CHAP 69 NICE!

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-I am…

-JONH! You are here! But how?! Said R

-You know him, Old man?

-It's a long story Jojo…

I picked a knife up and cut the restrictive clothing around him.

But before we could say anything else, a bunch of soldiers appeared and pointed their guns at us.

-HOLD! THEY ARE ALLIES! Said ST

After that ST helped us by giving us a ride back to England, where Speedwagon went to store Santana's body after negotiating with Stroheim.

ST seemed pensive, probably going through what I told him.

Soon enough we took another flight back to Rome in order to meet with Caesar Zeppeli.

The reason for this is because the German are allies with Italy, and are currently researching Caesar's Hamon, after sending a letter to him and asking for his help, he used the little influence that he had to request permission so that Jojo and Robert could see the Pillar man in Rome.

/Small flashback/

-So who are you?

-I am John, a Master of Hamon. I studied all around the world in order to perfect my craft.

I then told him of the seclusive world of Hamon.

-To think that all this time… Old man. Why didn't you tell me about this!

-... We wanted you to live a good life! All of your family died early due to this, Jojo! But this isn't something I should tell you about, Erina will tell you more about it later.

(Erina is his grandma. And Jojo doesn't know that his mother is still alive.)

-Even so…

-Calm down. You are here now, And as soon as we reach Italy your training will start.

-What do you mean?

-Just like you said, it's too late for you to turn your back to this world. You either learn Hamon… Or die trying. I said

-! Are you threatening me?!

-Jojo! Calm down!

-At this point in time, you barely have the strength needed to fight a vampire… No, you had to use underhanded means to defeat the last one. How are you going to resist the future dangers? What if they decide to…

-! Tsk.

-Once we go down, you are going to see exactly what you are going to fight. if you don't have the spirit then abandon your name and go live somewhere far away. I will go do something else. I will meet with you guys at the training place tomorrow. See you later uncle Speedwagon and trainee Jojo!

-Wait! I still… He disappeared just like that.

-John isn't a low-level master. He is at the very pinnacle of this world! For years I traveled with him and witnessed firsthand what he is capable of!

-Why don't you tell me more about this, old man?

-I don't think it's a problem anymore since you already know about him…

/Flashback end/

The rest of the day passed just like any other. But tonight would determine if all of my training was worth anything.

While Joseph and Caesar, together with Marco(side char) and Robert would go see the pillar men, I will prepare myself.

Traps, weapons, tools, anything in order to see how far I can push those three.

I don't care about the Stone since I had long ago switched the real one for an almost perfect counterfeit with a miniature UV bomb inside it.

The real Aja is inside a special laboratory known only to me, Robert, and the construction company. But I had already changed the memory of all of the workers using Hamon.

It's being researched as we speak!

(Yes you can mess with someone's head using Hamon, but altering the memory is a stretch from the original series, here I am trying to show just how advanced the MC has become.)

My clones had long since developed many tools in the research labs.

As for how I explained the clones' existence to Robert? I just told him it was my Hamon fighting style. He bought it easily while praising my technique.

He trusted me so easily... He is really a nice guy.

Finally after some time…

/CRASH!/

/BANG!/

Below my feet, a minecart just fell from a hole crashing into the ground.

I was currently in the ruins of a once immense place, the ancient Hamon clan in Rome left behind many of such immense and impossible ruins after their destruction.

I was on the highest place of the ruins, below me Kars and Esidisi were waiting for Wamuu to return from his fight with Jojo.

…

-... I shall put this ring in your heart Aorta. In 33 days it will dissolve, unleashing the potent venom hidden inside it. And it can't be removed by surgery! If you try to do it, the ring will break open!

-AHHH WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! Screamed Jojo

-Your only salvation is to fight me in 33 days and drink the antidote hidden in my labial ring!

And following that Esidisi also put another ring this time in his Trachea.

-Receive my gift as well!

-AHHH! MY POOR HEART AND THROAT!

-This venom is different from Wamuu. You will need this antidote to remove it. Kars! Don't you want to participate as well?

-No. We are immortal, so not having an enemy is indeed sad. Having opponents is what makes eternal life worthy. I understand how you feel, but…

I took this time to act! My target, the weakest among the three! Esidisi!

I descended like a rocket aiming at the time when Kars was looking at the moon and Esidisi was looking at him. Wamuu was distracted doing the same as well.

Using the neutral wave I propelled myself with even greater speeds reaching Esidisi in less than a quarter of a second.

[Carmesim Starfall Overdrive]

My right hand glowed bloody red as a phantasmal blade covered it.

(Imagine as if the red light enveloped his hand.)

He barely had the time to evade through instinct, but I still got his entire right shoulder and his arm.

I could have gotten the ring with the antidote, but I can develop an antidote if given due time. I can also remove it by brute force. Forcing the harmful substance with my overwhelming ripple.

Before he had the chance to counter-attack, I Punched his other arm.

[Fading dark Retreat]

My entire arm glowed dark before it "blinked".

