As expected, Straizo recovers from Joseph's attack and uses the laser eye attack Dio used to seemingly pierce through Joseph's head and neck. However, this turns out to be a clever trick by Joseph, who manages to attack Straizo with the Hamon. Straizo manages to block it using a scarf woven from the shells of a rare beetle, but Joseph manages to sneak some grenades onto his person. Despite being blown apart, Straizo manages to pull himself back together, forcing Joseph and Smokey to retreat to the Brooklyn Bridge. As Straizo catches up with them, he takes a woman hostage in order to goad Joseph into facing him. Straizo once again attacks Joseph with his laser, but Joseph manages to reflect it back at him before striking him with the Hamon. As Joseph tries to get information out of him, Straizo reveals that he had not killed Speedwagon, but spirited his body away from the cave, as he realized the petrified man they had found was seemingly feeding off of the blood Straizo had spilled. Before Joseph can learn anymore, Straizo kills himself with his last remaining breath, activating the Hamon to destroy his own body. Meanwhile, it is revealed that Speedwagon is alive but he is being held captive in Mexico, where a German military general named Rudol von Stroheim interrogates him about the Pillar Man, which they have excavated from the cave and intend to revive. Joseph also makes his way to Mexico, unaware that he is being followed by a strange assassin.