Under Jotaro's overwhelming aura, the number of people in the venue who could still move normally was very few.
Ghouls of A-rank could barely move a little, while those below A-rank had basically completely lost consciousness, foaming at the mouth, lying scattered all over the ground.
"Whew~"
Jotaro looked at his own body, a little surprised.
This wasn't the first time. Whenever he got emotionally stirred, an inexplicable kind of pressure would appear on his body.
Although it was somewhat different from Armament Haki, without a doubt this was also Haki.
At that moment, even he didn't know what had happened.
Just like when Star Platinum first awakened, it was as if it was an instinctive ability of the body.
Without a doubt, this kind of ability, if not controlled, could very likely hurt others unintentionally.
However, that wasn't the matter to be considered right now.
Jotaro slowly raised his head and looked at the Gourmet who had stood back up from the ground, the opponent's injuries had already healed.
Judging from the shape of the kagune, it was a troublesome opponent.
"Hey!" He took out his phone and called a CCG receptionist, "Help me contact that guy, the Gourmet has already been captured!"
After reporting the address, he hung up the phone without waiting for a reply.
Next, all he had to do was wait for the CCG investigators to come clean up the aftermath. Of course, in this long waiting period, he had to first deal with the ghoul in front of him.
———
Hearing the "beep beep" from the phone, receptionist Inoue was stunned.
'Caught the Gourmet?' He didn't mishear, right?
'That's an S-rank ghoul! Even top investigators might not be able to capture that kind of existence.'
The person on the phone didn't introduce himself, but Inoue recognized the voice.
That high school student named Kujo Jotaro!
He came here a few days ago, didn't want to go to the academy for training, wanted to directly join the CCG to become an investigator, a high-aiming, low-skilled idiot.
That was the evaluation he had given the other party.
"Messing with me, huh!" Inoue curled his lips, "Didn't even get equipped with a quinque, and still caught an S-rank ghoul? Doesn't even know how to lie, this fool!"
"What's got you so angry, Inoue-kun?"
The voice from behind made Inoue straighten his back immediately.
He respectfully asked, "First-Class Amon! Hard work today!"
Amon Koutarou slightly nodded, his expression as serious as always.
"I saw you cursing earlier, did something unpleasant happen?"
Inoue scratched his head and gave a sheepish smile, "Nothing much, just that high school student we saw last time. Said he caught the S-rank Gourmet."
"First-Class Amon, listen to that!" he said with disdain, "Isn't that kid clearly messing with us?"
Amon furrowed his brows, recalling that student wearing a black hat and dressed in a black uniform.
More than a week had passed with no news from him. He had thought the kid already gave up.
Becoming a ghoul investigator required solid, step-by-step improvement. A guy trying to take shortcuts like that didn't deserve to be an investigator at all!
That's what he believed, so he didn't take the boy seriously.
But for Special-Class Mado to say that if the Gourmet's intel could be found, he'd recommend him, that was simply absurd.
Maybe Special-Class Mado was using a roundabout way to make the boy give up.
But if that kid really foolishly went and did it, putting himself in danger, then he couldn't just stand by and ignore it.
"Give me the addres."
Inoue exclaimed in surprise, "First-Class Amon, you're not actually believing that kid, are you?"
"How could a normal person possibly defeat an S-rank ghoul! His words are obviously lies."
Amon said, "Although the possibility is small, what if? If he really encountered the Gourmet, his situation must be very dangerous."
"Even if he's playing us, we can just give him a stern lecture afterward."
"But as long as there's even a sliver of a chance that he's in danger, we cannot sit back and do nothing!"
"Now give me the address!"
Inoue froze for a moment, then quickly gave the address.
Amon nodded and said, "What, it's not far at all. As long as I use the investigator's privileges, I can get to the scene in three minutes."
———
[In the Restaurant]
Looking at the crazed Gourmet sprinting toward him, obsessed with his physique, Jotaro lifted a Haki-covered leg and kicked him away again.
"Your injuries recover really fast."
Jotaro noticed that some chunks of flesh were missing from the unconscious fat otaku, and realized suddenly, "So that's it, fighting while replenishing."
"Yare yare daze…"
No wonder it took so long to deal with him.
His own senses still couldn't compare to Star Platinum. If he had released Star Platinum earlier, he surely would've noticed this much sooner.
The fat otaku was only knocked out by the Haki shock, his life wasn't in danger.
Jotaro reached out and picked him up, casually tossing him upward. Just in case, he also threw out the disassembler and the female celebrity.
Without human flesh to replenish RC cells, at this point the Gourmet was already an exhausted crossbow.
His shattered mask fell off, revealing his finely-chiseled foreigner's face.
He looked at Jotaro with burning passion.
"Wonderful! Such a physique is truly wonderful!"
He took a deep breath, activated his koukaku, sprinted madly, and shouted, "Become my food! Let your full and juicy body become my nourishment!"
Looking at the completely insane Gourmet, Jotaro stood still with hands in his pockets, a dark purple Haki slowly rose from his leg.
The moment the Gourmet entered attack range, his leg shot out like a missile and precisely struck the Gourmet's chest.
The speed of this kick wasn't even that fast, the Gourmet reacted and raised his hardened koukaku to block.
Koukaku was known for both offense and defense, with amazing durability, yet now it shattered into pieces flying in all directions.
"N… No way…"
The Gourmet's chest caved in completely, his back exploded in a bloody burst.
His entire body flew backward at high speed, slamming into the wall behind with a boom, the wall first showed spiderweb cracks, then collapsed with a crash.
The Gourmet was buried in rubble, unable to rise again.
Jotaro's leg slowly fell back down, it looked casual and relaxed, and indeed, it was.
In some respects, Ripple and Haki had similarities. Some techniques of Ripple could completely be used to control Haki.
That's why his progress was so fast. Apart from his own talent and learning ability, this was also a key reason.
Haki could, like Ripple, conduct inside the opponent's body and cause internal destruction.
Having experience using Ripple, this move was executed smoothly and naturally.
The Gourmet was completely silent. Jotaro retracted his gaze, now all he had to do was wait here for CCG.
On a hidden corner of the upper platform, a black and a white girl focused intently here. Their lips moved as if speaking with someone.
"Daddy, do we need to retreat? The restaurant has already been breached."
Kanou stared at the image on the screen with an obsessed look. After a long while, he slowly said,
"You two leave first. Though I wanted you to bring that person back, CCG will act soon."
"We can't expose ourselves to their sight yet."
"Understood!" The two girls, black and white, glanced at each other and obediently withdrew.
On screen was Jotaro, standing before the collapsed wall after defeating the Gourmet, looking at the bright moon above, leisurely smoking a cigarette.
"To defeat the Gourmet barehanded, such a person is truly one in a million. Making him the subject of the human-ghoul hybrid experiment would be most suitable!"
"Should I ask that woman Eto…" Kanou turned around, his gaze wavering.
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