"How, how could this be?!"
A sharp pain in his forehead, Sports Maximum 's consciousness began to dissipate.
Two discs shot out from his brain and fell to the ground.
The cannon fodder, affected by the Stand's ability, also vanished under the sunlight.
"Is that F.F.?"
Without the influence of the invisible corpse, Ermes's body fell to the ground, and the massive blood loss blurred her consciousness.
Hearing this, Cain said nothing, merely bending down to pick up the two discs.
Especially the memory disc.
A person could only possess one Stand at a time, and while the opponent's ability to create invisible corpses was troublesome, it couldn't compare to a powerful Stand like Star Platinum, so Cain wasn't very interested.
It was the memory disc that intrigued him.
Sports Maximum had conversed with Father Pucchi, and what was revealed in the original work was likely just the tip of the iceberg; only by truly reading these memories could one uncover details not shown in the original.
"Boom—"
But just as Cain 's hand was about to touch the discs on the ground, a powerful tremor swept up from beneath him.
It was as if he had been violently kicked.
Cain 's body was directly sent flying backward.
"Bang—"
"This kind of attack, is that you, Anastasia …" Cain climbed to his feet, his eyes fixed on the spot directly in front of him.
A man with long pink hair was walking into the room.
He walked over to the two discs.
Just then, a humanoid Stand emerged from underground, like a swimmer surfacing, holding the two discs in its hands.
"I'll take these two discs, and the one in your head too, of course." Anastasia gestured with an outstretched hand; he didn't say anything like "Cain , hand over the discs willingly."
Instead, he was more accustomed to directly "disassembling" the discs from Cain 's body.
"Diver Drive !"
With a loud shout, Anastasia rushed toward Cain , simultaneously calculating the distance between them.
His range was the worst, E, while Star Platinum's range, though equally poor, was at least C.
He had no advantage in range, and he wasn't very confident in his Stand's strength and speed against his future father-in-law's Stand.
It sounded like an impossible situation, but Anastasia had another plan in mind.
"Two seconds! If I can just hold out for two seconds, I'll have a fifty percent chance of winning!" Anastasia 's eyes sharpened, and he quickened his pace again.
Almost instantly, he had already charged into Cain 's range.
Seeing this, Cain , though puzzled, still felt it was safer to knock the opponent down first.
"Time, stop flowing!"
Star Platinum materialized from his body, and time ceased to flow.
Everything around them fell into stillness.
Including Anastasia , who was charging towards him.
"Let's quiet you down first, hmph, that kick earlier really hurt." Cain raised his arm, Star Platinum's fist covering it.
"ora ora ora ora ora—"
A battle cry roared, and a torrent of fists rained down on Anastasia 's body.
Since the time stop had not yet ended, the damage Anastasia received would hit him the moment time resumed.
However, behind Cain , unnoticed by him, an invisible surge of energy also shot towards him.
If nothing went wrong, it would strike his back the instant time resumed its flow.
Two seconds passed.
"Time, resume flowing!"
Time began to flow again, and the surrounding creatures also started to move.
Anastasia was hit by a powerful blow, and his body was violently flung backward.
At the same time, Cain heard a whooshing sound by his ear.
"Damn it!" Cain 's expression changed; almost instantly, a massive force struck his back.
"Bang—"
Both figures landed simultaneously.
At this moment, Anastasia stood up, clutching his chest, "Looks like I won."
"While time stop can freeze everything, force is invisible, and during time stop, even the movement of air currents is halted. So, as long as I withstand your attacks during the time stop, the attack I pre-stored in the wall behind you is bound to hit!"
"Now, your broken ribs should have pierced your lung, right? Unable to breathe, even your Stand's power has become weakened."
Anastasia , propping himself up, slowly walked towards Cain .
His own condition was also poor; although Cain had no intention of killing him, Star Platinum's heavy punches had also broken several of his ribs.
Aside from not having broken bones pierce his internal organs, his injuries were just as severe, if not more so, than Cain 's.
"The disc is mine."
The Star Platinum Stand disc on Cain 's head had already halfway retracted.
But just as Anastasia was about to pull out the disc, Cain , who should have been unconscious, miraculously grabbed his wrist.
"You really know how to make me angry!"
"How could this be?!"
Watching the fist growing larger before his eyes, Anastasia panicked.
How could a person, severely injured and on the verge of death, still use Stand power?!
"What exactly is going on?!"
"Bang—"
Cain held nothing back with this punch, using the maximum strength he could muster at that moment; Anastasia 's face twisted and deformed instantly.
If Diver Drive hadn't used both hands inside his body to block the punch with all its might,
He would probably be splattered with brain matter all over the floor by now.
"Cough—"
Spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood, Cain stood up; his physical condition was very bad.
Anastasia 's blow had indeed broken his ribs and pierced his lung, and his lung was still bleeding profusely.
Fortunately, however, the moment he was injured, he used Star Platinum to restore the ribs to their original position, preventing further damage.
At the same time, Star Platinum's hand remained in his lung, trying to expel the blood as much as possible to allow him to breathe normally.
"I… I almost died…"
Cain collapsed to the ground; the intense pain from his lung made it impossible for him to move.
However, if he didn't receive treatment soon, he would go into shock due to massive blood loss.
Just then, a surprised cry from the doorway became his last hope.
"Ermes! What happened to you?!"
Running quickly, F.F. reached Ermes and used its plankton to fill her wounds.
Then it looked at the two men lying on the ground.
After much consideration, F.F. chose to patch up Cain 's wounds first.
No other reason!
Because Cain looked like a good person.