Silver Chariot

The Stand-using Frenchman presents himself as Jean Pierre Polnareff, an assassin dispatched by DIO with blade skills sharp enough to cut fire. After a quick display of Silver Chariot, he politely leads the group to the nearby Tiger Balm Garden so Avdol may unleash his flames without restraint, then predicts that Avdol will fall to his own Stand.

Silver Chariot opens with a flurry of thrusts that Magician's Red mostly evades before answering with fire. Polnareff shows off by deflecting the blasts to carve a statue into his opponent's likeness. Avdol retaliates with Crossfire Hurricane, launching an ankh-shaped flame that Polnareff again turns back on him. Seemingly scorched by his own Stand exactly as foretold, Avdol hurls Magician's Red at Chariot, but the figure Polnareff had set ablaze proves to be the carved statue, and a second Crossfire Hurricane severely burns the swordsman.

Before the group can leave, Polnareff unveils Chariot's true trick, shedding its armor. Stripped bare, the Stand moves fast enough to spawn afterimages and overwhelms Avdol at first. Avdol counters with Crossfire Hurricane Special, scattering several ankhs, one erupting from the ground, to finally land a hit. Beaten, Polnareff accepts death but is spared once Avdol honors his chivalry, and Jotaro easily removes the flesh bud from his forehead.

At the docks, Polnareff recounts how his sister was killed years earlier by a man with two right hands. He had met DIO in Cairo days before and been promised help tracking the murderer. Realizing the culprit likely serves DIO, Polnareff resolves to travel with the group to Egypt. The episode reportedly set a production record of roughly 15,000 drawings, driven largely by the animation of Magician's Red's fire.