[178] Decisive Battle

"Finally, we found it!" Kazuya looked at the mansion in front of them.

It had been twenty days... originally planned to end as quickly as possible, but now, unknowingly, twenty days had passed.

"Be careful. Now is the perfect opportunity! Whether it's investigating DIO's situation or taking direct action, it's the best time. If we wait until nightfall, it'll be troublesome. That guy is most afraid of sunlight, and also—take this!"

"Hmm? What is this, Mr. Joestar?" Polnareff looked at the flashlight-like object in his hand.

"Ultraviolet radiation device! After several improvements, it has become more compact and convenient than when we fought with the Pillar Men. Don't forget, DIO is a vampire, and this is his natural enemy!"

While Kazuya said this, he also knew that DIO was on a completely different level than the cannon fodder vampires from Part 2. People often compared DIO's strength with ultimate beings and Pillar Men.

Who would win in the end?

The answer to this question was not definite!

In battles in the world of JoJo, power did play a significant role, but it wasn't absolute. Unless there was overwhelmingly powerful strength, even if one was twice or even ten times stronger than the opponent, there were numerous possibilities to defeat the enemy through strategies.

However, even so, no one compared DIO with those vampires.

The difference was like heaven and earth.

So—even with this ultraviolet radiation device in hand, victory was not guaranteed!

"Very reliable, Mr. Joestar!" Abdul exclaimed. "When did you prepare this?"

"Hehehe, it's simple. From the beginning, when my daughter had an incident, I had the SPW Foundation start preparing, and finally, we caught up," Kazuya continued. "Although dealing with DIO might not be that effective, after all, he has a Stand and can stop time. But... dealing with other vampires is more than effective!"

"Let's go!" Jotaro said, and the group of people walked towards the room emitting a chilling atmosphere.

Behind them.

There was a bird that was burned and had its feathers singed.

...

"Purple Haze—"

"Hierophant Green—"

Swish, swish—

Purple thorns directly enveloped Kazuya and the others.

In the outer layer was Hierophant Green's barrier. The two combined covered an area of more than ten meters around them!

"That's right, keep an eye on your feet, don't get ambushed suddenly!" Kazuya said. Their purpose was to explore the whereabouts of the Stand user that might attack them anytime—Cream.

His Stand ability was challenging to deal with, but not entirely impossible. In Kazuya's view, Purple Haze and Hierophant Green were countering his Stand!

Cream: This Stand could swallow itself and the Stand user into a dark space. Then, it formed an invisible ball about the size of an average person.

In this state, anything that the ball moved through would be devoured entirely. At this time, he couldn't be attacked, and anything that touched or attacked him would be completely devoured.

However, there was a drawback. Inside that space, the Stand user couldn't perceive the situation outside. They could only open the dark space and look outside when they found a spare moment.

At this time—attacks could be launched against him.

In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Polnareff used the kicked-up sand to determine the Stand user's position, but now, it wasn't needed!

Purple Haze and Hierophant Green spread around.

Even if these tentacle-like things were devoured, they wouldn't harm the users. Instead, they would directly identify the user's location!

Moreover, they could continuously follow their movements.

So, Purple Haze and Hierophant Green countered his ability. As long as they could identify his trajectory, they could launch an attack at the right time, making this Stand not much of a threat!

...

"Does Joseph, that old man, really know something?"

(Menacing)

On the rooftop—

Although Hierophant Green's barrier and Purple Haze had spread everywhere, he hadn't touched them. If he entered, the small gap in the middle kept moving.

He, Vanilla Ice's Stand, would undoubtedly be discovered if he touched them, but as long as he didn't!

He could observe from the shadows like he was doing now!

"D'Arby—" Vanilla Ice responded and immediately grabbed Terence after glancing upstairs. T. D'Arby: "You go and test it out, see if they know about DIO's Stand ability, if they can see the future."

"Huh? Me?" Terence T. D'Arby's face looked a bit ugly. His ability was to pull out the soul of the person who lost in a game against him!

Then he could place the soul into the puppets he created, which he could then watch.

This was his ability, or rather his Stand, Atum.

He also had another ability—mind-reading, but it was limited.

Like now—

"What if... what if I don't go?"

"What happens if you don't go? You see for yourself, don't I know it? My inner..." Vanilla Ice looked at him with cold eyes.

"Will... will I be swallowed into that dark space?" Terence T. D'Arby asked.

In the next moment—

He saw the person's inner thoughts: "YES, YES, YES, YES!!"

That's right! He could only see "YES and NO," which meant "yes or no." He judged by asking a question himself, but beyond that, he couldn't see much.

"Well... if I go, will you spare me?"

"YES, YES, YES, YES, YES!!" Terence T. D'Arby sighed in relief. If that was the case, then... the next thing was decided: "Alright... I'll go, I'll go!"

If he went, at most, he would be beaten up, but if he didn't go, he would die.

Whether to go or not, he now understood very clearly!

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