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"Hmm? Mr. Xia Yan has foreseen the enemy's Stand ability again? How convenient!"
Polnareff and the others, who were keeping watch from the sidelines, saw Xia Yan explaining the opponent's abilities and gathered around to listen attentively.
"I see, the ability to assimilate and mimic, huh? That's quite troublesome..." Jotaro said with a sigh, then looked at Natsuhiko with a complicated expression. "Did you learn this through some so-called 'divine revelation'?"
"But your ability is truly amazing!"
Joseph Joestar also remarked with some emotion:
"You don't believe in any religion at all, so how come you receive divine revelation! And you've never made a mistake even once!"
"If the Christians knew about this, they would probably line up and jump off the church to express their devotion to God."
At this point, Joe Biden even revealed a gloating smile, fully displaying the true nature of an old American rogue.
"Those churches are going to be in for a lot of work then! Hehehe..."
“That’s impossible, Mr. Joestar. According to Christian doctrine, suicide is not a way to ascend to heaven.”
Abuder stood to the side, calmly adding a comment.
Chapter 102 Original Man, Activated!
"Huh? Is that so? Religion is really troublesome."
Joseph Joestar complained with a displeased look on his face after being refuted. Despite being over sixty years old, he still had the temper of a child, and even Jotaro seemed much more composed than him.
Of course, all of this was just a disguise on his part. If anyone actually thought he was a foolish old man, then they had fallen for his trick.
He relied on this unconventional disguise to defeat one incredibly powerful enemy after another.
Hearing the two of them seriously discussing religion, Xia Yan almost burst out laughing.
What kind of bullshit divine revelation is this? If you don't even believe in God, where are you going to get divine revelation from?
It's just a fabricated excuse to fool you.
Otherwise, do you think I could tell you that I knew this from watching cartoons in my past life?
However, if Araki is considered the creator god of the JOJO world, then this can be considered as receiving divine revelation.
Despite thinking this to himself, Xia Yan replied with a straight face:
"It's actually just the power of a Stand!"
As he spoke, Xia Yan released his Stand, which spread its magnificent black wings, looking like a fallen angel with a sense of fallen holiness.
"My stand-in, 'Stairway to Heaven'."
"At first, I just thought the name looked like an angel, so I named it after one of my favorite songs. I never expected that it would inadvertently reveal his ability; perhaps this is fate!"
"Stand ability, huh..."
Kakyoin murmured the same thing over and over, a hint of admiration flashing in his eyes as he looked at Natsuhiko's double's magnificent figure.
He himself studied oil painting and has his own insights into art appreciation, while Xia Yan's stand-in is obviously the coolest type.
“That’s right, it’s a Stand ability!” Xia Yan nodded and said, “I actually only discovered the true ability of my Stand after Jotaro awakened Star Platinum.”
Upon hearing this, Jotaro seemed to have thought of something, glancing thoughtfully at Natsuhiko's Stand before turning to look at Star Platinum.
The Stand's true power...
In that case, my Stand should also have special abilities...
Xia Yan did not notice his son's unusual behavior and continued to explain his Stand's abilities to everyone.
"Speaking of which, it's actually related to your respective stand-ins as well."
"You've all probably heard of the name Kabbalah, right?"
Joseph Joestar, Kakyoin, and Polnareff exchanged bewildered glances.
In this pre-internet era, many things have a very limited reach, and only professionals or those interested in the occult are likely to have any knowledge of them.
Fortunately, they had such a professional in their team, so Xia Yan didn't just talk to himself.
"Kabbalah? Does it refer to the Tree of Life in Christianity? Or perhaps the twenty-two paths that correspond to the Tarot cards?"
As a professional fortune teller, Avdol naturally had some knowledge of this subject and thus naturally connected the two.
"Wait a minute! What are you guys talking about? One minute it's Kabbalah, the next it's Tarot! My head is completely a jumbled mess, like a ball of yarn that a cat has been playing with!"
Joseph Joestar overheard their conversation, then covered his head with his hands and began to complain loudly.
Kakyoin and Brunaev didn't speak, but they were equally confused, clearly still not understanding what the two were talking about.
Seeing this, Abuder had no choice but to give a brief explanation of the mysterious science behind Kabbalah, which helped everyone understand the meaning of Kabbalah.
After everyone had a general understanding of what Kabbalah was, Xia Yan began explaining again.
"The Kabbalah Tree of Life has 22 paths, corresponding to the 22 Tarot cards. My Stand, 'Stairway to Heaven,' has the ability to grow continuously through learning from or plundering Stands that possess Tarot symbolism."
