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  Chapter 158. Withieps, the Gun is Both Fast and Accurate

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  Just as the audience had specuted.

  The one who exposed himself in front of Polnareff, the [Hanged Man] did it on purpose!

  It was a trap set to lure Polnareff away from Jotaro's group, isoting them to take them down one by one!

  And Polnareff, perhaps he didn't see through it.

  Or maybe he did, but his anger clouded his judgment.

  In any case, he was now frantically searg for them throughout the city, just as they had pnned!

  For all the effort Polnareff utting in…

  Wouldn't it be rude of them not to give him a response?

  And so…

  "A gun is strohan a sword!"

  Fulfilling Polnareff's desire, a man dressed like a cowboy from the previous tury walked up to him with a grin and said, "Uh-huh, that's a famous saying!"

  "My name is Hol Horse. I possess the Emperor card as my Stand and was hired by Lord DIO to kill you all!"

  "..."

  The [Emperor]?

  Not the [Hanged Man]?

  Polnareff quickly g Hol Horse's hands and noticed he didn't have twht hands like the man he was looking for.

  Hol Horse had a normal pair of hands, which made Polnareff increasingly impatient.

  "Hey, hick! I don't need your introdu. Just tell me if you know a man with twht hands!?"

  "You're quite unreasonable, huh? But fine, I came with him. He's nearby."

  Hol Horse leisurely lit a cigarette, watg Polnareff anxiously look around, while letting the fragrance of the cigarette refresh him, then he ughed, "But it doesn't matter because yoing to die by my hands, Hol Horse!"

  "Just like in Stratego, where tanks beat soldiers, but they lose to mihat's the rule of battle."

  "My [Emperor] is strohan your Stand, so I'll reveal my Stand's ability before we fight—guns are strohan swords!"

  "What the hell are y to say?"

  Provoked for so long, Polnareff couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

  Hol Horse was an enemy.

  He was a panion of the [Hanged Man], the one responsible for killing his sister.

  If he could take down Hol Horse, the [Hanged Man] would have no choice but to reveal himself!

  ...Even though his rage was overwhelming his reason, as a Stand user, Polnareff calmly extracted the vital information from Hol Horse's words.

  As for Hol Horse's desire to expin his Stand ability…

  Stand users must hide their abilities, as surprises provide a strategic advantage.

  This is basiowledge for any Stand user.

  Although Polnareff didn't know what Hol Horse nning, sidering how muformation he had already gathered from his careless remarks, Polnareff was curious to hear what else Hol Horse might reveal.

  "My Stand is a pistol. And a sword 't beat a gun!"

  —[Emperor]!

  A pistol, looking like a cheap pstic toy that could be bought for ten bucks at a venieore, instantly appeared in Hol Horse's hand. He quickly aimed it at Polnareff.

  "You're too overfident, Polnareff! You're done for!"

  Bang ————!!

  The bullet shot out instantly!

  Even though it looked like a pstic toy, it was still a geand!

  A Stand that resembled a real gun!

  At this range...

  —[Silver Chariot]!!

  The sudden shot didn't faze Polnareff.

  It didn't even stop him from immediately summoning a silver knight Western armor and wielding a rapier.

  Is that all?

  He was seriously uimated!

  As a master swordsman, able to slice through air with vacuum sshes, Polnareff awakened his Stand due to his incredible skill.

  He had a clear uanding of the rivalry between guns and swords, cold ons and firearms.

  Beyoeps, the gun is faster.

  It was true that Hol Horse had the distance advantage earlier, when Polnareff didn't know his capabilities.

  However, that only applied to [Silver Chariot] in its normal state.

  —If I remove the armor, I easily deflect the bullets... W-what!?

  "Heh heh."

  Hol Hrinned, capturing Polnareff's panicked expression in his gaze.

  Because withieps, the gun is both accurate and fast!

  And everything was goily acc to pn.

  They had already thhly studied [Silver Chariot]'s abilities.

  They khat o removed its armor, it would gain increased speed. This information was included iel Hol Horse received.

  That's why Hol Horse had repeatedly emphasized how guns were strohan swords and that his Stand was a gun. It was all to provoke Polnareff and trigger his petitive spirit, making him try to prove that swords were superior to guns!

  As expected, Polnareff fell into the trap.

  He tried to prove it by using his Stand to ssh the bullets!

  Instead of using [Silver Chariot]'s armor to block the bullets…

  Or realizing that the bullets, being part of Hol Horse's Stand, could be tered by targeting Hol Horse himself with the speed of his unarmored Stand—thus attag the sourd cutting off the bullets.

  Stand users should never lose their calm.

  "You really know how to ruin my pns at the worst time."

  Just as Hol Horse was about to finish Polnareff off, Avdol came out of nowhere and saved him. Hol Horse muttered in frustration.

  But…

  Didn't I already tell you?

  Everything is goily as we pnned!

  "—[Hanged Man]!!"

  "!?"

  "What the hell!? You're not…!?"

  The first to react was the audieg "Stardust Crusaders".

  Because what they were witnessing…

  erfectly timed — no, a deliberately staged sario where Avdol had just walked into a puddle created by the rain, right in front of Hol Horse.

  He had been waiting for this moment.

  Waiting for the [Hanged Man] hidden ier, and his [Emperor], to deliver the final blow to Avdol, who was only focused on the [Emperor], unaware of the threat looming behind him.

  "AVDOL!!"