"That's not a Stand. That's a monster..."
After some thought, Josen gave up on explaining everything to Iggy on the spot. He rubbed his head and said, "Never mind, I'll explain later. Right now, I need to go do some Hero work."
Iggy nodded in bewilderment.
"Woof... aroo?" (Oh... huh?)
Josen casually let go of Iggy, and the dog deftly summoned "The Fool," creating a cloud of flying sand to catch himself.
Back in the One-Punch Man World, although F-kid had received another enormous boost comparable to a "limiter breakthrough," his temporary trial pass to take center stage in battle had expired, so he naturally returned to his lowly support role.
F-kid: You bastard... Josen!
The main issue was that, however intense a Stand battle got, from a bystander's perspective, it was just two people trading threats from a distance, with the occasional memorable scene of one of them getting beaten by thin air until their tendons snapped and bones broke.
Without the audiovisual effects that only Stand Users could see and hear, Stand battles were unmistakably the behavior of lunatics.
As a leading example of a flashy Hero ("Sweet Mask": That's right. I certified him.), Josen still had to keep up his normal day-to-day work, so naturally, he couldn't let his Stand fight in his place.
F-kid: Keep making things up. Go on!
(╬~皿~)
Josen: It's true! Son, believe me!
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At an intersection.
"You despicable humans who oppress machines! Die!!"
The newly born Tiger-level Monster, "Sprinkler Truck Monster," raised a long leg made from a mixture of fleshy tires, sheet-metal supports, and other components, and crushed a dent into an overturned sedan with one stomp!
The driver inside was a pretty young office worker with short hair. Perhaps driven by a desperate surge of adrenaline, she