JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 4: Morioh

Chapter 4: Morioh (杜王町 - Moriōchō) is the fourth chapter of the light novel JORGE JOESTAR. The chapter begins and brings the reader back to the universe of the Japanese Jorge Joestar.

Summary
The chapter begins with Jorge thinking about how to get from Nishi Akatsuki to Morioh. He reminds himself that he was told of Tsukumojuku's death at 6:30. He was also thinking about how Tsukumojuku got to Morioh. He explains that his throat had been cut so deep, that only a single layer of skin had kept his head attached. He says that his body had been naked, wrapped in a red, diamond-shaped cloth. There had been an axe over his shoulder, and his body had been found mounted on a bear. Jorge thinks that the killer might not have taken this as a joke but it was a reference to the folk tale, Kintaro. He later on gets off the train station of Morioh and thinks of it the entire trip as a Deja vu. On his way, he stops by to eat a "Miso Tongue Meal". After eating, he heads towards the Arrow Cross House, where Tsukumojuku's body had been found. It was a house that stood on top of a hill; the person who owned the house was Rohan Kishibe, a famous manga artist who was known for his manga series, Pink Dark Boy; which had been running for twenty years. After apologizing to Rohan about not being familiar with his work, Rohan offers to show him his art. He then says that he will show him around the Arrow Cross House to Jorge and explains that he had purchased it only 6 months ago. He gets excited about he had gotten such a house with a murder happening in it. After talking about how happy he is living in the house, Jorge suddenly compliments the view and calls him "Kishibe-san". Rohan suddenly lectures him about how people only call him by "Rohan". Without knowing him knowing, Rohan uses Heaven's Door on Jorge so he can only address him as only Rohan. Bewildered, Jorge becomes cautious around Rohan. Rohan begins to talk about the mystery of the Arrow Cross House, hence the name; it is shaped like a cross, with each points shaped like an arrow. Each arrow point had at least two doors. The rest of the eight are used to get inside. Rohan explains how the house is very strange because it had appeared five years ago without anyone noticing. It had no permits filed, and was built without any neighbors noticing. He states that his previous home had been burned down, and that he enjoys living here. There was a previous house that had been in the same spot before the Arrow Cross House. The neighbors of his call it the Cube House, it was supposedly moved from Nishi Akatsuki to Morioh, but nobody knew who owned it back then.

Rohan suddenly mentions that more than one detective had been murdered in Morioh, which surprises Jorge. He then asks if the boy who had been killed in his house had also been a detective, Jorge replies by saying yes, and explains how he had solved fifteen locked-room murder cases. Rohan then tells Jorge all of the names of the detectives who were victims of the ' Serial Detective Murders whom all had bizarre names: Hakkyoku Sachiari, and a girl, Nekoneko Nyan Nyan Nyan'. He explains how they died in the most strange way; Hakkyoku, died of alcohol poisoning and was found seated on a giant stuffed sea turtle. And Nekoneko, murdered near the strange Angelo Rock surrounded by stuffed dogs and cats, and who had a massive amount of dumplings shoved down her throat. Jorge realizes that both of these murders were references from the folklore and tales of Urashima Taro and Momotaro, just like Tsukumojuku. Jorge then suspects that the killer will be after him too because he is a detective. Rohan brings Jorge to the scene, on the way, he shows him his work room which was dark and gloomy and had no windows. Later, Rohan explains that the police had taken away Tsukumojuku's body and the axe with them. But they had left the bear that he was on because it had been too big. Rohan then shows Jorge copies of the scene's photos and data that he had asked them to leave. Jorge asks if Rohan also had photos of the other detectives' murders. Rohan agrees to show him, then asks why the killer would pose them in such a strange way. Jorge explains that the killer had used polar bears as an inspiration for the whole murder because there are no bears in Morioh. Rohan later talks about the girl who lives in his house, Reimi Sugimoto. He explains that she does not know about anything except for her own name. Because of her constant amnesia, Rohan is unable to look through her past with his Heaven's Door. He decides to let Reimi watch over the house until her memories return. Rohan then shows Jorge the locations of each detectives murder on Jorge's map. Jorge discovers that the locations make a triangle shape similar to the Bermuda Triangle. Which reminds him that Tsukumojuku had traveled through time because of this triangle. Rohan comments that Jorge's map looked scrambled. Jorge explains that it was the map Tsukumojuku drew before he was murdered.

Jorge asks Rohan out of nowhere if he had some sort of special power. Rohan, ignoring his question, tells Jorge that Tsukumojuku was technically found in a locked room. Knowing that defies the laws of physics, Jorge repeats his question if Rohan had special powers. Rohan explains that these 'special powers' are called Stands. He explains that Stands have a physical form, they may look like a person, an animal, an insect, a boat or any other item. He explains the concept of how Stand Users are drawn towards one another. After explaining, Rohan talks about the bear again and tells Jorge how he couldn't see the bear and Tsukumojuku on it at all even though it was supposed to be in plain sight; because he has a good view of the sun room because of its windows made of glass. Rohan then warns Jorge to be very cautious about the killer because he does not have a Stand to defend himself. As they are discussing, Jorge attempts to ask Rohan about someone who he couldn't remember. Jorge tries to remember who he was asking about but couldn't finish his sentence. He asks Rohan if he had done something to him. Rohan nods and states that if he says the name, he will explode. Jorge remembers the threat that was given to him if he came to Morioh, thinking Rohan might be making the same threat. He suspects that Rohan might be using hypnotism to control him. He asks Rohan how he knows the name he was trying to say. Rohan responds by saying he only knows the name, not the face. Jorge asks him to say the name, Rohan refuses because Jorge would explode. Suddenly, the doorbell rings, Rohan asks Jorge to tell the people outside to leave. Jorge asks Rohan how he knows them. It reveals that there are three boys outside wearing school uniforms, looking about his age. Jorge thinks that they are fans, Rohan explains that they bring trouble every time they visit. He leaves for the north sun room and asks Reimi to come with him.

Jorge opens the door and is greeted by three boys. The smallest one greets Jorge, telling him that they came by because they had heard about a murder. Jorge introduces himself to the three and explains that he is a detective. The young boy explains that he is a friend of Rohan. Jorge says that Rohan gave him permission to be in his house.