Collapse, but Stand users

Chapter 53 Underground Emperor

The money the priest earned while working for the Firefly has reached you. Looking at the large sum, you know you won't need to worry about the nursing home's expenses for the time being.

The departure of some staff from the nursing home after the priest's death has undoubtedly added considerable pressure to your work.

More importantly, after learning of the priest's death, Twilight Street began targeting the nursing home.

You know you need to increase your fighting strength to protect the sanatorium, but you don't want to waste your arrows on filthy insects.

[Vilvie is no longer in Twilight Street, and Thousand Calamities is still bleeding people out in some village.]

So, I have no choice but to take action myself.

[In the following days, you continued to create discs capable of issuing mental commands, and then used the White Serpent to place them on several gang leaders in Twilight Street.]

Although the process was somewhat tortuous, fortunately the White Serpent had a range of twenty meters, and in the end, all the discs were placed without any major incidents.

After that, the gangsters of Twilight Street all knew they were working for you, Father Pucci.

Some people are unhappy, asking why they should have to do things for a sixteen-year-old kid.

You are very understanding. For people with this kind of thinking, the best choice is to send them to heaven.

At eighteen, you completely controlled Twilight Street, becoming a veritable underground emperor.

You regularly collect tributes from the gang to expand and renovate the sanatorium.

Of course, only those living in the shadows know of your existence. Few people in the open know your identity as an underground emperor; they only know you are Father Pucci.

Of course, Aponia contacted you to ask about the source of the money.

You fabricated a story that the deceased priest was the gangster's savior. Although Aponia didn't believe it, she chose to believe you.

Life at the sanatorium is getting better day by day, and everyone is emerging from the grief of the passing of the previous priest.

But the peaceful days did not diminish your fighting spirit.

Do you still remember the priest's dying words?

"We are all slaves to fate," the priest's dying words of protest against destiny still resonate in our ears.

[Heavenly Creation: Your backup plan against fate. You want to know, to what extent are you currently capable?]

Change begins on Twilight Street.

[They directly copied the Italian Mafia model, giving the original gangs family titles and assigning them responsibility for security in different areas of Twilight Street.]

Drug trafficking and brothels are the lifeblood of Twilight Street. You know these things have always coexisted with Twilight Street, so you're simply trying to curb their spread, at least keeping children and women out of their reach.

[Afterwards, you issued some orders, which, although met with some resistance, undeniably, Twilight Street is slowly improving.]

Although compared to other cities, Twilight Street is still a city of crime.

[Afterwards, to prevent the collapse, you selected a group of people, gave them substitutes, and installed mind-controlling discs in their bodies, making them work for you.]

For convenience, you gave those who obtained the Stands a cross and named the organization composed of Stand users the Church.

......

"Father, we've come to freeload a meal."

"I didn't say you weren't welcome. Go sit outside and don't come into the kitchen."

"Oh."

After saying that, Pado left the kitchen, while Father Pucci continued cooking.

“Paddo likes you very much, Father.”

Aponia, who was assisting Father Pucci, said something.

"Kids all like me, don't they?"

Aponia neither confirmed nor denied the point, and did not continue.

Father Pucci also sensed the inexplicable closeness between Patto and him.

But he himself hasn't figured out the true nature of the simulation. He also can't say for sure if it's due to Kira Yoshikage's influence.