Chapter 144
In the constant testing, advancement and retreat, Polnareff's fighting spirit to overcome fear was almost wiped out.
The audience is outside the world of the script and watches this scene from the perspective of a completely submerged bystander.
They will be much more awake.
Nuo: After all, they understand the characteristics of complete stealth works. After seeing that the entire scripted world did not go berserk or collapse, they naturally understood that the things DIO did were not shooting bugs.
But it fits the setting of the plot!
So in the story of "Stardust Fighters", what kind of things can do this kind of almost impossible thing?
Only a substitute!
Well, the audience completely ignored the possibility that what DIO said might be true.
Not only do they understand DIO's character, they will not believe DIO's words.
What’s more, the content of the previous episode is Polnareff’s exclusive episode!
From the battle with Vanilla, the audience has personally experienced Polnareff's will and consciousness. How can they believe that Polnareff will easily succumb to DIO's domineering spirit?
Not to mention that if Polnareff was really afraid, he would not be like now, constantly trying to move forward, wanting to really step forward to stand in front of DIO!
but......
"But isn't DIO's substitute [Hermit's Purple], or a vine-shaped substitute similar to [Hermit's Purple]?"
"Why does this completely different substitute ability appear!?"
Sora couldn't help but murmured this doubt.
He really feels that his brain is not enough now.
He wasn't even in the mood to ask Bai Bai for confirmation.
Because it is different from other situations.
As the final big boss in "Stardust Fighters", it is also the final big boss that has been marked since the beginning of the story.
Even now, DIO has really started to make its debut.
But the confrontation between Jotaro and DIO has not stopped since the first episode!
It's not just the stand-in killers who were sent to snipe Jotaro and the others.
There is also a reading and writing duel between DIO and Joseph's [Purple of the Hermit]!
Joseph wants to use reading and writing to find the location of DIO.
DIO, who has the same type of avatar as Joseph, is not only able to sense this reading and writing, but can also in turn interfere with the results of Joseph's reading and writing, and even read and write the location of Joseph and the others!
This is why Jotaro and the others have changed their means of transportation more than once, and their journey arrangements have changed more than once.
However, DIO's group of substitute messengers can always find Jotaro and the others, and ambush Jotaro and the others on the road they must pass in advance.
As one of the strongest intelligence avatars, it can give the [Hermit Purple] written information out of thin air that even the avatar himself does not know. Its auxiliary effect is so abnormal!
Of course, these are not the most important.
The most important thing is that whether it is side evidence or actual evidence, this evidence has appeared in DIO's hands many times in the form of vines.
They are all telling the fact that DIO has this substitute similar to [Hermit's Purple].
So why did DIO use a substitute ability that didn't look like [Hermit's Purple] after meeting Polnareff?
"Brother, stairs and reading."
Bai pulled the corner of Kong's clothes, who was scratching his head frantically, and pointed at the picture in front of him with his other hand.
"Stairs and reading?...could it be said!?"
Sora, who was still confused at first, suddenly widened his eyes at Shiro's prompt.
"I see, you are worthy of being Bai!" He smiled again and said: "Sure enough, only the two of us together are invincible [ ]!"
Because of the secret of DIO's substitute.
It has been cracked and found by them!
"If you think about it carefully, it's very simple. Just like every substitute messenger has only one substitute. In this case, DIO's substitute must also be the substitute similar to [Hermit Purple] that appeared before——[ world】."
"The thing I couldn't figure out before is this - does [Hermit Purple] really have such power?"
"But in fact, it is precisely because of the ability of [Hermit Purple] that it can do such a thing!"
Look at DIO's confident face in "Stardust Fighters".
After exposing DIO's trick, he said with the same confidence: "Just like Joseph can use reading and writing to control the surrounding sand to turn into a map. DIO only needs to read and write on the floor!"
"That's right! The real version of this stand-in ability that's like a horror story - it's DIO who controls the stairs! This is the stand-in ability that controls the stairs!!"
Chapter 222 The invincible [Hermit’s Purple] is here! ?
"Everyone lives to overcome insecurity and fear and gain a sense of security."
"Gaining great fame, dominating others, and gaining huge wealth...these are all for peace of mind."
"Marrying and making friends are also for peace of mind, saying that you hope to help others, for love and peace, etc... These are all just excuses to make yourself feel at ease."
"It can be said that the pursuit of peace of mind is the ultimate purpose of human life!"
DIO's words were so unhurried and unhurried.
Following DIO's words, he kept breathing heavily.
It seemed that only in this way could he feel a second feeling besides fear, which formed a sharp contrast for Polnareff.
