stand-in creed

Jotaro asked.

Nero took a deep breath.

"Criminal motive? It depends on what kind of "benefits" Arresi has from becoming a vegetable.

"Aresi becomes a vegetative, so he can't use the power of Seth, and Mr. Joestar will return to the "Alzheimer" state, so that Mr. Joestar can't effectively use his substitute "Purple Hidden ” to conduct intelligence investigations.

"Maybe the enemy's purpose is to seal the purple hermit?"

Jotaro shook his head: "In that case... Although this may not sound good, wouldn't it be faster to just kill the old man?"

Nero speculated along this line of thought: "Did you really not kill Mr. Joestar?"

Jotaro was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly realized.

"—Alzheimer!

"Under today's medical system, Alzheimer's is terminally ill. Even the SPW consortium with the most advanced medical technology is helpless. For the enemy, there is no difference between the old man and death."

Nero nodded: "Not only that, but if Joestar-san is not Arlesi, the enemy's "situation" will be completely different because of the "attitude" we show. "

Jotaro simply lit a cigarette: "The enemy is not ready to fight us head-on, so for the enemy, at this stage, it is only necessary for the old man to turn back into an Alzheimer's patient who is not a threat to him or her. Yes. But—

"—Is this really the only motive? Don't forget Arlesi's identity."

Nero knew what Jotaro was talking about: "The remnants of Dior, the ones who betrayed Dior...Forget it, Arresi cannot be a Judas at this level. Although he cannot be a Judas, Arreci, who works in the SPW consortium, is as powerful as Watts. From the perspective of people who are loyal to Dior like Nila Ace, they must be traitors.

"A traitor is more hateful than an enemy."

The motive is already clear.

One, the purple hermit.

Second, get rid of the traitors.

——Whydunit.

And when the criminal motive is clear, the suspect is gradually clear.

"I'm afraid it's the remnants of Dior.

"Eleven years have passed since the first battle with Dior. The first action after 11 years was just to get rid of an unsightly traitor and seal the purple hermit, and even calmly controlled the "property" of attacking.It shows that Dior's remnant party is by no means a remnant party in the general sense.

"Calm, planned, thoughtful...and very scheming."

In an instant, both Nero and Jotaro thought of something.

Under Dongfang Jousuke's bewildered gaze, who had been unable to intervene all the time, the two looked at each other and nodded tacitly.

- a trustworthy friend.

——Whodunit.

This is one of the conditions necessary to reach the world where "the enlightened are eternally happy" mentioned in Dior's diary.Although Judging from the experience of Nero and Dio fighting, the only person who can be regarded as a trustworthy friend by Dio is probably only Jonathan Joestar, the original owner of his lower body.

Nero has always interpreted the diary in this way - to get the body of Jonathan Joestar is to get a trustworthy friend.

But now it seems that this trustworthy friend may be someone else.

As for the last question - the criminal method (substitute ability), that is, Howdunit, probably only if you have personally contacted the enemy's substitute, can you know it?

Chapter 33

Just as he quietly came to Japan, Enrique Pucci quietly left this land of the Far East.

The purpose has been achieved.

Although he did not get the information from Joseph Joestar's mind about "Made in Heaven", a method that can break fate and reach the new world of eternal happiness for the enlightened, from his friend's diary, but this time Action is enough.

More than ten years have passed since the death of his friend Dior.

If necessary, he can wait patiently for another ten years.

Wait until Kujo Jotaro and Nero Zeppelin gradually forget Dior remnants like him in the long river of time, wait until they lose enough tension, wait until they have accumulated enough strength... then, will be An opportunity to avenge your best friend and fulfill your best friend's long-cherished wish.

"This time...that's all right."

Enrique Pucci thought this in his heart, boarded the flight back to the United States, and disappeared into the sky.

Naturally, Nero and the others didn't know that this "friend of Dior", whom he didn't even know the name until now, left this land without looking back without the slightest infatuation.They rushed to the side of Joseph Joestar who rushed to Tokyo for the first time and waited for a whole month, but found nothing.

until mid-May.

Nero and Jotaro had no choice but to admit that the other party really left.

For safety's sake, Jotaro is responsible for escorting "Joseph Joestar" and the "Stone Arrow" captured from Katazhao Nijimura back to the United States.And Dongfang's family also moved back to Morioh Town from Kujo's house in Tokyo——

After all, Duwang Town is their hometown.

As for why Nero followed Dongfang's family back to Duwang Town?

There is no other reason.

There is still one case in hand.

Dongfang Jousuke looked at Nero in a daze: "Do you really want to be a detective?"

Nero put down his chopsticks: "Why can't I be a detective?"

Jousuke also picked up his chopsticks and ate the ramen again: "I thought you were joking."

Nero explained: "Although I am not short of money, creatures like humans have to find some serious work to enrich themselves, otherwise even I will become useless if I idle around all day. What's more, we- Not including you, I mean Jotaro and I, a few old friends—must act as detectives, looking for something in "all over the world". "

"Could it be the arrow found at Xingzhao Nijimura?" Jousuke remembered.

"Yes."

Nero nodded.

Immediately, Nero said seriously.

"A newly opened detective agency can't be entrusted with the investigation of murders. At most, it can help people find lost cats or help people capture evidence of infidelity. The same is true for me. When I come up, let me search within the scope of the "earth" The whereabouts of the arrows are not suitable, so I have to find some small cases to practice my hands.

