The airship taking him back was nowhere near as fast as Kakin's royal airship.
Dio sat in the bar at the center of the airship, idly practicing Ryu.
He gathered his aura into a large bulge on his head, then sent it wandering randomly around his body, changing its speed every so often.
It was nearly midnight, and the entire airship was utterly quiet. Only a handful of thoroughly drunk passengers remained in the bar.
So why was Dio still awake at this hour, playing games with a ball of Nen?
Because he couldn't sleep.
It wasn't that something was weighing on his mind. Whenever he closed his eyes to rest, he felt an unfamiliar, icy presence envelop him.
Having never experienced anything like this before, Dio found it irritating.
With his mastery of Ripple and Zetsu to restore his stamina, he actually needed very little sleep anymore.
But the unknown situation still set alarm bells ringing in his mind.
Insomnia was a minor issue, but what if it led to more serious, lasting effects?
Dio thought it over. If there was anything about him that differed from before...
It could only be the new ability, Time Stop Rampage, which had emerged after he absorbed that Arrowhead Fragment.
Naturally, ever since discovering this new ability, Dio had been testing it every day.
"Could I be using it too often...?"
Dio's concern wasn't unfounded. Powerful abilities came with powerful side effects, and psychological side effects in particular couldn't be taken lightly.
But having an ability and not using it would be even more... well.
After thinking it through, he could come up with only two solutions.
First, he would try to reserve Time Stop Rampage for decisive moments. That went without saying: the impaired consciousness and intense pain afterward alone meant