"Furthermore, while we would love to help, the interior of Kennedy Space Center is not something our consortium can easily intervene in. We have some personnel there to monitor people entering the space center in order to identify and locate Dio Brando. We are afraid we cannot provide any deeper assistance."

Jolyne nodded: "I understand, you've already helped enough, thank you."

"You're welcome, but..." the person in charge said, handing over a piece of paper. "This is a map of the Kennedy Space Center. I hope it will be of some help."

"The vehicles are ready. Whether you wait for Mr. Jotaro to arrive or set off first is up to you. The SPW Foundation will not interfere with your choice."

"Finally, at Kennedy Space Center, Ms. Jolyne and your companions will be there to meet you. We've already made arrangements... Mr. Jotaro Kujo once defeated Dio, and I believe that you, as his descendant... and your companions will surely be able to defeat him again."

…………

The passenger plane carrying Lu Ye and his companions crossed the Atlantic Ocean and eventually returned to Florida.

Before they even disembarked from the plane, the SPW Foundation had already prepared brand-new transportation for Lu Ye and his group, waiting for their arrival.

After saying goodbye to the people sent by the SPW Foundation, Lu Ye and his group got into a brand-new jeep and set off.

The final destination of this journey is the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, which stretches from the Florida peninsula to the Atlantic Ocean, covering an area of ​​34000 hectares. This is the exact location that meets the condition of "28 degrees 24 minutes north latitude and 80 degrees 36 minutes west longitude".

Since there are no shuttle buses or trains, the only way to get there is by car or taxi.

The sky was somewhat gloomy.

Less than half an hour after we set off, a light drizzle began to fall.

The waves crashed against the rocks, creating white foam on the beach.

The surrounding air was very cool, with a slightly salty and damp smell of sea breeze.

A white four-wheel-drive jeep sped along the coastal asphalt road, the leaves of the palm trees on both sides of the road swaying gently in the sea breeze.

Jolyne was driving, sitting quietly in the passenger seat.

Lu Ye and Josuke sat in the back row, while Polnareff lay on Lu Ye's lap.

It takes several hours to drive from the airport to the Kennedy Space Center.

While enjoying the seaside scenery outside the window, everyone kept an eye out for any vehicles that might suddenly and closely follow them.

"By the way, what did that SPW Foundation person mean when they said that Jolyne's companions would be waiting for her at Kennedy Space Center?"

“I think… it’s probably my fellow prisoners from prison,” Jolyne said after thinking for a moment. “Although they are prisoners, since the SPW Foundation was able to get me out of prison, it shouldn’t be difficult to get them some parole. After all, Father Pucci is no longer here, and Green Dolphin Prison will have a new disciplinarian.”

When Xu Lun said that, Jing's eyes lit up.

"Are Jolyne's companions the planktonic beings FF and the others? I heard there's a Stand user among them who can freely manipulate the weather... Is that true?"

"Hey, a Stand that can manipulate the weather at will?" Josuke asked, somewhat surprised. "That's really great..."

"Yes, it's true. His name is 'Weather Forecast,' and he recently regained his memories and learned his real name. Besides him, there are also people named 'Empolio,' 'Aimee,' and 'Annasu'..."

Jolyne paused as she spoke.

"I actually don't really want to involve them."

“There’s no need to blame yourself,” Lu Ye said. “They are all Stand users. No one can force them. If they came, you and I both know why.”

"You're right... I'm sorry, but it's me being a bit sentimental that way."

Jing said, "Don't worry too much, Sister Xu Lun. I'm here to protect Dad too."

Jolyne exhaled.

That's right, inside the prison, they were comrades-in-arms.

Even after the battle against the priests ended, they were still willing to come and support him.

This is enough to show how precious this friendship is.

To save time, Jolyne Kujo took the opportunity while Shizuka was talking about her companions to explain the Stand abilities of Anna Sui and Ames to Josuke, so that he would have a better understanding of them beforehand.

After all, the most important part of Stand battles is to find out the opponent's Stand ability.

Dio Brando's ability is to stop time.

But no one knows what will happen to the Stand when he merges with the green baby.

Once a Stand changes, its abilities will also change to some extent.

This is already evident in Jing.

“I’d like to ask, Jotaro’s daughter,” Polnareff said at this point, “are you planning to go straight to Cape Canaveral, or are you planning to wait for Jotaro outside?”

Because Luye had already talked about Polnareff on the plane, Jolyne knew that he was her father's former comrade-in-arms, and respected him greatly after he turned into a tortoise for various reasons.

“Mr. Polnareff, I plan to go in like this,” Jolyne said. “The SPW Foundation said they’ve already arranged for some people at Kennedy Space Center. Dio left before us, but he might not have arrived yet. It’s good for us to go in early to prepare. Most importantly, we can’t guarantee when Dad will arrive.”

"It's already 3:03 PM. I looked up some information on the way here. 'New Moon' is an astronomical phenomenon that refers to the phase of the moon when the moon gradually moves away from the sun and the crescent moon gradually appears. From Earth's perspective, the moon and the sun are in the same position but not in the same place. The moon rises and sets with the sun. Because the moon reflects sunlight, and the side that reflects sunlight does not face the Earth, the moon cannot be seen. This phase of the moon is called 'new moon'."

"The new moon will occur at the beginning of this month, possibly tonight, tomorrow night, or the night after tomorrow," Xu Lun said. "The new moon will definitely arrive at night, and the period from when the moon gradually moves away from the sun and changes from a crescent moon to a waxing crescent moon will be the 'new moon time'."