"According to my speculation and your grandfather Mr. Dongfang Lianghei's, there is a prisoner in Duwang Town who "has continued to commit crimes for more than ten years" and has caused many cases of missing persons, mainly young women.

"If I can't even find out the substitute messenger who caused the disappearance in a small town of 6 people, it will be impossible to find the whereabouts of the rest of the arrows."

In fact, the arrow is just a trivial matter...not a trivial matter, but it is not the primary goal of Nero and Jotaro.

What the two are really looking for is not an arrow at all, but the whereabouts of the "trustworthy friend" in Dior's diary——

— One part in 60 billion.

In contrast, the unknown substitute messenger in this small town is only one in [-].

If you can't find one in 60, don't expect one in [-] billion to succeed.

And of course he couldn't tell Higashija Jousuke about this.Regarding "Dior's Diary", Nero made an agreement with Jotaro 11 years ago that he would never let a third person know about it throughout his life, so he brought this most secretive secret in his grave.

"Detective... Maybe in a few years you will become Sherlock Holmes in the Heisei era?" Dongfang Ryohei walked over from the side with a smile.

"Mr. Dongfang, I don't think I can afford this title. Maybe there are other doubles in this world who can compare to "Purple Hermit". This title should be given to this kind of person. "Nero shook his head, then picked up tons of bowls and drank the noodle soup.

There is one thing to say, Dongfang Ryohei's craftsmanship is great.

Immediately Nero looked at Dongfang Liangping: "Mr. Dongfang, I will trouble you with the dossiers about the disappearances over the years."

"Leave it to me." Dongfang Liangping nodded.

As a respected and respected old patrolman in Duwang Town, it is no problem to retrieve the ashes of old case files in the archives room.

The only thing worth worrying about is—whether this file can find out anything.

After these time, Dongfang Liangping has more or less understood the inside story of the substitute messenger, and also realized that the substitute is not so omnipotent.Even for Nero in front of him, his stand-in ability doesn't seem to be very useful for investigating cases.

"Don't be too psychologically burdened."

Dongfang Ryohei patted Nero on the shoulder.

Immediately, Dongfang Liangping changed the subject: "However, it will take some time to adjust the files. You can do something else while you are here."

"...Others? Is there any other incident?" Nero was taken aback.

"No, no, no, although I don't dare to say that Duwang Town is a small town with simple folk customs, but there is really no special case at the moment." Dongfang Liangping smiled, "Think carefully since the four Since seeing you in Yue, you haven't visited Moriou Town very well?

"At the beginning, it was Angelo or something. Afterwards, because of Arresi's affairs, I carefully guarded Joseph's side for a whole month. I didn't have time to calm down and just stroll around as a "traveler". ?While I'm sorting out the dossier, let's take a good look at this town.

"Anyway, Morioh Town is also a tourist attraction."

"...Alright."

Nero nodded.

And at this moment, someone knocked on the door of Dongfang's house.

"Jousuke! Jousuke! Are you there?"

"... Yitai?"

After Jousuke opened the door, he saw Nijimura Okyasu out of breath.

Hearing Hongcun Yitai panting heavily, he seemed to be running and jumping towards Dongfang's house.

"Hu, hu, hu..."

"What happened, Okuyasu? Out of breath."

Nero also looked at Da Zhiming at the door.

Da Zhiming swallowed his saliva and took a deep breath.

"Jousuke skipped class so I don't know, after school just now, Koichi--

"—Confession!

"—and it was a super beautiful girl who confessed!"

"Wait, what did you just say?" Dongfang Pengzi's voice suddenly came.

"...Kang Yi was confessed?" Hongcun Yitai was taken aback for a moment.

Dongfang Pengzi shook his head: "One more sentence."

"...Josuke didn't know because he skipped class?"

Hongcun Yitai repeated seriously.

However, even if Yitai's head is not very smart, he realized something at this moment.

As for Tomoko who had just returned to Duwang Town and forgot what day of the week it was for a moment, after breaking his fingers and realizing that today was a working day, his eyes glowed scarlet, and he looked at his son like a ghost walking in the night.

"You skipped class?

"Touhou—Jousuke—!!!"

Chapter 34 Intermission Part Two

Koichi Hirose was confessed.

Although he was nagged by his mother about skipping class, Higashika Josuke really cared about it, and gossip ignited in his heart.On the second day, I came to the school early with more enthusiasm than before.

But at noon, he was quietly watching from behind the window when he saw a scene that shocked him.

It was a very beautiful girl in the class named Yamagishi Yukako.

tall and tall.

White skin.

Qianli's appearance.

What is more eye-catching is the black and beautiful hair.

It has to be said that from the appearance alone, Yukako Yamagishi is enough to become the dream object of many adolescents.And it was this kind of Yamagishi Yukako who was standing next to Hirose Koichi who was cleaning at this moment, asking for his health.

"Kang Yijun, shall I clean up for you?"

"Kang Yi-jun, I prepared food for you when I got up in the morning? Even the fish bones were picked out one by one."

"Kang Yijun, I knit a sweater for you. Although I know your size, I'm not sure if the shoulder width is suitable for you?"

"Kang Yi-kun, I specially prepared a talisman? I heard that it can bring luck in love?"

"Kang Yijun..."