[32] Entering The JoJo World

"Almost done..."

Looking at the protagonist he had drawn in the manga, along with a series of various settings, Kazuya checked the time and said, "Kazumi will be back soon. Let's call it a day here."

As usual—

He prepared dinners.

His cooking style was Japanese cuisine.

Japanese cuisine was often very mild, living for a long time in Japan has made him adapt to the tongue of Japanese people, and now he has begun to like Japanese cuisine.

Hmm... besides the curry here was really good.

"I'm back—"

Accompanied by Kazumi's voice, the day came to an end like this—

...

Slumber, into the dream—

When Kazuya finally regained consciousness, he had returning become a small police officer in London again.

"Phew, I'm in."

Rubbing his head and looking at the scene in front of him, Kazuya muttered to himself.

"Is this... a continuation of the last dream? Perhaps the time in the dream world was too long, so it needed to be split into several days to complete?"

But... unlike the previous world, there was no need for any social interactions. In fact, it was like playing a fully immersive VR game.

However, this world was different now.

People around him constantly influenced him, changing him...

He didn't mind the change itself.

But if it continued like this too many times, it might start to affect him noticeably...

When he first crossed over, he had already noticed it. His younger sister felt that something was off about him, like he had become a different person. He was aware of it, and he was trying to avoid such situations.

But if it happened a few more times...

"However, these are just current thoughts. I'm not sure if experiencing more things as a human will change anything... I don't really know, after all, if you add up both segments of my life, I'm not at the age where I need to contemplate these things."

At the beginning, humans were like blank slates when they were born, so they would be influenced by various colors in their surroundings. Since that was the case, he had already been colored in by almost half of the colors. Whether this would lead to changes in his personality, he had never experienced it. Even he didn't know; he could only speculate and imagine.

The specifics would require him to experience it personally.

However, these were all things for the future, and change wasn't something that happened overnight. Right now, what he wanted was to learn the "Ripple."

Or rather, the method of practicing the Ripple.

He needed to know if this could be used in reality—

Although he had successfully brought his knowledge of firearms and combat experience from before into reality, those were ultimately non-mysterious things. This time was different... the Ripple was undoubtedly something mysterious.

Even if he learned it here, there was no guarantee he could bring it into reality...

But—since he already had Stone Mask in his possession, and after learning it, there was a chance he could bring it into reality.

If he could, his path ahead would be much wider. If he couldn't, he would have to rely on luck in the future.

But there was no need to rush; after all, reality was very safe. There were very few who could match him in a fight, and besides, it was a society governed by law. Too much violence wasn't a good thing. Even if an uncontrollable crisis occurred, he had Stone Mask!

He wore something that was an overwhelming force for humans.

And now, if he could obtain the Ripple—

"Zeppeli... hmm... and Speedwagon... I should focus on Speedwagon first."

This time, his goal wasn't to master the Ripple but to learn the basics. Anyway, if it didn't work this time, there would be next time, and the time after that...

1888!

Kazuya took his gun, and along with the other officers in the police station, followed the chief towards a well-known aristocratic family in London—the Joestar family.

The Joestar family's gentlemanly manners were something everyone could see, and it wasn't a facade; it was genuinely how they were. The Joestars had been gentlemen for generations.

But—

It was precisely for this reason that they had accepted Dio Brando, a man who grew up in the slums, into their family.

This man, the moment he arrived, challenged the only child of the Joestar family of this generation, Jonathan Joestar, and became an adopted son of the Joestar family.

Originally, that was all there was to it...

That was seven years ago.

Now, Jonathan and Dio were described in the newspapers as "representatives of friendship," with their friendship being unbreakable. The newspapers had said so.

But that was incorrect—

All of this was just wishful thinking on the part of outsiders.

Just now, a man named Robert E.O. Speedwagon had come to report a shocking incident that had left everyone except Kazuya stunned.

Despite the appearance of harmony, Dio Brando had secretly administered a slow-acting poison to Jonathan Joestar's father, intending to poison him to death in order to inherit the Joestar family's fortune.

And now, this matter had come to light.

The police chief, who had been deeply impressed by the Joestar family's spirit and had forged a strong friendship with them, personally led the team to arrest Dio, this ungrateful criminal!

And... Kazuya was one of them.

As the author of JOJO in this world, he naturally knew what would happen next.

He was clear about his purpose.

Next...

It was to make Dio Brando wear the Stone Mask and become a vampire. With this, he could draw out Baron Zeppeli, who used the Ripple, and learn the Ripple from him.

It was a simple idea, but—

First, he had to face a difficulty...

Once Dio Brando put on the Stone Mask, would he really be a match for him?

However, he only thought about it briefly. If it didn't work this time, there would be a next time. Methods were something that could be found through multiple experiments—

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