[JOJO] Corinne's Wonderful Journey

The pocket watch is made of platinum, and on half of the case, a few scratches have been forcibly carved on the originally exquisite and beautiful pattern.

Joseph held it in his palm and handed it out so that Jotaro and Kakyoin could see the engraved marks clearly.

There are three scratches left by Kelin, two long and one short, extending in three different directions in the shape of a center radiating, and intersecting at the ends, like a distorted snowflake shape.

"It doesn't look like letters." Joseph said.

"It's a clock." Kakyoin said.

As soon as his words came out, Joseph and Jotaro immediately looked at him.

"Miss Colleen and I have discussed the possibility that Dio's powers are related to time. The three scratches are two long and one short, and the lengths correspond to the hour, minute and second hands. If you keep their angles and translate, their ends will at one point."

Kakyoin gestured on the surface of the pocket watch with his finger, signaling for them, he said, thinking of something again, his tone became low.

"...it will become like this, I'm afraid..."

He didn't go on.

Probably because, at that time, the person who drew this pattern could no longer see the appearance of the things in front of him, so he could only start by feeling.

It didn't take Kakyoin to say it, Joseph and Jotaro quickly thought of it.

"..."

Joseph opened the pocket watch, and on the side he saw was a miniature photo of Colleen and their big family when they were young.

The still moving hour hand on the dial of the pocket watch showed that it was already five ten in the evening.

"If it's just to tell us that Dio's ability is related to time, she doesn't need to draw it on the shell. She must have something else to tell us." Joseph said to them.

Jotaro took the pocket watch from Joseph.

Although the photo on the watch case was reduced to a very small size, several figures inside could be clearly seen.

Corinne, who seems to be only six or seven years old, is standing on the left side of the photo. Beside her are Joseph, Suji Q, who is much younger than now, and Holly, who is still a girl.They gathered around a gray-haired couple sitting in the middle, smiling for the camera.

Jotaro looked away from the photo, his fingers clenched tightly around his pocket watch.

There was a pause in his movements when his eyes fell on the dial.

He turned the case over and looked at it for a while, pointed to the dial with his finger, and pointed to the clock engraved on the case.

"There are two different clocks here," he said.

"Clock... time... wait, if the clock on the pocket watch represents the normal time, then the clock drawn by Ms. Kelin represents another time besides the normal time?" Kakyoin showed a surprised expression.

"Although it's unbelievable, this does make sense." Joseph was silent for a while, "She wants to tell us that Dio has time beyond time."

Joseph looked up, and Dio was beyond the ceiling.

Even though it was blocked by layers of buildings, the centuries-old blood of the Joestar family still clearly told him that Dio was there.

"He's right there. We've been blocked all the way, and now we're finally in front of him." Joseph lowered his voice, "But...the only thing I can say right now is that sunlight is still Dio's weakness...for now The sun is almost setting."

"Mr. Joestar." Kakyoin said, "I never thought that defeating Dio would be risk-free."

"Old man, we have no reason to back down here."

There was even a quiet burning anger in Jotaro's eyes.With such eyes, he told Joseph that he was already prepared and it was impossible to stop here.

Joseph nodded to them.

"We must act as soon as possible. Dio's ability may be more dangerous than we thought until now, so we must be extremely cautious."

After making a decision, Joseph looked down at Colleen.

She lay motionless in front of them, and she was too quiet compared to her usual self.

It seems that he will wake up at any time, and it seems that he will never wake up from sleep.

"We have to take her," Joseph said.

Jotaro also looked at Kelin, but before he could speak, Joseph continued, "I'll carry her, you have to be very careful, Dio may be hiding in any corner."

Jotaro didn't continue to say that sentence.

Joseph picked up Colleen by heart.They took her with them and continued upstairs.

The main body of the big house has three floors, but there are four minarets in the four corners, and there is enough space in the tower for people to hide.

