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It's been a week since the last battle with user Stand. Using the Escort map, Risotto and the others had just arrived in Dorias. Not only was it evening and the sun had almost set, but judging by the clouds it was about to start raining.
- Just a minute ago we travelled from Dorias to Antokiba, but then we immediately moved back because Illuso thought he sensed an aura coming from the Stand users who were after us. Holy shit!
- Even if it's just a feeling, we can't risk it,' Risotto told him, 'If there really is a Stand user out there, we have to kill him before he gets to us. All we have to do is find him.
- Hmm, easy for you to say. I, for one, feel nothing. Do you? - Giaccio turned to the others.
- I don't feel anything now,' replied Illuso, 'But I felt something then. It was so faint then that I thought I was imagining it, but eventually I realised that the feeling was real.
- In that case we'll look for him,' Risotto said as he looked around the street they were standing on, 'He can't have gone far, he's definitely somewhere in this town. Come on, let's go looking for him.
Together they set off to patrol the streets of the city, hoping to find their potential adversary, or at least feel his aura.
Time was slowly ticking away. For 30 minutes they had already been wandering around the city, but had found nothing and no one. And then the black clouds in the sky made themselves known: it began to rain heavily. In an attempt to escape the rain they went to the nearest bar, which had two floors.
After getting wet enough, they sat down at the bar and began to discuss the results of their search for the enemy.
- Well, that's just great,' Giaccio said, a little dejected and annoyed at the same time, 'We didn't find anyone, but we got soaked like I don't know who.
- Oh, come on,' said Melone, who was in a better mood, 'It was worth checking anyway. There's no telling what would have happened if we hadn't checked. By the way, since we're in a bar, can we order some drinks?
- Absolutely not,' Risotto replied sternly, 'We all need to keep our heads sober. We don't know when the next attack might happen, so we need to keep our heads clear at all times.
- Shit! All right...
Meanwhile, new people started arriving at the bar, most of them heavily drenched. Risotto and the others started to stare at them closely and try to feel something. But nothing this time either, they were just ordinary people with no aura emanating from them. One of the visitors took a seat at the bar to Melone's right and ordered himself a bottle of whiskey.
- I feel strange,' said Giaccio, 'I feel like... I feel like... I feel like... That's what I feel like!
Gyaccio grabbed Melone by the head and slammed his face against the bar, causing his nose to bleed.
- What the fuck are you doing?! - Shouted Melone.
- I... I don't know what came over me... I'm sorry, okay?
- Okay.
It looked like Gyaccio was going to hug Melone as a sign of forgiveness, but the next second he threw a powerful uppercut and nearly knocked his teeth out, but he held on.
- You bitch! - Melone shouted with a slight but wicked smile on his face.
Melone snatched the whiskey bottle from the hand of the man sitting next to him and smashed it into Gyaccio's face, causing his lip to split quite badly and bleed.
- You dog! - Shouted the man from whom Melone had snatched the bottle from his hands.
Melone made a sharp U-turn and stabbed the man in the throat, from which a fountain of blood gushed out.
- What the hell are you doing?! - Illuso shouted at them, 'You...
Before Illuso could finish, Risotto turned him round and gave him a good right side kick, then grabbed him by his clothes, lifted him up and threw him right into the shelves of drinks behind the bar.
'What the fuck am I doing?! What's going on? Why... Why do I feel like punching everyone around me?'
- Come on, get up! - Said Risotto to Illuso, 'We're gonna have some fun!
When Illuso got up from the floor he immediately grabbed one of the surviving bottles and threw it at Risotto, but Risotto managed to fight it off. Without the use of his arms, Illuso jumped onto the bar and jumped off the bar and did a double somersault in the air, flew behind Risotto's back and gave him a powerful spinning kick to the head that sent Risotto flying about a metre away and broke a nearby table.
At the same time, the other bar patrons also started a fierce fight with each other.
