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Hol Horse finally spotted Kakyoin and Polnareff as they made their way back to the city. "Finally caught up with you!," he called out as he summoned Emperor. The duo disregarded him and walked off. Hol Horse smirked. "I get it, you just learned that you can't beat us so you're running. But you need to move like your lives depend on it if you want to escape. Ain't that right, partner!?" He fired off a shot to hit a nearby pot, using the water to create reflections. He got nervous when there was no answer from J Geil. He was not yet aware that his partner had been killed.

Polnareff and Kakyoin looked at him, and the lack of fear in their eyes was making Hol Horse nervous. "Hey now, we've already shown that you can't stop us when we work together, so you might as well give up. Ready, J Geil!? We're about to finish this!" He shot a nearby window, scattering glass all over. "It's nice that you're given your partner the reflections he needs to use his Stand," Kakyoin admitted, "But it's a futile effort. J Geil is dead."

Hol Horse wasn't sure if he could believe Kakyoin's words. But the fact that he couldn't see Hanged Man in any of the reflections didn't exactly discount them. He decided to try calling their bluff. "Hey now, this isn't the time for lies, boys. Even I can't beat Hanged Man's ability, so there's no way you could." "Oh?," Polnareff replied, "So you never tried shooting Hanged Man by tricking him down a predictable path of reflections? If you really want proof, J Geil's corpse is about two or three meters in that direction." He pointed to where they had just left J Geil hanging.

Now Hol Horse was mentally freaking out. 'He's talking like he knows Hanged Man's weakness, which means J Geil must be dead. Dammit, I knew it was a mistake to split up. Now I'm starting to regret not settling down in Mama Applejack's farm with the rest of my siblings. She and Dad always said it was a bad idea becoming an assassin.' He immediately ran off in the direction Polnareff pointed. "In that case, I'll go check it out!" 'There's no way I can beat them on my own. Even if I can control the trajectory of my bullets, a gun is still a gun. I need to retreat and wait for a better chance.'

Before he could get too far, however, someone punched him out. It turned out to be Jotaro, and Joseph and Fluttershy were with him. "Mister Joestar! Jotaro! Fluttershy!," Kakyoin called out. "Where's Jonathan?," Polnareff asked. "Avdol's death hit him hard," Joseph said, "It gave him flashbacks to when his beloved dog was killed, the only other friend to be murdered rather than die from natural causes."

Polnareff shed a tear. "So you know then..." Joseph nodded. "We already had a small funeral for Avdol." It was a lie, but with Avdol still recovering and Hol Horse right there it was necessary. "J Geil is already dead," Polnareff announced, "And my sister has been avenged. But ultimately it was Hol Horse who killed Avdol. So now... It's your turn to receive punishment!" Hol Horse freaked out as Silver Chariot appeared. But before it could attack, Nena came out of nowhere and grabbed Polnareff by the legs. "Hol Horse, run!"

"Nena?," Hol Horse asked in confusion. He certainly didn't expect this level of help. "I'm not sure what's going on here!," Nena admitted, "But you're the only reason I live, so you must live as well! Now go!" Hol Horse took the hint and quickly ran to where he had stashed the horse he used to follow Polnareff and Kakyoin. "Thanks you, Nena! I'll be sure to travel here again to give you a more proper thanks!" As he rode off, Polnareff tried to follow, but was hampered by Nena, whose elbow got bruised by the rough sand.

"That's enough Polnareff," Joseph said, "This girl was obviously being used by Hol Horse. And he obviously has no more intention to fight us." "He's right," Fluttershy said, "Don't forget we still have thirty-five days left to get to Egypt and defeat DIO." Polnareff sighed. "Yes, you're right. I still owe DIO for trying to manipulate me." Joseph helped Nena up, some of her blood winding up on his arm. As the group left, Nena smirked behind their backs as the blood started to turn into a small, tumor-like growth.

Back in Egypt, Enya cried out in pain and agony, causing DIO to rush into her chambers. "What happened!?," he called out in a rare moment of concern, and saw multiple stab wounds appear all over Enya's body from nowhere. "I think I may know," DeKurliss said as he entered as well, "My Stand has just shown me that J Geil is dead. Much like the Joestar bloodline, Enya shares a connection to her son." Enya sobbed as DIO comforted her. "I'm sorry... He was my son as well, so I feel the same sadness. But do not make the mistake of taking this personally. Perpetuating the cycle of revenge gets us nowhere."

