Ever since Kobayashi Tamami graduated from Grape Hill High School, he hadn't found a suitable job. Even though he was already twenty years old, he still looked like a delinquent.
Like a fool who had read the story of 'Waiting by the Stump for a Rabbit,' he always found ill-gotten gains more comfortable than money earned through hard work.
Working was out of the question; he could only barely make a living through blackmail and extortion.
His daily routine was to find different places to extort students from Grape Hill School.
About three months ago, he was pierced in the throat by an arrow, gaining a powerful Stand Ability. It seemed tailor-made to enhance his blackmail schemes; anyone who felt guilt towards him would be locked by his Heart Lock, burdened by a heavy past from which they couldn't escape.
Every day, he sat on this quiet street in Morioh with his toy cat.
A luxury car passed in front of him, and Kobayashi Tamami couldn't help but feel a little excited. This time, he was going to catch a big fish.
His Heart Lock Ability would ensnare anyone, no matter how rich.
When the black car sped past and ran over his fake cat trap, he was overjoyed. There were only two types of people who drove such a car: one type was high-quality, polite rich people, who would definitely give him money if he asked. The second type was nouveau riche, who wouldn't even get out of the car after running over a cat.
Since the car stopped, he was about to make a fortune.
Kobayashi Tamami was twenty years old this year. Besides his increasingly mature face, his height had not grown since junior high, remaining at 1.5 meters.
"Thump-thump—"
He knocked twice on the window. The tinted car window was too dark to see inside. Kobayashi Tamami said, "You ran over my cat."
For a long time, the person inside the car remained silent.
Kobayashi Tamami felt a little scared, but then he thought of his newly acquired ability. After taking a deep breath, he completely relaxed.
The automatic window made a mechanical retracting sound. Sitting in the driver's seat was a man with blue curly hair, looking fierce. His dark eyes rolled slightly upwards, looking at Kobayashi Tamami with a hint of surprise.
Surprise in the sense of—you actually dare to appear in front of me.
When Kobayashi Tamami saw Ghiaccio's face, he was so scared that he took half a step back.
"What did you just say?" Ghiaccio asked, raising an eyebrow.
"No..."
Before Kobayashi Tamami could finish speaking, Ghiaccio suddenly reached out and pulled Kobayashi Tamami's head into the car. At the same time, he quickly pressed the window lifter, directly trapping Kobayashi Tamami's head in the car window.
Kobayashi Tamami was abruptly pulled into the car, trying desperately to pull his head out, but it only made him more suffocated.
The air conditioning in the car was a bit cold, emitting a chill. There were four people inside, two blondes sitting in the back. One of the blonde men raised his crimson eyes and glanced at Kobayashi Tamami, seemingly with a hint of mockery, which scared him into shivering violently.
"I'm sorr..."
The switchblade snapped open. Ghiaccio held the knife to Kobayashi Tamami's chin and said in a low voice, "Did we run over your cat just now?"
"No, no, no..." Kobayashi Tamami said repeatedly, his voice trembling, and at the same time, a sudden urge to urinate came over him.
"Hey, Mista!" Ghiaccio, holding the knife to threaten Kobayashi Tamami, said to Mista, "I have an idea, let's hang him like a kite."
Kobayashi Tamami finally understood. These guys were truly evil. Forget about running over a cat; killing him here today would be a simple matter.
"Ghiaccio!" Johnson Joffrey suddenly spoke from the back, "Put the knife away."
Ghiaccio had no choice but to put the knife away.
"I apologize," Giorno looked at Kobayashi Tamami and said in standard Japanese, "I am deeply pained that we ran over your cat."
Kobayashi Tamami breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, there was someone who understood reason.
If you're so pained, why did the Heart Lock have no effect on you at all!!! Your pain must be fake!
"I think it's better if we don't stir up trouble," Giorno pondered for a moment, then continued, "I'll get you another one."
With that, his Gold Experience appeared from behind him, instantly drawing Kobayashi Tamami's attention—
"Hmm?" Everyone's gaze turned to Kobayashi Tamami.
The metal knife glinted. Ghiaccio directly embedded the small knife into Kobayashi Tamami's face, then quickly froze it, preventing blood from splattering inside the car—
"Ahhh!!"
Kobayashi Tamami screamed. Ghiaccio opened the window, and he writhed in pain on the ground.
"It's an enemy!" Mista cursed, "He can see Stands!"
Mista and Ghiaccio immediately got out of the car and started kicking Kobayashi Tamami repeatedly—
"You're an enemy! If you've got the guts, use your Stand Ability!"
"Tell us where the arrow is?!"
Johnson Joffrey watched Ghiaccio and Mista continuously kick Kobayashi Tamami with a hint of amusement—
Aside from Kira Yoshikage and Red Hot Chili Pepper, most of the other Stands in this town weren't inherently evil; they weren't truly heinous villains.
Johnson Joffrey rolled down the car window, his crimson eyes looking at the bruised and battered Kobayashi Tamami, and slowly said:
"Don't kill him. Disposing of a body is troublesome, and this isn't Italy; we have to consider the police."
Kobayashi Tamami looked at Johnson Joffrey. Such a person merely appearing before him was enough to make him wet his pants—
Johnson Joffrey's villainous aura wasn't too potent in Italy, mainly because those Italian gangsters were all desperate individuals with blood on their hands. However, Morioh was different; before the arrow appeared, even petty theft was rare here—
Johnson Joffrey saw Kobayashi Tamami's fear and understood a little.
I'm here to kill the villain Kira Yoshikage, but compared to Kira Yoshikage, I'm more like a serial killer.
Johnson Joffrey got out of the car. He had gone to America when he was very young, so he couldn't speak much Japanese at all, but everyone had learned a lot with the help of Giorno before.
"Are you scared?" Johnson Joffrey walked over to Kobayashi Tamami, who was lying on the ground, his face covered in blood. "Are you scared of me?"
Kobayashi Tamami took a deep breath. Johnson Joffrey wanted to squat down and check his wounds, but before he could even move, he fainted from fright… "…"
"As expected of Johnson, his aura alone was enough to make him faint," Ghiaccio said admiringly.
Has it really come to this? Johnson Joffrey stood frozen in place.
"Unbelievable!"
A clear male voice suddenly appeared—
"I absolutely cannot turn a blind eye to something like this."
An abrupt voice came from behind. Johnson Joffrey turned his head—
"A few foreigners bullying a resident of Morioh Town—this is something I, Higashikata Josuke, will absolutely not allow!"