JOJO, The Escape from Real Diavolo

Chapter 95 Fate is on Joe's side

Killing Law was a last resort, Joe cried, saying, "I had no choice," and then immediately began practicing puppetry, calmly accepting his brother's death.

He didn't have a single puppet in his possession. In order to seize the arrow, he had to make a guarantee to ensure his own margin for error, which meant he could only use labor. This was an action he had already decided to take long ago.

But Joe accepted his brother's death so quickly; he must have gone mad.

"...Although he is very fast, it is within my calculations, and I can ambush him."

Joe wouldn't know who held the arrow, but with the help of a puppet, he could be a little more unrestrained.

"My physical form isn't good... but Lao's physique is decent; as a puppet, he can at least slow down the opponent..."

Actually, it was just a thought. The opponent's speed was so fast that it was definitely not something an ordinary person could stop. This time, I used the labor puppet to test the opponent's strength and then use all my strength to try to seize the arrow and break the curse by exploiting the opponent's weaknesses.

The chances are slim, but what if he gets lucky and gets the arrow? It's not impossible.

The place where he landed had a large uphill slope, and according to Chen's route, he probably wouldn't have been able to see the plane.

The surrounding sand was relatively loose, for reasons unknown, which allowed him to hide his puppets underneath.

He manipulated Lao to hide on Chen Miaowen's only route, while he himself, panting heavily, hid on the opposite side of the slope.

"The arrow, the arrow is getting closer and closer... I can feel it, I can feel this heart-pounding excitement, and it's because I'm happy! I will reject the curse!"

Not far away, Chen Miaowen, covered in blood, was walking towards them on spider silk, looking extremely terrifying and horrifying. He was the kind of demon that the other Stand users were unwilling to face.

On the contrary, Joe, who was half an ordinary person, couldn't suppress his high emotions. He felt no fear, only pure excitement.

Aren't you afraid?

A voice that wasn't his own echoed in his mind; after a moment of serious anticipation, he responded with ease.

"Haha, why should I be afraid? I've been through death before, and this is the only chance, the only chance to break my curse. I've been tormented by the curse to the point of being delirious. I need to change, I need to become human again... instead of a zombie or a vampire... If I die, I'll accept it, but if I don't die and don't get the arrow, I'd rather die. I'll stab myself before they kill me, like they did to Law... This is my only chance to survive."

Although Joe's body was weak, his will had reached its limit. This was the result of the fusion of the pain of killing his friend and the passion of imagining a future where he could become a human.

This will surpasses all Stand users' thirst for arrows, surpasses Giorno's ideal of hunting down demons to rid the people of evil, and surpasses Chen's intention to slaughter everything.

"Truly excellent."

The answer in her mind was inexplicable, then disappeared, but Joe didn't care.

Because his target had appeared: a madman covered in black blood, whose face was obscured.

However, judging from their clothing, it's clear that the other person is their enemy, Tobio.

"Why is it you again? Why do you always beat me to it... you bastard!"

Joe's determination to seize the arrow did not dissipate; on the contrary, a portion of it was amplified by the burning red of anger.

Even knowing that he wouldn't have any effect on this powerful Stand user, he still came according to plan.

"When he gets close, Lau, you stab him to death, as my brother..."

Chen Miaowen continued as before, slowly searching for the enemy's location while swinging on the spider silk, because he hadn't killed enough yet, and his sadistic emotions were at their peak.

Then, being ambushed by Lao was also within his expectations.

"Heh heh, finally, finally we've found the enemy again!"

Lao, disguised as Mr. Qiao, emerged from the desert soil and stabbed Chen Miaowen with a knife. Chen Miaowen had already anticipated this from the epitaph. He blocked the knife with one hand, and the tip of the knife pierced through his palm.

He did this on purpose, because it allowed him to experience both pain and pleasure.

He then summoned the Red King, smashed Law's head with a slap, and began to dissect the corpse.

Meanwhile, the main character, Qiao, endured the excruciating pain of having his head smashed and lunged at Chen Miaowen.

Logically speaking, ordinary people should not be able to get close to the host of the Crimson King, but what is happening now is a miracle, which can be considered both expected and intentional.

"Damn it... there are enemies behind you! You idiot!"

"Well, boss, no rush."

Facing Qiao's sneak attack, Chen Miaowen didn't even turn his head. Instead, he used spider silk to dismember parts of Qiao's body, including his left hand and feet, but he failed to cut off Qiao's head.

He'll torture and kill, and then he'll regret it for a while.

"Pfft... I'm really going to die this time, but I still need to get that arrow, so that I can die more easily and accept it..."

Joe's sneak attack came out of nowhere. He used his last bit of strength to jump half a meter up and pounce on Chen Miaowen from behind. As a result, after Chen Miaowen dismembered Joe, pieces of Joe's body smashed into Chen's body.

"Haha, that feels so good, boss! It's like blood splattering on my hair, like a corpse falling onto my shoulders—this feeling, this feeling is driving me wild!"

Chen Miaowen turned around and bumped into Qiao. The former remained calm, while the latter clenched his remaining right hand into a fist, his mouth agape.

"Dorbeo, I'll bite a piece of your flesh even if it kills me!"

Fists and teeth were Joe's last means of attack. He clenched his fists because he realized that his only remaining right hand could not reach the earthen arrow. He wanted to deliver a punch to his opponent before he died.

"Ah...the struggle of a dying man is what fascinates me, don't you think, Joe?"

Chen Miaowen recognized the person opposite him and made a provocative remark.

It's about wanting to experience, before the other person dies, the despair and pain of being beaten to death by their enemy on the roadside.

"But one person's suffering is really meaningless... You should just die, after all, you're not even a Stand user."

The Crimson King emerged, ready to deliver a fatal blow to his opponent.

At that moment, before he died, Joe actually saw the other party's hideous double.

"Hehe, is this a revolving lantern?"

Joe had closed his eyes, ready to accept his death.

However, death did not come. With his eyes closed, he could feel something invading his right hand through his meridians.

He slowly opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was the still Crimson King, whose fist was about to strike his head.

Looking down again, he saw the source of the intrusion: a dark red, smooth arrow. It wasn't a curse, but an arrow he had never seen before.

"Is this the arrow I wanted?"

Indeed, this is what the earthen arrow, riddled with countless cracks, looks like after its transformation; it had been relentlessly pestering Diablo.

But now, the other side has nothing left, including curses and earth arrows.

"The arrow, the arrow has acknowledged me! And saved me, saved me before I died! This is fate... fate that is on my side!"