JOJO, The Escape from Real Diavolo

Chapter 7 Awakening

Chen Miaowen had been contemplating suicide throughout the journey.

For example, when walking along the roadside, if he sees a sharp aluminum fence in front of a house, he will not wait to jump over it.

Or perhaps, while waiting for his flight, he used the excuse of going to the restroom, but actually intended to jump out of the window.

If an epitaph could foresee a future situation detrimental to one's survival, the person would likely act immediately, deleting the process and guiding the future to unfold.

However, the gecko stopped him. Although he was happy to see his enemy being led by the nose by death under his influence, he needed Chen Miaowen to survive.

He had a premonition that upon meeting Giorno, his Stand would grow stronger, its abilities would be significantly enhanced, or it would discover its hidden attributes.

"Eternal damnation? What does that mean?"

"Literal meaning."

"Will he be stronger than my chaotic gecko?"

"Strong? No, he's much weaker than you."

It means it's very strong, hundreds of times stronger than Gecko's Stand.

The gecko doesn't speak.

Long-term psychological repression had forced him to suppress his competitive spirit. Now that his Stand had awakened, he believed he had to defeat these Stand users to redeem himself after decades of losing face, even if they weren't his enemies.

His curiosity got the better of him; he was eager to see if this legendary Rongrong was stronger than himself, and just how strong.

There was even a sense of excitement, even though the opponent might be an incomparable force.

……

They boarded a plane at 11:30 a.m., and the airport was extremely crowded.

"Would you like something to drink?"

"*?"

The two chatted and laughed like brothers.

Since awakening his Stand, Gecko has changed a lot. Although his appearance is not as good as the boss's, just in terms of temperament, he has transformed from a sleazy man in his thirties into a very confident young man.

His demeanor also became more elegant.

For example, if he bumps into a four- or five-year-old girl who doesn't know the way and she stumbles, he will only gently pat the girl's head and say,

"Be careful, little girl. Not everyone is as understanding as your uncle; a large portion of them are bad people!"

The little girl bowed.

"Yes, I'm sorry."

She was then taken away in her mother's arms.

Before leaving, she quietly leaned on her mother's shoulder and softly complained.

"Mom, that uncle smells a little like urine..."

"Shh, don't let anyone hear... I'll give you a good hair wash when we get home!"

Creatures called geckos have excellent hearing, capable of sensing sounds from 50 to 2000 Hz, and so do chaotic geckos.

His smile froze on his face, and a nameless rage welled up inside him.

"What a joke! I washed up perfectly before leaving the hospital! That little bitch is definitely lying!"

His elegant facade was shattered by his own actions.

"Hey! Do I smell like pee!?"

"What? The smell of urine? Isn't that good? But... you don't seem to have any on you."

The gecko was furious, but knowing Chen Miaowen's problem, it could only suppress its anger.

"...Fine, thankfully the flight wasn't delayed. I don't want to stay in this idiot-filled Catanzaro!"

……

It will take several hours to board the plane and head to Naples.

It was Chen Miaowen's first time on such a passenger plane, so he was inevitably a little curious.

While looking around, it would occasionally rub its back. The gecko noticed this and felt relieved.

"Gecko, scratch my back, it's so itchy."

The gecko chuckled softly and sat down beside him.

"Is it itchy? Let me see where it itches?"

He suddenly lifted Chen Miaowen's shirt, wanting to admire his own achievements once again, and also to see if the effects of his urine were still present.

The next moment, he was dumbfounded. There was no rash or anything like that. Chen Miaowen's back only had strong and bulging muscles.

This was not what he had expected. When Chen Miaowen was unconscious, he had already seen the measles on his back, which should have been bright red and terrifying... but now there was nothing there.

Then there's only one possibility.

"Toby..."

"King Crimson".

Gecko was stunned for a moment, and the red-haired man in front of him gently called out the substitute.

In that instant when time stood still, the gecko's eyes were filled with confusion and bewilderment.

"Gecko, unfortunately, I woke up not long ago, and your disgusting, filthy (though it is urine) substitute has been defeated!"

In the still world, Chen Miaowen left his airplane seat, and the Crimson King clenched his fist and pressed it against the gecko's back, a few centimeters from his right chest.

……

Chen Miaowen did indeed wake up not long ago, and there was an element of luck involved.

In the scene where he receives the Apacha, he regains consciousness—completely—but only for a moment, and then becomes delirious again in the next instant.

In that instant, Chen Miaowen was somewhat stunned, with concepts like "left is right" and "life is worse than death" running through his mind. But when faced with a problem, he used his Stand to solve it. Without saying the name, he called out the Crimson King and activated its deletion ability.

For a dozen seconds, Chen Miaowen was completely conscious; the gecko's abilities seemed to have no effect on him in the world of Time Deletion.

"This is... pee, wow."

Chen Miaowen was able to recall all the circumstances before activating his ability.

"The chaotic gecko is going to Naples to see Rongrong... and he wants me to drink his urine? Apa tea?"

It was still chaotic, but he grasped the key points.

"In short, this cup of urine is not to be drunk, that's for sure... it's not even to be touched."

If he hadn't been lucky, he might have actually drunk that "fine wine," a thought that disgusted Chen Miaowen.

"A ten-second response time at most. After ten seconds, it'll probably be time to eat it, which is absolutely unacceptable!"

"Life is worse than death. In reality, I crave death. In other words, his ability might be to change my beliefs or something. Urine... the medium for activating this ability is urine... Do I smell of urine?"

"There really is. If that's the case, I'll have to find a way to cleanse my body, and these measles on my body must also be his ability..."

However, he only had a few seconds of free time, and if he wasn't mistaken, he would likely come into contact with the tea immediately after the freeze ended, and would fall into the chaos of his abilities again.

"That's settled then."

He quickly hid a note in his bangs.

The epitaph that Chen Miaowen had never used before would appear on his bangs when his ability was activated, and this time, he still didn't use this kind of core ability because it was useless.

He wrote a line on the note.

[If you wish to enter death, please clean the measles on your back, wash away any body odor, and if convenient, use a small amount of shower gel.]