Fake of a Fake

Whether it was luck or an accident, Willy ultimately had the upper hand.

Even the dumbest man knows how to protect himself. Li Qing's Echoes Act attack plan failed once, and it would definitely be less effective if used a second time.

With a Stand that can teleport to protect its user, Li Qing's side simply cannot produce a second Stand ability that can ignore the blockage of Meat Chunk Meat Mountain, except for Echoes Act, which can penetrate obstacles.

"I won."

Willy recovered from his lingering fear, and his expression returned to its arrogant state:

"Baldy!"

"You just called me a lunatic, didn't you?"

"Now see, do you still dare to look down on me like that?"

He stared intently at Li Qing, who was bound and gnawed by Meat Chunk, hoping to see even a hint of fear and pain on Li Qing's face.

However, the result greatly disappointed him.

Even though he was being gnawed on like a lollipop while being hung upside down by Meat Chunk, Li Qing showed no fear whatsoever.

On the contrary, his smile contained only mockery:

"Hehe."

"A coward is a coward! Even if you were given the strongest Stand ability, you wouldn't dare to use it freely."

"Did you think you won?"

"Let me tell you, I also have an escape ability that can ignore all obstacles— the Golden Bell Shield!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Qing's figure instantly became "empty".

The tentacles of Meat Chunk could no longer bind his body, and his disdainful voice echoed in the air:

"Willy, you coward, just stay on the ground!"

"My abilities will be restored in a few seconds, and I'll naturally come back to find you then!"

"Hahaha"

"I could play along with your tricks all day long!"

As he spoke, Li Qing's body plunged back into the ground at an incredibly high speed and disappeared instantly.

"This?"

Willy clenched his teeth, his expression turning extremely grim.

The methods Li Qing employed greatly disrupted his composure.

Indeed, the other side can come and go as they please, and can launch attacks from underground again and again.

If he continues to cower here and passively take hits, he only has the probability of losing, and there is absolutely no possibility of winning.

"Hateful."

Willy scratched his head furiously, feeling both angry and helpless.

The harsh words "coward" and "shrinking turtle" had deeply etched themselves into his heart because of Li Qing's arrogant insults.

Ultimately, in his impatience and anger, Willy made a decision he should have made long ago:

"My friend."

"Go ahead and crush all these bedbugs underground!"

After a moment's thought, he immediately added with emphasis:

"Especially that bald guy who just attacked me, you absolutely cannot let him get even half a step closer to me!"

A strange, grotesque sound of flesh writhing suddenly filled the air, as if in response to Willy's command.

The terrifying monster that had always been bound to its master finally revealed its fangs without reservation.

It swung its enormous tentacles, pounding the ground wildly.

The hard cement road surface was easily dug up, and the thick layer of soil was torn open like a soft loaf of toast by the Meat Chunk.

Amidst the swirling dust, the Meat Chunk slowly burrowed into the ground with unstoppable momentum.

The earth was no match for the advancing Meat Chunk; in just a few seconds, a huge gap five or six meters deep was dug out.

Beneath this gap lay Li Qing and his companions, who had nowhere else to hide.

"Ah!"

A panicked scream came from underground.

The massive body of the Meat Chunk then plunged entirely into the small waterway and disappeared through the deep, dark opening.

All Willy could see was a huge crater leading straight into the ground, and the loud noises coming from below as Meat Chunk moved through it.

"Ah!!"

The screams coming from underground grew increasingly frightened.

Clearly, with Li Qing and the others' abilities, they had no way to withstand the head-on attack of that Meat Chunk.

But Willy did not let his guard down.

Having learned his lesson, Willy, who had almost been hit by Li Qing once, finally learned to be more observant and attentive to his surroundings.

He carefully stood on the bodies of the unconscious thugs, using these living cushions to protect himself while vigilantly observing his surroundings.

At the slightest sign of trouble, Willy will instantly recall his Stand.

As it turns out, the enemy seems to have truly run out of tricks.

