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Funny Valentine: LISTEN... WE CALL THIS A "PLAN" MR. STEEL.
Funny Valentine: MURDER YOU SAY WATCH YOUR WORDS.
*Illustration depicts President Valentine in an unorthodox pose.*
Funny Valentine: LISTEN... WE CALL THIS A "PLAN" MR. STEEL.
Funny Valentine: MURDER YOU SAY WATCH YOUR WORDS.
*Illustration depicts President Valentine in an unorthodox pose.*
Johnny Joestar: AND NOW ME!
Johnny Joestar: I'VE ALSO BECOME A TARGET!
Johnny Joestar: GYRO WASN'T THEIR ONLY GOAL!
*Illustartion depicts Johnny, noticablely scratched up, riding away from a horde of crows on his horse.*
Johnny Joestar: THE ENEMY'S INTENTION ISN'T JUST TO WIN THIS RACE! JUST WHAT DO THEY WANT?
*Johnny rides across the desert*
Johnny Joestar: THE BALLOONS?!
*A zoom in on Johnny's eyeball*
*Johnny looks to the sky*
Johnny Joestar: I CAN'T SEE CLEARLY RIGHT NOW, BUT IS THERE A 'BALLOON' IN THE SKY SOMEWHERE?!
Johnny Joestar: ABOVE THE CLOUDS?
Johnny Joestar: HOW COULD THEY BE ATTACKING FROM SUCH A PLACE?!
*A low view of Johnny and his horse*
*Johnny's horse suddenly disappears from beneath him*
Johnny Joestar: WHA- !?
*Johnny falls to the ground*
Johnny Joestar: MY HORSE IS GONE, TOO!
*Johnny continues to fall to the ground*
*Johnny hits the ground*
Johnny Joestar: WH... WHERE?
*Johnny rolls after his impact*
Johnny Joestar: WHAT IS THIS?
Johnny Joestar: WHERE IS MY ENEMY?
*Johnny continues to roll*
Johnny Joestar: SHIT! HOW ARE THEY DOING THIS?
Johnny Joestar: WHERE DID GYRO GO?
*Again, Johnny continues to roll*
Johnny Joestar: SHIIIT! WHERE IS IT AND WHAT IS IT!
*Johnny finally starts to stop himself by grabbing the earth beneath him*
*A closeup of Johnny's face with an ominous feather looming in the background*
*A zoom in on the aforementioned feather*
*Feathers fall from the sky*
Johnny Joestar: ...... ...... ......
*Johnny views the feather descending towards him*
*A hook lodges itself in Johnny's cheek*
*A zoom in on the hook in Johnny's cheek*
*The hook is seen connected to the feather*
Johnny Joestar: HUH?
*A zoom on the hook emerging from the feather*
Johnny Joestar: AGAH!
Johnny Joestar: AAAAAAH!
Johnny Joestar: TH... THIS THING?!
*Johnny's face is pulled by the hook. Blood gushes from the wound*
*Johnny is dragged by the hook*
*A closeup of Johnny's feet being dragged*
Johnny Joestar: A FEATHER THAT FELL OF THOSE BIRDS THAT WERE FLYING BY?!... HOW DID IT?
Johnny Joestar: IT... CAME OUT OF THE FEATHER!
*Johnny continues to be dragged*
*A closeup of Johnny's fingernails. They are glowing a light blue*
Johnny Joestar: OURYAAA!
*Johnny jabs at the wire of the hook*
*Closeup of the wire responding to Johnny's jabs*
Johnny Joestar: I...
Johnny Joestar: ...CAN'T CUT IT!
Johnny Joestar: A WIRE?!
*The wire does not break*
Johnny Joestar: THERE'S A METAL-LIKE WIRE COMING FROM THE FEATHER!
*Wire emerges from the feather*
Johnny Joestar: OOH!
Johnny Joestar: UWOOOOAH!!
*Johnny is dragged upward*
*The hook yanks itself out of Johnny's cheek, leaving a gaping wound*
Johnny Joestar: WHOAA!
*The hook grabs Slow Dancer's saddle bag*
*Johnny hits the ground*
*The saddle bag gets sucked into the feather*
*A closeup of Johnny's face, highlighting his facial wound*
Johnny Joestar: ...... ...... ......
