As the flying duo was scanning the area, Pucci finally spotted the Green Baby, sleeping peacefully. 'There it is! Thank God I took the time to memorize the words, there's no way they'd give me the time to look through DIO's diary. Especially since I'd need to get it away from Ryusei first.' He dashed over and quickly started reciting. "Spiral staircase...! Rhinoceros beetle...! Ruined town...! Fig tart...! Rhinoceros beetle...! Via Delarosso...! Rhinoceros beetle...! Singularity point...! Giotto...! Angel...! Hydrangea...! Rhinoceros beetle...! Singularity point...! Secret emperor...!"

Up above, Rainbow was confused. "The heck is he muttering!" "I don't know!," Ryusei admitted, "But those same phrases were written down in the diary Pucci had! I'm guessing they hold some sort of significance!" Immediately the Green Baby woke up and observed Pucci. He took the bone from DIO he had retrieved from the punishment ward and showed it to the child, catching his interest. Pucci smiled as the child seemed to eat away at his arm before suddenly dragging him off.

"Shit," Ryusei said as he and Rainbow landed, "Now what just happened?" "I dunno," Anasui admitted, "Why is Pucci so interested in that abomination anyway?" "I wish I could say for certain," Ryusei said, "But I do know whatever it is has something to do with what DIO wrote in his diary. Jeez... This isn't what I signed up for." "What do you mean?," Atroe asked. "The truth is," Ryusei said, "I became a guard at this prison specifically at the behest of an old friend, Funny Valentine." Anasui's eyes widened. "My uncle?"

The year was 2010. It had been a long while since the Steel Ball Run, yet Team Kujo continued to see each other on a regular basis. "Been a while, hasn't it?," Ryusei said as he met with Valentine. "Yes, I'm glad you decided to join me here. Events are soon to occur, and I believe that the conditions are right to take this universe in a completely different direction from one similar to it." "So you need my help with something," Ryusei noted, "Why me and not the others?"

Valentine shrugged. "Radames still has his merchant business in Cairo. Rudy is growing too old. Sunset and Antoinette are busy with children. James recently got into the political scene after being elected Governor of Georgia. Sadao is still working as manager of the new generation of Denki Tamashi. And Sanji is working on an important project for the Speedwagon Foundation and won't be available in time for these events. You, however, have been bouncing from one part-time job to another recently."

"Yeah, the owner of my previous steady job was killed," Ryusei explained, "I've had to bounce between jobs while trying to find a new one." "Not to worry," Valentine assured him, "I have two lined up for you. One that coincides with the events I speak of, and the other when you inevitably have to quit the first one." Ryusei raised an eyebrow. "This world runs parallel to a similar reality," Valentine explained, "But in this alternate reality, you never existed. This is just one of many differences, but there plenty of similarities. For example, in about one year from now Sadao's granddaughter will be incarcerated for a particular crime."

"What crime?," Ryusei asked, concerned. "Well, in this alternate reality she was framed for murder," Valentine explained, "But also in that reality, Jotaro was married to some random woman who wasn't a Stand user, rather than Fluttershy. So he had to stay away for their own safety and never had the chance to truly connect with his daughter. So in this universe, I couldn't say for certain what the crime will be. It's likely to be a lesser one, but it will still place her in prison for a few years. And I know the exact prison she'll be going to. So the first job... Is to make you a guard at this same prison."

Ryusei nodded in realization. "I get it. You want me to keep an eye on her, help her avoid serious trouble, and lend her a hand when these events you speak of rear their ugly head." "Exactly," Valentine said with a smile, "I knew you'd understand. And this is of the utmost important. A new evil is approaching, the worst sort of evil... The sort of evil that does not realize it is doing evil. The type of evil that cannot accept inherit goodness. You must keep an eye on a man named Enrico Pucci. And try to find any sort of diary he may have."

"Diary?," Ryusei asked. Valentine nodded. "By the time you find it he'll likely have already memorized it. But it's a better situation than before. DeKurliss also didn't exist in this other reality, so instead of DIO handing the diary off to Pucci using DeKurliss, Jotaro got his hands on it, read it, then burned it. It would ultimately lead to his death. But here, he has a chance to break the Joestar curse. People often say the future isn't set in stone. I say they're wrong. But that doesn't mean the future can't be changed, for stone is hardly indestructible. And here we have a chance to make a different future."

"And it was shortly after that when I applied as a guard at this prison," Ryusei finished, "From there I was contacted by Jotaro at the appropriate time, letting me know about Jolyne and the incident with the hidden body. Once I had the full details we planned your escape. You saw how well that went. But that's when I knew who Pucci was and how to keep an eye on him." Just then, Wes doubled over and grabbed at his neck. "Wes, what's wrong?," Atroe asked.

"Something's searing into my neck," Wes said, "I can't quite see what it is." The group looked at where he was holding his neck and gasped. Right below his neck on the left shoulder, was a familiar star-shaped birthmark. "What the hell...?," Jolyne muttered, her hand reflexively going for her own neck. "Something must have happened with Pucci," Ryusei said, "And for some reason it affected Wes as well. I'll radio the main prison and get you an escort back. But we need to discuss just we're going to do moving forward."

So now you know how Ryusei got situated in Green Dolphin Prison. Well, now the gang needs to get after Pucci, but first they need to get out of jail.