I gave this chapter its name because of how many Stand user are encountered by the heroes while in the state's borders, and the fact that they get into two major fights.

'The race is now heading through Colorado,' Valentine thought, 'And by now several opposing Stand users have been eliminated. Still, the idea that a more dangerous Stand user is among the group is troubling.' "What's the matter Valentine?," the chairman asked. Valentine looked at him. "Just contemplating the current situation with the competition. The racers are starting to approach the Million Dollar Highway. Meaning they're nearing another of the steel balls. I wonder, though. Why have none of the racers ahead of them tried grabbing the ones from earlier? Are they perhaps concerned they could be stolen from them? We never said they couldn't be, after all." The chairman shrugged. "Who can say?"

Team Kujo was racing down the Million Dollar Highway, a group of rivals not far from them. One of them came speeding in way faster than normal for a motorcycle. This racer was Dale Beastman. His Stand, Hyper Speeder, resembled a humanoid warrior dressed armor made from lizard hide, and let him or anything he was riding move at near mach speed, with all the durability needed to survive it. He was confident that with this power, which could last for up to a minute with a four minute cooldown, he could easily reach the top of the pack before long.

Rudy saw Beastman approaching, coming in way too fast. "Power To Tearer!" Rudy's Stand appeared and froze the ground in front of Beastman, causing him to skid out and wind up crashing, stopping him right then and there. With another major obstacle gone, the team soon reached the rest stop at the end of the highway, where another steel ball was waiting. "Wait a moment," Radames said, "So far everytime we have reached one of the steel balls we need to win, another powerful Stand user has appeared."

The group looked around, James soon spotting an alluring light not too far from the ball's location, and seemed to mimic its appearance. Suspicious, he called out, "Ride On Right Time!" His Stand slashed near the light's location, revealing a humanoid anglerfish, which spurted blood from the attack. A scream of pain came from nearby. "Damn," the man said, "That was fast... How did you know where I was?" "I'm not sure what that light is supposed to be," James admitted, "But it looked too suspicious. The fact that it was so alluring made me think that was the intention."

"I guess my powers don't work with other Stand users," the man noted, "I'm Leon Junior. My Stand, Space Angler, draws in the unsuspecting with its lure, then bites down on them." Space Angler suddenly clamped down on Ride On Right Time's shoulder, causing James injury. "It does a good job of biting down regardless," Junior said with a smirk. He then felt incredibly hot, as Ride On Right Time slashed at Space Angler, which was able to dodge quickly. However, the heat created started searing the fish-like Stand.

Space Angler moved in to attack James directly, but Junior got a big shock as James suddenly moved fast enough to dodge, Ride On Right Time countering the attack. The feline Stand then glowed bright, causing Junior and Space Angler to cover their eyes to avoid being blinded. Ride On Right Time then slashed at Space Angler over and over, yowling like a tiger as it did. Junior soon fell to the ground in a pool of blood. "I made sure to hold back," James assured him, "But you'll need to get those injuries looked at." He then grabbed the yellow steel ball. "Nice. Now let's head for the next one."

Heading deeper into Colorado, the team soon found themselves nearing the Rockies, out near Grand Mesa National Forest. The highways were getting snowy, necessitating insulated racing gear and snow tires for the trip through. As the team continued to pass through the competition, they were shocked to see a bombardment of meteorites, followed by one big meteor. "Looks like we got a few of them," said a male racer. "Hold on," his female companion said, "Some of them are still standing."

Team Kujo had used their various powers to avoid the meteor shower. "Talk about a big entrance!," James noted, "Just who are you guys!?" "The name's Jimmie Arrow," the male racer said. "And I'm Monique Gordon," the female said. They then pointed at the team and spoke as one. "And our Stands, King Meteor and Queen Meteor, will blast us through the competition and win us the money for our wedding!" "I think I know how their Stands work," Rudy said, "King Meteor was responsible for the larger meteor that impacted, while Queen Meteor created the smaller meteorites to bombard us."

"Hey not bad," Gordon said as her Stand, which resembled a female bodybuilder in a full leotard, appeared. "But knowing won't really help you!," Arrow bragged, revealing his Stand, which looked like a costumed superhero complete with cape and cowl. "Allow me to break these meteors," Radames said as the couple launched another assault. To their shock, Sun Goes Up smashed through the large meteor with its head, before using its gravity powers to bring the smaller meteors down around the couple. They scrambled so much to avoid the sudden redirection they wound up wiping out. Amusingly, they wound up in each others arms as they did. "How romantic," Sunset quipped, "Let's keep moving."

They continued racing through the pack until they saw an odd sight. Two racers mimicking each others movements. One of the racers had a rather tall wooden puppet dressed in blue floating with him, while the other had a smaller puppet that was similarly dressed clinging to him. "This is perfect," the racer said, "Thanks to my Stand, Twin Noritta, I can control another racer and give me better coverage over the road." "The heck's a Noritta?," James asked the team got close.

