stand-in creed

"Room 104."

That's what the people at the front desk did to Nero.

After getting the key to the room, Nero and Suzumi walked towards the room without haste.

However, when it was the turn of the wheelchair youth, the front desk said so.

"Sorry, the last room on the "first floor" has been booked by that gentleman just now. "

"Hey?"

The wheelchair youth was taken aback.

Immediately, the young man nodded a little bit disappointed: "I see, then I'll try another one..."

"I'll give you the one on the first floor."

A bunch of keys landed steadily in front of the wheelchair youth.

Hearing the reputation, the young man in the wheelchair looked over, and it was the kind-hearted person in front of him who helped him lift the wheelchair just now.

"Can you?" The young man was taken aback.

"Doing something for someone is an act of seeking "return".Although I, Nero Zeppelin, is a villain with blood and debts, I can't help but think when I see you walking up the steps in a wheelchair alone—if I fall into the same predicament as you one day, if I have never met you It would be great if a stranger would give me a hand.

"There must be selfless love in this world, but my help to you obviously does not belong to this category. My kindness and kindness to you is also to allow myself to be treated like this-even though I accept the room on the first floor Bar."

"thanks……!"

The wheelchair youth thanked him earnestly.

The fat guy at the front desk is too lazy to care about these things, as long as no one is causing trouble, it has nothing to do with him.But considering the boss's order, the fat guy still yelled at the young man who was about to push the wheelchair away.

"Sir, although it is very lucky that someone is willing to give you a room, at least you have to register—what's your name?"

"Jostar!"

"……Um?!"

Nero, who was chatting with his wife, immediately stopped talking, and together with his wife, they cast blank glances at the young man.

This made the young man a little confused, but the young man still finished saying his name seriously.

"My name is Joestar—

"—Johnny Joestar."

Chapter 9 Inheritance One

Dinner time.

The Qibelins and Jonny happened to meet in the restaurant of the hotel, and they enjoyed today's dinner together.

"...Mr. Qibelin, is he also a contestant in the competition?"

"Yes—we all are."

""us"? "

Jonny was taken aback for a moment, and then looked at Suzumi Sugimoto on the other side of Nero with some surprise.

Suzumi Sugimoto just said with a smile: "You can understand it as a couple traveling."

Nero also seriously added: "Of course, the first prize of 5000 million cannot be let go!"

Suzumi joked: "Obviously I don't know how to ride a horse!"

Nero leaned back in the chair: "Have a little confidence in me, Suzumi! I, Nero Zeppelin, have been called "geniuses" since I was a child. In the past two days, I have learned everything by myself. How to make the horse move forward, turn and stop! "

"puff!"

Johnny squirted out a mouthful of oatmeal.

Subconsciously, he took out a handkerchief with his name embroidered on it to wipe his mouth, and looked at Nero.

"You guy can't ride a horse? Not only can't you ride a horse, but you're here to participate in the "SBR" competition? ’ Johnny was rather taken aback.

"...I can ride a horse." Nero said seriously.

"..."

Jonny didn't speak, but just stared at Nero with a strange expression on his face.

Nero's voice was a little softer: "It's just that the riding is "a little bit" bad. "

Johnny fully understood.

This is completely because the rich young master and young lady of an unknown family are traveling, just like the aristocrats in the newspaper who want to use cars to compete.

But Nero took a bite of a piece of bread and asked Johnny casually: "So what about you, are you here to compete or to be a contestant?"

"……I?"

Johnny was taken aback for a moment, and looked at Nero in a daze.

Nero blinked: "Is there a problem?"

The knife and fork in Johnny's hand stopped, and his voice was a little low: "You...why do you think I'm here to participate in the competition?"

Nero asked casually: "Could it be that the competition stipulates that cripples are not allowed to participate?"

Johnny fell silent.

Nero took a look at Jonny's expression: "It seems that you haven't decided whether you should participate or not."

Johnny was taken aback for a moment, but suddenly asked nervously, "You know me?"

This time it was Nero who was stunned: "Could it be... Are you a famous person?"

"..."

Hearing this answer, Johnny knew that he was a little nervous.After hesitating for a while, Johnny shook his head slightly.

"It's not someone famous, just a piece of trash who can't ride a horse."

"Who ordered it?"

"...?" Johnny looked at Nero.

Nero just said very seriously: "I have never touched horse riding until two days ago. But please believe me, absolutely no one would dare to point at me Nero Zeppelin's nose and say, "You can't ride a horse, so You're a piece of shit," that sort of thing. "

"That's because you're not like me!"

