Chapter 146

The Empress (1) is the one-hundred-forty-sixth chapter of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga. It is also the thirty-third chapter of Part III: Stardust Crusaders.

Summary
Hol Horse finally catches up to Jean Pierre Polnareff and Noriaki Kakyoin, confident that they are ignoring him out of fear. After Hol Horse insists in fighting them and starts shooting at glass with Emperor to help Hanged Man's attack, Polnareff tells him that J. Gail is already dead, his body a little far from there. As Polnareff prepares to fight him, Hol Horse runs away with the excuse of checking his partner's body, but is stopped in his tracks by Jotaro Kujo and Joseph Joestar, who just arrived after burying Mohammed Avdol. Surrounded by all sides, Hol Horse watches helpless while Polnareff sentences him to death penalty and goes fo the killing blow, but is stopped by Nena, allowing Hol Horse to escape. Polnareff tries to run after him even though the woman continues to hold his leg, and, in the confusion, gets hurt to the point of bleeding when he tries to drags her along the ground. Joseph tells Polnareff to just forget the enemy, who doesn't want to fight anymore, and treats the woman's wound. The group leave, unware that a drop of Nena's blood fell on Joseph's arm and eventually grew a talking wart in it, which eats a fly when it comes near. As the group continue their journey, Nena reveals another talking wart on her tongue, which comments how good the fly tasted.