"Kai Ishida..."
Weather looked in Kai Ishida's direction, his mouth agape, but he couldn't speak.
He didn't understand why Kai Ishida had become like this.
And where did that ability, capable of generating power equivalent to an earthquake, come from?
"Isn't Star Platinum's ability to stop time?" Weather didn't understand.
In fact, even Kai Ishida's heart was filled with relief at this moment.
"It seems my guess was correct," Kai Ishida shook the magma on his palm, a layer of pitch-black substance, like a thin film, blocking the magma from his skin.
Bohemian Rhapsody's ability was only mentioned in fragments in the manga, with even its most basic Stand stats not being revealed.
But precisely because of this, it gave Kai Ishida the possibility to break the status quo.
The moment the volcanic bomb fragments were about to fall.
Kai Ishida's desire for Whitebeard's power had completely surpassed his love for Ace.
Therefore, his current ´´Character Card´´ was not Ace, who was punched through the chest by Akainu.
But Whitebeard, Edward Newgate, renowned as the ´´Strongest Man in the World´´!
"Magma brat, get up and keep fighting!" Kai Ishida shook his hand, re-gripping the naginata that had been stuck in the ground since earlier.
A milky white halo gathered at the tip of the blade.
At the same time, an aura of domineering power emanated from him, tightly coiling around the pitch-black blade.
"Cough—"
Seeing this, Akainu's brows furrowed.
That previous strike was too sudden, so much so that even with his body elementalized, he couldn't completely avoid the damage.
Now, severely wounded, it was even more impossible for him to withstand Whitebeard's full-power attack.
"You bastard, just clean your neck and wait for me!" Kai Ishida's mouth curved slightly upwards, then he stomped hard on the ground.
With the reactionary force from the ground, Kai Ishida's body shot out rapidly.
In an instant, he covered an immense distance, his naginata raised high.
And swung down fiercely towards Akainu's neck.
However, at this moment, the look of terror on Akainu's face vanished without a trace.
"Boom—"
The violent attack slammed Akainu into the ground, raising a cloud of dust.
Kai Ishida re-inserted the naginata beside him.
Looking at his slightly trembling arm, he couldn't help but marvel at what a monster Whitebeard truly was.
The recoil from the full-power strike made his hands numb; if he wasn't currently using Whitebeard's physical prowess, the recoil alone would probably have shattered his body into pieces.
However, at this moment, Akainu's voice came from beneath the dust.
"Hehehe, do you think this is over?"
"What?!" Kai Ishida's eyes widened.
Then he waved his hand, clearing the dust.
Below the giant pit, Akainu's body had transformed into a paper-thin existence, completely evading the previous blow.
And at this moment, Kai Ishida also recalled another characteristic of Bohemian Rhapsody.
That is, characters in a story will inevitably follow the ultimate development of that story.
His current identity was Whitebeard; although he avoided being punched through the chest by Akainu.
However, Whitebeard's fate was also to have half his head blown off by Akainu's magma-like fist.
"Have we returned to the starting point after all?"
Kai Ishida was stunned for a moment, then picked up the naginata again and began to furiously attack Akainu in the deep pit.
"It's useless! It's useless! A relic of the old era like you, this is your best grave!"
Akainu's body constantly turned into paper, then folded repeatedly.
"Tch, you bastard, just shut up!" Kai Ishida, of course, understood the current situation, so what he needed to do now was to trust Anasui.
Before Anasui could find Van Gogh and draw a character capable of breaking the enemy's Stand ability, he had to do everything possible to trap Akainu here, lest he cause more destruction.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Anasui had indeed found Van Gogh, and five minutes ago, Van Gogh had indeed drawn a painting as he requested.
But just as he was making the final strokes, a heavy downpour suddenly started from the sky.
Washing the painting clean in an instant.
And Van Gogh had also disappeared without a trace in that downpour.
"Tch, damn it!"
Helpless, Anasui started running again, but Van Gogh seemed to be deliberately avoiding him; no matter how he searched, he found nothing.
Until... in front of the department store, a man holding a pipe suddenly had a pistol in his right hand.
And aimed it at his own head.
"Bang—"
He lightly pulled the trigger, and a bullet passed through his head.
However, due to Bohemian Rhapsody, Van Gogh would follow his original ending.
The first bullet did not take his life.
So, he once again aimed the gun at his head, preparing to fire the second shot.
And it was at this moment that Anasui finally spotted Van Gogh.
"You bastard, complete my request then die!"
"Oh, young man, I probably can't draw the painting you want. This is all fate; even the heavens don't want me to continue drawing, which is why it sent down a heavy rain. So..."
"Goodbye!"
As Van Gogh's words fell, he pulled the trigger again.
And when Anasui saw the wound on Van Gogh's forehead, he understood that this was already the second shot.
Once the bullet left the barrel, Van Gogh would be dead for sure.
But he was still a full twenty meters away from Van Gogh; trying to stop him before his finger pulled the trigger was almost impossible.
"You bastard, stop it!"
Diver Down's figure instantly appeared, and with a leap, he plunged into the ground.
At the same time, Anasui rushed towards Van Gogh at his fastest speed.
"Young man, stop doing these meaningless things; my fate has already arrived."
Saying that, Van Gogh pulled the trigger.
"Bang—"
The bullet shot from the barrel, but Van Gogh's body suddenly sank into the ground, with only his head still exposed.
"Whew—"
"Finally... I made it."
The ground beneath Van Gogh's feet had already caved in, and Anasui stood beside him, breathing slightly heavily.
At the last moment, Diver Down successfully reached the ground beneath Van Gogh's feet.
Through his ability, he decomposed the ground, creating a large enough pit for one person to fall into.
"Hey, you bastard, even if you're going to die, you have to complete the task I assigned you, understand?"
Anasui said from above.