The Birth of DIO (Chapter)

Nostalgic Face (The Birth of DIO in the JoJonium release) is the seventeenth chapter of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga. It is also the seventeenth chapter of Part I: Phantom Blood.

Summary
3 days after the battle with Dio, Speedwagon decides it would be a good time to visit Jonathan in the hospital, despite having a broken arm himself. Upon entering the hospital, he is stopped at the door to Jonathan's room by an unknown woman. As much as he argues, the women will not let him in, telling him that Jonathan is not accepting any visitors at the moment. Speedwagon is insulted by this, but stubbornly decides to come back later instead.

As a libertine from the slums, Speedwagon takes it upon himself to sneak into the hospital. Later that night, he climbs over the hospital wall and makes his way to Jonathan's room. Looking through a crack in the door, he is surprised to see that the woman is still there tending to Jonathan's injuries. Even more surprising is the fact that her hands are bruised from having squeezing a wet towel thousands of times. Her devotion to his injuries seems unnatural.

Jonathan soon regains consciousness and is perplexed by the women tending to him. She greets him as if she knew him before, which at once causes Jonathan to recognize her as his childhood sweetheart, Erina Pendleton, who had returned to take care of him for the past few days. Speedwagon realizes that the two know each other and concludes that it must be fate. He decides it would be better to leave them alone and walks off.

Back at the remains of the Joestar Mansion, Wang Chan is excavating the rubble for something. He finds the Stone Mask, but before he is able to grab it, a hand emerges from the debris and grabs his wrist. His life force is drained and his assailant is revealed to be Dio, who survived the fire.