Chapter 228. [The World]

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  So, with DIO trapped within this uable Hierophant's Barrier...

  Whatever he pns to do will be caught by [Hierophant Green], which will then un endless series of attacks against him.

  Seeing Kakyoin's resolve, DIO merely sneered in pt.

  Of course, DIO had to admit he hadn't misjudged Kakyoin. As someone he once chose as a Stand user, even though Kakyoin ter broke free arayed him, his talent was worthy of the expectations DIO once held.

  After all, what's the purpose of the Hierophant's Barrier?

  It's quite straightforward.

  Or perhaps, it's because DIO's Stand, [The World], has dispyed its ability to Kakyoin and his allies so many times that, even though they 't fully grasp its true nature, they merely see [The World] as a fast-moving Stand.

  Simir to [Hanged Man], which move at the speed of light but only within reflective surfaces, Kakyoin and the others might have assumed [The World] was a simir type of Stand and sought its weaknesses.

  Ironically, they were right on the mark.

  Even though DIO didn't believe [The World]'s Stand ability had any weaknesses, if they could deduce its true power, he would indeed be defeated.

  Whenever he moved using his Stand's ability, [Hierophant Green] would detect it.

  But if he didn't move, or moved without using his Stand, he would be uo escape the relentless attacks and would be pierced by the oning [Emerald Spsh]!

  From the moment DIO stepped into this trap, he was ensnared by Kakyoin's pn.

  But then again…

  "MUDA, MUDA, MUDA, MUDA, MUDA, MUDA—!"

  "You fool, let me show you once more—"

  Since you're so eager to see it, Kakyoi me give you a good look!

  DIO is just that generous!

  The [Emerald Spsh], spanning a twenty-meter radius, surged forward. The air shattered by the emeralds and the pressure waves from the cutting air made DIO's cloak and hair billow.

  Yet DIO remained unfazed, her fearing the attack before him nor w about revealing [The World]'s true Stand ability.

  With pride and fidence, he procimed, "The true Stand power of [The World] is, in every sehe power to rule the world!"

  Yes, [The World] is invincible!

  Even if they us Stand ability, Jotaro and the others still stand no ce!

  And even if Kakyoin realizes the truth, so what?

  Kakyoin only has a few seds left!

  His life, his will, his thoughts, and everything he wished to vey will forever stop at the moment of death!

  This is...

  "- [The World]!!"

  …

  What happened?

  Why?

  Why was Kakyoin suddenly bsted away?!

  This 't be!

  Joseph, who had been watg from the sidelines, w with Kakyoin to uncover DIO's true Stand ability, couldn't grasp what had just happened.

  He hadn't even seen how Kakyoin was thrown. In the blink of an eye, Kakyoin was embedded in a distant water tank.

  Joseph saw nothing iween.

  No sign of DIO making a move either.

  But Joseph was sure he'd been watg closely!

  Why, then?!

  "What… happened… did I… lose…?"

  Not only was Joseph fused—even Kakyoin, who had borhe attack directly, looked bewildered.

  "This is bad… it seems like a fatal wound…"

  He wao move, wao keep fighting, but couldn't. Only his spirit seemed barely present because his Stand hadn't disappeared, and some residual e remained.

  Thinking to himself, he reflected, "I 't make a sound… I 't move a finger…"

  "It's five fifteen… which would be around midnight in Japan… I wonder what Mom and Dad are doing… Are they asleep already?... Sorry for w you…"

  In Kakyoin's final thoughts, what emerged wasn't his family in Japan. While he missed them dearly, a strange question surfaced, overp his longing for his parents.

  Caught between life ah, his subscious instinct to flee this scripted world blurred the boundary between his current self and his real self outside.

  Though still uo fully recall his memories, an instinct within him recalled ucci had once said—that DIO and [The World] were uable.

  And Kakyoin's resolve to fight at any cost...

  These two intense feelings overpped powerfully, breaking through the limits and resonating within him!

  After all, DIO and [The World]'s invincibility were engraved in him with unpreted crity…

  "My Hierophant's Barrier sense anything it touches, but just now… DIO cut off every link to the Barrier in an instant…"

  "Why wasn't it one by one? Not even a fra of a sed dey? All at once… within a twenty-meter radius of the Barrier?"

  "Why no dey? Why all at once? Why… at the same time…? Time differeime… [time]…?"

  Yes, in his final moment, Kakyoin realized the truth.

  Nothing else could expin it!

  DIO's [The World]'s true Stand ability—

  It's [Time Stop]!?

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