*Johnny eyes the feather*
Johnny Joestar: MY STUFF WENT INTO THE FEATHER!
Johnny Joestar: 'A STAND ABILITY'
Johnny Joestar: THROUGH THE FEATHER?! DOES IT CONNECT TO A DIFFERENT DIMENSION?! 'GYRO' AND THE 'HORSE' WERE CAUGHT BY THAT 'HOOK' AND PULLED IN THERE!
*Johnny's face with a grimace*
*Hooks emerge from the feathers again, much to Johnny's suprise*
*A closeup of Johnny's face, with everything except his eyes darkened*
Johnny Joestar: UH...
*The hooks drag along the ground toward Johnny*
*The hooks continue to drag along the ground toward Johnny*
Johnny Joestar: THERE WASN'T JUST ONE FEATHER! NOW THERE'S TWO HOOKS! FROM TWO DIFFERENT FEATHERS!
*A closeup of Johnny's face*
*The hooks continue to drag along the ground toward Johnny*
Johnny Joestar: IT'S AFTER ME!
Johnny Joestar: THE ENEMY WILL TRY TO HOOK ME IF IT'S THE LAST THING THEY DO!
*Johnny with his arm swung above his head*
*The hooks continue to drag along the ground toward Johnny*
*Johnny spies a rocky outcropping*
*A zoom on the aforementioned outcropping*
Johnny Joestar: A ROCK SHELF!
Johnny Joestar: THERE'S SOME EMPTY SPACE UNDER THAT ROCK! I NEED TO GET THERE!
Johnny Joestar: I JUST NEED TO HIDE UNDER THAT THERE!
*Johnny crawls away from the hooks toward the rocky outcropping.*
*A closeup on the hooks*
*Johnny reaches toward the reader, as the hooks follow close behind*
*The hooks swing rapidly around Johnny*
*Johnny shoots his nails into the earth*
Wired: !!
*The hooks swing as Johnny is obscured by dust*
Johnny Joestar: ...... ...... ......
*The hooks swing as Johnny is obscured by dust*
*A closeup of Johnny's hand*
*Johnny rolls away on his fingernails*
*Johnny rolls beneath the rock outcrop*
*Johnny hides as the hook fast approach*
*Closeup of the hooks*
Johnny Joestar: AAAH!
*Johnny cries out as the hooks slam the ground*
*Johnny hides underneath the rock. Wired is nowhere to be seen*
*The hooks sink down outside the rock*
*The hooks swing toward Johnny*
*Closeup of Johnny's shocked face*
*Johnny grabs the hooks...*
*...and disables them*
*The hooks rise again...*
*...and gently swing*
*Johnny hides under the rock as Wired swings in front of him*
*Johnny hides*
*Johnny continues to hide*
Wired: KA-CHING
Wired: KA-CHING
Wired: KA-CHING
Wired: KA-CHING
Wired: KA-CHING
Johnny Joestar: HAH
Johnny Joestar: HAH
*Johnny hides as Wired taps the top of the rock*
Johnny Joestar: ABOVE!
Johnny Joestar: THE ENEMY IS ABOVE THIS ROCK?
Wired: KA-CHING
Wired: KA-CHING
Johnny Joestar: ...AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WOULD KILL ME WITHOUT HESITATION...!
Johnny Joestar: B... BUT... WHAT WOULD THEY GAIN FROM ATTACKING ME?!
Johnny Joestar: THEY HAVE MY HORSE! IF MY HORSE DIES, I'M OUT OF THE RACE! MY BAGGAGE! MY SADDLE!
Johnny Joestar: HAH
Johnny Joestar: HAH
*Johnny continues to hide*
Johnny Joestar: ......... ......... .........
*Closeup of Johnny*
Johnny Joestar: ...... ......
Johnny Joestar: !!
*Johnny looks at his hand*
Johnny Joestar: THE 'BAGGAGE'... EVEN GYRO'S 'BAGGAGE'... AND HIS 'HORSE'...
**
Johnny Joestar: ..................!!
Johnny Joestar: COULD IT BE...?
**
Johnny Joestar: ...THAT... THIS 'ENEMY'...!
Johnny Joestar: ...IS 'SEARCHING' FOR SOME-THING...? IS THAT THEIR GOAL...?!
