Type-Moon Assassination Fist 214

Type-Moon Assassination Fist 214

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Edited by: Tiny Fan Fiction

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Chapter 215 What kind of Produce created this Useless Ability’s Illusion?

It’s a Stand Attack!

This was a fact that had been confirmed since earlier, yet despite knowing this, it didn’t provide any help in changing the current situation.

The apparent Enemy was Steely Dan; should they prioritize taking down Steely Dan or put aside their differences and work together to uncover the Hidden Stand User?

Just as Jotaro spent “Three Seconds” pondering this question and preparing to take action, the scene underwent another Change.

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From Steely Dan’s perspective:

Jotaro, who was in front of him, suddenly froze in a motionless Stillness, his Line of Sight fixed intently on a certain Defense Line, but his focus wasn’t on any specific object… in other words, Jotaro was spacing out.

“Hah…?”

Steely Dan’s lips trembled, his emotions betrayed on his face due to being too astonished; it took him a full 5 seconds to come to his senses: his opponent was spacing out at this critical moment…

Like the famous Thinking Statue, Jotaro maintained a Stillness, completely absorbed in thought, without moving a single muscle…

This fact sent shivers down Steely Dan’s spine, and he came to realize that the Hidden Stand User, who could make Jotaro stop thinking and remain motionless, could likely do the same to him; and then, like plucking a delicate and fragile Flower, take away Jotaro and Steely Dan’s Life.

So, why wasn’t the opponent doing so?

It was clear that the opponent was toying with them, observing their struggles with a playful heart…

“Curses… curses…” Steely Dan took steps back, his face a mix of tears and laughter, neither crying nor smiling.

Then, Steely Dan discovered that no matter which direction he walked or how fast he moved, he would always end up at one location.

…in front of Jotaro.

…in front of Jotaro, who remained in a thinking Stillness.

Next, a stainless steel dinner knife, gleaming with a cold light, suddenly appeared from the distance and stretched out to his side.

“Wh-what?”

Steely Dan gazed at the dinner knife within arm’s reach, suddenly grasping the significance of the Enemy’s actions.

He picked up the dinner knife and struck down the Jotaro in front of him.

“Is that what you’re planning? Is this your intention…”

Steely Dan gritted his teeth, grasping the dinner knife, and in the instant he did, Jotaro, standing 2 meters in front of him, was like a man waking up from a great dream, his line of sight focusing, his eyes sparkling with energy.

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From Jotaro’s perspective:

He had only thought for a few seconds when the Steely Dan across from him revealed a strange expression and appeared before him in an instant, as if by teleportation.

He hadn’t seen the movement process… and moreover, his opponent’s hand now held a dinner knife, clearly a hostile gesture.

Jotaro, filled with great anger towards the series of bizarre events, didn’t hesitate, directly summoning his Stand, Star Platinum, and throwing a punch.

The “Lover” Stand that Steely Dan spoke of was just a claim made by his family; to be bound by it and not dare to attack would be a poor strategy.

[As long as he can temporarily disable him, that’s all… even if what he said was true, he wouldn’t kill the old man.]

“Ora!”

However, the actual situation once again exceeded Jotaro’s expectations, just like the previous attack, Star Platinum’s punch hit nothing but air, only creating a gust of wind, without affecting Steely Dan.

[Could it be a Mirage or some kind of Phantom that mimics reality? Or perhaps an illusion that affects the brain? Or maybe he’s hiding in a space that can’t be influenced from the outside?]

There were many abilities that could create this effect, and as Jotaro thought about the various possibilities, Star Platinum took a deep breath, and his arms swung vigorously.

OraOraOraOra!

With Jotaro at the center, countless fist silhouettes exploded outward in all directions!

It was as if 4 Star Platinums appeared around Jotaro, front and back, left and right, all swinging their fists while facing away from him!

The violent air flow generated just from swinging their fists swept through, destroying everything in the surroundings; no one could face Star Platinum’s attack unscathed!

After throwing hundreds of punches, the many phantoms disappeared, revealing Star Platinum’s true form, which slowly faded back into Jotaro’s body.

Does he have no effect on him at all?

Position, Light, Breathing sound, Movement haven’t changed… Unaffected.

Is it an illusion or is he in a different dimension?

Earlier, it was the Old Man who discovered him, and I could have a conversation with him, which means it’s not just me who sees him… Does that rule out the possibility of an illusion?

When Jotaro summoned Star Platinum, Steely Dan was terrified, but when he saw Star Platinum start attacking, he calmed down again.

Because Star Platinum was attacking Jotaro’s left, right, and back, but not the front… which is Steely Dan’s position.

After seeing the invalid attack, Jotaro’s legs flashed with a blue afterimage, using Star Platinum’s strength to jump back over ten meters… Jotaro intended to get out of Steely Dan’s attack range.

