[JOJO] Corinne's Wonderful Journey

After they got off the train, they changed several short-distance passenger ships and finally arrived in Calcutta, a large city in eastern India.

As soon as they got off the passenger ship, they were surrounded by a large number of Indian residents, some begging, some selling goods, some soliciting customers, all kinds of noisy voices mixed together.

The homeless people lying around, the divine cows walking leisurely on the street while flapping their tails and defecating, mixed with the subtle smell in the air, together constitute the unique scenery of this city.

"Damn it, I stepped on cow poop!" Polnareff screamed.

"My wallet was stolen..." Kakyoin looked at her empty pocket.

"Is this India... Abdel?" Joseph shouted at Abdel while dodging the approaching hands of traders.

"Yes, this is India. Isn't this country good?" Abdel optimistically introduced to Joseph and the others.

Colleen was at the end of the line, and not long after she got off the ferry, she felt someone following her, trying to fish in trouble and put a hand on her thigh in shorts.She quickly stopped that hand, turned around and kicked him in the face forcefully.That person flew five meters backwards, scaring the group of men who had been surrounding her back.

"Gentlemen, if I don't leave here quickly, I might be called to the police station for beating and harassing criminals in the street?" Kelin said, patting the dust off her hands.

"You come to the front."

Jotaro pushed Kelin, and she entered a circle surrounded by the five of them.

Although the method was not gentlemanly at all, Kelin gradually understood.

Jotaro was indeed a superficial iceberg—in every sense of the word.

"Anyway, let's find a place to rest." Joseph said amidst the confusion.

Joseph found a restaurant with a nice decor.Kelin hesitated for a while, but in the end she didn't order chai like Joseph and the others, but ordered a bottle of imported bottled water.

The Ganges is the holy river of the Hindus.She carries the history of India from ancient times to the present, and embraces all the lives living beside her in the long flow of time.

Accept them tenderly, from their birth to their death.

The dirt from washing, the daily excrement, and the burnt remains of death.

At the same time, it is also one of the main sources of drinking water for Indians.

From this point alone, Kelin felt that she probably wouldn't get used to this country.

When Joseph and the others were ordering, Polnareff got up to go to the bathroom, and soon heard his faint screams coming from the depths of the corridor.

"I'll go and have a look." Kakyoin got up, stood in the front of the corridor and looked at it for a while, then walked back, "Polnareff was impacted by Indian toilet culture. Because it is not a suitable topic to bring up at the dinner table, I will Not much to say."

The few people who were worried about being attacked by the enemy relaxed one after another. Those who ordered food ordered food, those who talked talked, and those who drank tea drank tea.

After a while, Polnareff burst out of the corridor.

"Stand-in! Where is it?! The guy with both right hands!"

Polnareff first looked around in the restaurant, then ran out the restaurant door.Joseph and the others had to put down the meals that hadn't started yet, and followed him to the door.

"What's the matter, Polnareff?"

"If that thing just now was a stand-in...then he's finally here!" Polnareff gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with hatred, "That guy finally appeared, Jotaro, the one you heard about using a mirror The stand-in messenger is here!"

On the less crowded street, pedestrians walked past them one after another.Everyone seems very ordinary, and everyone seems suspicious.

"Mr. Joestar, from now on, I will act separately from you." Polnareff said suddenly, "Since I know my sister's enemy is nearby, how can I wait for that guy to attack by himself!"

Joseph, Kakyoin, and Abdel all tried to persuade Polnareff to give up his plan to act alone.But Polnareff had made up his mind to go.

"Dio doesn't matter to me, I act with you for revenge!"

Polnareff raised his voice as he rejected Abdel's exhortation.

"I said this in Hong Kong, Mr. Joestar and Jotaro should be very aware of this! I—"

Polnareff paused for a moment, but soon he continued to speak loudly with a complicated expression.

"—I have been alone since the beginning, fighting alone until now!"

Corinne was not surprised by Polnareff's decision.

In Polnareff's heart, he has a very deep hatred for the murderer who killed his sister, and it is this hatred that drives him along the way.Compared to that, the feud between him and Lord Dio was not important to him.

Joseph was indeed clear about this, so he did not continue to persuade.

