Chapter 213. The Tsundere Soul
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That's right!
It's Iggy!
At the final moment, it was his Stand, [The Fool], that used sand to lift Polnareff!
Just like Vanilla Ice, who came out of the dark space of [Cream], speaking confidently, he too is heavily wounded.
Even as a vampire... no, not just a vampire.
Even as a high-level vampire.
Without any energy to replenish his life force, he can't stay immortal forever.
Otherwise, DIO, who was fished out from the sea, wouldn't still need to lie in this Dio Mansion, constantly draining blood to fuse with Jonathan's body.
Not to disappoint DIO.
The obsession to defeat Polnareff and Joseph is what is currently driving Vanilla.
But this obsession is like a curse, binding him.
It forces him to ensure both victory and enough strength to face the upcoming battles.
That's why he only attacked once around him.
And that's why he ignored the ceiling, not including it in his attack. This is all due to that reason.
But, most importantly—
"Vanilla Ice just said—stray dogs have no resolve, no prideful soul."
"But a Stand is the manifestation of the soul! Iggy's soul (Stand) acted on its own; it simply couldn't sit back and do nothing!"
That's right, before this, Vanilla didn't take Iggy seriously at all.
…No, actually, many people, including the audience, didn't take Iggy seriously.
Even though he had the victory over Pet Shop.
But the previous impressions and Iggy's repeated begging for mercy against Pet Shop, only fighting back desperately at the end, weren't easy to shake off.
But now!
With the narration in "Stardust Crusaders", the audience realized just how deeply rooted their prejudice was.
Iggy has a Stand.
He's a Stand user.
A dog with a spirit and soul stronger than most humans!
And his Stand ability, being elemental, isn't particularly powerful.
Which means, like some other Stand users who become overly reliant on their Stand and have weaker spirits than normal people, this could never happen to Iggy!
What caused people to underestimate him?
Hiss————!!
After realizing this.
The audience, who were already bewildered by "Stardust Crusaders" unconventional twists, collectively gasped.
Was all of this part of your plan, Pucci!?
Once upon a time, Iggy was so lazy and indifferent.
They didn't expect Iggy to play any significant role in the mission to gang up on the old man.
But Iggy first regained his lost dark will in the battle against Pet Shop, a fellow animal Stand user with an elemental Stand.
Then, during Vanilla Ice's first attack, he was saved by Avdol.
His inner pride wouldn't let him run away with his tail between his legs. He began to gradually reach out for that "Golden Spirit".
After that, facing Vanilla Ice's overwhelming power and [Cream], Iggy was forced to team up with Polnareff. When Vanilla Ice launched a furious attack on him, and after witnessing Polnareff's determination to save him till the end…
Iggy finally started to ponder a question—
Should he follow Polnareff's last order, play dead, and wait for Jotaro and the others, hoping to survive?
Or should he just go for it and take revenge on Vanilla Ice?
Heh, was there even a choice?!
Iggy, as a proud emperor among dogs, wouldn't just follow orders from others!
Nor would he let anyone who dared offend this emperor go unpunished!
So there was no need to hesitate!
The "Black Will" is the spirit of doing whatever it takes to achieve a goal, no matter how despicable or what the cost.
The "Golden Spirit" is courage—the determination to carve out a bright path through a dark wilderness.
They aren't that different.
The former just uses more ruthless means. As a certain president once said, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.
The latter is about believing in oneself and one's companions, like a certain rabbit who often preached Love & Peace.
So a dog with both the "Black Will" and the "Golden Spirit", like Iggy, had only one thing to do: kill Vanilla Ice, even if it meant trusting Polnareff!
Save Polnareff and leave the hope of killing Vanilla Ice in his hands!
"Thinking about it, Iggy's kind of a tsundere, huh."
Seeing the barrage of comments fly across the screen, many of them interpreting the story this way, Mista let out a relieved laugh and said, "Stray dogs may not have a proud soul, but they definitely have a tsundere soul!"
However, Mista didn't get to laugh for long.
He didn't even get to explain why he was laughing to Narancia.
Because on the screen in "Stardust Crusaders"—
The sand began to fall.
And Iggy, coughing up blood, finally collapsed to the ground...
"?!"
"From... from the feeling of this sand... no way, how could this be, damn it!"
Polnareff, trying to grasp the falling sand, could only watch helplessly as it slipped through his fingers. His heart cried out in anguish, "An empty shell, the cold vanishing of a Stand, a Stand's disappearance... damn it! Why is it always me... surviving?!"
"I... IGGY, NOOOOOOOOO——!!!"
Polnareff roared.
Anger and sorrow surged and raged within him.
And with the aid of gravity from the fall that Iggy gave him, accelerating him further!
The attack, carried out with Iggy, will not fail this time! Vanilla Ice!!!
"You're too slow!!!"
CRACK!
With a final thrust, Polnareff pierced through Vanilla Ice's skull again, and with the falling force, his Stand, [Silver Chariot], twisted Vanilla Ice's head like a wrench, snapping it backwards!