However, from Steely Dan’s perspective, Jotaro simply jumped up half a meter and then landed, his expression relaxing slightly.

Steely Dan was already numb to the situation, thinking: Hallucination?

Is it an illusion?

From earlier to now, I and Jotaro have been trapped in an illusion, unable to escape.

This can explain the current situation, Jotaro and I see different fundamentals!

Perhaps he is indeed fighting someone, but I just can’t see it; or maybe he’s not moving, and I’m the one hallucinating…

Although I understand this point, what can I do about it?

If what I see, hear, and feel are all wrong, how can I correct them?

And how can I guarantee that I’ve really corrected them?

In the end, do I really exist?

Just as Steely Dan was thinking deeper, almost reaching the Philosophical Three Questions, Jotaro on the other side made a new move.

He suddenly crouched down, using his fingers to touch the ground, and a blue shadow flashed beside him.

Star Platinum picked up a cup of tea from the nearby table and splashed it around the surroundings.

“Trying to confirm my position through vibrations and area attacks?”

Jotaro stood up straight, seeming to have understood something.

“I’ve somewhat understood…” Jotaro glanced at the sunset on the horizon, which had dipped lower than before. “You haven’t moved from your position since earlier, have you?”

Steely Dan chuckled, licking his tongue: “Although I don’t know what you’re planning, the current situation seems to be in my favor… Jotaro, you’re a target on Dio Brando’s hit list, after all!”

With a sly grin, Steely Dan began to approach Jotaro step by step, but Jotaro seemed oblivious to his approach, as if he still thought Steely Dan was standing in the same spot.

This realization sparked a sense of understanding in Steely Dan: Jotaro hadn’t noticed him moving closer, still believing he was standing in the same position!

[What a terrifying Ability, but it’s fine, Jotaro. You can die without putting up a fight…]

Jotaro felt a chill run down his neck, as if some danger was approaching, but his surroundings remained unchanged.

Steely Dan was still standing tens of meters away, with no apparent threats nearby.

Wait…

Tens of meters away?

Or was it dozens of meters away?

Jotaro suddenly realized he couldn’t determine Steely Dan’s distance!

The sense of danger grew stronger, making Jotaro’s hair stand on end, and cold sweat began to drip from his nose.

Despite the intense crisis, Jotaro remained still, as if he wouldn’t move until he had figured out the problem!

Some people can remain calm in the face of life-or-death crises, and Jotaro was one of them.

His brain racing, he thought back to the earlier missed attack, Steely Dan’s teleportation, and their differing perspectives on movement…

A flash of insight struck him, like a meteor flashing across the night sky…

If that was the case, everything could be explained…

Space!

Someone was hiding in the shadows, using their Stand to separate the surroundings into different spaces!

This can explain why Old Man, Kakyoin, and Polnareff suddenly disappeared, why they couldn’t hit Steely Dan, why they couldn’t grasp the distance, and why Steely Dan could teleport!

However……

There’s still a thorn in Jotaro’s heart – why did Time also undergo a Change?

Why is it now Evening?

The sense of crisis reached its peak, and Jotaro couldn’t think anymore.

Suddenly, a muscular blue man wearing a fundoshi appeared behind him……Stand·Star Platinum, and then Star Platinum punched the ground!

[If space is separated, then attacking the ground will……what!?]

It was as if the punch had hit empty air, with no resistance at all.

Star Platinum’s fist didn’t feel any obstruction.

Jotaro turned around and discovered that Star Platinum’s fist was actually punching the sky!

[What……!? I clearly gave the order to punch downwards, so why did it punch the sky? Could the enemy’s ability be creating illusions, not manipulating space?]

In Jotaro’s eyes, Steely Dan was still far away, but it had already appeared right in front of him, holding a dinner knife to his neck!

“Although I don’t quite understand, if I can take your life like this, it’s not bad, I suppose…”

Hearing Steely Dan’s voice coming from a distance, Jotaro’s 6th sense reached its peak, and he looked pale, gritting his teeth as he tried to retreat.

However, in Jotaro’s perception, he was retreating, but in Steely Dan’s view, he was only taking small steps back, making it easy to catch up.

“Die for me!”

Steely Dan revealed a ferocious smile and swung the stainless steel dinner knife horizontally, slashing across Jotaro’s neck.

“Haha, this is how you effortlessly take down a target…”

?

There was no blood.

Jotaro continued to retreat, still on high alert, but his carotid artery didn’t burst, and no blood spurted out.

“Wh…what?”

Steely Dan stood there, stunned, watching Jotaro retreat step by step, and suddenly thought of a question.

If the Jotaro in front of him was under an illusion, then what about himself?

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The bystanders’ perspective:

Steely Dan and Jotaro stood ten meters apart, sometimes excited, sometimes speaking in incomprehensible words, but all along…

neither of them had moved.

