"Don't you ever get tired of doing this?"
"Ronava, don't say that. You need a little confidence in yourself-with your girlish figure, that baby fat on your little face, and curves in all the right places, how could I get tired of you?"
"All you ever do is talk dirty."
"You enjoy it too, don't you?"
"I do not!"
"My mother said beautiful women were all liars."
"You really listen to your mother that much?"
Ye Xuan had told Ronava all about his past, and now he felt deeply wronged. "How have I not listened? I didn't fight for a single bit of the family fortune. I gave it all to my brothers."
Ronava exposed him without mercy. "And in the end, your brothers still have to raise your children for you. You haven't lost out at all."
Ye Xuan answered without a trace of shame. "We're family! We are family! Family shouldn't draw lines between each other."
"Then what if your positions were reversed?"
"Then they'd have a way to court death."
"Double standards."
Ye Xuan grinned. "I have a way to court you till death too, Ronava."
"Who would marry someone like you, Master, with nothing but those things in your head?"
"How dare you defy me!"
"What are you going to do?!"
"Meow like a kitten for me a couple of times."
"No!"
"Then be a puppy. Get down on all fours."
"Boo-hoo-Dvalin's here."
"So what if he's here? It's not a big deal. There's no rush to bully that scummy Lumine. What waves can she stir up with only one elemental power?"
[The chat group has finished searching. Group members will now be pulled in.]
[Seventeen and Afraid of School Bullying has entered the group chat]
[Great Emperor Miwa has entered the group chat]
[Blonde Loser has entered the group chat]
[Cat Burglar has entered the group chat]
[Stone Free has entered the group chat]
"Why did you suddenly stop moving? Didn't you say we'd ignore what was happening outside for now?"
"You keep moving on your own. I have something to take care of."
Ye Xuan was already absorbed in the chat group.
[Chat group: Ye Xuan's Goofy Online Friends Group]
Seventeen and Afraid of School Bullying: A new Stand user?
Great Emperor Miwa: Hello, I'm Useless Miwa... I really wasn't the one who called myself a Great Emperor.
Blonde Loser: Who, who are you calling a loser?! Explain yourself! And what's with this group name?!
Cat Burglar: First things first, does this group... have Belly?
Stone Free: Ora! State your names. I'm Jolyne Cujoh. You'd better not mess with me.
Ye Xuan: Welcome, welcome. No fighting in this group, just chatting. Surf the net civilly; harmony brings wealth.
Cat Burglar: Harmony brings wealth? Then where's the wealth?
Ye Xuan: ...Spiritual wealth, spiritual wealth.
Blonde Loser: So what exactly is this group for? And why is my ID "Blonde Loser"?! Who came up with that?!
Great Emperor Miwa: Um... I'm actually a little jealous of the blonde hair. At least it's a bright color.
Blonde Loser: That's not the point!
Seventeen and Afraid of School Bullying: Good grief. This group is noisy as hell.
Stone Free: ...Wait.
Stone Free: That way of talking, and that ID...
Seventeen and Afraid of School Bullying: What.
Stone Free: You... what's your name?
Seventeen and Afraid of School Bullying: Jotaro Kujo.
The group fell silent for five seconds.
Stone Free: ...Huh?
Blonde Loser: What is it? Is there something wrong with that name?
Stone Free: Say that again? What's your name?
Seventeen and Afraid of School Bullying: Jotaro Kujo. Something wrong with your eyes?
Stone Free: ...
Stone Free: How old are you?
Seventeen and Afraid of School Bullying: Seventeen. Why do you ask.
Stone Free: Seventeen... a seventeen-year-old Jotaro Kujo...
Great Emperor Miwa: Stone Free? Do you know Mr. Jotaro?
Stone Free: Know him? More than that.
Blonde Loser: What, what? Is there gossip?
Stone Free: He's my dad.
Blonde Loser: ???
Cat Burglar: Oh? A family drama? I like where this is going. Go on, go on.
Great Emperor Miwa: Wh-wh-what? Your dad? In the group?
Seventeen and Afraid of School Bullying: ...What did you say?
Stone Free: I said, you're my dad. Jotaro Kujo, my mom's name is Cujoh... no, wait, she isn't my mom yet.
Seventeen and Afraid of School Bullying: ...
Seventeen and Afraid of School Bullying: You're joking.
Stone Free: I wish I were joking. You lousy father, once I get out of here, I'm going to give you a good beating.
How filial.
Blonde Loser: Wait, wait, wait, let me get this straight. This seventeen-year-old Jotaro is Jolyne's dad? How old are you, Jolyne?
Stone Free: I'm nineteen.
Cat Burglar: A nineteen-year-old daughter and a seventeen-year-old dad? What's going on?
Ye Xuan: Different timelines, obviously, you stupid Nami.
Cat Burglar: What's stupid about me? And how do you know my name?
Ye Xuan: Because I know part of your futures, but I can't explain it clearly in words. We'll talk when you run into danger.
Cat Burglar: Who stops talking halfway through?!
Ye Xuan: None of your business. It's my mouth; I'll talk when I want.
Cat Burglar: You bastard!
Seventeen and Afraid of School Bullying: Ye Xuan, do you know what Dio's Stand ability is?
Ye Xuan: What can you offer in exchange? You can win even without that information; it's just a few people dying, that's all. By the way, where are you now?
What kind of thing was that to say?
What did he mean, just a few people dying?
Seventeen and Afraid of School Bullying: Just got to Cairo. Did Dio kill someone?
Ye Xuan: Avdol and Iggy were killed by Dio's subordinate while saving Polnareff. Kakyoin was killed the first time he encountered Dio's ability.
Seventeen and Afraid of School Bullying: Ka-Q-yoin.
Ye Xuan: Stand abilities are interesting, but they're useless against me.
Jotaro Kujo fell silent.
JoJo's Stardust Crusaders World.
"JoJo, does that chat group you mentioned have information on Dio?" Kakyoin asked.
"Yeah, but I don't have anything to exchange with him."
Joseph Joestar made a ballsy decision. "Tell him to name his price, as long as we have it."
Seventeen and Afraid of School Bullying: The old man says name your price, as long as we have it.
The old man? Joseph? Ye Xuan thought of something fun.
Here came the fun.
Ye Xuan: Do two things after you beat Dio. Agree, and I'll tell you what I know.
Seventeen and Afraid of School Bullying: Fine.
Ye Xuan grinned: One, go to Morioh in Nihon and bring back the old bastard's mistress and the illegitimate child he had by cheating, so your grandma can meet them. Two, ask the old bastard what it felt like to peep at his own mother bathing through a keyhole.
Jotaro Kujo quickly digested what Ye Xuan had said, and his face darkened.
Joseph's heart skipped a beat when he saw Jotaro's expression change. "What is it, Jotaro? Is it a condition that's hard to meet?"
"Nothing, just-Star Platinum, ora-"