Chapter 16. Win at All Costs, As a Non-Human

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  Boom!

  Lightning danced wildly in the sky. Thunder roared tirelessly, and then came the p rain, as if it had been held in all night and was finally being released upon waking up, mago pary proportions.

  Undoubtedly, tonight would be a sleepless night, for both Dio and Jonathan.

  Their subsinds fully immersed in the script world, Dio, despite his relud meticulously designed pns, couldn't see any fws unless Jonathan, who pyed JoJo, pletely failed to embody his character.

  Without the ce to venture aloo the ghoul district, or the charisma to win over Speedwagon and the thugs living there to help find the Asian man who sold poison to Dio, it was iable that Jonathan would find evidend bring it back to front Dio at the Joestar estate.

  ...Well, to some extent, this was truly difficult.

  Even with the staff outside the script world providing various supports and guidao the actors' subsinds during fully immersive filming, Jonathan, who had pletely fotten he was ag, would have to possess i ce and kindness.

  Without these qualities, no amount of external support would enable him to charm Speedwagon and the others. He would likely turn back at the police's persuasion or out of human instinct to avoid harm.

  "No wohe legend of the chosen actors has always circuted in the industry. If an actor with ie psychological resilience were cast, the entire py would colpse," Puchi thought, recalling Shinbo Akiyuki's hesitant expression during the filming of this se.

  He realized fully immersive filming, uo this parallel world, was far more plex than any book described.

  Had he not been a transmigrator with a unique ability to identify chosen actors, Puchi might have been crushed by harsh reality on his first day in the industry.

  Even though his status as a transmigrator enhanced his mental strength and allowed him to recall cssic works from his past life, cssic works meant cssic characters, and portraying such characters was exceedingly difficult.

  Grateful for his luck, Puchi reflected on entering Dio, a chosen actor, and having a boss who trusted a newer like him with full trol of the project.

  "I 't betray this lud trust now," Puchi thought, addressing Dih the equipment ected to the fully immersive device, capturing Dio's expressions.

  "After all, you're someone who seizes every opportunity to climb higher. Now, this opportunity is right before you. Don't tell me you 't do it."

  Despite his fident facade in front of Shinbo Akiyuki and others, Puchi's uanding of the brutal reality of fully immersive filming had shaken his fidence. As the supervisor and main person in charge, he couldn't afford to waver, or his staff would lose their resolve. Hence, he maintained a calm exterior, fog on adjusting the footage and data dispyed on the ss.

  "I only do so much. The rest is up to you, Dio. You must succeed as a vampire..."

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  "It seems I've met my end."

  He lost to Jonathan's ce. Even his pn to exploit Jonathan's passion and kindness for a st-ditch terattack failed.

  Before he could implement his pn, Speedwagon, influenced by Jonathan and unwilling to let him face Dio alone, exposed it. The merciless Speedwaght the police, f Dio into a er.

  "JoJo, for the sake of our seven years together, I hope you'll be the oo handcuff me," Dio said, raising his hands as if accepting his fate, admitting his defeat to Jonathan's ce.

  Yet, despite the dire situation, he felt her sadness nor rese, as if he had failed tless times before. It must be an illusion.

  Adjusting the Stone Mask and dagger hidden in his sleeve, Dio prepared to deceive Jonathan, who, as expected, approached aloh handcuffs after hearing his plea.

  'You fell for it, JoJing you closer is my true escape pn. No matter the trap you've set, humans 't predict the uable.'

  "JoJo, human abilities indeed have limits. From my short life, I learhat the more people scheme, the more likely they are to be caught off guard unless..."

  Jonathan was now within Dio's attack range, momentarily distracted by his words. Seizing the ce, Dio shouted, "They transd humanity!"

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