After Jotaro Kujo took out the heavy lead box containing the strange scales, he was directly brought to this incredible underground base.
Until now.
Just as he was about to close his eyes and rest for a bit, the alloy blast door suddenly opened with a hiss of depressurization.
Christina, who walked in, looked at Jotaro Kujo expressionlessly, then her gaze swept behind him.
His Stand, Star Platinum, was also staring at her.
"The Commander has returned. Follow me."
With that, Christina turned and walked away.
Jotaro Kujo clicked his tongue again, put down his legs, and stood up. He tidied his clothes and pulled down his hat before stepping forward to follow.
With just a thought, Star Platinum, carrying the lead box, left the room with him.
As he followed Christina through the alloy corridors, Jotaro Kujo was thinking about something else.
He didn't know if it was an illusion—no, it definitely wasn't an illusion.
After his Stand appeared behind him, he found his body rapidly returning to a youthful state. It wasn't an outward change, but a surge of power from within.
He felt as if he had returned to his peak condition around the age of twenty.
"Not bad..."
Before long, Jotaro Kujo noticed Christina stop in front of a door.
"Please, the Commander is inside now."
Jotaro Kujo glanced at Christina without saying anything, his eyes turning to the slowly opening door.
He admitted, he was actually... a little nervous?
(Ginza Argentum Ring... even I've heard of that super-powerful organization countless times.)
(That kid next door, the one in college, always seemed to aspire to work within this group?)
(Heh, he'd never imagine that there's such a big secret within this Ginza Argentum Ring.)
Shaking his head, Jotaro Kujo tapped his heels on the ground, the sound echoing as he walked into the room with his Stand and the lead box.
To his surprise, the world behind the door wasn't the sci-fi, alien-base-like scene he had seen and heard about before, but a luxurious room.
The floor was covered with exquisite and expensive soft carpets, and the room's decor reminded him of Victorian England. Every detail gave him a sense of familiarity, though he had never encountered it before.
(Is it the influence of Grandpa's bloodline?)
(The Joestar family were English gentlemen back then.)
Regaining his composure, Jotaro Kujo, who had entered the room, saw the five people inside.
A boy, about fifteen or sixteen years old, with impossibly exquisite beauty, was sitting on a luxurious chair looking at him.
A silver-haired girl dressed as a maid stood beside the boy.
On the sofa next to them, two girls of similar age to the boy sat side by side.
And—
The most striking, the red-haired woman whose gaze felt like it was dissecting him.
He frowned and took a step back, legs slightly apart, standing straight.
Tilting his body slightly, one hand in his pocket, the other raised to pull down the brim of his hat, he looked at Jiang Lianqiu and asked, "Are you the Commander they speak of?"
Jiang Lianqiu, who had been somewhat confused, his eyes lit up when Jotaro Kujo took his stance. He clapped his hands and laughed, "Eh~ That's the spirit! A JOJO pose! That's the spirit!"
Jotaro Kujo: "?"
Although the Jotaro Kujo before him was more mature than the younger version he remembered, his charm was undiminished.
"Can you do that thing?" Before Jotaro Kujo could speak again, Jiang Lianqiu continued, "You know, that... Ora Ora Ora? Or say 'Shut up!'?"
Jotaro Kujo felt that the Commander before him definitely had some serious issues.
"Yare yare, I'm not here to play with children." He shook his head, took the lead box from Star Platinum, but didn't hand it to Jiang Lianqiu immediately. Instead, he asked, "Although I've basically confirmed that you are the person my maternal grandfather said I need to return this to, I still need to confirm it again."
After a pause, Jotaro Kujo seemed to be holding something back, and finally asked, "The bigger the waves..."
"...the more expensive the fish?"
Jiang Lianqiu instinctively replied.
"You didn't actually sell your fish stand and start selling fish, did you?"
Jotaro Kujo was full of questions.
"...My family... is quite wealthy."
(Laughable, my maternal grandfather left behind a vast enterprise, why would I need to sell fish?)
(But... why does selling fish feel quite interesting?)
*(I must be getting led astray...!) *
Jotaro Kujo rubbed his temples, suddenly feeling very tired.