I, Minami Kotori, Son of the Sun

A bone-chilling chill instantly froze the blood of Jotaro and Bai Li!

"Xiaozou!!!!" Bai Li's scream was so shrill that it broke her voice.

"Planet Platinum - the world!!!" Jotaro's roar was like thunder, containing endless anger and a hint of unprecedented fear.

Time stopped again.

The world turned into a dead gray.

Jotaro didn't waste a single millisecond! He knew that Kira Yoshikage would awaken Zi-O at any moment.

If that happens, even if I stop time, I won’t be able to do anything to him!

The target was directly towards the house! The purple platinum star's arms wrapped around him, picked up Bai Li at a speed faster than light, and rushed into the living room door!

However, within the realm where time stops, there is a despairing, heart-stopping scene.

They were still one step late.

The moment time resumed its flow, on the carpet in the living room near the floor-to-ceiling window.

The young Kanade Tachibana, wearing a cute little warm yellow dress, lay lifeless on the cold floor.

There was an ice-cold, sharp knife stuck in his chest, with only the handle exposed, right at his heart!

The blood spread rapidly under her body like an overturned can of red paint, forming a shocking, extremely thick pool of blood that was slowly solidifying at the edges - it had soaked the fabric of her back and dyed a large area of ​​the soft carpet beneath her red!

Her beautiful big eyes, which had been full of curiosity not long ago and flashed with fear and worry just now, were now open blankly, reflecting the still light of the chandelier on the ceiling.

The pupils have lost all their luster.

That round and cute little face was pale, and everything showed that Tachibana Kanade was dead.

"Impossible... in time stop... how... how did he do that..." Jotaro's teeth were chattering, his purple eyes almost burning with extreme anger.

His Star Platinum's time stop is absolute! No one can move until time is restored!

"Unless... he is now... an alien Zi-O who can ignore time stops?"

This horrible thought appeared so clearly in Jotaro's mind for the first time, sending a chill down his spine.

Has he already obtained that power?

"Xiaozou——! Xiaozou——!!!" Bai Li cried out at the top of his lungs.

Her world collapsed before her eyes.

He was clearly trying to save Xiaozou's mother... why was Xiaozou the one who sacrificed herself in the end?!

That girl who loves to eat mapo tofu, has a blank expression but a delicate mind, who calls you sister all the time, Xiaozou, who is clearly alive in the future!

The immense grief and crazy thoughts tore at her sanity.

She broke free from Jotaro's arms and staggered to the small, cold body. Her hands trembled as she wanted to touch the pale cheek but didn't dare.

Tears burst out like a flood, falling on the edge of the pool of solidified blood.

"Bind...bind you now! Host! Choose Tachibana Kanade!!" Bai Li hysterically issued instructions to the [System] in his heart.

[Error! Binding conflict detected! The only valid host contract object is [Minami Kotori], please unbind it first!]

"!!" Bai Li's heart skipped a beat, and then he gritted his teeth, "Remove! Unbind immediately!"

[Error! Detected that the target host [Tachibana Kanade]'s vital signs have disappeared! Vital signs have returned to zero! Binding process forced to terminate!]

[The target no longer has any life wavelength! Cannot become a new host! Repeat! The target no longer has any life wavelength! No life wavelength! No life wavelength! …]

[Binding failed! Binding failed! Binding failed! Binding failed! …]

【Failure failure ...

【Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error Error!】

The harsh, cold system alarm formed an emotionless and manic ocean in Bai Li's mind, and finally turned into a continuous blood-red [ERROR] code storm, almost completely drowning her consciousness!

"Failed? Why did you fail?! We were directly bound last time!" Bai Li screamed in despair, "I could clearly give you strength! Wake up, Xiaozou!!!"

Jotaro stood behind her, feeling equally torn by the immense sadness and powerlessness.

He walked forward, placed his heavy hands on Bai Li's trembling shoulders, and said in a hoarse voice: "Bai Li...her heart...has..." He could hardly say the word.

