Chapter 230. This is Impossible to Win~

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  Though weak, this was Kakyoin Noriaki's final strike!

  It wasn't Kakyoin as a mere scripted character, nor was it an act within the frame of a narrative imposed through full-dive immersion.

  This was the real Kakyoin Noriaki, the actor. With all his deepest desires, he roared defiantly against a fate dominated by [The World].

  This was the weakest [Emerald Spsh], as simply keeping his mind from breaking apart had already drained a vast amount of Kakyoin's energy. If not for the aftereffects of f his Stand, squeezing the st vestiges of life energy from his shattered body, he might not have been able to unleash this final [Emerald Spsh] at all.

  But it was also his stro [Emerald Spsh]!

  As the surge of attacks came at him, even DIO stopped his assault, staring in surprise at the bzing green light from Kakyoin's st stand pierg the sky.

  "Is this a dying struggle? Using his st bit of strength to try to die mloriously?" DIO mocked loudly, sneering at Kakyoin's as. "And hitting in the pletely wrong dire."

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  "DIO really is cautious," Sora, who had been prepared, couldn't help but ent as he watched the se in "Stardust Crusaders". "And, seriously, isn't DIO supposed to be invincible?"

  "His Stand ability, intelligence, and even that lion-hunts-rabbit prude's as if they're saying Jotaro and the others need a power even strohan DIO's to defeat him! But such power..."

  Yes, "Stardust Crusaders" rogressing quickly, no doubt due to the suffog pressure of DIO. As long as Kakyoin and the others held onto their determination to defeat DIO, "Stardust Crusaders" could tihout obstacles.

  Thus, after Kakyoin pleted his toughest part of the battle, the new episode was soon released to the audiehose who had been eagerly waitihrilled, especially after the st episode had left them itg to uand [The World]'s true Stand ability.

  But whether the method would be satisfying for the audience was another question…

  Unlike Iggy, who only joined midway and only revealed his charm after the battle with Pet Shop, or Avdol, eared early but left the stage for a while, Kakyoin had been with Jotaro and the others from the start. He wasn't just a calm strategist using his Stand's advantages, as the audience had initially thought.

  Once Kakyoin delivered his monologue, deg to burn himself out to light the way for Joseph and the others, Sora could no longer see Kakyoin as just a character.

  After all, Sora was much like Kakyoin—lonely, yet finding his own light, his panions. And if the time came, Sora would sacrifice himself for Shiro just the same.

  Uhese circumstances, Kakyoin's death was different. This was the first time Sora felt something beyond ay—a pressing urgen the death of a beloved character.

  Ira-realistic full dive, Sora suddenly faced a question he had never sidered: If he ever had to choose like Kakyoin, sacrifig himself to create a ce for Shiro to survive, would he do it? Yes, he would. But ideally, he'd eliminate every possibility leading to such a sario first!

  So, uher viewers m, She sad ents, fog instead on thinking: what could he do?

  But...

  "Damn, I have no idea!" Sora's frustration grew. "Why does Pucci love creating uable Stand abilities so much?"

  He eventually stopped trying to think of a solution. "Isn't he afraid of writing himself into a er?"

  There seemed to be no hope of victory. DIO's character had no fws for the viewers to exploit.

  When [The World]'s time stop ability was beyond Kakyoin and the others, DIO didn't show off et careless. He even remained cautious against Joseph and [Hermit Purple], the weakest Stand.

  On the trary, he attempted to mislead Joseph…

  Yes!

  DIO's mockery about Kakyoin missing his mark was a deliberate ploy to provoke Joseph, luring him into the trap of thinking Kakyoin's [Emerald Spsh] was mispced!

  "Is DIO truly a final boss Jotaro and the others defeat?"

  "This is impossible to win~"

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