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"Getting in the way—!"

DIO waved his hand.

The next moment, everyone except Jotaro Kujo and him disappeared from this space!

"I don't have time to deal with you now! Jotaro—I'm going to kill you no matter what! I only need one person to know the truth—!"

Chapter 261 DIO's Defeat—

"Hmph... Hmph, so that's how it is. This is his trump card? No wonder he wasn't flustered... I didn't expect him to have such a trump card."

"I'm back in Cairo," Accardo said with a smile.

"I see. So, the Platinum Star's ability isn't time-stopping, but rather world-copying?" Martha pondered for a moment and said, "Hmm... that's not bad either."

As she spoke, she scratched her hand; it was a little itchy...

"Jill? How...can we go back?"

“No—” Gilgamesh shook his head: “Although I am extremely displeased, even I cannot easily go to that place. Perhaps sacrificing some of my treasures would be enough... but it’s not worth it—not worth it... for a dying man!”

......

"Very well! Now that you've also mastered [Truth], let me see which one is superior, my Truth or yours! After killing you here, I'm going back to my previous world and will kill every version of you in every parallel world! I'll completely sever the Joestar bloodline in every world!"

"Come on, DIO!" Jotaro Kujo took two steps forward and pointed at DIO with one finger.

"Alright! This is the real final round!!"

"Ora Ora Ora Ora Ora————"

"Wood big wood big wood big wood big wood big——"

The clash of fists.

Each punch carries the "truth" of the two individuals, a reality that would be completely erased with the slightest mistake!

"Muda muda—" DIO laughed loudly, "You can't possibly be a match for me, DIO—I can feel it! I can feel it—your reality is gradually slowing down! Hahahahahaha—!"

"Damn it—this is really going to get bad if this keeps up. Hey—what was that solution you mentioned before?" Jotaro Kujo's face was a little pale, a result of his overexertion.

"Concentrate," Kurokawa Kazuya said. "Can you feel it? What's wrapped around your arm?"

"Hmm—?" Jotaro Kujo paused slightly, staggered back half a step after being hit by DIO, and felt the rope wrapped around his right arm.

"With this, binding DIO's hands is our victory! You've already used it before, haven't you? The first time you used it after gaining the ability to rewrite reality—it changed DIO's constitution back, right? Back to the normal vampire constitution he had when he was transformed by the Stone Mask... In other words, it turned into a constitution where Ripple could harm him, and he became afraid of the sun!"

"Ah...yes, I rewrote his reality, but it seems he hasn't realized it yet!"

"Mu Da——"

DIO suddenly kicked Jotaro Kujo's leg and broke it: "That's it! Let the Joestar bloodline end here!"

"Then what are we waiting for—now is the time—!"

"Ora—" A golden rope appeared from Jotaro Kujo's arm and instantly bound DIO's hands.

"It's useless! It broke free of these things in no time!"

“Indeed, that is generally true, but what about this?” Jotaro Kujo said, relinquishing control of his body and instantly handing it over to Kazuya Kurokawa.

"How long has it been since you last tasted the essence of Ripple? Huff—"

"what?!"

"Ripple - Dash!!"

Sizzle sizzle sizzle —

The powerful Ripple, stronger than anyone DIO had ever encountered before, became even more powerful through this rope that amplified its abilities by fifty percent.

In an instant, he rushed towards DIO's arm!

"It's useless, useless! Ripple effects are completely ineffective against me now—what???"

DIO's face turned grim: "Impossible! This... how could such a thing be—"

Ripples spread along his arm, burning until his entire palm was charred: "Impossible... I'm DIO... I'm DIO!!!"

Splash—

The clothes fell to the ground.

DIO was completely melted by Ripple.

"Phew...it's over..." Kurokawa Kazuya breathed a slight sigh of relief, and with a swipe of his hand on his knee, he was completely healed.

DIO – Defeated.

Completely dead.

Looking at the situation before him, Jotaro Kujo breathed a slight sigh of relief: "No matter how many times I say it, you have angered me."

