[JOJO] Corinne's Wonderful Journey

Silent terror permeates the noonday sun.

"Are you all okay?"

Joseph came back to his senses, and he asked them after standing still.

Beside him are Kelin, who is clinging to Jotaro's arm, and Jotaro, who is supporting her.

Just now Kakyoin and Abdel were walking on the outside of the team, and when Kelin reminded them, they pulled away Polnareff who was closer to Darby.

Other than Darby, no one was injured.

"Where did that thing appear from?!" Polnareff broke out in a cold sweat.

Colleen's heart was beating wildly.At that moment just now, if she was two seconds late...if she didn't catch Joseph in time...

She knew very well what a terrible outcome that would be.

She felt scared for a while, so that she didn't realize at the first time that it was not Joseph's arm that she was holding tightly in her hand at this moment, but Jotaro's arm.

She took a deep breath to calm herself down.

"Are you all right? Joe..."

She looked up, and the word "Joseph" caught in her throat.

Close at hand, looking down at her, was Jotaro.

Kelin finally found out that it was Jotaro who had been caught by her since just now.She was very close to him, so close that she seemed to be able to lean on his chest when she lowered her head.

"He's fine," Jotaro said.He turned slightly so she could see Joseph behind him.

"...Jotaro. Thank you."

Colleen let go of his hand and took a step back.

Although Jotaro didn't say anything, but in his sight, her heartbeat seemed to be getting more and more restless.

"Everyone, please come to my side." Kakyoin suddenly shouted.

Kakyoin would not say such things for no reason, so the other five people present gathered beside him as he said.

When Kakyoin made his voice, his Emperor's Green decomposed into slender silk threads, which spread rapidly in the space and converged, weaving a 360° all-round enchantment around him and the people around him.Thin lines of bright green shone in the air, as clear as morning dew.

"Judging from the radian of the section on Darby's body, the diameter of that thing is about one meter." Kakyoin said, "I used the Empress' Green to create a barrier with a gap smaller than this diameter. If it attacks again, it will An attack that triggers an emerald spray."

In an instant, the Emperor's Green created a large-scale enchantment, making Kakyoin look a little tired.

"Dio...in order to keep the secret of his substitute, he will not spare even his own subordinates."

Polnareff frowned and gritted his teeth.He may have thought of Granny Enya, and his face was not very good-looking.

"For him, human beings are just a stepping stone in his quest for power and power," Joseph said.

"When he needs his subordinates to work for him, he will be an excellent leader." Colleen also said, "but anyone is a pawn he can abandon at any time."

"...I can't see his attack method at all." Abdel said, "Jotaro, have you seen it?"

He turned to look at Jotaro, who shook his head at him.

Abdel's face sank: "Can't even Platinum Star see his attack trajectory?"

At this time, Izzy roared in another direction.

It was the house on the side of the street where they were.

A flat circular cut was opened on the wall of the house, and in the shadows inside the house, there seemed to be a man's face suspended in the air.As they focused their gazes there, the human face disappeared.

As a person who listened to Dio's orders only after being controlled by the granulation, Ke Lin knew little about Dio's true strength.In other words, Dio didn't trust her at all.

Kelin subconsciously bit the first joint of her right index finger.If only she had gone to find out more information.

Can she really help them?Can she really get them back to Japan and reunite with Holly?

"don’t worry."

Joseph's hand clapped her shoulder.

Colleen looked up, and Joseph smiled at her.

She looked the other way, and Jotaro was looking at her too.

Maybe he doesn't know it himself, but the gentleness and comfort in his eyes always let people inadvertently see the tender side of his heart.

He was always silent, but she knew he was always there.

Just standing there can make her feel trust and courage in her heart.

Colleen smiled, and she patted Joseph's hand on her shoulder backhand.

"Don't worry," she replied.

Joseph laughed too.He took his hand away and turned to look at Abdel and the others on the other side.

"Abdel, do you seem to have something to say?" He asked Abdel.

"When the stand-in messenger attacked Darby just now, the distance between Polnareff and Darby was only about ten centimeters, but he didn't turn to attack Polnareff, nor did he immediately turn back to attack any of us." Abu Del nodded and said.

