New Moon's punch hit Ryosuke's left arm.
From the earth to an apple, everything in this world has gravity, and this gravity points toward the center of all things. Once struck by New Moon's fist, the gravity that originally pointed to the center would instantly reverse direction, pointing outward from the center.
Which would cause, with a tearing sound, the skin and flesh of Ryosuke's left arm flipped inside-out, the bones of his forearm turned outward, and bright red blood dripped down along the shattered wall of the ticket office.
"I finally… hit her!"
Hiding in the dark and spying, Father Pucci revealed an air of arrogance, as if saying "this is how it should be."
He had to admit, Jolyne's combat power today was extremely shocking. But at the end of the day, she was just a little girl, and the Stand she was using was still that useless scrap, Stone Free.
"To be able to exchange several rounds with my New Moon and still not die, you've already done well enough."
In Father Pucci's eyes, this punch would be the turning point of the battle. Jolyne would fear, she would bleed, her movements would slow, and she would head toward death in despair.
This was the fate that belonged to the Joestars.
Father Pucci narrowed his eyes slightly, waiting to hear Jolyne's terrified scream.
However, there was no sound.
"Hm?"
Father Pucci looked again, and he saw a pair of calm, determined eyes.
Not to mention that Ryosuke already knew all of New Moon's intel and was mentally prepared, even if it were a completely unknown enemy, an injury of this level wasn't much to Ryosuke.
"So this is what 'Gravity Reversal' feels like…"
Ryosuke carefully sensed it for half a second, recalling in detail the feeling of flesh turning from inside to outside.
In the original story, in order to counter New Moon's reversal punch, Jolyne turned the struck area into strings. Those strings formed the shape of a Möbius strip, giving herself no distinction between inside and outside, and ultimately neutralizing New Moon's attack.
But knowing the intel was one thing, actually using it was another.
"I'll probably need to take one more punch to grasp the method of the 'Möbius Strip.'"
Ryosuke thought, lightly shook his exposed-bone left arm, slowly lifted it up in front of him, letting blood drip down.
New Moon's reversal punch, the first punch would reverse the wound, and the second punch would return it to normal.
And New Moon's "stats" for destructive power were zero.
Which meant, if New Moon landed another punch on Ryosuke's left arm, not only would it not continue to injure him, it would heal Ryosuke's wounds.
Ryosuke's left arm, blood-soaked and looking like it would shatter at a touch, instead became the sturdiest shield.
New Moon locked eyes with Ryosuke. Clearly, it was the one with the advantage, yet it instinctively stepped back. New Moon had only recently been born and possessed a sense of self. At this moment, it felt a fear that came from the heart, fear of the "unknown."
"Is this guy in front of me… really human?"
Father Pucci quietly reassured it, "Don't be afraid, you're an invincible Stand. She's just bluffing. You can definitely kill her. Remember, every part can only be hit once."
Receiving the command, New Moon pounced at Ryosuke again. Its punches were swung with even more caution, and each strike targeted Ryosuke's head and torso.
Once hit, if the brain or internal organs were reversed outward, Ryosuke would undoubtedly die.
But for Ryosuke, dodging with 100% success was difficult. Now that he had a "shield" to block New Moon's straightforward attacks, it was simply too easy.
He deliberately showed an opening. As expected, the straightforward New Moon fell for it and struck, landing a punch firmly on Ryosuke's severely injured left arm.
Another inside-out flip.
Ryosuke's left arm returned to normal, and even the torn skin was stitched back together by his threads.
"So what if it's restored?!"
Father Pucci gritted his teeth. Unknowingly, his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, his palms were sticky, and the confidence of certain victory he had originally held had long vanished.
New Moon was still strong.
Stone Free had not displayed any power beyond the intel.
But an inexplicable panic made Pucci feel suffocated.
"New Moon! Keep attacking!"
So what if it was restored? That didn't mean the previous injuries didn't exist.
Jolyne was a thin, weak girl, how much blood could she even lose?
As long as New Moon kept beating her nonstop, even if Jolyne managed to block everything, it wouldn't be long before she bled out and died.
Father Pucci's logic wasn't wrong. Under his orders, New Moon once again swung its fists ferociously.
Ryosuke didn't avoid it at all. He raised his fists and charged right in.
Bang!
Bang!
New Moon and Ryosuke's fists collided midair, contesting strength.
Stone Free flowed into Ryosuke's body, in terms of strength, he wasn't afraid of New Moon, even as a Stand.
"Ah-ha!"
Seeing this, Father Pucci let out a small laugh, already picturing Ryosuke's two hands flipping inside-out and blood splattering everywhere.
However...
Under the scorching sun, Ryosuke's fists burst with a clear, azure glow, each forming the shape of a "∞".
After the continuous transformations of his left arm, Ryosuke had now mastered the subtle shift of inside-out reversal.
"Möbius Strip!"
Anasui couldn't help blurting out in shock.
Ermes asked, "What Moscow strip?!"
Anasui explained, "A 'Möbius Strip' is made by taking a straight strip of paper, twisting it half a turn, then sticking it together into a loop like this '∞'.
It has no distinction between inside and outside. If you take a pen and draw forward from any point, you can draw a single line across every surface of the paper.
Since there's no inside or outside, naturally it won't be affected by New Moon's reversal punch!"
As Anasui spoke, he stared at Ryosuke, whose fists had returned to normal and who was now overwhelming New Moon.
What shocked him was not Ryosuke's strength, but his absolute control over the battlefield.
From the start of the fight until now, every ability New Moon had used, every tactical choice it made, everything perfectly matched the intel Ryosuke had briefed them on beforehand, not even a hair off.
Anasui swallowed hard.
"Too terrifying… Brother Ryosuke and us are not even on the same level at all…"
Ermes didn't think that deeply. She only felt that the "Jolyne" in front of her was insanely badass, and she yelled, "Joly, Ryosuke! Beat that motherf, er to death!"
"Vulgar!"
Father Pucci growled.
But…
His voice came out a bit too loud.
He felt a gaze coming from behind. He turned sharply and the first thing he saw was long pink hair, and beneath that hair, Anasui's icy eyes.
"Anasui!"
Father Pucci was so shocked he took two steps back.
Anasui didn't attack aggressively. He raised his pinky to his lips, and around it was wrapped a strand of azure thread.
"Ryosuke, I found Father Pucci. He's right, "
He pointed his pinky toward Father Pucci.
"In front of me, less than ten meters away."
"Got it."
Ryosuke's voice transmitted back along the thread.
At the same time, Father Pucci's scalp went numb, a chill crawled up his spine, as if a demon had scraped its sharp nails along his back.
Following that sense of danger, Father Pucci looked back.
He saw Ryosuke kick New Moon in the face, leap high into the air, his right arm slightly bent, and in his palm,
Was a high-speed rotating steel ball.