Joffrey watched Trish take half a step back and couldn't help but wonder, "Did I say something?" Perhaps my villainous charm is working again, making everyone keep their distance from me.
I just don't get it. Why does Diavolo's villainous charm make other women swoon, while mine doesn't even get me a heroine?
"Joffrey, can you save my mother?" Trish looked at him earnestly.
Johnson Joffrey's gaze fell on Trish's mother. After a moment of contemplation, he could only say, "It's caused by a blood clot in her brain."
"I'm sorry, neither I nor Giorno can cure it."
Trish should be a strong girl, and this made Johnson Joffrey feel a little heartache. He wasn't born evil, and he still had many memories of his parents and sister.
It reminded him that his sister was once about the same age as her.
So he reached out and placed his hand on her smooth shoulder, saying with an encouraging smile, "You are the strongest girl I've ever met. As I said before, be courageous. Remember, you have already changed your destiny."
"You're very much like my neighbor's little sister when I was in America."
"But she wasn't as strong as you; she was quite a crybaby. She'd even cry if she didn't get ninety points on a test."
"She'd also write in her diary, scolding me, her older brother."
Trish's emerald eyes widened, and she pouted. Then Johnson added, "Stand Users in this world are all sorts of strange. Once this matter is resolved, I will definitely find someone to cure your mother."
Trish's emerald eyes reflected Johnson Joffrey's crimson pupils.
"Really?"
"What I tell you, I will definitely accomplish."
Trish lowered her eyes, her gaze drifting to the side, and her hands clasped awkwardly behind her back. She said, "Then... thank... thank you."
Johnson Joffrey nodded, his gaze falling back to the distance, of course, also to look for the SPW Foundation people. In comparison, he was still very worried about what would happen if Jotaro arrived early.
"Hey, Joffrey." Trish suddenly spoke, interrupting Johnson Joffrey's thoughts. Then Trish said, "You actually peeked at someone else's diary."
Johnson tilted his head slightly, remembering that she must be referring to his own sister, but to comfort Trish, he had said it was a neighbor's little sister. If it were his own sister, looking at her diary would be nothing, but a neighbor's sister made it sound a bit ambiguous.
However, Trish wasn't a key figure.
"Yes, we have a very good relationship."
"Good enough to read her diary?" Trish pouted, looking incredulous. "That's a girl's diary, you know?!"
"Ah, yes."
"I really didn't expect you to be that kind of person." She frowned, a little angry, and then walked away in her small-heeled sandals.
Girls' thoughts are really hard to guess, Johnson sighed, then thought he should try to guess Diavolo's thoughts instead.
"How old is she?"
Trish, who had clearly walked away, suddenly asked Joffrey this question.
Johnson Joffrey frowned slightly. Why was she still fixated on this? He said it would be easy to be discovered if he was too specific, then said, "About five or six."
"Only five or six?!" Trish said in surprise, then mumbled, "Well, you should have said so earlier."
"Is her age really that important?" Johnson Joffrey asked, frowning.
Trish was silent for a moment, then said, "It's somewhat important."
Then she sat back down next to her mother. Johnson thought she was fine, so he walked over to Melone and Giorno, watching him continuously search for the man in the photo named Diavolo.
"I will remember your words forever and ever, Johnson Joffrey."
As she walked to her mother's side, she suddenly turned her head to look at Johnson, but he seemed to still be thinking about something and didn't notice her at all.
"I don't care if you heard me or not, but you must keep your word," she said, holding her mother's hand.
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Johnson Joffrey frowned. Another half hour had passed, and Melone and Giorno still hadn't received any information about Diavolo, let alone Polnareff contacting them.
Could Polnareff have gone to eat and not checked his computer? Why hadn't he returned to search for them yet?
Johnson was a little anxious.
"Found him," Melone suddenly said. Everyone's gaze focused on Melone, even Trish walked to his side.
"There aren't many people named Diavolo. Since the boss's hometown is Sardinia, I searched for everyone alive and dead. There's a man born in May 1965 and died in 1985 who might be him."
"Where is it?"
"Olbia. Although the information is very old, it can still be seen that he was originally an orphan, adopted by a priest, and then died due to a fire."
Risotto pondered the information for a long time. Ghiaccio asked, "Are there any photos?"
"How could there be photos from that era?" Melone said unhappily.
"That…" Trish suddenly spoke, "My mother once traveled to Olbia and got pregnant with me around that time."
As soon as she finished speaking, everyone fell silent. Then Melone said, "I just found it strange why a priest would name his child Diavolo."
"Diavolo said his name in a moment of urgency," Risotto analyzed, "He probably thought he could definitely kill anyone who heard that name."
"And this is the only person in Olbia," Melone said, pointing to the name.
Johnson Joffrey secretly thought something was wrong. He didn't want to know who Diavolo was, because knowing was useless. Diavolo's King Crimson's time erasure was not that easy to deal with.
Only when the arrow completed Stand evolution could victory be achieved, but why couldn't Melone and Giorno contact Polnareff by searching for photos online?
Logically, Polnareff should have been constantly monitoring online, using this picture of Diavolo's appearance to wait for someone to seek Diavolo's true identity?!
Could he already be dead?!
Or had the story already been changed?
"Keep looking," Johnson suddenly said, "The most important thing is to find his weakness. We already know his ability, the most important thing is…"
"The most important thing is no longer his true identity, but how to deal with his ability—time erasure," Risotto interrupted Johnson.
"But," Bucciarati countered, "we have no clues at all. Only by finding the boss's past can we discover his abilities and weaknesses."
Melone and Giorno had stopped searching. Polnareff still hadn't contacted them proactively.
Why on earth?