JOJO: Bizarre Adventure

French border.

Qiao Zhou and his group arrived at the meeting point and prepared for their departure.

As before, the core team consisted of only a few members; the others in [Hell] only needed external support.

In addition to the people mentioned earlier, the "Sin of Greed" from the "Seven Deadly Sins" also accompanied them this time.

This "Sin of Greed" is named Guld Myfies, and as mentioned before, he is a high-ranking combatant from Hell.

The structure of [Hell] is such that, although the general cadres are strong, not all of them have the level of strength of Rinnell Pazo.

Their most important quality is the ability to govern the world.

That is, it is more geared towards clerical staff.

Some of the officers with high combat effectiveness were selected separately and became full-time combatants.

The "Seven Deadly Sins" are their elite force, composed of seven combative executives.

As for what abilities this Lord Gurd Mefies actually possesses, we'll see when we need to use them.

Task list:

Qiao Zhou (the prophet, the key figure in this story)

Katsuki Nakajima (Former Revolutionary Army member, professional agent, one of the key figures in defeating Kars)

Tanshan Fish (Former member of the Empire and Revolutionary Army, one of the key figures in defeating Kaz, and a gold medal support in the first season settlement)

Muhammad Abuder (former high-ranking officer of the Revolutionary Army, a powerful Stand user, and also considered the captain of this mission)

Jean-Pierre Polunarev (former leader of the Revolutionary Army in France, a master of Western fencing, my favorite character)

Chicken (one of the former Empire's "Ten Divine Servants," whose previous life was Kojima Detective)

Kouyou Ozaki (one of the former highest-ranking officials of the Empire, a master of Bushido swordsmanship)

Guld Myfies (Member of the "Seven Deadly Sins" squad of the "Hell" organization, advisor for this mission)

Maslow Durand (the eldest of the Durand brothers, the driver for this mission)

Colepo Durand (the younger of the Durand brothers, who serves as Maslow's assistant on this mission)

The team is assembled and ready to depart for Italy.

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Rome, Italy.

Stefano Maron is still here, but he is no longer the Minister of Defense.

With a new emperor comes a new court, and Italy has also welcomed a new government.

Behind this, of course, lies the action of "passion".

Many officials who had entanglements with them, and those who later switched sides, have more or less obtained positions in the new government.

But Stefano is not an option.

No organization can cover up the truth under such circumstances.

The revolutionary army, the United Nations, and ordinary people all had to get involved in this matter to some extent.

Following the previous missile incident in Naples, he was practically blacklisted by the revolutionary army and the United Nations.

If this kind of thing gets back to the ears of ordinary people, Stefano's image as a villain will be confirmed.

But a man like him wouldn't be content to be an ordinary person.

Let alone ordinary people who are disliked by others.

So he chose another path.

If you can't go down the righteous path, then go down the underworld.

He chose to join [Passion].

The [Passion] team stationed in Rome took his arrival very seriously.

This military officer is a master; his joining the organization would be a major event.

Since the fall of the empire, there have been many people like Stefano.

But Stefano is definitely a heavyweight among them.

To show that they valued him, [Passion] ultimately did not include him in the Roman squad, but instead gave him command of a separate squad.

The team's first mission was to intercept a special squad sent by [Hell].

But they couldn't find any trace of that team entering the country.

Because they used the exact same strategy as before.

This was no problem for Stefano; he had dealt with these people before.

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Italy's western border.

An unmarked motorhome is speeding along the highway.

This car can become invisible thanks to Maslow's stand-in, "Sunlit Shadow".

(Note: To prevent you from forgetting the Stand stats and abilities from before, I will show the stats and abilities of all Stands that have been mentioned again in this new volume.)

(But I won't go into the origin of the Stand's name.)

Stand Name: Shadow of the Sun

Main body: Maslow Durand

Destructive power E

Speed ​​C

Range B

Endurance A

Precision D

Growth potential D

Ability: To alter the light rays refracted on the surface of an object, making it impossible to observe directly.

The maximum length of the object being altered must not exceed twenty meters, and only one object can be affected at a time.

The new eight-person team was sitting in the car.

"I wanted to buy osmanthus flowers and share wine, but it will never be like the carefree days of my youth."

Qiao Zhou sighed.

Of course, with him being the only Chinese person in the car, no one could understand what this unconventional, silly, artsy young man was rambling about.

Qiao Zhou thought of many things.

More importantly, he thought of Fu Yao.

Since he came into this world, the person he has spent the most time with is Fu Yao.

Initially, Qiao Zhou was closer to him because they were both Chinese.

Then he discovered that Fu Yao was actually a very nice person.

After spending two months together, they became very good friends.

It's exceptionally good.

But things are unpredictable, and fate plays tricks on people. This time, only one person died in the team, and it just so happened to be Fu Yao.

And he became a hero.

He is not the real hero; Fu Yao is.

He couldn't sacrifice himself for others, he couldn't dedicate himself to the greater good, but Fu Yao had already made up his mind.

What Qiao Zhou didn't know was that it was all fate.

It was all predetermined by fate.

As I mentioned in the epilogue of Volume 1, the talisman represents the "Lovers" card in the Major Arcana.

In Tarot, "The Lovers" signifies union.

Fu Yao's death was inevitable, and so was his attainment of "wind on the return journey".

If Qiao Zhou knew all this, he would probably really be in "A Touch of Sin".

(The "A Touch of Sin" mentioned here refers to that movie.)

Now, all of this can only be a sentimental poem uttered when revisiting an old place... nothing more.

"Wait, where do we even begin our investigation?!"

Chicken did have some sense; after all, he was a detective, and this job was a perfect match for his expertise.

"Don't worry, we have a lead. We're going to a prison in Naples to find someone."

Qiao Zhou made a solemn vow.

"Prison? Are we going to find the captured members of the [Passion] organization?"

Upon hearing Tan Shanyu's question, Gu Lede sneered.

"Hmph, their members won't be easily captured, especially core members who are involved in classified information."

"The person we're looking for this time is a guy hiding in prison."

"What do you mean by 'hiding' in prison? Does he own the prison?"

"You could say that. It's just a prison. It would be incredibly easy for them to completely control such a small, insignificant institution."

"So who exactly is this person, that he is such a crucial breakthrough in our mission?"

"His name is Polpo. He is said to be a strange human who is over three meters tall and controls a substitute arrow. He is responsible for checking whether new members are qualified to join the organization."

"He is also one of the people who has a chance of uncovering something from the outside, after all, their way of operation is too secretive, and it is very difficult to investigate the organization's top leaders."