"Dad, is Jotaro still refusing to come out of the precinct?"
Inside the moving car, Jodio drove while calling out to his convenience-father, Joseph Joestar, who was sitting in the back reading a newspaper.
Hearing his adopted son's question, the elderly Joseph lowered the newspaper in his hand, scratched his head, and said with some distress:
"Yeah! The kid still refuses to come out."
"Even though his release time passed long ago, this brat is acting like he's possessed—he insists on staying inside."
"I asked him before why he wouldn't come out, but he wouldn't give a reason. Anyway, he's just not coming out!"
With that, Joseph let out a helpless sigh.
Although he already knew the reason, upon encountering this situation, Jodio, who was driving, still flew into a rage.
He gripped the steering wheel tightly, veins bulging on his hands, and a cross-shaped throbbing vein popped up on his forehead!
Then, harboring anger and grinding his teeth, Jodio said:
"Damn guy! He's really getting bold, huh!"
"I was only away from home for a short while, and Jotaro actually pulls a stunt like this."
"Just wait and see how I deal with him!"
Faced with his furious adopted son, Joseph in the back seat gave an awkward laugh and said nothing.
He merely offered a silent five-second prayer in his heart for Jotaro Kujo, who was still locked up in the precinct, and then, acting as if nothing were the matter, continued reading his newspaper.
Jodio, driving the car, glanced at Joseph Joestar in the back seat through the rearview mirror. On the surface, he looked unconcerned, but inwardly he was filled with emotion:
"Time flies really fast! Without realizing it, it's already been five years since I came to this world."
"After waiting for so long, the storyline belonging to Jotaro is finally about to begin."
In truth, Jodio was not a person of this world. Five years ago, he was just an ordinary sixteen-year-old boy in another world!
He had simply cosplayed the bastard Garp from One Piece and gone to an anime convention, never expecting to mysteriously black out after the event ended.
When he woke up again, he was already inside a guest room of the Joestar family!
When Jodio first realized he had time-traveled into JoJo, his morale completely collapsed.
To survive, he pretended to have amnesia and stayed with the Joestar family, later being adopted by Joseph Joestar as an adopted son and given the Joestar surname!
From then on, Jodio officially became Jodio Joestar, an uncle just a few years older than Jotaro Kujo!
And so it had gone all the way to the present. Two weeks ago, Jodio had gone to Greece for a certain matter and had just returned yesterday!
The car kept driving and soon arrived at the place where Jotaro Kujo was being held.
Jodio parked the car, told his convenience-father Joseph to get out first and pick up Jotaro, while he himself went to find a place to park properly.
Just as he had anticipated, when he finished parking and went to join Joseph, Jotaro and Joseph were locked in a stalemate.
Seeing Jodio walk in, Joseph looked as if he had seen his savior and immediately said to him:
"Xiaodi, hurry up and talk some sense into him, get Jotaro out of here."
"He's such a big guy, what kind of sense does it make to keep staying here?"
Unexpectedly, upon hearing these words, Jotaro didn't take them to heart at all. Still wearing his usual slacker attitude, he glanced sideways at Jodio and said coolly:
"Old man, you don't need to try persuading me. I'm staying right here and not going anywhere."
"My mind is made up, no matter how much more you say, it's just a waste of breath."
With that, he stopped paying attention to the two of them.
Watching Jotaro act this way, a cold sneer flashed across the corner of Jodio's lips, and with murder in his eyes, he asked:
"Big nephew, I'll only ask you once. Are you sure you're not coming out?"
"If you don't agree, then I won't be polite anymore."
The meaning behind these words was already abundantly clear.
Unfortunately, Jotaro remained completely unfazed. He simply wore a mocking expression, turned his head to glance at Jodio Joestar, then turned around, backed up against everyone, and started eating potato chips.
Seeing this, Jodio Joestar first flashed a ferocious, grimacing smile, then tightly clenched both fists together and stretched his neck.
Immediately afterward, a wave of black energy completely wrapped around Jodio Joestar's fists up to nearly his elbows.
Seeing Jodio Joestar's movements, Joseph Joestar instantly realized that his grandson was about to suffer.
So, out of unbearable pity, he immediately turned his back.
"Old man! Remember to pay for the damages in a moment!"
After coating his arms with Armament Haki, Jodio Joestar first called out to his convenience-father who had turned his back!
At this moment, Jotaro had no idea what was about to happen!
He was completely oblivious to his impending predicament.
With that, Jodio Joestar raised his fist, leaped up into the air, and smashed a punch directly down at the iron door of the single cell holding Jotaro!
With a deafening crash, Jotaro's cell door could no longer bear the weight and fell to the ground.
Without even looking at the destroyed cell door, Jodio Joestar stepped right over it and walked in.
Hearing the commotion behind him, Jotaro instantly spun around, wanting to see what on earth had happened.
Yet the moment he turned his head, he saw his convenience-uncle, expression ferocious and raising a black fist, charging at him with murderous intent.
"Brace yourself, Jotaro!"
"Take this!"
Jotaro turning his head played right into Jodio's hands. Roaring with fury, he threw a vicious punch straight at his handsome big nephew's face.
Faced with that sandbag-sized fist, cold sweat broke out all over Jotaro's forehead. Shouting "oh no" in his heart, he immediately covered his face with his hands, hoping in this way to minimize his injuries as much as possible.