Polnareff had a big quarrel with Abdel in front of them, and took his luggage and left without looking back.

"Let him go, Abdel."

Joseph stopped Abdel, who was about to catch up with Polnareff, and shook his head at him.

"Mr. Joestar... I'm just disappointed in him."

Abdel said in a low voice, dropping his shoulders.During the quarrel, Polnareff also deliberately brought up the past that Abdel met Dio in Egypt and ran away, which made Abdel depressed.

Joseph took the lead to return to the restaurant, and they sat back at the dining table in a dignified atmosphere.

Abdel's emotions were particularly evident.This 180cm big man who usually speaks and behaves steadily, is now as restless as a student who has to notify his parents to attend the parent-teacher meeting after scoring zero in the test.

Outside the window not far away, the sky suddenly became cloudy, and there was a shower of rain.

"...The purpose of the enemy's appearance in front of Polnareff must be to lure him away alone. I'm sorry, Mr. Joestar. I still can't let him face the enemy alone."

Abdel stood up abruptly, propped his hands on the table vigorously, shaking the dinner plate and teacup.

"I'm going to find him!"

Abdel ran out of the restaurant quickly, Joseph and the others didn't even have time to stop him.

Here it is again, this group of people seems to have some kind of curse that can't eat with peace of mind.

Colleen bit her share of the pie into her mouth and settled it quickly.

"Mr. Joestar... I'm also worried." Kakyoin put down his undrinked teacup.

"I didn't expect Abdel to be impulsive." Joseph called the waiter, handed him a stack of banknotes that were more than the meal fee, and then got up, "Okay, let's go. Let's go find them separately."

After a little discussion, the three of them divided into three teams and searched in different directions.

Kelin followed Joseph and followed him along the road to find Jotaro after five corners.

"Jotaro, how are you doing?"

"Nothing."

Joseph and Jotaro exchange their discoveries, then team up to continue their search.

On the way, Kelin held Joseph's right arm all the time, and she didn't let go even when she was on the way.

Jotaro glanced at her several times, and finally frowned and asked, "Hey, you woman, why have you been clinging to the old man since just now?"

Kelin answered him righteously: "Jotaro, did you know that India is a country with a high incidence of crimes against women. Especially for a beautiful and outstanding woman like me, it is dangerous to walk on the street alone—Ah Choo!"

A sneeze interrupted Corinne, who rubbed her itchy nose.

Since entering India, she has gradually felt cold. The clothes she bought in Hong Kong were already too thin.

The reason she told Jotaro was made up by Colin.

Maybe it was the ripple breathing that Joseph asked Jotaro to force her to do in the Singapore hotel before, which had some effect.In the past few days, she has gradually remembered some things that were originally vague.

For example, her full name is Corinne Ke Ruiwen, the name Ke Lini comes from her biological parents who died in an accident, and Ke Ruiwen is the surname of her adoptive parents.

For example, her adoptive mother, Elizabeth Ke Ruiwen, is Joseph's remarried mother, but they still live with Joseph. She grew up in Joestar's family, and she and Jotaro are considered relatives.

For another example, she is also more familiar with the SPW consortium that assisted Joseph in taking care of He Li in Japan than she once thought.Before meeting Lord Dio, she was working in the supernatural research department under the name of the consortium.

However, the Joestar family was the target of the assassination ordered by Master Dio himself.

This fact will not change because of what she thinks of.

It's just that she can't control her impulse.As soon as she thought that J. Kyle might change his mind at any time and turn back and target Joseph, she couldn't help but be on guard.

Of course, she would never tell them this.

"Well, when I find Abdel and the others, I will take you to buy some more clothes."

Joseph did not notice Colleen's thoughts.

And Jotaro didn't seem to believe her very much.

"You'd better not try to play tricks," he said.

"It's too much, Jotaro, I'm serious about helping."

Jotaro ignored her again.Joseph was concerned about Abdel's situation and didn't talk to her.How difficult it is to perform without anyone cooperating.

As they passed a narrow street surrounded by low buildings, oncoming passers-by were discussing a duel on the street ahead and mentioning that someone had been shot.

Hearing this, Joseph and Jotaro looked at each other and quickly ran in that direction.

