Let me explain the brief exchange in the previous chapter: The Boss was hiding in the dark, saw Melone and Risotto, heard the doctor's words, then began to use Epitaph to see the future [Melone falls to the ground, blood flowing profusely]. This was something that would happen within the next ten seconds, so he activated time erasure.
During the erased time, Diavolo walked out from the shadows. Then, time erasure ended. Risotto noticed an anomaly with the IV drip. The Boss prepared to kill Melone. Risotto tackled him, and Diavolo's attack, driven by momentum, only severed an arm. Then, Diavolo erased time again and fled.
The process was very fast, imperceptible to the naked eye (the terror of A-rank power and speed).
Result — [Melone falls to the ground, blood flowing profusely].
The content he saw was real, but his interpretation was false.
Since many details in Jojo are unclear, adhering to this excellent tradition, I too will be unclear.
Regarding whether King Crimson can continuously erase time and the weakness of Epitaph, I have already explained in the previous chapter.
Melone controlled his breathing, remaining calm, his gaze on Risotto's perpetually stern face.
Their leader, still cold and calm; that alone was enough to reassure him.
The doctor quickly retrieved bandages and applied professional hemostasis, but seeing Melone not even flinch, he couldn't imagine.
Then he witnessed a medical miracle that would shock the world: the bloodied right hand, lying silently in the corridor, floated into the air.
The smooth cross-section was continuously growing granulation tissue, flying directly to Melone's hand, and then—
With a sound like a finger poking into rotten fruit, several iron hooks grew out of thin air around the wound, connecting Melone's severed arm to his upper arm.
"This..." The doctor's eyes widened, driven by a strong thirst for knowledge, and he quickly asked Risotto how he did it. Risotto glared at him, and he immediately fell silent.
Ignoring the astonished expressions of the doctors and Nurses, Risotto walked over to the IV drip, carefully examining what had happened to it.
Risotto recalled the attack just now: the boss suddenly appeared, intending to kill Melone, and as he appeared, the IV drip jumped.
The IV drip jumped? The IV drip jumped?
Risotto kept questioning himself, what was the reason?
The boss suddenly appeared, the IV drip suddenly jumped.
"Ah!" The Nurse gasped, seeing blood flowing backward in the IV tube. She quickly took out cotton swabs and medical tape from the medical cart, but Risotto grabbed her hand. The Nurse was so frightened that she trembled.
"You were the first to notice the IV drip was almost empty," Risotto's low voice carried immense pressure. He asked, "When you first saw the IV drip nearly empty, how many seconds did you estimate it had left?"
The Nurse was too scared to speak, stammering, "No..."
"Answer me!"
"Ah, ah, about ten seconds? Ten seconds, it could finish!" The Nurse said in a panic.
"Are you sure?"
The Nurse nodded vigorously; she was experienced in this area. She nodded solemnly, "Ten seconds. I've been a Nurse for eleven years."
Risotto let go of the Nurse's hand and casually said, "Don't mind me, change the medication."
"What's wrong, Captain?" Melone clutched his arm; his wound had been mostly taken care of by Risotto's Metallica.
Risotto couldn't help but show a joyful expression, "Thanks to Illuso, otherwise we wouldn't have had such a good opportunity to discover the boss's secret."
"It's hard to believe, but the boss made the world jump ten seconds."
"This is his Stand Ability."
Risotto suppressed his joy, maintaining his composure, "He can move freely during this time jump."
"He activated Time Jump twice. The first time was when he was discovered by the IV drip; after his Time Jump, he appeared directly in front of you. The second time was to escape using Time Jump. He judged by the area of blood you'd lost; at your blood flow rate, it's impossible for such a large area to be covered so quickly."
Risotto analyzed calmly, then repeated as if in awe, "It's truly unbelievable, the boss's Stand Ability is Time Jump..."
"I've completely seen through the BOSS's Stand Ability."
"What do we do now?"
"First, get the message out. No matter what, everyone needs to know. Also, the Boss might continue his attacks."
Melone quickly drafted a text message to disseminate the information.
At this point, King Crimson was thoroughly exposed.
——
The bullet that Moody Blues was rewinding recoiled towards Mista. Mista reacted instantly, aiming directly at the bullet that Moody Blues had transformed into, and fired.
Several bullets flew towards Moody Blues—
"Foolish," Mista thought to himself. "This way, I can fully see your Stand. If the Stand is hit, the user will also be injured!"
Just as Mista was secretly pleased, Abbacchio, hidden in the wall's crevice, once again manipulated Moody Blues.
"Moody Blues!"
Abbacchio's steady voice rang out again. At the same time, he reversed Moody Blues' playback to forward, narrowly dodging Mista's bullets!
"There's such a move?!" Mista watched in shock. "Didn't Johnson say Moody Blues was just support and not to worry about it?"
"Bucciarati!" Abbacchio shouted loudly.
Mista then heard a shout from his right—
"Sticky Fingers!"
The right wall he was leaning against made the sound of a zipper being pulled, and Bucciarati burst through the wall—
Mista rolled away to create distance from Bucciarati, then quickly reacted by firing two shots. Sex Pistols manipulated the bullets to fly towards Bucciarati. Simultaneously, Moody Blues rewound into a bullet again and shot towards Mista.
Caught in a pincer attack!
Mista dodged forcefully, trying to avoid the bullet, but Bucciarati, after using Sticky Fingers to pull out of the wall and dodge the bullet, swung a punch at Mista's right shoulder—
"Swish swish—"
The zipper pulled, making a metallic friction sound. Mista fell directly from the second floor where he was hiding, and his arm was completely split in half.
"Damn it…" Mista looked at his separated right shoulder, covered in zippers, like some kind of rather horrific human transplant.
Johnson wanted him to stall for a few minutes before escaping, because his goal was to hand Trish over to Bucciarati, but without making it obvious that he was doing it intentionally.
The purpose was to unite Bucciarati's Team and the Assassination Team.
"What the hell, why?"
"If I knew we were going to team up, why would I act like a double-crosser?"
"Forget it, forget it." Mista didn't consider himself a member of the Assassination Team, as he believed the Assassination Team was merely a tool for Johnson to achieve his goals. Johnson was the true mastermind.
Time was almost up. Mista, ignoring his broken bones and his separated right shoulder, quickly scrambled to his feet—
He ran.
It is said that this is an ancestral divine technique of the Johnson family, called'Swift Walk'.
By the way, there's one more thing: Illuso died, and Risotto saw through Diavolo's ability. These events happened simultaneously during the time Mista and Bucciarati were fighting, and Giorno and Johnson were talking.
Because several storylines were happening at the same time, it was a bit difficult to manage. I hadn't even added Ghiaccio and Prosciutto's storylines yet.
In any case, the Boss's life was already like a candle in the wind.