The position of that knife...is really piercing through the heart!

"Heart...heart?!!!" Bai Li's crazy crying stopped abruptly!

【heart?】

This word was like a bolt of lightning that cut through the darkness, instantly splitting her chaotic and desperate thoughts!

The heart…Killer Queen's explosion…that heart that, despite a force powerful enough to shatter a human body into dust, still stubbornly beats—the immortal heart!!!

That heart that didn't stop even after Killer Queen's bombardment!!

How could... How could the flame of life be destroyed so easily by a mortal dagger? !

A huge sense of absurdity and a shocking, almost crazy possibility instantly hit Bai Li!

She raised her head suddenly, tears still on her face, but the despair in her eyes was replaced by a sudden realization, a blazing fire that burned everything!

That is not sadness, but hope! It is the ecstasy after seeing through the cruel joke of fate!

Those who attempt to change history are already caught in the torrent of history.

"So that's how it is! So... that's how it is!! Big Brother Jotaro!!!" Her voice was hoarse with excitement, but filled with unprecedented strength and eagerness.

"Bai Li?"

"Take out my heart!!!" Bai Li pointed fiercely at his frail chest, which held an inhuman vitality. He spoke with unwavering determination, each word like a nail. "My heart is powered by the bird's [Golden Experience]! Its vitality and healing power are unparalleled! As long as it's still beating, even with a wisp of consciousness remaining, it can rebuild the power that connects the passage between life and death! This heart...it will definitely save Xiaozou! It definitely can!!!"

"I understand why Xiaozou and I established a direct connection at that time."

"It turns out that ten years ago—ten years ago, Xiaozou and I used the same heart! That's it!"

Jotaro was struck by lightning, hope rising, but at the same time his pupils contracted sharply: "Are you... crazy?! Take out your heart?! You will die!!!"

Even Jotaro had never seen such a request before.

[Dead? Perhaps, perhaps that's the case.] Bai Li didn't know either. This body was bound by the divine artifact of heaven, the [Immortal Binding Rope].

Therefore, he did not know whether the disappearance of the physical body would lead to the demise of the soul.

But so what?

"I am a god! I am the system god who saves the suffering!" Bai Li's voice was filled with a resolute and proud disregard for death. A faint golden light flickered around her, as if responding to her unyielding will. "If it's for Xiaozou, I'm willing to die. What's more - Prometheus! His heart was pecked at by the condor thousands of times, but it still reborn on the stone wall, beating with an unyielding flame! It is the continuation of the fire, and the promise of hope! As long as the authority of the 'god' is not extinguished! I will not perish!"

"Kouzou only has one life!! Hurry! Big Brother Jotaro! Only your Star Platinum can extract it with the most precision and speed while keeping its form intact! Use your invincible power of Star Platinum!! Hurry--!!!"

She almost roared, her long silver hair moving without wind, and her silver fangs were revealed again, but this time they were filled with tragic, almost martyr-like glory.

Above the still pool of blood, the little chest of Tachibana Kanade no longer rose or fell.

In the silent living room, only Bai Li's firm request echoed in the silent gray space.

Time is like a bowstring that is stretched to the extreme and may break at any time.

Jotaro Kujo, the man who had just regained the peak of his strength at the age of nineteen and was known for his absolute rationality, slowly closed his hawk-like sharp purple eyes for a moment.

When he opened his eyes again, there was no hesitation in them: [No matter what the outcome is, I respect your decision, and I will be responsible for everything.]

"The world, once again, stops time."

He bent his body slightly, and the huge, purple, and extremely powerful fist of the Platinum Star, shining with the brilliance of absolute power, slowly hovered in front of Bai Li's chest.

At least, at this moment, you won't feel any pain.

. . .

"That's great, Xiaozou, you're alive..." Bai Li looked at the pair of blinking, lively big eyes with his last breath.

Whispering with immense happiness.