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Haiyna swung her Longblade with resolute finality!
From Liam and the Black Battle Armor, boundless shockwaves erupted simultaneously. Both their physical bodies and Stands poured every last ounce of stamina into this single Impact Fruit attack!
A vast, surging white light engulfed Haiyna before Liam...
'The greatest sound is silence…'
In the ruins, illuminated by the terrifyingly bright white light of the shockwave, Rasha stared wide-eyed, silently screaming. Two streams of hot tears flowed down Jiabode's face beneath his shattered glasses as he lay on the ground. Beside him, Coyatl bit down hard on his lip, drawing crimson blood...
Faced with such a terrifying spectacle, King stood frozen in shock, while Rose wore a dazed expression...
Robin silently mouthed: Liam...
Robin was likely the only one who knew what Liam had done: he had just recalled his Stand. Though he had immediately re-manifested it, after the Stand's recent intense battle, only Robin understood the agony and torment Liam would endure upon recalling it.
With lightning speed, he had the Stand copy the Impact Fruit's power from his body, then entrusted his pain-wracked, immobile body to it. The Stand charged toward Haiyna, finally separating from his body as both Liam and his Stand unleashed the full force of the Impact Fruit simultaneously.
The blinding white light that seemed to engulf heaven and earth slowly dissipated...
The sounds gradually returned to Robin's ears, like the tide rolling back in: the thunderous roar, the howling of hot winds, the rumble of tumbling rubble.
King had already fainted from the aftershocks of the earlier impact.
Jiabode, Coyatl, and Rasha also collapsed, already exhausted and unable to withstand the shockwave.
Rose frowned, covering her ears, the piercing ringing refusing to fade.
Robin pushed aside rubble, clutched her arm, and struggled to her feet, gazing at the dissipating epicenter of the blast. Amidst the flattened ruins stood Liam and Haiyna.
The Black Battle Armor overlapped with Liam, its narrow eyes glowing white. A question suddenly struck him: Father-Son Kamehameha... who was the father, and who was the son?
Liam chuckled twice, and Issho's entire body convulsed in agony as his muscles bulged and spasmed. "Shut up..."
The B.I.B. clattered against its host's body. In Liam's current state, it dared not return inside him—one wrong move and it might accidentally kill him.
With the armor on, Liam regained a sliver of strength.
He lifted his gaze...
Haiyna stood tall, gripping her blade, her entire body radiating black smoke and heat.
Her pupils were milky white and unfocused, leaving one to wonder how much consciousness remained.
Her once flame-like hair had dulled to a lifeless gray.
Her Longblade cracked inch by inch as it struck Liam's chest, the blade's edge caught by his muscles. With a final crackle, it shattered and fell uselessly to the ground.
Liam's hands, positioned in the Kamehameha stance, pressed against Haiyna's scalding, smoking breasts.
"Hey, don't blame me... my arms have gone numb..."
His entire body convulsed uncontrollably, his arms rigid as two insensible rods.
"You... little pervert..."
Haiyna's lips twitched as she glanced sideways, blue smoke rising from her body. Jolyne Cujoh, her eyes red-rimmed, was running toward them.
"Watch out!" Robin shouted.
She was looking behind Haiyna.
Liam's narrow eyes, visible through the slits of his black armored mask, flicked upward as a series of sharp crack crack sounds echoed from the distance, rapidly approaching. The sound was all too familiar.
Geppo.
A pale golden figure descended from the sky, radiating an unstoppable force as it bore down on Haiyna and Liam.
Robin moved to intercept, but two Tempest Kick slashes, as if anticipating her move, slashed toward her.
A soft poof sound.
Liam felt Haiyna's feverish body, pressed against his palm, shudder slightly.
At the same moment, a bloody hole erupted in her chest. Crimson blood spurted out, splattering and trickling down his steel-like muscles.
The jolt sent Liam staggering backward, his rigid body falling until his Stand's armor caught him.
He glanced behind Haiyna and saw Stussy, wearing a dainty hat like a noble lady, withdrawing her blood-soaked finger from the wound in Haiyna's back. She wiped the crimson stain with a handkerchief, her movements delicate and precise.
Haiyna stood silently, the wisps of blue smoke around her gradually fading. Blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, and the gaping wound in her chest continued to gush crimson, yet she swayed twice but miraculously remained upright.
Behind Haiyna, Stussy, her gaze hidden behind tea-colored sunglasses, scrutinized Liam.
"Long time no see..." she said with a smile, her eyes sweeping over Liam's entire body. "You've changed quite a bit, Giorno Giovanna."
"How are you doing?" Robin asked, dodging two Tempest Kicks and leaning against Liam for support.
Liam, held upright by his Stand like a statue, was unable to lie down. Robin took him from B.I.B.'s arms and suddenly felt his body burning hot, wisps of steam rising from his skin.
"What's this...?" she murmured, her face etched with surprise as she supported him.
Haiyna stood shakily, blood still flowing from the hole in her chest. She glanced back at Stussy, her voice weak. "Stussy... I thought you had already left..."
"She nearly stabbed you to death, and you're still flirting?" Liam's voice cut through the swirling steam. "Auntie, you've got a serious obsession with criticism."
"I told you, Haiyna, we could never be," Stussy said coolly.
Robin, supporting Liam, replied without looking up, "She's a CP agent."
"See? That's exactly why," Stussy chuckled, extending a clean finger to gently push Haiyna.
Haiyna collapsed with a thud, unable to support herself any longer.
Stussy retrieved a pair of handcuffs from her elegant clutch and leaned down to place them lightly on Haiyna's body.
"Seastone handcuffs? Heh heh heh... Ever since Moria became a Shichibukai, the Marines have been getting their hands on some nice toys..."
Her long, dark red hair lay crushed beneath her as Haiyna sprawled on the ground, staring blankly at the gloomy sky of Kuraigana Island. "Don't worry," she murmured. "I don't have the strength to move anyway..."
Stussy's gaze shifted from Haiyna to Giorno, who was slowly straightening up in Jolyne Cujoh's arms, his body radiating hot steam. "But he still has some left... Truly astonishing restorative power... Did you accumulate excess energy within yourself through Life Return, Giorno? I thought I'd seen every kind of genius on the sea, but I've never encountered someone like you."
"Spare the compliments. This is all I have left."
Having used the last of his stored energy—the reserve he'd saved to protect himself when retracting his Stand—Liam finally regained some stamina and managed to stand shakily in Robin's arms.
"But it might still be more than enough to deal with you," he said, glaring at Stussy.
Behind her tea-colored sunglasses, Stussy narrowed her beautiful eyes. Suddenly, Giorno called out, "Goodbye!"
"Huh?" Stussy froze, whipping her head to the side. With a thunderous roar of "Ooooooh-!!" a massive, one-horned rhinoceros charged forward, slamming into Stussy with a deafening BANG! and sending her flying…
(End Of This Chapter)