"That means we have to get there before nightfall."

“I don’t know much about the new moon or anything like that, but since that’s the case, let’s do it this way,” Josuke Higashikata said. “Anyway, that vampire named Dio Brando definitely hasn’t fully recovered, otherwise, with his ability to pause time for nine seconds, he wouldn’t be afraid of us at all.”

Once it was decided that they would go directly to the Kennedy Space Center, Lu Ye began preparations.

He opened the map provided by the SPW Foundation.

Josuke and Polnareff also came over to take a look.

"What? Isn't this a map that can be found online?"

"Let me see, this is the space shuttle assembly workshop, and in the distance are the launch pad and observation station, which are a full five kilometers apart."

“Wait a minute,” Polnareff said at this moment, “look here, there are some marks on this building made by people with markers... They even marked important locations like ‘monitoring room’ on it.”

"Monitoring room... wait a minute, I understand."

Josuke suddenly realized what was going on and searched online with his phone.

"I was right."

“What?” Polnareff asked.

"The space center, of course, is a base for launching rockets, artificial satellites, and experimental space shuttles. Such facilities cannot be freely accessed. Although the entire space center is very large, there is a visitor center inside. I looked at the process. For ordinary people, the first thing to do is go to the visitor center. Visitors must enter from there, buy tickets, go through security, and take a shuttle bus for the tour. Other areas are off-limits to outsiders. If Dio hasn't fully recovered, he will most likely enter through the visitor center. Before the new moon arrives, he will definitely be hiding somewhere inside."

"Then, as long as we can get into the monitoring room, we can save manpower, check the area covered by the monitoring zone, and find out Dior's whereabouts. The rest of the people can go to monitor the blind spots."

“Dio has probably seen us through Bencher Brisson’s memories, but that doesn’t matter. The Joestar blood in Jolyne and me would naturally give him a sense of it… However, there are many more faces that Dio doesn’t know.”

Lu Ye nodded: "I see... The monitoring room of the space center is not a place that people from the SPW Foundation can easily enter, but for people with Stand abilities, it is not difficult to get in."

"So, it's okay for Jing to go to the monitoring room then, right?"

"Leave it to me!"

The search primarily relies on surveillance footage and physical searches to locate Dio Brando.

After confirming this strategy, everyone's spirits lifted.

Xu Lun casually turned on the car stereo.

The car automatically played an English folk song, "Daily Growing".

As the soothing music played, Lu Ye slightly narrowed his eyes.

After sitting on the plane for so long, leisurely traveling along the beach with the wind blowing and a light drizzle falling from the sky, it was actually quite pleasant.

"Speaking of which, Josuke-nii, I'd like to hear your story," Shizuka said, her curiosity piqued.

"Huh? Mine?"

"Yes, we all slept for a long time after we boarded the plane, so I didn't have a chance to ask."

Even if you say that…

“There must be something to talk about! Stand users are attracted to each other, and you must have met many Stand users and even fought with them, right?” Shizuka looked very excited. “And back in 1999, didn’t Jotaro Kujo come to your area? I think it was called Morioh Town?”

Jolyne also quietly pricked up her ears.

Although she had seen her father's memories and knew that Jotaro had gone to Japan when she had a high fever as a child and hadn't come back to see her, she didn't look at the contents in detail. After all, she still needed the memory disc to save her father's life.

"Okay, but my story isn't as grand as the one where Dad and Jotaro fought vampires. At most, I just dealt with a serial killer."

"Serial killer?"

"Yeah, he's a bastard with a hand fetish who also likes to collect clipped nail clippings. He's killed quite a few people in Morioh!"

"Yes, I met Mr. Jotaro when I had just started high school..."

More than half an hour later.

"In the end, the guy named Yoshikage Kira had his head crushed by the ambulance and died on the spot. His soul... according to the girl he killed, was also dragged into a place that would never make him feel at ease."

"Wow... I didn't know there was such an experience!" Jing was completely engrossed in listening.

"Rewinding, reversing time... I never thought there was such a Stand ability in the world." Polnareff sighed. "It seems Jotaro suffered a lot while tracking down the arrow. But this also shows the significance of our operation. Such an ability must not fall into the hands of villains like Yoshikage Kira or Dio."

Jolyne didn't speak, but gripped the steering wheel tightly.

She had always harbored resentment and even hatred towards her own father, Jotaro.

When she was a child, she had a high fever and almost died, but Jotaro never came back to see her. Later, when she grew up, she tried to get Jotaro's attention by doing things, but she never succeeded.

It wasn't until Jotaro helped her escape from prison and had his disc removed by the White Serpent while protecting her that Jolyne said, "Jolyne, I've always been concerned about what's going on with you." Only then did Jolyne realize Jotaro's long-standing concern for her.

When she nearly died from a high fever, it wasn't that Jotaro didn't want to come back to see her, but rather that he himself was almost blown up by a hand fetishist, and Morioh was fraught with danger, making it impossible for him to return.

After hearing Josuke's story, Jolyne became even more determined.

We must defeat Dio.

If I don't stop him here, the Joestar family will be doomed, and Dio will get his wish, just like that last secret message, and become the "Secret Emperor" of this world.

If I don't kill him here, I'll definitely regret it later.

Chapter 772 Convergence

Two hours later.

Merritt Island.

Lu Ye and his group finally arrived at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral.

Because the area is flat, the rocket launch site along the coast can be seen from the parking lot outside the tourist area, which is quite spectacular.

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