Bang!!!
A sonic boom burst through the air. Yellow Temperance instantly covered Alessi's entire body as he braced with all his strength against Joseph's elbow strike, instinctively squeezing his eyes shut.
Yet several whole seconds passed without Alessi feeling the slightest trace of the expected impact. Puzzled, he thought Yellow Temperance must have absorbed it completely. But when he opened his eyes, Joseph had stopped firmly in front of him, his right leg raised high like a battle-axe, wrapped in a visible layer of densely concentrated golden Ripple!
"Good grief, who said I was going to go after that skin of yours first?"
Wagging his index finger, Joseph brought his right leg slashing down. Like a crescent moon, it traced a perfect golden arc through the air, slicing precisely into the shadow beneath Alessi's feet, where Sethan hid, connected to his body!
"Golden Cutter!"
"Aaaaagh-"
Sethan's shadow twisted and shrank violently like butter sliced by a red-hot knife. In that instant, the link between Alessi and his Stand sent him crumpling to his knees, clutching his chest and abdomen as he gasped and screamed.
The pain felt as though his entire body had been pierced through and all his organs gouged out. Bracing both hands against the ground, he howled uncontrollably.
"Hiss-"
Watching this, Jean Pierre Polnareff sucked in a sharp breath.
"Was Joseph this wild when he was young?"
"Uh..."
The corners of his mouth twitching, the miniature Jotaro folded his arms. His oversized clothes looked rather out of place, creating a peculiar contrast with the stern expression he was forcing onto his face.
"For a man who once banished a god, having an unknown side like this isn't all that strange..."
After gathering his words, the miniature Avdol shook his head.
"I knew Joseph could use Ripple, but