[Stand · Beyond Imagination · Yesterday Once More]

"Big sis, someone's coming to visit you at noon. Whatever you do, don't show yourself, or something bad will happen."

Emporio poked his head cautiously out of a crack in the wall and warned her.

Jolyne looked bewildered. She'd been on her own since she was little—who would come to visit her?

She tucked the warning away. When she looked again a moment later, Emporio had vanished.

"Strange. Why is there a kid in prison?"

Tap, tap, tap...

The sound of a guard's footsteps rang out. Jolyne thought for a moment, decided she didn't want trouble, and turned to leave.

Dawn, dressed in a prison guard's uniform with a gun at his waist, strolled down the corridor with an easy expression.

"Hey, Jolyne."

Dawn greeted Jolyne Kujo. She froze, then sensed his friendly manner and instinctively nodded.

They passed each other and walked on. Jolyne thought to herself, That guard is really friendly. He doesn't look menacing at all.

After walking a little farther, Jolyne came to her senses.

Wait. I've never seen that face before. How does he know my name?

Uneasy, Jolyne grew even more reluctant about the upcoming visit.

A small figure flickered in the corner of Dawn's eye. He smiled.

"King Crimson."

Time Erasure activated. Emporio, whose head was poking out of the crack in the wall, continued moving until he emerged completely and stood there blankly.

"Time, resume."

Emporio came to his senses. A prison guard was standing in front of him, though he didn't know when he'd appeared. The tall man's shadow fell over him, completely engulfing him.

"I've been spotted!"

Emporio spun around and tried to dive back into the crack in the wall. He'd only meant to take a peek, but somehow he'd ended up all the way outside.

Diavolo had been watching closely. Now he made King Crimson act, successfully grabbing Emporio by the back of his collar and lifting him up.

"Kids shouldn't get involved in grown-up business, Emporio. You're being naughty."

Dawn took out a piece of candy and offered it to Emporio, then pointed at the crack in the wall.

"Won't you invite me in for a sit-down?"

Emporio furrowed his brow. He didn't want to reveal his Stand ability.

Dawn ran his hand along the crack in the wall, and the whole of him was drawn inside, into a completely new room.

"Burning down the House. What a great Stand."

Dawn picked up a drink in the ghost room and took a sip. It passed straight through his throat and spilled down, leaving him with only the taste.

Before long, the air above Dawn's head rippled. Countless Chinese characters appeared, flickering rapidly.

At the sight, Dawn's heart stirred, and he took out the Insect Arrow pendant.

He hadn't tested the Arrow's power for some time. On the one hand, his enemies had been too weak; on the other, he hadn't felt confident.

Dawn wasn't sure whether the Arrow had accepted him.

Still, based on his experience in the Hypothetical Universe, Dawn guessed that the odds of him having been accepted were high.

He had defeated Kars and saved humanity. If he still couldn't use the Arrow after that, Dawn couldn't imagine what else he would have to do.

He pressed down with his finger and felt resistance. His heart stirred, and he pushed harder.

The resistance grew stronger. The two forces held in a stalemate until, after a moment, the Insect Arrow seemed to yield and pierced Dawn's finger.

A dazzling light burst forth, illuminating the entire ghost room.

Emporio let out terrified whimpers and backed away again and again, until he bumped into King Crimson's leg and finally stopped.

The light seemed extremely unstable, quickly drawing back in. The characters above Dawn's head scrolled rapidly, occasionally flickering as they twisted into indescribable shapes.

[Beyond Imagination · Requiem]

At that moment, the twisted characters made Dawn realize that this was the result of forcibly using Requiem. With no time to think, he raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

Pop!

The twisted characters froze.

They flickered twice, then returned to normal.

Golden characters appeared, floating quietly.

[Stand · Beyond Imagination · Yesterday Once More]

[Activate this ability to copy any target you touched within the past twelve hours. The copy lasts for four hours, and the target will obey the user completely.]

Disappointment flashed in Dawn's eyes. Was this all that Beyond Imagination's Requiem could do?

Just as Dawn was about to test the ability, the Insect Arrow, which had fallen dormant, revived once more. A sudden transformation took place!

The Insect Arrow pendant flew up and plunged into the characters above Dawn's head, vanishing without a trace.

The golden characters twisted again and gradually disappeared. Three pale options appeared before Dawn's eyes.

[Option One: Increase Upper Limit]

[Option Two: One More Time]

[Option Three: Ability Metamorphosis]

"So this is Requiem's true power?"

Dawn's heart leapt with delight as he carefully weighed the options.

"One More Time has no safety net."

"Ability Metamorphosis? That's kind of interesting."

"Increase Upper Limit... Could it even turn crimson?!"

Dawn tapped lightly and chose Increase Upper Limit.

The characters faded, and [Stand · Beyond Imagination · Yesterday Re-enactment] appeared anew.

A red glimmer emerged in the golden halo, quickly devouring the golden light until it had completely transformed into crimson.

[Stand · Beyond Imagination · Yesterday Re-enactment]

[Activate this ability to temporarily evade the gaze of fate and forcibly extract from the river of time a person who has formed a bond with the user. Bring them into reality, turn stillness into motion, and reverse death to restore life.]

[Warning! If an object is forcibly kept in reality, it will trigger terrifying spacetime paradoxes, randomly resulting in one of the following three outcomes.]

[Outcome One: The world of the past collapses!]

[Outcome Two: The fate of the main world falls into chaos!]

[Outcome Three: An unknown fusion occurs!]

Dawn stared blankly at the description before him. As expected, not one of the crimson-level abilities was useless.

But, as always, the price was steep.

[Beyond Imagination · Hypothetical] could create a new universe, but when the user left, the new universe would be mercilessly erased, along with the fate of everything in it.

[Beyond Imagination · Yesterday Once More] directly evaded fate and reached into the river of time, but would bring about extremely serious consequences.

"Too bad. I'm in the Hypothetical Universe right now. I might not be able to take this with me when I leave..."

A thought occurred to Dawn.

If he didn't gain any other abilities in this Hypothetical Universe, wouldn't Yesterday Once More be guaranteed to be the crimson ability he got when he left?

"I'll give it a try."

He gave up Wasting Time and chose Yesterday Once More.

Dawn made his decision in secret but didn't try out Yesterday Once More's ability. He hadn't figured out how to use it yet.

Emporio watched Dawn with a bewildered expression. This guy's face was so expressive. What had just happened?

He turned to look at the exit of Burning Down the House.

"As long as I can get over there..."

"Emporio, I don't have time to play with you. Stay here and don't go wandering off."

Dawn returned to Green Dolphin Street Prison and checked the time. It was almost visiting hours.

"Now then... let's see what you'll do, you who never got to be a father."

Dawn pushed open the iron door to the visitation room and stepped inside, looking toward the invincible-looking man sitting in a chair.

"Jotaro Kujo."