stand-in creed

With this in mind, Nero, with the wind blowing slowly, stopped on the roof of the taxi like a maglev train, only one step away from Enrique Pucci and John Gerry A in the back seat. away.

Enrique Pucci was unaware of this.

However, even so, Enrique Pucci still instinctively felt that something was wrong at this moment, and he simply closed his eyes in the taxi to rest his mind based on the idea of ​​"talking too much, making mistakes", which can be described as impeccable.

until a moment later.

Nero watched Enrique Pucci and John Gerry enter the airport hall.

The Wind Flow Law that entangled Nero was gradually lifted, and finally stopped tracking the two of them.

"It seems that they really don't have any problems, and they don't have the luck to bump into the prisoner tonight.

"But then again, why did the cult leader show up in Rome? When I was in school, I remember that guy was sentenced to "280 years", right?Could it be that 30 years have passed and the news has passed, and then he paid a large amount of bail and was released from prison? "

Nero Zeppelin, who was walking under the night in Rome, took out his mobile phone.

On the other end of the phone is a detective from the SPW consortium.

"It's me, Nero Zeppelin, doing some research for me.

"Xian San, the leader of the cult who was imprisoned in 1969 appeared in Rome tonight. You detectives should also know... You really know, so it's easy to say. This guy appeared in Rome tonight, and he is probably dead. I am a little curious about how I got out of prison and how I came to Italy.

"Give me a copy of his profile.

"In addition, I will send you a few photos by email later, help me check two people, and give me a copy of the information of these two people...Are you asking if you are in a hurry? It's really not a hurry, but I'm just curious, So the priority can be a little behind, and you can rest when you should, and you don’t need to work overtime.”

You can always trust the detectives of the "SPW Consortium".

After a while.

The two photos were sent to the SPW consortium by "scanning" and "e-mail".

The owner of these two photos is none other than John Gerry, and—

Enrique Pucci.

Chapter 13 Platinum Star One

"? Disappear, night! The stars go down!

"? The stars are sinking! At dawn I shall prevail!

"? I will win! I will win!"

On a flight to the US.

Enrique Pucci breathed a long sigh of relief, put on earplugs and listened quietly to the tenor on the Walkman, it was Pavarotti's version of "Nessun Dorma", Puccini's opera "Picture A small part of the third act of Lan Duo is also one of my favorite pieces of music.

And only tonight, Pucci's love for this song even surpassed Handel's 82 version of "Messiah", which can be called "favorite" among Enrique Pucci's favorite music. "Music.

Pucci boarded the plane.

Leaving Nero Zeppelin far away in Rome, Italy, and he will set foot on the land of America again in more than ten hours.

"You seem happy—Pucci."

John Gerry opened his mouth slowly.

There was no need to hide it anymore—unless Nero also got on the plane at this moment, or landed on the top of the plane to fly with them.John Gerry felt that if that was the case, then he also recognized it, so he stopped calling Pucci's casual pseudonym that directly used the names of the Beatles members, and called him his real name.

The song is over.

Puqi slowly took off the earplugs in his ears: "Of course we are happy - we won, this is the victory of "faith"! "

"...?"

John Gerry's cataract eyes were a little dazed.

Won?

Could it be that I unknowingly crossed the timeline of the appointment?

And what is this about belief?

If it is faith, it is probably understandable to some extent. After all, this priest was forced to be a human record player rather than fight, which is more or less a manifestation of faith.But faith... John Gerry doesn't see it at all.

Pucci said seriously: "We encountered Nero Zeppelin and were questioned directly by the other party. Even the "White Snake" had to be exposed to the other party's sight, but even so we still survived unharmed. "Victory" without a doubt, John Gerry!

"The physique of human beings is far from being comparable to the top predators - lions, tigers, cheetahs, black bears, etc., so why did human beings become the overlords of the earth?"

"...because humans have intelligence and use it to create tools?"

John Gerry said of course.

He once read from Abe Kobo's "Rope" that ropes and sticks are the two earliest tools invented by humans.Ropes can keep things close, and sticks can ward off troubles—that is the embodiment of wisdom that distinguishes humans from ordinary beasts.

However, this answer is obviously not what Pucci wants to say.

"wisdom?

"Ah, what you said probably makes sense.

"But John Gerry, that's not what I'm talking about, it's a matter of belief. Even more precisely, the difference between man and animal, the difference between the winner and the loser among human beings, lies in this specific The problem--

"Do you want to go to heaven?

"Humans spend their entire lives in order to go to "Heaven", but neither the animals nor Nero Zeppelin nor the Joestars have such an idea!They don't have the beauty that humans should have at all!Even if Nero Zeppelin's stand-in had the word "Heaven" in it, it was, after all, just a song by Zeppelin's band. "

John Gerry didn't quite get it.

If unbelievers like Nero Zeppelin or Kujo Jotaro heard it, they would probably just treat it as nonsense, but John Gerry asked hesitantly:

"...Is this also Master Dio's idea?"

"That's right!"

"I understand." John Gerry nodded earnestly, "Although I still can't understand it, since Lord Dio thinks so, it seems that it is a truth that my wisdom as a mortal cannot break through. "

Dior is the truth.

