JOJO, The Escape from Real Diavolo

Chapter 6 Fine Wine

Chen Miaowen did not die.

It was already the second day when he woke up in the hospital. His roommate was Theresa, who was lying there with her head wrapped up like a dumpling and had not yet woken up.

"What's wrong with me? Am I going to die?"

Chen Miaowen remembered being stabbed by the man who wet his pants, and being knocked unconscious by the man he regarded as a close friend.

He is now experiencing unusual feelings, as if he has not died and instead feels great regret.

"You're awake?"

Generally, a nurse would be there to watch over the patient, but this time it was his "best friend," Chaotic Gecko, who was watching over Chen Miaowen.

Why didn't you kill me?

It wasn't fear or anger, it was complaining.

"Are you really that eager to die? Isn't living better than dying?"

Gecko, of course, knew why Chen Miaowen's attitude had changed—it was all because of his Stand ability. At the moment they bumped into each other in the alley, he had spilled some liquid on Chen Miaowen... As for why he didn't kill Chen Miaowen, his reason was...

"Emmm, because you can't die yet."

He didn't think Chen Miaowen could do anything. No matter how terrifying the other party's Stand was, once he was affected by his ability, his perception was altered. If his perception was wrong, no one could fight against him.

Therefore, he confidently regarded Chen Miaowen as a lamb to the slaughter.

"What's your Stand again? King Crimson? What's that?"

Chen Miaowen had called himself a stand-in, but in reality, the gecko couldn't understand his abilities. In other people's eyes, this situation was not much different from time travel.

He didn't reply. The man was currently regarded as a "close friend," but even as a close friend, he had no need to explain the abilities of his stand-in.

"Ah, that's true. You naturally won't tell me if I ask, but I don't care anymore. You can't fight me anyway."

"How is Theresa?"

"Nothing's wrong, the doctors even said she's sleeping very comfortably."

"Ah, what a pity. So, was it you who broke the propeller?"

"it's me."

Chen Miaowen paused for a second or two.

"Thanks."

……

Chen Miaowen mistakenly distorted his purpose. Influenced by the gecko, he changed his mind from escaping Rongrong to trying to get close to her.

The more he wanted to stay away before, the more he wanted to get closer now.

"Where am I?"

"Calabria, Catanzaro."

"Ah, I'm going back to Naples to find my friend Giorno Giovanna. Would you like to come with me?"

"What do you want to see him for?"

"Let him use his Stand ability to put me in a hopeless situation."

The gecko remained silent; he was clearly interested.

"Can I come too? But I have to go anyway, you still can't tell left from right!"

Gecko's purpose was to test how powerful his Stand was, not to kill these Stand users. In other words, he used them to fully understand his own abilities, and even to help him grow in battle.

Of course, he also thoroughly enjoyed the enemy's despair at the thought of dying.

"I never expected that you, who seem so strong, would become so confused after coming into contact with urine. I'm quite disappointed."

"Feel sorry."

"Naples, let's get ready to leave. Let your staff rest here. I didn't lay a hand on her."

"Um."

......

Chen Miaowen was going back to Naples, but some part of his soul seemed to be rebelling, causing him a headache, a scene that Gecko witnessed.

"The chaos seems to be resisting; is it because the urine on my body is dissipating?"

The gecko believes its substitute is flawed, and that the chaos might return to normal once the smell or liquid completely dissipates.

"Wow, that's disgusting."

Although he, as a Stand user, used urine as a means of attack, he was still somewhat disgusted, since it was real excrement.

Even though he had been bedwetting since childhood, and despite being ridiculed by everyone, he had adapted to it for over a decade. But the thought of truly accepting this disgusting thing that he had never escaped for so many years still made him somewhat apprehensive.

In the alley, he didn't touch the liquid; he only took a little bit and let it get on the sharp knife before stabbing Chen Miaowen.

"Then let's make some more."

The gecko turned and left the ward, leaving Chen Miaowen with a terrible headache.

Just as the gecko guessed, the urine was not persistent, and the filth on Chen Miaowen's back had dried long ago. As for its continued effect, it can be seen from the measles on Chen Miaowen's back. The measles are still there, which means that the Stand ability is still effective.

However, the effects have subsided considerably, and my perception is gradually returning to normal.

"Here we go, here we go!"

A gecko rushed into the ward carrying a plastic cup of yellow liquid.

"Hey bro, I haven't even asked your name yet!"

"Tobio".

"Oh, Tobio, you can call me Gecko. Do you have a headache? Then drink this."

Chen Miaowen rubbed his forehead, his head throbbing with pain.

"What...is this?"

"Urine."

The gecko smiled and handed it over.

In Chen Miaowen's eyes, this extremely disgusting and filthy excrement was like a freshly brewed fine wine, and the stench it emitted was like the aroma of fine wine.

He couldn't help but swallow hard as he accepted the "fine wine".

The gecko couldn't help but laugh.

"Hehe, this is a delicacy!"

Chen Miaowen smelled the odor, and his head seemed to hurt less.

"Ah, fine wine... urine, really... waaaaaah!"

His mind had cleared considerably, to the point that he could find some memories amidst his confused cognition, namely the famous scene from the original Golden Wind manga—the rookie Apacha.

As if on cue, he flung the "delicious" food from his hand, spilling it onto the snow-white hospital bed, the gecko, and himself.

"Holy shit!"

Chen Miaowen's headache disappeared after being tainted by the filth, and he once again fell into deep confusion.

On the other hand, the gecko was disgusted, especially by the urine that was on its skin.

"You fucking...?"

"What's wrong? Is it because I spilled this fine wine? I'm truly sorry and regretful."

The gecko was speechless. If he hadn't realized that Chen Miaowen had returned to chaos, he would have suspected that he was being played by Chen Miaowen.

He took a deep breath and gritted his teeth.

"Haha, that's true, but next time, we can't waste such delicious food!"

"Hmm... Let's go, we need to find Ranjun."

......

The two geckos found a passenger plane bound for Naples at the airport, and the gecko instructed Chen Miaowen to use his ability to obtain some money.

Chen Miaowen's cognitive impairment became increasingly severe, and he regarded theft as a good quality, believing it to be a matter of course.

So he summoned the Red King and collected the money for the two men's flight from the pockets of some residents.

Upon seeing the Red King's handsome figure, Gecko couldn't help but feel both excited and displeased. He was a Stand user, but he was also one with his Stand. Since the Stand had no physical body, it naturally couldn't do such a sneaky thing.

"However, it's not bad that 'King Crimson' can be used by me. It seems that not killing Tobio was the right choice."

Although he could use his abilities to mislead others' perceptions, he didn't want to do it. His urine wasn't inexhaustible; how could he possibly urinate all the time?