"My ability is 'never able to reach the truth'."
"And World: Over Heaven is the complete opposite of my ability. Its power is…"
Giorno's voice echoed through the narrow alley, "As long as both hands make contact, it can let Dio reach the reality he desires, what people call 'whatever he wishes comes true'."
"And the priority of his ability is above Golden Experience Requiem."
That was the reason Giorno was defeated.
The power Dio possessed was something beyond Requiem, a level higher altogether.
They were both top-tier causality-type abilities. Even the smallest difference could lead to completely different outcomes, not to mention that The World itself also had the ability to stop time.
After hearing the explanation, everyone fell into a long silence.
They could not understand how an opponent that was basically cheating could be defeated.
On top of that, based on Hot Pants's description, Dio also had Father Pucci by his side, someone capable of infinite acceleration. This was simply an unsolvable situation.
Ryosuke was thinking about even more things.
To deal with Dio, at the very start of the operation, Ryosuke had considered whether to draw Golden Experience and raise it all the way to Requiem.
But Giorno himself had been defeated.
That meant the idea of just pulling out a Requiem and using it to fight Dio head-on would not work.
But if one road was blocked, there was always another.
If using Requiem to crush the enemy outright did not work, then why not change the way of thinking and treat Requiem as a "functional" Stand instead?
Target Dio's weak points directly and prevent his abilities from being fully used. That might also be a solution.
While Ryosuke was thinking, Uchiha Madara asked, "If Dio has the power to make anything he wants come true, why does he still do all this? What is his real plan?"
Once upon a time, Madara had exhausted himself for his ideals, and in the end had no choice but to compromise with the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan.
If he had Dio's power, why would he need to go through so much trouble?
With a single touch, endless wealth, resources, and food could be created. If anyone harbored ill intent, their will could be rewritten with just a casual touch.
With this kind of power, what could Dio not do, and who could possibly stop him?
He could get anything he wanted.
"Because Dio's desire goes beyond the limit of what he can overwrite as reality."
Giorno extended his hand and lightly touched the air.
"What Dio wants is a power where even if his hands touch nothingness, he can still cross countless world barriers and directly impose his power on others, overwrite reality, alter wills, and achieve true, absolute control over all worlds."
"As for his specific plan…"
Giorno shook his head.
He did not know.
Even until the end, when Giorno's consciousness had been altered beyond recognition, Dio still had not trusted him.
Thinking of this, Giorno looked at Uchiha Madara, more precisely at his Mangekyo Sharingan: Ame-no-Minakanushi.
"Your eyes are very special. I can see flowing causality, but because of that, you also bear a heavy price… wait a moment."
Giorno took the Insect Arrow from Ryosuke's hand and once again entered Requiem mode. Then he gently placed his finger on Madara's shoulder.
"Hm?"
Madara suddenly felt his soul lighten, as if a massive debt had vanished out of thin air. He stared at Giorno in disbelief.
"You reset the unknown curse of Ame-no-Minakanushi?!"
It was hard to believe, but when he thought about it, it also made sense.
Madara had activated Ame-no-Minakanushi while Giorno's Gold Requiem was in effect, practically right in front of him, only a few hundred meters away from the alley of no return.
Even though Gold Requiem had briefly been lifted in between, at most only a dozen minutes had passed, still well within Gold Requiem's reset range.
"Then what about Ryosuke..."
Hot Pants looked at Ryosuke. She remembered that Ryosuke had mentioned the triple calamity before. Their chaotic journey through different timelines had also been affected by the torrent of calamity.
"Sorry, I can't do that." Giorno said regretfully.
Ryosuke had used Ame-no-Minakanushi in the Naruto world, several months ago. It was outside Gold Requiem's reset range.
Since it was a fixed fact, Ryosuke was not disappointed. Instead, strong interest surged up.
"Doesn't this mean that as long as we combine Gold Requiem with Ame-no-Minakanushi, we can use future prediction abilities without limit?"
After thinking it over, the others nodded one after another, all getting excited.
Before, they had been worried that the calamity torrent would increase the difficulty again, so they had not dared to use it. Now that Giorno could help clear the debt and remove the disaster, there was nothing to worry about anymore.
Madara activated Ame-no-Minakanushi again. As his Mangekyo Sharingan spun, he tried to predict information about Dio's plans and weaknesses.
