Randomly pick a stand-in every day

Passing through the lively crowd, everyone followed Jotaro to the connector.

Unexpectedly, the man was of Asian appearance. He wore a sleeveless black vest and an ill-fitting white suit that seemed to be purchased on a temporary basis. It could be vaguely seen from the middle of the vest and the suit jacket. A tattoo on a strong arm.Around him, it was obvious that people would carefully avoid them when passing by.

"Hey! You are... come here, please, let's chat in another place!"

As soon as the man saw Jotaro, he immediately recognized the origins of these people, and greeted them in fluent English, then led them to the other side of the street, and boarded a seven-seater family car.

Let me explain here by the way, although with the assistance of the system, players do not need to learn a foreign language to communicate normally with the characters in the dungeon, but they can actually hear what they are saying—it’s almost like simultaneous interpretation. Only after hearing the original sounds of a few words will the Chinese version given by the system sound.

The connector quickly took a look around, checked that the vehicle had not been moved, and asked everyone to get in the car, then opened the door for Jotaro familiarly, and blocked the door frame with his hand to prevent Jotaro from hitting the door too high.

Then, he got into the driver's seat by himself, and when he closed the door, he immediately relaxed a lot:

"Huh~ You guys are here! The situation here is getting more and more difficult. If there are no professionals to come forward, the territory here will almost be untenable!"

"What's the general situation? Let me explain briefly."

"Okay~ By the way, have you guys eaten yet? I see you just got off the plane, why don't you find a restaurant to refresh yourself, and I'm just introducing it to you?"

The connector had already started the car and started driving. From the perspective of Raleigh and others, this car must be an antique car that even a scrap recycling factory might not be able to find, but it is a trendy brand right now. shape.

Jotaro looked at several people with questioning eyes, and they all nodded together.Although everyone ate a little bit of prepared food on the plane, it was really not a serious meal. Since the player's backpack was sanctioned, the four of them also had no food left. At this time, the satiety bar had dropped a lot.

And restaurants are probably better places to talk about things than in crowded cars.

"Come on, then let's go!"

So the connector turned the car and walked along the slightly narrow "old-fashioned" road. At the same time, he also took over Jotaro's words and began to answer the previous question:

"The news was first uploaded from the surrounding black market. When our agents traced the residual influence left by DIO, they reviewed some of the guy's performance during his lifetime. It can be seen that he was in the gangsters and black markets in the underground world. There should be a wide range of supporters, so as to explain his intelligence network and ability to hire high-end killers, as well as a large amount of property of unknown origin."

The connector man said, grabbed two dried fruits from the box next to the manual transmission and threw them into his mouth:

"These were all confirmed a long time ago, so the investigation team of the consortium has been tracking down this aspect for many years, and it can indeed be found that many of Dio's remnants are organized activities with gangs. After all, this business is a mixed bag, and they hide inside. Not only is it better to use your own expertise, but it is also more difficult to be found. This time, we learned from members of some surrounding gangs that there have been many strange things in the recent battles, and the suspicion was confirmed after investigation."

"Are you sure it's Dio's remnants?"

Jotaro asked.

"Well, it's basically correct. After the previous field investigation, our agents discovered gangsters with extremely abnormal vitality. They only appear at night, and their performance in all aspects is very consistent with the recorded "dead man". And we Someone suspected of Darby was also witnessed here."

"...Darby? I seem to remember that guy, which Darby?"

Jotaro frowned, some memories from 13 years ago flashed before his eyes.The Darby brothers... Although they are not combat doubles, they are both very dangerous opponents, and speaking of which, they should have survived back then.

""Terrence T. Darby", the information shows that he used to be DIO's steward.According to the records, DIO's whereabouts were not found when he cleaned up DIO's room after the war, and he should have escaped successfully; in the recent gang activities here, people with similar characteristics to him appeared.

At the same time, the fatality rate of gangsters in this area has suddenly increased a lot, and their cause of death looks very much like various complications caused by the failure of the double awakening.That's why the consortium think tank thinks that there are arrows here. "

"...Is that so, Darby?"

He didn't say much, but Jotaro looked thoughtful.

For a moment, the players didn't seem to think of any point to ask, and there was a brief silence in the car.

At this time, the car was already far away from the city center and was heading towards Chinatown. There were a lot fewer white people on the road, and instead there were more idle people. However, these guys who are probably not of good status have a bad face. The fierce marks of the night's fighting can also be seen on the corners of the road.

