JOJO: Bizarre Adventure

Time returns to the present.

"In that case, can't we ask the local resistance for help?"

Qiao Zhou offered his suggestions.

"It's no use. Russia is a very special region, and the infiltration of the resistance forces into this area is extremely low."

However, correspondingly, the Katz government cannot completely control this area, so it's a mixed blessing for our mission.

Fu Yao seemed to remember something, and her expression changed.

"You guessed it too, right? That's why the enemy can't directly encircle and annihilate us, so they can only attack us in this way."

Boom!

A muffled thud reached everyone's ears.

"captain!"

Captain Lingo was covered in sweat, clutching his arm and kneeling on the ground.

"How could this be...? Someone attacked the submarine!"

Captain Ringo's face was filled with fear.

"Don't waste it!"

Xie Wuluan immediately used his Stand ability to bestow the [Immortal] characteristic upon Captain Ringo.

"Although we don't know how they did it, someone attacked the flank of the 'Yellow Submarine.'"

Captain Ringo explained.

"This attack severely damaged the submarine's structure, and the damage was reflected back onto me."

Normally, I should have noticed an attack of this scale, but this time there was no response.

It's highly likely that this is due to some kind of Stand ability, or it could be some kind of special weapon.

At this point, Xie Wuluan received:

"Now that we have the 'Don't Waste It' ability, Captain Ringo's body won't continue to be damaged. The most urgent task is to figure out the enemy's abilities and find them."

"He severely damaged the 'Yellow Submarine' without making a sound. That ability is too overpowered. How are we supposed to find this guy who combines stealth and destructive power?"

Qiao Zhou plopped back down on the ground; he always did this, preferring to sit rather than stand.

"No, there are at least two things you haven't considered."

Fu Yao pondered:

"First of all, the opponent's abilities are not widely applicable, as evidenced by the previous sea monster attacks."

If the enemy can easily create such highly concealed killing moves, there's no need for such a large-scale offensive.

Jotaro also joined the discussion:

"But you said before that the attack was very strange, wasn't it? It didn't seem like an attack organized by the enemy at all."

Xie Wuluan continued:

"That is certainly debatable, but there is a greater than 60% chance that the attack was a product of the enemy's offensive objectives."

“That’s right, both of these speculations make sense, but there’s another point that we didn’t mention earlier.”

Fu Yao picked up the conversation:

"That means that all of the enemy's attacks were launched from within the sea."

Whether it's running a submarine aground, controlling a sea monster, or severely damaging a submarine, the enemy's attack patterns consistently lean towards combat at sea, suggesting that the enemy's capabilities are likely related to the sea.

Taking this into account, we might be able to deduce the enemy's capabilities, or even their weaknesses.

Hearing this, everyone fell into thought.

"Could it be the ability to manipulate seawater? Because it's in the ocean, only then can you guide a submarine to run aground and destroy it without anyone noticing."

After listening to Fu Yao's reasoning, Jotaro nodded.

“That makes sense. If that’s the case, then those sea monsters must have sensed the change in the seawater and that’s why they surfaced.”

At this point, Jotaro raised another question:

“We started out in the deep sea, how did that thing manage to affect such a wide area?”

Qiao Zhou immediately offered his thoughts on this issue:

In my opinion, there are two possibilities.

Firstly, the opponent's stand has an extremely long range and can move freely in water.

Jotaro's expression turned somewhat strange at the first conjecture that Qiao Zhou mentioned.

"Secondly, the other party used their Stand ability to push away the seawater and simultaneously descended into the deep sea with an oxygen tank."

I personally think this is more likely.

“That makes a lot of sense,” Jotaro nodded. “But if we do that, we might have a hard time dealing with that guy.”

Indeed, dealing with an opponent who can control water at the beach is quite difficult.

Just as they were pondering, a shadow completely enveloped them.

"what!"

Everyone looked up in alarm, only to find that the sea had covered their heads without them even noticing!

"The wind is blowing on the way home!"

Fu Yao immediately activated her Stand ability, releasing a wind field towards her teammates.

At the same time, Jotaro leaped high into the air, and "Star Platinum" appeared in front of him.

"Platinum Star! Ora Ora Ora Ora Ora Ora Ora Ora!!"

Under the iron fist of the Platinum Star, the small tsunami was actually disrupted.

"Holy crap! They tore apart a tsunami with their bare hands!"

Qiao Zhou now knows what it means to have unparalleled talent.

Rumble!

The fierce tsunami subsided, and thanks to the resistance of "Wind on the Way Home" and "Platinum Star," the group was not seriously injured.

"The enemy's capabilities are too strong. Not only were they able to severely damage the submarine without us noticing, but they were also able to launch a tsunami without us even realizing it."

Achieving this is not simply a matter of controlling the water flow.

"The most crucial point is that he is most likely underwater, and there's nothing we can do about him."

Qiao Zhou is right; they do not have the capability for underwater warfare.

"Why don't I go down and take a look? It's better than passively fighting back here."

As he spoke, Jotaro took off his white coat.

“Actually, there’s another way,” Xie Wuluan interrupted from his silence, “My ‘Don’t Waste’ can grant people the characteristic of [Immortality].

Because of these characteristics, even diving into the deep sea will not cause harm, and there is no need to worry about breathing.

"Is this so..."

Jotaro didn't know the specific details of Xie Wulan's abilities; he only knew the general concept.

After all, Stand abilities are very private things, even more private than Pi Yan's.

Imagine if a burly man twice your size set his sights on your swallow. You'd only have to endure a few tens of minutes of "van♂ game" before you could go home after listening to his threats while hugging your pillow.

However, if a Stand user twice as strong as you sets their sights on you, then you might not be so lucky to get pregnant.

Blown to ashes, punched through the chest, decapitated, poisoned to a pulp, electrocuted into charcoal, physically annihilated, smashed into a sieve, choked to death by drinking water...

You won't even know how you died.

In conclusion, it is unwise to casually leak information about a stand-in, especially for someone like Xie Wuluan.

"But if that happens, Captain Ringo's [Immortality] will disappear, and the submarine will no longer be protected."

"It's alright, let him go. The situation is already bad enough. We've lost contact with Rohan. If we have a few more attacks like that, we probably won't be able to hold out."

The longer this situation drags on, the worse it will be for us. The enemy is in the shadows while we are in the open; we are the only ones who can change tactics first.

Captain Lingo, who hadn't spoken for a while, suddenly spoke up.

"Always seeking stability can sometimes lead us into more dangerous situations."