"What a troublesome enemy. I didn't expect him to be able to counterattack even in that state. Luckily, your ability, Takatsuki, counters him."
Takatsuki could use multiple abilities, which was something several people knew, so there weren't too many questions, plus…
There was also a Strength Stand glaring nearby.
"But now the ship has sunk, should we board it?"
Standing on the icy surface of the sea, Kakyoin looked at the sunken ship. Most of the sailors on it had fallen into the water before they could react, but fortunately, the ice surface Takatsuki created prevented them from having to swim in the sea.
"No, that entire ship is a Stand. Even Star Platinum cannot destroy the whole ship."
Everyone looked at the huge ship in front of them, which had stopped after ramming the smaller boat. It seemed to know that Dark Blue Moon had been completely defeated. They saw a gorilla dressed in a captain's uniform walk to the bow of the ship and let out a series of mocking laughs at the people below.
"Damn it! That gorilla is mocking us!"
Watching the gorilla making mocking gestures on the ship, Polnareff couldn't help but feel annoyed. In the past few days of fighting, he was defeated by Avdol, then crushed by Takatsuki, and now he was being mocked by a gorilla.
But what could he do? He was just a master swordsman, and Silver Chariot didn't have the ability to cut through steel.
"Ora! Ora Ora Ora Ora!"
Compared to Polnareff, Jotaro Kujo was always a man of action. Without a word, he had Star Platinum attack.
Star Platinum's fist slammed into the ship's hull, the immense force denting the steel. Then came a barrage of heavy punches like a storm. Given enough time, sinking this ship by force would be no problem at all.
But this ship was no ordinary vessel; it was a Stand!
A steel plate on the ship's hull suddenly broke off and flew towards Jotaro.
"Watch out! Jotaro!"
Kakyoin had just warned him when Star Platinum already detected the steel plate. It punched it, and even the autonomously moving steel plate was sent flying by the immense force, embedding itself into the ship's hull.
But what was the use? This entire ship was a Stand; even if it was broken, it would still be under control.
More steel plates came flying again, forcing Star Platinum to struggle to cope.
"It's no good! We still have to attack the main body!"
The few of them already knew that the gorilla was the main body of this Stand. If it were like before, they might have pretended not to know anything, boarded the ship, and defeated the gorilla the moment they saw it. But after knowing that the entire ship was a Stand and that it had actively attacked them, they were even less likely to board it, as boarding would mean entering the enemy's home turf.
And this time, the enemy wouldn't give them the chance to slowly explore the ship.
Kakyoin directly looked at the smug gorilla on the bow, summoned his Hierophant Green, and fired several Emerald Splashes towards the gorilla. However, all of them were blocked by various pieces of iron or heavy machinery on the ship that suddenly defied physical laws.
"In short, that gorilla is the enemy, right?"
Although she still had reservations about personally killing someone, if the enemy was a gorilla…
Kiana drew the dual pistols Takatsuki had given her yesterday. Although the rule for Stands was that only a Stand could defeat a Stand, there were countless ways to defeat the main body.
Moreover, the Strength Stand was a physical Stand that ordinary people could see and affect.
Several bullets burst from the muzzles. Strength unhesitatingly twisted the nearby crane to block them, but what it didn't expect was that the bullets, which should have flown in a straight line, curved in mid-air with a strange arc, bypassing the obstruction and hitting the gorilla behind it.
"Have you witnessed my Kaslana Gun-Kata!"
Kaslana Gun-Kata, a technique combining martial arts and gunmanship. Although Kiana hadn't fully mastered it, she knew how to make bullets curve. After all, this technique only required sufficient physical prowess, and it wasn't very useful against Honkai Beasts, as they wouldn't dodge bullets by hiding.
If several bullets hit a person, that person would have already died, as these were not ordinary bullets, but bullets condensed by Kiana using the Honkai Energy within her body. However, due to the limited Honkai Energy she could currently use, the bullets' power was only slightly greater.
Unfortunately, the opponent was a gorilla with physical abilities several times that of a human, so the bullets piercing its body weren't fatal.
Moreover, there was no Honkai Will in this world, and Honkai Energy naturally dissipated after inflicting damage.
Clutching its blinded eye, Strength became completely enraged, blood and saliva splattering onto its captain's uniform.
Accompanied by its furious roar, the Strength Stand directly revved up its engines and charged towards the iceberg where the group was located.
"White Album… Gently Weeps!"
But Strength was blocked by something before it could fully ram the iceberg.
"Frozen air, even bullets can't shatter it. Your strength is indeed great, but your impact force isn't enough."
The group had no communication at all. While Takatsuki blocked the ship, Kiana and Kakyoin frantically shot at Strength's main body.
And to prevent being hit by curving bullets again, Strength directly wrapped itself completely with iron plates from the deck, leaving only a small gap to observe the outside situation.
"Star Platinum!"
With the ship unable to advance, many more iron plates detached from the hull and smashed towards the group, but they were shattered by Star Platinum's furious barrage of punches. However, even this wasn't enough, because the Strength Stand wouldn't lose its activity just by being broken.
Raiden Mei quickly stepped forward. The technique she had comprehended in her dream allowed her to make an instant judgment. Crazy Diamond, though not highly precise, but with punches no less powerful than Star Platinum's, rapidly struck the iron pieces shattered by Star Platinum, sending them flying high into the sky.
"Restore."
The fragments in mid-air suddenly seemed to be pulled, emitting dense Stand energy, and attached themselves to Strength's main body, instantly fitting together perfectly to form a giant iron sphere.
The group could even hear the sounds of impact and roars coming from inside the iron sphere.
Unfortunately, Crazy Diamond's power had not yet dissipated, and even when Strength tried to control the iron pieces that formed its body to scatter, it failed.
"Then it's my turn now!"
"Magician's Red!" The bird-headed humanoid Stand quickly appeared, spewing a huge fiery vortex at the iron sphere.
"Cross Fire Hurricane!"
The scorching flames completely enveloped the iron sphere. Avdol's flames could perfectly control temperature, and he could even create fire ropes that merely restrained people without burning them.
And at this moment, the flames he unleashed discarded all techniques and manipulations, leaving only extreme high temperature.
High temperature capable of melting even steel.
Faced with such high temperature, the outcome was naturally self-evident.
After defeating Strength, the group retrieved the lifeboats that had been overturned by Strength. Although the journey was a bit bumpy, under the power of the Stands, they managed to row the boats using their Stands and eventually arrived at their destination: Singapore.
"Quick, quick! Let's find a place to rest. After two days at sea, I feel like I'm going to smell like fish."
Although Raiden Mei didn't say it as directly as Kiana, she clearly thought the same, just not as blunt as Kiana.
"Yes, we've been drifting at sea for several days. Not to mention the two young girls, my old bones are about to fall apart. Let's get some good rest today, then book our train tickets."