The Wind, the Chariot, and Wamuu (Story Arc)
The Wind, the Chariot, and Wamuu (風と戦車とワムウ, Kaze to Sensha to Wamū) is the eleventh story arc in Battle Tendency.
Summary
Once managing to move on from the loss of Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli, the former vowing to take the antidote his friend died to acquire after avenging him, Joseph and Lisa Lisa follow the trait of Wamuu's blood to find him and Kars. Along the way, the two encounter a vampire named Wired Beck whom Lisa Lisa quickly dispatched. However, once they find the Pillar Men, the two Ripple users learn that room is filled with vampires that Kars revived as his personal army. Outnumbered, Lisa Lisa successfully bluffs Kars into thinking that she left the Super Aja with a time bomb that will destroy it if she and Joseph did no return for it. Lisa Lisa than offers a more simple solution to this stalemate, one which Wamuu secretly approved: Two one-on-one matches to decide who gets the stone. Kars reluctantly accepts, keeping Lisa Lisa as a hostage while letting Joseph leave to get the stone and meet them at Skeleton Heel Stone at midnight.
When Joseph retrieves the Red Stone in Lisa Lisa's baggage, he sees a photo of Erina, Speedwagon and Straizo holding a baby from 50 years ago. Arriving to the location, Joseph learns the baby was Lisa Lisa, who Erina saved on the day that Jonathan Joestar. But before Joseph can get more answers besides Lisa Lisa raised by Straizo and acquiring the Super Aja from him, is learns he is fight Wamuu in a chariot death race with vampire horses. The winner will be the one to kill his opponent or complete three laps around the arena, each lap providing weapons for the racers' use.
Moments before the race begins, Joseph scattered rubble under Wamuu's chariot to get a head start to grab a war hammer which he coats with oil to conduct the Ripple. But Wamuu grabbed the pillar from which the hammer hung from, using to knock Joseph off his chariot before attempt to run him over. But Joseph uses the hammer to catapult himself pass the vampire horses. Wamuu launches an attack on Joseph by hiding in one of his horse, but human uses his cunning to turn Wamuu's Divine Sandstorm attack against him with Ripple while getting knocked back on his chariot.
The humiliating shock left Wamuu speechless as both combatants reached the second lap with choice of steel crossbow. By that time, Wamuu flips his "mental switch" by gouging out his own eyes and using his horn as a sensing organ to "see" fluctuations in the wind. While Joseph grabs the larger crossbow, finding it difficult to use, Wamuu grabs the smaller one and used it to obliterate the head of one of Joseph's horses. This forces Joseph to ride his remaining Vampire Horse and attempt to hide his presence from Wamuu via the bonfire in the middle of the track. But Wamuu uses a rebound shot to hit Joseph dead on as he fell off his horse while the crossbow is set in place.
Wamuu approaches to finish the fight, getting annoyed when Joseph being undignified in accepting death and tarnishing their fight. But it was ruse as Joseph uses his own rebound shot with a Ripple-infused bolt to deal the death blow. With his body failing and unable to use his Divine Sandstorm, Wamuu results to his double-edged Atmospheric Rift to finish the human off. After a failed attempt at attacking him with a firebomb, Joseph strikes at Wamuu with Caesar's flaming bandana, which Wamuu shreds with his wind. But this was what Joseph counted on: the oil from the bomb and the burning embers of Caesar's bandana are inhaled by Wamuu, causing him to explode from the inside.
Reducing the Pillar Man to a dissolving head, Joseph shows Wamuu a warrior's respect by giving him drops of blood to ease his pain. When some vampires suddenly attack, Wamuu uses the last of his strength to kill them for their interference. Joseph then honored Wamuu's final request to take the antidote, saluting the Pillar Man as he passes away without any regrets.
Appearances
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Chapters
- 051 (095). The Wind, the Chariot, and Wamuu (1)
- 052 (096). The Wind, the Chariot, and Wamuu (2)
- 053 (097). The Wind, the Chariot, and Wamuu (3)
- 054 (098). The Wind, the Chariot, and Wamuu (4)
- 055 (099). The Wind, the Chariot, and Wamuu (5)
- 056 (100). The Wind, the Chariot, and Wamuu (6)
- 057 (101). The Wind, the Chariot, and Wamuu (7)
- 058 (102). The Wind, the Chariot, and Wamuu (8)
- 059 (103). The Wind, the Chariot, and Wamuu (9)
Volumes
- 06 (10). The Crimson Bubble
- 07 (11). The Warrior Returning to the Wind
Anime Episodes
- 12 (21). A Hundred Against Two
- 13 (22). A True Warrior
- 14 (23). The Warrior of Wind
