"I didn't realize he had the Red Stone of Aja and the stone mask," Stroheim said, "But it didn't seem to do anything. He still appears as before." "Looks can be deceiving," Speedwagon said, "Dio took a while to realize his powers when he tried on the mask, during which time he was fired upon. We thought he was dead for several minutes before he unveiled his powers." Kars looked over to a nearby squirrel, then lifted up his hand. Before everyone's eyes, the hand transformed into an identical squirrel, which nuzzled his cheek before heading over to the first.

"Am I dreaming?," Twilight asked, "That's a power I've never seen before." "It's the basis for Kars' theory of becoming the ultimate life form," Wamuu explained, "The ability to change into or take on properties of any living creature that has ever existed. It seems his theory has just been proven true. But if that squirrel was made from Kars' cells, then that means..." Sure enough, the squirrel that had once been Kars' hand tore into the other squirrel, before spotting Stroheim and leaping at him, smashing through his metal torso.

It then flew right through before tearing through the flesh of the soldier behind him like a hot knife through butter. "That terrible feeding ability," Stroheim said in horror, "If I was still fully human I would be dead right now." The squirrel returned to its place on Kars' hand before changing into first a flower, then a butterfly. "The sun's rising," Wamuu said, "I need to get to shelter. But Stroheim, I suggest you have your men evacuate. If Kars was correct in his research, then he now has the power to exist at all hours of the day." He activated his whirlwind barrier and hurried off to the depths of the ruins.

Unfortunately for the group, when the sun hit Kars, it didn't affect him at all. "Ah... The sun. How long I have waited. I once asked Wamuu what the day looked like when he learned of his method to protect himself from the sun's light. But to see it firsthand... That is truly spectacular." "We're finished," Smokey said, "If not even the sun can kill him, we don't have a chance." "No," Joseph said, "There is one last plan we have." "You thinking of trying that again?," Applejack asked. "It's a little ridiculous," Caesar admitted, "But at this point it's our only chance."

"Wait," Stroheim said, "You're saying you know a way to win? What is it? Whatever you have in mind, I'll follow!" Joseph handed Lisa Lisa over to Speedwagon. "Make sure to get everyone out of here." Speedwagon nodded. "Hey, Jojo," Smokey said, "You're not thinking of doing what I think you are, are you?" "It's really our only chance," Joseph said. Applejack and Caesar nodded. Spotting the stone where it had dropped, Joseph saw his target. "Get ready, Stroheim," he said, "We need to go full speed for this." Stroheim nodded. Joseph, Caesar, and Applejack took a quick glance at each other, then nodded. "Run away!"

Stroheim was flabbergasted at their plan, while Smokey called out, "Ah man! I knew it!" Joseph grabbed the Red Stone of Aja as they ran by it. Kars spotted this. 'I can't let them keep the stone. It may be their only way to destroy me.' He growled before sprouting wings from his arms to take to the sky. "You can't escape, Jojo! I will kill you once and for all!" "Great, now he has wings," Joseph said, "What we saw earlier was little more than a demonstration of his abilities. Looks like Wamuu wasn't exaggerating."

"At this rate we may be out of weaknesses to exploit," Applejack realized, "If the sun can't kill him Hamon is useless, and he may even be able to survive against my Stand." "We still have a few tricks up our sleeves to try," Caesar noted, "Let's not give up hope just yet. Jojo, where are we headed?" "Right there," Joseph said, pointing out a large airplane that Stroheim and his men had arrived in with the Speedwagon Foundation and the Hamon school. The three of them got on and started the plane up. "You know how to fly this thing?," Applejack asked. "I've had some practice," Joseph said, "Enough to not crash unless an outside factor forces the issue."

The plane took off and headed right for Kars. "Let's see if technology can give us an advantage!," Joseph said with a grin, firing the airplane machine guns. Kars grinned. 'That might be able to tear through my normal flesh even now, but as the ultimate life form I have plenty of options to defend myself.' He hardened several of his feathers to act like the shell of an armadillo, allowing him to block the bullets. He then grunted as he threw the feathers right into the plane.

He then found himself having to move as the plane kept flying past him, his feathers having only broken the windows of the cockpit. "So he seeks to use technology where biology fails," he noted, "I'm game. Once I get rid of him, I'll be free to shape this world to my whims." Inside the plane, Joseph checked the gauges. "We're holding steady at two-hundred and forty kilometers an hour. Even an ultimate being needs to rest his muscles every now and again."

"The plane only has enough fuel for two hours though," Caesar noted, "And he has the benefit of being able to thrive in any environment thanks to having the properties of all living beings." "Not every environment," Applejack realized, "There's no creature yet that's adapted to the inside of a volcano." Joseph nodded. "Then that's our best chance. Luckily there's a volcano well within flying distance, the Vulcano Island." He chuckled. "You know, I should probably say this, but men in my family don't tend to have long lives. Granddad managed to escape that curse, but my father and great-grandfather weren't so lucky. That said, it's never killed us quickly enough that we didn't have time to make the next generation, so I'm remaining cautiously optimistic about our chances."

"Uh, Jojo," Applejack said, "That's nice exposition, but those feathers from earlier just turned into piranhas." She quickly projected her Stand to knock the piranhas away from the parachutes, though some of them wound up biting into the three friends. "What next?," Joseph asked. He soon regretted his question, as octopus tentacles suddenly sprouted from the engine that Applejack had knocked one of the piranhas into. Naturally it had come from said piranha. Kars grinned as he saw three parachutes eject from the plane.

"Those parachutes may as well be a spider's web," he said with a chuckle, "Now, which one has Jojo?" He spotted Caesar and Applejack attached to two of the parachutes, and realized the third had to be Joseph. He grinned as he flew towards it, so fast the wind prevented him from hearing Caesar mutter, "I can't believe he fell for it." Kars got a surprise when it turned out it was only a dummy attached to the parachute. "Wait... Then where's...?" He turned around when he realized the plane was being crash-landed on top of him, Joseph still in the cockpit. "Let's see you survive this one, Kars!" Kars screamed as the plane rammed into him, crashing into the magma of the volcanic island.

Like it's that easy... Stay tuned for the next chapter.