Since no one spoke, the voice of the car radio suddenly became clear. The man on the radio with a tone of voice introduced solemnly: "News about the theft of the champion of the Fighting Bug Contest." The owner of this unicorn is paying a high price. Publish the revelation of insect hunting.

"Well...speaking of it, why are you dressed like this?"

Soon, this silence was broken by Lai Qixiao. From the beginning of the meeting, she felt inexplicable about the gangster-like form of her connector.

"Oh, this is... just do as the Romans do, right? As an SPW intelligence officer, I cooperate with a Chinese gang here."

The connector paused for a moment, and then introduced:

"After all, the consortium's influence in this area is very limited. At present, we have very few local forces that we can use here. If we want to collect intelligence quickly, we must rely on local forces."

"Huh? Is this area not within the sphere of influence of the SPW consortium?"

Lai Qixiao still doesn't quite understand. According to the property of the second brother, Joe, the consortium should not be stuck in intelligence within the United States, right? Isn't it wrong that the DIO remnants appear so close to the consortium's sphere of influence?

"...No, it's reasonable."

However, Tomato spoke before the connector:

"The SPW consortium started out in the oil business, and American oil interest groups mainly support the Republican Party. California was still a red state in 60, which is the territory of the Republican Party, so the consortium should have flourished in California at that time."

"Huh? Doesn't that mean that this place..."

"It's all said that it was the 60s. Later, California fell more to the "blue side" camp; moreover, even when it was a Republican territory, "San Francisco" was also an area outside the Republican Party's influence.In other words, this place has probably never been under the control of the SPW consortium. It is actually very reasonable for the remnants of DIO to hide in this place. "

An efficient historical science popularization stunned Miss Xiao who didn't know much about these two parties' struggles, but she barely understood it.

"Ah, that's right, that's what happened! Hey, although Mr. Joseph doesn't like to stand in line, most of the companies in the oil business are here, and the connections of the SPW consortium are indeed more in the Republican area. Eat well. If you want to conduct investigations from this Democratic Party's territory, it's really difficult to start without using the underworld..."

It seemed that he was very grateful to Tomato for his explanation, and the connector nodded again and again, agreeing with his statement:

"But don't worry, this deal has already been negotiated. The gang I contacted will help you in the investigation as much as possible during this mission; after all, we both have common interests. If the remnants of DIO continue to rely on If these supernatural forces expand themselves, the local bastards will soon be unable to support them, and they can figure it out clearly."

While speaking, a cable car passed not too far away, and the "new" shape attracted everyone's attention.

Since it was January, it hadn’t been long since the longest period of dark night had passed, and the time of darkness was quite early. Looking up, it was already sunset, and the fiery red setting sun was reflected on the street, and their car was facing it like this. As the setting sun drives away, there is an indescribable artistic conception...

……

"Di!"

Suddenly a high-speed car passed by, interrupting the view of the scenery, and almost crashed into their car.

"Dug! Damn you! Don't you have eyes? I call you a fairy!"

The connector hurriedly slammed on the brakes, narrowly missed the collision, and cursed at the car angrily; then, he realized that he was driving alone, and immediately apologized to everyone with embarrassment:

"Ah, haha... Then what, everyone laughed, I'm sorry, I'm sorry... Ah, hey, everyone! Here we are!"

Connector, the car stopped in front of a mid-to-high-end restaurant, and the sound of the engine gradually became quieter.

"Please come in! Don't worry, this store is invested by our consortium, it's our own site, don't worry about someone eavesdropping."

Speaking of which, although this person can't be said to be unprofessional, he is enthusiastic like a tour guide and leads a few people into the restaurant without any special explanation. Just calling the service staff for a face-to-face seems to have understood the situation and brought them into the restaurant. Everyone went to the private room upstairs.

Although it is a private enterprise, the restaurant must still entertain customers. Walking all the way to the second floor, you can also see that the restaurant has a considerable number of customers.In the surrounding private rooms, you can faintly hear the sound of the collision of bowls and chopsticks and spoons, the sound of wine glasses colliding, the sound of turning dishes, and moving chairs, it is very lively.

However, I didn't hear what these diners were talking about. Maybe people who came to such a high-end place were more civilized and didn't make much noise.

