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The ripples flashed, and Joseph released [The Hermit's Purple], as well as his dazzling golden ripples; at the same moment, Raleigh did not respond.

"..."

Although they shouted "Start", neither of the two people attacked, they just looked at each other, and there was silence in the ward.

"What? Don't attack?"

The look in Joseph's eyes did not match the spiritual outlook that his aging body should have. He was radiant, no different from that high-spirited corrugated soldier.

"..."

Raleigh didn't answer, the last experience had already made him see clearly what kind of terrifying ripples this Joseph had, and how strong the vines were, capable of breaking a reinforced concrete wall.

This is an impossible opponent.

So

Before Joseph urged him for the second time, Raleigh finally made a move. He stepped forward, and then—

With a sudden kick, he jumped back as hard as he could, rushed out of the door of the ward, smashed through the window of the corridor and flew out of the hospital!

He ran away!

However, Er Qiao didn't go to chase after him. Instead, he smiled with satisfaction and nodded to the figure who released hermits from behind the broken window to swing towards other buildings.

"...Well, that's right."

………………

Since the last failure, Raleigh has been thinking about that somewhat strange meeting.

At first, he thought that his failure was due to the gap in strength. He still had no way to use the Hermit's Purple to defeat Joseph who was using the same double.

But soon, he realized that the problem was not here:

Is the ripple that can destroy buildings really meant for him to "defeat"?

Raleigh realized that he had fallen into a misunderstanding, and he took the test as a battle for granted; but if he thought about it carefully, whether it was the ability of [The Hermit's Purple], the meaning of the [Hermit] tarot card, or Joseph's Husband's own character...

Does any of it require him to use violent confrontation to challenge an opponent who is obviously stronger than himself?

That devastating ripple blow, which even blew up the entire hospital, was not so much an attack as a punishment for "violating the rules".

"You haven't mastered the power of the hermit yet."

What is the power of the hermit?Is it to teach you to face a humanoid directional blaster?

The hermit requires you to think and use wisdom, so you can't fight like this?

Yes, the answer is——

Do not fight, withdraw!

…………

Obviously, Raleigh got it right.

From the moment he flew out of the window, the scene outside was not the American street seen from the window earlier, but Egypt at night.

He used the double who had changed to the Hermit Purple at some point to wrap around a high-rise building and moved over. There was a sound of breaking through the air beside him, and another person was moving in the same way——

It was Joseph.

It's not that old, it's the same Stardust Crusaders period as when it appeared in the third part, Joseph swings vines and chases him. After landing once, he immediately rolls the "hermit" towards him!

""Tibetan Front Armor"! "

Everything belonging to the game system was confiscated, but the martial arts that had been mastered became their own.

Raleigh worked hard, released the sharp body-protecting qi, isolated and cut off the attacking vines, then turned sideways and jumped downstairs——

He still didn't fight Joseph.Although this may seem like a passable fight, knowing that the point is not to fight, the way to win is definitely not the same.

Without the Featherfall Ring and the Earth's Wind and Fire, but relying on the hermit to hook other things to buffer, Raleigh still landed smoothly.

It was still nighttime around, but the scene seemed to have changed subtly——

Before he could think about it, Joseph chased after him again.

Joseph, a young man from the streets of America, drank Coke, approached Raleigh staggeringly, and then...

"Grass!"

Raleigh hurriedly jumped into the nearby store and lay down, using the hermit to grab the load-bearing column of the store and drag himself to slide on the ground. He looked left and right, and found an electrical shelf, which was filled with old World War II era. stuff.

But Raleigh didn't mind, he swooped over and knocked down what was probably a camera. The internal strength + ripple three fists smashed this guy, which was much bulkier than its descendants, and pulled it out of the old-fashioned film. One with image:

"...?"

On the screen, there is a red spar hanging upside down, with a thin section pointing upwards...

"!"

All of a sudden, Raleigh seemed to understand something, and before Joseph behind him swept over with a gun, he rushed to the stairs at full speed and ran up——

One, two, three...

The building that should not be that tall suddenly has a rather long stairway. With no end in sight, Raleigh decisively threw the Hermit's Purple towards the top of the stairway, like throwing a rope from a well. Same.

He felt something entangled, and immediately retracted the vines, pulling himself out of here——

Then, he landed near a volcano.

