There was a force in Ryosuke's gaze that pierced straight into the heart. His calm words, when they fell into Kaguya's ears, felt like the most terrifying demon's whisper in the world.
She shuddered. The power of the Ten Tails hidden within her suddenly burst out, pushing away the Stands surrounding her. The injuries to her soul healed at extreme speed, and Kaguya roared, "You can't kill me!"
"If you could kill me, you would have done it in the last round when you accelerated time and restarted the universe!"
Who said Kaguya was stupid?
When it came to matters concerning herself, she calculated very clearly.
Ryosuke gave a slight nod.
"You're right."
"When the universe restarted, I indeed did not have the ability to kill you."
"But now, I do."
Ryosuke raised his right hand and pointed at Kaguya.
A Stand appeared beside him.
[The Hand]
Buzz!
The Hand swung its palm.
A part of Kaguya's body was erased out of thin air.
"Useless! Useless!"
Kaguya growled.
For her, who possessed the massive power of the Ten Tails, this level of damage could be repaired in an instant.
But just as she was about to use her energy to repair the injury to her soul...
The palm of The Hand was like a bottomless pit. Everything that belonged to Kaguya was being absorbed and erased into its palm, and it would never stop.
"What?!"
Kaguya could not understand.
'What kind of ability is this now?'
Only when she clearly saw the distorted light swirling around The Hand's palm did she finally understand the reason.
The Hand's ability was to erase space.
Normally, when used in the outside world, after a section of space was erased, the area that lost space would collapse inward, naturally generating gravitational force. The space on both sides would close in like a tide and repair itself.
But in the old universe, after a part of Kaguya's soul was erased, there was no "tide" that could gather toward the center.
So the collapse kept happening. It could never be filled, and it continued absorbing without end.
Otsutsuki Kaguya, who had just broken free from the seal and thought she had escaped into a new life, died miserably in the old universe with unwillingness and despair.
There was no second spectator besides Ryosuke.
Her death was insignificant.
The last soul merged into the Saint's Corpse.
The weight of the corpse suddenly sank. That was the sin carried by Kaguya's soul.
Polluted souls, thirty six.
Ryosuke took a deep breath.
"Then let's begin."
He took out the Resonance Speaker.
Locked onto the target...
"Green Baby."
But this was not just a simple summoning.
When many things are too close, you cannot observe many details clearly.
Dio stripped the "System" from Ryosuke's soul and threw it far away. His original intention was to prevent Ryosuke from using any abilities and leave him to wait helplessly for death.
But that move instead gave Ryosuke an opportunity to truly examine the System that had accompanied him for so long.
During the journey when the System and the many Stands were returning, Ryosuke had already seen its full picture, "A rule formed by the incomplete power of the JOJO world plus the Saint's Corpse."
Rules sound mysterious, but if compared to the Ninja World's rules, it would be like this,
Gather the nine Tailed Beasts and you can summon the Ten Tails.
Combine two Mangekyo Sharingan and they merge into one Eternal Mangekyo.
Form hand seals according to certain rules and you can perform ninjutsu.
It is like going to a service window to handle business. When you do not know the rules, you can only follow instructions step by step and do whatever the staff tells you to do.
But once you understand all the rules, you can act more calmly within the boundaries of those rules and gain some room to operate.
For example, the chakra of nine Tailed Beasts can summon a youth version of the Ten Tails.
Or without forming hand seals, you can clap your hands together and still use ninjutsu, and so on.
The Resonance Speaker was still playing the BGM of "Green Baby".
Ryosuke took out the Dimensional Ascension Star Core.
In his left palm was rotating blood. In his right palm was the Dimensional Ascension Star Core. The nine Saint's Corpse parts floated in front of him, and thirty six extremely evil souls were burning.
"Summon the Green Baby, and then…"
"Reshape into new life."
Ryosuke's blood, the Dimensional Ascension Star Core, the nine corpse parts, and the thirty six souls slowly fused together in the music, forming a dazzling pure white light.
At the same time, from the far end of the void sky, a star flew in from afar.
It fell into the pure white light.
The light suddenly bloomed, illuminating every corner of the old universe. When the radiance faded...
A pure white baby appeared, exactly the same in appearance as Ryosuke in his childhood.
It extended a finger toward Ryosuke.
Ryosuke also extended a finger.
The moment their fingertips touched...
Their states reversed. Ryosuke's body was reconstructed, while the pure white baby turned into a spirit body and entered Ryosuke's body.
It sat cross legged, emitting endless light, continuously providing power.
Ryosuke closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
The world was trembling.
He opened his eyes again. His pitch black pupils seemed to pierce through the barriers of the universe and see all things in existence.
The six conditions for surpassing heaven.
First condition: Dio's Stand, The World.
Ryosuke's Star Platinum was a Stand of the same type.
Second condition: Trustworthy friends.
Ryosuke had many.
Third condition: The souls of thirty six extremely evil people.
They were already gathered. Among them was Otsutsuki Kaguya, a world destroying evil spirit.
Fourth condition, the correct time and place. Go to 28 degrees 24 minutes north latitude, 80 degrees 36 minutes west longitude, when the "new moon" descends.
The old universe was nothing but emptiness, with only Ryosuke left.
At this moment, his position was the center of the universe, and the time he experienced was the only time.
Fifth condition, "courage." To reach a new realm, one must abandon their Stand and soul.
Ryosuke used the "long spear" he created to pierce through his chest.
Just like the Saint who was nailed to the cross many years ago.
The Saint returned to life three days after death.
Ryosuke would also return.
But…
Ryosuke was a bit impatient.
He could not wait three days.
Right now, he would return.
"Spiral staircase."
Ryosuke recited the fourteen secret phrases.
"Rhinoceros beetle."
"Desolate street."
The fourteen secret phrases were also a kind of rule. They were researched by Dio, and under the right conditions, they were enough to pry open the underlying code of the world's rules.
Each time Ryosuke spoke a phrase, he stepped forward once, and an indescribable force surged into his soul and body.
After the fourteen secret phrases, Ryosuke stood at the highest point of the old universe.
"This is… surpassing heaven."
"The power that controls all power."
He reached out toward the void and touched the barrier of the world.
On the other side was the new universe that Ryosuke was familiar with.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
Ryosuke knocked on it, and after confirming there was no one on the other side... He punched it.