War never changes...

In front of him was a bluish-gray metallic armor.

-What… What happened?

I should have only been out for a moment. How did he change so much?

-... You did something. For a moment "you" disappeared. What did you do? I asked him.

From my perspective, his eyes suddenly went blank, but that only lasted for a fraction of a second.

-I could ask you the same. Where did you take that from? I guess you have more secrets than I expected. Even more, you are still resisting after this long…

/CRASH!/

/PUCHI!/

/BOOM!/

Before the man could even finish, I crashed my fists right in his face.

His body sped up and crashed into the building nearby.

-AHHHH!

-WHAT IS HAPPENING?!

The people in the building and in other houses finally started to react.

From the rubble, the mysterious man said:

-How… I didn't even manage to see what happened. What did you d…

/Fuosh!/

/BOOM!/

A red beam suddenly hit him right in the face.

Suddenly, from my side, the man appeared and he did a punching motion.

He might be able to speed his own time, but that is meaningless if he can't react to my moves.

[...Aged 100 years.]

My time is getting short. I need to kill him somehow, if I send him to space will his power stop?

-AHHH! I am angry now! FINAL COUNTDOWN!

[Detecting massive shifts in time, processing… A conclusion has been reached. It's possible to absorb this chaotic power, proceed?]

Do it!

The light around me started to fade away, soon, me and the strange man were inside a barely lit tunnel.

-To think I would need to use this ability. You are the first one to force me, Lucassu, to use this.

The seconds passed but nothing changed.

I couldn't move during this time no matter how much I tried, I couldn't even use the guns on the Mech. But Lucassu didn't move as well. Perhaps he is also limited.

The light eventually came back to us. We were now in a savanna, I could even see some lions near us.

How did we come here?

[Analysing astral bodies… It has been determined you are now in Africa, at… it's currently June 4 1942.] Said the Armor AI

What?...

-How… HOW?! Why aren't you aging?! And what is this strange armor around you?! Did you… Did you also use the mask? Of course… How couldn't you not? This power. All makes sense now. Why didn't you age?... You are also Immortal!

(The Mc wasn't wearing his helmet.)

(It's clear the villain is making some assumptions here.)

-Perhaps. I said

-That means your power is meaningless against me…

(Explanation time, the villain has used several time abilities so far.

He can accelerate time, imagine something like this: you are crossing a road, there is the entire path and time you are going to take, the stand just massively decreases this time to almost 0, making everyone think the person just "blinked to the position".

But from the person's perspective, he just walked all the way there.

Final countdown can also age things, to be precise, it's accelerating people's time, this can make someone bleed to death in a second and make someone heal instantaneously.

But the current villain can control his Stand and have it only affect someone's age without having their bodies heal.

It can also send people into the far future, as long as a part of the person actually exists in the future, be it its bones or just dust, the process ages the person equal to the amount of time it traveled, while slightly aging the user of the Stand.

This creates several paradoxes, but it's a Stand. It doesn't care.

And finally…)

-KUKUKU… Don't be silly. I can still send you into the far, far future! Goodbye John!

[Detecting...]

[Absorb?]

Of course!

…

The seconds passed and nothing happened

What is happening? Why isn't he being sent into the future? Let's try this again! Final countdown!

...Once again, nothing happened. I tried again and again. But he still looked at me with that smug face.

I was on the verge of snapping.

-What is it? Your toy isn't working? Poor you, why don't you go cry at your mom? I taunted him

-You really think this low taunt is going to anger me?

-Not really, but it does fuel my pride a bit.

#!

-SO BE IT THEN! If I can't defeat you with time, I shall do it myself!

He disappeared from his location and punched my back.

My helmet slid back on. And I said:

-Bring it on!

My time was ticking…

/A few years ago in Venice/

-We received another emergency call. Said a clone

-Check the surveillance in that area! Said another clone

The clones saw my fight against Lucassu., and how I disappeared from my location

-A Stand user, one with a time ability… Said one of the clones

-Not only that, but he also used the mask with another Aja stone… Complimented another clone.

-... If we are still here it means everything is alright. What we need to do is obvious then. We need to finish the research while creating a way to deal with that enemy when he reappears. Does everyone agree?

-If it is really a time ability as that man explained, they are bound to appear someday. He also said he has immense control over hidden organizations… We need to clear them out before he comes back.

-We need a way to keep track of him.

-But how?

-Simple. Remember what he had in his pocket?

-...! A secure Radio device! Are you telling me…

-Yes, it will take a lot of time, but we could create a long-distance communication network. In order to track him when he comes back. That will require satellites… Not really something that hard to do.

/Back to the future.../

/BOOM!/

A man inside an armor was fighting against an overly buff Human.

John's armor opened up revealing a small laser barrel

/FIUMM!/

The laser hit right between Lucassu's eyebrows. The burning hole soon closed up.

If this continues it's going to be a fight of attrition.

My aging process and armor remaining energy against his stamina.

(His armor cant recover energy due to it not being fully adapted into this world)

Perhaps I should just throw him into space.

-Activate thrusters!

Two circular thrusters opened up in his back.

I grabbed his neck and started to fly to space.

-Bast-erd! He tried speaking but his throat was being heavily grasped.

He used his stand to punch my armor continually, but it wasn't strong enough to bend the alloy in the armor.

-Stop resisting, even if you can bend it, it's going to regenerate soon enough. Accept your end.

-Arrg!... Final countdown!

All light disappeared, the same dark void came back.

Both me and he were now in opposite directions.

-This again? I wonder how long you can keep doing this. No matter how much of a "Perfect being" you are. If you don't recover your lost energy, you are going to die. Don't you think it's time for you to lift this useless time power from me?

-Haa, haaa.

He seemed tired already.

-Don't think you've won. Your armor can't have an infinite amount of energy. I don't know where you got such a thing from. I will make sure to use it in your stead.

…

As if.

Light came back and we were soon back on Earth.

-Where are we now?

[... It has been determined that the user is in Nagasaki, August 9, 1945.]

Japan? How did we get here?...

Wait...

Don't tell me…

[An aircraft has been detected several hundred meters above its current location.]

Shit… Wait, I can use this to deal significant damage to him!

-Alright! Activate expandable armor!

[Warning, it's currently impossible to recover energy, this act will consume at least...]

-I know, don't worry.

/CATCHENG!/

My armor suddenly glowed green. And in several spots around it, small light blades appeared.

[Time until consumption of energy...]

I immediately flew towards the enemy's direction.

He was currently falling towards the ground.

The moment I got to him he disappeared, and I heard a crashing sound in the distance.

-He accelerated the time of his fall…

I am sorry for the people below me but…

-Load a single target disintegration round.

An immense cannon appeared on my side, it made some strange /vuom/ sounds before it lit up.

[Loading… remaining shells...0]

-We can always make more later.

This shell was created on the day the Mech was finished.

I couldn't make more due to the high level of tech required. But as long as I have energy, I could have the armor process material into one. But I don't have the energy to splurge.

-Fire.

[Detecting multiple signs of life around the targeted area...]

-...Do it anyway.

I am sorry for this.

/BOOM!/

The shell left the cannon and with an immense speed made its way to the ground.

/KABOOM!/

It crashed into the ground, creating a rather small explosion, but the heat was no joke. I killed all of the people within several dozen meters. It burned the houses and …

I am truly sorry…

/FIUUUUU.../

From above me the sound of another bomb started to fall.

Its time.

I started to fly far away from its point of impact.

And…

/BOOOOOOOOOM/

An explosion of immense proportions…