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Boom boom—

"This...this is—?"

Suddenly, DIO's expression changed—

Suddenly, a figure appeared standing by the doorway! The lightning illuminated the person's silhouette—none other than the person they had been searching for—Jerry Coffdale!

"Trying to leave? No way! Absolutely not! Come on, DIO, JOJO. I'll use you two as test subjects to test the power I just acquired!"

Chapter Fifty-Four Experiments

"You...you're Mr. Jerry? No—no...who exactly are you!?" JOJO turned around and looked at Kurokawa Kazuya.

"No, I am Jerry, heh heh... I am Jerry Coffdale." Kurokawa Kazuya announced his current identity, arms crossed: "JOJO~~ and DIO... you've come at the perfect time, I just obtained this power, now, I can use it to experiment on you guys—but!"

Kurokawa Kazuya looked at the Stone Mask in JoJo's hand and launched an attack—

The gaping hole was startlingly large.

This is a technique originally created by DIO. In the manga, Jonathan Joestar, also known as JoJo, died from this move! The key to this technique is compressing the liquid in one's eyes and then firing it out. It possesses powerful and terrifying penetrating force—

"what--!"

*Pfft*

The liquid line pierced through the Stone Mask in an instant, shattering it and leaving a small hole in JOJO's hand!

However... only one was successful. The other eye did expel liquid, but the [hollow eye piercing shock] didn't form. In other words, the first experiment was only half successful!

"This power is enough for me to possess. The Stone Mask must be destroyed just in case!"

What...what is this?

What was that just now?

DIO stood there, stunned. What he had just witnessed was beyond his comprehension. What was that shooting out of his eyes? Was this a technique that a human could use?

In that instant, DIO felt immense terror, and—ambition!

I want to obtain... I want to obtain this power.

However, the next moment, his heart sank...

From Kurokawa Kazuya's tone, it's clear he obtained that power from the Stone Mask, but now the Stone Mask has been destroyed. Does this mean he can't obtain that power no matter what?

"Damn...that bastard!!" A tremendous, indescribable rage surged within him, and he could no longer feign it: "Damn bastard!!"

“D...DIO…” JOJO was stunned for a moment. He had never seen DIO so angry before…and what was he angry about? Was he angry about what Jerry had done? Or was he angry about…the destruction of the Stone Mask?

DIO was about to say something when his expression suddenly changed—

Kurokawa Kazuya charged toward him at an incredible speed!

"Wow...so fast!" DIO had always thought he was fast and agile, but the person in front of him was even faster than him—

However, being DIO, he still managed to dodge to the side at the crucial moment—

However, even so, the fist still grazed him, though it didn't kill him outright.

"Wow--"

A large amount of blood gushed from his mouth, and DIO was sent flying against the wall, with countless bones broken.

"This...this guy—" DIO struggled to stand up, but he couldn't do it at all—

"DIO—" JOJO shouted, but at that moment, Kurokawa Kazuya had already walked towards him step by step.

"Too weak! So weak, so weak—" Kurokawa Kazuya shouted, uttering what was originally DIO's favorite line, as he walked towards Jojo. "I haven't even used half my power yet, and I'm already this pathetic... Haha... Humans are indeed too weak. Jojo, what about you? How many seconds can you last against me? Five seconds? Four seconds? Or will you be sent flying in an instant like DIO—!"

Kurokawa Kazuya felt great; he was completely immersed in the role he was playing.

He exudes a powerful aura.

That's great, that's fantastic! This feeling is wonderful.

It was ten thousand times more pleasurable than the most comfortable thing he had ever experienced in his life—

JOJO was trembling... This was an existence beyond his comprehension.

Especially that force—it was enough to send a person flying that far? And it wasn't even a direct hit. Is what he's doing even possible for a human?

Stone Mask? What does all this have to do with the Stone Mask?

Is Jerry no longer human?

"Ugh—ugh—J...JOJO, this guy—?" DIO barely managed to stand up, gritted his teeth as he looked at JOJO who had taken a few steps back...that guy was giving him a signal!

Although it was a code he'd never seen before, he understood it after being with JOJO for so long.

That guy...JoJo is letting him escape!

'Okay... fine, JOJO... then I'll run now, and you can die here, JOJO!' DIO was slowly backing away—suddenly, he saw the situation at the door and stopped in his tracks.