They cautiously searched for Dio all the way.When they came to the hall on the second floor of the big house, a young woman staggered out from the depths of the big house and begged for mercy loudly when she saw them. It sounded like someone Dio had collected as spare food.

However, their eyes coincidentally fell on her arms that were in the opposite direction from normal people.

"You guys, will you help me?"

The young woman who didn't know that she had revealed her secrets asked them with a pitiful expression.

"Of course, we'll help you go to hell."

At the same time Joseph spoke, Jotaro punched him hard with the Platinum Star.

The young woman flipped three times in the air, revealing the man's face hidden in the back of her hair.

Next, they escorted this man who offered to come to their door and asked him to lead the way for them.

Although the big idiot is afraid of Dio, he is also afraid of Jotaro who just beat him into a pig's head.He had to lead the way tremblingly, leading them to Dio's usual residence.

The place where Dio usually lives is located on the top of the southern minaret of the big house. According to the big fool, Dio stays there most of the time during the day.

The windows of the tower were sealed by wooden strips. Joseph and the others walked up the stairs to the top of the tower while opening all the windows on the side of the road to let the sunlight shine into the dead darkness.

They quickly arrived at the room at the top of the tower. The room was very spacious and empty, without any large pieces of furniture or decorations. The most striking thing was that there was a dark coffin in the center of the room.

As soon as he entered the door, Joseph motioned Jotaro to open the sealed window.

Jotaro used a platinum star to break the window and the surrounding walls, and the sunlight poured down instantly, covering them.

The big idiot let out a scream, and scrambled to avoid the sun and shrink into the shadows.

"Hey, idiot, go and open the lid of the coffin." Joseph said to the idiot.

"Master Dio, I, I have absolutely no intention of betraying you. I believe in your power, please kill them, Master Dio!"

The big fool approached the coffin tremblingly, muttering non-stop.

As soon as he moved slowly, he was glared at by the three of Joseph, and had to slowly open the coffin lid with trembling hands.

There was indeed a figure in the coffin.

But that's not Dio, it's the idiot who opened the lid just a split second ago.

His body had been cut into several pieces, but there were still signs of life remaining.He stared in disbelief, as if he didn't understand why he became like this.

"My eyes never left the coffin! When did he do it?!" Joseph stared at the big fool in the coffin in shock.

"Now I understand...what it feels like to have a time other than the time Miss Kelin mentioned." Cold sweat dripped down Kakyoin's forehead.

"...The situation is not good! Let's leave immediately, this feeling is too dangerous!" Joseph immediately turned his head and shouted to Jotaro and Kakyoin.

Without a moment's hesitation, the three of them jumped out of the wall that Jotaro broke, left the room, and climbed to a platform that could be directly exposed to sunlight to rest for a while.

The sun above the head has turned into a bright orange, and the sun that falls on the horizon is only a piece the size of a fingernail.

The night is approaching, and that is Dio's home field where he can move freely, which is even more unfavorable for them.

Joseph was the first to break the quiet atmosphere. He said with a serious expression: "Let's retreat temporarily. But this is not a retreat. Next, we must seriously consider how to deal with Dio's ability, and we will definitely find an opportunity to expose the true face of his substitute!"

After finishing speaking, Joseph looked at Colleen who was still unconscious.

"And...you can't continue to take her like this."

He placed Kelin on the inner side of the platform. She lay flat on the brick surface, her breathing was already steady, but there was no sign of waking up.

Jotaro and Kakyoin did not object.

They found the car parked on the street in front of the house while the sun was not fully setting, and drove away from the big house.

On the way back to the stronghold, they had a difficult time how to place the unconscious Colleen.

But Jotaro took the initiative to sit in the back seat and solved the problem.He leaned Colleen against his shoulder so she wouldn't bump into him in the sway of the car.

Then they found the joint with SPW, and under the guidance of the staff, they went to the temporarily rented stronghold of the SPW consortium.

When the car came to a complete stop, Jotaro was the first to get off.He turned around and carefully carried Kelin out of the car. After Joseph and the others got out of the car, they walked to the gate of the stronghold together.

