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"Pucci, do you think I'm useless?"
"?"
"Clearly, I was right next to Avdol at that time, and I knew that the [Hanged Man]'s stand ability was related to mirrors. Yet, despite knowing all this, I still let Avdol die from the [Hanged Man]'s sneak attack…"
In the crew of "Stardust Crusaders", Polnareff said dejectedly, "If it had been Jotaro, Avdol definitely wouldn't have died."
So, is this something from the internet?
He glanced at the fully stealth helmet next to Polnareff, and remembered how, just moments ago, Jolyne had sent him money for some reason, telling him not to worry too much.
After a bit of investigation, Pucci could understand Polnareff's current state.
After all, in terms of speed, [Silver Chariot] without armor was already comparable to [Star Platinum].
As for precision, though [Silver Chariot] couldn't quite match [Star Platinum]'s A rank, Polnareff's hard-earned sword skills were enough for him to perform most of what a stand with precision A could do!
(P.S. Referencing the battle between Polnareff and Avdol.)
That is to say, if he had known beforehand that the [Emperor]'s bullets could move freely, Polnareff would also have been able to use [Silver Chariot] to block the bullets.
This was something Polnareff should have been able to do after nearly being killed by the [Emperor]'s curved bullet the second time.
But...
Looking at the dejected Polnareff, it was clear that his face practically screamed, "I can't do it."
"If you can't do it, then you can't. And who says Jotaro would have been able to do it instead?" Pucci replied.
"...Eh?!"
Polnareff looked clearly stunned.
He probably didn't expect Pucci's comfort to be so refreshing.
So much so that he couldn't even maintain his expression of regret and began to explain, "But…"
"There's no 'buts' here. Let me ask you, Polnareff. Why do you think you couldn't stop that bullet from hitting Avdol in the script world?"
Pucci questioned, "If you feel regret, it means you believe you could have stopped it at that time, right? So why didn't you?"
Why couldn't he stop it?
Polnareff knew the answer clearly.
It was anger, shame, and avoidance...
Anger at Avdol's lecturing.
Shame for having previously humiliated Avdol, who tried to save him when he left the group, only for Avdol to disregard that humiliation and save his life.
Facing such an Avdol, he felt anger at Avdol's lecturing and subconsciously thought he might have done something foolish, wanting to escape.
...
This was why Polnareff hadn't been able to do it.
Not because of carelessness.
But deep down, he thought it might be nice to teach Avdol a lesson; after all, what right did he have to obstruct his revenge!?
That's why Polnareff couldn't forgive himself!
Even though all of this happened in the script world, and Avdol was alive and well in reality—maybe just needing to finish filming early.
But that was no excuse!
Especially after seeing the audience's comments about him online.
He felt even more this way.
Yet such reasoning was hard to swallow.
"Aren't you going to say anything? ...But you've already written it all over your face."
After listening for a while without receiving a response from Polnareff, Pucci nonchalantly said, "It's probably because of the character story given by the script template?"
"The desire for revenge for your sister took over your mind. Considering that you left the team for the first time and even mocked Avdol, the one who saved your life, it's normal that you couldn't block the bullet for Avdol."
"After all, didn't Jotaro also almost get his insides shattered in a moment of carelessness while fighting the flower-eyed Kakyoin controlled by DIO?"
"...This isn't the same as what happened to Jotaro," Polnareff shook his head.
It seemed I really couldn't do this guiding or comforting work.
Especially without any past life memories to refer to...
Looking at Polnareff's unchanged expression of guilt, Pucci realized that no matter how much he said, as long as Polnareff didn't understand the causes and processes of the situation, he probably wouldn't be convinced.
With a helpless glance at Jotaro, who was also hiding in a corner watching them, Pucci gave a subtle gesture of helplessness.
Just as he was about to leave, allowing Polnareff to have some time alone or to be with his friends, he suddenly thought of something.
He took out his phone and sent Polnareff a screenshot of a chat log.
—Ding dong!!
"?"
"This is something Jotaro said to me recently. Although I don't know if it'll help you, there's no harm in trying since it's reimbursable," Pucci said. "So, Polnareff, are you going to continue?"
"Not for filming other content, but just to follow the story development of "Stardust Crusaders" and take revenge by killing J. Geil and Hol Horse?"
Polnareff wanted to say "I don't want to."
Because he felt he no longer had the right.
But...
"...I do want to."
Since it was reimbursable, he might as well let off a little steam.
At most, he would just send a big red envelope back to Jolyne with the expenses after the New Year.
In the end, Polnareff couldn't suppress his inner desires.
…
So, in the new week.
Even though on the related 2CH forums, viewers expressed dissatisfaction and disappointment with the previous episode of "Stardust Crusaders", particularly about why Green Dolphin Studio didn't let Jotaro appear, feeling that they should experience the audience's perseverance.
However, during the new week's airing of "Stardust Crusaders",
Even the most vocal critic, Josuke Higashikata, was the first to put on the full-dive helmet.
How to say it? This was probably what it meant to be contrary in actions.
Or perhaps, just like Polnareff's feelings.
Even if they wanted to drop the show, they at least had to see J. Geil and the others get killed!