This is happiness.
King Crimson's fist stopped abruptly the moment it was about to touch Johnson Joffrey.
"Uh..." Diavolo suddenly felt a strange sensation he had never experienced before—he was floating... "How can this be..." Diavolo's eyes widened, his mind had stopped thinking, unable to comprehend the current situation... He looked at the back of Johnson's head, unable to believe that he had indeed stopped moving exactly as the prophecy foretold—
"Who gave you the illusion, Diavolo, that I only have the ability to stop one object...?"
"You have thoroughly enraged me."
Diavolo couldn't believe what was happening. The future he had seen was Johnson Joffrey being crushed by a car—
According to his calculations, Johnson Joffrey would definitely defend against the things in his eyes first, then the car, and finally himself, because his movements were definitely not as fast as the car and other things... According to his analysis, with a double attack, he could only defend against the one that attacked first... The gap in between was as long as the speed of firing two bullets consecutively... But why... "I... can't... move..." Diavolo felt his body becoming powerless, unable to launch an attack at all. He tried to move, but found it was futile... Johnson Joffrey lowered his gaze, looking at the Reversed Hierophant strings in his hand—
"This is my ability. I can freely manipulate Reversed Hierophant strings, even fixing or softening them (if you don't remember, you can refer back to the first awakening when he used the strings to prop up the falling ceiling)..."
"The first punch I threw at the car, I pulled out the car's strings. All subsequent actions were to mislead you..."
Reversed Hierophant strings are not inherently soft; it is Reversed Hierophant that makes them soft... "Even so!!" Diavolo said unwillingly, "You can only pause my blood attack on your eyes, right?!"
"Useless!!!"
Reversed Hierophant punched the sports car away, then turned to look at him.
Diavolo's eyes widened as he saw that Johnson Joffrey's crimson eyes were not stained with blood... "How... how can this be?!" Diavolo's desperate cry echoed on the beach... How could this be?!
"What's going on?!" Polnareff watched as Diavolo was completely unable to move, like a kite without wind, utterly still... "What exactly is Johnson Joffrey's ability?!" Polnareff couldn't figure it out either... Could his ability really be to stop the time of one object?!
"You're right, I can indeed only defend against one attack, and only the one that attacks first..." Johnson Joffrey said calmly, without being overly pleased—
"You can only see a part of the future with your Epitaph, but you cannot see through to its essence…"
"The essence of my Reversed Hierophant's ability is to erase all energy from an object… it's just that the first step is to stop the transfer of energy."
"So that's it!!" Polnareff was overjoyed, then analyzed, "The Reversed Hierophant is essentially a Stand that can control energy. On the surface, it pauses an attack, but in reality, it erases the energy of the attacking object. The first thing lost is the conversion of kinetic energy…"
"Unless Johnson Joffrey touches Diavolo right now, giving him new kinetic energy, this situation will not stop!"
Polnareff said in surprise, but then he fell into confusion and asked loudly—
"But how do you clear the blood from his eyes?!"
Johnson Joffrey looked calmly at Diavolo and said, "I can only erase an object, but only when that object disappears or stops attacking me can it regain kinetic energy or gravitational potential energy."
"But if it keeps attacking me, its energy will be completely erased by me."
"Objects with mass have energy. It's impossible for the blood in his eyes to completely stop attacking, so I completely erased its existence…"
"Everything in this world possesses energy; as long as it exists, it will have energy… Erasing energy is equivalent to erasing all existence."
"Generally speaking, the smaller the energy of the same type of object, the faster it is erased. That bit of blood of yours disappeared the moment it touched my eyes."
"Diavolo, in a few more minutes, you will completely disappear."
Johnson Joffrey stretched out his hand, pointing at Diavolo's face, which was contorted in shock. His entire face had turned purplish-red, and cold sweat, tears, and snot all streamed down—
"After energy disappears, it becomes disordered heat floating in the world. From a certain perspective, you truly become immortal…" A hint of a mocking smile finally appeared at the corner of Johnson Joffrey's mouth.
"What exactly were you saying just now…" Johnson spoke slowly, his tone calm, as if waiting for Diavolo's death—
"How can a guy like you even think of finding peace? You've killed so many people, you've even killed your own daughter, your adopted father, your own mother. You sell drugs to children, you let your subordinates destroy this city…"
"And you tell me that only this way can you find peace?!"
Johnson Joffrey looked calmly at Diavolo, his eyes bright like crimson amber—
"Don't joke around, a guy like you shouldn't exist in this world!"
Johnson Joffrey lowered his gaze, not even wanting to look at him anymore, and then the Reversed Hierophant appeared beside him—
"Diavolo, for the blood feud of my friend Illuso, for your atrocities committed against this city, for your devilish heart—"
"I am going to kill you now—"
Johnson Joffrey pointed his finger at him, and the Reversed Hierophant suddenly appeared before him—
"Stop!!! Joffrey!!!" A roar came from his heart; he knew what awaited him—
"Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda!!!!"
The Reversed Hierophant's fists landed on Diavolo's body like bullets—
"Wryyyyyyyyyy!!!!"
"Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda!!!!"
Diavolo was sent flying into the sky by the punches, his entire body deforming like that red sports car—
"Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda!!!!"
He was directly beaten into a paste—
"Muda!!"
Reversed Hierophant shouted his last, punching through his stomach!