Meanwhile, Jolyne Cujoh also sensed Father Pucci's location through their bloodline connection.
She, F.F., Ermes, and Emporio rushed to the hospital.
However, as soon as they reached the hospital entrance, they were stopped by a group of American police officers.
"Stop! Something incredibly bizarre has happened inside, you cannot enter yet!"
Seeing this, Jolyne Cujoh mistakenly thought they were enemies sent by Father Pucci to stop her, and immediately intended to knock them out.
But at that moment, Emporio stopped her.
"Sister Jolyne..." Emporio shook his head at her.
At this point, Jolyne also noticed that a dozen American police officers were staring at them with ill intent, their pistol safeties already disengaged.
If she made even one extra move,
they would undoubtedly shoot them without hesitation.
Even if they were powerful Stand Users, their bodies were still made of flesh.
They couldn't withstand the attack of hot weapons.
So, Jolyne sighed, then slowly raised her hands and continuously backed away.
Seeing this, the police officers' gazes finally shifted elsewhere.
Inside the coffee shop across from the hospital.
"I'd like a matcha pudding."
Emporio told the waiter, then looked at the others behind him.
"Then I'll have a cup of black tea," F.F. said indifferently.
Jolyne Cujoh and Ermes directly found a seat and sat down, looking at the prison across the street.
"Don't worry, Sister Jolyne, didn't you also say you sensed Weather's presence? And Brother Kai Ishida went to meet up with Weather and the others earlier, which means Brother Kai Ishida, Weather, and Anasui are together now."
"I find it hard to imagine what kind of enemy could defeat all three of them at once."
"That's true, but..."
Hearing this, Jolyne calmed down quite a bit, but still felt a little worried.
"Hmm... then this will do," Emporio pondered for a moment, then pulled out a walkie-talkie from his person.
"If I remember correctly, Brother Kai Ishida should still have his phone with him. By adjusting the frequency, even a walkie-talkie can connect to a phone."
Saying this, Emporio began operating it.
At the same time, the matcha pudding and black tea he and F.F. ordered were brought to them by the waiter.
"Thank you."
Just like that, Emporio held a spoon in one hand and adjusted the walkie-talkie's frequency with the other. Soon, he got through.
At the same time.
Inside the fire scene, Kai Ishida's pocket suddenly rang with an urgent bell.
"Doo-loo-loo-loo-loo-loo--"
"Doo-loo-loo-loo-loo-loo--"
Hearing the sound, Kai Ishida first looked around, confirming that the fire had not spread here, and then answered the phone.
"It's connected!"
"Hello, is that Brother Kai Ishida?"
"Are you alright? We're being held up by the police outside. Have you already engaged with the enemy Stand Users?"
Listening to the voice coming from the phone, Kai Ishida was silent for a moment, then softly said, "We're fine for now, but Emporio, there's something I might need your help with."
"Help me find the escape route map of the surviving prisoners when the Green Dolphin Street Prison caught fire."
On the other end of the phone, after hearing Kai Ishida's voice, the sound of a keyboard soon followed.
Inside the cafe.
The waiter looked at Emporio suddenly pulling out a computer, so surprised that she almost shouted out loud.
Just then, Ermes suddenly appeared behind her, and with a light chop, temporarily knocked her unconscious.
After all, if the waiter's shouting attracted the attention of the police,
that wouldn't be good.
Soon, Emporio found the original route map via the computer.
And he verbally described it, stroke by stroke, to Kai Ishida on the other end of the walkie-talkie.
"..."
Star Platinum emerged behind Kai Ishida, extended a finger, and began carving on the table in the nearby guardroom.
Soon, a simple route map appeared in Kai Ishida's hand.
"Whoosh--"
His palm swept across the table, and the wooden board carrying the map was cut off.
"Alright, you all be careful too. Once we deal with the enemy Stand, we'll come out and find you." With that, Kai Ishida hung up the phone.
Then, he turned to look at Weather and Anasui, nodded, and then prepared to escape the fire scene along the directions on the map.
Not long after they left, Father Pucci and Versus appeared in the guardroom.
Looking at the cut table in front of him, Versus's lips curled slightly, then he gently dug into it.
The next second, an identical table appeared on top.
Looking at the map that emerged on the table, Versus also knew Kai Ishida and the others' next escape route.
"Do you think you can exploit the loophole in my ability like this? How naive."
Versus shook his head disdainfully, and the figure of Diver Down instantly appeared behind him.
Its main body was white, without a mouth or nose, with tube-like accessories inserted into its eyes. There was a ship's wheel shape and a Star of Life symbol on its chest.
As the ability activated, a brand new building gradually emerged.
And it was combining with the original fire scene.
"This is the prison after being renovated following the fire, and this building is completely different from the original. Some of the original emergency exits are now load-bearing walls here. If you're not afraid of being buried by collapsing walls, then use your powerful strength to make a big hole in the wall."
On the other side.
Kai Ishida and the others had successfully found the exit from the fire using the map Emporio described.
They also saw that the prisoners of the prison had already escaped along this path.
But just as they were about to follow suit,
a wall suddenly rose up in the path ahead.
"What's going on?!" Anasui, seeing the sudden appearance of the wall, instinctively summoned Diver Down and punched it.
"Boom--"
But only large, spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the wall; no path was created.
Just as he was about to deliver another punch,
Kai Ishida stopped his fist, "If you attack again, the passage probably won't be smashed open, and we'll all be crushed by the collapsing wall."