Yet just when he thought this disaster was inescapable, an illusory purple hand materialized out of thin air, blocking Jotaro's path and catching Jodio Joestar's fist for him.
"What's going on? Could that evil spirit have blocked a disaster for me?"
The anticipated pain failed to land on his face after all this time. Jotaro opened his eyes in disbelief, and looking at the scene before him, his expression instantly froze.
Jodio Joestar showed no surprise whatsoever at the scene unfolding before him; this matter had long been within his expectations.
Seeing this, he tilted his head with mild interest and spoke in a playful tone:
"You've awakened the Stand Star Platinum?"
"This is getting really interesting!"
"Too bad you aren't the only one with a Stand, though. Don't even think about escaping my punishment."
"Jotaro Kujo! You're definitely taking a beating today!"
"Your uncle is laying it right here—even Jesus coming down won't help you."
Then, Jodio Joestar chanted inwardly:
"Come forth! The Winged Dragon of Ra! Hold Star Platinum off for me temporarily!"
At Jodio Joestar's summons, a dazzling golden light—visible only to the three of them: Jodio Joestar, Joseph Joestar, and Jotaro Kujo—burst forth from Jodio Joestar's body.
Immediately afterward, this golden light first condensed into a small golden sun in midair, then instantly transformed into a divine, radiant golden giant dragon that looked both like a dragon and a bird!
This was none other than one of the Three Phantom Gods from Yu-Gi-Oh!, the Sun Dragon Ra, also known as The Winged Dragon of Ra.
The moment The Winged Dragon of Ra appeared, following Jodio Joestar's command, it lunged toward Jotaro with formidable majesty.
In this moment of crisis, Star Platinum, the humanoid strongest Stand, also instantly appeared and locked into combat with Jodio's The Winged Dragon of Ra.
Gazing at the unbelievable sight before him, Jotaro's jaw dropped in shock, and he stood frozen in place, dumbfounded.
Even so, Jodio Joestar did not stop.
Taking advantage of the brief moment when Star Platinum was temporarily engaged by The Winged Dragon of Ra, he delivered a fierce punch straight to the face of the thoroughly stunned Jotaro.
Caught completely off guard, Jotaro was sent flying by the punch, slammed into the opposite wall, and passed out cold.
Once the user of a Stand falls unconscious, the Star Platinum in midair vanishes as well.
Having landed the hit, Jodio Joestar clapped his hands together and recalled The Winged Dragon of Ra.
Then, turning to Joseph Joestar, who still had his back turned, he said:
"Job's done, wrapping up! Mission accomplished!"
"Dad! Hurry up and pay for the damages!"
"We're heading back!"
With that, without waiting for a reply from his father, Jodio Joestar casually hoisted the still-unconscious Jotaro over his shoulder and walked outside.
Leaving behind only the poor scapegoat, Joseph Joestar, standing in place.
Fortunately, Joseph Joestar was a famous real estate tycoon and mega-wealthy, so he hardly lacked this pocket change!
This little scene was nothing more than a trifle to him.
After pausing in a slight daze, he decisively pulled out his wallet to clean up the mess and wipe the posterior left behind by his adopted son and grandson.
As soon as he finished paying, he trotted all the way to catch up with Jodio Joestar, who was carrying Jotaro!
Afterward, the two of them walked together to the parking lot. Because of the unconscious Jotaro, Joseph Joestar drove this time.
Joseph Joestar opened the car door first and got into the driver's seat.
Jodio Joestar followed right behind and opened the door as well, though he first shoved the unconscious Jotaro into the car before taking his own seat.
Seeing that everyone was present, Joseph Joestar started the car and drove off.
Halfway there, Jotaro slowly regained consciousness. Rubbing his swollen and red face, it took him a long time to gather his wits.
Yet the very first thing he said upon regaining clarity was:
"How come you have that kind of evil spirit too, Uncle?!"
I vaguely remember you calling it a Stand before I passed out!
"You must know what that is, right? Am I guessing correctly?"
"That purple thing on me and that dragon on you definitely aren't simple, right!"
"In exchange, I'm willing to wash your stinky socks for a year!"
"Please tell me the truth!"
With that, Jotaro gazed with pleading eyes at Jodio Joestar sitting beside him!
Before Jodio Joestar could speak, Joseph Joestar, driving in front, chimed in first:
"A year of stinky socks in exchange? It's a deal then!"
Saying that, without waiting for either of them to respond, Joseph Joestar immediately began explaining the lore.
While Joseph Joestar was explaining things to Jotaro, Jodio Joestar's thoughts gradually drifted away.
Actually, as for why he possessed Armament Haki and The Winged Dragon of Ra as a Stand, he didn't know the exact reason!
Because the moment he time-traveled, he had inexplicably mastered the Three Haki types and the training methods of the Six Powers!
Then, two months after transmigrating, he had summoned The Winged Dragon of Ra as his Stand.
He had a rough guess about all this and felt it was no coincidence.
Rather, the things from ACG culture that he had cosplayed and carried with him before his transmigration had become real!
After all, the character Jodio had cosplayed before transmigrating was Garp from One Piece!
As for The Winged Dragon of Ra, he happened to have been carrying a card of The Winged Dragon of Ra close to his body at the time—a gift from an old acquaintance who had cosplayed Yugi Mutou at the anime convention!
However, he kept this guess entirely to himself and hadn't told anyone else.