Heaven and earth flipped, a strong feeling of weightlessness appeared.
The trial mission activated.
Ryosuke closed his eyes. In his ears came distant, noisy voices. The sound was like being separated by a thick layer of plastic wrap, blurry and unclear.
He quietly waited, and the voices gradually became clear.
Rough woman, "Hey! Emporio, don't mess around! Why are you stopping the car?"
Young child, "No! Something's wrong with the car! I've pressed the gas all the way down, but it just won't move!"
Mixed in with the chaotic, panicked conversation were the roar of the car engine and the violent screech of tires on the ground. Then, a man's voice appeared by his ear, "Ermes, you take the wheel."
Hearing this, Ryosuke basically understood which part of JoJo, Stone Ocean he had arrived in, at this point in time, in order to accelerate White Snake's evolution into C-Moon, Father Pucci had just arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Jolyne Cujoh and the main group had locked onto Father Pucci's location.
Because of the effects on the body caused by White Snake's evolution, plus the deadly battle with Weather Report not long ago, Father Pucci's physical condition was extremely terrible. He had also lost all the Stand users under his control in the prison.
The main group believed this was the best chance to take down Father Pucci in one push. They decided not to wait for the newly awakened Jotaro Kujo and rushed to the Space Center first to kill Pucci.
Right now Ryosuke was riding in a stolen car, heading toward the Space Center.
'Weather Report is already dead. If I remember correctly, four people set out to kill Pucci at this part of the story.
'The rough, impatient female voice just now should belong to Ermes. Her Stand ability is Kiss. She has a terrifying five A and one C stat panel. Her Stand ability is excellent, but perhaps because she's not smart enough, her performance in the original work was pretty average.'
'The kid driving is Emporio. His Stand ability is Burning Down the House, the one who owns the Ghost Room that I also have.'
'The man who spoke later is Anasui. His Stand ability is Diver Down, with double A in Power and Speed, a close-range power-type Stand, and in Stone Ocean, which has no healing-type Stands, he played the role of a 'shield' to some extent.'
'Now that I've confirmed who the three speaking earlier were, that means the last person is the role I'm playing in this trial mission. I didn't expect it would be...'
The weightlessness disappeared. The blurry voices became completely clear, every syllable audible.
Ryosuke opened his eyes. He lowered his head and saw the slight rise and fall of his chest.
Jolyne Cujoh.
Ryosuke let out a breath of relief.
Thank goodness he wasn't Emporio.
Father Pucci wasn't Yoshikage Kira, and this main cast wasn't the Deluxe Team of Morioh. There is no healer, no time or space Stands. If he had become Emporio, Ryosuke would have basically had zero chance of defeating Father Pucci in C-Moon form.
Ryosuke clenched his fists. His breathing rate subtly adjusted, and extremely fine Ripple energy flowed through his body with each inhale and exhale.
"Such a frail body… but it's enough for killing."
He tightened his fist and thought of that final fist bump with White Snake. Through the car window, he looked toward the Space Center at the end of his line of sight.
"Then let's begin."
Bang!
Ryosuke kicked open the car door and shouted to the three inside, "Everyone, jump out of the car with me!"
"Jolyne! What's wrong with you?" Ermes asked.
Ryosuke didn't explain. He pushed off with his legs, leaping out of the car. He grabbed the guardrail on the side of the road, his arms turning into blue strings that tightly wrapped around the rail.
Almost at the same time, countless rocks, pedestrians, and vehicles "fell" down from the road ahead.
Not only that, the car they were in had its tires lifted off the ground and lost traction, falling backwards.
Only then did Ermes, Emporio, and Anasui realize why Ryosuke wanted to jump out of the car.
If they didn't jump now, they would either be crushed to death by falling rocks and vehicles, or fall down and die from the impact.
Even if they happened to survive, they would lose the ability to reach the Space Center and fight Pucci.
The three immediately pushed open their doors.
Anasui and Ermes successfully leaped out and grabbed the guardrail.
Emporio was just a half-grown kid. His movement ability was slow to begin with, and he had tied things around his feet to drive, with a computer on his lap. He was stuck in the driver's seat and couldn't get out, about to fall with the car.
"Stone Free!"
Ryosuke shot out a string and pulled Emporio out at the last moment.
The four of them gripped the guardrail tightly, curling up to reduce the area they could be hit. When they really couldn't dodge, they used their Stands to punch away the falling debris.
After about two or three minutes, nothing else fell. Ermes looked up with lingering fear.
"Is this Pucci's Stand ability?"
"That's right."
Ryosuke said, "C-Moon, able to control gravity within a three-kilometer radius."
"Besides that, once you're hit by C-Moon's punch, it causes inside-out reversal, that means your bones and organs will go outside, and your skin and hair will be on the inside."
"For you guys, that's basically a one-hit kill ability, so be extremely careful in close-range combat."
"Also, it can speed up time to a certain extent… but in high-speed combat, C-Moon usually won't use that ability, so you don't have to worry too much."
While Ryosuke spoke, the three unconsciously held their breath. After listening, their expressions were full of confusion.
They understood the meaning, but couldn't comprehend it.
Not that they didn't understand the words, what they couldn't understand was where Jolyne got this information from.
Their gazes fell on Jolyne again, and only then did the three realize something was wrong,
After the series of battles, conspiracies, and deaths she faced in prison, Jolyne had long since grown up. She was no longer the lovestruck, naive girl of the past. She had become a true warrior with a Golden Spirit.
But the "Jolyne" at this moment was not a warrior.
"She" was a king sitting upon a throne, overlooking the world.
Anasui, who had always admired Jolyne, felt panic rising.
The person in front of him was definitely not the Jolyne Cujoh he knew.
"Who… exactly are you?"
Anasui's voice trembled.
Ryosuke took out the Weather Report disc from his waist pouch. Hearing the question, he slightly raised his eyes and introduced himself, "You can call me Ryosuke."
"Don't worry. Once I kill Pucci, I'll leave. I won't delay too long."