Dead?

-Noo!

-IGGY! YOU BASTARD! SILVER CHARIOT!

-TOO SLOW! Said Dio

/Boom!/

/Bang!/

Multiple airwaves were created due to the constant impact of their Stands.

-I got you now! Hermit purple!

Joseph jumped from Dio back and wrapped him with his Stand.

-WEAK! Dio immediately snapped the purple vine.

-But I bought enough time… Said Joseph smugly

-EMERALD SPLASH! ???

From behind, multiple green crystals flew at incredible speeds!

-Tsk! Dio disappeared and reappeared somewhere far away.

-Kakyoin! Every Crusader shouted, surprised.

-Sorry for the wait! I have found out what his Stand is capable of! The world can stop time!

(He found out just like in the original , but since he was healed, Joseph didn't have to brainstorm the meaning of his final message the clock tower being destroyed/.)

-I know that's absurd, but it is the only explanation!

-We can't fight him together! Else we will only be giving him the chance to kill us one by one! I said while I ran towards Iggy's cut body.

I placed his two body parts together and Used Hamon to make them fuse back together.

Dio looked at me and thought:

How annoying, he keeps reviving them. His Hamon is much stronger than both Joseph and Caesar, is that a Stand focused on healing? Or could it be something else?

Not that it matters, since I will kill him right now.

Dio disappeared from his location…

-Time has stopped. He said

He flew to my location and...

/BANG!/

-Time shall resume.

I was hit right in the head! I flew and hit a nearby wall, passing through it.

-JOHN! Screamed the now recovering Caesar.

-We can't continue like this! He will continue to take us one by one! Commented Polnareff

-Who's next? How about that old man? Said Dio pointing at Caesar

…

That hurt fucker… But not as much as I expected.

The world is certainly a strong Stand. But it didn't hit nearly as strong as Lucassu's.

It didn't cause my body that much damage, showing the progress I had so far in my training.

...I got what I came here to do. I helped my old friends and saw some iconic characters, but my time is running short…

/Bang!/ Lightning hit close to my locations.

… I have other things to finish and accomplish. I will leave Dio to them.

…

The battle continued and they eventually left towards deeper portions of the city.

After they all left I reappeared from the dark alley.

There is no need to help them fight Dio. That would be a waste of time on my part, time that I don't have anymore.

I am angry at him for what he did to me, but beggars can't be choosers.

It's between fulfilling some pathetic pride and my life.

(Because of the world rejection.)

So instead I went to meet with the clones…

…

/Step/

/Step/

After several dozen steps I was finally at the top of the clocktower.

Waiting for me were none other than the clones.

They looked like the younger me, before being affected by the time power but their expressions deferred. Some were angry and others looked relieved.

-It has been some time. I said.

-You don't say? You disappeared for nearly 50 years, having us work to the bone while you played around!

-Come on… I got pretty hurt…

-Look at the damage you caused! It's going to be a pain covering that up. At least, that won't be my job.

-Before we impart our memories to you, I want to warn you it's probably going to hurt. A lot.

-The memories of 3 dozen clones, each with 50 years of knowledge isn't something that can be processed in an instant, even several days would be hard. But we don't really have that long.

-We will go one by one and see how much is your limit. But first, take these.

He pointed towards a large box on the side.

-Inside there are some of our biggest accomplishments.

Another clone opened the box and said:

-Several books containing all of our research, a weapon, some of the masks, and a few other miscellaneous items.

It was something akin to a Pistol.

-This is an incomplete weapon, to finish it you need… These.

He picked an Aja stone from his pocket.

-An Aja stone! Another one?! I was surprised.

-This wasn't the only cool thing we found during our years. Said another clone

He took out a beautifully crafted quiver, containing multiple arrows.

-Did you go…

-Yes. We collected the arrows. At least some, there might be others, who knows. We did extensive research on these but its powers and principles remain a mystery even to us.

-We believe they hold the key to the origin source of the power of this world. Since they can not only grant but also empower a Stand.

