Chapter 233. The Priest's Mi
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The Stand ability of [The World] is incredibly powerful.
Paired with DIO's ambition to domihe world and treat humans as mere food, he possesses an intellect that never succumbs to the allure of his own power. Wherever he goes, he uses human wisdom to uhe truth behind this power—a vampire who is perhaps the most dangerous enemy not only in "Stardust Crusaders" but iire "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" series!
After all, the experience of the Pilr Men, who nearly faced extin due to uimating humans, still lingers fresh in our minds (Battle Tendency).
This knowledge isn't just clear to the audie's evident to Kujo Jotaro and the other actors of "Stardust Crusaders" too.
Otherwise, Polnareff and the others wouldn't assume Jotaro's silence was due to his difficulty in accepting the storyline, nor would they have tried to sole him.
However, Polnareff and the ot it wrong.
While the above is mostly accurate, and while DIO, the final boss of "Stardust Crusaders", indeed intimidates many, Kujo Jotaro isn't one of those people.
DIO's as only fuel Jotare and intensify his desire to unleash an "ORA ORA" on DIO!
So, after ing up the full-dive shoot, Jotaro's mood, although seemingly affected by ret story developments, actually took a turn for another reason.
Upon hearing Joseph's loud warning about [The World]'s true ability—time stop—he finally uood the truth Pucci had been hiding and the reason Pucci had once said DIO was nearly uable.
From the moment he left the filming world auro reality, Jotaro's mind was ed with ohought: how to defeat DIO!
"So, Mr. Jotaro, you're seeking an answer from me?"
Looking at Jotaro, who directly fronted him with the question of how to defeat "him," Dio's feelings were indeed plicated.
"Wouldn't it be better to ask Pucstead?" Dio replied. "Unless Puctends to make this a story where the vilin wins... which, in the "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" series, isn't something you'll see. If it were, I would've already triumphed alongside Kars."
"So Pucci, who crafted su eous Stand ability, must have pnned a way to ter time stop, much like his fht when designing skills like vapor freezing and the Ultimate Life Form."
"It's just like in Kamen Rider…"
Here, Dio even cited a popur national series for reference.
Ign Bck RX from the Showa era or the uable character with "invincible" written in the description, time stop as an ability appears quite often in various works.
In "Kamen Rider", it's been seen multiple times, such as with Spade 10 from "Kamen Rider Bde" and Nogi Reiji's first form in "Kamen Rider Kabuto".
These works clearly depict horotagonist without a time-stopping ability defeat an enemy who possesses it.
So, Dio's message to Jotaro was simple—
See yourself out!
Of course, this was Dio's initial thought. He didn't know Kujo Jotaro well, so why should he spend his time giving him a pep talk?
But when he saw Jotaro's move—or rather, the stack of bills Jotaro pulled from his pocket…
You think you bribe me? This is an insult!
Dio inteo shout, just as his character did in "Stardust Crusaders".
But there was simply too much cash…
Thus, Dio immediately ged his tone, courteously ushering Jotaro in, pocketing the bills with a flourish. "...But as everyone knows, "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" and "Kamen Rider" aren't the same!"
"Borrowing ideas from other works would be lowly, but asking me, Mr. Jotaro, is truly seeking the right person!"
"No one knows time stop better than I do!"
"..."
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"Hmm, would you say things are finally on track?"
Outside Dio's door, Pucci watched as Dio respectfully invited Jotaro in, stroking his in satisfa.
Yes, just as Polnareff and the others worried, Jotaro was full of questions he wanted answered by her than Dio himself.
And naturally, it ucci who pointed Jotaro in Dio's dire!
Just as Dio said, tless works have already explored ways to haime stop.
In "JoJo's Bizarre Adveoo, especially as creator Araki frequently showed in "Stardust Crusaders" and the subsequent "JoJo" parts, strategies to ter time stop are plentiful.
The most cssic example lies in "Stone O", which fully demonstrates that, as long as one's speed is fast enough, time stop be overe.
Thus, fag Jotaro, whled with time stop, Pucci proposed the ultimate cssic solution: [The World]'s Stand ability is invincible, but DIO isn't!
Even if DIO cked a Jolyne, and a "donut" approach didn't seem quite effective at the moment, DIO—or rather, the Dio portraying DIO—must have something he cares about in his scious, something exploitable.
Pucci calls this strategy—the Priest's Mi!
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