"Ha...haha...hahahaha—Jerry! Your time to die has come!" DIO shouted.

"Huh?" Kurokawa Kazuya turned around and saw a group of police officers running towards them.

"Are you Jerry? And the Joestar kids... What happened here? We heard what sounded like a door being kicked open and rushed over, but we were a little slow because of the rain. What's going on now?" The sheriff asked, puzzled, looking at the situation.

"Sheriff—Jerry's acting weird, he's become very strange—!" DIO shouted.

But even without him saying anything, everyone had already noticed something was wrong—

Kurokawa Kazuya arrived before the sheriff with incredible speed and drank his blood—

"This...this is—?"

It was clear that the sheriff in his hands was rapidly becoming emaciated—

"Fire! Fire!"

The other police officers panicked and pulled the triggers on Kurokawa and Miya.

Kurokawa Kazuya didn't dodge!

With his sensitivity to firearms and his current strength, he could have easily dodged it, but he didn't!

bang bang bang-

The bullet had indeed entered his body and pierced his brain.

but...

"What...what's going on? This guy...isn't dead—?" DIO clenched his fists as he looked at Kurokawa Kazuya: 'Damn it—the power of the Stone Mask...why didn't I detect it? I've been in the Joestar family for over five years and I didn't find this power! It's...it's truly infuriating. And now the Stone Mask is shattered; there's no chance of obtaining this power anymore! Such immense power, and immortality! What a perfect ability!'

Chapter Fifty-Five: Vampire Kurokawa Kazuya

"So that's what it feels like to drink blood... Hmm, the blood I absorb seems to have turned into life energy and is stored in my body..."

Kurokawa Kazuya, who understood Ripple, clearly felt that his life force was getting stronger!

Using ripples now will achieve twice the effect as before.

Unfortunately, I am now a vampire.

The result of twice the ripple effect is that it self-destructs at twice the speed!

That's right, even vampires can use Ripple, even if the effect of Ripple on themselves is self-destructive. In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 2: Battle Tendency, the original Ripple user, Stray, died in this way after becoming a vampire.

The ripples generated within his own body turned him to ashes. Previously, when Kurokawa Kazuya failed to use the Stone Mask, he killed himself in the same way and woke up in reality.

However, the energy he absorbed was not wasted; it made his recovery ability even stronger!

boom--

He tossed the body aside and looked at the other police officers—

"Aaaaaahh ...

"Monster...monster! Monster!"

*Pfft*

"Jerry—you!" Jojo gritted her teeth and glared at Jerry as he turned all the policemen into dried-up corpses. "You actually killed your own former comrades—!"

"JOJO, you don't think I care about these things, do you?"

Indeed, humans are emotional beings, but even if his malice didn't increase when he became a vampire, his emotions were still suppressed to some extent. Moreover—in reality, his relationship with these police officers wasn't good; in fact, most of them were quite hostile.

He did this on purpose!

After all... no matter how much you suppress your emotions, humans are still emotional beings. If I hadn't deliberately made my relationship with them so bad... and intentionally avoided delving into their world...

You might know perfectly well that these are all illusions, products of your own dreams, yet you still can't bring yourself to do them!

While that's a possibility, to avoid feeling uncomfortable when I start... it's best not to get involved in it from the beginning. That's the only way!

"Ooo ...

"Hmph—?" Kurokawa Kazuya chuckled, clenched his fist, and threw a punch—

"Wow--"

The door panel in JOJO's hand shattered, and she stumbled back a few steps.

"Look here! You damn bastards!" DIO shouted, appearing somehow in front of the policemen's corpses, grabbing a gun from somewhere, and pulling the trigger on Kurokawa and Kazuya.

next moment!

His expression darkened further.

Kurokawa and Mita—closed their eyes!

However, even so, the body only swayed slightly, something a normal human being could do—

The bullet was dodged—

Opening his eyes and watching the trajectory of the bullet, Kurokawa Kazuya smiled: "As expected, it seems I haven't lost my touch; this intuition is still there!"

Having been killed by guns so many times, dodging has become instinctive. Whenever I sense danger, without thinking, I surrender control of my body to my instincts, and I can dodge a bullet.