The courtyard.
"Finally, have I finally obtained the strongest Stand in this world?!"
Cain was ecstatic, but before he could celebrate for long...
Star Platinum, behind him, punched him away directly, then disappeared.
"Bang—"
Cain fell onto a pile of Poison Dart Frogs, evidently not having reacted in time.
The sticky bodily fluids touched his skin exposed outside his clothes, instantly causing a large rash.
"What exactly is going on?" Jolyne Cujoh clearly hadn't reacted to why a loaded Stand would turn around and attack its user.
"Although I don't know why, this is my last chance!"
The SPW Foundation's escort had arrived—a rigorously trained pigeon.
Now the pigeon was circling in mid-air. Before it landed, she needed to retrieve the disc containing Star Platinum from Cain 's hand!
With that thought, Jolyne Cujoh rushed towards Cain .
On the other side, Father Pucchi, who was walking towards the chapel, also looked out of a nearby window.
"Oh, it's stopped already?"
Father Pucchi looked out the window. Jolyne Cujoh was controlling Stone Free's threads, attacking the Guard who had just opened the door for him, but that wasn't the main point.
What was important was that in the Guard's hand, an incredibly familiar disc came into his sight.
"That's... the disc containing the Star Platinum Stand?!"
Seeing this, Father Pucchi hurriedly ran back the way he came, wanting to retrieve the disc before Jolyne Cujoh could grab it!
On the lawn of the courtyard.
Cain climbed out of a pile of Poison Dart Frogs.
The Poison Dart Frogs' bodily fluids had caused a large rash on his body, but fortunately, the heavy blow just now hadn't caused any obvious wounds on him, only a few broken ribs.
Although the Poison Dart Frog's venom is potent, it won't be fatal as long as it doesn't enter the bloodstream.
But in these few short breaths, Jolyne Cujoh was almost upon him.
"As expected, there's an abnormal reaction," Cain murmured, the sharp pain in his chest making it difficult to breathe.
"The disc didn't eject directly, which means the Stand itself didn't acknowledge me, did it?"
In an instant, Cain , who had been in high spirits, once again plummeted to rock bottom.
"Is it over?" Cain lowered his head, looking at the disgusting rash on his hand, and smiled bitterly, "Is this what they call 'fate'?"
Perhaps it was an allergic reaction caused by the venom, or perhaps he was facing imminent death.
Cain closed his eyes, and the sounds around him became incredibly clear.
Jolyne Cujoh's footsteps... the chirping of the Poison Dart Frogs... and the sound of the Poison Dart Frog venom splashing... everything became clearly audible.
Is it over?
Is this the destiny of a transmigrator?
No!
Cain suddenly opened his eyes.
"When I decided to contend for the Stand, I had already prepared for the worst!"
"I'd rather be a fleeting powerhouse than continue to be a weakling who can't even control his own life!"
"This... is my Cain 's 'resolve'!"
"If you still choose to follow your old master, then just punch me to death!"
"Star Platinum!"
"The World !"
With a loud shout, Jolyne Cujoh, who was running forward, paused for a moment, then continued running towards Cain without any hesitation.
And at the revolving door, countless Guards who had heard the sound also rushed in, aiming their guns at Jolyne Cujoh's sprinting figure.
"Don't move!"
The safeties on the pistols had all been disengaged. Jolyne Cujoh knew that as soon as those Guards pulled the triggers, countless bullets would fly in her direction.
However, she no longer had time to hesitate.
Stone Free's arm instantly appeared. Jolyne Cujoh swung it towards Cain 's head, intending to extract the Stand disc.
"Didn't get recognized, huh... how unlucky."
Cain closed his eyes, pulled out the pistol from his waist, and pressed it against his forehead.
If he could, he still wanted to decide his own way of dying.
As for the Stand disc, he would use his last consciousness to eject it the moment the bullet passed through his head.
"Goodbye."
With a bitter smile, Cain pulled the trigger.
"Bang—"
The dark muzzle bloomed with deadly fire.
A sharp bullet flew towards Cain 's head.
The disc carrying Star Platinum had already begun to emerge from the back of Cain 's head.
But at this critical moment, a soft sigh came from behind Cain .
"Time, stop flowing."
A mysterious wave instantly swept through, and everything around them fell into stillness.
Star Platinum also took this opportunity to move the bullet aimed at Cain aside, and then pushed the Stand disc back in.
At this point, only a conceptual 0.3 seconds had passed.
Cain also reacted instantly, rushing towards a nearby window.
"ora!"
Star Platinum's arms instantly appeared on his body. Cain gripped the iron bars in front of him, bent them, then instantly squeezed through, and restored the iron bars within 0.5 seconds.
Time resumed its flow.
"What's going on?!" Jolyne Cujoh froze in place, looking at the figure that had vanished without a trace.
And at this moment, the Guards nearby had already run over.
"Inmate Jolyne Cujoh, for assaulting a Guard, your crime is extremely heinous. Don't even think about leaving the confinement room for the next month!"
The Guard's reprimand reached her ears, and Jolyne Cujoh was once again handcuffed.
Even now, she couldn't understand why Star Platinum would help that Guard instead of helping her, the biological daughter of Jotaro Kujo.
In the corridor, Father Pucchi glanced at the carrier pigeon in the sky, then looked at the lawn, which was empty except for Poison Dart Frogs, finally fixing his gaze on Jolyne Cujoh.
"The disc wasn't taken, which means it's still on you, how interesting."
However, what he didn't notice was a Guard with a large rash covering his body, hiding behind a stone pillar behind him, trying to lower his breathing as much as possible.
After a simple recovery of some strength, Cain also carefully stood up.
The ability to stop time was activated once again.
After 0.5 seconds.
Father Pucchi turned around and looked at the closed door, frowning.
"Is it my imagination? I feel like someone left through that door."