Shadow Kaguya Shinomiya Appears / Shadow Gotō Hitori's Attitude

"Bocchi's Stand must have a weakness. According to the descriptions of Stands written by the You Know Who in his diary, there can't be a truly invincible Stand. We just haven't found the weakness of this Stand yet." Shinomiya Kaguya carefully observed the Bocchi shadow at her feet.

At this point, it seemed that Yukino Yukinoshita had realized something and offered her opinion.

"Wait, after she turned into a shadow, she just stayed in the same spot and didn't seem to move much. Even when she did make a move, it was just some simple movements in the same spot."

As Yukino Yukinoshita explained, the girls around the shadow observed more closely and discovered that, just as Yukino Yukinoshita had said, even though Bocchi's shadow was currently unaffected by their abilities, it did not take this opportunity to leave but instead remained in place.

If this behavior isn't provocation, then... it means that it's not that the other party doesn't want to leave, but rather that their movements become somewhat restricted after they revert to their shadow form?

Chapter 368: The Appearance of Shadow Shinomiya Kaguya

As Yukino Yukinoshita raised this point, the girls around her immediately stared at the shadow on the ground with scrutinizing eyes.

Indeed, even now, although the shadow on the ground continues to make provocative gestures, it has never left the area within a meter of the ground.

"When it appears in shadow form, it cannot move freely, or does it require some special medium to move?"

Shinomiya Kaguya stared at the shadow on the ground, but if the other party really couldn't move on its own...

"You guys go a little further away first, let me see what this shadow is all about."

Her telekinesis acted directly on the ground, and with a heavy exhale, she instantly unleashed her telekinesis to its maximum potential.

Fubuki's telekinetic abilities are indeed limited to level one, but at full power, she can still forcibly lift a ten-square-meter plot of land off the ground without any problem.

Gotou Hitori's shadow did indeed seem to be confined to this land, even though the land she was attached to had been raised several meters into the air, she did not make any move to resist.

"Hey, isn't this a bit exaggerated? We can feel the ground shaking here." Sitting not far away, Miyauchi Kouka looked at Shinomiya Kaguya, who was floating in mid-air, supporting a large piece of land with her hands, and looked at her like a god. He couldn't help but mutter to his younger brother, "Can you even do something like this?"

It must be said that Shinomiya Kaguya's performance in this move was indeed quite impressive.

Miyauchi Hiyage gave her older sister a meaningful look, reminding her not to act so suspiciously.

"The nature of the abilities is different. The extraordinary power she possesses is telekinesis, which is also her most proficient form of attack. I don't have a similar telekinetic ability, so naturally I can't do it to that extent."

"Right, Hyuga, your abilities are indeed quite mysterious, but they all seem to be passively activated. You're good at being a cunning old fox, but it's not surprising that you can't create a scene like this."

Miyauchi Kouka does indeed prefer this more direct kind of superpower.

Miyauchi Hiyage pondered his Unlimited Blade Works and the Dragonslaying Holy Sword hidden in his head, which, once fully unleashed, could directly destroy a city.

"It's a real shame. I'll try to make my abilities more expressive in the future, but I guess that will be a bit difficult. I'd better think about whether I can awaken a really powerful Stand."

Miyauchi Kouka nodded seriously. "After you awaken, help me awaken a Stand too. With the bond between us siblings, we'll definitely be able to awaken some really powerful abilities. You can be in charge of ambushing people, and I'll stand in front of you to draw their fire."

Miyauchi Hiyage Himakage replied with a smile, "That's right, then I can let people say that my second sister is invincible."

Eriri Spencer Sawamura, sitting on the other side, watched Miyauchi Kouka's blissful state as she was lost in her own imagination. She felt that Miyauchi Hiyage was simply teasing Miyauchi Kouka, but she couldn't provide any evidence.

Compared to that, she was more concerned about whether it was over on the other side.

As the only ordinary person who could remain conscious at the scene, she felt like she was sitting on pins and needles every second she sat there.

Seemingly sensing Eriri Spencer Sawamura's inner emotions, Miyauchi Hiyage whispered a reminder to her, "Relax, don't be too nervous. I'm here, you won't encounter any danger."

"Besides, you are friends with Mashiro and Utaha- senpai, and you also have some extraordinary talent. You will definitely continue to come into contact with these things in the future."

Eriri Spencer Sawamura nodded somewhat shyly to Miyauchi Hiyage.

"I was just wondering... is this the end for them?"

Miyauchi Hiyage shook her head frankly. "This is just the beginning. Her Stand ability hasn't even been fully activated yet. In fact, she's just pretending to be weak right now."

