Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: A New Universe
Chapter 178: Finding Love
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Thanks to the memory disc from Sports Maxx, the group had just found out that Pucci was looking for a bone from DIO somewhere in the ultra security house unit, a good 520 meters away from the female ward, right on the southern section of the men's exercise ground. It was a place for people who needed to be separated and protected from the other prisoners, either for their own sake or the sake of the prison population at large. Elderly prisoners, prisoners with mental disabilities, child murderers, Neo-Nazis, and especially those prone to violence or who frequently attempt to escape.
The place was so isolated from the rest of the prison, not even Burning Down the House had a secret path to it, so Emporio had never been there. The other girls couldn't get in easily either, at least not without breaking a few rules on purpose. Jolyne's strings and Ermes' stickers could set off alarms, and at any rate Ermes was laid up in the infirmary. Atroe and Foo Fighters could possibly slip in, but there was no way she could get close before getting caught, since the only way to normally reach it was to be escorted.
Rainbow's Stand was right out. Once the guards saw her flying, they might mistake it for a prison break attempt and shoot her out of the sky, or at least try to before resorting to worse tactics. And Wes' ability to control weather could bring down the prison, a route they really wanted to avoid. That just left the final guy in the room, one who had kept quiet all this time. But Emporio was a little reluctant to ask his help. "I don't think we want this guy helping us, Rainbow," he said, "He's not like the rest of us. He's... A murderer..."
"Dunno if you know this," Jolyne said, "But my dad and his friends don't exactly have clean hands if you take my meaning." "This is different," Emporio clarified, "They were defending themselves against assassins. Narciso Anasui, however, is infamous amongst the prison. He has a weird syndrome... He has a desire to take things apart. He would take apart the toys he was given, any machine he could get his hands on, entire vehicles, and even a telegraph pole."
"Yeah, but that's just machines," Rainbow noted, "How does that make him a murderer?" Emporio shivered. "It's because of what he did to his girlfriend when he caught her cheating. He was visiting her at her place, and found them in bed together. He disassembled them right on the spot. He's not psychotic, at least legally speaking, but the only reason he stays calm around here is because of Wes' presence. So... It's better if we not ask him for help."
Anasui smirked. "Who said I wouldn't help? I mean, if Jolyne needs to get in there badly enough... I wouldn't mind helping you find a way." The others just blinked. 'Please tell me this isn't going where I think it is...,' Jolyne thought. "That man Pucci might be getting closer to finding that bone as we speak," Anasui noted, "We should hurry if want to get it before he does." "I hope you're not doing this expecting to marry me or something," Jolyne said cautiously. "Not after Uncle Valentine's warning," Anasui replied, "But I would at least like a date." Jolyne raised an eyebrow in confusion.
It was back when Anasui's sentence first started. His first visitor was his uncle, Funny Valentine, who had come all the way from his business in California just to talk with him. "I honestly never expected this," Anasui admitted, "After what happened I wasn't sure even my parents would come visit." "Do you regret what you did?," Valentine asked. "I definitely regret going that far," Anasui admitted, "There were many things I could have done differently when I saw them."
"I heard you plead guilty to murder on two counts," Valentine said, "As such you only got twelve years incarceration. I guess some things are just inevitable." "What are you talking about?," Anasui asked. His uncle smiled. "In a universe similar to this, the events that placed you in prison happened as well. I have seen this thanks to my Stand." "So is there also something about my time here I should be aware of?," Anasui asked, a little skeptical. It wasn't that he doubted Valentine had a Stand, he was a Stand user himself after all. He just didn't put much stock into alternate realities.
"Not everything set in stone remains," Valentine pointed out, "Stone can be broken, after all. But neither is stone fragile. You should know, having spent most of your life disassembling whatever you could get your hands on. But let me ask you this... Do you honestly think you can get through life only taking things apart?" Anasui sighed. "To be honest, I don't. But putting things together... Whenever I try, I find myself lacking. Like I do it without thinking, and forget how it was assembled in the first place."
"Then perhaps it's time to stop thinking in terms of machines," Valentine suggested, "As I said, some things are inevitable, and in the next few years you may find yourself in the company of a spirited young lady who just might give you the motivation you need to put your life back together. It's not just about it being inevitable, but more Fate's little joke. She's also a Stand user, and Stand users seem to be drawn to each other. Even I don't fully understand why." Anasui looked interested. Their conversation continued a bit before their time was up, giving Anasui much to think about.
Back in the present time, Anasui displayed his Stand, Diver Down, and had it kick a nearby security door. This, naturally, brought several guards running. But there was no sign of anyone. At least not until Diver Down materialized from within the door to attack the guards. This was one of the powers Anasui had at his disposal, the ability to store his Stand's power into certain objects, then unleash them when the time was right. It was a Stand perfectly designed to take advantage of the environment. 'One person alone couldn't get inside the punishment wing. But if all of us work together, the way Uncle Valentine suggested... Then I can help disassemble Pucci's plans.'
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