"How... how is this possible!"
Having lost his Stand, Father Pucci collapsed to the ground.
At the same time, due to Star Platinum's heavy punch, Weather's memory disc, which he had kept close to him, rolled out.
After Kai Ishida put away the disc containing the Stand White Snake, he picked up the memory disc from the ground and handed it to Weather himself.
"..."
Silent.
Weather simply took the memory silently, and then, under Father Pucci's horrified gaze, he put the disc back into his brain.
"..."
Memories resurfaced one by one, and Weather's expression changed multiple times in an instant.
Finally, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.
The Stand Weather Forecast appeared beside him.
And this time, with the appearance of Weather Forecast, One by one beautiful rainbows also appeared.
Versus, who was on the ground nearby, accidentally touched a rainbow, and his body immediately began to turn into a snail.
This scene made Anasui, who had been curious and about to touch the rainbow, instantly withdraw his hand.
As for Kai Ishida, he moved far away the moment the rainbow appeared.
His eyes revealed deep apprehension and a hint of envy.
This was the ability Weather initially awakened, named "Heavy Weather."
It can produce natural "subliminal effects" by changing the refractive index of sunlight in the atmosphere, affecting the mental level of living beings. Affected people firmly believe they will turn into snails.
Once the rainbow is touched, or a person who has "turned into" a snail is touched, this state will become contagious.
Except for Weather himself, only blind people are unaffected.
And the scope of the ability's effect is the entire world!
"Thump—"
Weather's footsteps echoed in the room.
As Father Pucci watched Weather continuously approaching him, he instinctively squirmed backward, trying to explain, "Listen to me..."
But in the next second, four ice spears directly pierced Father Pucci's hands and feet, pinning him to the ground.
The intense pain made him unable to speak.
However, years of enmity could not be easily resolved by just shedding some blood.
Then Weather began to activate his ability with all his might, and a large amount of pure oxygen rapidly gathered around Father Pucci, turning it into an extreme pure oxygen space.
In just an instant, Father Pucci's arm swelled up.
"What, what's going on?!" Anasui asked in confusion.
The previous snail transformation was already surprising enough for him, but the changes appearing on Father Pucci's body now almost made his eyes pop out.
Completely incomprehensible!
At this moment, Kai Ishida noticed a clue: "The power of pure oxygen has begun to take effect."
"For living organisms, in order to survive, they must absorb 'oxygen', but the concentration of oxygen is not the higher the better."
"The oxygen concentration our human body can withstand is below 40%, and once it exceeds this threshold, the originally harmless oxygen will cause damage to the body."
"And when the oxygen concentration reaches 100%, which is what people call 'pure oxygen'."
"High concentrations of oxygen will instantly oxidize 'iron', causing it to rust and corrode, and at the same time, the cell molecules in the human body will be deprived of electrons, and human tissues will gradually be damaged."
Hearing this, Anasui nodded, but then asked in confusion, "But, the human body has antioxidant properties, right? It shouldn't react so strongly in a short time."
Even with pure oxygen at its highest concentration, considering the human body's condition, such significant harm shouldn't appear within forty minutes, right?
Hearing this, Kai Ishida also smiled, "This is the terrifying aspect of Weather's ability."
"Not only pure oxygen, Weather even changed the atmospheric pressure around Father Pucci, causing the density of pure oxygen to change, and also made Father Pucci inhale a large amount of pure oxygen in a short period of time!"
As Kai Ishida's words fell, the capillaries in Father Pucci's eyes burst, and at the same time, his hands and feet began to go numb.
And Weather stood silently by, witnessing Father Pucci's life being taken away by pure oxygen little by little.
Ten minutes later.
Weather deactivated his ability.
The pure oxygen space and atmospheric pressure all returned to their original state.
And after Kai Ishida confirmed that Father Pucci had no vital signs, he also felt a heavy stone lifted from his heart.
"Is it finally over...?"
For a moment, Kai Ishida's heart suddenly felt a little empty.
At the same time, with the Release of Versus's ability, hurried footsteps echoed in the corridor.
The American police were about to come in!
Seeing this, Kai Ishida couldn't care about anything else, quickly stopped time, and then carried Weather and Anasui away from the scene.
As five seconds passed, time resumed flowing.
Listening to the increasingly urgent footsteps outside the door, Versus couldn't help but become nervous again.
You know, if the police saw the scene now, he would be in deep trouble.
He would be unable to clear his name, and would probably spend the rest of his life in Green Dolphin Street Prison.
Thinking of this, Versus's spirit burst forth once more.
"Underworld!"
Biting fiercely into the room's floor, Versus finally met the condition of "digging."
"Bang—"
The room door was violently pushed open.
Dozens of armed police instantly flooded into the ward.
But the scene inside the ward was beyond their expectations.
Neat!
Clean!
It didn't look like a crime scene at all.
"Did we take a wrong turn?" The police leader was confused.
After a search, they confirmed there was nothing unusual in the room.
Then they led their team away.
And outside the ward "excavated" in the Underworld, Versus let out a long sigh of relief.
"Whoosh—"
"Good thing I made it."
But when he looked at his shoulder, which was still bleeding, and Father Pucci, who was completely dead on the other side of the ground, his brows furrowed again.
He now had no one left to rely on.
And he had become a cripple with both arms broken.
Was the dream of heaven going to be shattered just like that?
And just as Versus's inner world began to collapse, Father Pucci, who had already lost all vital signs, underwent another change.
"Whoosh—"
A sprout broke through Father Pucci's clothes and grew from his body.
At the same time, the blood flowing from Versus's body also strangely flowed towards the sprout, being desperately absorbed by the nascent sprout.
"This is...? !"
Versus's eyes widened, and DIO's bloodline potential was drawn out at this moment.
He didn't know when.
The wound on his shoulder was no longer bleeding outwards!