JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 9: Cliff

NINE: Cliff (崖 Gake) is the ninth chapter of the light novel JORGE JOESTAR. It returns to the perspective of George Joestar II and continues his side of the story after the events of Chapter 7.

Summary
Jorge gets arrested as he arrives home from Rome for being a prime suspect in Kenton's murder. Her father, Ben Motorize, had convinced his friends in the justice department to press charges on Jorge as an adult for first degree murder, despite him being 16. Penelope and Erina come to visit him, promising they will let him out. Though Jorge claims that he prefers to stay in jail. Before they leave, they keep Jorge separated from the adult criminals. On his way back to his cell, Lisa Lisa is there. She uses her Hamon to make the guard fall asleep and paralyzes the center of his brain, making him fail to comprehend that she is even there. She hands Jorge socks made with a special thread to block the ripple she was sending through the floor. In his cell, she tells Jorge that Speedwagon and the Hamon Warriors are helping to get him out soon. During his time in prison, she brings him snacks and teaches him things, which he describes to be paradise. Once she leaves at night, Jorge always thinks of Kenton and how much of a good friend she was to him.

The next morning, Steven comes to visit Jorge on his sixth day in jail. Jorge feels nervous about seeing him, thinking that Steven believes that he is the killer. As he meets him, explaining that he didn't do it. Steven says he believes him, stating that Jorge would never kill Kenton. And instead, Steven apologizes for his fathers outrage on him. Because Kenton's body was found on Jorge's plane, he wonders if he'll be able to fly ever again. Steven cheers him up, saying that if they both abandon airplanes, it would be like Kenton had never existed. He cries in his cell that night because of what Steven said, and continues to miss Kenton. Time passes, Erina attempts to get Jorge out of jail, but fails. He explains that the police were having trouble creating a case about the murder, due to the amount of mysteries in Kenton's murder. There was no possible timeline for him to actually kill her; the only time possible was during the two hours when he was in Rome. The police question Jorge about how he traveled to Rome. He explains that the Motorizes' butler, Faraday, had taken him to a room to meet Tsukumojuku, who was supposed to be dead. He then explains how he suddenly traveled to the underground cave ruins when he took his hand. He lies to the police, naming a different underground cave instead of the one he was in to avoid Lisa Lisa getting involved. The Italian police investigate because the cave was not officially discovered; it later becomes a huge deal, allowing Jorge to get away with his lie.

The police were not able to write down Jorge's statement, due to it being nonsensical. They put Jorge through psychological evaluations and other trials, and result in writing a report; stating that Jorge had been in love with Kenton, and planned to kill her when she turned him down after he asked her out. Jorge constantly denies everything, though because of the report being finished, he was still not allowed to go home. That night, Lisa Lisa visits him again, explaining that she won't visit him because she has to work with Straizo. She tells him to be strong, and reminds him of how he saved her from the Gorilla Spider in the temple. Time passes, Jorge finally returns home, and is welcomed by Penelope and his mother. He begins to think about Tsukumojuku, and remembers what he had told him. Claiming that he was in the year of 2012, with a boy—a Japanese Jorge, and was transported to a place named the Arrow Cross House. Jorge realizes that Tsukumojuku had never died, instead, he time traveled to Japan 107 years into the future. His knowledge of time traveling was sourced from a novel written by. Later on, Jorge had pleaded innocent after being charged, which lead to a trial. He was tutored by Penelope again, because he wasn't able to go to school. With his amount of free time, he grows bored; not wanting to work on planes, and ends up growing a liking to motor cars. He learns how to drive one, and soon buys one. He takes it apart, trying to customize it and learn its parts. He brings his car to an automotive garage to fix it, where he meets a student named John Moore-Brabazon. Who works as a private mechanic for a man named. As he works on Jorge's car, he argues with him, calling him a brat, and throws a wrench at his car. Instead of damaging John's car, he shoves him and decides to fix his car himself. After fixing it and fixing the dent, he tries to run John over and turns it into a car chase throughout the industrial district until the police begin to chase them. Jorge feels that he was having fun, bottling up his rage and finally letting it out. They both return to the garage, and end up becoming friends. He explains how John grows a liking to him, though most people avoided Jorge after learning about his trial for murder. Even though he was on trial, his relationship with John had not changed.

Jorge turns eighteen, though still under suspicion, he graduates from Hugh Hudson High but refuses to go to college. He begins to race John in RAC Races, and expands his involvement in cars. He gets a call from John, informing him that they're beginning to work on planes. Because he had gotten back to airplanes, it makes him want to talk to Steven again. A couple days pass, Darlington comes to visit the Joestar mansion. She explains to him that her boyfriend, William Cardinal, now wants to be a Commander. They walk through the woods until they go back to the house, with an enraged Penelope at the entrance, questioning why she is here. Darlington reveals that she had visited them to inform them that her father had found new evidence on Jorge. She suggests that he plead guilty, in order to get a reduced sentence. Jorge asks for this new evidence, and learns that they had found two witnesses; who were Darlington and Penelope. Claiming that Penelope had stopped by the house on her way home from work, writing a note to him about finally getting his Star Shooter to fly; at the same time, Penelope is building a locked room around them. She stops and leaves, and the dirt walls stop growing. Darlington bids Jorge farewell, reminding them about the plea bargain, and then leaves the mansion. He walks upstairs to find Penelope crying, unable to comfort her. Erina walks in, giving Jorge hope, telling him to think. Telling him that if he gives up, he'd be betraying anyone who had befriended him, including the Joestar and Pendleton name. Jorge comes up with a solution to his problem, finding the true killer. Erina reveals that she'd been investigating the murder for the past 2 years.

Jorge realizes that his Star Shooter could only support the weight of a child. He comes up with a theory that Tsukumojuku did not vanish immediately, but instead climbed aboard the Star Shooter and flew it to the cliff where he found Kenton's corpse. Although reporting this was not possible for him, he may had flown Jorge's plane as a kite to ensure she was discovered quickly. They then investigate on the knife that was used to murder Kenton. Jorge asks Penelope if the police had found any more traces from the killer, she tells him that there were drops of rain water throughout the mansion, as if the killer had been floating, making Jorge think of Tsukumojuku again. They decide to visit the crime scene, Jorge remembers that Steven had ridden his horse to the scene. Jorge realizes that Steven might have killed Kenton; he had told Steven where he was going, and could have used his wings to fly to the Joestar mansion and grab a knife. It could take only minutes to travel there with his wings, making it possible. This theory also uncovers the reason why Ben Motorize was determined to accuse Jorge: to protect his son. Because their mother, Harriet, had committed suicide on that cliff, it caused him to bottle up his anger throughout the years, and eventually take it out on Kenton after she purposefully put herself in danger to take advantage of his wings. Jorge tells Darlington that he will go to Steven to make him confess, instead of letting them frame him. Before he leaves the manor, Jorge asks Faraday if he happened to have looked at Tsukumojuku's feet when he asked for him. Faraday describes the boy to be sinister, when Jorge asks why, he describes the boy to be a Spaniard instead of Japanese, with no eyes. He had worn a hat to cover his face, and looked to be about twelve or thirteen. A year passes, Jorge is now cleared of suspicion, and he ends up joining the Royal Aero Club. John becomes the first Englishman to officially fly a plane, though Charles Rolls died in a plane crash; so he never flies again. And just like he said, the Great War had arrived, bringing more evil.