Young Jolyne did not yet know what major changes her life would face, carrying the intelligence and calmness inherited from her father.
She hadn't yet, like her adult self, clearly understood what her father was doing, but she knew that because of those troubles, she had lost him forever.
"Jolyne, why aren't you sleeping yet?" Her mother stroked her black hair, which wasn't tied into two buns as usual, but was spread out, looking less sharp than when she usually fought with the neighborhood boys.
"I want to see Dad," Jolyne said. "I haven't seen him many times."
With the gradually increasing cold dew of the night, little Jolyne spoke calmly, as if she were going to the zoo, showing an unyielding strength.
"Then you can look," her mother said. "We'll live together from now on."
Jolyne nodded vigorously.
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Beyond destiny... Kujo Jotaro suddenly murmured this phrase.
Recalling the ramblings Johnson Joffrey had received, he had thoroughly investigated Johnson Joffrey. He was a young man with an absolutely clean background.
He had never encountered anything supernatural. From birth until now, his best test score was second place, and his worst was fifteenth place. This young man could not be any more innocent.
Although his biological father was DIO, his adoptive father was very loving and had a good personality, treating him as his own. Although his mother had been stimulated, she was quite doting when calm. However, Johnson Joffrey showed no problems due to this doting.
The only impropriety was that this young man was a bit too much like DIO. With his JOJO intuition, he could clearly feel something fake about this young man.
Indeed, if he were truly an ordinary student, it would be impossible for him to want to blow up Italy just three days after arriving in Italy.
Was he telling the truth? It didn't seem premeditated. If he were lying, how would he know that awakening a Stand and receiving a bloodline resonance would cause a fever?
What he said had a high degree of credibility.
What is your Stand Ability? I'll go and see it for myself.
"You have a point," Jotaro said. "Perhaps it's not DIO, but don't underestimate him. If there truly is some new evil god, it might be related to him."
He had completely read his Over Heaven notes, and he understood DIO's true terror. DIO's lifelong wish was to surpass Heaven. Having seen the notes, as DIO's only opponent in this world, he understood DIO's terror.
"I know, Mr. Jotaro."
"Yes, you are his descendant in this world. If DIO truly makes a move, you might be in danger," Jotaro said calmly. "If anything like a bloodline connection appears again, be sure to tell me."
Jotaro paused for a moment, instinctively touching the brim of his hat, and said in a deep voice, "If the enemy really is DIO, I hope you don't let too much father-son sentiment get in the way."
"I won't. To me, he is a devil," Johnson Joffrey said seriously. "Thanks to my mother, I wasn't devoured by him."
"I'm sorry to hear that. Clearly, your adoptive father is more of a father to you than he is," Jotaro continued. "Of course, I hope you can cooperate with me when we fight him again."
"No problem. If he tries to do something to destroy the world, that's everyone's responsibility."
Hearing Johnson's words, Jotaro couldn't help but feel a wave of nostalgia for the past. Was DIO, whom his companions sacrificed their lives to stop, going to reappear?
He, Kujo Jotaro, would never allow it.
"Alright, goodbye."
After bidding each other farewell, Kujo Jotaro felt a sudden twinge in his neck, then fell into shock.
Am I old?
"Seriously…"
If the enemy really was DIO, the old friends who had helped him defeat DIO back then were all gone.
Those old friends, deeply buried in his heart, never mentioned but never forgotten, had completely vanished.
Oh, Polnareff was still left. He had to tell him that DIO might have awakened. Knowing his personality, he would definitely rush over immediately. He recalled that guy who always had a mischievous grin and was always involved with poop and pee.
He was really super reliable.
But he shouldn't be that immature anymore. He must be almost thirty now. No, he must still be the same. Because if he changed too, wouldn't it mean that the past had truly faded?
His hand, reaching for the retro-style phone, hung in mid-air, because he didn't even know the number.
Come to think of it, Polnareff was still dealing with other matters. He remembered him saying his next stop was Africa.
That place was hard to contact. He should ask the SPW Foundation to contact him. Besides, Polnareff was also in Johnson Joffrey's record of fate. The original words were—
[Polnareff—a turtle, a turtle became Polnareff…]
It really looked like gibberish. Could it be a Stand that could turn people into animals?
"Why aren't you sleeping yet?" Jotaro said expressionlessly. "Don't you have school tomorrow?"
"It's spring break now," Jolyne poked her head out from the crack in the door.
Oh right, it was spring break. It was time for Johnson Joffrey to cause trouble.
"Do you need something?" Jotaro tried to soften his tone as much as possible. In reality, he didn't know how to interact with his daughter.
"Who were you just talking to on the phone?"
"A colleague," Jotaro said simply, then remembered he still needed to contact the SPW Foundation to tell Polnareff about DIO or other evil gods possibly awakening, so he didn't have time to talk to Jolyne anymore.
Jotaro realized he was always avoiding things, like a weak person, avoiding dealing with things he wasn't good at, such as talking to Jolyne.
He tried to imitate his father's way of communicating with him to interact with Jolyne, but found himself powerless, because he simply couldn't adopt his father's attitude. He began to wonder where his terrible personality came from.
"Which colleague? More important than Mom?" Jolyne continued to ask. "I haven't seen you in so long, I've almost forgotten what you look like."
Jotaro sighed silently; he had too many things to do, too important, and too dangerous. Divorce was necessary, something he had long been prepared for, and Jolyne's mother was also willing to accept it.
He now suspected that the line in Johnson Joffrey's notes, about Jolyne going to Prison, was perhaps because of his enemies. After all, there were still many of DIO's subordinates in this world, and Polnareff, among others, was dedicated to eliminating his remnants.
The 50-day journey had not ended, as if the living were still continuing the dreams of the dead.