JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 1: Tsukumojuku

Chapter 1: Tsukumojuku (九十九十九-Tsukumojūku) is the first chapter of the light novel JORGE JOESTAR that takes place somewhere after Phantom Blood and before Battle Tendency (before Joseph was born).

Summary
The chapter takes place by introducing an eleven-year old boy named Jorge Joestar who lives in La Palma with his mother, Erina Pendleton and his friend, Elizabeth Straits (Lisa Lisa). Jorge explains that he's bullied countlessly by a boy named Antonio Torres and his gang. One day Jorge gets home after being bullied and finds out that Lisa Lisa will be leaving with her adoptive father to Italy. After Erina talks to both of them, Lisa Lisa beings to cry after hearing her speech and Jorge gains confidence and is determined to stand up against his bullies. The next day, Jorge attempts to avoid Antonio's gang and tries to hide at school by leaving early. Once he arrives in class, he is interrogated by one of Antonio's gang members, Julio Gonzalez and explains that Antonio had been murdered. The bully blames it on Jorge and Lisa Lisa because they had left home early that morning. The interrogation is interrupted by their teacher. He reveals that Antonio had been crushed to death leaving only a sheet of skin with no blood nor muscles. Shortly after, a boy enters the room and claims that he had heard the whole conversation. The boy reveals himself to be Tsukumojuku Kato, the only Asian classmate in Jorge's class and a kid detective, and claims that he had already solved the case. He brings out Antonio's so-called corpse and reveals that the skin had been created by Antonio's mother. It is horrifyingly revealed that his mother, Maria Torres, had been removing her sons skin piece by piece ever since he was a baby.