After the blink both me and Joseph were several steps away while Esidisi lost another arm.

What happened? I shall explain this amazing technique. It involves vision illusions. By having the enemy focus their eyes towards my hand, I can make their brain think I "disappeared".

And coupled with the high speed of the moment... It looks as if I teleported.

I also healed Joseph in the meantime.

His two arms turned into dust before they had the time to retrieve it.

-I am sorry Jojo, it seems I got late again.

-Jo-John! You are here! Quickly, flee! Those guys are no joke!

-I know. I have been studying them for years already.

Kars disappeared from his place and appeared on the ground, now the three pillar men looked at me menacingly.

Kars had his eyes squinted, Esidisi was crying over his lost arms, and Wamuu looked surprised to see me.

-It seems I was wrong. Humans have indeed evolved, to produce someone like you.

Said Kars.

-AHHHHHHHHHHHH /SNIFF/ /SNIFF/ MY ARMSSS MY BEAUTIFUL ARMS… AHHH

-It's fine Esidisi, we will get you another one after we deal with this human.

-/sniff/… Okay, I am fine now.

He went from 0 to 100 real fast there. For a moment he was crying buckets and then he was fine as if nothing happened.

-That was… Bizarre! Said Jojo

-I am a little more emotional than the others, so I need to cry a bit to vent. But I am now fine.

-That aside. How dare you do this to me.

-You were all open, as if asking for me to do it.

-A splendid surprise attack, but that won't work twice, or do you have any more tricks left?… Said Wamuu

-He had his guard down. And that's a crime for a warrior, this is called underestimating his opponents. Well, for the strong pillar man he didn't really pose a threat.

-#!

-... Kars-Sama, allow me to fight him! He disrespected both me and Esidisi-Sama! Allow me to dispatch him right now!

Kars looked at me with a deep expression. For a moment it seemed as if a strange beast formed behind me. But that was just an illusion from Kars… Or was it?

-Human… No, are you even human? Hum… I don't remember there being another race. Did you guys appear…

-I am human.

-...I see... It doesn't matter anyway. Considering your confidence and strength I imagine you are one master of the Hamon warriors currently, right? I don't know how you guys survived but, I will eliminate you today! He said as two pairs of blades appeared from his arms.

From higher to lowest the strength of these three are: Wamuu>Kars>Esidisi.

This order also dictates who could fuck me over the easiest.

Wamuu can feel and control the wind, which could royally screw me over.

Kars is just fast, he can also "control" light allowing him to create many optical illusions.

Esidisi blood can boil over a thousand degrees. As hot as magma, but that can only be done when the blood is outside of his body. Otherwise, he would melt himself. Not even perfect Kars could resist the magma from a volcano for long.

-But… I am an honorable warrior. Said Kars

As if! He only keeps this facade in order to ensure Wamuu and Esidisi's loyalty. He will trick me the moment he deems it worthy.

-Wamuu. You have two minutes to kill him. As for you, if you can survive that long, we shall meet for our final fight in 33 days. That's only a if.

-A minute is all that I need, Kars-Sama!

-You better hold to that promise! But I want something in return for winning this fight.

-Is your life not enough? Said Esidisi

-Don't joke with me! The thing is, that mask you made is indeed fenomenal. After years of studying it, I can't figure out how it transforms a human into a vampire. I want to know how!

-HA! And what do I gain from this stupid bet?

-What if I… Bet the location of the Aja stone? Think about it, you would have to look for months… No, years! Since the rock was hidden centuries ago! And only a selective few know where it is! They are hidden and scattered around the world. Time is something you don't lack but… Isn't it better to get it easily?

-YOU?! Said Joseph

I don't understand what's going on, but I know this is bad! Thought Joseph.

-As you said I am the greatest master of this generation, and to prove that I have a small apparatus hidden in my heart! The moment it stops beating… They will know I have perished and shall act accordingly.

-And what would that be? Said Esidisi uninterested.

I smiled widely at that.

-They will damage the Stone!

-Impossible! Don't play jokes with me, Human!

-You think it's difficult? For two thousand years, we observed you and learned your secrets. We created many mechanical gadgets as the millennia passed! Such a thing… Is way too easy. Just like when they killed Santana.

-! So that's what happened to him. Seeing you here, I can believe he was defeated.

-We shall do it like that then. You versus Wamuu. One minute, If you lose, you shall tell us the location of the red stone of Aja. If you win, we will leave together while telling you the secret of the stone mask!

-I don't have my warrior clothing, but I shall best you in direct combat! Said Wamuu

This might be difficult. Wamuu has hundreds of years of experience while I only started to fight recently(Past 10 years). But I have many tools hidden in case something happens. If I can kill Wamuu, defeating Kars and a weakened Esidisi might be feasible.

Kars is weaker than Wamuu! Resorting to trickery to achieve his means, he never got the same amount of experience as Wamuu did. He is still much stronger than Esidisi though, but he isn't undefeatable.

-Bring it on!