Waves of demonic sounds poured into Higashikata Josuke's ears, carrying an extreme allure, combined with the power of Heaven's Door, seemingly trying to brainwash him.
His powerful ability, which as a mortal could burn divine power, truly made the Mountain God somewhat envious. If he could cultivate Josuke into his subordinate god and then take his place, He might even be able to advance further.
"I have descended this time to enlighten the world, to cleanse the many evils in the world. All beings suffer, and only the gods can save them."
Watching Higashikata Josuke's eyes gradually become hazy, the Mountain God's eyes couldn't help but narrow in satisfaction, and he thought to himself.
'As long as I hypnotize him, this timeline will be entirely mine. Oh, and that strange boy, but his soul does not belong to this world, and his ability is merely to manipulate time. Banish him, and there is no need to pay too much attention to him.'
The Mountain God was very relaxed. In his eyes, unless these two seeds grew further and completely evolved into beings comparable to him, or another god descended, his success was a foregone conclusion.
A timeline entirely his own, even for a relatively weak god like him, that was a priceless treasure.
However, to his astonished gaze, Higashikata Josuke's expression suddenly cleared, and at the same time, two streams of tears flowed from his eyes. No, those weren't tears, they were golden flames!
Higashikata Josuke saw it: in the distant sky, a golden cloud was drifting, and on it were the faces of Jotaro, Okuyasu, Koichi, and his mom and dad. They were smiling at him.
"Am I... coming to join you all now?"
Higashikata Josuke murmured, reaching his hand towards the horizon. His mosquito-like voice was heard by the Mountain God, but the Mountain God also looked in that direction, yet saw nothing.
But in Josuke's eyes, Joseph gave him a thumbs-up, his mouth still moving. Josuke understood what his father was saying.
"Man, don't give up!"
And he reached out from afar, seemingly wanting to wipe away the fiery tears from Josuke's eyes. Josuke also couldn't help but reach forward, as if wanting to embrace his loved ones, but he only embraced empty air, falling to the ground, his fiery tears burning on the earth.
This made the bewildered Mountain God decide to directly insert his hand into Josuke's head to read his thoughts. "Forget it, I'll just forcibly brainwash him."
But at this moment, the Mountain God suddenly realized something was wrong: time was accelerating again.
Just now, while he was hypnotizing Josuke, the priest, who had been desperately trying to survive under the sea, fearing death and planning to cling to life a little longer, finally died. From that moment, time returned to normal.
But now time was accelerating again, and the source of this acceleration was... Higashikata Josuke!
Higashikata Josuke slowly raised his head, his eyes now clear. Although the priest's death was by drowning, it was ultimately attributed to Josuke's fire.
Therefore, he had now broken the last shackles, and his Stand had fulfilled the requirements for its final evolution.
At the same time, the ability of Made in Heaven temporarily belonged to him.
Several wisps of cloud smoke lifted him. Weather Forecast still had about half an hour left. Although this was useless against the Mountain God, it was useful for him.
Looking at Higashikata Josuke, who had a "JO"-like expression, wide eyes, and several shadows obscuring his vision, looking extremely handsome and dignified, the Mountain God tilted his head in confusion, then slapped him directly back to the ground.
"Although I don't know why, the situation doesn't seem to have changed."
The Mountain God said in confusion, but then discovered that his entire hand was on fire. The fierce flames directly stung him, and seemed to be climbing towards his main body along the causal link!
The Mountain God's expression changed, and he unhesitatingly severed his hand, transforming it into a sword that directly pierced Higashikata Josuke's chest.
But Higashikata Josuke only struggled twice before getting up. The sword also merged into his body, and he was completely unaffected, even showing a sunny smile and smoothing his pompadour, which had been messed up by the slap.
"Great, it hurt a bit, but it doesn't matter."
He could feel that his Stand had completely advanced, just one step away from reaching the Golden Spirit that Jotaro had spoken of. The so-called Mountain God's act of killing the priest had instead completed him.
The Mountain God frowned, his hand immediately grew back, but his voice remained calm and majestic, his silver hair dancing in the air like a lion's mane. "It seems I cannot let you live."
"I say, you have..."
The next moment, an explosion erupted in his mouth, and then another explosion enveloped him, seemingly trying to blow him up entirely. A sky-high explosion instantly covered hundreds of meters around, directly overturning the entire shallow sea, sending seawater flying into the sky.
But after a cloud of smoke, nothing happened. As the smoke instantly dissipated, the Mountain God was completely unharmed, not even his clothes were affected, only his voice was interrupted.
Higashikata Josuke was directly blown away, but under Kira Yoshikage's deliberate protection, he merely rolled a few times into the sea, then shook his head and climbed up, a hint of confusion appearing in his eyes.
"Tsk, useless?"
Kira Yoshikage frowned, slowly descending from the sky. He had just looked at the future one minute ahead, but found that he couldn't see the Mountain God at all. The area where the Mountain God was located was blurry, and nothing could be seen.
So he directly chose to put it to the test, launching a bomb at the Mountain God. Killer Queen immediately deployed a large bomb, but it failed to even budge the opponent.
"You have angered me, mortal."
The Mountain God turned his head to look at Kira Yoshikage, his expression still calm, but a trace of anger appeared in his tone. However, as if remembering something, he suppressed his anger.
"But, soul from another world, you do not belong here. I can give you a chance and forgive your blasphemous crime this time.
And, if you pledge allegiance, I can send you back to your original world."
Upon hearing this, both Kira Yoshikage and Higashikata Josuke looked surprised. Kira Yoshikage hadn't expected anyone to see through his identity as a time traveler (transmigrator), and Higashikata Josuke hadn't expected this damned devil not to be from this world.
"Go back to my past life?... Hahahahaha!"
Kira Yoshikage repeated it, then couldn't help but burst into laughter, what a joke!
What kind of miserable life did he live in his past life? Constantly working himself to exhaustion, with little money, and ultimately being falsely accused by a "version T0" and forced to death. But he also took down that "version T0." He had no nostalgia, no regrets.
And looking at this life, how happy he was! Except for being a bit miserable when being hunted, at other times, both of his identities had money, were handsome, and his work, with his efforts, had become comfortable. Moreover, his current identity even had a beloved wife.
As long as he succeeded, he could revive his wife and live happily ever after, even if that cheap son was a bit annoying.
Why would he go back?
"Hey, Josuke, let's cooperate. You've seen it, this guy is even harder to deal with than me. You're not his opponent either, are you!"
Higashikata Josuke was silent for a moment. His father had inexplicably exploded earlier, and he still couldn't be entirely sure it was Kira Yoshikage's doing. Moreover, this enemy in front of them indeed seemed a greater threat. He suppressed his anger and squeezed out a single word from his throat.
"Good!"