Jonny seemed to be stimulated by Nero's words.

The next moment, Johnny punched his leg heavily, but he didn't respond as if he couldn't feel any pain.

Jonny just said loudly: "You are not me! You are a healthy person, you are not only healthy, you are even a person who can hold the handle with one hand and lift the wheelchair by the wrist! You are more than I have ever seen Anyone needs to be strong, of course you can say that for granted! And me?

"I've... never been able to get back on the horse again."

Johnny completely ignored the gazes from the other tables, with one hand resting on the table, as if he couldn't eat.

Nero looked at Johnny.

"You did say 'never get back on a horse', did you?You used to be a horse racer too? "

"...That's right."

Johnny said slowly.

Immediately, Jonny showed a mocking smile, naturally not mocking Nero, but mocking himself.

"I rode a horse for the first time when I was five years old.

"I can see the movement of the horse's muscles from the saddle, I can feel the beauty in the dust raised up, and I can feel the feelings and thoughts of the horse through running.

"When I was 16, I won the championship in Kentucky. It seemed that I could get everything I wanted as long as I was on horseback. Countless politicians and royal family members wanted to see me, even the daughters of rich people. I can't help but take off my clothes! But I can no longer ride a horse..."

"You fell off your horse?" Nero asked.

"It would be fine if that's the case." Johnny smiled miserably.

"When I went to the theater with my girlfriend, I jumped in line and paid the security guard to drive out the people who were originally in the front line, but I was shot by that person in the waist, which made me completely unable to feel my own feelings. My lower body is gone. Not only did my father no longer care about me, but my girlfriend also ran away with others, and even the doctor who took care of me not only did not deal with my hygiene problems, but also secretly drew my blood to sell..."

"..."

Nero fell silent.

At this time, there is no need to add fuel to the flames by saying "you have suffered it yourself" or asking two sentences between "do you regret it" and "have you learned your lesson".Jonny Joestar was undoubtedly a domineering, bullying guy, but there's no doubt the guy had been punished enough.

At least Nero himself is not interested in criticizing Jonny from a moral point of view.

Nero just pulled Johnny's wheelchair closer and looked back at Johnny's gunshot waist—or rather, the spine.

"You, what are you doing?"

Johnny was taken aback.

But Nero's fingers were already on Johnny's spine.

"Check your injuries."

"Huh? You're not a doctor..."

"The injury that the doctor can't heal, maybe I can heal it - do you feel it?"

"What are you talking about... woohooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!"

Suddenly.

Some kind of surging power was transmitted into Jonny's body along Nero's fingertips on the spine, and in an instant, Jonny entered a brand new world.Not only that, but what surprised Johnny even more was that his legs, which had been insensible all the year round, had faintly felt at this moment.

"This, this?!"

The moment Johnny felt something strange in his legs, he suddenly exerted force, and stood up abruptly with the strength of his legs!

However, the standing position was only maintained for less than two or three seconds before Jonny fell back onto the chair.

But even so, Johnny still looked at Nero in disbelief.

"I stand up!

"Although it was only for a short moment, it was by no means an illusion, I really "stand" up!You, what did you do... how did you do it! "

"Speak from another place, Jonny Joestar."

Nero noticed that because they were too loud, they attracted too many people's attention.

Although the concave shape in the street is not a big problem, it is still a little more subtle when it comes to ripples.Immediately Nero stood up slowly, and pointed to Johnny's room.

"Just right, I also need to ask you something - Mr. Genius Rider."

Chapter 10 Inheritance II

Jonny excitedly followed Nero back to Jonny's room.

Just when Johnny was about to further question what Nero had done to him, Nero took the first step.

"Eura-!!!"

"Woo-ga!"

The little finger of Nero's right hand pierced Johnny's body with precision.Jonny's pupils widened in an instant, and his mouth opened wide subconsciously.

Seeing Jonny's appearance, Nero was very calm.

"Yes, yes, that's it.

"Empty the lungs of air so that not a milliliter remains."

puff.

Johnny fell out of the wheelchair and fell to the ground.

Just as Johnny was about to question Nero why he did this to him, his body changed wonderfully.Indistinctly, he seemed to hear some crackling sound coming from the position of his spine, and his lower body even had a strange feeling.

"Yes, feel it?

"My lower body, my legs, feel it again!"

Johnny felt his body in disbelief.

At this moment, Johnny stood up tremblingly from the ground, but immediately fell to the ground with a plop.Even so, even after falling to the ground again, Jonny's eyes still showed unstoppable excitement.