Let the Bizarre Adventure of the Joestars begin.

Who knows what will happen after this separation?

However, they can't stay separated, since only in this way can they obtain information most efficiently. But now it seems that the person in danger may not be Miss Jeanne.

Cecilia, who was checking information about the Pillar Man in the church library, heard a faint sound: leather shoes tapping on the wooden floor.

"..." Ceci put down the book in her hand, not knowing what was going on from the sound of footsteps.

"Phew~" He let out a breath, trying to calm himself down and analyze the current situation.

'I've been investigating for three hours now and have basically grasped some information about the Pillar People. At this point, running away is no longer a problem.'

Secondly, it's still unclear what the owner of those footsteps wants to do.

Third, the footsteps stopped nearby, which suggests that this person might have some ulterior motive.

Finally, they tried to escape, but they didn't know the situation outside and shouldn't have done so.

"Come out, I can hear you." Once again recalling how much he had memorized, yes, a battle might begin, and this place might be destroyed, which meant that it would be impossible to obtain information about the Pillar People again.

“How vigilant you are, Miss Shaniat,” someone said as they emerged from behind the bookshelves, until a light illuminated their face.

He's the one who invited Jeanne and Cecilia over before; he's the secret leader of the Holy Church.

"After all, who can relax when a place has just been breached?" Indeed, just as Cecilia said, no one dares to let their guard down in a place that has just been breached, unless they themselves have breached it.

"Indeed, but even if you're on your guard, what can you do? There are fifty vampires here, enough to kill you." He said this with an arrogant tone, as if he could already see Cecilia's death.

"Let me ask you something first. You're a vampire now, aren't you, Mr. Leader?" Cecilia asked the arrogant middle-aged man.

"After putting on the Stone Mask, I realized that vampires are such wonderful creatures."

"Ugh, what a disgusting statement. It's as disgusting as the buzzing of a fly that has just kissed excrement in the toilet."

Hearing those remarks, Cecilia felt only disgust, utter disgust. To think that someone would stop being human just for such a reason was even more disgusting.

Of course, Dior is an exception; Dior's mistake was purely out of curiosity.

"So what if it's disgusting? As long as I can get this power, as long as I can live forever, that's all that matters."

"Disgusting, yet with a rare purity, or rather, a purity that's disgusting." Yes, Cecilia's understanding of this secret leader of the Holy Church has been refreshed once again.

It's extremely rare for someone to refresh their impression so many times in just a few minutes, but considering the contrast between their previous and subsequent impressions, perhaps this is more in line with the person's character.

'I didn't carry enough weapons, and the information contained in the books was too limited, but taking down fifty of them all with Ripple would be extremely difficult.'

'What we need to do now is stall for time. Delaying time may not necessarily bring about a turning point, but if we start a war now, I will definitely be the weakest party.'

"By the way, Miss Shaniat, if you're trying to stall for time, forget it. Your forbidden love is probably fighting the Pillar Man right now." He saw through Cecilia's plan in an instant.

'Based on this, the enemy I'm facing might be relatively easy.'

'No, I still have a way to fight back.' Cecilia suddenly remembered something and glanced at the kerosene lamp on the table.

This has been confirmed.

Similarly, Cecilia, who was distracted at this moment, finally allowed fifty vampires to swarm her.

Enemies rushed out from the ceiling, behind the bookshelves, and on the second floor of the library.

However, Cecilia's enemy at this moment took an unexpected action, one that exceeded everyone's expectations.

Cecilia's first choice was to extinguish the flame in the oil lamp.

"In the darkness, those who have the greater advantage are us vampires!!! I never expected you to take such a suicidal action. It seems you were already prepared for death. Well then, welcome your death, Cecilia Shaniat."

“It’s different. Although it was a faint one, I did find a chance to win. And through this, I learned something else: you guys have probably never fought a Ripple Warrior before.” Cecilia mocked the enemy’s ignorance.

Although Cecilia's actions were a different story compared to her words, she was evading, trying to escape the swarm of vampires.

Soon, Cecilia arrived at her destination in the darkness: the library doors.

Yes, Cecilia's tactics could only be fully utilized in such a passage.

Similarly, given the British decor, it is possible to find weapons in such a passageway.

Although the sword transmits less force through the ripples, it's not incapable of fighting. But, but, there's no way to find one; I can't find any weapons attached to any of the decorative armor.

"Well, I already had all the weapons removed. Now you're out of options, aren't you, Cecilia Shaniat?"

"No, in my opinion, the losers might actually be you two." But the weapons were just something to look for incidentally. Ever since the Moriarty incident, Cecilia and Jeanne had been carrying threads that could transmit Ripple.

At this moment, the lamp oil allowed the ripples transmitted by the threads on Cecilia's body to reach their maximum. During her previous escape, Cecilia had already scattered the threads.

Now, the entire thread has become tangled around this group of people, forming a dead knot.

"Goodbye, vampires." Cecilia said, sending ripples along the oil-soaked threads.

With another pull, the person chasing after them was sliced ​​into several pieces.

And it continued to dissolve with the ripples.

