Johnson suddenly recalled the time when Reversed Hierophant evolved to ACT2 and he fell into mental confusion. At that time, he vaguely remembered some past memories.
Things that happened would remain in a corner of his mind, waiting to be awakened at a certain moment. But that should be a memory from when he was just born... Why didn't DIO eat me, but instead used me for experiments? Why did I suddenly remember what DIO said to this body when it was still a Baby—
[This child does not have the Joestar Family bloodline]
Of course, before DIO stopped being human, he was still a somewhat bad but essentially human guy. At that time, he still had lingering affection for his mother and felt anger towards his father. These feelings all proved that he was still a person.
But the key is that after he stopped being human, ceasing to be human was a turning point in his life. Since then, he completely lost his humanity—
He would make mothers eat their own children and kill an entire village of people. At that time, DIO was no longer DIO; he was a vampire.
So don't expect this vampire to truly have even a little affection for his child. He is truly not on the same level as Diavolo. Diavolo still has parental affection, because although he is always called a demon, he is essentially still human.
DIO truly isn't human.
Considering the time of my birth, he should have only recently awakened from the bottom of the sea. Logically, he would need the Joestar bloodline the most, but he didn't kill me—
This is very inconsistent with DIO's own sense of security. As long as one person from the Joestar Family was alive, he wouldn't feel at ease. He should have eaten many people by then.
Unless... I really am not from the Joestar Family, but...
Johnson Joffrey subconsciously touched his neck; the star birthmark was still faintly warm. And Giorno could still sense him.
What exactly was going on? Were there other causes and effects related to the mystery of his birth?
Or was it that he was never in the original story, but was suddenly added, and even the fortune teller Fuika could divine the age of his soul. If so, did DIO also understand his soul?
Impossible, he had only arrived in this world less than a year ago.
As Johnson Joffrey thought of this, he felt a shiver of dread, and even his own existence became uncertain.
After all… Pucci's Whitesnake could extract a person's memory disc, and then that person would completely become someone else—
Was a person's existence merely for these memories? What exactly happened in DIO's castle? He was born in 1984, Giorno was born in 1985, and DIO died in 1989. There were so many years in between. His mother died, but Giorno's mother did not.
He had to ask her.
Because no matter where he was going, whether it was returning home or considering this his new home, he had to understand his past.
"Do you want to take anyone with you?"
"Giorno."
—
"Giorno, thank you for lending me your notebook." The blonde, blue-eyed girl walked to Giorno's single desk, wearing a very sweet smile.
Giorno was looking at some documents. After seeing her, he took the notebook and politely said, "You're welco—"
"What's going on, Bonasa!" A girl with three or four delinquent girls suddenly bumped into her, knocking her down.
"What are you doing?!"
"What do you think?!" The three or four delinquent girls stood in front of Bonasa. The leader of the group sternly said, "Stay away from Giorno, understand?"
She said it nastily, then turned to Giorno and said, "Giorno, are you thirsty? Would you like something to drink?"
"No." Giorno said without even looking at her, then lowered his head to look at the documents in his hand.
"Don't be like that, Giorno, do you want to watch a movie?"
"Giorno senior…"
"Giorno, summer vacation is here, where are you planning to go…"
Giorno's ears were filled with all sorts of girls' voices, his head was practically exploding. He looked towards the door and, sure enough, the burly men who protected him every day had been dismissed by Johnson. He shouldn't have asked Johnson to dismiss those dark-skinned, suit-wearing tough guys.
He looked at his textbooks on his desk again. Why did he have to study? Why couldn't he self-study at home like Johnson?
Johnson was better than him; he should be prime minister, not him.
"You are really loud, please leave me alone." Giorno suddenly snapped.
"Ah, the cool and ruthless Giorno is so handsome."
After being scolded, the girls weren't sad; instead, they liked him even more. After they left, Giorno finally felt comfortable.
Giorno Giovanna was only fourteen years old, still a child. Even if his precociousness was beyond ordinary, he still showed a childlike side—
So he thought, 'I'll go get some ice cream later to soothe my resentment towards Johnson and Uncle Risotto.'
The high school entrance exam is coming up, it's so annoying.
Giorno loved to read and would get so engrossed that he was completely oblivious to sounds around him and the external environment. When he finally looked up again, the classroom was empty.
And Johnson Joffrey was sitting in front of him.
"Why are you suddenly here?"
"What are you reading?"
They asked in unison, then Johnson looked at the book on his desk without asking—
"The Stranger." This was a book exploring human existence. Johnson had read it when he was in junior high, but back then he didn't quite understand what it meant, only feeling a bit lonely while reading it.
"Are you lonely, Giorno?" Johnson Joffrey asked him, his tone quite calm, as if discussing what to eat tomorrow. But his crimson eyes were very serious.
"A little bit," Giorno replied frankly.
"Then let's go home. I'll take you to meet more people, and then you won't be lonely anymore."
Johnson Joffrey looked at Giorno, deciding that he was completely different from the person he saw in the anime, just like the story in another novel, "Purple Haze Shameless."
One should never judge a person by a single appearance; one must observe him more clearly from all angles.
In fact, Giorno was precocious to a terrifying degree. If Johnson Joffrey hadn't repeatedly reminded himself that Giorno Giovanna was still a child, he might have forgotten that fact.
"Is your mother in Japan now?"
"Yes."