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  Chapter 98. NICE~~!!

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  Unlike Wamuu, who specializes in bat and respects and enjoys the thrill of battle like a warrior, Esidisi's fighting style is remarkably simir to Joseph's.

  Both use strategy and intelligence as the foundation for their victory. However, Esidisi, with his far superior physical capabilities pared to Joseph, doesn't use his strategid intellectual bat style tet strong enemies—he simply uses it to end the fight quickly. Yet, the underlying principles are the same.

  Esidisi, who has a particur fondness for strategy, is also aware of "The Art of War" and other knowledge of human strategies.

  He likely learhese because he uionally overheard them while passing through aern try. It's simir to how Santana remembers Stroheim's out of respect for the man, but because he automatically memorized it while learning German.

  However, unlike Santana, Esidisi didn't just memorize these cepts; he was ied enough to study them. Naturally, when Joseph set a trap to injure him using the strategy of "the victorious army first wins and then seeks battle," Esidisi tered with the principles of "war is deception" and "all's fair in war."

  As Esidisi exposed Joseph's subsequent pns, he turned Joseph's fidence, which oised for a decisive victory, into hesitation, and even a creeping fear. After all, the super brain of the Pilr Men gave them a signifit advantage over ordinary humans in this regard.

  It's akin to a Go pyer fag off against AlphaGo—experieng only despair as the AI quickly absorbs and improves upohe most brilliant, unpreted moves, leaving the human with a greater sense of helplessness.

  Esidisi quickly deduced hundreds of steps ahead of Joseph's strategies and systematically dismahem before his eyes, turning them into deep-seated fear.

  If nothing ued happened, it would seem that Joseph was the oio lose.

  But, the Pilr Men looked down on human knowledge. Even Esidisi only uood what he actally overheard; he wouldn't actively seek out human knowledge.

  So, despite all his calcutions, Esidisi, whose knowledge remaiuck two thousand years in the past and who refused to update it, was defeated by Joseph using knowledge Esidisi didn't know. Or rather, it recisely because Esidisi was unaware that he fell victim to a deadly trap set by Joseph, using magic tricks and sleight of hand teiques that became popur ih and 19th turies.

  In other words, when Esidisi believed he had cut and dismantled Joseph's wool trap, he didn't realize that with a special sleight of hand, the two severed ropes could be reected.

  Failing to notice this, and losing even the most basic vigince due to his assured victory, Esidisi's body was swiftly surrounded and sliced into tless pieces by the Hamon-infused wool, leading to his destru, so plete that he couldn't even turn to stone.

  This was the se old Joseph proudly showed to Jotaro.

  After all, it was also a metaphor. Although old Joseph's Stae seemed to be the weakest among them, "weakest" could also mean it was the easiest to trol.

  "Jotaro, when did you start thinking that I was sg off because I hadn't mastered my Sta?"

  —"Hermit Purple"!!

  Purple thorny vines shot from old Joseph's hand, and with a smile, he tightly bound Jotaro's virtual image.

  Even though they were not in a full-dive shooting state, like students returning to school after summer break and finding it a bit hard to write again, they sain their previous speed and stamina.

  Simirly, even if they weren't in a full-dive shooting state, ohey got used to using their Stands, their subscious would quickly master them ohey entered full-dive. That's why, after donning the full-dive helmet, old Joseph could use "Hermit Purple".

  "Old man..."

  "So, do you want to call me that now, Jotaro?"

  Because he was a virtual image in the full-dive world, Jotaro could easily break free from "Hermit Purple" even without a Stand. But still... it felt great!

  Finally finding a ce to assert his seniority, old Joseph was as excited as when he found out that Jolyne was going to air "Battle Tendency". He was ecstatic!

  "If you say, 'Dear Grandpa, please teach me,' I might just give you a little hint."

  "Of course..."

  Maintaining "Hermit Purple" with one hand and wagging a fi Jotaro with the other, old Joseph said fidently, "Because of your earlier ck of trust, you've hurt yrandpa's heart too much. So now, you'll o say it five times before I'll sider agreeing to your request. And by the way, the more you say it, the more likely I am to help you!"

  "..."

  Unsurprisingly, after a moment of deep silence, Jotaro, his eyes hidden uhe shadow of his hat, began to say to old Joseph, "Is this what you mean by calling out?"

  "...?!"

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  "Even though Esidisi's report was urgent, Lisa Lisa is currently taking a bath, so she told me to wait thirty minutes..."

  The plot of "Battle Tendency" tio py out before Jotaro and the others.