Forced 090, a wonderful forbidden word.
"I am very sorry," Johnson Joffrey said. "Mr. Jotaro, my Stand Ability is not precognition."
Johnson Joffrey made up his mind and began to fabricate the lines he had prepared earlier.
"Not precognition?"
"Yes, I used to think my ability was precognition, but now I understand," Johnson Joffrey said. "My ability is to manipulate energy."
"??"
"It has nothing to do with prophecy."
"Then how did you write the contents of those diaries?" Jotaro ended his sentence with a period, seemingly annoyed.
Johnson Joffrey's sigh reached Jotaro's ears. When Johnson Joffrey was an office worker, he had heard an inspirational story from his boss: 'Don't think customers can't see you on the other end of the phone.'
So, even though Johnson Joffrey was separated by a long telephone line, he began to make full use of his two major abilities for his performance.
Hearing the sigh, Jotaro shifted his gaze and attention from little Jolyne, listening carefully to Johnson Joffrey's tone, as if he were telling a long and profound story.
"When I was 12, I had a high fever. When I was sent to the hospital, the doctors couldn't bring it down or treat it."
Jotaro fell silent. Johnson's tone was truly sincere, even a little helpless. At the same time, Jotaro began to ponder: it seemed every Stand User had a high fever before awakening their Stand. Could Johnson Joffrey have started awakening his Stand then?
Impossible. At that time, he had personally tested Johnson Joffrey and confirmed that he had not awakened a Stand. His pupil changes and physical functions were not at all like someone who could see a Stand.
"Then, in my sleep, I kept hearing some kind of babbling."
"?!"
Kujo Jotaro couldn't help but sit up straight and began to think seriously. Johnson Joffrey's physique was truly extraordinary. He possessed both the bloodline of the vampire Dio and the bloodline of the Joestar Family. If calculated by the Joestar Family's seniority, he was even his great-great-grandfather.
What if, when he was twelve, which was two years ago, he awakened something similar to Dio's devilish power?
Indeed, in recent years, there have been more and more Stand Users.
However, after Johnson Joffrey's fever, there were no other changes; he didn't even awaken a Stand, but instead heard things about the future.
"At that time, my mother thought I had awakened a Stand," Johnson Joffrey said. "Then she thought I was possessed by Dio's evil spirit, that I had become Dio. You know, I do look a bit like him."
Jotaro remained silent on the other end, making Johnson Joffrey a little uneasy, but he maintained his composure. If there was anyone who put the most pressure on him, it was Kujo Jotaro.
"After about two or three days, I did recover. I wrote down the babbling I heard while I was unconscious."
"I always thought I had awakened my Stand then, but in fact, I awakened my Stand two days ago. Because these past few days I have experienced several battles and have begun to thoroughly research my Stand Ability."
"The final answer is that my Stand Ability has nothing to do with precognition."
Kujo Jotaro's prolonged silence made Johnson Joffrey anxious, but he secretly encouraged himself and continued, "This is the truth of the matter. Actually, I wanted to call you these past few days too, but I've been too busy. You know, I'm preparing to restore peace and justice to beautiful Italy."
"I've said what I needed to say. I'm not interested in the future; right now, I just want my uncle and I to become the new bosses of the Passione organization, and the things I 'predicted' have nothing to do with me."
"Is there anything else you need?"
Jotaro's long silence made Johnson Joffrey suddenly relax, because he felt he hadn't done anything to bother Kujo Jotaro. Moreover, the small portion of the plot he had written down was too beneficial for both him and Jotaro.
At least he recorded some of his experiences.
For example, Kujo Jotaro—at 17, went to Egypt to kill the vampire DIO; his child Jolyne Kujo was framed and sent to Prison; he fought a Stand User with an explosive Stand Ability in a place called Morioh.
The rest were just some key sentences, written vaguely, not even in order, truly looking like some nonsensical ramblings.
Because at that time, without a Stand, his original purpose was to make others treat him as a charlatan, and still be able to use others to advance the plot even without a Stand.
But now he had a Stand, and its ability was not weak. His mindset had completely changed, and his plan had to be completely overturned.
"I've said all I have to say. The future I heard about has nothing to do with me. I recorded it to warn some people. My mission is complete, Mr. Jotaro."
"I hope the notes I recorded are beneficial to you."
His words ended there, implying a farewell, but Kujo Jotaro remained silent. Johnson guessed he was considering the possible implications of Johnson's words.
Whether it was true or not wasn't important, because whether Johnson's ability was truly precognition would be clear at a glance; they couldn't avoid meeting each other forever.
And for him, Johnson was just a 14, almost 15-year-old boy; what he was doing was meaningless.
He wasn't thinking about the truthfulness of Johnson's words, but rather that Johnson couldn't have known the future out of nowhere. The idea that Johnson was a transmigrator was absolutely impossible to conceive. The most important thing was that Johnson had no reason to do this, and he wouldn't believe anyone would lie in front of him, Kujo Jotaro.
A sudden high fever was not unprecedented. After DIO's revival, all children with Joestar Family bloodlines developed high fevers. This was a form of spiritual attack. Could Johnson also be experiencing this due to the advent of some demon lord or mysterious entity?
"Johnson," Kujo Jotaro suddenly spoke, saying, "I understand what you've told me."
Johnson Joffrey took a deep breath. Jotaro's lack of an angry rebuttal proved his excuse was half successful. However, Kujo Jotaro's next words astonished him—
"Johnson, I can confirm one thing: you are probably not the only one in this world who has experienced this situation."
"Huh?"
Johnson Joffrey listened to Jotaro's words, which entered his ears, with shock, a bit of panic, and a hasty sense of fear. His casually fabricated fever story was just to fob off Jotaro; once a lie is told, multiple lies are needed to cover it up.
Jotaro might not believe him—that was his later guess. Jotaro's suspicion and trust in him should be a three-to-seven split, but Jotaro couldn't do anything because he, Johnson Joffrey, really hadn't done anything bad.
Although he had backstabbed his boss, what did that have to do with Jotaro?
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