*The past three panels make a singular image of Johnny's hand as he stares out from under the rock*
*Closeup of Johnny's hand*
Johnny Joestar: ....... ......
*Johnny grasps his left hand*
Johnny Joestar: SEARCHING-------------------!?
Johnny Joestar: DID THE 'ENEMY' FOLLOW US SEARCHING FOR 'IT'?!
Johnny Joestar: I SAW IT ONLY FOR A SLIGHT MOMENT!... AND IT WENT INTO MY 'LEFT HAND'! I THOUGH I WAS HALLUCINATING...
*Johnny continues to look at his hand*
Johnny Joestar: THAT 'LEFT HAND' LOOKED LIKE IT WAS MUMMIFIED...! I 'FOUND' IT EVEN BEFORE I TOOK NOTICE OF IT... OR, IT CAME TO ME... (IS IT STILL IN MY ARM NOW?)...
Johnny Joestar: IS 'THAT' IT?!
*The mummified hand emerges from the ground*
Johnny Joestar: I'M STARTING TO UNDERSTAND THE GOAL THE 'ENEMT'... AT FIRST THEY ATTACKED GYRO, THINKING IT WAS SOMETHING HE HAD WITH HIM...
Johnny Joestar: THEN THEY STOLE HIS LUGGAGE AND HORSE, IN THAT ORDER...! SINCE THEY COULDN'T FIND IT, THEY'RE ATTACKING ME NOW!
*Johnny looks out from under the rock*
Johnny Joestar: ...THEY THOUGHT THAT IT WAS SOMETHING WE WERE HIDNG!
Johnny Joestar: EVEN OYECOMOVA! AND STROHEIM! THEY WERE AFTER THIS ALL ALONG!
Johnny Joestar: THIS IS THE TERRORISTS' TRUE GOAL DURING THE RACE!... I HAD NO CLUE, BUT THEY WERE AFTER THE 'MUMMIFIED ARM'!
*A far out shot of the rock. Wired hangs over it. Portirats of Stroheim and Oyecomova are present in the corner*
Johnny Joestar: BUT WHAT IS IT? THAT MUMMY! 'WHOSE ARM' IS IT?!
*An image of the mummified hand*
*The feathers above the rock*
*A zoom of one of the feathers*
*The feathers in a pool of water. Wired is sticking through them*
*A figure stands above the pool, wired spinning around him*
*Two fishing reels pull Wired into a mouth*
*A different view of the reels, this time showing some tongue*
*Wired is being yanked up*
*A mouth with two fishing reels in it*
Wired: PRRRRRR PRRRR PRR...
Wired: PRRRRR PRRR PR...
*Wired is being pulled into a boy's mouth*
*A hand grabs the feathers attached to Wired*
Wired: KA-CHAANG
*The hooks land on the boy's tongue*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: GWEEEEE-GACHANG!
Pork Pie Hat Kid: GWEEEEE-GACHANG!
*The boy poses with Johnny and Gyro's gear surrounding him*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: PRRRRR RRRMZ-
*The boy eyes a rock*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: SHANK
*The boy picks up a rock*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: HEY!
*The boys bashes it against Slow Dancer's saddle bag*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: HEY!
*The boy continues to slam it against the bag*
*The boy continues to slam it against the bag*
*A closeup of his face*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: CLANK CLANK
Pork Pie Hat Kid: CLUNK CLUNK
*The boy continues to slam it against the bag*
*The boy reaches into the bag*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: ... ...
Pork Pie Hat Kid: ...... ....?
*The boy pulls out a pen*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: ?
*Ink drips from the pen*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: SNIFF SNIFF
Pork Pie Hat Kid: SNIFF
*The boy sniffs the pen*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: !!
Pen: DRIP
Pen: DROP
*The boy shakes the pen*
Pen: DRIP
Pen: DROP
*The boy shakes the pen*
*A drop of ink drops onto the boy's finger*
*The boy sticks the pen in his mouth*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: SLURP
Pork Pie Hat Kid: SLURP
Pork Pie Hat Kid: SLURP
Pork Pie Hat Kid: GULP
Pork Pie Hat Kid: GULP
*The boy drinks the ink from the pen*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: GOOD STUUUFF!
