Strength, Part 1 (Chapter)

Strength (1) is the one-hundred-thirtieth chapter of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga. It is also the seventeenth chapter of Part III: Stardust Crusaders.

Summary
Dio has a conversation with Enya about what it means to survive. Dio believes that in order to suvive, one must eventually end up on top and for this to happen for him, he needs to get rid of the Joestar family. Enya assures Dio that the seven stand users will defeat the Joestars, so he doesn't need to do it himself. Dio thinks of enya as strange and asks what exactly does she want for helping him. She simply states that she thinks dio is interesting and wants to continue observing his life.

Jotaro's group had just defeated the dark blue moon stand, but unfortunately had to evacuate the ship alongside some of the crew members since the fake captain had planted explosives on it before he died. On the raft, The runaway girl begins to question Jotaro's group about who they are, but conversation is cut short as a giant ship suddenly appears out of nowhere and parks near the raft they're in. The stairs lower to let them on, but Jotaro is cautious since there doesn't seem to be anyone to greet them. Polnareff eventually persuades them to board anyways, but they find that the ship is completely void of life. They do however find a lone orangutan locked in a cage in the lower decks and decide to keep searching for the people who take care of it. However, upon entering the deck of the ship, one of the crew members that was with the Jotaro's group is suddenly impaled by a hook.