The road just after rain was uneven, full of muddy yellow mud and dotted with puddles.

Joseph and Jotaro ran on the road without even noticing that the muddy water splashed all over their trouser legs.

Colleen followed them closely, and when they approached the end of the noise, they finally saw the scene in front of them clearly.

More than a dozen Indian residents gathered on the narrow street and talked about it.Messy pieces of broken glass were strewn all over the street, with obvious signs of battle.

In the middle of the street, Abdel lay motionless on the ground, blood flowed from his back and forehead, staining the puddles beside him red.

Joseph and Jotaro stopped in unison, and settled one meter away from Abdel.Instead, Kelin was the first to step forward, squatted down, put her palm close to the tip of Abdel's nose, and then moved to the side of her neck to test the movement of the carotid artery.

"Stay away from him!"

Jotaro forcefully pulled her away from Abdel, and Kelin's arm hurt from his grasp.

Kelin's eyes widened, but she saw Jotaro's expression and Abdel's blood-stained headband clenched tightly in his hand, and she swallowed back what she wanted to say.

"You don't have to believe me." Kelin said, "But if you treat him right now, it may be too late."

Jotaro let go of his hand.Colleen saw tears in his eyes.

Noticing her gaze, Jotaro pushed down the brim of his hat to cover his eyes.

"Abdel, you kid..."

Joseph took a deep breath, passed them, and knelt down beside Abdel. He checked Abdel's breath, bent down and listened to his heartbeat for a while.

"...Jotaro, Kelin is right. He's still alive."

Kelin rubbed the arm that was pinched by Jotaro.He really didn't show mercy at all.

However, no matter how calm Jotaro is on weekdays, he is still a 17-year-old student who grew up in a relatively peaceful environment.Before this trip to Egypt, the worst violence he had experienced had been a street fight, and he was always the one who beat people up.

Although there is He Li whose life is in danger, there is still a glimmer of life after all.

This is the first time Jotaro has seen the "death" of someone close to him.

Joseph is calmer than Jotaro at this time, and it is only because he has more experience in facing "death".

Joseph sent Abdel to a local hospital.

Abdel's injury was serious.He was stabbed in the back with a dagger and his lungs were punctured.A piece of his skull was shaved off by a bullet on his forehead, and the impact caused a concussion, which made him fall into a coma where he didn't know when he would wake up.

When Joseph notified the doctors of the SPW Foundation to take over the treatment of Abdel, Kelin and Jotaro sat side by side in Abdel's ward, breathing the chemical smell of the mixture of medicine and disinfectant in the hospital, waiting for Joseph return.

"your hands……"

In the silence, Jotaro suddenly spoke.He read out one word at a time, speaking very slowly.

"Swollen."

Kelin raised her arm to show him, and red fingerprints clearly appeared on her fair arm.She had no doubts that if left untreated, tomorrow it would turn into a hyperemic, bruised scar.

Jotaro looked at her for a while, got up and walked out of the ward, and came back with an ice pack in his hand.Jotaro threw the ice pack into Kelin's arms.

"Use it to apply it first, and then go to the doctor to give you medicine."

Kelin deliberately looked at him strangely: "Why does your attitude change back and forth?"

"……Humph."

The corners of Kelin's mouth turned up, and she applied the ice pack to her arm.

Jotaro didn't look at her any more, he turned his long legs up, facing the direction of Abdel, with the brim of his hat pulled down.

"You don't have to worry that I will attack Abdel secretly. Master Dio's order to me is only to stop Joestar. As long as Abdel leaves the team here and leaves you, I have no reason to attack him." Kelin thought for a while , said.

Colleen doesn't like taking human life at will.She knew very well that she was an outlier among her group of colleagues, but Master Dio could tolerate her like this. Master Dio's subordinates are always filled with all kinds of unique personalities, and because of this, it can further explain the tolerance and greatness of Master Dio.

"Is this your principle again?" Jotaro asked her.

"No, I just don't like to do unnecessary things." Kelin denied it, "Wait, why are you laughing? No, you actually laughed?" Kelin was shocked.

"It's nothing." Jotaro turned his face away.

"baffling."

