Chapter 36

The Three From A Far Away Country is the thirty-sixth chapter of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga. It is also the thirty-sixth chapter of Part I: Phantom Blood.

Summary
After destroying Tarkus, Speedwagon notices Jonathan’s expressions have become deeper since Zeppelis death so to get their minds off of Zeppeli’s death Speedwagon brings up the fact that Dio’s zombie army is currently destroying Windnights and they should hurry.

While walking towards Windnights again Poco notices a familiar face from Windknights his friend Adams! Adams also recognizes Poco and starts scolding him for being out so late. When Poco asks about his sister Adams just says that she is fine but she is mad at Poco for again staying out late. From this Speedwagon concludes the city must be fine from Adams perspective but just as the group passes Adams he twists his head around and shoots his tongue at Poco but Jonathan just grabs it without looking and simply slams Adams into the ground realizing that the city must be full of undead by now. In addition, a mysterious figure approaches Jonathan and confirms his fears saying that zombies have surrounded the city.

After the stranger tells Jonathan this, he introduces himself as Dire and suddenly jumps at Jonathan with a slow moving kick using both of his legs. Jonathan simply pulls the legs apart to counter this but Dire simply continues with his technique the “Thunder Split Attack” but Jonathan counters this as well by head-butting Dire’s face.

Amazed at this display of rashness Dire stops the fight and tells Jonathan that he is not a zombie and was merely testing Jonathan’s abilities he learned from Zeppeli. Jonathan asks Dire how he knows Zeppeli and Dire points out that he put a letter on Jonathans shoulder. Jonathan finds out that the letter was from Zeppeli and yet another mysterious figure accompanied by another figure appears and tells Jonathan that the letter explained the whereabouts of the stone mask and who currently holds it. Then Dire introduces the first stranger who is Tonpetty his master and Zeppeli's when he was learning the Ripple. The second stranger also introduces himself as Straizo.

After the introductions conclude, Tonpetty inquires about Zeppeli and Jonathan tells Tonpetty about his quest and travels. Tonpetty is not surprised at Zeppeli's death beause he says that even if he along with Dire, and Straizo joined them earlier it would not have made a difference. Nevertheless, Tonpetty and his students join Jonathan in their common goal to destroy the stone mask and Dio.