"That means..." Joseph pondered for a moment.

Kelin quickly understood what Abdel wanted to say.

"He probably couldn't see the targets around him when he attacked," she said.

Colleen tried to make herself think more calmly.Although the invisible substitute was elusive, it was not without flaws.

"If he could choose a target when attacking, he should have targeted us all just now. Did you notice any movement, Dian Ming." She looked at Kakyoin.

"The barrier didn't respond." Kakyoin replied, "He didn't continue to attack us."

At this time, there was a commotion around.A group of local women passed by not far from them. Although they couldn't see the enchantment opened by the Emperor's Green, they could see half of Darby's body lying on the ground, and they screamed continuously.

"Not good." Joseph pressed his forehead, "If they call the police now, they will be in trouble."

"Let's leave here separately, Joseph, you decide where to meet." Kelin said.

"I'm going with Kelin, Jotaro is going with Kakyoin, Polnareff is going with Abdel and Izzy." Joseph nodded.

He knelt down and used Hermit Purple to draw a map of the vicinity on the mixed yellow sand and loess road.

"We meet here."

He marked a location on the map, and immediately erased it with his feet after everyone saw it clearly.

"Try to go where there are many obstacles. Kakyoin, prepare to remove the barrier, wait for me to call one, two, three, everyone set off immediately. 1, 2, 3—Go!"

As Joseph's voice fell, Kakyoin quickly withdrew the barrier formed by the Emperor's Green.Like three unloaded bullets, they turned into several swift shadows and left quickly in three directions.

Corinne took a few steps behind Joseph and followed behind him.Joseph saw her thoughts, and when she slowed down, he slowed down too.

Colleen glared at him several times, but Joseph winked at her, and finally Colleen resignedly kept pace with him beside him.

After passing through a flower garden in the middle of the street, they passed through the laneway less than one meter away from the house.

Kelin looked back from time to time, and the invisible substitute messenger didn't seem to be chasing their team.I don't know what happened to Jotaro and Polnareff's two teams?

10 minutes later, she got the answer from the confluence of them.

The stand-in messenger didn't keep up with either of them, as if he had left after killing Darby.

It was almost evening, and the red light of the setting sun descended from the sky of Cairo, enveloping the ancient city in an orange tulle.The sparkling light of the Nile is the jewels on the tulle, making the evening more distant and dreamy.

They spent their first day in Cairo.

In order to find Dio's whereabouts, they have not stopped all day.Although not uneasy, Joseph still insisted that they must have a good rest.

Joseph rebooked a hotel and sent someone to their previous hotel to pick up the luggage.

During the period of waiting for the luggage to be picked up, everyone chose to go back to their rooms for a rest.But Ke Lin stayed in the lobby, contacted a certain place with the hotel phone, and asked the hotel waiter to buy some things for her.

She also stopped Abdel who was about to go to the room to rest, took out the long ruler borrowed from the hotel, made a few gestures on his body and legs, wrote the measurement on a piece of paper, and handed it to the waiting waiter.

Abdel looked puzzled, he hesitated to speak several times.

"Tomorrow we will go to your friend who is familiar with Cairo." Seeing him like this, Colin said, "But Dio already knows that we have arrived in Cairo, in order to prevent this kind of enemy from targeting us again today, we have to make some changes when we go out. "

"Us?" Abdel asked.

"Yes, I only prepared the two of us in disguise, the more people there are, the more obvious the target will be."

"I understand." After finally catching up with her train of thought, Abdel nodded, and after a while, he asked her again uncertainly, "I'm sorry, Miss Ke Ruiwen, does Mr. Joestar know about your plan?"

"I haven't had time to talk to him yet. But he has no reason to object," Kelin said.

"..." Abdel, "I understand."

"No."

Colleen mentioned this matter to Joseph during dinner, and she had sworn to Abdel before, saying that Joseph had no reason to object, and she was quickly slapped in the face by Joseph.

"reason?"

Of course, Kelin would not give up her plan just now.