In front of the stronghold, they met Polnareff who was about to set off to find them.

"Mr. Joestar?!" Polnareff was pushing the motorcycle he borrowed from the SPW consortium, and stepped on it. When he saw them, he was stunned, "Is it over?"

"It's a long story, the matter is not over yet." Joseph replied him.

"What happened to her?!" Polnareff's face immediately changed when he saw the unconscious Kelin, "Could it be that she..."

"She's fine." Joseph said, "Where are Polnareff, Abdel and Izzy?"

"Abdel was sent to the hospital by them. The doctors of the SPW consortium said he came back in time and his life was not in danger... They also treated Izzy, and he was resting in the house." Polnareff replied.

Hearing about Abdel's situation, Joseph breathed a sigh of relief.

Joseph asked Polnareff and Kakyoin to wait for them for a while, and called the next staff member to help him find a quiet room.

Jotaro followed Joseph with his arms in his arms, and they put Kelin in the room and let her lie down on the bed.

After covering Kelin with a blanket, Joseph turned around and asked the staff of the SPW consortium to observe Kelin's situation at any time.

Jotaro stood alone by the bed, looked down at Kelin, and stretched out his right hand.His fingers lightly brushed her cheek and stayed there for a moment, as if feeling her warmth.

At this moment, Joseph turned and returned, and he immediately withdrew his hand and quickly put it back into his pocket.

"It's time to go, Jotaro."

Jotaro responded, and he took one last look at Corinne on the bed.After that, he followed Joseph, left the room, and returned to the gate of the stronghold.

When they returned to the gate of the stronghold, it was already dark.

The dark night covered the sky, and the stars all over the sky competed with the lights on the ground.

"Things have changed. We've seen what Dio can do, but that's just the tip of the iceberg."

Joseph stood outside the gate, facing the other three.

"What we know now is that Dio can act in times that we can't see... at least that's what his abilities manifest. But the exact means by which he achieves this is still unknown. Just like when a challenger climbs a peak, he knows that the danger warning signs are in front of him, and he doesn’t know what form the danger ahead will hit, but experienced climbers will be fully prepared to face the danger and move on. We must Be prepared enough..."

Having said that, Joseph stopped suddenly.He suddenly looked in a certain direction, his face getting more and more serious.

"Old man, time is running out."

Jotaro also looked at the same distant night sky with him.

"Jotaro, you can feel it too. That guy, Dio is approaching us." Joseph frowned and said, "Dio has been hiding behind the back all this time, and now he shows up on his own initiative, which means that he has planned to take care of us personally." Get rid of us. This night, he will definitely keep looking for us, we can't stay here any longer."

Joseph looked at the stronghold temporarily leased by the SPW consortium.It is an ordinary house, hidden in an ordinary alley in Cairo.No matter how it looks inconspicuous, Dio may not be able to find it accurately.

But here are the eight staff specially sent by the SPW consortium to help them, Iggy who is recuperating, and Kelin who is still awake, he can't let them take this kind of risk.

"What are we going to do with him?" Polnareff asked.

"Jotaro... what do you think?" Kakyoin looked at Jotaro.

"Our troops are divided into two groups, fighting and leaving." Jotaro thought for a moment, and said, "That is to say, create a situation of two sides attacking."

"Well. The body below Dio's head is the body of my grandfather, Jonathan Joestar. His body has a special connection with me and Jotaro. However, he should not be able to distinguish me from Jotaro, nor can he sense it. Tell us our specific positions. Jotaro and I are divided into two teams, which can interfere with his judgment of our positions." Joseph agreed with Jotaro's proposal.

"Mr. Joestar... I think the most important thing is still to find a way to find out the truth about Dio's ability." Kakyoin was silent for a while.

"Let's walk and fight, looking for opportunities." Joseph said, "Let's go. Let's meet Dio for a while."

After they discussed how to divide the troops, they divided the troops into two groups according to the agreement.

