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  Chapter 88. Yare Yare Daze

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  The Pilr Men's skin is so tough that even the most delicate ea ignore bdes and swords. Moreover, it seems to disregard the transmission and damage of Ripple, almost like a beetle scarf in Straizo's hands, direg Ripple away from the body and into the ground like a lightning rod!?

  To be ho, if it weren't for Speedwagon's dangerous warning that Santana was not as immuo Ripple as he had imagined, Joseph might have been ined to escape with Speedwagon first.

  Now, Joseph is left with only Speedwagon and Grandma Erina as his family.

  However, the old man's warning came at a very timely moment for him.

  After all, Santana, uo devour his body, made a deliberate effort to duct Ripple into the ground.

  Santana's behavior is akin to how animals in the wild have evolved traits to avoid predators, such as camoufge or shedding tails to escape.

  Realizing this, and to test it, Joseph decided to i Ripple internally to see how Santana would respond to this a.

  The ge in Santana was indeed quite obvious.

  Santana's attitude towards them had previously been as if they were mere is.

  Yet, upon Joseph revealing his io i Ripple into Santana's body, Santana began to evade!?

  So, you do know how to evade and block!

  Although Joseph wasirely sure if Santana's evasion was due tnizing his i and pnning to ter it, or if Santana was genuinely afraid of Ripple, he had no other choice at this moment.

  Moreiven Santana's ptuous attitude, Joseph was quite likely to believe that Santana's mind hadn't yet developed the cept of plotting against them!

  It turns out he was right!

  "If it 't be done from the outside, the's try from the inside!"

  "I think that when I am ed and digested by him, Ripple should be able to directly enter his body!"

  With half of his body swallowed by Santana, Joseph, who had successfully breached Santana's skin defenses, shoh a golden light and fidently said, "I've been waiting for this moment when you swallow me. This pn is perfect!"

  "Here it es! Ripple-----!!"

  While his mouth and nose remained outside Santana's body, breathing steadily, the power of Ripple, in sync with the breathing rhythm and the influx of air, began to stimute and duct life energy throughout Joseph's body and onto Santana's body, which tightly enveloped him!

  In one fell swoop, the Ripple pletely evaporated and dissolved Santana's body cells that came into tact with it!

  "But! JOJO's Ripple is too weak to kill that guy!" Speedwagon warned.

  Having fought alongside Jonathan against DIO, Speedwagon knew very well the vampire's extraordinary regeion abilities and the effects of Ripple on vampires. Though the Pilr Me vampires, their fear of Ripple and the damage Ripple inflicts should be simir.

  Santana's injuries, pared to Speedwagon's experieh Jonathan, where even DIO would turn to ashes instantly after being infused with Ripple, have only resulted in minor damage.

  The only exception was the minor Ripple left by Dire before his death, which left only a wound that didn't pletely destroy DIO's body and allowed him to quickly recover.

  Santana's situation now was almost identical!

  "So, the battle between Joseph and Straizo was not just about revealing Joseph's character and the Pilr Men's clues. It also showed that Joseph's Ripple ot pare to Jonathan's."

  Noriaki Kakyoin, the se with full-dive helmet, realized with sudden crity.

  Hmm, since Old Joseph started watg with Smokey, the entire Joestar family and those reted to them, like Kakyoin, have developed a keen i in "Battle Tendency", which is essentially a colle of Old Joseph's dark history!

  Not only did they watch the first part, "Phantom Blood", in their spare time, but they also po watch the new episodes of "Battle Tendency" together when they air.

  Thus, the current se unfolded.

  "Although itle with Straizo, Joseph hit him solidly with Ripple, it was not Joseph's Ripple that ultimately led to Straizo's death but Straizo's own Ripple."

  "From the perspective of story themes, it be seen as Straizo's golden spirit being reignited by his desire to return to youth. But from a narrative perspective, it's also a hint that Joseph's Ripple training is still g."

  Having thought it was merely a childish py and havirusted his cousin with taking care of Jotaro, Kakyoin sincerely praised the handling of the plot and foreshadowing in "Battle Tendency" pared to the more amateurish first part.

  "It's really impressive. pared to the first part's somewhat rough handling of the plot, Jolyne and the others have grown a lot in this sed part."

  "Hmph, there's still a long way to go."

  Jotaro, though speaking dismissively, could not hide the pride in his tone. But Kakyoin didn't spoil his friend's mood.

  "Speaking of which, the third part seems to have you as the main character, right? I wonder if we'll have a ake an appearance?"

  "Ah, could Jolyne be looking for us to a the show?!"

  Polnareff, who had caught only part of the versation, interjected with i, "But it's quite a dilemma. Someone as handsome and charming as me should definitely py a brave and dashing knight, capturing the attention of beauties around the world, right?"

  "Ah, I'm such a sinful man. Jotaro, do you think I should practice signing autographs?"

  "Yare yare daze."

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