"Kim Woojin?"

"He was once our brother, but now he's dead to us. Damn traitor..."

Changbin scoffed.

"He was originally one of us, a member of our team that helped us protect our district, as well as save those in danger. But , then he changed..."

Felix sadly frowned.

"One day, he attacked Han, I.N., and Felix, to take something from them. But I banished him after defeating him. This probably wouldn't have happened if he hadn't gotten his Stand..."

Chan trailed off.

"Start from the beginning. We may be able to help with this"

I put my hands in my pockets, awaiting their explanation.

"Thank you so much..."

Chan smiled.

"Originally, he only had three powers called Ursine, Wrist Knives, and Breakdown. His powers weren't exactly considered heroic to begin with, but he never changed because of them. We first noticed him change after he got his Stand, Silver Chariot"

"We faced a strong Stand user one day, and the user pierced him with a special Stand Creating Arrow. The arrow gifts anyone a Stand that doesn't already have one, if they're worthy. If that person isn't chosen by the arrow to become a user, then they'll die after being pierced by it. But he was worthy enough to live and receive his Stand. Silver Chariot was an exceptionally strong Stand, and all of that power and superiority definitely got to his head, considering that his Stand was the strongest of us all. But despite that, he still knew that Chan-hyung was the strongest out of everyone in our team"

I.N. and Felix explained.

"Chan-hyung is a special case. Technically, two of his powers are just powers that his Stand grants him. So therefore, that technically means that he only has one power, and that's Koala. However, even if he just has one natural power, and even though his Stand isn't exactly built for combat, hyung is different. Where he lacks in powers, he makes up for with pure strength, which makes him the strongest on our team. He can fight on his own with just his brute strength, and even simple weapons if he chooses. And with that pure strength, he was able to defeat Woojin"

Seungmin added, making Chan smile a bit.

"Eventually, Woojin became angry and jealous of my power, but he knew that I wouldn't take him seriously if he tried fighting me. So, he went after Jisung, Felix, and I.N, hoping to lure me to him and take him out, which was kind of stupid of him since I didn't confront him alone. But upon seeing how hurt the three of them were, I decided to fight him to the death, while Hyunjin and Changbin watched over them for me. I won the fight, but I kept him alive since I never intended to kill him. After I threatened him to never come back and to never come near the others again, he showed himself out and left without another word"

Chan explained further.

"But why did he attack them all in a sudden? He definitely had a motive outside of his jealousy right?"

"...It's because of me. I kept the arrow after we defeated the Stand user, in order to study it further. He wanted it for himself to make Silver Chariot stronger, in order to surpass Chan-hyung. But when I refused to give it to him, he attacked me. Han and I.N. tried to fight him to save me, but he overpowered them too. We thought we were finally rid of him after hyung beat him, but we were wrong"

Felix confessed.

"We've received plenty of alerts and sos calls about him causing trouble throughout the district. Many Stays, our fans and supporters, suspected that we had turned bad, but they soon realized that it was all his doing and that he was working alone. The Stays have helped us lots with gathering information, but we're confused about one thing. They already knew about Silver Chariot, but they've alerted us recently that it looks like he has a new Stand, a very dangerous stand at that"

Hyunjin stressfully added, eating a small plate of sushi.

"I did some research on Stand users, and a user can only have one Stand. Unless they're able to possess a Stand that can be shared, it's impossible to possess more than one. And Silver Chariot was nothing more than a close range Stand, and is impossible to be shared. However, Stays that were bystanders to most of the attacks informed us that he did call this suspicious Stand by the name of just Chariot most times, and other times he called it by the name of Requiem"

Seungmin informed, and Felix suddenly gasped.

"You figured something out?"

Jeongho asked him.

"Yeah! Even though he didn't use our arrow, he must've found another arrow and used it on Silver Chariot! And if he called it Requiem, then it must've been a Requiem Beetle Arrow! Those arrows are insanely hard to come by and can't be obtained by regular means. He must've killed another Stand user to get it!"

"If that's the case, then why don't we go after him now???"

Suyun questioned.

"Believe me little one, we've definitely considered it, but there's a big problem. Based on the information that the Stays have given us, Chariot Requiem's powers are unparalleled and it's nearly impossible to get close to it or Woojin. Requiem protects both him and the arrow, and won't hesitate to eliminate anyone who goes against him"

Chan explained.

"That shouldn't stop you from acting. If none of you can dig any deeper to get more intel, than we should just go for it. Only fighting him head on, or being around him long enough, will help us figure out how to stop Requiem. But that raises a question for me. If we destroy Requiem, will that in turn kill Woojin?"

