Chapter 142

The Emperor and the Hanged Man (3) is the one-hundred-forty-second chapter of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga. It is also the twenty-ninth chapter of Part III: Stardust Crusaders.

Summary
Even though Jean Pierre Polnareff just saw Hol Horse and J. Gail approaching him, J. Gail suddenly vanishes from his view. The one left, Hol Horse, introduces himself and tells Polnareff how "a gun is mightier than a sword". Polnareff asks him about J. Gail, but the cowboy still insists how his stand-shaped gun Emperor is stronger than Silver Chariot´s sword. The french stand user makes fun of this comparision by falsely mishearding his line, what makes Hol Horse to laugh with him. Suddenly the cowboy summons his stand Emperor and shoots Polnareff. To intercept the bullet fast enough, Silver Chariot takes of his armor, but the bullet avoids the sword by itself and goes for to strike Polnareff. Avdol appears just in time and saves Polnareff, but the bullet changes directions again to hit him instead. As Avdol summons Magician's Red to burn the bullet, he is stabbed by Hanged Man, only seen in the reflection of a puddle behind Avdol, and hit in the head by Emperor´s bullet. Noriaki Kakyoin arrives just in time to see Avdol´s demise and a crying Polnareff.