Meanwhile, Gyaccio tried to land a right elbow to Melone's head but Melone blocked it, but Gyaccio made a powerful leap and hit Melone in the jaw with his right knee, sending him crashing to the floor. Gyaccio tried to kick him in the face, but Melone deftly ducked under Gyaccio's legs behind his back, got to his feet, grabbed him by the torso and threw him off his back. The hold nearly knocked Gyaccio out. He managed to get to his knees and lean on his hands.
- How about that? - Shouted Melone with a satisfied look on his face, -Who's standing up now?!
Risotto at this time got to his feet, wiped the blood off his lip and prepared to attack.
'I think I've realised the reason for everything that's going on. There's no doubt, this is definitely an attack by the enemy Stand! But where is the user himself directly? Damn, it's so hard to think clearly! I have an incredible urge to punch everyone around me in the face! Shit... The most important thing now is for me and the others to refrain from using the Stands, or there will be a massacre!'
- Come on, come on, attack! - Shouted Risotto to Illuso.
Illuso threw himself towards Risotto. He jumped and was about to give Risotto a spinning kick in the air, but Risotto dodged it and gave him a haikick with his left foot that sent Illuso staggering backwards and crashing onto a nearby wooden chair, which shattered. Risotto quickly orientated himself, grabbed Illuso by his clothes, lifted him above him and threw him with all his might onto the stairs leading to the first floor. He quickly ran up to him and threw him onto the first floor with a kick of his foot.
Meanwhile, Melone and Gyaccio were actively exchanging punches. Gyaccio landed several good straight punches to Melone's face before hitting him with a lowkick and a left leg haykick and finishing it all off with a right side kick that sent Melone collapsing to one knee. Giaccio grabbed a nearby chair and slammed it down on Melone's back with all his might, causing the chair to shatter and Melone to fall to his stomach. Giaccio did not rest, he sat on his back and began to twist his right leg.
Meanwhile, on the first floor, Risotto and Illuso stood opposite each other. They were assessing each other and thinking about what move to do next. Illuso approached Risotto and feinted with a quick double to the body and a hard left hook to the head. Risotto did not collapse, but staggered badly. Illuso took advantage of his opponent's stunned state to step back about a dozen metres, and then made a quick run-up and flew at Risotto with both feet, knocking him through the fence and crashing to the ground floor, shattering the last surviving table.
Risotto was dumbfounded by the fall, but he recovered quickly when he saw Illuso's next move.
- Yolo! - Illuso shouted and jumped straight at Risotto.
Like a wrestler, he wanted to nail Risotto with a flying elbow to the head, but he quickly orientated himself and ducked at the last moment. As his elbow hit the floor Illuso felt a sensation he hadn't felt in a long time.
- I've had enough of this! - Risotto said and began to form an iron spear in his hand.
As soon as Illuso was on his feet, Risotto threw the spear he had just formed at him, but Illuso dodged and the spear flew out the window. Illuso didn't let Risotto create any more weapons, he threw himself at him and knocked him to the ground. He was about to strike, but suddenly stopped.
- I... Strange... I don't want to fight anymore. - He said and collapsed on the floor beside Risotto.
- Strange... I don't either. - Said Risotto in response.
Risotto got to his feet and helped Illuso up. Giaccio came up to them and helped Melone, who was limping on his right leg.
- It seems... We were attacked by an enemy Stand... - Giaccio said with difficulty, - But why did the attack stop?
- Who gives a shit?' Melone said with more difficulty, 'Let's get out of here.
Covered with bruises, cuts and other various injuries, they limped and helped each other to walk. Outside, meanwhile, the rain had almost stopped.
As they looked around, they saw a bloody man lying on the ground near the bar window. He was a short, skinny man with a triangular face and a spear sticking out of his chest.
- And here it looks like the owner of the Stand, - said Risotto - Well... It happens. I killed him by accident, but the main thing is that I killed him.
- I didn't understand much at all,' Melone said, barely conscious, 'Whatever... Let's get out of here... We'll figure it out later.
Using the Escort map, they headed back to Antokiba to heal their wounds.