The Road to Blackmail.
Lin Qing stood before the Joestar Jizo statue. After thinking for a moment, he took an apple from the Ghost Room, placed it before the statue, and said softly, "Wish me luck."
Hot Pants leaned closer, sizing up the short, plump stone statue from top to bottom. "Is this a local deity? Should I worship it too, to ward off the bad luck Miracle at You brought?"
Lin Qing asked in surprise, "Don't you believe in God?"
"That's a separate matter."
"He's Johnny in the future."
Lin Qing's words stopped Hot Pants just as she was about to follow the local customs and kneel in a Japanese-style prayer.
"Huh?!"
Hot Pants was shocked. "This fat old man is that thin, frail Johnny? But why is his statue in Morioh?"
Lin Qing briefly explained Johnny's situation to her:
"After the SBR Race ended without my intervention, Johnny sealed the Saint's Corpse away in America. Then, while returning Gyro's body to his homeland, he met Rina Higashikata. They fell in love, married, and had a child."
"The happiness did not last long. The curse that had plagued the Higashikata family for generations erupted. To save his wife, Johnny took out the Saint's Corpse again, intending to use the Saint's power to transfer the calamity afflicting her."
"However, the transferred calamity fell upon his own child."
"Johnny realized that even if he transferred the calamity again, it would only fall upon someone else's son, daughter, husband, or wife, so—"
Lin Qing reached out and gently patted the shoulder of Johnny's stone statue.
"He used the power of the Spin and the Corpse to transfer the curse onto himself, ultimately dying. The reason the ginkgo leaves on this street can transport objects is also because they were affected by the