Although he dared not follow his stand-in down into the ground, the panicked screams coming from the cave showed that Bucciarati and the others were completely running for their lives.

Soon, the situation changed slightly:

"Um?"

"Have we come full circle again?"

Willy could sense that the Meat Chunk chasing the enemy underground were moving back towards him.

At the same time, the enemy's shouts finally stopped.

"Um?"

"Have they all been... have they all been killed?"

A hint of excitement appeared on Willy's lips.

And to his expectant gaze, the enormous Meat Chunk, as big as a small mountain, finally peeked out from the wide opening in the ground.

"Oh, my friend!"

Seeing this "cute" Meat Chunk, Willy finally felt relieved:

"You took care of them all, didn't you?"

The Meat Chunk naturally wouldn't answer.

Like a soldier who has completed its mission, it faithfully and silently returns along the same route, reporting its victory to its master in a wordless manner.

Finally, the Meat Chunk emerged from the deep cave.

Willy's order to Meat Chunk was to kill Li Qing and his group. Meat Chunk wouldn't come back until everyone was killed.

Now that the Meat Chunk is back, it means the battle is indeed over.

"Very good!"

Willy happily went to greet him.

He embraced the hideous Meat Chunk of flesh as if he were hugging his closest family member:

"My friend."

"I knew you were invincible, you were the strongest!"

And just then...

Willy suddenly realized that something seemed off.

When he embraced the Meat Chunk of flesh in front of him, he didn't have the same wonderful feeling of being in perfect harmony with his doppelganger as before.

However, through that mysterious spiritual connection, Willy was certain that his Stand was right in front of him.

What's going on?

Willy was puzzled.

Then, he looked up and took a closer look, only to realize that something seemed off about the Meat Chunk in front of him:

It's too big.

Yes, this Meat Chunk appears to be almost twice as big as before.

Such an exaggerated increase in size could not possibly be achieved through short-term growth by consuming other organisms.

In fact, this excessively large Meat Chunk also looks very abnormal.

It's like two stacked dough balls, or two connected train sections, with a very obvious layering on the front and rear ends of the body.

The flesh at the back end kept wriggling forward, as if it was trying to swallow the flesh in front of it whole.

What happened?

Although he didn't understand what was happening, Willy instinctively sensed a crisis.

He instinctively wanted to take two steps back, however.

Before he knew it, a hand had touched his body.

And this hand actually came out from the Meat Chunk in front of him.

"Feel sorry."

"You've taken the wrong thing."

Giorno poked half his body out from the folds of that Meat Chunk, bloated body, one hand gripping Willy's arm firmly.

He stared intently at Willy, whose face had turned pale, with his firm, calm, yet furious eyes.

"Your substitute is that Meat Chunk that's stuck to your back and keeps tearing at you."

"And the Meat Chunk you're holding right now is actually a fake, a rerun of 'Moody Blues'!"

As they spoke, more people emerged from the "Meat Chunk":

Fugo, Narancia, Bucciarati, and Abbacchio, whose body was bleeding profusely because his Stand was bitten by Meat Chunk.

"What?"

"This Meat Chunk... was it fake?!"

Willy's face turned ashen instantly.

He didn't know Abbacchio's Stand ability, nor could he understand why there were two identical Meat Chunk.

But what Willy can understand now is:

The other party first sent Li Qing to lure him into ordering the Meat Chunk to chase underground, and then created a blind spot by using the soil layer to secretly create a fake that could deceive his eyes.

Then the enemies all hid inside the fake Meat Chunk's body, enduring the bites of the real Meat Chunk while approaching his original body.

And so, without arousing any fear in him, the guy named Giorno silently touched his body.

All in all.

"You have already lost!"

"You may have given the Meat Chunk an order that Li Qing must not get close, but besides Li Qing, I am here."

Giorno said with a firm expression:

"Although I don't know what I'm afraid of, I'm certain of one thing."

"I feel no fear whatsoever towards this Meat Chunk!"