Did the male lead change his ways today?

……what?

The detective's words sent a chill down Dio's spine, as if his whole body was frozen.

Sherlock Holmes mingled in that seedy bar that night?and saw all he did?

Dio realized that he hadn't noticed the other party at all. This kind of neglect made him completely unbearable. Could it be that the detective disguised himself? !If he was exposed, then he should know what happened yesterday, including the vampire who was evaporated by the sun...

No, he probably didn't see the whole process.

Dio quickly calmed down and thought, otherwise when he lectured the tramp, or the tramp was going to kill him, the detective would definitely appear and stop him.If he didn't show up, it proved that he wasn't very close, or that he was inconvenient to stop.

But the detectives definitely found out about the homeless man's disappearance, and knew Dio had something to do with the gruesomely dead body.

But he has no evidence to prove all this, and he did not kill or commit any illegal acts.Even if that is a detective who can see through everything, he can't do anything to him.

After thinking about it, Dio stared at the other party through those cold amber eyes, and replied blankly, "Then let's talk."

He would not allow detectives to make speculative charges against him, and he would not admit to anything that could not be proven.

……

After the Stone Ghost Face was lost, Joannes drew several sketches based on her memory these days.In fact, she was already mentally prepared that she would not be able to get that thing back, but her mother's relic was more than this one. She wanted to get back the stone ghost face just to continue her mother's research, so she thought of other ways, and she planned to pass Newspapers asking for something similar, or someone willing to give a clue would be fine.

So she gave the sketch she drew to the housekeeper Robert, and asked the housekeeper to go to the newspaper to publish an advertisement for a week.But just as she finished explaining to the butler and was about to go back to her room, she found Dio who was talking with Mr. Detective in the garden in front of her house.

What are they talking about?

Joannes was a little puzzled, but she wasn't the kind of person who would eavesdrop on other people's conversations casually. Even though Dior was the one she needed to observe, it was still too impolite.So she decided to wait a while in the hall of the house, and took the opportunity to take a piece of honeycomb in the kitchen, chewing it while drinking tea, and looking at them from time to time.

Both of them seemed to be calm and there was no conflict.

By the time their conversation was over, Joannes was still eating honey, and was bumped into by Dio, who was returning to the house.

Dio's expression was deep, he didn't seem to have a good chat with the detective, he looked gloomy as if he was going to kill someone.And when he saw Qiao Qiao, he seemed to be shocked at the same time. He was like a big cat with fried fur, staring at Qiao Qiao with extreme vigilance.

"Are you hiding here to eavesdrop on our conversation, Jojo?"

If you open the window from here, you can hear the sounds in the garden.

Dio showed a rare flustered look, and finally he and Holmes fell apart.He didn't admit it at all. He said that he went to the slums to investigate only to recover Joestar's property, but in order to get rid of the crime, he had to claim that the two people knocked him out and threw him on the street. Don't know where they went.

Holmes can't prove that the blood-drained body is his, and a homeless man is missing.Dio had seen the man turn to ashes in the sun, and it was absolutely impossible for Holmes to find the body and any remains.Considering the detectives have no evidence to charge him, Dio denies anything, he won't let anyone know he got the Stone Mask.Now he has hidden that mask where no one can find it.

But Jojo... if she had heard what he had said to Holmes...

A sense of unease welled up in Dio's heart. When he began to think about how to find a reason to justify, Jojo shook his head and replied honestly.

"Ah, of course not. It's very impolite to eavesdrop on others. So I haven't bothered you all the time. I'm waiting for you while eating here. What did you talk about?"

"..."

Dio observed Jojo's expression, trying to find traces of lying on her face, but Jojo looked very calm, without any trace of hypocrisy.

... Well, he knew Jojo wouldn't lie to him.He can not trust anyone, but he knows that Qiao Qiao is reliable.

"Nothing, he suspected that the dead tramp had something to do with me."

After Dio calmed down, he replied blankly.

"What? Why do you suspect it is you?"

Joannes exclaimed in surprise. She also read the newspaper. She remembered that the man was attacked by an unknown beast. Although his injuries were not disclosed, they were said to be serious and not caused by humans.

"Who knows, maybe he found out that I met that person last night, so he thinks I must know something."

Dio knew that half-truths are more convincing than pure lies at this time, so he replied to Joannes, "Actually, I concealed one thing from you. The reason I went out last night was to investigate the fire Prisoner in the Joestar family, Dad said the loss of property is okay, but I disagree, and they stole your mother’s belongings. So I went to the slums to inquire about this without telling my father. But it’s very late As luck would have it, the detective came to me and asked me a few words."

