The Winner Is Me

Chlorine Gas was the first chemical weapon ever used in war.

During World War I, this seemingly insignificant gas caused 15,000 casualties to the British and French forces on its first appearance, with at least 5,000 of them dying as a result.

From the moment Giorno stepped into the restroom, he could smell the pungent odor in the air, indicating that the place had just been disinfected and cleaned with a large amount of chlorine-based disinfectant.

Because of the lack of thorough cleaning, there was still standing water containing a lot of disinfectant on the toilet floor.

The disinfectant residue left on the ground later became his weapon to defeat his enemies.

"Just as you used the properties of Impatiens to manipulate snake swarms to cover up the true purpose of the pollen explosion, I also used the properties of animal entrails to divert the snake swarms' hatred to cover up my true purpose of using excessive stomach acid and disinfectant to produce Chlorine Gas."

"That's why I didn't run away immediately after temporarily escaping the snake attack."

"I want to stay there so you can inhale excessive Chlorine Gas while you're confronting me."

"I never expected this."

Giorno chuckled self-deprecatingly:

"Doing this backfired and made me fall into your pollen trap."

In that darkness just now, the two sides appeared to be pushing and shoving each other around the snake swarm, but secretly they were each brewing their real killing moves.

And so, both sides' killer moves worked.

Giorno fell into Jamie's trap, and Jamie also inhaled the poison gas created by Giorno.

Giorno now seriously injured from the explosion, and Jamie is suffering from Chlorine Gas poisoning.

The situation became evenly matched, and in terms of casualties, Jamie traded half his life for four of the enemy's fighters, which was actually a bit of a gain for him.

But Jamie knew he had actually lost out big time:

"Damn it."

"This kid has two companions at the service area, Li Qing and Bucciarati. They will arrive here as soon as they hear the explosion."

"And I cough cough cough cough"

Jamie coughed up a mouthful of bloody phlegm, his throat gurgling like a leaky old bellows.

"If I'm in my current state, there's no way I can defeat the remaining two enemies!"

Jamie's initial plan was to use the counterfeit to defeat the genuine article and eliminate Giorno and the others before Li Qing and Bucciarati could react.

With four body doubles, he's confident he can defeat the remaining two enemies.

But now.

Excessive Chlorine Gas had entered his body.

This deadly gas enters the body through the respiratory tract, dissolves in the moisture contained in the mucous membranes, and quickly generates hypochlorous acid and hydrochloric acid.

Hypochlorous acid causes strong oxidation of tissues, while hydrochloric acid irritates the mucous membranes, causing inflammatory swelling, edema of the mucous membranes, and difficulty breathing.

Jamie, caught up in the excitement and nervousness of the impending success of his plan, mistook his shortness of breath for an excess of pollen.

Finally, he began to cough violently, started to feel nauseous and dry heave, his lungs began to swell terribly, and his brain became dizzy and painful.

"What to do."

"Have I already lost?"

Jamie supported his deeply poisoned body, his expression one of extreme pain.

This is not just physical pain, but also mental pain:

Li Qing and Bucciarati will arrive here soon.

He, who had always believed in his unique creed that his work could surpass everything, finally faced a defeat that he was powerless to change, just as he had faced in court years before.

"No!"

"It's not over yet!!"

A flame suddenly ignited in Jamie's eyes:

"My strength and wisdom are in no way inferior to anyone else's, and so should my will!"

"Silver Experience, Aerosmith James - Action!"

He dismissed the other swapped-out clones, leaving only "Silver Experience" and "Aerosmith James".

With his body severely injured, Jamie was already unable to withstand the immense strain of simultaneously controlling four Stands.

He even struggles to control both of his Stands, so the current Silver Experience and Aerosmith James can only unleash power far inferior to the original.

But Jamie still rushed forward without hesitation.

Dragging his body, which seemed a hundred times heavier, and accompanied by two weakened, reskinned Stands, he charged toward Giorno, whose body was also badly damaged.

There were no schemes, no tactics, just the simplest form of substitutions exchanging blows.

"This"

"Are you trying to forcibly take my life before Li Qing arrives?"

Giorno felt he understood Jamie's dying struggle.

Of course, he was neither afraid nor hesitant.

The explosion had been heard for some time, and the service area was only about 700 or 800 meters apart.

Given Li Qing's inhuman speed, he'll probably be here in a few seconds.

Giorno has to do now is to get through these few seconds.

