Chapter 127 Kissing Seeing Jello in a state of fantasy,...
Seeing Jero lost in fantasy, Mary was a little surprised. In her memory, he was a rich young man, and he shouldn't be so interested in money.
Is it possible that being a doctor is too hard and even someone like Jero can't stand it?
Johnny was uneasy. He knew there was no such thing as a free lunch. Taking something so precious must come at a price. Could Jello really afford that price?
"You'd better return the thing to that girl, Jello." Manden Tim's voice was serious, causing Jello to pause in throwing the thing into the spring. He turned around and asked, "Why, did you find anything?"
"You can go outside and take a look yourself." Manden Tim moved his body, revealing the open tree hole.
Mystification
Jello was wondering in his heart, if it weren't for Manden's good character, he wouldn't bother to pay attention to him.
Mary and Johnny were also curious, so they followed Jero out and soon discovered a horrifying scene.
Countless human faces appeared above the tree, each of which was drooping downwards. Without exception, the expressions on their faces were extremely painful, like people in hell wailing unwillingly.
Even in the daytime, Johnny was frightened by the scene and got goose bumps. Mary hurriedly urged Jero to return the things.
"Give it back? Are you really willing to do that?" Jero casually put the diamonds and gold into his pocket and picked up the dead hare from the horse's back. "You don't even want the saint's body?"
"you mean……?"
"Watch me." Jero quickly cut off the rabbit's ears and right leg and threw them into the spring. As Jero had expected, the little girl actually pulled out the precious remains with her bare hands.
Unexpectedly, this time, the body was found so easily, without any bloodshed. Johnny's nervousness also dissipated a lot. He handed the body to Mary, who carefully put them into her pocket.
Manden watched silently, wisely not asking what it was. He just looked at the little girl and said, "What's with those faces in the trees?"
The deliberate smile on the little girl's face disappeared without a trace. She looked at Manden Tim with her blind eyes: "That's the fate of a loser, it's that simple."
She looked at Jero Zeppelin again: "Make sure you spend everything you get before the sun sets, otherwise... you will become just one of the many faces."
After hearing this, Jello didn't take it seriously: "Hey, how hard can it be to spend money?"
The little girl pursed her lips, but still spoke out what was hidden in her heart: "Because this sister gave me a very warm piece of clothing, so... listen carefully, it is very difficult to spend this money. It must comply with the rule of equal exchange. If you don't do this, something will go wrong. Do you understand?"
"Then we don't want these things, okay?" Mary's words made the girl laugh. "No, they already belong to Jero Zeppeli. If I take them, it will only make him die faster."
After hearing this, Jero's expression turned grim. He finally understood why so many people failed. However, things had come to this point, and he couldn't back down.
"Let's go to the city first. There's no way to spend money here." After Jello got on the horse, he kicked the horse's belly neatly. Valkyrie neighed and rushed out in a cool manner, raising snowflakes.
"Wait!" Mary's voice successfully stopped Jello's movements, and the other two men also stopped. "What's wrong?" Manden and Johnny asked at the same time, and then glanced at each other with unfriendly expressions.
Unexpectedly, everyone was so obedient. Mary quickly said, "Let's not even talk about the gold. You can't possibly spend all of that diamond." She recalled her past experience with Fanny. Back then, she had seen a similar diamond at an auction, and its starting price was $13 million. "It's worth a fortune. It could easily buy an entire state."
Before, Jero only thought the diamond was dazzling because of its size, but now he truly realized how valuable this thing is.
"Well..." Jello suddenly dismounted, casually pulled out a half-worn blanket, and spread it on the stones by the roadside. "This thing is broken, so its value should depreciate. Anyway, the rules only say that it must be exchanged at equal value, but it doesn't say that the item must be intact... This is not an unequal transaction, so I should be fine. Oh la la la!!!"
"Hey! Wait!"
Jello's iron ball hit the diamond mercilessly. The hardest mineral in the world was actually smashed into several pieces by the iron ball.
Johnny breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Jello was unharmed.
"How much is it worth in this state?" Jello asked in a rough voice.
"I'm not sure about that, but it's definitely a big discount." Mary looked at the rare diamond in the world breaking into pieces with some heartache. Although she knew rationally that this was the right choice, she always felt a sense of loss when she saw beautiful things suddenly destroyed.
After listening to this, Jello divided the gold into dozens of portions in a quick and efficient manner. At first glance, the pressure was reduced a lot.
"Diamonds can be exchanged for money and then used to spend in the city. But gold... is it against the rules to use gold to arrest people?" As soon as Jello said this, Mary and Johnny immediately understood what he meant.
"You want to capture Heart Panz? She's a very powerful Stand user. I think it's better to buy intelligence, otherwise it won't be of much use." Johnny shook his head. "By the way, we can also try to use gold to force some lagging riders to withdraw from the competition."
"Now that we've made the decision, why are we still talking? Let's go!" Jello carefully put the treasures into his pocket and started running as planned.