Joseph is with Kakyoin, and Jotaro is with Polnareff.They circled towards Dio's direction from two different directions.

In Joseph's team, Joseph was in charge of driving, and Kakyoin sat in the passenger seat.They left their stronghold and drove onto the streets of Cairo.

After about 15 minutes, Joseph felt Dio's distance gradually approaching them.

Finally, when this feeling became more and more intense, he noticed a white car rushing out from the fork in front, trying to intercept their car.

The blood sensor clearly told Joseph who was sitting in the white car.

Joseph immediately turned sharply and drove to the intersection in the other direction.

"Dio!"

Kakyoin, who was in the passenger seat, couldn't help turning his head to look at the white car that followed closely behind 20 meters away.

He showed the green of the emperor, rushed out of the car, and went towards the opponent.

When the emperor's green was about ten meters away from the car, he raised his hands, and the emerald water spray condensed between the palms of the emperor's green, and sprayed towards the white car.

When it was about to reach the car, the emerald splashes were slightly dislocated. They seemed to be reversed by an invisible force, avoiding the middle of the car, and the huge impact force lifted the top and sides of the car.

Kakyoin saw the blond man inside the car.

Dio.

With just one glance, he recalled the tightness in his stomach when he first met Dio in Cairo.

The fear that had absorbed all of his heart at that time had been wiped away by the breeze and sunshine like a dark cloud after a torrential rain during the fifty-day journey.

Now he is standing before the opponent he once feared.Face him, challenge him, and stop being afraid and holding back.

The Empress' Green once again gathered emerald water splashes.

The white car accelerated violently, facing the emerald splash forward.Just like before, the emerald spray was turned by an invisible force.

And a golden figure suddenly appeared in front of the empress' green without a sound.

"!"

The other party swung his fist towards Pharaoh's Green extremely quickly, and Pharaoh's Green hastily defended with both arms.He was severely beaten, rolled several times in the air, knocked down several light poles on the side of the road, and did not stop until he hit a truck on the side of the road.

Huajingyuan quickly took back the Emperor's Green, and a large amount of blood dripped from his head immediately.

"Kakyoin, are you okay!" Joseph shouted at him, "You're too close to him!"

"...I'm sorry, I'm fine..."

Kakyoin took out a handkerchief with trembling hands, and wiped away the blood that had flowed into her eyes.

"If I got closer, I would probably be dead... But Mr. Joestar, because of this, I can be sure that the guy's stand-in is a close-range power type. His range is about 10 meters, and he uses his fists as an attack method." ..." He squeezed his fingers tightly, "But his substitute still hides more secrets, what exactly is it, Dio's ability, how did he create that invisible time...I thought of it."

"what?"

"I just figured out how to expose the true face of Dio's double."

"Is what you said true?" Joseph was shocked and asked very seriously, "Kakyoin."

"I'm serious, Mr. Joestar." Kakyoin answered him with a firm expression, "We need to get out of the car and have more direct contact with Dio."

Joseph was silent, he looked through the perspective mirror at the white car that was chasing after him, and did not answer immediately.

"Please trust me, Mr. Joestar."

"I see, be careful, Kakyoin...you must be extremely careful."

***

Kakyoin stood alone on the spire of the tower.

The Emperor's Green turned into endless thin lines around him and spread out, forming a huge net-like enchantment.

The diameter of the enchantment is 30 meters, which is already the farthest diameter he can reach.

He didn't know if that distance was enough, if it was enough to deal with Dio's mysterious time.

But in this enchantment, he can control the opponent's movements as much as possible, and he will use it to solve Dio's puzzle.

Joseph was hiding on a tall building nearby, watching him worriedly.

And Dio appeared in his enchantment as he wished.

Emerald sprays shot at Dio frantically from the touched barrier, but they couldn't hit Dio hard. Dio finally appeared directly in front of him.

"Dio! Take my move, an emerald splash with a radius of 30 meters!"