"You still asked me why, if the two of you found Dio's residence, if Dio found out, wouldn't it be you who sent it to your door?"

"That's why we need to change clothes." Kelin said, "I have everything ready."

Joseph raised his forehead, and he wanted to continue to say something, but Abdel who was on the side cleared his throat and continued.

"Mr. Joestar, I think Miss Ke Ruiwen's plan is worth a try. Dio kept sending his subordinates to hinder us along the way. They can always find us because our group has obvious characteristics and it is easy to find out whereabouts. According to With Miss Kerraven's plan, we might be able to find where Dio is hiding faster."

"That's right." Kelin smiled and nodded at Abdel, "That's it."

"Hmm..." Joseph was moved, "But just the two of you are still dangerous."

"The more people there are, the easier it is to expose the target. Besides, both you and Jotaro have a special blood connection with Dio's body, so they are not suitable for this secret operation. Polnareff and Noraki are both foreigners, so they are easy to recognize .Only me and Abdel are the most suitable." Kelin said.

"Hey, aren't you a foreigner too?" Hearing this, Polnareff couldn't help it.

"Don't underestimate women's makeup skills." Kelin smiled mysteriously at him, looked up and asked, "Is everyone not objecting? That's the deal."

Jotaro glanced at her, and said nothing to show that he had no objection.

Kakyoin nodded slightly, expressing his agreement with the plan.

Polnareff leaned over and asked Colleen, "What are you going to disguise as?"

"Really." Joseph shook his head heavily at her.

After convincing Joseph and the others to accept the plan, Colleen went back to the lobby of the hotel alone, took a newspaper from the newspaper stand, and sat on the sofa in the corner waiting for someone.

About half an hour later, a staff member of the SPW consortium in casual clothes walked in with a silver-gray suitcase, saw Ke Lin and walked straight towards her.

The staff said hello to her and handed the suitcase to her.Kelin put the suitcase on the coffee table, opened it for a look, and nodded to him after confirming that the things were correct.After the handover, the staff left quickly.

Colleen took out a pocket watch from the opened suitcase.The case of the pocket watch is made of platinum, inlaid with finely divided gemstones and diamonds to form patterns of rose branches and moonlight.The round covers on both sides can be opened, and a photo is placed on each side.

Colleen closed the suitcase, left the hall with it, and walked to the room.Just as she was walking, distracted by the photos in her pocket watch, Jotaro's voice suddenly sounded, which startled her.

"what are you doing?"

"Jotaro, what are you doing here?" Kelin blurted out.

After asking, I remembered that her room and Jotaro's room seemed to be in the same corridor.

Jotaro glanced at her silently, "Shouldn't I ask you this?"

"I asked the people from the SPW consortium to help deliver my luggage from the hotel in Japan." Ke Lin explained to him.

I heard that because no one claimed it for too long, it was almost disposed of as unwanted waste. Fortunately, it was in time.

Fortunately, she didn't throw away her old things during the more than a year of ignorance.Items that were so important to her were still intact at the bottom of her suitcase.

"There are some very important things inside." Kelin looked at the pocket watch in her hand.

"That Pocket Watch"

"Yeah." Kelin said, she immediately noticed Jotaro's eyes fell on the photo in the pocket watch, "Do you want to see it?"

Colleen simply held out her hand to him.Jotaro paused, and took the pocket watch.

"There are two photos inside, one is my current parents, and the other is the parents who gave birth to me." Ke Lin said, "Did I mention that I was adopted?"

"I know." Jotaro said.

Kelin was a little surprised, but she figured it out quickly: "Was it at the Hong Kong pier? Joseph told you about my past, so your attitude was so strange at that time." She paused and asked, "The vampire part also..."

"Yeah." Jotaro didn't deny it.

"That guy Joseph, he said everything." Kelin muttered.

Jotaro closed the pocket watch, put it in the palm of his hand, and handed it back to Ke Lin: "Since it is an important thing, put it away."

Kelin took the pocket watch over, and the part near the palm seemed warm.

I don't know if it's the warmth of her own palm, or Jotaro left it on it.

Before he knew it, he had reached the door of Kelin's room, and the corridor was too short.

