"...Uh, what?"
As though he had taken a critical hit, Mr. Popo sank into a black-and-white cloud of gloom, then let his heavily muscled shoulders droop weakly.
"Josen-kun! Do you even hear yourself?! Is that something a human being would say?!"
"Of course it is~ Am I right, Iggy?"
"Woof, woof, woof!" (Josen is right!)
While Josen and Mr. Popo were fooling around, the serious members of the Stardust Crusaders had already checked every room around them.
"No one in this one. This room is clear!"
"No one over here either. Clear!"
"Here... there's so much gold, silver, and treasure in this room! Just how many followers did that bastard DIO bewitch into serving him?!"
Everyone advanced up the stairs toward the castle's second floor. Before long, Jotaro, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped.
"Wait. There's something up ahead."
A flurry of disordered footsteps soon reached their ears. The next moment, a slightly plump woman stumbled out of the darkness in a panic.
Mr. Popo stood on tiptoe amid the group and exclaimed, "Huh? A woman?"
The woman looked utterly terrified, and judging by her clothes, she seemed to be a maid in the castle.
At first glance, nothing seemed wrong, but the longer they looked, the more suspicious she seemed. The gold Chelsea boots on her feet were particularly out of place.
The instant she saw them, sweat ran down her forehead. As though frightened, she collapsed onto the floor with her legs splayed to either side and cried out tearfully, "N-no! Please don't let him drink my blood anymore!"
"Boo-hoo... I'll do anything you say. Please spare me!"
The old geezer and Avdol exchanged a glance, their eyes meeting as though they had realized there was more to this than met the eye.
Seeing that the woman