Chapter 201. This is the Struggle Made to Survive
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After being taken in by the SPW Foundation, this will was gradually forgotten by Iggy.
It's like tigers raised in a zoo since childhood—if they were released back into the wild, they wouldn't feel the freedom of sleeping under the heavens. Instead, they'd just feel bewildered by the unfamiliar environment.
After all, once you've gotten used to a comfortable life where food is handed to you and you don't need to lift a finger, who would want to return to a dangerous world where you have to fight others for food, and if you fail, you're left starving?
That's why, although Iggy had despised Joseph and the others, he still chose to travel with them. Even when he saw that the dog-loving little boy was about to be killed by Pet Shop, Iggy, even though he later regretted his decision, still chose to save the boy and become Pet Shop's enemy.
This could be understood as Iggy's way of protecting his comfortable life and being able to eat more coffee-flavored gum—the price he was willing to pay.
So what does he have to do now? Isn't it obvious?
The once dormant black flame instantly roared to life, fueled by the pain in his front legs and the will to survive. These elements combined to act as the perfect fuel, growing and occupying Iggy's mind entirely.
"I have to do this... I must do this! Because it's either him or me!"
Facing Pet Shop, Iggy charged forward, shouting fiercely. There was no more evasion—there couldn't be—so he charged head-on toward the attack!
Was he planning to defeat the enemy by attacking the main body?
Pet Shop saw through Iggy's plan and sneered without hesitation.
The space it had dug out wasn't just to block all of Iggy's escape routes.
At this distance, it was impossible for Iggy to stop Pet Shop from attacking with his Stand in time. In fact, this reckless charge only saved Pet Shop the trouble of aiming.
So, Pet Shop paid no attention to Iggy's struggle and increased the output of [Horus]!
But this simple logic wasn't lost on Iggy, either. He knew very well that at his current speed, he couldn't catch up.
Unless he dismissed [The Fool]'s protection right now. But if he did that, the ice that had already expanded due to the underwater environment would rush into the tunnel, crushing Iggy in the process.
At the same time, it would also compress the air inside the tunnel, creating a rocket-like force that would propel Iggy forward!
If Iggy could withstand the impact, that is...
But was Iggy in any position to worry about whether he could withstand it? Without hesitation, he endured the force and charged forward!
Under Pet Shop's incredulous gaze—and the astonished eyes of the audience who thought Iggy's journey was about to end—he viciously bit down on Pet Shop's beak!
He locked the icy energy of [Horus] within Pet Shop's body!
Even though this caused the freezing energy from Pet Shop's shattered beak to start seeping into Iggy's mouth, freezing his jaws and the front half of his body, he didn't loosen his grip. He even ignored the collapsing tunnel under the weight of the ice.
This was the struggle Iggy made to survive! This was the way of the stray dog that he had almost forgotten!
It was literally a matter of life and death.
Until—
BOOM ——————!!
The ice energy accumulating in Pet Shop's mouth, with no way to escape, finally detonated. A massive explosion erupted, sending a mushroom cloud rising even above the lake's surface!
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"..."
Silence.
At that moment, nearly every single person watching the scene fell silent.
They watched as, after the explosion, Iggy was blown out of the tunnel by the shockwave. He struggled to the surface, gasping for air.
It was only then that the audience, realizing they had held their breath, began to breathe again, their tension finally releasing.
Was Iggy just a tagalong for the Crusaders? Was he just forced to join the journey to Egypt with no resolve to defeat someone as terrifying as Pet Shop, who seemed unafraid of death?
If the audience had harbored any such thoughts about Iggy before, they certainly didn't now.
Especially after seeing the big words flash across the screen: "Bird Pet Shop, Stand [Horus], dead."
No one thought that anymore.
And of course, they were all shocked by Iggy's level of grudge-holding.
"Iggy, who had no interest in humans or Stands, now seems like it wants to take us somewhere… I don't know what happened between him and the enemy's Stand user, but it seems like he went through a lot and is now really pissed off," Kakyoin said after rescuing the barely alive Iggy and reuniting with Jotaro and the others.
This once again made the audience hold their breath, just as they had been relieved to see Kakyoin back with the group.
The lazier Iggy used to be, the more determined he now was to give DIO, the one who had made him suffer, a taste of his own medicine!
So, as the saying goes, don't mess with a stray dog!
The audience who had mocked Iggy in the comments now felt a chill, even though they knew Iggy couldn't see the chat.
And even if the actor playing Iggy could see, he wouldn't come after them.
But just thinking of that black flame of will burning in Iggy's eyes made them feel like they had become Pet Shop, with their heads tightly bitten by Iggy…
"Thank goodness there aren't such vicious dogs in real life..."
Even Kira, who had been watching, couldn't help but have this thought and vowed to stay far away from any stray dogs from now on.
"Cats really are much better..."