A Golden Lily and A Joestar, Fight Against the Bizarre Fate

Chapter 17: The battle with Kars

As Kars was surveying the room, his eyes caught glimpse of a man sitting on a chair so nonchalantly. "So you must be Kars. You're fast. In just a few hours, you heard about your friend's defeat, learned that we had obtained the stone, found our location, and have come for it. Very impressive. And then, this brutal, perfectly calculated assault. Not one of my men made even the slightest sound before they died." The unknown Nazi said as he stood up from his seat and turned around to face the elder Pillar Man.

"I was sure there were only five men in this room." Kars said as he stepped inside to confront this extra soldier. "Now tell me, why can't I sense your body heat?" Confused as to why he can't sense his body heat, Kars brought out his blade again and prepares himself to attack the soldier just as Joseph enters the room. "Hey rifle-heads! What's a guy gotta do to get a little food in here?" Joseph asked as Kars sprinted towards the Nazi, attacking him with his blade. "Kars!" Joseph shouted. However, the Nazi had blocked the blade with just his bare hand. The soldier's glove rips from Kars' attack and reveals that the hand was mechanical underneath.

"Huh? This man's...mechanical." Kars said as he took notice of the Nazi's hand. The attack had also sliced down the Nazi's hat, to which it slowly split down the middle to reveal the man's face. Joseph's eyes widen as he instantly recognised him. "Wait a minute..." Though he looked different now. With his hair being in a tall, splaying cut, had, no doubt, complex metallic cybernetic prosthetics, which included the section of his face surrounding his right eye; which is additionally covered by a sort of monocle. Despite this, it was still him. "You're Von Stroheim!" Joseph shouted.

'Double shock! This is more spookier than meeting a ghost in a dark cemetery after midnight!' Joseph thought to himself as he stares at the two men in shock. 'Kars and Von Stroheim, who I could've sworn was blown into little tiny bits back in Mexico. They're both standing right in front of me. Stroheim's hand looks like it's made of metal and his face is wrapped in some strange machinery.'

"The Germans must've been hiding this. What incredibly medical metal technology. Could it be for some kind of military use? I guess that's what saved your miserable life von Stroheim." Joseph said. Stroheim, still gripping on Kars' blade turns his head to him. "JoJo, as you can see, I'm back from Hell." Joseph let out a sigh as held his head. "Should...I be happy about it?" He asked. 'When you get down to it, he's not exactly a 'bad' guy except for the fact that he's a damn German soldier. And I don't like the way he struts around like he's better than anyone else. Still, I'm a bit happy.'

"Why don't you make yourself at home on the sofa and watch me while I do my work?" Stroheim asks the young Joestar. Kars sent down a chilling glare towards Joseph. Hearing the news about Esidisi's death from Viper, Kars had a feeling that it was at the hands of the emerald-eyed man in front of him. Joseph felt the glare shoot right through him and took a step back. 'He's glaring at me. He knows that I'm the one who killed Esidisi and he hates me for it. Even so...'

"Kars!" Joseph shouted. "Do you think I'm gonna just sit here and let you try and psych me out?!" Kars kept his cool, steel glare at Joseph before raising a finger to him and saying, "JoJo. Once I'm finished securing the stone, I'm going to put an end to you. It's too bad Wamuu is still off working in Greece, I can't allow a Hamon user who is able to beat Esidisi to remain alive."

"Tell me something Kars, do you speak as a warrior or are you after something else? Like Revenge." Joseph says to him. Kars narrowed his eye at him. Oh, he was definitely going to kill him once he takes care of the mechanical man. "Pay attention, you're fighting me. I'm the one who is going to be your final opponent." Stroheim said.

"No machine can stop me." Kars tells him as he was about wrest his blade free when Stroheim moves his other arm, if he were still fully human this wouldn't even possible, over and around his body till it reaches Kars' hand, breaking his wrist with little effort. "Is that right?" Stroheim says. Joseph was both amazed and shocked by this. "Arms of flesh and blood can't bend like that which means they are mechanical." Joseph said.