Hearing the familiar voice by his ear, Jotaro Kujo turned around and looked toward the girl standing not far from him.
At this moment, Tokisaki Kurumi was standing by the roadside in casual clothes, with a black sedan parked beside her.
Even though her appearance had already been exposed when she attacked the Bucciarati squad inside the prison, Tokisaki Kurumi showed no concern at all about being tracked down by Passione.
After all, at the time she had been wearing her Spirit Dress. Both her attire and her overall aura were completely different from her casual state. If Kurumi in her Spirit Dress was a nightmare that radiated danger at first glance, then Kurumi in casual clothing was a genuine young lady of a wealthy family. That gentle, refined, and intellectual temperament made it virtually impossible for anyone to associate the two identities together under normal circumstances.
On top of that, none of the Bucciarati squad members had managed to take a photo of her. Relying on verbal descriptions alone, as long as Tokisaki Kurumi didn't deliberately expose herself, it would be almost impossible for Passione to find her.
Not to mention Passione—even Jotaro Kujo himself was somewhat surprised. Although he had already realized during the phone call that the person on the other end was likely a young woman, it was only upon seeing Kurumi in person that he discovered she looked like nothing more than a girl still of school age.
"The street isn't a good place to talk. If you want the information, Mr. Jotaro, please get in the car."
Tokisaki Kurumi gestured toward the black luxury sedan beside her and then sat down inside. Seeing this, Jotaro didn't waste words. He put his luggage into the trunk, then opened the door on the other side and got into the car.
The interior of the sedan was spacious, but Jotaro's gaze immediately shifted to the driver's seat—because sitting there was a girl who looked exactly the same as Tokisaki Kurumi.
Twins? No… Even twins couldn't possibly be identical in both appearance and aura. Yet the girl in the driver's seat and the Tokisaki Kurumi in the back seat looked as though they had been molded from the same cast.
A Stand ability? Jotaro couldn't be completely certain. He couldn't even tell which of the two Tokisaki Kurumis in the car was the real one.
After all, the clones summoned by Zafkiel were versions of Tokisaki Kurumi from different points in the past. Aside from being unable to use Zafkiel's First through Twelfth Bullets, they were identical to the original in every other respect—appearance, physical ability, and even strength.
It was perfectly normal that Jotaro Kujo couldn't distinguish Kurumi's main body from her clones. As long as Kurumi transferred her consciousness to a clone, any one of them could instantly become the main body.
"Yare yare…"
Sitting in the car, Jotaro adjusted the brim of his hat and ultimately looked toward the Kurumi in the back seat—the one who had spoken to him first.
"You said before that your objective is to obtain that special Arrow from my companion. I don't know what makes that Arrow special, but if you want to get it, you first have to find my companion."
"If I'm not mistaken, the reason you're appearing now is because you want to use me to locate Polnareff's exact position, and then obtain the whereabouts of that special Arrow. That's why you contacted me and informed me of the situation here. Am I right?"
"As expected of Mr. Jotaro—there's no hiding it from you."
Tokisaki Kurumi replied with a smile.
"That's right. Even if you hadn't come to Italy, I could still have found your companion's hiding place. But if I can get your help, that would naturally be the best outcome."
"After all, it saves me a lot of time. I can achieve my goal faster, and you can reunite with your companion sooner. That benefits both of us, doesn't it?"
She answered without the slightest intention of concealing her motives.
Or rather, there was no need to hide them. Even if Jotaro understood her intentions, what could he do about it?
She truly did need to make use of Jotaro Kujo to speed up the search for Polnareff's location—but could Jotaro really afford to ignore his companion's current predicament just because of that?
Tokisaki Kurumi was exploiting Jotaro's concern for his comrades. It was an open, blatant strategy. Polnareff was now Jotaro's weak point. Even if Jotaro saw through Kurumi's plan, he had no choice but to go along with it.
Jotaro himself clearly understood this, which was why he didn't bother with pointless verbal sparring.
"Tell me everything you know. I'm in a hurry."
Jotaro spoke bluntly.
"I don't know your companion's exact location. But if we're talking about a rough area, then he's most likely somewhere within Rome."
"If we narrow it down further, it should be near a certain colosseum. I've seen him appear there—about a year from now."
Kurumi replied.
"A year from now?"
Jotaro frowned slightly upon hearing this.
What did she mean by having seen his companion appear a year later? Did that mean her Stand ability allowed her to foresee the future?
"Relying on verbal descriptions alone may not be accurate. But if Mr. Jotaro is willing to trust me, then I can let you see the scene with your own eyes."
A golden clock inlaid with countless gears unfolded behind Tokisaki Kurumi. At the same time, her casual clothes silently transformed into her Spirit Dress, and two flintlock pistols appeared in her hands.
Seeing this, Jotaro became wary. However, since he didn't sense any killing intent from her, he didn't immediately summon Star Platinum to strike.
"What do you mean by 'seeing it with my own eyes'?"
"I mean it literally."
Tokisaki Kurumi answered.
"My Stand, Zafkiel, can transmit memories between myself and those it strikes by firing different bullets. It can also connect the consciousness of different people who've been hit."
"Through this ability, I can let Mr. Jotaro see the images within my memories. The reason I was able to see your companion appearing a year later is precisely because I connected the consciousness of my future self with my past self, thereby obtaining those memories."
"…That's a terrifying Stand ability."
Jotaro said quietly.
To connect memories between the past and the future—wasn't that, in a sense, equivalent to knowing everything? Such a Stand ability was unquestionably powerful. Calling it invincible wouldn't be an exaggeration.
And yet, if she possessed such an ability, why would she go through the trouble of using him to help locate his companion?
Could it be that her Stand ability had some kind of limitation—that it couldn't transmit information freely at will?
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