Is this the ability of Reversed Hierophant?
Diavolo's mind raced. Cioccolata told me that he is immune to Green Day's attacks... First, understand his ability; do not attack rashly... Diavolo fell into thought, not realizing that Johnson Joffrey had already walked within five meters of him—
"Stop right there!!" Diavolo suddenly yelled.
"Ho!" Johnson Joffrey continued walking forward, saying somewhat mockingly, "How can I blow your head off if I don't get close to you?"
"...You bastard!" Diavolo cursed in a low voice, "King Crimson! Erase time for me now!"
Like a drumbeat, the world once again disintegrated before Diavolo. He once again transcended the dimension of time, pulling himself out of the timeline—
He watched Johnson Joffrey from a God's-eye view. In a mere ten seconds, Johnson Joffrey was still walking in his direction. He circled Johnson Joffrey within a two-meter radius. After a brief thought, he walked behind Johnson, pulled out his handgun, which still had three bullets—
First, I need to see exactly how fast he is, so I can gauge my own speed.
"King Crimson, time is now returning to normal!!"
The moment time returned to normal, Diavolo immediately fired. The handgun once again let out a loud bang, shooting towards Johnson Joffrey's neck—
The bullet spun and dove at high speed, then suddenly stopped the instant it was about to touch Johnson Joffrey—
"Bang!!"
The gunshot only then rang out; the bullet's speed had already far exceeded the speed of sound.
"It stopped..."
Diavolo couldn't help but exclaim, just as I saw in Epitaph, if I rashly threw a punch, the punch would be stopped the moment it touched him... "Piu!"
The bullet made a small puncture on Johnson Joffrey's neck, from which a tiny bit of blood spurted out.
Johnson Joffrey saw that the Diavolo in front of him had disappeared, then reached out and picked up the bullet behind him. He turned around to see a surprised Diavolo holding a gun.
Is he testing my ability? Johnson Joffrey thought. The ability he used was Reversed Hierophant·ACT2's ability, simply nullifying the energy of an object attacking him.
"Huh?!" Polnareff saw from afar that Diavolo and Johnson Joffrey's positions had swapped.
That was a time deletion. Diavolo's ability is to foresee the future. He didn't make a move, which must mean there was something unfavorable for him in the future—
What's going on?! Diavolo not acting rashly can only mean one thing: Johnson Joffrey's reaction speed and agility have far surpassed everything else.
This power can already rival Star Platinum, except for not being able to stop time.
But clearly, Johnson Joffrey should possess other abilities. Is Diavolo now testing the weaknesses of Johnson Joffrey's Stand Ability from outside his range?
Thinking this, Polnareff, to better observe the battle, bit his finger and used a blood-timing method to measure Diavolo's time skip.
Diavolo watched Johnson Joffrey from ten meters away, and without even waiting for him to speak—because whatever Johnson Joffrey said wouldn't be pleasant—he aimed to discern his ability during this period of time deletion.
"King Crimson! Now, transcend time again!"
The azure sea and sky began to become distinctly colored, as Diavolo once again pulled himself out of the timeline.
He analyzed cautiously and meticulously—
The bullets, originally sweeping everything away with full firepower, were stopped the instant they touched him. My Epitaph was also stopped by him, when it was halfway through piercing his chest... But it's no good, he won't die if it only pierces halfway. I directly pierced his abdomen earlier and he didn't die, instead he became stronger... He has already reached this level, it's no longer just reaction speed, is it passive defense of his body?
Could it be?! Diavolo was startled. Could it be a time stop?!
Impossible, if it were a time stop, I wouldn't fail to see through it. And nothing is perfect. From this perspective, it's more like extremely high reaction speed... If one object is stopped, what about the other?
He opened his again; only two bullets remained—
One more time!
Diavolo walked behind Johnson Joffrey—
"Bang bang!!"
He fired two shots—the first aimed at the back of his head, the other at his right shoulder—
The bullets, like breaking wind, rushed towards Johnson Joffrey again—
The first spinning bullet was stopped the moment it touched the back of Johnson's head. The other one... "It hit!" Polnareff watched in disbelief as Johnson Joffrey's right shoulder was shot. What's going on?!
Johnson Joffrey felt his shoulder being heavily struck, a bullet instantly embedding itself into his shoulder—
"I understand!!" Diavolo suddenly shouted, his joy unconcealable. He cried out hoarsely: "I've seen through your ability, combining your immunity to Cioccolata's mold, yet not to my fist, and these two bullets..."
"I have completely seen through your ability!!"
"You can directly nullify an object's attack without even looking! And this ability is not passive; it is the greatest manifestation of your own reaction speed and Stand Ability, truly astonishing."
"However, no matter how powerful a person's brain is, it's impossible to perform two highly precise actions simultaneously. Therefore, you absolutely cannot nullify the second one! As long as I attack you twice at the same time, you're dead! Johnson Joffrey!!"
Johnson Joffrey clutched his shoulder, dug out the bullet, and then held it in his palm.
"Ah, you're right, my ability has been seen through by you," he replied calmly.
"So that's how it is," Polnareff murmured from a distance, "He can only neutralize one attack through his own reaction speed; he cannot stop two attacks."
"Johnson Joffrey!" Polnareff called out, pushing his wheelchair towards him. "Let me help you! I'll block an attack for you! Even though I'm crippled, I'm still a war—"
"No," Johnson Joffrey replied softly. "Just watch from there. Today, I'll use this ability, which he's seen through, to bash his head in."
Polnareff looked at Johnson Joffrey in surprise, then silently pushed his wheelchair back several steps.
"Arrogant fool!" Diavolo cursed in a low voice. "Now I will launch two attacks on you!"
"Die, Johnson Joffrey!"
"King Crimson!! Let me transcend time!"