Kakyoin issued a declaration of battle to Dio, and emerald water splashed towards Dio from all directions.

At this time, there was a crash on the ground, but none of them paid attention to it.

Dio just gave a haughty sneer.

"--world."

He heard Dio say the name clearly.

The first time, and the last time.

***

"--world."

Everything in the world stopped moving with this mantra.

The fast-flying emerald spray, the building fragments shattered by the emerald spray, the dark clouds in the sky, the lights that should have flickered in the distance, the biting wind at night, and the distant noise in the wind, all were frozen at this moment stand up.

In a world of stillness, only Dio is still in action.He cut open the still barrier with his hand knife, waved away the gravel blocking the road, and walked towards the motionless Kakyoin.

"The true power of my 'world' is the power to dominate the world," he said, "but in this still time, you can neither see nor hear nor know that you have Dead. Go to hell, Kakyoin."

His avatar raised his fist, aiming at Kakyoin's unsuspecting chest.

At this moment, there was a slight movement at the foot of Kakyoin.

A hand reached out from behind the top of the minaret tower, and gropingly grabbed Kakyoin's ankle.

Dio quickly backed away as if he was facing a big enemy, and looked at the hand that suddenly appeared in disbelief.

The other party then showed half a figure.Appearing behind Kakyoin is a white stand-in. It has a slender body, well-defined joints, and streamlined dark blue lines on its limbs. The overall temperament is like a mechanical doll from the future in a sci-fi movie.

It just popped out, hugged Kakyoin's shoulders, kicked his feet towards the top of the tower, and pulled him away from the tower.

The moment time resumed flowing, it first fell down the tower together with Kakyoin, but it disappeared after two seconds.

Only Kakyoin was left alone.

***

For a moment, Kakyoin couldn't understand why he was falling.

At least Dio didn't look like the guy who would kill him by pushing him downstairs.

The only thing he understands is that something happened when he didn't know it, and he may have already walked through life and death.

The speed of the fall did not allow him enough time to think about it, and the threat of death did not go away from him.

But when he passed a circle of balconies in the middle of the tower, something flew out of it and wrapped around his arm, preventing him from falling.

He was pulled by that thing, turned sideways and slammed against the railing of the balcony, and then a hand reached out and grabbed his hand.

He looked up.What came into view was a familiar yet unexpected face.

"Miss Kelin?! You... are you awake?"

It was Kelin who came, and it was her corrugated scarf wrapped around Kakyoin's arm.

Seeing him asking her, she didn't speak, just laughed, and pulled him up to the balcony with both hands.

"Why are you here?"

Kelin still didn't speak, and when Kakyoin's whole body climbed up to the balcony, she picked him up by the waist with a double and quickly moved him into the tower.

"Miss Colleen... can't you talk?"

Her quietness made Kakyoin find her unusual.

They were walking quickly down the stairs in the tower, and Colin was walking ahead of him. After hearing his words, she turned her head and told him with her lips, "don't worry."

Kakyoin felt her throat was blocked and didn't know what to say.Time did not allow them to say more.

His whole body was in pain, and just now, he found that the Emperor's enchantment was cut off in multiple places by Dio at the same time.The feedback of the injury is all on him. He has ruptured tendons in many places in his body, and he may temporarily lose the ability to move.But he has an important message for them.

He said to Colleen: "Dio's ability is to stop time."

Kelin didn't stop, she nodded after a while, indicating that she heard his words.

"Mr. Joestar is on the roof nearby. If Dio didn't chase us, then he must have gone to Mr. Joestar." He added.

At last they stopped at the base of the tower, barely able to use his legs as Corinne lowered him to the ground.

After Kelin discovered this, she could only let him lie flat on the ground.

"It's just a little pain." He said hastily, "I'm fine...don't worry about me."

Kelin looked down at him, eyes full of concern and apology.

She nodded quickly, shook his hand, and silently told him "be back soon".

Then she stood up without hesitation, resolutely walked out of the tower, and her figure disappeared into the dim night.