Rey infinito

La extraña aventura de JoJo: rey infinito (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 無限の王) is a short story written by Junjo Shindo for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's 35th Anniversary.

It was published in JOJO magazine 2022 SPRING and released on March 19, 2022. It was announced in the February 2022 issue of Ultra Jump.

Summary
Set between Battle Tendency and Stardust Crusaders in 1973, a research group from the Speedwagon Foundation are sent to Antigua, Guatemala to investigate the identity of a serial killer. From the unusual circumstances surrounding the victims, group representative J. D. Hernández (Ｊ・Ｄ・エルナンデス J. D. Erunandesu) theorizes that the serial killer may have an ability connected to the Ripple. To aid their investigation J. D. enlists the help of two locals, Octavio Luna Kan (オクタビオ・ルナ・カン Okutabio Luna Kan) and Joaquin Luis-Holda (ホアキン・ルイス＝ホルダ Hoakin Ruisu-Horuda). After five months of investigation they succeed in capturing the serial killer Fabio Ubufu (ファビオ・ウーブフ Fabio Ūbufu) with Lisa Lisa, now the head of the Paranormal Phenomena Section of the SPW Foundation after being a special advisor for many years, confirming that his ability is not the Ripple.

They eventually learn that Fabio has named his power El Señor de las Moscas (エル・シニョル・デ・ラス・モスカス (蠅の王) Eru Shinyoru De Lasu Mosukasu, lit. Lord of the Flies). Meanwhile, Octavio and Jaoquin request Lisa Lisa to employ them as official members of the SPW Foundation which she does after both pass the task Lisa Lisa assigns them. From both Fabio's testimony and the duo's investigation, a group of human traffickers with bows and arrows seem to be connected with Fabio's newfound power. Accompanied by Lisa Lisa, Octavio, and Joaquin, the research group led by J. D. arrive at a small settlement where the human traffickers are rumored to be. A mysterious paranormal occurrence later recorded in the SPW Foundation's files as Hopscotch (ホップスコッチ (石蹴り遊び) Hoppusukocchi) attacks them again, this time by a 15 year old orphan Izahera Mena-Mena (イザヘラ・メナ＝メナ Izahera Mena-Mena) assisted by other children. After being placed under the protection of the SPW Foundation alongside the other children, Izahera reveals that a group of human traffickers led by an individual called Al Horn (アルホーン Aruhōn) are indiscriminately shooting immigrants from Guatemala attempting to cross the border to Mexico with arrows, exploiting the surviving victims for their new abilities.

In the briefing room for the research group later, Lisa Lisa recounts the magnitude 8.1 earthquake causing widespread crustal movement in the mountain ranges of Peru. Strangely the research body which attempted to conduct a geographical survey of this area were infected by an unidentified illness causing mostly death, but survivors exhibited unnatural bodily changes such as spontaneous combustion and electric discharge. Presumably, a pathogen which was hitherto confined underground was released. This virus derived from minerals may not be limited to just Peru; it may exist inside an earth-wide stratum. Moreover, the virus most likely encroaches the intrinsic soul and consciousness of humans to overwrite its very foundations. Lisa Lisa reveals she had been investigating this subject for many years, and alongside informed circles and researchers, have hypothesized that somebody who wished for the power of a perfect god had become aware of the existence of these minerals, and processed the ore into the shape of an arrow as a source of a transcendent virus metamorphizing human existence, awakening an ability surpassing human understanding, of extraordinary power.

From the inherent nature of the arrows, they have traversed the world and must have emerged even in battlefields and conflicts. Lisa Lisa states that it is now their duty to retrieve every arrow in circulation under the SPW Foundation's administration. For the present, they will focus on capturing the subordinates of Al Horn and recover the arrows they possess in Latin America.