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“Well, let’s end the experiment here…” Kuzuki sat beside the table where Steely Dan had initially been seated, gently placing his teacup down.

Ding…

As the crisp sound of the teacup touching the plate rang out, everyone seemed to awaken from a dream, simultaneously breaking free from the illusion.

Joseph, Kakyoin, and Polnareff stood not far from Jotaro… they hadn’t moved at all, just standing there the whole time.

“Even with such obvious hints, you still can’t break the illusion…” Kuzuki sighed, a beautiful woman in a purple veil stood behind him, sweating profusely as she helped Kuzuki refill his tea.

Mitra watched from start to finish, yet still couldn’t grasp the essence of Kuzuki’s Stand Ability, only knowing that the few people on the scene were like mice being toyed with by a cat, completely powerless to resist.

Steely Dan said hoarsely, “W-What do you mean you were sitting there?!”

Kuzuki calmly retorted, “When did you produce the illusion of me not sitting there?”

Of course, from the very beginning, Kuzuki had been sitting next to Joseph!

At that moment, when Joseph felt an eagle fly overhead but didn’t see the figure, Kuzuki was already in the car!

With the speed of his Main Body, Kuzuki was able to approach without the 4 individuals noticing, then gently touch each one with his palm.

He was sitting in the car, right in the middle of Jotaro and the other 3, yet none of them felt Kuzuki’s presence…

After arriving in town, Kuzuki got out of the car, then sat beside Steely Dan, and without Steely Dan noticing, he gave him a light tap.

During this time, none of the individuals touched by Kuzuki sensed anything unusual.

Kuzuki elongated his Space position, blending in with the distant scenery!

Would you pay attention to a passerby hundreds of meters away?

Obviously not.

Therefore, no one noticed Kuzuki’s presence.

When Jotaro and Steely Dan were conversing, Kuzuki simply extended everyone’s sense of Time, making it feel like only a few minutes had passed in their perception, while in reality, it had already shifted from noon to afternoon… This was a deliberate hint left by Kuzuki.

Next, Kuzuki removed the Space positions of Joseph, Kakyoin, and Polnareff from the perceptions of Steely Dan and Jotaro, creating the illusion that the 3 had vanished… when in fact, they had always been there.

As for the various bizarre phenomena that followed, it was merely a small manipulation of the intertwining of Space and Time, allowing Kuzuki to toy with Steely Dan and Jotaro at will.

The illusion-based Ability may seem weak, but in reality, it is a terrifying Ability… as long as it is used well.

Regardless of any Movement, Attack, Defense, Escape, conversation, or a series of activities, they are all Actions, and the premise of Actions is Ideas.

There must be Ideas for there to be Actions.

Kuzuki’s Ability to manipulate the sense of Time and Space, or like the illusion-based Ability “Kyōka Suigetsu” from (Bleach), essentially disrupts the connection between Ideas and Actions.

You’ve fallen into an illusion.

You want to retreat, but in reality, you’re advancing; you want to Attack, but fundamentally, you haven’t moved; you want to speak, but what comes out are just nonsensical words.

Ideas and Actions do not correspond.

“What you want to do” and “what you are doing” may be 2 entirely different scenarios.

This is the terrifying aspect of illusion-based Abilities.

This is why even Kuzuki himself cannot break this Ability, unable to Escape, after all… are you truly Escaping?

Or are you heading straight into the Enemy’s blade?

At this moment, Steely Dan felt Fear, the same feeling he had when facing Dio.

“JoJo!”

He retreated to Jotaro’s side, grabbing Jotaro’s arm and shouting, “You have to protect me! Right now, I am your grandfather! If I die, Joseph will follow me to the grave, so I command you, protect me from this man’s hands!”

Jotaro did not explain, coldly pushing Steely Dan away, his gaze heavy as he stared at Kuzuki.

“What the…?!” Joseph’s face was filled with shock as he turned to Steely Dan: “Boy! What are you talking about? Why would I die along with you?!”

Steely Dan took a step back, laughing hysterically: “This is the effect of Lover! Watch closely, Joseph!”

He steeled himself and picked up a dinner knife, slashing it towards his left hand.

The knife tore through Steely Dan’s palm, creating a long gash, and blood gushed out.

“I told you, it’s the effect of my Stand!” Steely Dan held up his still-bleeding hand, a smug look on his face.

Joseph was perplexed: “That’s why I’m asking, why did you mutilate yourself?”

“Huh?”

Steely Dan looked at Joseph, whose expression hadn’t changed, and his face turned pale: “W-what… I clearly… I clearly placed Lover on you, didn’t I?!”

A howling sound…

Suddenly, a stray dog’s whimpers came from the side, a stray dog lay on the street, its left front paw bleeding!

Steely Dan’s face turned ashen, slowly shifting his Line of Sight to Kuzuki.

Kuzuki nodded: “It was me.”

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