Two hours earlier.
The maximum-security solitary confinement building.
Cain watched the green creature gradually taking shape. Instinctively, Star Platinum appeared behind him.
He knew that if he killed this Green Baby, which was not yet fully formed and didn't even possess a Stand, the priest would never be able to achieve his ambition of going to Heaven.
And he could retire honorably to enjoy life.
Sunshine!
Beaches!
Sunscreen!
Now, with just a gentle swing of his fist, half of these things would be accomplished.
Although Jolyne next to him didn't understand, she still thought: Cain must have his reasons for doing this.
So she didn't speak up to stop him.
But just then, a crisp sound reached Jolyne's ears, causing her to look up.
"What was that?"
She saw a fist-sized hole had appeared in the ceiling at some point.
At the same time, Cain 's fist came down.
"ora—"
However, this punch was not aimed at the Baby wrapped in the green shell, but rather upward, towards the ceiling.
With a crack.
A spark exploded in Star Platinum's hand, and Cain 's hand was slightly burned.
"Planet Waves?!" Cain 's eyes widened. The ability to pull down meteorites was something even the old blind man on the sea in the Alternate would call expert.
But the meteorites hadn't stopped; two more large holes appeared in the transparent ceiling.
Even larger meteorite fragments, the size of a Baby's fist, fell down.
At this point, even Cain didn't dare to take them head-on.
One had to know that meteorites brought not only impact force but also high temperatures from atmospheric friction.
Thousands, even tens of thousands of degrees Celsius.
Under such scorching high temperatures, even Star Platinum's fists couldn't completely ignore it.
"Whoosh—"
The moment the meteorite crashed down, Cain pulled Jolyne Cujoh's arm and dodged to the side.
The meteorite, which had burned down to the size of a fingertip, instantly destroyed all the plant's root systems.
The egg-shaped object containing the Green Baby also fell to the ground, rolling away with the angle of the sloping floor.
Seeing this, Cain exclaimed, "Oh no, that direction is?!"
Jolyne looked in the direction the Green Baby rolled and was also greatly shocked.
She saw a half-person-high hole had appeared there at some point, leading outside.
"Stone Free!" Jolyne shouted.
Then, a blue humanoid Stand, wearing sunglasses and about Jolyne's height, appeared behind her.
Its arms decomposed into threads, coiling towards the Green Baby.
But just then, another meteorite fell.
This time, the target was Jolyne Cujoh's body.
The meteorite was incredibly fast. By the time Jolyne reacted, there was only a fist's distance between the meteorite and her head, leaving no time to dodge.
Seeing this, Cain shouted:
"Star Platinum"
"The World!"
Time was stopped. Cain took advantage of the time stop to furiously ora the meteorite suspended in mid-air.
"ora ora ora ora ora ora ora—"
In a blink of an eye, two seconds passed.
Time resumed its flow.
The meteorite in mid-air exploded with a roar, leaving only a sky full of dust, dyeing Jolyne's blue-green hair a faint gray.
Jolyne Cujoh was unharmed, and her Stand's threads continued to wrap around the Green Baby.
Just as Jolyne's threads were about to hit the Green Baby.
"Whoosh—"
Another meteorite crashed down from the sky, but this time the target was neither Cain nor Jolyne.
It was the Green Baby rolling towards the outside.
"Boom—"
The meteorite struck the ground next to the Green Baby. The violent impact instantly sent the egg containing the Green Baby flying out, and it dropped outside through the opening.
Jolyne's threads were only half a meter short, and now her efforts were in vain.
"Damn it, just a little more!" Jolyne clenched her fists, saying unwillingly.
At the same time, she began to look around.
"Where did the enemy attack from?"
"Why could they pinpoint our location so accurately?!"
Jolyne was a bit confused. If it was a long-range control type Stand, it shouldn't have such high precision!
But the enemy seemed to be able to easily see their location.
"The enemy's attack isn't without logic," Cain shook his head.
If it really was a meteorite pulled down by Planet Waves, then the pulled meteorite could only fly towards the Stand User himself.
Which meant... the enemy was beneath their feet!
Thinking this, Star Platinum instantly appeared behind Cain , its iron fists furiously smashing towards the ground.
"ora ora ora ora ora ora ora—"
A tunnel large enough for two people instantly appeared next to Cain , and then Cain jumped straight down.
Jolyne, seeing this, also followed and jumped down.
On the lower level, Guard Westwood had a monitor in front of him.
On the monitor screen were the figures of Cain and Jolyne.
"Hehehe, I'll take care of you two first, then I'll complete the mission Father entrusted to me!"
Guard Westwood thought so.
But the next second, the figures of Cain and the other suddenly disappeared from the monitor.
This change instantly made the Guard panic.
Without the monitor screen, he wouldn't be able to accurately know their location, and thus wouldn't be able to get beneath their feet to eliminate them with his ability.
"Crash—"
Above, some small broken stones fell, but Guard Westwood didn't pay attention.
He just thought it was peeling paint caused by the meteorite impact.
But as the stones fell more frequently, even if he didn't care before, he couldn't Stand it anymore.
He immediately looked up.
But the next second, two muscular individuals, a man and a woman, fell from the sky.
Pinning him beneath them.
And these two were Cain and Jolyne Cujoh.
At this point, Guard Westwood wanted to activate his [Planet Waves] ability again to pull down meteorites.
But as soon as he had that thought, a fist directly struck his arm.
"Crack—"
The sound of bone cracking rang out. Guard Westwood's forearm twisted ninety degrees in the wrong direction.
"If you try any more tricks, I promise, the next punch will land on your skull."
...Stand: Planet Waves
Ability: Attracts meteorites from outer space to crash into itself, thereby injuring enemies in the meteorite's fall path. However, the meteorites burn out before touching the user, so it is quite safe for the user.
Power: A
Speed: B
Range: A
Durability: A
Precision: E
Development Potential: E