*One week passed ! During that week they learned the art of the Ripple energy from this complete stranger, Zeppeli.*
Jonathan: Uh... Yes ! 'Our timing are simultaneous ! And my arm reach is ten centimeters longer !'
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Jonathan: Urg... ARGH ! He... He did it again ! His arm suddenly extended ! Despite our speed and timing being equal ! Why ? How ?!
Zeppeli: A human cannot defeat the stone mask with speed and power, no matter how hard they may try ! So you cannot defeat it unless you learn how to change that ! Jojo ! Keep using the breathing rhythm I taught you !
Zeppeli: Look ! The ripple energy that mostly cured your broken arm is very sensitive to mental distress ! Anyone can do it by instinct, but you need to continue the rhythm ! that's where the power lies !
Jonathan: Y- Yes !
'... When did we decide to fight Dio with Zeppeli... ? Not like we had much of a choice here... He has a frightful past... Just like us, ruined by the stone mask...'
Zeppeli: Jojo, Y/n... I'll tell you why I chase the stone mask... I, Zeppeli... Was the young Will. A. Zeppeli. I... was born to a scholar family, but had other interests as a youth than researching the unknown... I joined the archaeological group at my father's university and traveled to Egypt, India, and all over the world... Once... We went to Mexico to excavate an underground Aztec ruin. And among our finds was that stone mask !
Zeppeli: Yes... It was there ! I discovered it by accident... And on the voyage home, it happened... On the Atlantic ocean, a friend from the archaeological group had his neck severed clean off ! Another one had both his eyes thrown to the ceiling of the cabin and crushed with a mere splosh ! Someone in the group had somehow discovered how to wear the mask !
Zeppeli: There were 58 on that ship ! And they were all killed ! Blood soaked everything, dimming even the fires of the lamps in the cabin... At such frightening speed and power it roared ! The ship shook as from a major earthquake ! He continued the slaughter even as his arms broke, without even a scrap of human heart ! He thirsted for blood ! Drank blood ! And those who had their blood drunk turned into zombies !
Zeppeli: I alone remained and all I could do was jump into the ocean, but he followed ! Then ! Dawn broke ! And in the light of the morning sun, I was for the first time his face...
"... Zeppeli... Was it... ?"
Zeppeli: Yes. It was the leader of the archaeological group... My father !