Pork Pie Hat Kid: GACHANG
*Ink spews from his mouth as he throws the pen aside*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: BUT I DON'T SEE IT!
Pork Pie Hat Kid: NOT EVEN IN THIS BAG!
Pork Pie Hat Kid: GACHANG
*The boy's mouth is coated in ink*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: AND SO...
Pork Pie Hat Kid: JYAWNEE... WHAT'S HIS NAME? JYAWNEE...
Pork Pie Hat Kid: JYAWNEE JYAWSHTER..........
Pork Pie Hat Kid: SO HE'S THE ONE WHO 'HAS' IT... HE'S GOT IT SOMEWHERE...
Pork Pie Hat Kid: HE MUST BE HIDING IT SOMEWHERE ON HIS BODY... GACHANGE!
*The boy leans over a bowl of water*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: GWEEEE-GACHANG
Pork Pie Hat Kid: GWEEEE-GACHANG
*A zoom out of the boy. Gyro can be seen in the corner of the frame*
*Gyro's feet hanging in the air*
*Gyro is hung on a rock by his hair*
*A closeup of Gyro's face highlighting a wound in his chin*
*Blood drips from Gyro's hand*
*Blood drips from Gyro's hand*
*Blood drips on Gyro's steel ball*
*Gyro's steel ball with a drop of blood*
*Gyro's steel ball with a drop of blood*
*Gyro's steel ball with a drop of blood with Gyro's feet above it*
Johnny Joestar: HAH
Johnny Joestar: HAH
Johnny Joestar: HAH
*Johnny's hand*
Johnny Joestar: HAH
Johnny Joestar: HAH
*Johnny reaches into his pocket for one of Gyro's steel balls*
Johnny Joestar: GYRO ...
Johnny Joestar: HAH
Johnny Joestar: HAH
Johnny Joestar: WHERE ARE YOU, GYRO?
Johnny Joestar: WHERE DID YOU GO FROM HERE?
*Johnny drops his Gyro's ball*
Johnny Joestar: WHERE EXACTLY IS THE ENEMY'S VANTAGE POINT?
Johnny Joestar: THERE MAY BE SOME DISTANCE, BUT THEY SHOULDN'T BE 'THAT' FAR AWAY.
Johnny Joestar: GYRO IS PROBABLY ALIVE THERE...
Johnny Joestar: EVEN IF THE ENEMY'S PURPOSE IS TO FIND THE 'MUMMY' THAT THEY STILL HAVEN'T FOUND, IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE FOR THEM TO KILL HIM UNTIL THEY AT LEAST HAVE THE 'HAND' AND CAN CONFIRM THAT IT EXISTS.
*Johnny peers out from the rock*
Johnny Joestar: I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS... HELP ME, GYRO...
Johnny Joestar: I ONLY WANTED TO WIN THIS RACE... I ONLY WANTED TO KNOW THE SECRET OF YOUR 'STEEL BALLS'
Johnny Joestar: BUT NOW, IF I STEP OUT OF THE ROCK SHELF... I'LL BE KILLED...
*Johnny looks out from the rocky outcropping*
Johnny Joestar: I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE AFTER ME... HELP ME...
Johnny Joestar: WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?
*Johnny leans on his arm*
Johnny Joestar: HAH
*A beetle approaches Johnny*
*A zoom on the beetle and Johnny's hand*
*Johnny sceptically eyes the beetle*
Johnny Joestar: THIS SPOT'S TAKEN...
Johnny Joestar: YOU'LL HAVE TO MAKE RESER-VATIONS
*Johnny makes a motion toward the beetle*
Johnny Joestar: FOR ANOTHER TIME.
*Johnny's fingers starting to form a flick*
*Johnny flicks the beetle*
Johnny Joestar: HUH?
*One of Wired's hooks lodges in Johnny's hand*
*The hook is seen coming out of the beetle*
*The hook is seen coming out of the beetle*
*Closeup on Johnny's face*
*The hook is seen coming out of the beetle*
Johnny Joestar: AAAAAA!
*Johnny is dragged by the hooks*
Johnny Joestar: UWOO!
Johnny Joestar: WHAAT!
*Johnny attempts to grip the rock as the Wired attempts to pull him out*
Johnny Joestar: TH... THE HOOKS AREN'T ONLY FROM THE 'FEATHERS'...
