Zhu Tian: Starting from the Stand User

Chapter 11: The Spring of Hugo Manden
After the two protagonists walked away, Johnny couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked Jero: "Do you believe what he said?"

Jello replied with great certainty: "Some of what he said was true, but there were more lies."

"Will he be our enemy?"

Jero shook his head and replied, "It's hard to say for sure right now, but the President is also his enemy. Our goals are different from his."

He couldn't understand this person. Lu Chen knew too much, and it was impossible for all of it to be told to him by the saint. So this must be his stand ability.

"What is his purpose in asking us to bring this rabbit?" Johnny was very distrustful of Lu Chen.

"I don't know, but he probably didn't lie to us about the saint's remains here. Maybe it has something to do with his Stand ability."

As they were talking, a few mushrooms on their horses' backs fell into the spring in the forest during the bumpy ride. Jero had picked them up in the forest earlier and was going to stew them in the pot when he was about to cook.

Suddenly, a short figure wearing a hat appeared and quickly disappeared into the woods.

The two immediately became alert. They were a little worried about the sudden appearance of a figure in this sparsely populated forest, especially since Lu Chen had previously told them that the saint's remains were there.

Jello reached for the iron ball at his waist, but it slipped out of his hand and fell into the spring. This made Jello even more panicked. Everything here was wrong.

The two of them hurriedly rushed towards the direction where the figure disappeared.

It was only by a big tree that the two of them could see clearly that the figure just now was a little girl.

Johnny wanted to go up and talk to him, but Jello stopped him.

Instead, the little girl took out a piece of gold and a diamond the size of a pigeon egg and asked, "Which one did you drop into the water, the gold or the diamond?"

Everyone had heard of the legend of the river god. The two looked at each other and immediately realized that this girl must be the guardian of the remains.

Considering Lu Chen's previous suggestion of making a lucky rabbit's foot, Jero felt the saint's legs might be here. He carefully replied, "What I dropped into the river was an iron ball."

The girl was very happy to hear this and stuffed all the things into Jello's hands. She said, "This is a reward for your honesty."

Johnny felt that this test was too easy.

But Jello had other ideas and threw more things into the spring, including a rabbit's left leg.

He then succeeded in obtaining a large amount of wealth and the right hand of the saint.

He then seemed to have received inspiration and disassembled the rabbit into its parts, throwing them into the spring. He then obtained a pair of saintly ears and a large amount of prey. The rest of the remains never appeared.

Jero pondered. Are these the only saints' remains here? This location doesn't seem difficult to find. Why didn't Lu Chen come and take the remains away? What was he planning?

Hugh Manden warned them: "Be sure to use all you have gained before the sun sets."

Johnny wanted to return all the money he got to the little girl, but she refused and explained the rules to them both again.

You must use up everything you get before the sun sets, and you cannot give it to others.

Otherwise, it would be their turn to line up.

Only then did the two men see many human faces on the side of the tree. These faces must have been living people before. This test might be more difficult than they thought. The two men took their found treasure and left.

Lu Chen arrived at the tree where Hugh Manden lived shortly after the two left. He had been following them, so the time difference was not too long.

After carefully examining the tree for a moment, he prepared to leave. He had no intention of throwing anything into the spring. Who knew what purpose this huge pit had for?

At this time, the little girl Hugh Gemanden appeared from the tree house she lived in. She stared at Lu Chen with her blind eyes without saying anything.

Seeing this, Lu Chen said to her with a smile: "Everything here will be over soon."

Hugh Manden looked at Lu Chen with a strange expression and replied: "The chosen one will end all of this, and you will be lucky enough to witness it." The one speaking at this moment might be the saint himself.

"Am I just a witness?" Lu Chen couldn't help but mutter to himself. Lu Chen knew that in this world, corpses had their own will, and his own power was also triggered by the corpses.

Hugo Manden said firmly, "No one can possess this power alone, not even the Saint himself."

"Shouldn't my existence be the only exception?" My existence must have had an impact on the world.

Instead of answering the question, Hugo Manden turned back to the tree and looked at the faces growing on the sides of the tree. Her empty, blind eyes seemed to be able to see everything here.

Lu Chen followed her to the side of the tree. Looking at the face on the trunk, he asked, "Do you think the two of them can untie the restraints here?"

"They are the two chosen by God. All of us here exist for them." Hugh Manden's tone was calm.

"This tree must be hundreds of years old. When did all this begin?"

"God saw this many years ago, and you can't change it."

"So everything that's happening now was planned by the saint many years ago? Do you think God would be satisfied if the script turned out exactly as the saint had predicted? Or did the saint just set the stage?"

“No one can decide the fate of mankind. All choices are made by ourselves.”

"Really?" Lu Chen didn't believe this at all. In JOJO, fate is predetermined.

Xu Gemanden didn't respond to Lu Chen's words. This person's existence was like a Go piece on a chess board. It didn't play any role, but it was very conspicuous.

Since fate has made him involved, there must be a meaning for his existence.

Lu Chen looked at the little girl and continued, "You've been here for over 50 years, right? You haven't grown at all. What will happen to you and the people in the tree after the two of them complete their so-called mission? Has time really left no trace on you?"

"I have understood the mission God has placed on us, and today our mission will be completed." Hugh Manden ignored the horror in Lu Chen's words.

Lu Chen couldn't help but sigh: "This story is really cruel."

"It's time for you to leave. If you really want to get involved, why don't you catch up with them quickly? You should understand the rules here." Xu Gemanden ignored Lu Chen's sigh.

"So I can't change the outcome of this story, right?"

(End of this chapter)