"what!"

Qiao Qiao exclaimed, and suddenly showed an expression of sudden realization.

"That's why you were beaten by a homeless man, Dior! So you went to investigate the criminal! My God..."

Jojo opened her mouth in surprise, Dio always hated her stupid look, but the next moment, Jojo suddenly hugged him deeply.

"I... don't know what to say, Dior, you actually went to the slums to take risks in order to help me find my mother's relic... I'm so touched."

"...Jojo?"

"And you got hurt for me... that's kind of you, Dio."

Qiao Qiao looked up at him deeply, eyes full of joy and trust.

Dio was also shocked immediately. He didn't expect Jojo to think so. His brain suddenly became very uncooperative, unlike when he was confronting the detective, he was good at words and his tongue was very dull.And Qiao Qiao hugged him even tighter, buried his whole head in his chest and rubbed against him.

"I always thought you were a bad boy, you didn't really care about me, but I think I was wrong, Dio, you have been getting better. I want to apologize to you, from now on you are my real family."

Oh no, Jojo's chest squeezed him almost out of breath...

Excuse me?He wanted to say that Jojo was thinking too much, of course he didn't care about Jojo, he just pretended to be friendly with her.

But his captain is waking up again, wanting attention.Damn Qiao Qiao, how could she treat him like this!

"It's okay Jojo, we just misunderstood each other."

Dio pretended to be tolerant and touched Jojo's back, his hands were shaking, and then he rejected Jojo's suggestion of inviting him to go out for a walk together, returned to the room alone, and locked the door behind his back.

He closed his eyes, panting, and lay down on the bed with anger, wrapping himself in throbbing pain with the quilt.

He couldn't stand the captain being so interested in Jojo, it felt like he had lost to Jojo.Dio tried to think about those words of Holmes, he was being targeted, at least for a short time he couldn't take out the stone ghost mask for testing.He considered how to deal with the man, and soon he became sleepy and fell asleep.

But Jojo's figure appeared in the dream!

She crouched in front of him, smiling sweetly at him, her beautiful blue eyes so innocent, her rose petal lips sucked away the source of all his misfortunes and torments.

……

Dio woke up from the dream in horror. He looked down at his quilt and was stunned again.

On the seventh day after Joannes' sketch of the stone ghost's face was advertised in the newspaper, a baron named William A. Zeppelin came to visit Jostar's house.

The baron was said to have retired from the London social circle more than ten years ago. Sir Joestar did not know him, but he still invited him into his home and talked with him about the reason for his visit.

"I read about it in the paper."

Baron Zeppelin pointed to the stone ghost face that Jojo had drawn, and he looked very serious, "Sir Joestar, hasn't anything strange happened to your family for so many years?"

"Which weird thing do you mean?"

George looked at the baron who was dressed out of tune with this era in puzzlement, and explained to him the origin of the mask.

"This is something my late wife Mary bought in an antique shop. She thought it might be something from some ancient civilization, but before she could figure out the story behind the mask, she died in an accident. Now My daughter, Jonaness Joestar, inherited her behest and is archaeologically investigating this mask. I just didn’t expect it to be lost after our hometown was set ablaze and stolen, so this is why Jojo intends to investigate the mask intelligence reasons."

"That's not only a product of ancient civilization, but also a cursed dangerous item!"

Baron Zeppelin stood up from the sofa all of a sudden, pointed at the stone ghost face on the newspaper in a strange posture and declared, "It is a prop that can turn human beings into bloodthirsty monsters! It is my father's excavation in Mexico. But my father put on this mask, became a monster and killed the whole ship! And he was chasing and killing me just in time for the sunrise, so I escaped, and I saw my father who turned into a monster turn into ashes under the sun!"

"what?!"

Sir Joestar and Joannes suddenly showed extremely shocked expressions, Joannes subconsciously turned to look at Dio, and Dio's heart sank.

What's going on... Could it be that Qiao Qiao is doubting him?

He suddenly panicked, although now finally someone could explain to him what the mask was all about.But it also means that the problem to be faced is that Jojo and George also know the secret.

It also means he has to be more careful not to let anyone know that the mask is in his hands...

But why does Jojo look at him like that?What the hell is she suspecting?

He looked at Qiao Qiao without guilt, and then he found that Qiao Qiao suddenly put his fingers into his mouth and touched his canine teeth lightly, just like when he first met him when he was a child.

"?!"