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Chapter 38: Fate
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If sunlight and the energy-infused Ripple teique are the vampires' weakhen the weakness of a Ripple warrior is their breath.
Without the ability to breathe, they ot harhe life energy within their bodies through the Ripple breathihod, akin to how a stone creates ripples when thrown into water.
This is how DIO devised a way to ter the Ripple teique.
Utilizing the vaporization freezihod, DIO, with his vampire's exceptional trol over his body, evaporates the moisture within his body, carrying away heat in the process to achieve rapid cooling.
This allows him to absorb the body heat of a Ripple warrior before the Ripple energy be transmitted to his body, freezing the oppo along with himself.
For a Ripple warrior, whose blood coagutes, it bees impossible to el the Ripple through the flow of their blood into DIO's body.
However, this teique only be mastered by someoh a vampire's level of body trol and regeive abilities, without the arrogaen induced by the Stone Mask. Currently, only DIO possesses this exclusive teique.
The zombies resurrected and trolled by DIO, even the renowned Dark Knights who protected Mary Stuart, ot utilize such a teique. heless, this doesn't mean that Tarkus, one of these Dark Knights, cks ways to deal with the Ripple.
He was capable of splitting rge stones with his sword while alive, and now, empowered further by his zombie state, he's fident he crush any Ripple warrior who dares e close before they use their Ripple.
With JOJO's neck bound by the , he ot breathe acc to the Ripple breathing teique. He likely ot use the Ripple's power nht?
This is the story told in episode six of "Phantom Blood."
JOJO, deeply trapped, is aided by the child hypnotized and maniputed by DIO to lead JOJO and his panions into this trap.
The child, fearing his family might also be killed by the monsters, ultimately overes his fear of pain and musters the ce to face the powerful Tarkus, opening the gate for Zeppeli that even the Ripple couldn't break.
And then... the dreaded "←—To Be tinued..." appears.
Eager to see the duel between Zeppeli and Tarkus, modern Ripple warrior versus a zombie, the viewers' anticipation builds.
Though Zeppeli struggled against DIO, it was due to a ck of intelligen the enemy. Fag DIO's vaporization freezihod without prior knowledge would be a tough battle for anyone.
Given DIO's status as the primary antagonist, it's uhe writers would let Zeppeli defeat him early on. Zeppeli's struggle was expected by the audience, and it did not diminish their high regard for him. In the face of DIO's nearly invincible vampire transformation, Zeppeli's ability to teract vampires shone as a bea of hope.
Even though JOJO became powerful after just a week of training, how strong must Zeppeli be, who trained for an unknown but presumably long period? Whether they were curious about the answer or simply wao see the fight, viewers eagerly awaited the episode.
But instead of seeing the Dragon Hall where JOJO was imprisohe s showed...
-- [1863, Tibet] --
"It's impressive you survived these three years orous training," an old man said, standing steadily on a rope eg t snow-covered pilrs. Speaking to a young man also standing on the rope, he tinued, "Now, you run ten miles without disrupting your breath."
", we will begin the advaraining of the [Ripple Method]."
"I must warn you again, Zeppeli," the old man advised, "if you tihis training, you won't escape your destined death."
"..."
"...!?"
Hideyoshi, The Best Under Heaven: "You're joking, right? There's no way Uncle Zeppeli will die! That doesn't make any sense!!"
[ ] : "No, this was foreshadowed from the beginning."
[ ] : "If his stumble against DIO was due to narrative reasons, it's uandable. But if it's not just narrative—if the writers aim for realism—then DIO's strength might far exceed our expectations..."
JOJO could grow by learning the Ripple, so why couldn't DIO grow by learning as well? The vaporization freezihod is DIO's learning oute.
Unfortunately, those who witnessed DIO nearly defeated by JOJO's human form might have overlooked this detail.
Not wearing it is truly cool: "In that case, it could be really troublesome. But there's o worry; prophecies of death in stories are usually just fgs and rarely e true."
Hideyoshi, The Best Under Heaven: "Really? Then I'm relieved. There's no way Uncle Zeppeli will die. Haha."
[ ] : Yeah, if "Phantom Blood" were just any ordinary story...
Without typing this st line, Sora silently observed the chat ents and the se where the young Zeppeli accepted his fate.
With his sensitive nature, Sora didn't believe this plot point was added randomly. Especially now, just as the battle between Zeppeli and Tarkus was about to begin.
"Let's hope my predi is wrong," Sora sighed.