Johnny Joestar: THIS... THIS ABILITY... 'BAIT'!!
Johnny Joestar: E... EVEN LIVING INSECTS...?
*The hook is imaplaed in Johnny's hand*
Johnny Joestar: IT'S A 'LURE'!
*Johnny cries out as the hook continues to pull on his hand*
*Johnny uses his fingernails in attempt to slow Wired's pull*
Johnny Joestar: AAH!
Johnny Joestar: UWO!
*Johnny's hand gets twisted as he contines to clutch onto the rock*
*The hook continues to pull on Johnny*
Johnny Joestar: I... I NEED TO REMOVE THIS HOOK! QUICK!
Johnny Joestar: IT'S PULLING ME OUT! AS SOON AS I'M DRAGGED OUT FROM ROCK, I'M DONE FOR!
*The hook continues to pull on Johnny*
Bug: RUSTLE
Bug: RUSTLE
*The hook is impaled in Johnny's hand as more beetles approach*
Bug: RUSTLE
*More beetles approach*
Johnny Joestar: YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING...
Bug: RUSTLE
Bug: RUSTLE
Bug: RUSTLE
*A group of four beetles over look Johnny*
*The beetles crawl on Johnny's face*
Johnny Joestar: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
*Another hook shoots out of the Beetles into Johnny's jaw*
Johnny Joestar: UGWAA!
*The hooks pull Johnny upward*
Johnny Joestar: AAH!!
*A closeup of Johnny's face with the wire slightly visible*
Johnny Joestar: BGWOH!
Johnny Joestar: IT...
*Johnny's hand being torn by the hooks*
Johnny Joestar: IT'S... OVER...
*The mummified hand starts to emerge from Johnny's*
Johnny Joestar: I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE! I'LL BE PULLED OUT, AND AS SOON AS THEY SEE I HAVE THE 'MUMMIFIED HAND', THEY'LL KILL ME!
Johnny Joestar: TH... THEN FINE... I'LL... DRAG IT OUT...
Johnny Joestar: IF YOU WANT IT SO BAD, I'LL GLADLY HAND IT OVER...!
*Johnny continues to be dragged out by the hooks*
Johnny Joestar: IT'S NOT LIKE I GOT THIS BECAUSE I WANYED IT! THIS BIZZARE 'MUMMIFIED HAND'!
Johnny Joestar: I DON'T NEED IT! I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU, SO JUST TAKE IT!
*Johnny continues to be dragged out by the hooks as the mummified hand continues to emerge*
*A pink creature begins to emerge from Johnny's arm*
*A closeup on Johnny's eyes. He appears disstressed*
*A pink arm graps onto Johnny's arm*
*A closeup of the pink focusing on it's golden eye*
*Johnny's reaction as the pink creature emerges from his arm*
*A full image of Tusk Act 1 as it fully emerges*
Tusk Act 1: ...... ......
*Johnny stares at Tusk Act 1*
*A closeup on Johnny's face*
Tusk Act 1: ...... ......
*Tusk Act 1 crawls on Johnny's arm*
Tusk Act 1: ...... ......
*Tusk Act 1 floats above Johnny's arm*
Tusk Act 1: WHISPER
Tusk Act 1: WHISPER
*Tusk Act 1 floats above Johnny's arm*
Tusk Act 1: Movere
Tusk Act 1: crus
*Tusk Act 1 floats Ttoward Johnny's face*
Johnny Joestar: ............... WHAT? .....
Johnny Joestar: OUT OF THE... MUMMY HAND.
*Closeup of Johnny's eye*
Tusk Act 1: Movere
Tusk Act 1: crus
*Closeup of Tusk Act 1*
*Closeup of Johnny's eye*
Tusk Act 1: CYHUMIIIN!
*Tusk Act 1 jumps down Johnny*
Johnny Joestar: HEY! WHAT IS THIS THING?!
*Johnny's face. Blood pours from his wounds and mouth*
Tusk Act 1: WHISPER
*Tusk Act 1 approaches Johnny's foot*
Tusk Act 1: Movere
Tusk Act 1: crus
*Tusk Act 1 approaches Johnny's foot*
Tusk Act 1: Movere
*Tusk Act 1 approaches Johnny's foot*
*Tusk Act 1 causes Johnny's toenails to fire out from his feet*
*Johnny's toenails burst through the rock*
*Johnny's toenails head straight for Pork Pie Hat Kid's face*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: UH!