"Wood big wood big wood big wood big!"

Gold Experience leaped forward, unleashing a barrage of golden punches at the charging imposter.

Although Gold Experience was unable to exert its full power due to its own injuries, the enemy's imposter was weakened even more.

The golden phantom and the silver gale intertwined, with the golden Riot Games firmly in control and the silver Riot Games unable to gain any advantage.

At this moment, the pirated Aerosmith James began to fire and launch a sneak attack from the side.

Although the bullets are not as powerful as before, this unfair two-against-one battle still puts enormous pressure on Giorno.

Giorno's injuries made it difficult for him to dodge, so Gold Experience had to fight the counterfeit while also helping the original Giorno maneuver around.

These few seconds felt both brief and long.

Soon, a bullet broke through Gold Experience's defenses and struck Giorno in the throat.

"Ugh!"

Giorno couldn't help but let out a muffled cry of pain.

The bullet's power was greatly reduced due to Jamie's poisoning, but it still tore through his skin and injured his throat.

Although it wouldn't be life-threatening, it was a sign that the defenses were about to collapse.

Finally, at that moment...

A humanoid phantom suddenly flew in from the distant night sky.

The guy's head gleamed under the night lights, like a ray of light cast by God in the endless darkness.

"Golden Bell Shield!"

Li Qing arrived, accompanied by a shimmering, glowing Lightshield.

Giorno was instantly protected behind the Lightshield, and also behind Li Qing.

The offensive of pirated "Silver Experience" and "Aerosmith James" could no longer gain traction.

Facing a fully-powered Li Qing, these two heavily weakened, reskinned clones had no chance of winning.

I'm the winner!

Although his throat was damaged and he couldn't speak, Giorno still declared his victory to Jamie with his eyes.

Li Qing has arrived, Bucciarati will arrive soon.

His minor throat injury could be healed with a wave of Gold Experience's hand, and his four seriously injured companions would also receive treatment soon.

The only loser was Jamie, who thought he could win by deception.

However..

"No!"

Jamie laughed wildly.

With his firm and ardent gaze, he told Giorno:

"I haven't lost yet!"

"Although I couldn't kill you, this is enough!"

Amidst this silent scream, Jamie, dragging his severely poisoned body, rushed forward recklessly.

Li Qing clenched his Riot Games and punched it without hesitation at the man's distorted face.

"Um?"

Giorno vaguely realized something.

"Ugh!"

He understood Jamie's intention, but because he hadn't had time to heal his throat injury, he couldn't remind Li Qing in time.

Yes, that's it.

"As long as you can't speak or give me a hint, I still have a chance to win!"

Jamie's bloodshot eyes widened, and he inwardly roared with barely suppressed rage:

"Li Qing doesn't know about my Stand ability yet. Unless someone reminds him, he will definitely attack my real body subconsciously!"

"And as long as I touched him."

"Then I'll be able to regain Li Qing's Stand ability!"

He had read information about Li Qing and knew that Li Qing's Stand ability was very special:

That "Stand ability" not only acts directly on the user like a regular overlay Stand, but also protects the user in a near-perfect way.

Yes

Chlorine Gas poisoning won't affect the overall situation at all.

As long as I touch Li Qing and gain a body like a game character that only loses health but doesn't get injured, I'll still have the strength to fight again!

With a perfect body and multiple skin-changing clones, I'm sure I'll achieve final victory!

"I'm the winner!!"

Jamie roared and thrust his face right in front of Li Qing.

Bang!

A powerful punch.

Jamie was pulled away by his own face and flew off.

He landed heavily on the ground more than ten meters away, rolled several times, and was covered in blood.

"No, impossible. Why?"

Jamie lay there in his own blood, muttering to himself in despair.

"Hey?" Looking at the guy who was rushing forward to get beaten up like he was courting death, Li Qing was a little confused. "What's he doing?"

"This"

During this time, Giorno repaired his throat.

He looked at Jamie, who was barely alive, in disbelief, then at Li Qing looked completely bewildered.

"How so?"

"He clearly touched you, so how come he didn't learn any Stand abilities from you?"

Although their feelings were different, Giorno had just as many doubts as Jamie.

"Huh? This guy can imitate other people's Stand abilities? That's amazing?"

Li Qing was stunned for a moment, then

He touched his head and smiled innocently.

"But what about Stand abilities?"

"I didn't do it at all!"