At this moment, all that remained before Kurokawa Kazuya was that enormous object—the Greater Grail.

Because DIO's death had already been exposed to him.

So...

"Heh...hehe...now it can be used! I'll grant myself the OverHeaven ability first!"

"Stop! This thing—"

"No! I'm the one controlling this body now—"

Kurokawa Kazuya smiled, but his expression turned grim the next moment: "Wait? The remaining time? That's not right! It's only been less than ten minutes, isn't it? The descent time is about to end? There are only a few seconds left? No... no... If The World Overheaven doesn't work... give me Aja's Red Stone first... no! Even Aja's Red Stone isn't enough—then at least... at least D4C!"

“Oh dear, it seems the time is almost up.” Jotaro Kujo said inside Kazuya Kurokawa, “I didn’t expect that using OverHeaven’s ability would reduce my lifespan… I was in too much of a rush at the time and didn’t have time to observe these things.”

"Not in time?" Kurokawa Kazuya wanted to use this last piece of OverHea|ven to rewrite reality.

He reached out towards the Holy Grail. Jotaro Kujo's true power alone wasn't enough; he would use the Holy Grail! Both together!

Although he wanted to materialize OverHeaven, or Aja's Red Stone, or "Arrow" Gate which could grant Stand abilities to qualified individuals, it was already too late.

If it were just a regular Stand with some power, that would be fine, but a Stand of OverHeaven's caliber wouldn't be able to rewrite reality in time.

This ability is indeed very strong; theoretically, there is nothing it cannot do.

However... this is only theoretical. To realize this theory, what's needed first is—a massive amount of soul energy!

And that's exactly what he needs right now!

"D4C...as long as we obtain this ability, there's still a chance—"

D4C... is also a Stand ability, which can be simply described as—parallel world travel! Of course, there are some subtle differences, but we'll talk about those later.

The next moment, just as he was about to create that substitute—the time had come.

Jotaro Kujo and his powers vanished from him almost instantly—he and the Greater Grail were forcibly ejected from this space—

at last...

Chapter 262 The Stalemate Before the Holy Grail

Everyone has their own perspective on power.

As for Kurokawa Kazuya... he also had his own opinions...

Perhaps, true invincibility lies in the combination of immense physical strength and a powerful mind.

Some people gain power for revenge, some for their own ambition, some to protect something, and some gain power without even realizing it... and so on.

As for Kurokawa and Mi...

Although he also has his own ambitions and things he wants to protect.

However, it has little to do with the power one gains.

His fundamental reason for wanting power was... for fun.

It's like a little kid... It doesn't matter if he's strong or not, what matters is whether he's cool and fun.

What matters is whether others have it or not; what matters is whether you have it yourself.

It's like a game. Even if you have the strongest one in your hand, someone else has something that, while not as strong, is very cool, and you want it too.

I want to get it.

To him, different powers were like different cards in a card game.

The desire to collect... and what Kurokawa Kazuya wants to collect is power.

After that, I won't use it for anything special, it's just... occasionally before going to sleep, I'll look through the list of my abilities and I'll feel a sense of satisfaction.

After all... there's nothing in this world that he needs revenge for, nothing in this world that he feels dissatisfied with...

Everything has been fine so far, and his thoughts are quite ordinary.

but...

It failed...

Whether it's The World OverHeaven, the "bow and arrow" that grants Stand abilities, Aja's Red Stone that completes the final missing panel, making him the ultimate life form, or the Stand D4C that can travel between parallel worlds...

I received nothing.

Even the D4C is slightly inferior.

But—it wasn't all for naught. The seeds—have been sown!

He planted the seed of D4C in himself.

Just one step away.

He's just one step away from awakening... Although he doesn't know how long it will take, if he continues to train his Ripple, it might be tomorrow, it might be next month, it might be next year, it might be several years later...

He will awaken his substitute on his own.

Awakening a Stand named D4C—