoshikage thought he had won this round, he could tell from the amused look on Dio’s face that he had been expecting this. Especially when he had been the one to help him out by accepting that lie as a reason to ‘ignore his promotion’. He had been expecting this, and Yoshikage had fallen into this trap… or tease.

A tease? It would definitely be annoying that it was all to ‘tease’ him into a mess of nerves. Yoshikage was no prey, but he couldn’t think of any idea of how to free himself of this grasp just yet. He needed more information, starting with his family as he was sure he heard it before. Same for his name… wasn’t it one that his father used to bring up when Yoshikage was younger? He definitely needed to dig more into this.

Sadly, his plans were halted by an unexpected issue that he had no means to defend himself from.

A truck ended up killing him in a rare case of car accident in Morio City, one where there were no drivers tied to the vehicle. His Stand might have been strong, but it was no match for a sudden attack like that one. And with his death, a certain individual sighed before getting teleported back to the train he had been staying on for this adventure, holding another ring that he was well familiar with, of what those were all about.

“Seriously, why is someone leaving Heaven Ascension DIO’s arm rings?”

It was already becoming a hassle to keep track of these sudden dreams with how sudden and distant they were from each other. Maybe it was a trophy? A side mission to his current affairs? Maybe… or maybe there was something more sinister about all of this…

Regardless of that, I wasn’t planning to let anyone try to resurrect that version of DIO. Not when I didn’t have any means to beat him.