Stroheim coughed as he tried to use some bug repellent to deal with an annoying fly while in the medical wing of the fortress. He turned his attention to Speedwagon. "Why did you put him in a straight jacket?," he asked the doctor. "He tried to kill himself with a broken bottle," the doctor explained, "We felt this was necessary to prevent further attempts. Just to be safe, we warned him that any attempt to swallow or bite his tongue would result in an electric shock, hence the collar as well."

Stroheim nodded. "Understandable. In Europe, they say where an old man commits suicide, that town will soon be destroyed. So, Herr Speedwagon, I take it you know something about this man." He hit a nearby button that opened a hatch, revealing a large containment room, where the pillar and the man inside had been extracted from the tomb he was found in. "We already gained a great deal of knowledge from the journal you left," Stroheim said, "But I'm under the impression that you didn't reveal everything."

Speedwagon closed his eyes. "Why? Why did you let me live? It would have been better if I had died at that tomb." Stroheim smirked. "Maybe for you, but the Fuhrer has an interest in the Pillar Man, as you describe him, and we need to find out how to wake him up. Of course, given your history, I doubt torture would be sufficient to get the information we need. But German science is the best in the world, so we have other methods that are far more productive!"

Speedwagon scoffed. "You mean truth serum. You already have the knowledge regarding the Pillar Man. What more could you possibly need?" "In order to understand how to awaken the Pillar Man," Stroheim explained, "We need to understand your history with the stone mask, the Joestar family, and even..." He walked over to a small table and pulled the cover off it. Speedwagon gasped when he saw an Egyptian arrowhead lying on the table. Stroheim grinned. "The secret behind Stands."

Later, Stroheim and some of his soldiers walked over to a prison on the compound. Speedwagon had insisted that awakening the Pillar Man was a horrible idea, especially under truth serum, because it could endanger the world. Stroheim knew the risks, of course, but was confident Hitler knew what he was doing. If they could harness the power of evolution this Pillar Man represented, it could propel Nazi Germany to the top of the world stage.

He soon reached the prison, where several natives where being held for experiments. None of them looked happy to see Stroheim, in fact one tried to attack him. Stroheim was no arm-chair officer, however, and easily countered the attack. "Ladies and gentlemen," he said, "We have need of one of you for a final experiment. So then, choose among yourselves who shall be sacrificed for this glorious moment." To his amazement, the entire group stood up, each requesting that they be the one to be sacrificed that the others could live.

In spite of his upbringing, Stroheim was impressed. "Our Aryan race is the superior above all, but it's clear that other human races are no slouch. I can admire that sort of courage, and the courageous deserve life." He turned to his men. "Sort out the oldest one among them. Use that one for the experiment. Then release the others. We've no more need of them." "Jawohl," the soldiers replied, saluting. They got to work asking about ages as Stroheim returned to check on the scientists' progress. He suspected that it wouldn't be long before their efforts started to bear fruit.

Meanwhile, Joseph and Applejack were riding through the Mexican desert. It would take hours to find the temple where Speedwagon last was, but from there Joseph was confident they could find what was left of him. He was a little surprised Applejack had wanted to come, but she insisted on helping her new friends. So she informed her family and got her motorcycle to travel with Joseph. Stopping in a nearby town, the two spotted a water trough. Joseph immediately went to get a drink, having gotten thirsty on the way. "Uh, Jojo," Applejack said, "You might not want to drink outta the same trough as the horses."

Joseph looked to see a horse come up and start drinking from the trough. "Phew. I almost drank from that. Thanks for the heads-up, Applejack." Just then they heard the laughter of some of the locals. "Hey, look boys. We gotta couple of gringos here." "Gringo?," Joseph asked. "Basically anyone not Latin American," Applejack explained, "I happen to speak a bit of Spanish." Joseph shrugged. "I'm more fluent in Italian." He then noticed the locals talking to each other, one of them having their hand on a post from a nearby building. "Hey, amigo. What say we steal their stuff and leave them in the desert?"

The duo looked at each other. "That doesn't sound very fun," Joseph noted, "Luckily that won't be happening." He smirked as he lifted his finger to his goggles, much to the locals' confusion. With a flick of Hamon energy, he shattered the lens of the goggles and sent the shards flying at the hand of local leaning against the post, missing his fingers but nailing several flies that were nearby. "My turn," Applejack said with a smirk. These locals were well within her Stands range, allowing To The Core to smack the nearest one and send him flying, to the bewilderment of his friends.

She then activated To The Core's ability and walked over the to frightened locals, one of whom tried nailing her with a tequila bottle. The bottle bounced harmlessly off her head, shocking the thugs. They then saw Joseph had the first local in a headlock. "Now then, if you don't mind, we have a ways to go and could use some food, water, and gasoline. Be sure to have it here in the next three minutes." The locals nodded feverishly before rushing off to get the goods.

Back at the Nazi compound, the scientists were checking the state of the containment chamber holding the Pillar Man. "Speedwagon's notes regarding vampires were very specific," the lead scientist noted, "The stone mask increases jumping ability to between five and eight meters. Punching power increases to between two-thousand and four-thousand kilograms per centimeter. And leg strength increases three fold. That gives a vampire enough strength to punch through a steel wall four centimeters thick. To accommodate this, the wall around this chamber is ten centimeters thick, and the floor is fifteen meters below the viewing chamber. Now that all safety checks have been accounted for, let's begin the experiment."

You ever noticed how most Jojo parts have traveling in them, even if it's just other cities in the same country? The only exception seems to be Diamond is Unbreakable, which takes places exclusively within Morioh. Just something I wanted to point out, since this is where Part 2's traveling aspect comes in.