*A closeup of Pork Pie Hat Kid's eyeball*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: UGEH!
*The toenails nail him in the face, causing blood to spot from his face and Wired to be pull back through the bowl of water*
*Dust disapates from where Johnny attacked from*
*Dust disapates from where Johnny attacked from*
*Dust disapates from where Johnny attacked from*
*Tusk Act 1 reaches down*
Johnny Joestar: HAH
Johnny Joestar: HAH
*Johnny's arm has repaired itself*
*Johnny's shoes are ripped, now exposing his toes*
Johnny Joestar: HAH
*Johnny's face*
Johnny Joestar: HAH
Johnny Joestar: HAH
*Johnny's shoes are ripped, now exposing his toes*
Johnny Joestar: HAH
Johnny Joestar: HAH
Johnny Joestar: M...
*Tusk Act 1 float above Johnny, it looks happy*
Johnny Joestar: MY...
Johnny Joestar: NAILS...
Johnny Joestar: THEY SHOT OUT... 'THIS POWER'...! FROM THESE LAME FEET!
Johnny Joestar: THIS 'THING'...!
Johnny Joestar: DID 'IT' DO IT...?! WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? DID IT JUST SAVE ME FROM MY SITU-ATION?!.........
*Tusk Act 1 float above Johnny*
Johnny Joestar: MY NAILS JUST SHOT OUT FROM MY LAME FEEEEEEEET!
*Johnny screams in amazement*
* Johnny's toenails fire again *
*The toenails fly off into the distance*
Tusk Act 1: Movere
Tusk Act 1: crus
*Tusk Act 1 cutely hugs Johnny's wrist*
Johnny Joestar: WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU?!
*Johnny screams*
Tusk Act 1: CHYUMI
*Tusk Act 1 =waves*
Tusk Act 1: CHYUMIII...
Tusk Act 1: IIIIIII...
*Tusk Act 1 taps Johnny's arm*
*Johnny looks at Tusk Act 1*
*Tusk Act 1 starts to move rapidly*
*The letters 've' appear on Johnny's arm*
*Tusk Act 1 carves 'moveer crus' into Johnny's arm*
*A closeup of Johnny's eye*
Johnny Joestar: HUH?!
*Johnny looks at the text carved in his arm*
*Johnny looks for Tusk Act 1 which has already dissappeared back into his hand*
Johnny Joestar: IT JUST WROTE SOMETHING!! ...AND WENT BACK INTO MY 'LEFT HAND'!
Johnny Joestar: JUST NOW!! IT HAS A WILL! THIS MUMMIFIED LEFT HAND HAS A CLEAR WILL OF ITS OWN!
*Johnny grips his left hand*
Johnny Joestar: HAH
Johnny Joestar: MY FEET AREN'T MOVING NOW... ONLY WHEN THEY 'SHOOT OUT' THE NAILS, THEY MOVE...
Johnny Joestar: DOES THIS MEAN...
Johnny Joestar: ...THAT 'ENERGY' WAS TAKEN FROM MY BODY?... THROUGH THIS THING'S WILL...?
*Johnny grips his left hand*
Johnny Joestar: AND WHAT IS THIS?
Johnny Joestar: \THESE LETTERS... THEY'RE NOT ENGLISH...
Johnny Joestar: TOO MANY MYSTERIES...
Johnny Joestar: THERE ARE TOO MANY MYSTERIES EVERYWHERE...
Johnny Joestar: THE GOAL OF THE TERROR-ISTS...
Johnny Joestar: GYRO'S HOMELAND...
Johnny Joestar: AND THIS STEEL BALL RUN RACE...
Johnny Joestar: WHY HAS THIS THING COME TO ME?
*Johnny eyes his arm. Behind him are portraits of Gyro, Tusk Act 1, Stroheim, Oyacomova, and Stephen Steel*
*Johnny puts his head in his hand, blood seeps from his mouth*
Johnny Joestar: 'Steel Ball Run Race'
*Zoom in of previous panel*
Johnny Joestar: ...... ...... .......