Thanks to the efforts of Mary, Jero, Johnny, and Manden, they successfully spent a considerable amount of gold. Twelve people accepted the money and truly withdrew from the competition. Unfortunately, their expensive search for intelligence on Heart Panz yielded only superficial results.
Everyone had only seen Heart Panz and could point out the general direction, but no one really knew where he was going.
By the time they arrived in the city, it was already three in the afternoon. Jello began his spending spree, and Mary and the others just watched him spend money like water, acting as qualified bystanders.
It was Mary who suggested using the last sum of money to book the most luxurious musical theater in the city and have the most famous people perform.
Although movies have begun to become popular now, this is still the choice of the upper class, and they have indeed spent their last gold.
I never realized that spending all my money could make people so happy. Jello walked out of the theater briskly, looking at the sunset in the sky, feeling indescribably relaxed.
But the next second, Jello heard Manden's whispered exclamation: "Jello, your foot!"
Jero looked down, horrified. He hadn't known when his toes had transformed into tree roots! They had broken through his shoes and were growing wildly outward.
What's going on?!
Although Jero was shocked, his mind raced faster at such moments. In a flash, Jero glanced at Mary, who also realized something and quickly reached into her pocket to pull out the body parts.
Johnny gasped. A body is such a precious thing, how much money would it cost to make a deal?
Even if Mary takes out enough money at this moment, Jello must spend it all!
Manden Tim hadn't expected this to happen. He frowned and asked, "What exactly is this thing? A mummy? I know a collector nearby. He might buy it out of my favor."
"No!" Mary covered her pockets reflexively. She couldn't accept that the body was lost in her hands for the second time.
But seeing that Jello's arms had grown roots, Mary threw the body towards Manden with trembling hands.
Although I know that time may not be enough, I must never give up.
"No...Mary, I just want to leave my body to you." Jello's body had been nailed to the spot. There were even a few fresh green leaves on his tongue, emitting a lush green in the snow, just like the man's eyes that were always so bright and open.
"But... I don't have any money on me now..." Mary searched her pockets, and including the small change, there were only three hundred dollars in them.
"No, I don't want money." Jello's firm words stunned Mary, but Johnny felt uneasy intuitively.
"I want a kiss from you, Mary."
Looking into Jero's green eyes, Mary seemed to see the flow of life. His words were not love words, nor did they contain any jokes. He really believed that this was a very fair and equal exchange.
"How could you do this, Jeroboam!" Johnny's roar echoed in the empty streets, and the echo was full of fire and red.
"I trusted you so much, I thought you weren't the type of person Diego was..." Johnny raised his arms and lowered them again, his nails spinning and stopping, then stopping and spinning again. He wiped his tears with his blue sleeves, his eyelids red.
But Jero didn't answer. He looked at Mary intently, waiting for her decision.
This was the best choice, agreed upon by both reason and emotion for the sake of survival. Perhaps Johnny thought he was despicable, but so what? He wanted Mary, he loved Mary. Why did he always miss out on Mary? He, Jeroboam Zeppelin, simply refused to accept this!
Maybe even Mary didn't know that Jello had already fallen in love with her the first time he saw her.
Who knows why?
Perhaps it was Mary's unique eyes, her soft, beautiful brown hair, or the overwhelming vitality that seemed to overflow when she was angry. She was different from this hospital, and even from everyone he knew in his life.
But he always misses it.
When he saw Blackmoya, he mistakenly thought they were a couple and didn't say, "Let's get to know each other, okay?"
When they went to the tavern, they started hiding from each other again because of Dorothy, and Jello no longer had time to get close to Mary and send out more invitations from adults.
Then... Kaz appears, and finally... Mary leaves.
After finally being able to reunite, so many strange people suddenly appeared. After finally being able to work with Mary, Johnny Joestar quietly took the lead again.
No matter what, he wanted to give himself another chance.
Just once.
His eyes were almost unable to see clearly now, but he still looked at Mary stubbornly, waiting for Mary's answer.
"Don't go, Mary!" Johnny hugged Mary tightly, unwilling to let go. Mary could feel his hot tears dripping into her neck, becoming colder than the ice and snow outside.
Jello's eyes were blind, and even the cold feeling of snowflakes on his face had completely disappeared. Only his ears could still barely hear the sounds of the outside world.
"But Johnny, Jero is going to die. Do you really want him to die?"
He heard louder sobbing.
Ah… maybe today, he will indeed die.
But Jello found that he was still very calm, without even a trace of regret in his heart.
He completely lost all his senses. If he hadn't been conscious, Jello would have thought he was dead.
Suddenly, there was a gentle warmth on his lips, and Jello smelled the scent of Mary.
The roots on his body were decaying at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if time was flowing backwards, as if he had encountered the hottest spark in the world and was being burned back step by step.
Jello opened his eyes
A kiss ends
He is still alive
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