The racer turned to look at them, the other racer doing the same. "Oh great, that's way too many racers. I'm Tony Shioh. As you can see, my Stand, Twin Noritta, takes control of another person. Then that person mimics my every move like a mime." "In that case," Radames said, "I wonder what would happen if that second puppet was knocked off. Sun Goes Up!" Sun Goes Up knocked the smaller puppet off the other racer, causing him confusion as Shioh reeled from the attack on his head, wiping out as he fell too far off his bike.

"Rather weak," Radames noted, "It would have been more impressive if damaging the second puppet damaged the one it was controlling, rather than its user." Just then, the sound of thunder could be heard. "Since when does thunder come with a snowstorm?," Rudy asked. "During that bit between autumn and winter," Sadao noted, "But it's way too early in the year and the Rockies are snowy year round regardless." Ahead of them was a racer that had a Stand resembling a humanoid with electric coils running through it. There seemed to be lightning coming from the exposed antennas.

"I see I'm being followed," the racer said, "But don't think you'll get close. The name's Herb Neelsen. My Stand, Night Thunder, can generate electric storms no matter what other weather conditions are present. And this lightning can strike twice. Then again, given time, any lightning bolt will hit the same spot a second time." To prove his point, he had Night Thunder launch and electric barrage at the group. Sadao just smiled as Gotta Keep It Real channeled the lightning through its horns and claws.

"My own Stand, Gotta Keep It Real, is capable of launching electric bolts equivalent to that of a taser," Sadao explained, "I'd be very surprised if it couldn't negate electrical discharges like lightning with relative ease." "There's more," Antoinette said, "My own Stand lets me change into water, and its whips are electrified. And I can keep that form even in this frigid weather. Water may be good for conducting electricity, but my body is no longer solid enough to damage as a result. Though you would be."

Antoinette stretched her liquid body out until it wrapped around Neelsen. He tried to pull back his Stand to stop the lightning, but it was too late as a stray bolt hit Antoinette while she was still liquid, hitting Neelsen with a charge of his own electricity. Antoinette reformed herself as Neelsen wound up skidding on the icy road due to being knocked unconscious from the electric discharge. He managed to recall his Stand enough that the lightning was no longer as powerful as real lightning, sparing his life.

The race continued through Snowmass as Team Kujo approached a group of racers that seemed to drive as crew, lead by on racer with a Stand, this one a humanoid boar wearing street clothes. This was Buck Chain. His Stand, Wild Boar, let him charge ahead down straightaways and barrel through anything in his way like a charging boar. It wasn't good for cornering, but unlike real boars Chain could stop charging long enough to turn, then reactivate his Stand when the road was more straight.

This was the problem the group faced when Chain got close to them, Wild Boar's tusks threatening to wreck their bikes. "His Stand may be unstoppable moving forward," Radames noted, "But that is not the only direction to move." He waited until they reached a turn in the road, then activated his own Stand. Chain suddenly found himself so heavy not even his Stand could help him get out of the gravity well. It wasn't until the group got far enough away that Chain was able to escape.

As Team Kujo reached the next steel ball at the end of Independence Pass, Chain finally caught up to them. "My crew may be out but I can still take you on," he said. Radames stepped forward. "Allow me the chance to deal with this one." Chain sent Wild Boar to charge at Radames, but found his head knocked back when Wild Boar had its head slammed by Sun Goes Up. "You may have the strength of a charging boar," Radames said, "But it is no match for the strength of a rhino. The added durability Sun Goes Up offers my head assures that your simple charge is not effective."

He then slammed his foot into the ground, knocking Chain off-balance. "Your Stand is strong," Radames admitted, "But mine has the might of Amun. You should expect no less from one whose name in English translates to 'hero'." Sun Goes Up launched a series of punches at rapid speed at Wild Boar, eventually knocking both it and Chain out. "No one, not even my brother, could match me in a contest of strength," Radames said. He picked up the gray steel ball.

"We now have four steel balls," Sadao noted. "And a piece of the puzzle regarding our mystery Stand user," Ryusei said, "On the way here we wound up passing through some sort of demolition zone meant to trigger avalanches safely. But that work should have been done months ago. So how did we wind up in the middle of it?" "Clearly our mystery Stand user is able to play tricks with time," Radames suggested, "But he is likely ahead of us by now. Let's hurry on to Denver. This cold environment does not suit a desert native like myself."

A final challenge presented itself as the team headed through Denver. Another Stand user in the race, Ned Falcon and his Stand Blood Hawk, were knocking out several of the other racers. Blood Hawk had a terrifying power that let Ned use his blood as a weapon. As part of that power, he could never die from blood loss, as Blood Hawk would always instantly replenish his blood supply. Sunset blocked one attack from Blood Hawk. "Not bad," Ned said, "I can see how you beat my brother Rex. But my power is stronger than his."

"We'll see about that," Rudy said, "Let's see how effective your blood is when it's frozen solid. Power To Tearer!" Rudy made good on his promise as Power To Tearer appeared and froze the blood weapons Ned was making, turning them fragile enough to shatter and leave him open to a quick slugging from Radames and his Stand. "He may not be vulnerable to attacks that make him bleed," Radames noted, "But hitting him is as effective as any man." "The competition looks like it'll wind down inside Nebraska," Sadao said, "Let's make plans to rest there for a night. We still have less than three-thousand kilometers to New York City, so we'll need our strength going forward."