"It won't. Requiem is an Automatic Stand that just follows him around and obeys him by its own choice and free will. Since it's technically separated from him and has a mind and will if it's own now, destroying it won't harm Woojin at all"

Seungmin informed.

"This is perfect then. I have a plan to take him down"

Upon hearing this everyone sat down, and attentively listened to my plan.

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2 Hours Later

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"Are we all ready to go?"

"Ready"

Everyone answered, apart from the younger kids who were already inside of the turtle.

Just as the rest of them were about to get into the turtle for us to depart, we were all alerted by a sudden bang outside.

"I should've known that they'd send someone after us. Let's take care of them first"

I ordered.

"I-I'll be in the turtle. I need to be there to watch the others"

Minkyu immediately fled into the turtle, obviously trying to avoid any sort of conflict.

The rest of us ran outside, but what we didn't expect was to see two of our uncles, Mark and Donghyuck.

"Minkyu. Make sure that you all stay put inside of the turtle. We're dealing with both your dad and Suyun's"

"R-Right. Please save them..."

He worriedly pleaded.

"So these two are the original Mark and Donghyuck? Thank goodness they're not the bad ones instead"

Felix sighed.

"We still have to save them. The earrings that are in each of their ears are what's controlling them. Destroying them should snap them out of it, but we have to weaken them fir-"

Before I could finish my statement, Donghyuck called out his Stand, Magician's Red.

He quickly used Magician's Red to try and trap Xinya, me, and the turtle, but Shotaro and Sungchan pushed us out of the way in time. Sungchan ended up on the ground with us, but Shotaro got caught in Donghyuck's Red Bind.

"Shotaro!!"

"Don't! I've got this!"

Sungchan tried going after him to help, but Shotaro stopped him from doing so.

A pink aura suddenly appeared around him, and he pointed his hand at Donghyuck. Without bringing his Stand out, he used Tusk to shoot five of his nails at him. All the nails hit Donghyuck, and he released the bind unintentionally.

While he was still stunned, Mark used his powers to propel spikes of ice and ground at the others. Thankfully, Seungmin and Han worked together to combat this.

Han used his power to create air bubbles that blocked the ice and launched them back at Mark. And Seungmin used his powers to make the ground slide right off of him, propelling it upwards.

I.N. had fallen asleep, but that's when his Sleep Walker power came into play. He jumped into the air and quickly kicked all of the ground that Seungmin propelled into the air right into Mark and Donghyuck, trapping them under it.

"Xinya. I just thought of a plan"

I quickly whispered my new plan to her before our uncles got up.

"Ubashaaaa!!!"

Wait.

That's Phantom Haze's Stand cry.

We heard and saw the rocks around them cracking and breaking as the cries grew louder and louder.

And soon enough, Mark completely destroyed all of the rocks and broke them free. The others began to attack them, but Hyunjin and Felix came over to us.

"We know that you two have a plan. Felix and I will watch over the turtle, and the others will distract them. You two go forward with your plan"

Hyunjin smiled, clutching the turtle tightly.

I immediately took Xinya's hand, and used my Stand to transport us to a different dimension. We can still hear and see everyone else from the other dimension, but they can't sense us at all.

Xinya grabbed onto me from behind and flew us up into the air, exactly where I wanted. After the others successfully tired out Mark and Donghyuck, we reappeared in the air and I ordered the others to pan out.

Mark and Donghyuck were alerted by this, but that's exactly what I wanted.

"Now!"

Xinya launched me right to them, but before I crashed into them, I traveled through dimensions again, disappearing in front of them.

While they were both greatly confused and stunned, I suddenly reappeared behind them, and grabbed the earrings. I used my Superhuman power to increase my strength, and I crushed the earrings between my fingers.

Their eyes changed back to normal, confirming that they were no longer under the earrings' control. They suddenly fell unconscious, but I caught them before they collapsed to the ground.

Jeongho immediately rushed over upon seeing this, and checked their pulses.

"They're still alive. They just need time to rest and regenerate their strength. We should take them inside and let them rest, before going after Woojin"

He ordered.

"You all are welcome to stay as long as you need to rest. We know that all of this has happened to you so fast, and we don't want anything bad to happen if you go into battle exhausted. I promise that we'll go after Woojin once you're all well rested"

Chan kindly offered.

I don't know about anyone else, but I'd much rather go after him now. The sooner we take care of him, the sooner we can continue our mission and save Nitro and dad.

But, we can't fight like this. Everyone looks absolutely exhausted, especially Xinya. I don't want anything to happen to any of them, especially not her.

And..., I need some time to think.

"Thank you... Let's get inside..."