"How...how is this possible! There are clearly fifty of us, why?!"

"Judging from your situation, the others aren't too strong. I'll deal with you first, and then I'll go find Jeanne."

Ultimately, following these words, all the staff of the Holy Church disappeared the next day.

Similarly, the newspapers published the same news the following day.

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Next, they'll just smash the Pillars into pieces. However, things won't be so easy for Jeanne. Poor Jeanne...

Thank you to the famous generals of Northern Qi, Gao Chang Gong, Lulutia, and Jeanne Darc, for their recommendation votes.

Ripple and Blood Carnival: Chapter Thirty-Two - Miss Hudson's Kidnapping

There is never a moon in London at night. Putting aside the clouds, given the industrial pollution in London at this time of year, it's unlikely that you'll be able to see the moon.

But surprisingly, you can see it here, in the place where Miss Jeanne is.

Quincy Slaughterhouse, this is the place Miss Jeanne found.

But putting aside what lies ahead, what Miss Jeanne needs to think about now is surprisingly simple.

'Is everything alright with Cecilia?'

'Although there's nothing I can do to help since something happened.'

Yes, although Miss Jeanne was worried about Cecilia, she also knew that there was no use in worrying, so she might as well just focus on doing what she was doing now.

Miss Jeanne discovered many interesting things in the slaughterhouse; there might have been even more if some things hadn't been taken away.

However, there's nothing we can do about it. After all, this situation is much better than what we found at someone's address before; at least something was discovered.

However, the fact that this place hasn't been destroyed also means something else: sooner or later, it will disappear due to various accidents like this.

Considering the previous situation, the person who destroyed this place should be back soon, perhaps even tonight.

However you look at it, Miss Jeanne's actions here must be swift and discreet, because if she is discovered, she might lose all the clues she has collected.

However, things always take unexpected turns. While Miss Jeanne was focused on collecting things, she encountered an unexpected enemy.

"Emmmmmmmmmm, should I say it's been a long time, Blackwood?" Yes, this unexpected person is Blackwood.

What an unexpected fellow! And similarly, upon seeing Blackwood's face, Miss Jeana sensed that this matter might not be as easily resolved as she had imagined.

A pale face and sharp canine teeth—these are the hallmarks of a vampire—and to his left rear is a figure.

'I can't sense him, I can't sense his presence, but there's no doubt he's there, right behind and to the left of Blackwood.'

“Yes, it really has been a long time. And as a token of our reunion, I have a gift for you, a gift that will surprise you.” As he said this, Blackwood forcefully pulled down a black cloth from something hanging nearby.

What was hanging there wasn't a dead pig, but another person.

That person was unusually familiar to Miss Jeanne.

"Oh dear, this is troublesome." The moment Miss Jeana saw that person, she sensed that the situation was becoming increasingly difficult.

Because the person hanging there was Hudson, the legally submissive loli, Hudson.

"The gift you gave me is really hard to accept." A little sweat trickled down Miss Jeanne's cheeks, not only because of the person standing behind Blackwood, but also because of the situation she was facing.

"But if I'm not mistaken, the person behind you should be the Pillar Man your father mentioned." He stalled with these words, as if he were facing an enemy.

“Oh, Miss Joestar, don’t try to stall for time with words,” said the pillar-man standing behind Blackwood.

"Has it been discovered?"

"After all, your intentions are so obvious. But what if we let you delay? Miss Shaniat can't possibly get here now anyway." The words of the pillar man perfectly exposed Miss Jeanne's lie.

This situation put even more pressure on Ms. Jeanne.

The second drop of sweat slid down the trail left from last time.

“You seem very nervous, but you won’t have the energy to be nervous anymore.” With that, the Pillar Man pulled down the lever beside him.

The machinery in the entire slaughterhouse began to operate, which meant that if Miss Jeanne did not take this opportunity to save Mrs. Hudson, then Mrs. Hudson would surely die.

'Although it will expose a lot of information, for now, we have no choice but to expose it. After all, we can't let Hudson die.'

help me.

This is what Miss Hudson's eyes are saying.

That's a very simple meaning, and next, Miss Jeanne also intends to save Miss Hudson in the next instant.

Yes, she ran straight over, and when she touched the shackles on Hudson's hands, Miss Jeanne took action to prevent Hudson from dying.

The entire shackles were transferred directly to the imaginary space, leaving only the phantom image of the shackles in the current space.

And so, Mrs. Hudson was rescued in a very short time.

Similarly, neither the Pillar Man nor Blackwood could understand this operation.

After all, the handcuffs were still hanging there, but the person fell down completely unharmed, which was completely incomprehensible. In addition, the spatial theory of this era was not very advanced, which led to the two people being completely unaware of what had happened.

"What an unexpected ability, Miss Joestar. But using this power comes at a price, doesn't it?" the Pillar Man asked Miss Jeanne.

Yes, as previously demonstrated and as the Pillar Man said, this matter did indeed come at a price, but only Miss Jeanne knows exactly how much that price was.

Four of my fingers turned grayish-white, and they had recovered a few days ago, but now they have turned grayish-white again.