Collapse, but Stand users

Inside the church, the tree on the skull has grown tall, its branches encircling the statue and completely covering it.

Fruit bearing green babies hangs directly in front of the statue.

The priest stepped forward, reached out and touched the fruit, feeling the cracks on it.

The green baby opened its eyes and looked curiously at the priest stroking the fruit.

The fruit began to droop, and the priest took two steps back as he watched it fall to the ground.

With a "crack," the fruit split open, and a green baby crawled out.

“Come here,” the priest said, crouching down and extending his hand to the green baby.

The green baby tilted its head as if in confusion and crawled towards the church exit.

"What?" The priest frowned and reached out to touch the green baby.

But as the distance between his hand and the baby shortened, Father Pucci discovered that the baby had grown larger.

"No! It's me who shrunk. It actually activated its Stand ability on me?"

A stand-in emerged from the baby's body.

"Green and Lush Home" has the ability to shrink anyone or anything that tries to approach the baby by half its height as it moves halfway away, and so on.

The priest stepped back a few paces, preparing to utter the secret words.

But at some point, the green baby stopped crawling and started walking upright.

"Is the green baby still growing?!"

Father Pucci stopped and swallowed back the secret he was about to say.

The green baby walked out of the church, and Father Pucci kept his distance, preparing to follow.

"What is that?! Don't touch me!"

Upon hearing Mebius's voice, Father Pucci rushed out and saw the green baby clinging to Mebius's leg, while Mebius was forcefully swinging his leg, trying to throw the green baby away.

"You can see it? When did you become a Stand user?" Father Pucci asked, standing aside instead of helping.

"Stop asking, just get it away!"

Seeing that the green baby seemed to have deactivated its Stand ability, Father Pucci stepped forward and picked it up.

Father Pucci held the green baby in his arms, while the green baby stretched out its hands and waved them at Mebius.

"Aren't you going to explain, Möbius?"

"...When you retrieved the Herrscher core for Seele last time, didn't you leave the Bible at the research institute? I took a look out of curiosity and accidentally got cut by an arrow."

Möbius replied, unusually in an apologetic tone.

"..."

Father Pucci looked at Mebius in front of him and fell silent.

It's unclear whether becoming a Stand user is a good thing or a bad thing for Möbius.

But since it's a fait accompli, we have no choice but to accept it.

"What is your Stand ability?" Father Pucci asked.

Mebius summoned a clone, and a small blue snake appeared, coiling around Mebius's neck.

"This is my Stand. The Stand's ability is... 'Absorb'."

"Swallow?"

"Yes, it can devour things of the same size, gaining their abilities while strengthening itself. I've been feeding it this size for a long time now."

"Anything of the same size?"

Mebius nodded.

"Anything."

"I call it the 'Devouring Serpent'."

Father Pucci was somewhat surprised by the extraordinary power of Mebius's Stand and nodded.

“I’ve finished speaking, now it’s your turn. Aren’t you going to tell me what this is?” Mebius asked, looking at the green baby the priest was holding.

"This is what the skull looks like after it has undergone metamorphosis."

"Skull?" Mebius was puzzled, but then he understood when he thought of the strange abilities of Stand users.

"Didn't I say I'd show you what I'll look like after I evolve? This baby is the key to my next stage."

"Oh? Then I'll wait and see?"

"Of course, but aren't you going to hug it? It seems like the child really likes you."

Möbius looked at the green baby and shook his head.

"Uh, I think I'll pass."

......

The green baby still has room to grow. Do you plan to observe it for a while longer to see how far it can develop?

It's a pity Aponia isn't a Stand user, otherwise we could have had her help take care of the child.

Considering that the green baby likes Möbius, you plan to have Möbius take care of him for a while.

Mebius often deals with strange and unusual things, and after your repeated requests, she finally agreed.

Mei occasionally sends back her recent research findings, and you're no longer satisfied with just knowing the general information; it's always good to know more.

Father Pucci was reading when he felt someone hug his leg. He looked down and saw a green baby.

But he can no longer be called a baby; he now has the size of a four-year-old.

I patted his head.

'Herrscher of Rock, let me see what you're made of.'

'I hope I can have some fun,' Father Pucci thought to himself.

"Hey, don't run around!"

Mebius's voice came from not far away, and he saw the green figure next to Father Pucci walking towards them.

Father Pucci smiled as he looked at Mebius.

'You adapted really quickly.'

Seeing Father Pucci laugh, Mebius felt somewhat embarrassed.

"What are you laughing at! You're the one who made me bring it!"