Ursus, Northern Tundra. Reunion Movement Camp.
The wind and snow howled outside the low tents. The bonfire in the center of the camp was long extinguished, its blackened charcoal covered in snow.
"Alina, where did you get those clothes?"
"Ah... a very good friend gave them to me."
"Is it something important? You're even taking it with you when you go out?" Talulah was confused.
"I was thinking... if I can meet her again, I'll return this jacket to her."
Alina held her grocery basket in one hand and had the suit jacket draped over her other arm.
"Will it be dangerous for you to go out now?" Talulah asked with concern. "The pursuers are gathered in the western village, so it's best not to go that way."
"Don't worry. Those pursuers have already been taken care of."
Alina smiled faintly, her mind recalling the image of the white-haired woman from last night.
But Talulah was confused. "No, they haven't? The pursuers only got close yesterday. Aside from the scouting team, none of the other fighters have gone near them."
"Huh? I'm sure I told you yesterday. A person named Yu Yachen took care of them."
"What 'Yu Yachen'? You never told me that."
"Alina... do you have a fever?"
Talulah raised her hand to feel Alina's forehead.
Alina was also stunned. She remembered clearly telling Talulah yesterday... no, wait. She had realized that her encounter with Yu Yachen might have been a dream.
But the suit jacket on her arm was constantly reminding her that the meeting was real.
Alina was starting to get confused.
"You really don't remember what happened yesterday?"
"Yesterday, you said you were going to tell the children stories. You didn't come find me at all," Talulah shrugged.
But that was the day before yesterday... Alina frowned.
If it really was a dream, then she couldn't explain the suit jacket. Alina hesitated for a moment, then waved goodbye to Talulah.
Following the route from her memory, Alina walked toward the eastern village to trade for supplies. Halfway there, she suddenly heard the sound of a wild rabbit rustling in the bushes.
"Rustle—"
Alina remembered the same thing happening at this exact time "yesterday."
A short while later, she arrived at the eastern village. The villagers there said the exact same things they had said "yesterday" afternoon.
After trading her supplies, Alina deliberately avoided the original path back. She hid behind a dead tree not far away, secretly watching the main road.
Sure enough, a group of emaciated Infected hurried past on the original path. If Alina hadn't hidden in advance, she would have been robbed by them again.
It was exactly the same as "yesterday." Or, to be precise, exactly the same as her "dream."
[System Notification: Alina's favorability -5! Current favorability: 45/100 (One step from happiness, we let go and drifted apart~)]
"?"
The plan to deal with Ch'en Huijie was more or less in place. Yu Yachen had ended her "date" with Exusiai and Texas early and wandered the streets for a while. It was already approaching evening.
Sitting in her car, she slowly typed a question mark.
"System, what's this about?"
She pulled out the car key, opened the door, and walked toward her apartment building.
[(O.O) Aiyah~ It's normal for favorability to fluctuate during the simulation's calculations! Hahaha... awkward laugh. Besides that, Host, why haven't you used your random Stand draw yet?]
"I was just about to."
As she spoke, Yu Yachen reached the building entrance and pressed the elevator button.
[Use mission reward: Receive a random Stand from the world of JoJo?]
"Use."
As the elevator doors opened, reflecting her face, Yu Yachen heard the sound of a spinning roulette wheel in her head. This system always loved doing things it thought were cute but were actually just superfluous. Not that Yu Yachen minded.
Speaking of which... I wonder what kind of Stand I'll get this time?
If possible, Yu Yachen wanted an ability like [Gold Experience] that could heal her, or [Scary Monsters] to strengthen her body. Failing that, a Stand that was convenient for hiding her identity would also be fine.
[Congratulations! You have received the Stand: [Hermit Purple]!]
"..." Yu Yachen was silent for a moment.
"Take it back. I don't need it."
[Stop, stop, stop! Host, don't listen to that smelly vampire DIO, calling it the 'most useless Stand' blah blah blah (╬). This is [Hermit Purple]! It's a vine that lets you swing around like Spider-Man! And you can use it to spy on people!]
"I can use Killer Queen to pull myself and swing around, too."
Yu Yachen closed her eyes, resigned.
She suddenly recalled the Stand user she had just fought. That person's Stand was also made of vines. Was that why she drew the vine-based [Hermit Purple]?
[Hermit Purple]. Its appearance was a mass of tangled purple vines. Its ability was [Spirit Photography], allowing the user to see distant images by destroying a camera or other medium.
In an era where everyone had a smartphone, it was indeed a handy little tool for spying.
It wasn't the Stand Yu Yachen wanted, but it was better than nothing.
"That's enough. Just start the second simulation, System."
Yu Yachen was still more interested in the time-stopping [Star Platinum].
[...]
The system didn't speak for a long time.
"System?"
Yu Yachen called again, but still got no response.
"..."
[Ahhh, I'm screwed, I'm screwed, I'm screwed! (;)]
Yu Yachen didn't hear the system's frantic muttering.
[I knew I shouldn't have synced that suit jacket from the simulation to reality! What if Alina's favorability keeps updating in reality, and in the simulation, and the Host figures it all out? She's so smart! (╬)]
[Eh... wait. I just had an idea.]
[Although this is still a bit risky... if I just transport the Host directly to the tundra for the next simulation and turn the simulation into reality, then the problem of the abnormally-updating favorability will be solved, right? (´▽*)]
[I should have just transported the Host directly to the tundra for the first simulation... although doing that would have kind of violated her wish for the 'simulation not to affect reality.']
[Heehee, this system is a genius.]
"..."
[Aiyah, Host, the server was a bit busy just now. What was your question?]
"Just start the next simulation for me."
Yu Yachen took a thick coat from her closet and went to sit on the living room sofa.
[Right away, Host! (´▽*)]
[Second simulation in progress...]
[Generating world...]
[Mission Objective: Get to know your capture target]
Stand: Hermit Purple
Stand User: Yu Yachen (Joseph Joestar)
Destructive Power: D
Speed: C
Range: D
Durability: A
Precision: D
Potential: E
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