*Johnny stares at his hand*
Johnny Joestar: THERE MUST BE MORE...
Johnny Joestar: NOT JUST THIS 'LEFT HAND'
Johnny Joestar: THERE HAVE TO BE OTHER PARTS
Johnny Joestar: ...'PARTS OF THIS MUMMY'S BODY...
*Johnny crawls on the ground*
Johnny Joestar: AND IF YOU COMBINE THEM ALL, IT WILL PROBABLY BE A FULL BODY!
*An image of the corpse put together*
Johnny Joestar: THE CORPSE OF 'SOMEBODY' HAS BEEN SCATTERED ACROSS THE LAND!
Johnny Joestar: THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND THEM AND COMBINE THEM TOGETHER!
Johnny Joestar: THAT'S THE GOAL OF THE TERRORISTS!
*Various corpse parts strewn about an canyon*
Johnny Joestar: ON THE SURFACE IT'S JUST A SPORT! BUT THE 'STEEL BALL RUN' IS ACTUALLY A CONSPIRACY TO COLLECT ALL THESE BODY PARTS!
*White*
Johnny Joestar: THESE POWER POSSESSSING CORPSE PARTS... WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THEY ALL CAME TOGETHER?
Johnny Joestar: DID GYRO KNOW ABOUT THESE 'CORPSES'? DID HE JOIN THE RACE WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE?
*Johnny gritting his teeth*
*Johnny holds on of Gyro's steel balls as a second on appears on the horizon*
*Closeup on the ball*
*Closeup on the ball to show it spinning*
*Zoom out on the ball*
Johnny Joestar: A 'STEEL BALL'...
Johnny Joestar: THAT'S GYRO'S SECOND 'STEEL BALL'...
*Johnny gripping the first steel ball*
Johnny Joestar: ...... ...... ......
*Johnny looks up*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: KKH!
Pork Pie Hat Kid: DYAMMIT!
Pork Pie Hat Kid: W...
Pork Pie Hat Kid: ONE...
Pork Pie Hat Kid: TWO...
*Pork Pie Hat Kid lays on the ground in pain*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: THREE OF 'EM
Pork Pie Hat Kid: THREE OF MY TEETH ARE BROKEN!
Pork Pie Hat Kid: PRRRRRR GACHANGE
*Pork Pie Hat Kid sits up, his face bloodied*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: I WONDER IF TEETH TASTE GOOD? I BET YOU CAN'T EAT 'EM...
Pork Pie Hat Kid: SHIT I DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD THAT KIND OF 'POWER'... THAT...
Pork Pie Hat Kid: WHAT'S HIS NAME? JYAWNEE JYAWSHTERR.......
*Pork Pie Hat Kid, quite literally, licks his wounds*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: AND SO!
Pork Pie Hat Kid: I'VE FINSIHED 'LOOKING' FOR IT!
Pork Pie Hat Kid: NOW I HAVE TO SWIPE IT FROM HIM! AFTER I KILL HIM, THOUGH!
*Pork Pie Hat Kid looks into the bowl of water*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: BUT NOW I KNOW WHERE HE'S HIDING IT...
Pork Pie Hat Kid: IT'S IN HIS 'LEFT HAND'!
Pork Pie Hat Kid: I CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF IT FROM ABOVE! HE DIDN'T FIND IT; IT POSSESSED HIM!
Pork Pie Hat Kid: THE 'CORPSE' IS IN JYAWNEE JYWASHTER'S ARM!
*Pork Pie Hat Kid mischeviously look up*
*Pork Pie Hat Kid peers into the bowl*
*Destroyed rocks*
*Destroyed rocks*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: HEY, HUH?
Pork Pie Hat Kid: THAT CREEP... WHERE IS HE? THAT'S... WEIRD...
Pork Pie Hat Kid: HE'S NOT AT THE ROCK!
Pork Pie Hat Kid: HE'S GOOONE!
*Pork Pie Hat Kid screams*
*Wired descends toward the destroyed rocks*
*Wired descends toward the destroyed rocks*
*Wired descends toward the destroyed rocks*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: HEY...?!
Pork Pie Hat Kid: WHAT IS THIS?... WHERE IS HE?!
Pork Pie Hat Kid: HE DISAP-PEARED... WHERE DID HE GO?
