At this moment, a low and deep voice came from outside the stone wall.
"This is the place?"
"Y-Yes." Kaigaku bowed obsequiously, nodding repeatedly beside Jotaro. "She is trapped inside."
Hearing the movement outside the stone wall, the charming female demon's expression drastically changed.
"This is bad. That voice… it sounds like that guy. That guy has found this place. We should retreat quickly."
"Trash! What are you afraid of?" Takakura Ken glanced at her and said indifferently, "Even if it's a Hashira, he can't do anything to me."
"Master gave me so much blood because he wanted me to focus on my research, so he didn't assign me a position. Otherwise, that pair of siblings wouldn't have been among the Upper Moons. It's just one Hashira. What's there to panic about?"
Shinobu couldn't move her limbs or speak, but her vision and hearing were still functioning. She naturally heard the voice outside the stone door.
'Jo… Jotaro-san? Why is he here?'
"I didn't expect there to be a hidden chamber under this courtyard." Yae moved closer to the stone wall curiously and said, "This looks like a keyhole. It seems you need a key to enter. Do you know where the key is?"
"I don't know."
Kaigaku pinched the key in his pocket and spoke with a calm face and steady breath.
He wanted to stall for time so the demon inside could prepare.
"How could that be? Then how do we get inside?" Yae gave Kaigaku a sidelong glance and asked suspiciously, "You're not lying to us, are you?"
"No!" Kaigaku answered firmly and without hesitation.
'That girl!' Shinobu's pupils trembled slightly. 'Why is she here too? And together with Jotaro-san!'
"Step aside." Jotaro said faintly.
"Oh." Yae obediently stepped behind Jotaro and asked, "Kujo-san, did you think of a way to get in?"
"Mm." Jotaro didn't say much. Star Platinum instantly emerged in front of him.
"ORA!"
A solid punch struck the thick wall. The ceiling of the chamber began to shake, dust and rubble fell to the ground.
'Opening a door? That's easy! Just break it!'
The force between powers is mutual. The counterforce wind was so strong that Kaigaku couldn't even open his eyes.
'Why does this guy have such power!'
Kaigaku was very unwilling, this guy who denied him actually possessed such tremendous strength.
'What the hell is this!'
Even that demon who was killed earlier, turned to ashes instantly in front of this bastard.
"Ah!" Yae exclaimed and quickly grabbed Jotaro's arm.
A fist mark appeared on the stone door out of nowhere. Centered on it, countless cracks quickly spread across the stone door.
The next second, the stone door completely shattered. Everyone inside the chamber was startled, eyes wide, blankly staring at the powdered stone door.
This chamber was specially built by Takakura Ken to store his satisfied works.
To prevent anyone from entering by mistake, he deliberately used three-meter-thick granite to block the entrance with a stone door.
Without triggering specific mechanisms, even an Upper Moon demon would have to go through a lot of trouble to break in.
He widened his eyes, his face full of horror. 'What kind of power is this? It actually shattered three-meter-thick granite into powder in an instant?'
Looking at the floating dust in the air, Shinobu was incomparably envious. If she had this kind of power, perhaps her sister's death could have been avenged.
The thick dust gradually settled with time, and a black figure emerged from the white haze.
"Yare yare daze~"
The calming voice echoed through the entire chamber.
As the dust fully dispersed, the man's figure completely appeared.
Sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, lips neither thin nor thick pressed into a line, and a straight nose made his face even more three-dimensional.
This face easily made people think of stubbornness, determination, and coldness, as if he was indifferent to everything.
But honestly, this was the most handsome face Shinobu had ever seen, even if she didn't want to admit it. Though still a bit too young, not yet mature, it already had enough charm to attract.
The charming female demon looked at the familiar face, fear appearing on her face, her delicate body slightly trembling.
After becoming a demon, certain desires from when she was human were infinitely magnified. She really wanted to be held in the arms of such a man and then do some unsuitable-for-children things. But the consequences of doing that were clearly more than she could bear.
Takakura Ken was indeed startled, but he quickly calmed down.
"I don't recall inviting someone like you. Where is Kishida?"
Kishida was that Androgynous demon.
Jotaro didn't reply, his pale green eyes emitting a cold murderous intent, and he said lightly, "Takakura Ken, in 1885..."
He listed out the opponent's past deeds one by one.
Takakura Ken was very surprised. Frowning, he asked, "How do you know all this? Could it be that among the people I killed, there was a relative of yours? You've really done your research."
Jotaro still didn't reply. After confirming the opponent's identity, there was only one thing left to do.
Looking at the black shadow charging at Jotaro from behind, Shinobu wanted to shout, but the toxin had already destroyed her vocal cords, she simply couldn't warn him.
Kaigaku already deeply understood Jotaro's strength. No matter how hard he tried for ten more years, he couldn't catch up.
To defeat such an opponent, he had to use any means necessary. Just in case, he had taken two vials of potion from Takakura Ken.
He used one when ambushing Shinobu, and the other…
"Die! Jotaro!"
Sneaking behind Jotaro, he raised the syringe and fiercely stabbed it toward his back.
Up to this moment, Jotaro hadn't reacted, as if his entire attention was on Takakura Ken and didn't notice this sinister rat at all.
He looked expressionless, but in truth, he was already burning with rage.
Kaigaku saw the needle tip about to pierce Jotaro's body, his excitement was uncontrollable. "I won! I, the great me, won!"
Even the Insect Hashira couldn't resist this poison, how could mere Jotaro?
He didn't feel ashamed about winning through such means. The strong don't care about the means.
"ORA!"
Star Platinum instantly punched Kaigaku in the face.
Jotaro didn't react, but Star Platinum did. In a state of the master's fury, his protective instincts were even stronger than usual.
Kaigaku's head slammed into the stone wall of the chamber, half of it caved in, and blood flowed down his forehead.
"Yah!"
The sudden sound startled Yae. She couldn't see and could only rely on her ears. Because the moment she entered the chamber, her eyes were already covered by Jotaro.
"Kujo-san?" She didn't understand why he did that.
"Don't speak."
Jotaro's deep voice came, and she immediately obeyed and shut her mouth.
The scene behind Takakura Ken made Jotaro's face completely sink. That kind of sight, anyone who saw it would have nightmares.
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