Seeing them up close is truly strange. For some reason, they attract me.

The arrows… Even at the end of the series its mysteries were still barely explained.

(I mean the most recent manga. But I didn't read it...)

Made from a material out of this world, with unknown means. Even the clones did not manage to figure it out after several dozen years.

[Detecting source power. Absorb?]

Wait. Can you tell me more about it?

[Processing… The source is coming from a strange, unclassified material in the arrow. It contains the very foundation of this universe's principles.]

What would happen if it was absorbed?

[It would lose most of its powers, but its original effect would be maintained but at a much greater cost.]

…

It's possible to tell me how it works?

[Processing… Preliminary analyses indicate that upon contact with one's skin, it would initiate the materialization of one's spirit by providing energy to it.

This process greatly imbues the spirit with the source power of this universe, granting special abilities to manipulate the fabric of reality depending on the user's psychic.

Stronger spirits may endure larger amounts of it, possibly granting stronger Stand abilities. But due to the randomness of one's spirit and desires, the resulting power tends to vary.]

… I see.

Does that mean it's possible to absorb a Stand?

[Technically yes. But the difficulty outweighs the final gains.]

At the end of the day, what are Stands?

[All info indicates that Stands are a materialization of one's spirit given power due to ruling principles of this universe. They may grow stronger as the user changes in personality and grows as a being.]

That's pretty much what I thought… I said disappointed

[Results from analyses are based on information acquired from the user.]

So it's my fault now...

So. How much energy would be acquired from the arrows?

[Processing...]

At the same time, I gave the clones permission to continue.

-...Continuing from where I stopped…

-We found many more strange things in nature, from impossible metals to plants and animals. All of it is in the book since we didn't consider them relevant to bring. Said another clone.

-It's rather redundant since you are going to eventually leave this world, but think of it as a memento from us...

-We progressed a lot in 50 years. More than we even predicted, I guess having support from the biggest company in the world did something…

(Robert knows about the clones as I already stated.)

-But as you can see. We didn't release a lot of the technology into the world. Only minor things, but they were enough to change enough, like better movie cameras, condoms, etc.

-If only we could convert money into Origin energy… Said another clone.

(Clones don't have access to the Nexus key and its features.)

I took the pistol and placed the other two Aja stones in it. It seemed to glow slightly.

-What are those other things? I said towards several other smaller stones in the pistol.

-You will soon know, they are just some of these "miracles of nature" we found during the years.

-Since they don't make sense, we collected them in order to analyze their properties. This gun is one of the many end results.

-Lastly. Hamon and the mask. Said the closest clone

-We finished the mask, in fact, our research was stomped 7 years ago. It simply can't progress further, because there isn't anything to improve anymore.

-We tested everything, even making variations so that we could try improving the potential of multiple creatures. Plants, birds, reptiles…

-This IS the ultimate mask. Once you use it, it will change your life force into something greater. Much greater...

-As for what… We don't really know. Our body is different from anything in this world. As for the side effects, I don't think there is one. Just use it when you feel the most comfortable. Your state of mind will greatly affect the final result.

-We believe that the final transformation may be directly connected to the source energy. But we don't really understand it.

-And finally, Hamon. After many decades of trial and error. We think we found out its maximum power.

-It's like this. Let's take someone with immense talent like Joseph and Caesar, a new trainer can easily train in this art, but after a few years, he will reach his first true barrier, which is the external breathing technique.

-If he has the talent to pass it, his limitations are soon to increase to new levels.

-The difference between someone who can use this technique to someone who can't is just like an egg hitting a stone and a shot from a hand pistol.

-But even this has its limits. It varies from person to person.

-The graph "Strength" x "Time spent in training", increases exponentially. At one point you would have to spend years to only increase its strength by a little bit. And that's not viable.

-So, even if it's a little disappointing, we spent many decades trying to figure out how to do the most for less. We didn't develop stronger techniques, but more optimized ones.

-... Well. they are stronger I guess.

/BANG!/

[WARNING!].