After the doctors from the SPW consortium took over Abdel, they left the hospital with the returned Joseph and continued to search for Polnareff following the traces of the battle.

Just before a corner, Polnareff and another male voice were heard talking in the distance.

"That scumbag's body is just two or three hundred meters ahead, do you want to go and have a look?"

"Okay, I'll go take a look!"

A man in a yellow denim suit made a sharp turn and ran into the alley where they were.

Jotaro raised his fist and landed on his face.With a scream, the man flew back backwards and fell to the muddy ground on his back.

"Oh? Isn't this Hortos?"

Kelin leaned out half of her body from behind Jotaro.

The one lying on the ground was the "Emperor" Horhos, with Polnareff and Kakyoin standing a few meters beside him.The two of them had a lot of bloodstains and wounds on their bodies, but their standing postures looked sharp and upright.

"You, you are—"

After seeing Kelin's appearance clearly, the man suddenly pointed to Kelin beside Jotaro and shouted.

"That woman's name is Corinne, and she's one of Dio's subordinates like me! She worked for Dio earlier than me! I said, you must have been deceived by her, right?"

While the crowd was attracted by his words, Holmes moved his hands, feet and hips back desperately.

"Long time no see, your first words were to trick me? Hornhaus, you are such a jerk." Kelin looked at him with kind eyes that cared for a fool.

Holmes immediately noticed that his words did not cause the expected sensation.He watched in panic as Polnareff continued to approach him step by step, the rapier of the silver chariot almost reached his face.

"I'll make a long story short, Polnareff. It's simple and plain, but we have buried Abdel." Joseph said to Polnareff.

Polnareff was startled, his eyes were red but he didn't shed tears, but the hand holding the sword on the silver chariot trembled slightly, revealing his mood at this moment.

Joseph intends to conceal the news that Abdel is still alive?

Colleen stared at the back of Joseph's head.

Is it to keep Abdel away from danger and recover from his injuries, or does he have any plans to fall on Abdel?

"It was a man with two right hands who sneaked up on Abdel despicably from behind." Kakyoin also took a step forward, and cast his gaze at Horhous, "But it was Horhous' bullet that directly caused Abdel's death. What should I do?" Deal with him?"

"Let me pronounce the sentence." Polnareff straightened his back, took a steady step forward, and the rapier of the silver chariot reflected a dazzling white light in the sunlight, "-death penalty!"

It’s just that Polnareff’s stabbing sword hadn’t touched Horjos’s body. Suddenly, an Indian girl in a red dress rushed over from the side and hit Polnareff’s waist forcefully. Push him away and drop them to the ground together.

"My lord, please run away!"

The girl was unexpectedly strong. She hugged Polnareff's waist tightly and pressed him to the ground.Polnareff struggled hard, but couldn't break free from her grasp.

Holhaus took the opportunity to stride towards the tied horse by the side of the road, pulled off the rein and got on the horse.While yelling to the girl, "I ran away because I love you baby", he drove the horse vigorously and fled away like a gust of wind.

"Don't let him escape! Damn it! What are you doing, woman!"

Polnareff finally stood up, and he dragged the Indian girl a few steps. The girl's hands slipped from his waist to his thighs, but she still held him tightly.The girl's elbow brushed against the gravel-covered ground, splashing out a patch of red blood, and the girl let out an "ah" in pain.

"Ah what! Damn it!"

Seeing that Holmes had run away and disappeared, Polnareff had no choice but to give up his plan of chasing him.

During the whole process, Joseph and Jotaro remained calm and showed no intention of interfering.

Colleen is surprised that Joseph and Jotaro don't even make a move to keep Horrhaus.This is too strange.Could it be that Joseph had some plan that she didn't hear?

Joseph took out a clean handkerchief and simply bandaged the Indian girl's elbow wound.

"cough--!"

Polnareff coughed hard, drawing everyone's attention to him.

"Okay, let's move on to Egypt! We must be united to defeat Dio. If someone acts alone, I will be the first to treat him rudely!" He turned his back to Joseph and others, and said loudly.

This is probably Polnareff's introspection and apology?

Joseph, Jotaro and Kakyoin looked at each other, shook their heads and laughed.