The Dimensional Codex of Destruction

"Ah! I get it, I'll contact the others then, okay?"

After Dio's death, the SPW Foundation quickly moved in to take over Dio's assets in Egypt. However, acquiring his holdings elsewhere proved more difficult.

This was because Dio had his subordinates manage his businesses in other locations, merely injecting funds. Therefore, even without him, those businesses could continue to operate normally. Unfortunately for those who had been implanted with Dio's flesh buds, their fate was sealed.

After Dio's death, those flesh buds would mutate and turn their hosts into monsters.

When Joseph returned, he not only brought the intelligence Qin Mo had mentioned and the flight arrangements for the next day but also clues regarding Dio's assets in Egypt.

"Qin Mo, just as you said, we found one of Dio's notebooks. I haven't looked at it yet, but should we really burn it?"

"Yes, if you were to look at it, you would burn it too. It's better for this thing to be buried forever."

Joseph nodded and didn't ask any further questions; his experiences on the journey were proof enough.

The flight arrangements to Italy were for the next morning, so everyone had less than half a day of free time. Qin Mo declined the invitations from others to help receive Dio's assets. As companions who had adventured together, they could each choose one item from the spoils of war as a souvenir.

It was then that Qin Mo realized how Polnareff had obtained that Arrow in the original story.

At this time, they were unaware that the Arrow was the cause of Stand awakening. Polnareff simply regarded the Arrow as an ordinary collectible.

"I want to try something. Please watch over me."

Qin Mo took out the Arrow that Kiana had previously acquired and spoke in Kiana and Mei's room.

"Leave it to us."

"No problem, just leave it to this lady!"

Qin Mo nodded. Awakening a Stand with an Arrow is a very dangerous process. If one fails to awaken a Stand, they will be killed by the virus on the Arrow. However, if a Stand is awakened, any injuries caused by the Arrow, no matter how severe, will heal.

The immortality granted by the Dog Talisman was Qin Mo's reliance. If he was immortal, he could awaken a Stand. So, would the Dog Talisman guarantee his Stand awakening 100%?

Although it was just a theory, Qin Mo still wanted to try.

He unequipped the Stand User character card from his body and switched to the Fire Demon character card. With the physique from The Dark One, Qin Mo didn't know if it would help in awakening a Stand, but an S-class character card was definitely stronger than others.

Taking a deep breath, Qin Mo raised the Arrow in his right hand and fiercely stabbed it into his left palm.

Thwack!

The sharp arrowhead pierced Qin Mo's palm. Before he could pull it out, he felt a strange power invade his body, traveling from his palm to his heart and then to his brain.

A familiar sensation spread through him. Qin Mo knew it was the feeling of a Stand!

This feeling had disappeared after he unequipped the character card, but its reappearance now meant he had succeeded.

Compared to other Stand Users awakening their Stands for the first time, Qin Mo had extensive experience using Stands. In just a few seconds, he summoned his new Stand.

It was entirely silver-white, with a mechanical texture. Gears and wires were visible at its joints. On its forehead, back of the hand, and shoulders, there were screen-like displays.

"Is this your Stand? What's its name? What are its abilities?"

Seeing that Qin Mo had succeeded immediately, Kiana circled Qin Mo's newly awakened Stand twice.

"I don't know yet. I awakened it myself, so I'll have to figure it out."

Stand Users' abilities are instinctively used by their Stands, and development is based on that. The names are also chosen by the users themselves, so Qin Mo didn't know his Stand's abilities yet.

"Kiana, try fighting it with your Killer Queen. I want to see if it can display any abilities."

Kiana nodded and summoned Killer Queen. Without using the erasing effect of its right hand, Killer Queen punched directly at Qin Mo's new Stand.

Qin Mo also issued a command simultaneously: defeat Killer Queen.

It was a vague command. Qin Mo hadn't given detailed instructions, precisely to allow the Stand to instinctively use its own abilities.

However, Qin Mo was disappointed. He felt a tremendous force, and both he and his Stand were sent flying.

"Ah! Qin Mo!"

"Are you okay?!"

Mei quickly summoned Crazy Diamond to heal Qin Mo.

"Ah... this Stand's strength and speed are even inferior to Killer Queen!"

Killer Queen's strength and speed weren't high, yet this Stand was even weaker than that. This Stand was more useless than he had imagined.

Chapter 40: Seizing White Snake

Kiana also really wanted to awaken her own Stand, but Qin Mo didn't know if they, who already possessed the Stand Stigmata, could still awaken one. Qin Mo didn't dare to take that risk.

Moreover...

Stands awakened by the Arrow are awakened through bloodline. Mei was fine, but Kiana's Kaslana family was numerous. He didn't want to turn the Honkai world into a Stand world, even though it would increase their power against Honkai.

But the humans in the Honkai world were not united at all. He didn't want to introduce too many variables he didn't understand.

After a day of rest, the three of them said goodbye to the others and boarded the plane arranged by the SPW Foundation from Cairo to Italy.

With the technology from the Honkai era, a flight would only take three to four hours. In this relatively backward era, it took a full six hours to arrive.

Fortunately, they arrived just in time, at two in the afternoon.

The SPW Foundation personnel were there to greet them in Italy. Joseph's earlier words were not exaggerated at all; in fact, he had been too modest.

"I didn't expect these foundation people to be so capable. But if that's the case, why weren't they like this when we went to Egypt?"