Enya nodded even as her tears continued to fall. "Besides," DeKurliss said, "You may not need to worry about them for much longer. The Empress, another of your assassins, has just made her move." Enya started to cheer up. "Ah, perfect. Her Stand can go undetected easily, and by the time they notice it, it will already be too late." "Some of my own assassins are starting to return," DeKurliss said, "Though I hope they won't be needed. We've lost many allies already, and only taken out one of the Joestar group so far. If this keeps up, they'll reach Egypt within the next week or so."

The Kujo group was taking a bus to Varanasi, which would take them along the Ganges River. Nena was also following them, explaining that she had family there that she wanted to see. The entire trip, Polnareff was trying to explain why Hol Horse was a bad man for her. Though the others could easily tell that it was just him trying to flirt with an attractive young girl, even if she was a year younger than Fluttershy. Speaking of which, she had spotted what looked like an insect bite on Joseph's arm and was trying to bandage it up. "We'll have to have this looked at in Varanasi," she said.

"Take a look outside," Kakyoin said, "There's some men doing what looks like extreme training." The group looked, and sure enough there some men doing perhaps the most extreme yoga anyone had ever seen. "Ugh...," Joseph muttered, "Feels like that bite's getting worse." Nena looked at him, but couldn't see what was happening under the bandage. "We're almost at the bus stop," Fluttershy assured him, "Then we'll head for the hospital."

The doctor at the hospital looked at the bug bite, which looked to have been swollen, and also seemed to resemble a face. "That looks infected," he said, "I'll have to remove it." "Hey, now!," Joseph protested, "I've already lost one arm in my life!" "It's not like I'm cutting your whole arm off," the doctor clarified, "Just cutting out the flesh where the infection is. I assure you you'll still be able to use your arm when the procedure is done. Now lie down please."

"Is he going to be alright?," Fluttershy asked. "He'll be fine," the doctor assured her as he applied an anesthetic, "I trained in a medical school in England." As the scalpel approached the growth, Fluttershy suddenly saw it grow eyes and a mouth and grab for the scalpel. "Music in the Trees!," she called out, her Stand shooting the scalpel away with a seed shot. "Hey now," the doctor said, "What was that for?" But he suddenly felt very sleepy, as Fluttershy released jasmine essence into the room.

As the doctor fell asleep on the ground, a voice called out, "Rats, I didn't get to get rid of that doctor. Oh well, he's not my target anyway." Joseph and Fluttershy gasped as they realized the voice was coming from the face on Joseph's arm. "This isn't a bug bite!," Fluttershy realized, "It's a Stand!" "That's right," the Stand said, "I am the Empress! And I am here to kill you, Joseph Joestar!" Joseph quickly went for another scalpel to dig Empress off his arm, but it simply grabbed the scalpel in its teeth and held tight.

"Damn, it's so strong!," Joseph noted. Suddenly the scalpel got tossed up and slice off Joseph's prosthetic pinkie. "Not again...," Fluttershy muttered, "Who built this arm for you?" "An acquaintance from Germany," Joseph said, leaving out the fact that said acquaintance was a Nazi officer. "Let me give this a try," Fluttershy suggested, "With Music in the Trees, I have plenty of options." "Don't even bother, little girl!," Empress taunted, "I can chew through your super strong plants as easily as I stopped that scalpel. And forget calling in animals to help, they'll be useless against a Stand."

"There's always my Stand," Joseph pointed out. Empress scoffed. "All you can do is project images. How's that gonna help you get rid of me?" "Either way we can't remove it here," Fluttershy said, "Let's get out into the streets, maybe a quiet alleyway." She pointed to Empress. "And don't bother trying to make us look like criminals to anyone. You saw how my Stand can put a person to sleep using plant essence. I won't hesitate to do the same to any officer you try and draw attention to." Empress growled. It seemed they had that as an advantage, at least.

Once outside and in a nearby alley, Joseph said, "Let's start with the simpler route... Crushing you!" He threw his arm at a nearby wall, but Empress surprised him by growing arms. "That's not good!," Fluttershy said, "It's still growing!" "You should really take care of your arm, old man!," Empress taunted. "And you should have stayed just a face," Joseph retorted, "Let me show you another trick my Hermit Purple can do!" Empress suddenly found itself wrapped up in Hermit Purple's vines. "Wait, since when can you use it to wrap things up?"

"Since I first obtained it," Joseph said simply, "Shouldn't it have been obvious this was the reason my Stand takes the form of these thorny vines? I can't believe you thought spirit photography was my only power. And that's not all they're good for. Overdrive!" He channeled his Hamon, but it just seemed to pass over Empress, who grinned. "Nice try. These vines may be good for damaging me, but I'm part of your body right now. That Hamon of yours can't affect me so long as I am attached to you."