Jotaro stopped by her side for a while as Corinne opened the door with the key.

"Rest early and don't think too much."

He said so suddenly, and seeing that Colin had opened the door, he turned and walked back.

Jotaro's room was in the opposite direction from hers.After thinking about this, Kelin couldn't help but think again, could it be that he said this because he noticed her nervousness during the day?

"Jotaro." She pushed the suitcase into the room and called out to Jotaro's back.

Jotaro stopped and turned around.

"Good night."

"...?" Jotaro looked at her strangely, seeing that she had nothing else to say, he asked, "That's all?"

"Well. I just want to say good night to you all of a sudden."

"...That's enough, don't do boring things."

"Just pretend to be bored and listen." Colleen smiled at him, "See you tomorrow."

After speaking, Colleen retreated into the door.

It took a while for Jotaro's footsteps to be heard.Slowly walked away to the other end of the corridor.

Early the next morning, Kelin took the cross-dressing clothes prepared for Abdel and knocked on the door of the room where Abdel and Joseph lived together.

It was Abdel who opened the door. When he saw Colleen, he was stunned for a long time before he dared to recognize her: "Miss Ke Ruiwen?"

She was wearing a silk dress with gold and red trim on a silver background, a waist-length black wig, and a bright red long silk scarf around her hair and neck.The originally fair skin was darkened with foundation, the eyebrows were thickened, the lips were bright red, and the lavender gold eye shadow exposed under the sunglasses could not be hidden.She looks like a coquettish... oh no, a glamorous Egyptian lady.

"It's for you." Colleen handed him the clothes, "Is Joseph up yet?"

"Mr. Joestar is still sleeping." Abdel took the clothes.

Kelin walked inside, and Abdel turned sideways to let her into the room.

Corinne walked up to Joseph's bedside in a loud voice, pressed her voice and leaned into Joseph's ear, imitating her mother's tone of lecture: "Continue to sleep late or run ten kilometers with a two-hundred-jin iron shackle, JOJO. "

Joseph frowned in his sleep, turned over unsteadily, and opened his eyes suddenly a minute later.

"Colin!"

"Hahaha, am I learning more and more alike?"

"Damn it, it caused me to dream about those devil trainings in the past again. Huh, I was scared to death." Joseph was still terrified by the memories in the dream, and was startled again when he saw Kelin's dress in a blink of an eye, "Ohmygod! What the hell are you dressed up for?"

"But you have to admit, if you meet me on the street, you will definitely not recognize me." Colleen kicked the foot of his bed with her toes, "Get up, I have something for you."

Abdel who was on the side peeked secretly into the bag that Kelin handed him, and was relieved to find that it was a normal set of Arabian men's robes.

Kelin took out a pocket walkie-talkie from her handbag, and stuffed it into the hand of Joseph who sat up: "I got it from the SPW consortium, and the contact range can be as far as half of Cairo. If there is a situation, I will Contact you at any time. Abdel, we are ready to go, and I will wait for you in the lobby."

After Abdel nodded in agreement, Kelin came to the hall alone first.

While waiting for Abdel, Jotaro and Kakyoin went downstairs first.The two saw Colleen leaning against the counter, but did not recognize her, and quickly passed her without turning their eyes.

Not long after, Polnareff and Izzy passed her.Izzy's nose twitched twice, glanced at her, and barked at her.

Polnareff looked at her a few more times, but obviously not because he recognized her.Because he immediately turned around, walked up to Ke Lin, put one hand on the counter, posed handsomely, and said very skillfully: "Hello, miss. Are you waiting for someone? Or are you traveling alone? My name is……"

"Polnareff." Colin managed to hold back her laughter, "It's me."

"Wait, this voice." Polnareff immediately collapsed after the pose he had just put on, "Why is it you?!"

"How about it, my cross-dressing was very successful, right? Except for Izzy, none of you recognized me."

Polnareff's voice caught the attention of Jotaro and Kakyoin, and they all turned around.This time, through Polnareff's reaction, they finally connected the strange woman in front of them with Colleen.

"..." Jotaro, "..."

