The Ludicrous Escapade Pt.3

Spinning vs Sound

"Using my finger as the axis, it's spinning like a drill!" Johnny watched his nail go round and around.

"Try shooting the words." Still keeping a hold on Gyro, you pointed to the water ahead. With an upgraded Stand, maybe he'd have a chance.

Johnny's finger nail pierced through the water. "I made a hole... The sounds are being sucked into it! What's happening? What's happened to my nails?!" He stared down at his hand. "I can only shoot one at a time! My nail isn't growing back on my index finger." Before the evolution, they would regrow almost immediately after he shot them. "But the nail on my middle finger is starting to spin now."

"I guess you're trading speed for power." He may not be able to shoot as many at a time, but the whirlpool effect that he had just made seemed useful.

The Joestar shot into the corn field next, in the direction Sandman had walked off in. This brought the man out of the greenery and back into the open.

"Johnny Joestar..." Sandman said it like was confirming who was responsible for the attack.

"Sandman!" Johnny aimed and fired once again.

Sandman sliced his knife through the air, a 'woosh' sound effect forming in front of him. The bullet ricocheted off the sound and hit the tree instead.

All confidence Johnny had built up immediately vanished. Even with an upgraded spin, his nails had been deflected so easily. His lip quivered. Why did this always happen to him? Why did he always get a grasp of hope only for it to be ripped away?

"Johnny." You shook his shoulder to get him out of his dazed state. "There's more to your golden spin than we thought. They're something kind of like homing missiles."

"Homing Missile?" But the Joestar watched as the hole he made in the water traveled all the way to one of the round, green word clumps and destroyed it.

"What?" Sandman watched as one of the earlier shots climbed up his leg and then sort of exploded in his thigh.

"The bullet hole in the tree is beginning to move as well." Pointed out Wamuu, watching as it zoomed down the tree trunk.

Sandman jumped, grabbing on to the branch above him. The bullet hole swirled around in a circle below him before going back up the tree. It broke through the branch.

Deciding to test out his new ability a little more, Johnny fired at the river bank. The sound monsters tried to hop away, but the bullet hole swerved around, destroying two of them at once.

"The rotation is alive!" Exclaimed Johnny. "Even if the bullet becomes a hole, the spin is alive within the hole..." He shot again, taking out four more monsters. "The Spin doesn't die even after the bullet becomes a hole!" It was then that Sandman brought out his own Stand. "Lesson 4... pay your respects." The enemy stepped closer. "Sandman..."

"Sandman? That is a name which was mistakenly given to me by your people. The actual name is Soundman. My tribesmen call me 'the one who creates sound' in our native tongue." He readied his knife. "Johnny Joestar, it seems as if I have to draw closer and plunge this knife into you, or attack with my sounds directly. My Stand, In a Silent Way, will create sounds that will tear your body to pieces with one blow.

"Only two more shots. I have no more nail bullets on my other fingers. I can only shoot him two more times." Johnny handed you back Gyro's belt. "While I shoot, do you think you could try and make..." You nodded as his voice trailed off, understanding what he was getting at.

With all the sound monsters now dead, you had all moved closer to the riverbank. Only partially submerged in the now shallow water. Wamuu had collected Gyro's limbs and was dragging the the Italian's body onto dry land.