"That being the case, what is it about being loyal to me that makes you uneasy, Polnareff?"
"Huha..."
Polnareff's response was that his breathing became more rapid.
because......
"As long as you surrender to me, you will feel at ease like never before."
DIO, who once again expressed the fear in Polnareff's heart, continued to chuckle and said: "Like you are now, declaring war on me with the awareness of death... This kind of behavior is not Does it make you more uneasy?"
"Huhahuha..."
When this "fact" was revealed by DIO.
Did Polnareff just feel that even his life instinct was beginning to betray him, shouting at him to surrender to DIO? !
Just because now even his will began to feel that what DIO said was not wrong.
Will his awareness of death only make him more uneasy?
This is completely different from what Polnareff looked like before!
And the reason for this change was just his encounter with DIO! ?
"You are an excellent stand-in user. It would be a pity to kill you. Do you want to give up being a companion of Joestar and others and become loyal to me forever?"
"Let me give you eternal peace of mind."
DIO just looked at Polnareff.
Watching Polnareff struggle.
The lofty gaze like a god made Polnareff feel that in front of DIO, he was just an ant that could be trampled to death at any time.
I have to say that DIO's words are still so tempting.
It's even so philosophical that people can't think of words to refute.
That's right, it's not just Polnareff.
Even Sora felt like this at this moment.
Of course, there is a slight difference from Polnareff's mood——
Sora's mood was not fear, nor was it fear.
But...
"...Isn't this so cool!?"
As if he was not on the same channel as "Stardust Fighters" at all, Sora just declared excitedly: "I have decided, this sentence is the first line of the line we [ ] want to say most once." Ten!”
"Brother, super GOOD JOB!"
Bai also agreed.
"As expected of my sister, our tastes are exactly the same!"
Sora and Shiro, brother and sister, gave each other a thumbs up.
Just like those with secondary school syndrome have a way of understanding technical terms with unclear meanings such as "Schroding's hungry cat" and "Pavlov's dog". Although I don't understand it, I can see it. It feels so powerful and wonderful.
The same is true for DIO's reassurance theory.
For Sora and the others who wanted to pursue B-level, DIO's words simply opened their hearts.
Of course, the most important thing is just like DIO said.
People do live for the pursuit of peace of mind.
If they don't know the true identity of DIO's stand-in ability.
It would indeed be like Polnareff in "Stardust Fighters", who lost the courage to fight against DIO due to this incomprehensible scene.
But the problem is, Sora and the others already know about DIO's stand-in ability!
Just like when taking an exam, all the candidates are frightened, but you look calm and even a little impatient because you peeked at the exam questions in advance.
Sora and the others just felt at ease now.
The secret of DIO's double has been cracked.
And after learning that DIO only read and write the stairs, making the stairs the same as the escalator, he automatically sent Polnareff to the back.
Sora and Shiro were full of confidence in whether Polnareff and even Jotaro could win in the end!
Although DIO has not said the classic saying, "There is no invincible substitute, only the weakest [Hermit Purple]".
But as the audience, they are not blind either.
They feel that [Hermit's Purple]'s intelligence gathering ability is information that even the stand-in messenger's body does not know, and information that they do not even look for specifically can be the automatic idea (deciphering) meaning of the body. Writing down the information that the main body needs most is something that can be said to be unbelievable at the same time.
I also have to admit one thing, that is, [Hermit's Purple]'s frontal combat ability is almost the same as none.
To be serious, it can be said that he has no fighting ability at all!
Even when Joseph himself fought with [Hermit's Purple], he relied on its intelligence gathering ability and its good ripple conduction effect to fight with ripples.
That is to say, the version is two generations behind. Even the latest version of the Stand only has a Stand that is of no help in combat, and DIO can only fight with his vampire physique.
When he faces Jotaro and other battle-hardened Stand users, Joseph, an experienced vampire, and even the Hashira Hunter... shouldn't he just think about how to die?
As for whether they guessed wrong.
Maybe DIO's Stand and Stand ability are not that simple?
Impossible!
This is absolutely impossible!
Isn't it that DIO said so much to prove that he is taking advantage of the power of others?
Moreover, if DIO's Stand ability is really not reading and writing, and not controlling the stairs.
Then why can't Polnareff go up all the time?
It can't be that DIO uses the Stand ability to move Polnareff from upstairs to downstairs?
In such a short time, DIO has been killed by DIO several times!
Is DIO so stupid?
So...
"Abdel, Ichi, please give me courage again!"
Polnareff prayed for his lost companions in his heart, using this method to remind himself that he came here not because of anything else, but because he received the kindness of his companions.
He gradually gathered up his courage.