"When I first awakened my Stand, it corresponded to the lowest level of Kabbalah, which is the so-called matter. At that time, it was just an ordinary, blank Stand with no power, and its strength was not very strong."
Could it be that...?!
Upon hearing this, the two Qiaos all showed expressions of disbelief and surprise.
They had a vague idea of Xia Yan's abilities, but they were hesitant to believe it.
After all, if it's true, this ability is simply too powerful.
"It seems you've already guessed..." Xia Yan smiled and continued, "That's right. After interacting with you again, my Stand entered the second realm, which represents the spirit. The Stand's power was enhanced, and I gained new abilities through learning!"
"Having defeated so many opponents and seized their power, I have now entered the third realm—"
"—This represents the realm of knowledge and wisdom! Once I've gathered the power of all the Tarot cards, I might be able to become the 'primordial man' described in the Bible."
"OH MY GOD! Is this how you know the enemy's abilities!?"
Hearing this, even though they were somewhat prepared, Kakyoin and the others were still taken aback, with Joseph Joestar even clutching his head and exclaiming in surprise.
Hehe, of course not...
Xia Yan simply smiled at them without saying a word.
He chose to reveal his abilities for two reasons.
One reason is to find a reason for their supposed prophecy. With this nine-tenths-true-one-false explanation, they can blame whatever they do on a substitute.
Secondly, it's to lay the foundation for their future ascension to heaven, at least to let them know this concept.
However, Joseph and his colleagues took his behavior as an admission and exclaimed in disbelief.
As the group chatted idly on the deck, the yacht drew ever closer to the coast of the African continent.
As the shore drew ever closer, Polnareff shouted excitedly, leaning half his body over the railing of the yacht.
"Look! We're almost at the shore! Just a few dozen meters and we'll be ashore!"
"Hey, Polnareff, come back right now! This is dangerous! If you fall into the sea, you'll have to climb back up yourself!"
Seeing his foolish behavior, Kakyoin, worried that he might fall into the sea, quickly reminded him.
Chapter 103 Xia Yan Decides to Sell His Sexual Abilities
"It's okay, it's okay! I'm not so clumsy as to fall into the sea."
Upon hearing Kakyoin's reminder, Polnareff simply waved his hand dismissively.
"But why is there a woman waving at us from the shore? And she looks quite attractive. Did Mr. Joestar send someone to pick us up?"
"How could that be? I wouldn't just drag unrelated people into this," Joseph said irritably.
The others also looked towards the shore.
Sure enough, on the distant shore, a woman in a blue-purple dress was gazing in this direction, her dress fluttering in the wind, looking rather beautiful.
"Could it be that they're waiting for other ships?" Abudel guessed.
"That's impossible," Joseph waved his hand and said, "This isn't a port. We just randomly picked a coastline to land. Normal ships wouldn't land here."
"In that case, there's only one answer!"
Upon hearing this, Kakyoin gave his final summary, and everyone's expressions turned serious as they became more vigilant.
"That woman is the enemy!!!"
No sooner had the words left his mouth than the ship beneath the feet of the 820 people began to shake violently.
Then, as if melting, it began to deform violently, turning into a huge face, a face the size of a yacht, painted with white ash, like that of an African tribal shaman.
And the group of people were positioned right at her mouth!
"What?! It actually assimilated and disguised itself as a ship's hull?! When did that happen?!"
"And it can actually grow this big!? This Stand's size and power are terrifying!"
Because the attack came so suddenly, even Xia Yan was fooled by his habitual thinking and failed to react in time. In an instant, everyone fell into the mouth of the "Pope"!
"What a bunch of idiots!"
Mitra's voice was transmitted to everyone's ears through his stand-in.
Xia Yan subconsciously activated his Byakugan and looked towards the shore.
She looks to be only in her early twenties.
She had a delicate and pretty face, long wavy light purple hair adorned with several star-shaped hair ornaments, wore a light blue dress, and red high heels. Her exposed skin was fair and smooth.
She can be described as a rare beauty.
"Now that you know what my abilities are, haven't you considered the possibility that the yacht beneath your feet has also been assimilated by my Stand?"
Mitra spoke again, her voice clear and sweet, with a strange trailing tone, sounding like she was flirting with someone.
"The Stand's power is so great because the original is nearby! Without a doubt, the woman on the shore is Mitra, the Stand that wields the 'High Priestess' card!"
During the fall, Kakyoin shared his analysis.
Perhaps believing he had victory in his grasp, or as if showing off, Mitra directly affirmed Kakyoin's words.
“That’s right! I’m standing on the shore just a few dozen meters away, but you’ll be crushed inside the ‘High Priestess’s’ body, so you’ve already lost your chance to find me!”