"..." Kakyoin, "Could it be...Miss Kelin?"

Kelin made a "V" sign to them from a distance.

After Joseph and Abdel, who had changed their clothes, finally came to the hall, Colleen exchanged their plans for the day with them, and then set off with Abdel.

Abdel was originally a local, so what Kelin gave him was a set of dark blue men's robes with exquisite workmanship, but all his hairstyle was wrapped in a turban.It doesn't seem to have as much visual impact as Kelin's cross-dressing.

Then Abdel was in charge of driving to find his old acquaintance in Cairo.The old acquaintance Abdel mentioned was a beggar in Cairo.The beggars in Cairo City have a well-organized organization, they have good eyes and ears, and they have a considerable understanding of the situation in every street in Cairo City.So when Colleen asked Abdel who knew about the situation in Cairo, these were the people he thought of.

They made a small half-circle in Cairo, found a beggar Abdel once knew in a square, and spent the whole morning.They explained their purpose to the beggar and promised him a large reward if he could find Dio's residence as shown in the photo.Hearing this, the beggar took off his tattered robes, transformed himself into a successful man in a suit and leather shoes, and strode towards a luxury car on the side of the square.

"I can find the big house in the photo within three hours. You are waiting for my news here." The beggar assured them confidently.

"Wait, I have another condition. We must go with you." Colleen stopped him.

Abdel cast a questioning look at her.

"Dio's residence has a stand-in messenger guarding the door for him." Colleen said, "If he doesn't understand the situation and gets too close, he may be killed directly."

"I was negligent." Abdel's face tightened when he heard this, and he nodded, "Dio's residence cannot be defenseless."

"Hey, is this a life-threatening job?" The beggar pricked up his ears, "Then the price is not worth it, I..."

"The reward will be doubled after the work is done. As long as you follow our instructions and don't ask too much, we will guarantee that you will get the money alive."

When it comes to adding money, the beggar agrees without saying a word.

Next, they spent nearly two and a half hours shuttling through the streets of Cairo.The beggar got out of the car from time to time and took photos to inquire, and finally confirmed the location of the house.

Kelin asked the beggar to slow down the speed of the vehicle, approached slowly, and stopped at a place where most of the outline of the big house could be seen, but not too close.

Colleen repeatedly compared the photos with the real outline of the house in the co-pilot, and confirmed that the building hidden behind the wall in front of her was indeed exactly the same as the hiding place of Dio photographed by Joseph with Hermit Purple.

She handed the photo to Abdel, who compared it and nodded in agreement with this judgment.

Kelin handed over the agreed reward to the beggar, telling him to leave immediately without asking any questions.

Then she used the walkie-talkie to contact Joseph and the others, and after telling them the location, she hid in the corner of the street and waited for Joseph and the others to arrive.During this time, she used the prepared tools to remove the makeup on her face, took off the wig, jewelry and long skirt and threw them into the flowerbed by the roadside, revealing the tight black dress she was wearing underneath.She left only the red silk scarf around her neck.

It was given to her by her mother, and it was a special weapon that her mother used to use when she was young.It is said that it is made in some way from the intestines of some Asian insects, and it has excellent ripple conduction ability.Colleen will not take it out until the very moment.

Forty-five minutes later, Joseph and the others sped up in a car.

After getting out of the car, Joseph's face was serious.He looked in the direction of the big house and clenched his fists tightly.

"That's right! This feeling, it must be him! Dio, he's right there!"

Just as Joseph sensed Dio's presence, Dio also sensed Joseph's approach.

A strong oppressive force that made people break out in cold sweat slowly permeated from the big house.

Kelin subconsciously slowed down her breathing, suppressing the mixed emotions of excitement and anxiety in her heart.She looked around.

Joseph, Jotaro, Kakyoin, Polnareff, Abdel.Their sights seemed to be scorched by the heat, and they were firmly stuck to the outline of the big house.

Each of them came here for a different purpose.Even though they were repeatedly obstructed on the way, they finally arrived here in unison.

Maybe they have different thoughts in their hearts at this moment, but one thing must be the same.

——Their fifty-day journey finally reached the end.