JJL Chapter 26

The Basement Dwellers is the twenty-sixth chapter of Part VIII: JoJolion.

Summary
Trapped again in the secret room below the Higashikata estate, Yasuho Hirose gives up in her escape. Tsurugi Higashikata appears again, apologizing for the trouble he caused her. After small talk, he explains to her the origin of stands, about Paper Moon and a strange illness that affects the first child of each generation of Higashikata family. Tsurugi finally leaves after making sure she is fine, and Yasuho falls asleep. A strange man going by the name of Yotsuyu Yagiyama mysteriously appears within the secret room, watching Yasuho Hirose sleep. He then uses his Stand power to suffocate her, in an attempt to draw out Paisley Park so he may examine it. Once Paisley Park manifests, he uses his Stand to trap it in place, and seems to be able to identify Paisley Park's unique abilities, such as it being a long-distance type Stand. While she is still trapped, he reveals that he is an architect and he is trying to scout out interesting properties, such as the secret room, and that he hopes that Josuke never retrieves his memories, appearing to know more than he lets on. Yasuho in a last ditch attempt to free herself manages to fold an origami bunch of bananas, which she successfully uses to trip Yagiyama, as they are still powered by Tsurugi's Stand Paper Moon. Yagiyama falls onto a piece of broken glass Yasuho had earlier tried to use to cut the film on her face, and in the confusion his Stand's power weakens, freeing Yasuho from the film, but he has mysteriously disappeared.