Thunderstorm

Sexy Machine Gun strikes twice.

A gunshot rings out, and Dawn opens his eyes again. Time rewinds, bringing him back to the moment everyone gathered in the cabin.

A chilling sense of being watched comes from behind, making his hair stand on end.

Vampire Diavolo.

"So it's this time period."

Dawn checks his own abilities. Dragon Tamer is still active, meaning the death rewind reset the previous snap of fingers.

This way, Dawn can use Mista's rewind to constantly try different abilities.

"Kars, prepare to receive the world's most severe torture."

Dawn's gaze is distant, and the coldness in his words makes Hewitt shiver involuntarily nearby.

"Get to work, Diavolo."

King Crimson rushes out of the cabin, quickly finishing off Vampire Diavolo and Risotto, returning unharmed.

"A wind suddenly picked up outside; it might rain later."

King Crimson wipes the bloodstains from his hands with a rag, saying casually.

Dawn nods, not delving too deeply, and everyone heads off to find Mista.

Shortly after they regroup, an explosion echoes from the sky, and a giant falcon tears through the air.

"Hewitt, go and hold off Kars."

"It would be my honor."

Hewitt bows elegantly and rushes towards Kars with a flick of his cane. Within two rounds, his head is twisted off, but he shakily stands up again and continues to charge.

"Hewitt, you truly disappoint me."

Kars shakes his head and releases a swarm of highly poisonous insects. Hewitt collapses, poisoned, unable to get up again.

Dawn controls Cloud Dragon to freeze all the poisonous insects, then releases Notorious Big to stall for time.

He glances down at his watch. Time's up.

A large amount of Chinese text flashes, and Dawn rubs his hands, snapping his fingers with a crisp sound.

The text freezes.

A blue halo appears.

[Stand: Beyond Imagination - Lullaby]

"Let's try it."

Dawn activates Lullaby. Kars closes his eyes and falls asleep, but his body is unaffected and continues to launch fierce attacks.

"Restart, Mista."

Mista understands immediately. Sexy Machine Gun reappears, a gunshot rings out, and Death Rewind activates.

Repeating the previous process, they encounter Kars again.

Snap!

A crisp snap of fingers rings out.

A purple halo appears, and Dawn's eyes light up.

[Stand: Beyond Imagination - Clumsy Imitation]

[Upon activating this ability, you can imitate the opponent's Stand or physical qualities through contact. The default imitation degree is only 30% of the original body's. The higher the compatibility, the higher the imitation degree.]

Abandoning Dragon Tamer, he fixes Clumsy Imitation.

Dawn crushes a frozen poisonous insect. Theoretically, these insects are also a part of Kars's body.

[Stand: Beyond Imagination - Clumsy Imitation]

Activate!!!

[Ultimate Lifeform loading...]

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[Stand: Gaia Consciousness loading...]

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Dawn's mind trembles. He glances at Dio and Hewitt. Gaia Consciousness takes effect, and he quietly masters two abilities.

Time Stop – three seconds.

Expressway – Death consumes gravel.

Dawn casually siphons three hundred years of Joestar's lifespan and then instructs Mista, "Be ready to restart at any time."

Mista nods solemnly. The Insect Arrow pendant pierces his chest, and his hand cannon points at his temple as he carefully observes the battle.

"Kars! You're not the only Ultimate Lifeform!!!"

Dawn's body distorted, transforming into a muscular raptor, and he lunged at Kars with incredible speed.

His claws slashed, leaving three bloody marks on Kars's abdomen, but they healed in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this, Dawn inwardly cursed.

Kars's regeneration was too fast; at only 30% imitation, he stood no chance.

"The World!"

Dawn shouted, and Dio behind him paused for a moment. Time Stop activated, and the world fell into silence.

Dawn's claw sliced through Kars's windpipe, blood gushing out. Before he could make another move, Kars's fingers twitched, his eyes turning towards Dawn.

"Nature is truly wondrous, to possess Time Stop..."

Dawn leaped back to create distance. Kars's ability was too illegal. Now he understood why Dio had died so silently.

"Expressway!!!"

Dawn's hand transformed into a tentacle, burrowing into Kars's body and frantically stealing his lifespan.

"So it's a Stand similar to mine, but my lifespan is infinite."

Kars muttered to himself, seemingly understanding something. His legs transformed into an anti-jointed structure, and with a lunge, a lightning-fast slash struck.

Eight golden grains of sand fell. Dawn staggered to his feet, cradling his own head.

[Warning! This ability is extremely incompatible with the user, and the imitation level cannot be increased...]

Dawn clenched his hands and tossed his head towards Mista.

Mista instinctively caught it, and the head spoke, "Restart! Mista!"

Through countless cycles, Mista had already formed a tacit understanding. He immediately raised his gun and, without a hint of hesitation, pulled the trigger.

BANG!!!

Before the gunshot, Kars's pupils dilated. Instinctively, he tried to stop it, but for some reason, he had a strange sense of déjà vu.

The abandoned cabin.

The side effects of Wasting Time were growing stronger. If Dawn didn't speak, everyone would subconsciously overlook him.

"This can't go on. I need to think of a way."

Dawn pondered in his mind, sending Diavolo out to deal with the unseen observers, and then fell into deep thought.

A moment later, King Crimson returned, picking up a rag to wipe his hands.

"A wind suddenly started blowing outside. It might rain later."

"Rain?"

Dawn seemed to grasp a flash of inspiration in his mind, his expression gradually becoming excited.

"Can Mista's Requiem control large rain clouds? Let's try it!"

Cloud Dragon set off again.

Upon arriving at the cave, Dawn got straight to the point: "Mista, can you summon large rain clouds during the next rewind?"

Mista looked slightly confused but instinctively replied, "Yes, but my ability needs to follow objective conditions. I can't create things that don't exist."

"It's about to rain in this area. I can turn light rain into a thunderstorm, but I can't make the thunderstorm too long-lasting or too massive."

Dawn frowned slightly. Ordinary thunderstorms wouldn't be enough to deal with Kars. As an Ultimate Lifeform, Kars's vitality was incredibly tenacious.

He wouldn't die even swimming in lava.

Unless Cloud Dragon controlled a super-downpour from billions of years ago that lasted for millions of years, then killing Kars would be no problem.

"I'll upgrade you."

Under Mista's astonished gaze, Dawn activated [Stand · Beyond Imagination · Upgrade].

A sharp pain shot through him. Dawn clutched his dizzy head with one hand and looked up at Mista, asking, "How is it now?"

Mista turned to look at the sexy machine gun in the air. Its size had grown to nearly adult proportions, and the barrels of the gun in its hands were slowly rotating.

"I can influence global rain clouds and form a supercell thunderstorm. The estimated coverage area... is about the size of India."

Mista continued, "If we don't aim for thickness, it can cover about 12 million square kilometers."