After Jotaro Kujo took out the heavy lead box containing the strange scales, he was brought directly to this incredible underground base.
Until now.
Just as he was about to close his eyes and take a short nap, the Alloy Gate suddenly opened with a hiss of depressurization.
Christina walked in, expressionlessly glanced at Jotaro Kujo, then swept her gaze behind him.
His Stand, Star Platinum, was staring back at her as well.
"The Commander has returned. Come with me."
With that, Christina turned and left.
Jotaro Kujo clicked his tongue again, lowered his legs, and rose to his feet. He straightened his clothes, tugged at the cap on his head, and followed.
With a mere thought, Star Platinum picked up the lead box and followed him out of the room.
As he followed Christina through the alloy corridors, Jotaro Kujo was thinking about something else.
He did not know whether it was an illusion—no, it definitely was not.
After the Stand behind him appeared, he discovered that his body was rapidly returning to a younger state. It was not an outward change, but the strength constantly surging from within.
It felt as if he had returned to the peak of his vitality, around the age of twenty.
"Not bad..."
Before long, Jotaro Kujo noticed Christina stop before a door.
"Please. The Commander is inside."
Jotaro Kujo glanced at Christina but said nothing, merely turning his gaze toward the slowly opening doors.
He had to admit that he was actually... a little nervous?
(Ginza Argentum Ring... even I have heard of that superpower countless times.)
(That college kid next door always seemed to dream of working inside this group, didn't he?)
(Heh. He would never have imagined that Ginza Argentum Ring had such a huge secret within it.)
Shaking his head, Jotaro Kujo's heels tapped against the floor as he entered the room with his Stand and the lead box.
To his surprise, the world beyond the door was not some sci-fi scene like the alien base he had seen before, but a lavish room.
The floor was covered in exquisite, expensive soft carpeting. The room's decor reminded him of Victorian Era Britain, and every detail gave him a strangely familiar feeling, despite having never encountered it before.
(Is it the old man's bloodline influencing me?)
The Joestars had once been English gentlemen, after all.
Gathering his thoughts, Jotaro Kujo entered the room and clearly saw the five people inside.
A youth who looked fifteen or sixteen, possessing unbelievably exquisite beauty, sat in an ornate chair and watched him.
A silver-haired girl dressed as a maid stood at the youth's side.
On the sofa beside them sat two little girls around the same age as the youth.
And—
The one who drew his attention most was the red-haired woman whose gaze seemed intent on dissecting him.
He frowned and took a step back, spreading his legs slightly as he stood straight.
Turning slightly sideways, one hand in his pocket and the other raised to pull down his cap brim, he looked at Jiang Lianqiu. "Are you the Commander they mentioned?"
Jiang Lianqiu had still been somewhat puzzled, but his eyes lit up when Jotaro Kujo struck his pose. He clapped his hands and laughed. "Ah~ That's the feeling! A JOJO pose! Now that's more like it!"
Jotaro Kujo: "?"
Although the Jotaro Kujo before him was considerably more mature than the younger version Jiang Lianqiu remembered, his charm had not diminished in the slightest.
"Can you perform that?" Before Jotaro Kujo could speak again, Jiang Lianqiu added, "You know... Ora Ora Ora? Or maybe say, 'shut up!'?"
Jotaro Kujo felt that this Commander clearly had something seriously wrong with him.
"Good grief, I'm not here to play with children." Shaking his head, he took the lead box from Star Platinum but did not hand it to Jiang Lianqiu immediately. Instead, he asked, "Although I'm basically certain you're the person my maternal grandfather said I needed to return this to, I still need to confirm it once more."
After pausing for a moment, Jotaro Kujo seemed to be holding something back before finally asking, "The bigger the storm..."
"...the pricier the fish?"
Jiang Lianqiu responded instinctively.
"You didn't really become Fish-Selling Jotaro and go sell fish, did you?"
Jotaro Kujo was full of question marks.
"...My family... is pretty rich."
That was hilarious. His maternal grandfather had left behind such a vast estate—why would he need to sell fish?
Still... why did selling fish sound kind of interesting?
(I must have been led astray...!)
Jotaro Kujo rubbed his temples, suddenly feeling utterly exhausted.
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