"We should try looking for the others," Fluttershy said, "Maybe Polnareff can slice it off." She then saw Polnareff with Nena, then gasped. Nena had spotted her and seemed to deliberately lead Polnareff away. "So Nena's your user!," she realized, "She must have placed you on Joseph when he was picking her up back in Calcutta." Empress looked shocked. "Just how on Earth are you so good at picking out Stand users!?" "I just guess based on what I see and observe," Fluttershy admitted, "I just turn out to be right most of the time."

Empress sighed in defeat. "Fine, yes, Nena is my user. As you've no doubt realized, I'm a remote Stand that can think for myself, separate from my user. Even as we speak Nena is charming Polnareff and keeping him separated from the rest of the group. She's a loyal servant of Enya's, something not even that naive fool Hol Horse knew. But Hol Horse still has value to Lord DIO, so Nena was sent to look after him. That's why she stopped Polnareff from killing him. And the fact that she got injured in the process gave her the perfect chance to slip me onto Joseph Joestar!"

"Dammit, Polnareff's love-struck," Joseph admitted, "There's no way we'll convince him that Nena's the Stand user." "I still have a few options of my own," Fluttershy pointed out, "Let me see what I can grow." She started generating a few plants to see what might work, Joseph following her. Just then, he heard the sound of munching, and quickly looked down to see Empress had grabbed some of the plants and eaten them. The result was that it started to grow more and gained an entire head and torso. "Thanks for the meal Daddy," it said mockingly, "But you really shouldn't be binding me up like this. Children need more freedom!"

It then bit right into Joseph's arm before starting to laugh. "The more I eat the more I can grow! And soon I'll take over more than just your arm! Even now my arms are long enough to reach your neck!" She started punching at Joseph, who tried blocking with his prosthetic hand, only to have the fingers smashed apart. "OH MY GOD!" The attacks caused him to go reeling back into the market street. Empress took advantage by trying to smash Joseph's head with some incense pots. Joseph then got a brainstorm, secretly striking one of the pots Empress used with Hermit Purple.

"I just got an idea," he said as he returned to Fluttershy, "Follow me!" "Huh?," Empress asked, confused, "You're getting even further from Polnareff or any of the others. At this rate Nena won't even need to distract them." "There's a reason I'm running this way," Joseph said confidently as he came up to a large barrel full of a black liquid, "And that's so I can use this to kill you!" He dipped his arm into the barrel, covering Empress in the liquid.

However, Empress burst out of the liquid to strike at Joseph using a nail. "I picked this up while you were rolling on the ground back at the market! I'll use it to sever your artery!" It then noticed that Music in the Trees was waving multiple giant leaves in its direction. "What are you doing?" "Oh," Fluttershy said, "I'm just using the breeze created by these leaves to accelerate the coal tar solidifying." Empress gasped. "Coal tar!?" The tar slowly started to harden, freezing Empress in place.

Joseph chuckled. "That's right, coal tar. You probably thought I dunked you into that barrel so you would suffocate, but in reality I wanted to bind you with something stronger than Hermit Purple. I may be an old man but I'm not senile yet. I know that a Stand doesn't need to breath to survive." "But how did you even know there was coal tar here?," Empress demanded. "It was the incense dust back at the market," Joseph explained, "I used Hermit Purple on one of the pots you were bashing me about the head with to find me something to stop you from moving. That created a perfect map of the city from the dust, which directed me right to this barrel."

"I was wondering where that map would lead," Fluttershy noted, "I saw you using Hermit Purple and realized you were trying to draw a map. But to think this is where it would lead us." She giggled. "I'd imagine those merchants are baffled at the sight of that map." "And that is the benefit of experience," Joseph said to Empress, "Opponents are always so cocky when they think they're winning. I've beaten plenty of opponents this way." He then wrapped Hermit Purple around a nearby window bar. He grinned. "Your next line is, 'Don't do this!'"

"Don't do this!," Empress called out, then gasped. "Oh wow," Fluttershy said, "She really said it." "Been a while since I've pulled that trick," Joseph noted, "Good to know the old boy's still got it. But seriously, this'll hurt me more than you. But children can't rely on their parents forever. Sooner or later... They have to take care of themselves!" And with that, Joseph tugged hard, his Stand easily ripping Empress to shreds as he did. "Now all that's left is to find Nena," Fluttershy said.

They soon found Polnareff as Nena was feeling the effects of her Stand being destroyed. To Fluttershy's shock, what was thought to be a beautiful young woman was really an ugly middle-aged woman wearing a younger woman's skin. Polnareff was completely horrified at this. "What's going on here!?" "This woman was a Stand user representing the Empress card," Joseph explained, "Seems she used her Stand to assimilate people and disguised herself as a beautiful girl. You were completely taken in." Polnareff was left speechless as Fluttershy sighed.