"Eh? Next... oh!"

To solve the puzzle card master, Raleigh suddenly thought of a way. He urged the "Tibetan Front Armor" thorn to cut his hand, let the blood flow on the ground, and then pressed the double in the pool of blood, and activated the ability to read and write again:

"【The Hermit's Purple】!"

Blood has become the carrier of reading and writing, flowing under the influence of some unknown force, presenting images.According to the information given in the treasure map-like picture, Raleigh rushed to the corresponding position and picked up the red gem from the previous photo from the ground.

"I found it, Ai Zhe Hongshi!"

The moment he picked up the gemstone, the scene around him was shattered, and for a moment, Raleigh was still standing in that ward, facing the elderly Joseph, who stood by the window and never moved.

"Congratulations, you passed the test."

He smiled at Raleigh, and slowly put the double away.

"This time, you will finally use the power of the 'Hermit'.The hermit recognizes you, you can fulfill your wish, unlock and evolve the hermit's card, and become your own power. "

"I……"

Everything happened suddenly.

Although he noticed the rules of the test and solved the puzzle, Raleigh still hadn't realized it. The whole process took less than 3 minutes.

He seemed to have a lot of things that he didn't understand. He wanted to ask what was going on with Joseph Joestar in front of him, but he continued to stare at the old man in front of him, recalling his words. Raleigh suddenly seemed to be...

realized something.

"...Thank you, [Purple of the Hermit]."

"..."

The old man was silent for a long time, and finally nodded:

"Ah."

His figure slowly dissipated, leaving only a group of purple vines exuding golden light.

"I approve of you. "

……

The space of the ward gradually dissipates, returning to the original dark background.

Raleigh held a card in his hand with the note:

【Great Arcana Hermit】

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Not in vain after pondering for so long after the last failure, Raleigh's prediction was correct, the test of "The Hermit" was indeed not about "battle" as its theme.

The whole process was very fast, and every action of Raleigh did not have time to go through too detailed thinking, but just came up with an idea and acted immediately to implement the feasibility of the idea——

It’s no wonder that JOJO has to do so many stop-and-go commentaries, and the rhythm is so fast that such a game is not so clear even from the perspective of the parties:

In a simple review, the Joseph in the initial ward was invincible, so the initial choice can only be "you give it to me", if you can't beat it, run away, don't touch head-on.

Then I jumped out of the window, and the "puzzle solving" began: the key words were "up and down" and "time".

Both times, Raleigh jumped out of the scene towards [downward] and fell into a new map, and he also fell along with it, appearing in the corresponding situation in the "earlier time point".

Compared with traditional puzzle solving, the necessary link of "giving information" is almost skipped in this topic. This is because of the ability of "Purple of the Hermit"-knowing nothing, so I can only use reading and writing to find the breaking point.

Raleigh understood this, so he rushed into the camera store while avoiding "Thomson Ripple Sprint", activated his ability and saw the picture of [Ai Zhe Red Stone]:

This picture is upside down and pointing upwards. Combining the previous two falls and the time point regression, Raleigh made a conjecture of "going up".

If you go back to the past by jumping down, you can probably go to the later point in time by going up.The red stone hadn't appeared at the time of Er Qiao's first appearance, so naturally he had to turn back——

The conclusion is correct, and Raleigh found the Aizhe red stone in the crater that sent Katz up, and the test is over.

Chishi is a "ripple amplifier". After getting hundreds of thousands of times of amplification, the ripples obtained by Raleigh through the Hermit's Purple surpassed the strength of Joseph in the initial ward, so it is judged that he passed the test, so far until.

As for the last question, what is the situation of the "Joseph Joestar" that appeared in the test, Raleigh has already made his own conjecture...

At this moment, he woke up from the mental space, opened his eyes, and the air flowing around him surged for a moment, then calmed down quickly, and gradually dissipated.

"call……"

Slowly, evenly, and slenderly exhaled, the faintly golden gas drifted in the garden, and all the visions dissipated and returned to calm.

[Plain and unremarkable mentality method], the first level, the breakthrough is successful!

Originally, he just wanted to use the resources he did have at hand to improve his martial arts level, but unexpectedly, he had an unexpected harvest.

The third "Major Arcana" card was successfully unlocked. So far, the hermit's card has officially become his own power.

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