Chapter 17. Super Strength + Super Speed + Freezing Breath + Heat Vision =?

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  Indeed.

  Relying solely on human abilities, there are far too many uable variables. Both Dio and Jonathan have fallen victim to this reality.

  "What do you mean? What are you talking about?!"

  Look at Jonathan, who was once so fident, now reduced to a pitiful state, clueless about what is about to happen. This is the weakness of humanity.

  Initially, Dio had his doubts about using the Stone Mask. Otherwise, he would have found a safe pce to use it immediately upon disc its effects, rather than waiting until this critical moment, where attempting to use the mask could easily be thwarted by Jonathan and the others. This risky behavior was unlike Dio.

  He was afraid. The rare thought of being non-human had emerged in Dio's mind.

  But it was this very fear that allowed him to see clearly through the veil of useless cowardid morality, whily served to restrid bind his as.

  That's right!

  "I will stop being human! JOJO!!"

  This was Dio's truest thought now, the only thought left in his subscious after tless failures as an actor. The ditions for using the vampire tempte were too strict. Without months or years of targeted practice, his subscious could not trol this tempte seamlessly.

  pared to DIO in "Phantom Blood," Dio, without any deceased parents or being pushed to the brink by Jonathan, was too tent. He could never doone Mask with the same abandon as DIO.

  In other words...

  — "In reverse, if I abandohing, won't it work?!"

  — "Family, love, friendship... if it bring victory and pce me at the pinnacle of the world, what does it matter if I discard them all?"

  — "No! Victory, then domination!"

  — "Victory, then domination! My life has only this one goal. Everything else is merely nourishment for my growth!"

  At the moment he resolved this, or rather, realized that failing to do so might get him dismissed by Green Dolphin Studio, his ambition to debut as a fully immersive actor and make a fortune faced its potential end before it even began.

  He pleted the vampire tempte test. His subscious, nearly overpping with DIO's, trolled his body in the script world to pull out the Stone Mask!

  "I must surpass humanity!!"

  "A Stone Mask? How do you have...!?"

  Jonathairely fixated oone Mask Dio had pulled out, failed to notice that Dio's other hand, once bandaged, was now free, along with the hidden dagger.

  "Watch out!"

  "Shoot him dead, now!"

  Isn't it too te to realize now?

  Ign Speedwagon and the shouting poli, Dio used Jonathan's tall body to shield himself from potential bullets. This positioning prevehe police from stopping him before he attacked Jonathan.

  From start to finish, you've been pying into my hands, Jonathan!

  "JOJO, with your blood, let the Joestar lineage's sacrifice elevate me to the pinnacle of life!!"

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  "It's happening."

  Outside the script world, even Pucci couldn't help but focus ily on the s. They weren't worried about Gee Joestar not reag Jonathan in time to shield him from Dio's lethal strike. Iy, Gee Joestar was Jonathan's father, a true gentleman, unlike Dario Brando.

  With hints pnted in the script, like the Asian man selling poison to Dio mentioning his distinctive features, Gee Joestar would iably keep an eye on Dio and use his body to protect Jonathan at the critical moment.

  The real issue was...

  "Though the audition was successful, perf live is different."

  "Just like how people behave more reservedly with strahan with familiar faces, solo training success doesn't guarantee mastering the vampire role tempte in a fully immersive shoot..."

  Shinbo Akiyuki expressed their shared .

  "Holy, I still don't uand why you set such a high difficulty for the vampire tempte, Pucci."

  "Because this tempte is perfect for Dio. Other vampire temptes wouldn't capture the essence," Pucci replied.

  After all, a vampire without super strength, super speed, cellur trol for vapor freezing, a vision is no vampire at all. If not for needing to wait until Part 3 for the Stand cept and not wanting to overpower Part 1, Pucci would have added time-stop abilities.

  "Just rex and watch, Minamizawa."

  Seeing the se where Dio's supposed-to-be-shot body vanished, Pucci regained his posure and smiled, "Dio's patibility with this vampire tempte will surprise you!"

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  "WRYYYYYY——————!!"

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