Qin Mo, while watching, answered Kiana's questions, "That's because Dio has many subordinates. Ordinary people are useless in Stand User battles; they only add to meaningless sacrifices, just like how ordinary people don't know about the Destruction events in our world."

Kiana nodded. She couldn't quite understand yet, but if it was done this way, there must be a reason.

"Qin Mo, is this person really someone who will destroy the world in the future?"

Mei was also looking at Enrico Pucci's profile beside her. He seemed like an ordinary person, a respected priest-in-training, and an excellent student in seminary. She never imagined he would be the one to destroy the world later.

"Yes, that's right. Actually, it's not just the future; you've seen his past too, haven't you?"

Qin Mo pulled out a piece of paper, revealing Pucci's past.

"Although it was just a brief mention of the tragedy caused by him hiring people to break up his sister's relationship, his sister's death was due to his own actions after knowing the truth."

SPW's records only contained official information. Although they even found information about hiring people, they didn't find out that Weather Report was his younger brother.

"Weather Report, her lover, was his twin brother. After finding out, he didn't choose to tell the two of them; instead, he took it upon himself to hire people to break them up, which led to this tragedy."

"Afterward, he chose to erase his brother's memory and send him to prison."

Father Pucci's past was a tragedy, and he himself was a twisted being. Qin Mo didn't know how to evaluate him, nor did he want to. He just needed to know that he was an enemy, and that was enough. Moreover, Pucci had something he wanted.

After finishing a day of prayer, the priest-in-training at the church, Pucci, was walking home as usual.

There were few pedestrians on this small road, and he also enjoyed the tranquility.

However, at this moment, contrary to the peaceful road, his heart was filled with anxiety and unease.

Because today, he had received the news that his close friend, Dio Brando, had been killed.

He remembered what happened a month ago when he returned the Arrow to Dio.

They had a heart-to-heart talk in the room, discussing fate and opening up to each other. After their conversation, Dio gave him a bone from his body, and they became close friends.

During this conversation, Dio also mentioned the concept of "Heaven." He felt that he might have found the answer to the questions that had been troubling him.

However, he also sensed that Dio had a premonition of his own death, which was why he told him all this as if entrusting him with a legacy.

He had once volunteered to stay and help Dio fight against the Joestar group, but he was refused because Dio said it wasn't something his close friend should do.

Although he had been prepared for it, he was still in great pain when he actually received the news of Dio's death. But as long as he could reach "Heaven"...

Pucci took out the bone entrusted to him from his pocket. "Dio, what exactly did you leave behind?"

This looked like just an ordinary bone. Even if it was taken from Dio, Dio couldn't be resurrected from this bone.

As he walked, Pucci noticed a young person walking towards him.

A tourist?

This town wasn't a big city, and he had seen most of the young people in the town.

Coupled with Dio's recent death, Pucci had become vigilant, as he wasn't sure if SPW would investigate his connection with Dio.

Let's test him and see his memories...

Pucci was different from those who gained special abilities and lived ordinary lives. He was of the same type as Kishibe Rohan; he unscrupulously used his Stand ability to pry into others' memories.

However...

This person seemed fine.

That outfit... is it from a manga?

It seems to be called "otaku," drawing characters from manga on their clothes.

Never mind, it's all the same. I'll know once I see his memories. White Snake!

He called out in his heart, but the Stand he expected did not appear.

What's going on!?

White Snake! White Snake!

Pucci's eyes widened instantly as he stared at the young man walking step by step towards him.

"Stand... Stand attack!?"

"That's right, it is a Stand attack, Heaven's Door."

Qin Mo walked up to Pucci step by step. Pucci wanted to escape from the young man in front of him but found that his body couldn't move at all.

And the pages on his face began to turn, one by one.

"White Snake, what a terrifying Stand. I had to use this method to get the jump on you."

Qin Mo raised the pen in his hand. Pucci then realized that the clothes he was wearing were just a white shirt, and the characters on it were drawn with a pen.

Qin Mo had no intention of talking further and directly flipped open Pucci's pages.

"The DISC is hidden in the ossuary, the place where I first met Dio. How interesting."

Qin Mo looked through Pucci's memories because he was looking for the DISC that he had hidden. After confirming the location of his target, Qin Mo began to write the pre-planned content on Pucci's pages.

"Who exactly are you... What is your purpose!"

Stand users could resist the power of Heaven's Door to a certain extent, but it only allowed them to retain consciousness and the ability to speak.

"Isn't my goal obvious?"

[Stand abilities are not permitted for use on others]

[Harming others in any form is not permitted]

[Immobile for ten minutes]

[Use White Snake to extract your own DISC]

Four simple instructions, but the last one was actually the key. The preceding ones were all to prevent the fourth instruction from failing.

"What did you do!"

Ignoring Pucci's question, Qin Mo closed the book on Pucci's face.

The moment he recovered, Pucci instantly summoned White Snake, only to find his body unable to move.

"Hey, hey, hey, what's going on! Why can't I control myself!"

White Snake also looked shocked upon appearing. It found its hand reaching for Pucci's face of its own accord.

"No, no! Stop it!"

White Snake's hand landed on Pucci, its ability instinctively activating. Pucci quickly felt something exiting his face.

Pucci, who frequently used this ability to steal others' DISCs, naturally knew what this was: his DISC! His DISC was being extracted by his own Stand!

A person's DISC is essentially their memories. For a Stand user, it would also include a Stand DISC.

As two DISCs exited Pucci's face, it meant...

White Snake watched its own body gradually disappear. "You've got to be kidding me, something like this can happen?"