Let the Bizarre Adventure of the Joestars begin.

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"Cecilia?"

"Huh? Jeanne, what did you just say?" Cecilia finally realized what was happening when she saw the hand waving in front of her.

"I just said, do you really think the house at that address is still there?" This time, Cecilia finally heard him, even though he had asked the question again.

"I'd love to tell you what might be inside, but... Jeanne, the place we're going to seems to be on fire," Cecilia said, looking at a house billowing black smoke.

"It's on fire?!"

"Yes, and this fire must have been lit recently," Cecilia deduced, looking at the fire, which was clearly not very large.

"Although I expected someone to come and silence us, I didn't expect it to be so fast, and with fire. Wouldn't a bomb have been better?" Yes, just as Jeanne said, a bomb would have been better than fire. Flames would create a lot of smoke, and smoke would make it difficult to breathe.

For Ripple users, the most important thing is everything they need to breathe, because for them, breathing means combat power, and in that place, not being able to breathe is equivalent to not being able to fight.

"Jeanne..." Looking at Cecilia like this, Jeanne knew that Cecilia wanted to salvage even the smallest clue.

"No, we're defenseless inside. If enemies appear, we'll just die inside."

"Hmm..." In the end, the two could only watch the raging fire, powerless to do anything about it.

"Alright, since we can't get any information here, let's think about it from a different angle."

"Ok."

"Cecilia, why do you think they acted so quickly?" Miss Jeanne asked, watching the people fighting the fire.

"Perhaps there's some evidence that absolutely must be destroyed." Yes, most people would think like Cecilia, but Miss Jeanne's question clearly had a deeper meaning.

“It won’t be that simple. While it’s true that fire can be used to destroy evidence, it’s not right for a fire to start here,” Jeanne said, looking at the fire that was gradually being brought under control.

“Yes, this is a port. A fire here should be extinguished quickly, so the purpose of completely destroying the evidence will not be achieved.” Indeed, reminded by Miss Jeanne, Cecilia also noticed the blind spot, the blind spot she had previously overlooked.

"In other words, there's something more important here, so they're deliberately using this to cover it up," Cecilia continued, echoing her words.

Yes, what Cecilia and Jeanne are waiting for now is actually very simple, extremely simple: they just need to wait until the fire is extinguished.

"Moreover, the contents inside shouldn't be that important, except for something that disappeared."

“Because Blackwood used a different method of faking his death than before, what’s inside might not be that important. At least, based on your assumption, it might be something that doesn’t matter if it’s discovered.” Watching the fire gradually being extinguished, Cecilia realized that the most important thing now wasn’t what had been discovered, but what hadn’t been discovered inside.

"Moreover, that person must have known that the two of us came back here to inspect, and that person is very familiar with our reasoning methods." Yes, fires are very interesting things. Once a fire has been concealed and burned once, even Jeanne can only analyze where the fire started, but it's difficult to analyze anything else.

Because fires can destroy a large amount of existing evidence.

The fact that the remaining evidence was destroyed in this way means that Jeanne can only analyze where the fire started, and nothing else is clear.

Yes, ignition can be delayed, but that makes it impossible to analyze when the most important element was taken away.

Similarly, it's impossible to know what's missing based on other conditions.

Even so, we can only analyze a little bit of what's left, because there's still something worth analyzing in that last bit of residue.

"Cecilia, what do you think we'll see or find on this trip?" he asked Cecilia, who stood beside him waiting for the flames to die down.

“I think we might not find anything.” Similarly, Cecilia’s words were also correct; in this situation, it was the most normal thing to find nothing.

After all, Cecilia and Jeanne are not Sherlock Holmes. Although they stopped Moriarty, they are not Sherlock Holmes. Even if the real Sherlock Holmes were here, he might not be able to find the clues.

"Yes, we might not find anything." He repeated the same words, but his tone wasn't filled with helplessness.

Miss Jeanne understood that news of Blackwood's resurrection should have already spread among the upper echelons, and that one person could not possibly develop a sect.

This situation proves one thing: the Duke of Blackwood must have been converted to Christianity by someone, and this was taken into account his status.

In other words, the British upper class included followers of the sect that Blackwood believed in.

From another perspective, considering the time Blackwood joined the church, it becomes clear who that believer was.

That person should be Blackwood's father or some other guardian.

But none of that matters. For Miss Jeanne and Cecilia, the real concern is something else entirely: that this person will definitely send someone to find Cecilia and Jeanne.

By then, Cecilia and Jeanne should no longer be so worried about clues in this case.

It's not bad to at least learn some other clues from another perspective, even if it makes solving the whole case more complicated. But as long as the case isn't solved, it's fine.

Isn't that wrong?

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I hope to finish the next chapter before lights out.

Thank you to Slug, 233, Jeanne Darc, and Yunru for the recommendation votes.

Ripple and Blood Frenzy: Chapter 30 - How to defeat the Pillar Man? That is the question.

As for the end of that fire?

The result, of course, was that the two returned empty-handed and had no choice but to go back to 221B Baker Street.

"Would you like some afternoon tea first?" Hudson said as he saw the two of them return.

"No, someone might be coming to us soon." She politely declined Hudson's suggestion, just as Jeanne had said.

Soon someone will come to pick them up, just as they had thought before in front of that burning building, as they returned to their apartment and sat down on the sofa.

