JOJO, The Escape from Real Diavolo

Chapter 70 The Substitute?

Wei Yuxiu was truly standing in front of Chen, because Chen, with his head down, could see the other man's shoes.

"What's wrong with you? Why won't you lift your head?"

No matter how much the other party questioned, Chen remained as still as a seated monk, never making a sound.

If it weren't for the large amount of fine sweat beading on his forehead, people would have thought he had ascended to heaven on the spot.

So Wei Yuxiu squatted down, then lay down on the floor, and saw Chen Miaowen's face with his eyes closed.

It seemed that she had fallen asleep because she was in so much pain.

However, Chen Miaowen did not close his eyes completely. He squinted and saw Wei Yuxiu lying on the ground, strangely probing him. In the next moment, his body trembled and he reacted strongly to something.

He saw it; behind the other person was a humanoid creature, its face covered with eyes like spider eggs, incredibly ugly, but not small in size.

If I had to put it in a nutshell, it's like a larger version of a cheap Spider card trick.

"substitute?"

It's not a ghost or monster, it seems like a Stand has appeared, but this is the real world, how could something from the JOJO world appear here?

"Ah, Wei, Wei Yuxiu, hello there, how did you get in?"

He felt he couldn't hide it any longer, so he pretended to rub his eyes, acting as if he was very uncomfortable, and then lay down on the bed.

"Ah, I don't know why, but I just wanted to come in, so I came in. Maybe God took pity on me and wanted me to see you?"

"Cough cough, I'm really not feeling well today. Look, I'm sweating a little on my forehead, and my throat isn't feeling too good either. That matter might have to wait another day..."

Chen Miaowen lay diagonally on the bed, squinting as he said, "My eyes still hurt."

This was the most daring thing he had ever done in his life: gambling that his stand wouldn't have any ill intentions towards him, without any abilities or a stand-in, and the probability of that was ridiculously small.

"Oh, how pitiful. I wish I could share your pain, but there's nothing I can do... So, I brought you some comforting gifts."

Wei Yuxiu took out some bread and bananas and handed them to him.

Chen Miaowen caught it with trembling hands, never letting his gaze linger on the creature for even a second.

He realized that the other person probably meant no harm and had miraculously passed through the wall to get here, perhaps just wanting to comfort him.

"Eat, have some. This bread is homemade, it's delicious, and I put a little bit of that British Shorthair cat's blood in it."

Chen Miaowen trembled again, glancing out of the corner of his eye at the bread he had just received, asking with a mixture of fear and tentative inquiry.

"You, you did it all by yourself? You killed that cat...and ate it?"

Wei Yuxiu smiled and nodded, then shook his head, indicating that he was somewhat apologetic.

"Yes, I guess I couldn't wait any longer. Yesterday, when it jumped down from the fence, I caught it and tied it up in our garage with the broken roller shutter door. Then, this morning, around five o'clock, I made it into soup... Of course, I saved you a portion of the cat meat. The cat blood is delicious too, you should try it!"

A demon, an absolute demon...

Chen Miaowen suppressed his nausea and reached for the banana.

"Um... thank you for your kindness, but I don't have much of an appetite right now, and besides, I'll have to wait for my sister to come back so we can share this exquisite gift."

"Hehe, okay."

The humanoid creature was still perched on Wei Yuxiu's back, its mouth not moving, but it seemed to be chuckling as it twisted its body.

This is actually not much different from a ghost story.

"Please sit down, I'll make you a cup of tea."

Chen Miaowen suddenly staggered to his feet, holding his forehead as he prepared to leave.

"No, no need, please sit down... Uh, and also, is this your diary?"

Holding the plot diary in his hand, he called out to Chen Miaowen, who was about to leave the room.

"It might not be very polite, but may I take a look? I'd really like to learn more about Chen Miaowen's story."

"what?"

The Chen he was referring to froze in place at that moment.

Turning around slowly, one could see Wei Yuxiu and his double opening their diaries and beginning to read.

This made Chen very uneasy. It seemed that his previous identity would soon be discovered by the double behind the other party, and perhaps for his own safety, they would kill him.

Don't kill me, don't kill me.

He could only pray in his heart.

"On July 9, 2004, my best friend Rongrong and I were playing in a park two kilometers away from our house. I accidentally broke Rongrong's toy, and he got very angry and we had a fight..."

Wei Yuxiu chuckled, "So you have a friend named Rongrong!"

What kind of elementary school student's diary is this? Rongrong? Friend?

"Huh?...Ah, yes, but we've broken up now, and we haven't seen each other for a long time."

Noticing that Wei Yuxiu and his stand-in were both engrossed in reading, he also caught a glimpse of the comic book out of the corner of his eye.

They discovered that they had turned to the chapter about the church, a scene in which they were being chased by a six-winged angel in a dream and were coughing up blood.

Although it's presented using his amateurish drawing style, it's clear that this is a comic with subtitles, not some kind of diary.

However, in Wei Yuxiu's eyes, it was just a diary with relatively neat handwriting.

"Thank goodness, they can't see..."

It was something to be thankful for, but not too much, because out of the corner of his eye he saw the stand-in behind him put his mouth to Wei Yuxiu's ear.

It appears to be talking to its owner.

"Well, Wei Yuxiu, why don't you sit here for a while? I'll go wash my face first."

"Okay~"

Chen Miaowen gently closed the door, then quickly ran to the bathroom and locked himself inside.

"I'm probably still dreaming..."

He brushed his bangs aside, revealing a pair of dead fish eyes and large eye bags, making him look unusually decadent in the mirror.

They were all startled.

"Damn, that's ugly. The boss is much more handsome..."

He stood on the toilet seat and began slapping his lazy, smelly face.

This is his unique way of relaxing. Usually, when he gets tired of playing in the bedroom, or when he has low blood sugar and his vision is blurry, he will run into the bathroom and fan himself to wake up.

However, the consequences won't be good; the older sister will later find a shoe-shaped stain on the toilet seat and give her a good scolding.

"Chen Miaowen, what are you doing?"

"Ugh, ahhhhh!"

Wei Yuxiu somehow passed through the wall again and watched Chen Miaowen go crazy on the toilet.

"Um, I was in the bathroom... why did you come in?"

"Oh, I noticed you spent a long time in the bathroom, and I started to worry..."

He suddenly blushed and said this.

Chen Miaowen's expression at this moment was as if he had eaten feces. He suddenly wanted to return to the JOJO world and get away from this madman who was abnormal in every way.

"You, you can go out first, I need to adjust myself a bit..."