Flashback time! There's a lot of that during Stone Ocean, by the way.

Back in 1988, the man known as Enrico Pucci met a mysterious person named DIO Brando. During their talks about their unusual histories, DIO became interested in Pucci's talks about Heaven. Due to his vampirism, DIO thought Heaven was beyond his grasp up until that point, but talking with Pucci got him thinking. DIO and Pucci had come to be good friends at that point, DIO sometimes coming to visit Pucci at his boarding school, and Pucci sometimes traveling to Cairo to meet with DIO and his followers.

Heaven, to DIO, was more a state of the human mind. The full essence of the spirit's evolution, he felt, was the true path to Heaven. DIO was immortal, had four beautiful consorts at his beck and call, legions of followers, and all the money and power a man could ask for, yet he felt he had not attained true happiness, the foundation of Heaven. And so he aspired to find a means to achieve that Heaven. That was the last time Pucci had seen DIO alive. After that, in 1989, Pucci met with DeKurliss, a servant of DIO, who gave Pucci DIO's diary, which detailed his formula to achieve Heaven.

It turned out DIO had been slain by Jotaro Kujo, who at the time was the youngest generation of the Joestar family. Pucci was both saddened and enraged, but he knew it was not the time for revenge. He decided to bide his time, gather his resources, and complete his entry into sermon-hood, before discovering the secrets DIO had left for him. After all, DIO's strongest servants, N'Doul, Vanilla Ice, the D'Arby brothers, they had all been beaten soundly by Jotaro and his allies.

Eventually Pucci decided to track down the four sons birthed by DIO's four consorts, Enya, Midler, Mariah, and Tomomi. Unfortunately, Tomomi's son Giorno was not a viable option. His Stand and his resources were too strong, and he had all of Passione backing him. He would never consider avenging his father, because he felt too strong a connection to the Joestar clan. In addition, the mothers of the remaining three sons were adamant that they be kept out of that life and avoided Pucci, so he never got the chance to meet the other three. Choosing to shelve that option, Pucci moved onto the next step, getting Jotaro's Stand, Star Platinum.

Such a powerful Stand could not be allowed to remain a factor. However, Pucci's plan to get Jolyne locked up in the prison where he worked to draw Jotaro to him didn't quite work as planned. He wasn't able to get Jotaro's Stand disc, instead swiping the disc of a cellmate of Jolyne's, who thought Jotaro was her ticket out of prison. It had the same effect, however, as it kept Jotaro out of action while he oversaw the girl's protection. But that could only last so long as Pucci had her disc.

Pucci gasped when he saw something unbelievable. He recognized Wes from his past. 'It can't be... He lost all his memories. Calm down, Pucci, remember to recite your prime numbers. Solitary numbers that can only be divided by one and itself. 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41...' He watched the group standing around. He assumed that one of the guards somehow gave them a pass, likely the Stand using guard that helped them against Johngalli.

"So Jolyne," Rainbow asked, "What if Pucci decides to send someone to pose as Savage Garden?" "I have a list of questions," Jolyne said, "Not that it'll matter. I know who Savage Garden is. The questions are just a distraction." Pucci narrowed his eyes. 'That's true. The call suggested Jolyne knows Savage Garden, so sending in someone to pretend to be him or her would be useless.'

He considered the situation, and decided to return to his office. "There's nothing I can do at this point, but the more I think on it... The more I realize that Jotaro won't be my prime obstacle. His daughter has decided to take up the mantle. And Jotaro knows nothing about me or my plans, so I'm just becoming paranoid. I shouldn't focus too much on revenge for DIO... I have other pawns for that." He got out his cellphone. "DeKurliss. We should meet to discuss our plans for achieving DIO's dream."

Meanwhile, Jolyne pointed at the sky. "There he is." A carrier pigeon came down into the courtyard, a small but strong chain attached to its leg. Jolyne clipped the disc to it and it flew off. "Savage Garden is a carrier pigeon?," Atroe asked. "Yep," Jolyne replied, "Mom first took care of him when we got back home from Morioh. Pigeons can live up to fifteen years in captivity, so he's as strong as ever. Thanks SG, tell Mom I love her!" "You got it!," the pigeon replied, shocking the group. Jolyne grinned. "Mom's Stand can make animals talk."

Soon enough, DeKurliss was meeting with Pucci. "So you suspect the Joestar we have to deal with is not Jotaro Kujo, but Jolyne Kujo." "It makes sense when you think about it," Pucci said, "DIO had to deal with his former brother Jonathan Joestar twice, yet Jonathan was only his true enemy the first time. The second time it was Jonathan's great-great-grandson Jotaro." DeKurliss nodded in understanding. "Yes... The Joestars have a habit of trading off the responsibility of destiny from one generation to another once they realize their adventure is over."

He sipped his tea. "Well, I assume then that you are ready to begin the process? The pieces are all in place, we only have to gather the necessary ingredients, and from there wait for the appropriate time." Pucci nodded and summoned Whitesnake. "DIO was never able to properly engrave the words onto The World, but I was able to have them engraved onto Whitesnake. I'm grateful the diary included those words." "The words were a lullaby sung to DIO by his mother," DeKurliss noted, "But they still hold the secrets to achieving Heaven."

Pucci laid out the details of his plan. "Now, there are several steps to take. We have the allies we need. The Stand powers required to set up everything. And we have this." He held up a small jar with the bone from a pinkie toe inside. "The last piece of DIO. The only part that did not crumble to dust when his body was destroyed." "Just to warn you," DeKurliss said, "That bone originally belonged to George Joestar II. When you fuse with it..." Pucci nodded. "I know. But by that time... I'll have the power to break away from fate."