"No. Dio and I are not in the same world. There is no connection at all, so I can't carry out any prediction."
A connection…
Ryosuke, Joseph Joestar, and old Joseph looked at each other.
"Hermit Purple!"
Three purple vines appeared and began spirit writing with Dio as the target.
Still not enough.
Ryosuke tightly gripped the Saint's Corpse and ignited all thirteen corrupted souls he had obtained.
Brilliant, sacred light fell onto the three vines, pushing the Stand's ability to its limit.
Finally, within the holy radiance, they saw Dio's blurry, incomplete side profile.
The aimless spinning of Ame-no-Minakanushi in Madara's eyes suddenly accelerated.
Lock-on complete.
Prediction begins.
At that moment, he saw...
Eight timelines stretched to their limit suddenly snapped back, like massive hammers falling straight down, smashing into the roots of the Calamity God Tree.
The God Tree turned into the sharpest spear in the world, cutting through the sea of fog, and finally piercing the Naruto world.
And then came...
An unequal exchange.
"The Calamity God Tree is a tree cultivated by absorbing countless calamities, based on the New Rokakaka."
Madara's eyes were hollow, as if he were looking into the distance.
"Dio will seize all the energy of our world, achieving the ultimate enhancement of his own power, and then extend his reach toward countless other worlds."
Once the plan begins, the eight major timelines of the JOJO world will shatter through repeated collisions. Some will fall into the sea of fog and disappear, while others will become nourishment for the Calamity God Tree, allowing it to grow again.
The Naruto world will be drained of all its energy. The sun will go out, life will die, and in the end, the universe will fall silent.
After absorbing two worlds, Dio will gain the power to wage war across all worlds.
That was Dio's plan.
Josuke felt his scalp go numb.
Compared to Dio, Tooru, who only wanted to make a bit of money, now seemed downright pleasant in hindsight. He could not help but ask, "Th-then why does Dio have to kill Teacher Ryosuke?"
Madara said, "Because Ryosuke changed the future trajectory of the ninja world."
"He is the anchor of the ninja world. Only by killing Ryosuke can Dio perfectly absorb the world's power."
Based on this information, Dio's plan was now very clear.
Two lines running in parallel.
The first line: Use subordinates carrying pieces of the Saint's Corpse to pull the eight timelines as far apart as possible, and arrange for Kars to plant the Calamity God Tree.
The second line: Send people to assassinate Ryosuke.
If his subordinates could kill Ryosuke, that would be ideal and save Dio the trouble.
If they failed, then once the Calamity God Tree matured, Dio would launch an assault on the ninja world.
If Ryosuke came to stop him, Dio would kill him along the way. If he did not come, it would mean Ryosuke had given up his bond with the ninja world and lost his status as an "anchor", making him no longer worth worrying about.
That was Dio's entire plan.
"As for Dio's weakness…"
The instant this question was predicted, Madara's eyes suddenly exploded, flesh and blood splattering everywhere, only to be restored under Gold Requiem's reset.
Madara took a slight breath. After a long silence, he threw out two words, "None."
"In Ame-no-Minakanushi's prediction, Dio… has no weakness."
At the same time.
Ninja World: Shikkotsu Forest Base.
A small slug repeated, "…Dio has no weakness."
"This is the conclusion Lord Uchiha Madara reached through prediction."
After Ryosuke obtained his first Past Projection, he tore open a rift in the river of time, allowing him to communicate across dimensions with the Slug Sage.
After setting out, Ryosuke had continuously used Past Projections to exchange intelligence with the ninja world.
For ease of communication, the Extermination Army, the Research Institute, and many ninja temporarily stationed themselves in Shikkotsu Forest.
After receiving the information from the small slug, a ninja thanked it seriously and hurried the intel to the tactical headquarters, where it finally reached Nara Shikaku.
"God Tree invasion?"
"No weakness?"
Shikaku shook his head. "I don't believe there is truly an enemy in this world without weaknesses. Of course, Dio's strength is beyond doubt, so..."
He looked at the people sitting around the table.
Kakashi, Mei Terumi, Sasuke, Kohaku, Samui, and Oda Ieyasu appearing through video projection…
Companions who had fought side by side with Ryosuke for many years were all present.
As the strategist, Shikaku set down the documents in his hand.
"I suggest we activate the Ten-Tails Revival Plan to counter the invasion of the Calamity God Tree."
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