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Chapter 42 Joseph Joestar: Fighting Requires Brains
🕑 Added 2025-11-10 23:35:48 +0000 UTC"Roar!!!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Suddenly, the glass windows of buildings within dozens of miles of A-City shattered simultaneously!
Under the full moon, the giant ape, seeming large enough to swallow the moon above in one bite, abruptly opened its maw, filled with fangs.
A dark green energy wave erupted violently from deep within its throat.
"Scatter!"
Nichirin, whose strength was not much inferior to Atomic Samurai's, shouted sharply.
The next instant, dozens of heroes used all their strength to flee and dodge towards the sides of the direction the giant ape's mouth was facing.
They didn't even dare to look back, afraid of wasting a single microsecond.
And they were right not to look back.
The moment this energy wave was fired, the world, already dark with night, turned into a field of blazing white.
"Ugh-"
Group members watching through their screens instinctively raised their hands to cover their eyes or subconsciously turned their heads away.
If even they couldn't bear to look directly, there was no doubt that any Hero Association’s Heroes on the scene who turned to look would be blinded for sure.
And in the very next instant after the heroes desperately dodged, the energy wave had already reached the horizon.
If one looked down from space, they would see a white dot suddenly appear in the center of this blue planet.
Then it continuously expanded, and expanded again!
"Isn't this too exaggerated!?"
In M-City, at a certain secret base, Bofoi, the real body of Metal Knight, watched the wildly shaking base with an equally incredulous expression.
The M-City he was in was nearly a thousand miles away from A-City.
And yet, he could still feel it from here.
But he was only remotely controlling robots to fight. S-Surely it would be fine...
[Natsu: Are the heroes on that planet all crazy!?]
On Planet Fairy Tail, Natsu, who also wasn't the brightest, expressed the same astonishment as the previous two.
This soul-piercing sense of fear far surpassed even that of his foster father, the Fire Dragon King Igneel.
What even Natsu, a hot-blooded idiot, couldn't understand was: Were the guys on Planet Terra insane?
They knew Saiyans transformed under the full moon, and they still chose to fight him at this time!?
He thought he was dumb enough, but he never expected someone to be even bolder than him!?
Standing behind Natsu, Gildarts, who had once faced, or more accurately, been curb-stomped by the Black Dragon Acnologia, felt an even greater shock than Natsu.
The power displayed by the five Saiyans last week, and the Great Ape Saiyans yesterday, was indeed formidable.
But he felt they were only slightly stronger than Acnologia.
But seeing it today... Well, it's not even in the same dimension!
[Kanae: @Tatsumaki, Tatsumaki-san! What on earth are you thinking!?]
[Luffy: @Metal Bat, Are you guys really going to fight him? Wow! Amazing!]
Tatsumaki, Metal Bat, and the others on standby in the rear received the @ mentions but took a long time to reply.
They were utterly dumbfounded.
Their mission was to contain the battle within a certain range to prevent harm to the general public.
But looking at it now... Well, is this something they could block!?
And as for protecting the public from harm... if Lott fired a couple more of those, whether the planet would even still exist was questionable!
…
In the vast, boundless sea of stars in the universe.
The three Saiyans sitting in a spherical spaceship, identical to the one Lott had in his attic, also stared at the turquoise giant ape on the screen with eyes as wide as cow eggs.
In the small group chat formed by Vegeta:
[Nappa: Vegeta, the c-color of this guy's transformation...]
[Raditz: What's going on? I've never seen a Great Ape form this color!]
Facing their inquiries, Vegeta remained silent for a long time, just staring intently at the livestream screen, his breathing growing increasingly rapid.
From an angle others couldn't see, his hands pressed down hard on his knees, trembling uncontrollably.
…
"Roar-"
The turquoise giant ape, different from the black Great Apes the group members saw in yesterday's video, let out another hoarse roar under the full moon.
Its size was expanding further, almost reaching twice the volume of the ordinary black Great Apes shown in the educational video!
The bodysuit and soft armor that had barely contained this body until now finally tore with a ripping sound.
They split open at places like the giant ape's thighs, revealing light green, slightly curved beast fur.
"This is... too big, isn't it?" Raditz in the spaceship gulped down a mouthful of saliva.
The scouter on his left eye couldn't analyze the battle power numerical value of Lott on the screen.
But just the intimidation emanating through the screen was enough to make him want to kneel before the other in fear.
…
At this moment, Shinichi's narrator voice in the livestream finally sounded again.
However, the cockiness from before was completely gone. His trembling voice made it seem like he had been scared pissless.
"D-Don't, don't be afraid, everyone, don't be afraid! It's just a tactical misjudgment! No matter how strong his power is, right now he's just a monster who's lost his reason! Everyone, follow the plan! The main force will hold him back, then the assault team led by Mr. Flashy Flash will cut his tail!"
Shinichi's words caused countless powerful individuals across various planets in the universe to frown.
‘Lott had lost his reason?’
‘And his tail was a weak point?’
"So my guess was correct," Kisuke in Urahara Shop muttered to himself.
He had also re-watched yesterday's livestream video over a dozen times.
He had also noticed this blind spot but didn't dare confirm it.
Since Shinichi dared to say this, it meant he likely already had evidence.
"Was I like this when I transformed too?" On Earth, Goku, gathered with his wife and friends at Kame House, murmured softly upon seeing Lott's state.
Krillin next to him muttered in response, "You weren't as terrifying as him."
Combat experts from other planets, hearing Shinichi's analysis, also understood why the people of Planet Terra chose to act on the night of the full moon.
After all, the ‘loss of reason’ buff was too critical.
Often, the deciding factor in a battle wasn't raw power but brains.
On this point, Joseph Joestar understood deeply.
His Hamon and Stand Power could be considered the lowest in the Joestar Family, yet he defeated one powerful enemy after another. Wasn't it all thanks to his brains?
If Old Joseph had to choose an opponent between a mentally stable Lott in his normal state, and a Great Ape Lott with ten times the power but lost his reason and fell into chaos, he would also choose the latter.
But immediately, the Joestar Family's strongest IQ noticed a problem-
‘Why was that pink-haired girl standing by the feet of the Great Ape Lott so calm?’
‘Wasn't she afraid of being stepped on?!’