The more loyal Dior believers are, the more different their brains are from ordinary people.

And these two people, who are very different from ordinary people, are gradually flying towards the United States at this moment.But then again, they were also going to the United States, but there was one person who was a little faster than Pucci and others.Of course, strictly speaking, it is not a human being at all, but——

The ultimate creature Katz.

……

after one day.

The night of April [-] local time.

New York, USA.

In the villa where Joseph Joestar and Silkie Q live, the elderly couple who have lived together for more than half a century are enjoying dinner tonight.

"……Well."

Looking at the vegetable soup in his bowl that was carefully cooked by the chef and stewed until it melted in the mouth, Joseph Joestar had no appetite, but looked at the T-bone steak on Siji Q's plate with some eyes.

Siji Q thought for a while: "Do you want to eat, JOJO?"

Joseph nodded frankly: "I really want to."

Siji Q thought for a while, then used a knife and fork to carefully cut up the steak, subdivided one small piece into smaller pieces, and put them on Joseph's plate: "Cut It's very small, try it and see if you can move it? If you can't eat it, remember to spit it out?"

"...I'm not a child, Suji."

Joseph muttered, and immediately picked up a small piece of steak with a helpless expression and tasted it.

Joseph is old.

Even if the problem of Alzheimer's is not mentioned, his physical functions are too old to speak, and even eating steak is a bit laborious.

"Speaking of which, where's Jotaro?" Joseph looked around.

"He came after dinner." Siji sighed, "It seems that he quarreled with his wife again and didn't go home. He is reading in our study right now. Don't ask this or that, Jotaro probably It's annoying in my heart, and it will only make it more annoying if I ask."

"Am I that kind of person?" Joseph muttered.

"Yes, yes, you are the most understanding!" Siji rolled her eyes.

Yet at this moment.

Jingle Bell--

The doorbell at home rang.

"Ok?"

Both Joseph and Suji were taken aback for a moment.Who will this point be?

Could it be He Li and the others?

"Rogers!"

Siji immediately called the housekeeper.

And the butler who had served Joestar's family for decades opened the door as a matter of course.However, when the old housekeeper opened the door, he saw a person about 1.9 meters tall, with purple waist-length curly hair that could make even the brightest women fall in love with him, and the world's most flawless, full of hair from head to toe. A man of flesh with a mysterious attraction.

Without a doubt, it was Kaz.

"Joseph Joestar...does he live here?"

"This is indeed Joestar's house. This guest, may I ask who you are?"

Rogers frowned.

Unknown guests.

And as a rule, unless it was Nero's own family, no matter what kind of visitors were on the way from the courtyard gate to the entrance, they should be led by "security guards", but he didn't see the security guards at all.

Just when Rogers was about to ask a few more questions, Katz walked forward on his own.

"This customer... uh!"

Rogers froze in place.

After Katz got the necessary information, he completely ignored the existence of Rogers, and walked towards the interior of the villa in a fair manner. He didn't even "go around" the old housekeeper, he just didn't dodge. He bumped into it and passed by.

As Katz stepped into the door of Joestar's house, only the "left half" of Rogers' body remained.As for his right half, it disappeared the moment it hit Katz.

"you……"

puff.

Rogers' body fell to the ground, blood and organs spilled on the ground along the section.After finishing all this, Katz didn't even look back at Rogers' body, so he used the biological ability of "heat induction" to accurately find the old couple who were eating in the restaurant.

He appeared in front of Joseph in an upright manner.

Joseph was at a loss for a while, and then his originally somewhat lax eyes gradually became more horrified. He widened his eyes and narrowed his pupils, and tremblingly stretched out the hand of the mechanical prosthesis only to Katz in front of him: " You, you, you, you are...!?"

"Man is as poor as a mayfly.

"In just the blink of an eye, the former high-spirited Ripple Warrior has turned into a dying candle that seems to be dying as long as I push it lightly, or fall lightly. You think so——

"—JOJO?"

"OH MY GOD! You bastard—

"——It's Kaz aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!"

Chapter 14 Platinum Star II

The scene half a century ago is as vivid as if it happened yesterday.

Looking at the figure in front of him, Joseph's eyes widened.At this moment, Joseph, who was walking tremblingly, stood up from his seat without even holding a cane, knocked the chair under him to the ground, and blocked Siji Q in an instant. .

Even the gaze that looked a little dull because of Alzheimer's became sharp at this moment.

"Stay away, Sugi—

"—Purple Hermit!!!"

The purple thorns entwined with faint ripples instantly strangled Katz's neck and limbs, who were close at hand.

Although Joseph's first reaction is to protect his wife, this is actually a meaningless move, because Katz has never "seeed" Silkie Q from the very beginning.Just like when he woke up from the underground of Italy half a century ago, he even turned a blind eye to Joseph and Caesar, Katz didn't see the existence of Suji Q at all.

The purple hermit on the neck is trying to tighten.

Even so, Katz still didn't feel any discomfort on his face, he just looked at the old man in front of him with a little melancholy.

"Is this invisible ability the ability of a "stand-in"?