The waiter brought everyone to a large room that seemed to be specially reserved with thicker walls. He said that this place had the best sound insulation, and then retreated.

"Huh, whoops, then...you can light whatever you want to eat. I'll contact you and I won't disturb your meal."

The connector wiped off his sweat, watched everyone take their seats one by one, and retreated to the door by himself, only showing one head:

"After everyone has eaten and drank well, I will take you to meet with the cooperative gang this time. The specific situation must be that they know more. After all, someone has actually met the opposite party. Yes~!"

After speaking, he officially left, leaving the room to six professionals.

"..."

[The atmosphere in the room was silent for a while.Areas outside of our influence, partners with unknown circumstances, familiar and difficult opponents, all signs are increasingly showing that this mission is by no means a trivial matter]

[Gangsters, corpses, and stand-in messengers, the enemy has obviously taken root here, and they are not idle people. I am afraid that there will be many obstacles in the follow-up action]

【What is wrong?Being lost was very distressing, he searched for the details in his memory, trying to find out where this weirdness came from...]

At this time, Lai Qixiao and Luo Li were talking with Jotaro about the topic of "Arrow", Tomato was very curious to observe the various facilities in the restaurant, and the little doctor also took up this "extraordinary" to her. The thin book of "World Menu", I flipped through it silently.

"Speaking of which, if the incident this time was really caused by the arrow, wouldn't we encounter many new substitute messengers?"

"Well, there is indeed such a risk. Where there are arrows, there will always be a large number of substitutes around, and there will probably be many people united around DIO's subordinates."

"Speaking of which, does this arrow have any special effects? I heard that even the arrows that activate the double are not exactly the same."

"It's hard to say at the moment. It's hard to draw conclusions until we actually see the stand-in messenger here. In short, be careful."

Others are discussing whether there is anything special about this stand-in arrow, but Jotaro is not in a hurry to come to a conclusion, generally speaking, it is just like chatting.

"...!"

【Suddenly, Mitu understood the problem!If so, the current situation may not be that simple, he needs to inform his companions]

Mitu moved his hands under the table calmly, approached Raleigh, and handed him a note.

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PS: Here is an added description that was not clear in yesterday’s chapter. In fact, the picture attached to the flag is Nokia3310, which was released in 2001. The prototype that Mr. Tomato mentioned refers to the one in Jotaro’s hand. The 3410 model that was not listed at the time.

In other words, Jotaro allocated 3310 to several people, and his own 3410, um, a small detail.

……

And then, after taking graduation photos, Qizi's college career is over. Three years have passed in a flash, and I have been writing books with Hedgehog Cat for many years.

I originally wanted to go out to eat something good, and I would withdraw home in two days, but somehow, today's luck was outrageous. I just went out and walked a street, and it started to rain without warning, pouring my heart out flying...

After tossing for a long time, I finally ran back, my clothes were soaked, and I got up to type after a short rest. Now I feel a little bit cold, and my state is very bad, which is outrageous.

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Chapter 545 reroreo and skip (4k)

The arrow that inspires the substitute is something full of unknowns.

What is basically certain is that there are six arrows in total, and they all have the effect of [Stimulate Stand], but in addition they "seem" to show some different exclusive characteristics. It seems that they are used because some of them also Nothing noticeably special about it...

"Currently, there are a total of three arrows under the control of SPW."

Following Lai Qixiao and Luo Li's inquiries, Jotaro revealed some information in this regard, but did not discuss much.

However, as someone who has read the original work carefully, Raleigh naturally knows that the three arrows point to the ones that appear in the third and fourth volumes.

The first one was the arrow that inspired DIO's stand-in. In a sense, it can also be said to be the root of all evil. Let's call it [DIO's Arrow].The characteristic of this arrow is that it not only affects the person stabbed, but also triggers a long-range blood resonance, so that the use of Jonathan's body dio to obtain a substitute directly leads to the death of all the Joestar family members. Everyone has this thing...

This feature does not seem to have appeared on other arrows. The second mention of the bloodline resonance is already the six Pucci brothers, but it is entirely possible that the priest's awakening stand-in also uses this one?

Then there is [Arrow of Rainbow Village] that appeared in Duwang Town. It seems to have no special features. If I have to say it, the number of stand-in messengers in that town is a bit too much. I always feel that compared to the high death rate in the setting , the awakening success rate of this arrow may be higher?

By the way, this is the only arrow that is actually "used as an arrow".