Chapter X: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Part II

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Ventura shakes in pain and spits out massive amounts of blood. He backs away for a moment.

"I've killed your ancestor as well, Ventura Zeppeli," smiled Salvi, showing his fangs. "I let Arthur go because there was no chance that he would've lived against Damaso."

Ventura eyes the Stand Arrow, which is with Salvi for some reason.

"When did it get there?" he thought. But he didn't want to do anything brash. He thought about what to do.

Slowly, the Stand Arrow fell off Salvi's belt, and a bubble takes it from his belt.

Ventura trembled in pain but smiled since Salvi did not notice it.

"What are you smiling about?" asked Salvi, as The World punched him over and over again.

"MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA!!!" shouted The World, as Ventura was beaten to a pulp.

Bleeding all over, Ventura tumbled backward. "Because..." he whispered, gargling blood. "I have faith in Arthur... whether or not his decisions are wrong or right... I have faith that Arthur made the right choice... I don't understand how you were able to immediately take that Stand Arrow from Salvi's hand without him noticing, or how you were able to kill me without myself seeing anything... but I know this, Salvi... I no longer relied on what is rational... Rather, I relied on faith..."

Ventura gargled some more blood, spat out some blood, and fell.

"H-Huh?!" asked Arthur, stopping immediately. "Wait... Something's telling me that I should go back!
Did...
Did I make the wrong choice?!"

"No, JoJo... if you hadn't left, Salvi would've killed the both of us." Arthur heard a voice from above. He looked before him, and it's Ventura's soul. "No!" he shouted.

Ventura then brings out a red bubble.

Arthur looks down and looks at the bubble for a second. He looks back at Ventura...

He's gone.

"Ventura..." said Arthur. Arthur's hands trembled as he clenched the Stand Arrow. "VENTUUUUUUUUUUUURAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

Meanwhile, Salvi checks his belt for the Stand Arrow.

"Huh?!" he asked himself. "Bah..." he continued, walking away. "If Damaso gets killed because of me... good... I always wanted him to die, anyway..."

Arthur rushed into the corridor.

"Damaso!!! WHERE ARE YOU?!!!" shouted Arthur. The corridor was, for some reason, long and narrow. It was as if the corridor was unending. "What is happening, exactly?" he thought. "It's as if nothing is real anymore..."

Arthur eyes two doors beside him. He is in the middle of both of them.

He then enters the one on the right.

"Huh?!" asked Arthur.

Arthur sees infinite doors being opened by his infinite selves.

He looks behind him, and he sees the door on the left is opened as well and sees infinite doors and infinite versions of himself as well.

Arthur closes the door. Arthur sighs and tries to turn the knob again.

What's this? The door isn't there anymore?

Huh?

T h e r e  n e v e r  w e r e  a n y  d o o r s  t o  b e g i n  w i t h ?

"DAMASO!!! COME HERE!!! FIGHT ME!!!" Arthur shouted.

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