Koichi arrives in Italy on a mission from Jotaro to find Giorno; they meet haphazardly when Giorno steals Koichi's luggage, and the ensuing chase leads Giorno into a Stand battle with the gangster Leaky Eye Luca.

Faced with Bucciarati's Stand, Sticky Fingers, Giorno desperately uses Gold Experience to defend himself.

Giorno is interviewed by a strange man to enter the Passione gang and achieve his dream of becoming a "Gang-Star".

After apparently failing Polpo's test, Giorno is attacked by his stand, Black Sabbath, who tries to pierce his soul with a stand arrow.

Doppio, the alter ego of Passione's boss, continues to fight against Risotto and his iron controlling Metallica. Doppio struggles against the powerful assassin, but is armed with King Crimson's Epitaph, which allows him to see the future.