The people who came to pick up Jeanne and Cecilia have arrived.

Two men.

The two men invited Cecilia and Jeanne into the carriage. Yes, this was a journey they could not refuse, a journey they had to take.

However, what bothered Jeanne and Cecilia was why they had to wear hoods. Putting aside the fact that Jeanne could directly see spatial coordinates, even if they couldn't see the coordinates, Cecilia and Jeanne could still use the inertia of the carriage to analyze the direction of the turn and thus determine their current location.

But if I had to say, covering one's head with a cloth was completely unnecessary.

“I’m so sorry to have you so kindly, Miss Joestar and Miss Shaniat. I’m sure you both know where this is, and I also think you both know who I am.”

The black cloth bag on his head was pulled open, and the first thing you saw was a grumpy old man.

Although you could tell from his office that this old man's identity was definitely not simple.

"Let's start by analyzing the question of where I am."

"When we crossed Charing Cross Road to Holburn, Cecilia and I still didn't quite know where we were."

"But when I got to the Southford Hill Bakery, I knew that because the syrup there had a very unique aroma. After my investigation, I found that they must have used French syrup, and not the ordinary kind."

"After that, the carriage moved along the bumpy drainage ditch. Although your carriage has good shock absorption, you can still feel it a little."

"As for who you are, we can analyze this from the documents on your desk and the ring on your hand. You should be the secret leader of the Holy Church, the secret leader of the organization that Blackwood believed in just a few days ago."

"As for the exact location now, Cecilia's analysis is more accurate than mine, so let her speak." Yes, Miss Jeanne deliberately didn't finish her sentence, as if intentionally leaving the opportunity for Cecilia.

“Northwest corner of St. James’ Square,” Cecilia said, picking up where Miss Jeanne left off.

"That's surprising, but what I'm more curious about is how Cecilia, who isn't particularly good at analysis, knew where it was." Yes, the old man asked, puzzled, since according to the information he had, Cecilia should have been the one unaware of the situation.

But surprisingly, Cecilia actually said it at this moment.

“Isn’t that obvious? Cecilia memorized the map of London. Although she may not remember some of the side streets, a road that a carriage can pass through can’t be a side street.” Miss Jeanne said this as if she were talking about something she was proud of, but in fact, her previous reasoning had already made others see her pride.

"So what I'm more interested in now is, why exactly did you cover my and Cecilia's heads?" Miss Jeanne raised her hand slightly to her mouth and asked the old man.

"That's just standard procedure, but judging from your analysis and abilities, I can say that I've found the right people."

“However, your excellent reasoning skills might not be very useful in this matter,” the old man said. But he was right. If the enemy was as Cecilia and Jeannesio Oge thought, then this matter could not be solved by reasoning.

"Hmm, what do you mean?"

"Our organization has always been maintaining world peace, well, from vampires and Pillars."

"Okay, everyone knows what the vampire thing is all about, but I don't quite understand the Pillar People." Yes, just as Miss Jeanne said, Miss Jeanne knows a lot about vampires, but she doesn't know anything about the other thing.

"In the simplest terms, vampires are a weaker version of Pillars of Destiny. That is to say, a vampire's basic abilities are about twenty to fifty times stronger than those of Pillars of Destiny."

Hearing these words, Miss Na instantly felt that this person was no match for her and that she should just run away.

"Actually, all of our Ripple warriors are dead. In the fight against this pillar man, all of our Church's Ripple users died. If it weren't for this situation, Blackwood wouldn't have been resurrected. Similarly, we don't need your help, even though your Ripple is indeed stronger than many others."

"However, you have no experience fighting against the Pillar People."

"Alright, stop talking. Wait, I'm not listening. Goodbye." Listening to the information about the pillar people, Miss Na was increasingly eager to run away.

“You can’t escape. Blackwood will definitely tell that man in the pillar that you are the biggest threat.” The old man said this, but it has to be said that his words made Miss Jeanne obediently sit back down. After all, a fight was bound to happen sooner or later.

"Alright, looks like there's no way to escape." Since there's no way to run away, I'll just have to fight obediently.

Faced with such an opponent, Jeanne needs intelligence, especially information about the Pillar People, the more the better.

"Looks like you're planning to sit down and prepare to fight the Pillars?" the old man said, as if he had already expected it.

“Cecilia, you remember the Pillar Man’s weakness. I’m going to find Blackwood and that Pillar Man.”

"Be careful," Cecilia said, watching Jeanne about to leave, as if she were a wife worrying about her husband.

"This is truly a forbidden love, but does Miss Jeanne really know about this?" The leader of the Holy Church asked the silver-haired girl who was looking at the documents.

"You don't need to worry about the things that young people do."

This response made the leader realize one thing: although such a relationship was not allowed by the world, there was no need for others to worry about the two people's situation.

The two of them were able to handle it very well, and this was confirmed after seeing them in person.

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Finished writing, the speed was alright.

Thank you Yunru for the recommendation vote.

Ripple and Blood Frenzy: Chapter Thirty-One - Cecilia in Trouble

The two were rarely separated, which was a very dangerous situation. After all, the last time they were separated, Jeanne was almost killed by Moriarty. This time, she was facing a Pillar Man who was much stronger than Moriarty.