Chapter 160: [160] Official Opening
"Wow, this is amazing!"
As they walked halfway to the Hell Climb Pillar and then returned to the entrance, the members of the JOJO Company were pleasantly surprised by the first part of the exquisite JOJO series displayed here.
"Yeah, I never expected it to be this detailed. If scenes like these existed in reality, they would probably look just like this."
"Seeing this, I'm incredibly eager to present JOJO perfectly."
"Oh yes, I feel the same way. This is so cool. If we encounter any difficulties in production later on, we can just come here and all our problems will disappear."
On the other side—
"Hahaha..." Shiki couldn't help but laugh as she looked at the statue in front of this building: "Is this what they call the 'Tequila Girl'?"
At the entrance, dressed as a woman, was Joseph Joestar, along with two soldiers from the German Army.
Just think about it.
A 6'5" muscular man dressed as a woman, fluttering his eyelashes—it was truly a sight to behold.
Inside was the base of the German Army depicted in the manga.
In the base, all the characters behind the mirror, including Santana, were perfectly recreated!
On the other side...
The Emiya group also arrived at the Hell Climb Pillar.
"How do we get over there?" Emiya Kiritsugu asked, especially Illyasviel.
Since they were here to have fun, they should consider her opinion.
"By boat! Illya wants to go by boat!"
"Alright, by boat."
"Um... I'll walk across the bridge with Grandma," Emiya Mumei said, raising his hand. "After all, Grandma is getting old..."
"Alright." Emiya Kiritsugu thought for a moment and nodded, especially since she didn't know how to use Ripple yet.
"Thank you, Shiro," Grandma said, still calling him by his previous name, smiling. "Being with Grandma is good enough."
"No, I'll stay with you."
Emiya Kiritsugu and the others smiled and sat on a small wooden boat that looked like the one the others were heading to. They were led by a boatman and paddled over.
Afterward, the staff informed them, "If you want to challenge the Hell Climb Pillar, you can go this way. If you want to sightsee, go the other way."
"Um, I want to challenge the Hell Climb Pillar... before others arrive," Emiya Mumei said.
"Illya also wants to try!"
"No, let's skip it for Illya," Emiya Kiritsugu shook his head. "Think about it, Illya. Inside, it's all oil and stuff. Imagine how it would feel to be drenched in oil."
"Ah... you're right..."
"Wait a moment," a staff member walked over. "To enter the room for the Hell Climb Pillar challenge, you need to undergo an inspection. You can't have any metal or ignitable tools on you."
"I see," Irisviel nodded. "It's great that we came at this time; we don't have to wait in line."
"Ladies and Miss, this way," a female staff member said, looking at Irisviel's face with envy.
"Yes~"
"So, we'll stick to this side," Emiya Kiritsugu smiled.
He wasn't worried about Irisviel getting into trouble. Firstly, she could use Magecraft, and secondly, she could use Ripple... whereas the staff were just ordinary people.
Leaving aside whether there would be any trouble, even if there were...
Who was in trouble remained to be seen.
The inspection also allowed them to change into a new set of clothes.
At least Emiya Mumei changed into a new outfit. He looked around and took a deep breath: "So, this is... the real Hell Climb Pillar..."
Splash—
And then he jumped in.
"So deep..." Emiya Mumei moved his body, realizing he didn't get hurt from the jump. However, the oil level had already reached his shoulders!
"Good thing I didn't go further, Illya." From the observation deck above, Irisviel looked at Emiya Mumei below and said with a smile, "Illya is too short; if you jumped down like this, the oil would have covered your head immediately."
"Um... Illya will grow taller!"
On the other side, Emiya Kiritsugu walked in and said to Emiya Mumei, "Alright, I've already used my suggestion magecraft... you can try now."
"Okay." Emiya Mumei took a deep breath and then jumped up: "Gathering ripple at the fingertips—"
Sizzle—
"Haha, Mumei idiot, big idiot!" Illyasviel watched Emiya Mumei slide down and laughed, "If it were Illya, I would have climbed up in an instant!"
Emiya Mumei sighed, not saying anything. Indeed... it was a bit difficult...
After a while.
Kazuya and Shiki also walked over.
"So, this is the so-called Hell Climb Pillar... really..." Shiki commented.
"How about it? Do you want to give it a try?" Kazuya asked.
"No, thanks," Shiki shook her head. "It'll dirty my clothes."
On the other side, Emiya Kiritsugu smiled and stared at the outside, watching when the staff from JUMP, who had mixed with the people from the JOJO Company at some point, would come to him and said, "Mumei, they're here."
"Yes, I know..." Before he could finish speaking, Emiya Mumei slipped down due to his irregular breathing.
"I know..." After a moment of silence, Emiya Mumei sighed. In the end, he only climbed about two meters...
In his opinion, with enough time, he should be able to climb five or six meters. This thing... gets more challenging the higher you go.
"Oh oh... impressive!"
At this time, the JOJO Company members who had passed the inspection were also amazed, saying, "I never thought we'd see such a scene in reality."
"Right, who wants to go down?"
"Over there, Anno and the others have already gone."
"Really?"
Sure enough, they saw another entrance that was relatively shorter. Hideaki Anno and the others responsible for the original drawings, were all there. One by one, they jumped down!
"Oh, this is real."
"It's really oil."
Smack—
He jumped up, opened his arms, and then slid down the pillar.
"No, no. It's too slippery; you can't hold on at all."
Emiya Mumei, who was on the side, sighed: "Well, I'm going up."
Saying that, he walked to a small lift nearby.
He reached another exit, where there were two branches. One led to the booth where Kiritsugu, Kazuya, Shiki, and the others were, and the other led to the bathroom.
"Hey—Kiritsugu, I'll take a bath first!"
"Alright, go ahead."
And... that's how the day slowly passed.
Afterward, the group went to see various locations from Part 3, the wax museum, and the stage where the voice actor selection ceremony would be held the next day.
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