Pork Pie Hat Kid: THAT'S CRAZY! EVEN IF HE RAN, HE WOULDN'T GET FAR FROM THE...
*Pork Pie Hat Kid looks through the bowl*
*Intense zoom on Pork Pie Hat Kid's eyes*
*Wired descends toward a line in the sand*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: ...... ......
*The line is revealed to have been caused by Gyro's second ball*
*Pork Pie Hat Kid looks back*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: MISTER...
Pork Pie Hat Kid: ...... ......
Pork Pie Hat Kid: YOU AWAKE?
*Gyro is hanging on the corner of the frame*
*Wired smacks Gyro*
Gyro Zeppeli: GHA! GH...
*Gyro in pain*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: GWEEEE GACHANG!
Pork Pie Hat Kid: YOU USED YOUR LEGS?
Pork Pie Hat Kid: YOU THREW YOUR 'STEEL BALL' INTO MY PLATE DURING ALL THE EXCITEMENT, HUH?
*Pork Pie Hat Kid looks at Gyro*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: ...... ......
*Pork Pie Hat Kid turns toward a rock in the distance*
*Pork Pie Hat Kid saunters on top of a rock*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: BUT HEY, THIS IS FUN!
Pork Pie Hat Kid: THESE GUYS ARE TOO FUN!!
*Pork Pie Hat Kid stands*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: THE SPIN OF THE 'STEEL BALL'... THERE'S TWO WAYS TO THINK OF IT...
Pork Pie Hat Kid: THAT YOU TOLD JYOSHTER TO RUN IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION!
Pork Pie Hat Kid: OR ELSE...
*Pork Pie Hat Kid looks over a hill while Gyro hangs*
Pork Pie Hat Kid: YOU TOLD HIM TO 'HEAD TOWARDS' THIS DIRECTION!
Pork Pie Hat Kid: VEEEERY INTEREST-ING...
Pork Pie Hat Kid: I'LL LET YOU LIVE, GYRO ZEPPELI.
Pork Pie Hat Kid: BUT ONLY UNTIL I FIND WHERE JYAWNEE JYOSHTER IS...
*Pork Pie Hat Kid looks at the reader*
Johnny Joestar: HAH
Johnny Joestar: HAH
Johnny Joestar: HAH
Johnny Joestar: HAH
*Gyro's ball in the sand*
Johnny Joestar: HAH
Johnny Joestar: HAH
*Gyro's ball*
Johnny Joestar: ONE THING...
*Gyro's ball*
Johnny Joestar: JUST ONE THING...
Johnny Joestar: ...IS CLEAR...
Johnny Joestar: HAH
Johnny Joestar: HAH
*Gyro's ball*
Johnny Joestar: WHOEVER GYRO IS, AND WHATEVER KIND OF ORDERS HE HAD RECEIVED FROM HIS HOMELAND...
Johnny Joestar: HE'S A GOOD PERSON...
Johnny Joestar: IT'S CLEAR NOW THAT THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE.
*Gyro's ball*
Johnny Joestar: GYRO SHOWED ME THE DIRECTION OF THE 'ENEMY' WITH THE STEEL BALL.
Johnny Joestar: IT MUST HAVE BEEN A DESPERATE MOVE.
Johnny Joestar: AND OF COURSE I COULD CHOOSE TO RUN.
Johnny Joestar: HE WAS TRYING TO SAVE ME...
*A pile of sand*
*An eye in the sand*
Johnny Joestar: BUT I WILL NEVER HAND OVER THIS 'CORPSE'!
*Johnny in the sand*
*Johnny buried in the sand*
Johnny Joestar: THIS HAS BECOME MY HOPE!
*Johnny's fingernails firing*
Johnny Joestar: AND GYRO HAS GIVEN ME THE COURAGE TO PUSH FORWARD IN THIS CRISIS
*Johnny's fingernails firing*
Johnny Joestar: NOW I KNOW YOUR LOCATION! GYRO!
Johnny Joestar: I'M HEADING TOWARDS THAT ROCK MOUNTAIN!
Johnny Joestar: WE'RE TOGETHER IN THIS RACE! AND WE'LL COLLECT THE REST OF THE CORPSE PARTS!
*Johnny's swimming in the sand*