"My Reversed Hierophant·ACT2's ability," Johnson Joffrey said slowly, and that muscular Stand appeared behind him, as if to confirm Johnson's words, "can convert the energy of an object attacking me into disorder, and this, of course, includes fungi."
The moment Johnson Joffrey revealed his ability, everyone was shocked.
"To think..." Prosciutto looked at the Reversed Hierophant behind Johnson, "he possesses such a powerful Stand!"
"My ability can completely immunize my body from fungal damage."
"Ghiaccio can too. Although his ultra-low temperature cannot act on the human body, he himself is a low-temperature object, and fungi will die upon contact with him."
Johnson Joffrey paused, then looked at the helicopter in the sky, and finally said:
"Giotto, turn Mista back to normal," Johnson said to Giotto and Giorno. "Giorno, gather life energy in your palm!"
Although he didn't know why, Giotto turned Mista back to normal. Mista sat on the ground, his body riddled with holes from fungal erosion, like tattered clothes.
Giorno cooperatively placed his life energy into Gold Experience's palm, and Gold Experience's palm began to glow with a brilliant white light.
Reversed Hierophant's fist gently landed in his palm, gathering the life energy into a thread and injecting it all into Mista's body. Mista's body began to recover continuously.
"You can convert all my life energy into energy to heal Mista's wounds?!" Giorno said in surprise.
Mista coughed twice, his body began to return to normal. He stood up on the spot, and the granulation tissue on his body began to grow at a visible speed, filling all the holes in Mista's body.
"How is it, Mista!" Formaggio quickly asked.
Mista, still a bit stiff, pulled himself up from the ground. Reversed Hierophant casually severed the thread connecting to Giorno's palm.
"Such healing is quite efficient." Giorno smiled with some joy. "Our two Stands really can complement each other."
"No," Prosciutto interrupted Giorno, "it's not that we can complement each other, but that we can all complement each other. You brat, obey orders!"
"I don't think Giorno's idea is wrong," Bucciarati suddenly interjected. "It's very important to get to the lookout tower and retrieve our hope, but we must remember that these molds originated because of us, and they are a hurdle we must overcome."
"That guy is a terrifying Stand born from pure instinct, a true monster. We must deal with him before we can proceed to the next step."
"My only goal is to kill Diavolo! Once we deal with Diavolo, the problems with these guys will also be resolved!" Formaggio retorted. "If we waste too much time here, Diavolo will definitely catch up, and with our current conditions, it's impossible to defeat him!"
"I know that, but I absolutely will not allow these scumbags to remain there."
"Stop arguing!" Ghiaccio yelled, "That guy is coming!"
"This bastard..." Ghiaccio suddenly rushed towards that guy. "Only Johnson and I are immune to fungal infection here!"
"I'll take care of that swimming guy! He really disgusts me!"
White Album and Oasis could be said to be powerful Stands of the same type; both Stands are worn like clothing and can rapidly change the environment.
Ghiaccio's ultra-low temperature could kill fungal cells, but it couldn't be used on allies because it would also harm them. Before he even finished speaking, Ghiaccio charged out directly.
Secco suddenly crawled out from underground.
"You... you... Ghiaccio... my finger... Ow!" Secco looked at Ghiaccio in disbelief, extending his middle finger. "You actually did something so pure to me!"
"???"
"Eh, no!" Secco paused, seeming to realize something was wrong, so he said again, "You actually did something so beastly to me!"
"Eh, no, no! You actually... not a beast, what is it? Salmon? No?" Secco stuck out his butt, flipping his purple eyes while on all fours, then said, "What is it exactly..."
"Are you an idiot, you guy?" Ghiaccio said, somewhat annoyed. "You're even dumber than Pesci."
"You dare call me dumb?!" Secco looked at Ghiaccio in disbelief. "I... I... heard you're very strong... I... I..."
He "I-ed" for a long time, not knowing what to say, then stuck his face out from a crack in his Stand. "I want to... oh, I almost forgot, I want to record it!"
"I heard you're very strong, but you're definitely not as strong as Cioccolata. I must record your death in its entirety!"
"You idiot! White Album!" Ghiaccio looked at the idiot in surprise, and while he was setting up his recorder, he instantly activated his ability—
"Too slow!"
Even as Ghiaccio began to lower the temperature, Secco lifted his foot and kicked him in the chin. Ghiaccio instinctively tried to freeze his foot, but Secco disappeared again, his speed far exceeding the rate of freezing.
"Boom—"
With a loud bang, Ghiaccio was sent flying several meters away.
"Too slow, too slow, your freezing speed!!" Secco roared, "To deal with you… to deal with you… I don't even need to hide underground!"
"I'm going to… Ugh… Uh…" Secco was about to step forward to kill Ghiaccio again, but he found his lower body completely frozen. "You… you actually did such a pure thing to me again… You must have made your move when I was looking for the video recorder…"
"How dare you kick my chin…" Ghiaccio climbed up from the ground.
"Your ability is to freeze things… My ability is to soften things, you… you're the idiot!"
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"I'm going to the watchtower," Johnson simply stated. "My ability makes me immune to these fungi, just like Ghiaccio."
"To deal with that scumbag and get the arrow, the most time-efficient method is for some people to get the arrow and some people to deal with him."
"That's good, it really saves a lot of time and eliminates arguments," Prosciutto nodded.
"That's right…" Unexpectedly, Bucciarati also agreed.
It was rare; Johnson's ability made him immune to Green Day, and since Cioccolata already knew the two teams had allied, then Diavolo must have known too. He would definitely return here, and if they confronted him directly at the airport, it would be quite disadvantageous for them.
They absolutely had to find that mysterious person before encountering Diavolo.
Risotto looked at Ghiaccio, who was fighting not far away, and said, "We must indeed get the hope from the mysterious person's hand… before we confront Diavolo…"
"You go, Johnson, these molds can't stop you." Risotto's red eyes looked at Johnson.
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To prevent everyone from forgetting the anime settings, here's an explanation:
I found that everyone has a misunderstanding about Secco's ability. His ability is not a swamp, but to soften objects and allow him to swim through them as if in water. White Album cannot instantly kill him; instead, it is White Album's natural enemy. Low temperatures can only inhibit fungi, not kill them. Only ultra-low temperatures can rupture cell membranes and kill fungi, but at the same time, the person infected with the fungi would also be injured. Therefore, having White Album freeze the fungi to death is a method of 'killing a thousand enemies but losing eight hundred of your own'. Thus, he can only immunize himself.
Giotto's Baby Face can decompose objects and reassemble them into inanimate objects. Fungi are also living things; he can command the human body to reassemble while the fungi do not, thereby expelling the fungi from the body, just like Little Mirror only allows himself to leave the mirror, while Purple Haze does not.
Furthermore, it would actually be best for Johnson to deal with Green Day because he is immune to this ability, just like Ghiaccio. However, he said he wanted to get the arrow, which is actually very suspicious, but no one suspected him except the captain.
Moreover, Giorno and Bucciarati insisting on killing the two scumbags before getting the arrow is not out of a'saintly' complex, but rather consistent with their behavior all along. There are too many examples to list.
One more thing: Trish didn't come along; she stayed to protect her mother.