Miyauchi Hiyage couldn't discern the true abilities of Gotou Hitori's Stand, but his Eyes of Destiny allowed him to roughly sense that it wouldn't be easy for the girls present to subdue Gotou Hitori.

Therefore, Gotou Hitori's Stand clearly has some hidden abilities that haven't been used yet, and those abilities must be ones that would make things very difficult for these girls to deal with.

After Shinomiya Kaguya finished doing all this, a little bit of sweat appeared on her forehead.

Fortunately, the most difficult step has been completed. All that remains is to maintain the output of telekinesis to keep the land floating on the ground.

With the aid of the Ripple Breathing, she could at least maintain this state and continue helping for about an hour.

"Let's bring Bocchi here quickly. Once she arrives, she should be able to retract her shadow."

The next moment, however, the passersby sitting in the coffee shop, including the coffee shop staff, suddenly stood up stiffly and walked towards where the girls were.

"These passersby have indeed been controlled by Bocchi's Stand. They are probably about to attack us. We'll have to trouble you to subdue these ordinary people."

"Be careful not to hurt these ordinary people."

As soon as Shinomiya Kaguya finished speaking, Kasumigaoka Utaha began using her water magic to stop those who were being controlled.

In addition, Web-Shooter can also serve as a barrier.

Thanks to the Diary as a reward and the materials collected with the help of Shinomiya Kaguya, Ai Kisugi has successfully replicated the spider webs of the Spider-Man Suit after these days of research.

Besides giving the Cat's Eye an extra means of defense and offense, Ai Kisugi also gave a Web-Shooter as a gift to many of her female acquaintances.

This is quite appropriate for this situation.

After all, the most distinctive feature of this spider silk is that it is extremely tough when it is first launched, capable of withstanding several tons of pressure without harming ordinary people.

Furthermore, it will self-dissolve a few hours after being launched, without causing any environmental pollution, making it a material with quite advanced technology.

As soon as Miyauchi Hiyage and his companions, who were just "passersby," got up, they were treated to being bound by spider webs.

Of course, under Miyauchi Hiyage's control, they were given a relatively comfortable position without obstructing the view of the audience.

"I've seen this thing in Mashiro's room before. So that's how it's used?" Miyauchi Kouka comfortably leaned her head on Kato Megumi's shoulder, as if she remembered something. "Oh right, wasn't there a news report recently saying that the phantom thief Cat's Eye used this kind of special thread to assist in theft at a crime scene? Did you guys steal this from Cat's Eye?"

"Is it possible that you saw Cat's Eye on the train the day we arrived in Morioh?"

"Huh, really? I didn't notice at all."

Eriri Spencer Sawamura, standing to the side, weakly replied, "It should be those three Miss Kisugi. When they introduced themselves, they mentioned that their café is called Cat's Eye."

"I thought they were just fans of Cat's Eye, but they're actually real Cat's Cat's Eye! When we get back, I'll have to ask them for autographs... By the way, do you think Cat's Eye and the others know Kaitou Kid? We're all fellow thieves, so we must have some private connections. I wonder if I can get through them and meet Kaitou Kid. Maybe I can even be the first reporter to interview Kaitou Kid."

"..." Miyauchi Hiyage was silent for a while before saying to her older sister, "There's no need to go to so much trouble. If you want to Kaitou Kid, I can take you directly to his house when we get back to Tokyo. Now, just keep quiet."

After things calmed down at Miyauchi Kouka's place, the girls at the scene had also managed to bring everyone else under control.

"Even though they're under control, they seem to be struggling. I don't know when they'll recover." Kasumigaoka Utaha leaned closer and frowned as she looked at the stiff expressions on their faces.

"But they are just ordinary people after all. Even if Bocchi's Stand wants to take them hostage, they won't pose any threat to us. What exactly does she want to do?"

The other girls also approached to check on the condition of these ordinary people.

"Is it a last-ditch effort?" Umaru swung the mahjong tiles in her hand and pointed at the person being controlled in front of her.

But Yukino Yukinoshita, standing to the side, had a strange sense of unease, as if she felt that something was wrong with all of this.

"Something's not right..."

As the girls' gazes fell upon her, Yukino Yukinoshita looked at the Shadow Gotou Hitori, who was trapped in mid-air.

"If Bocchi's Stand can control these people remotely, then why didn't she ever try to control us from beginning to end? Even with the help of the Diary, she couldn't control us, but we should have received a warning from the Diary."

But from beginning to end, the Diary never gave any warning.

Umaru, standing to the side, waved her hand casually. "I think it's because, as Bocchi's Stand, she's bound by the same constraint as us—unable to attack girls who possess Diary."

The girls who received the Diary in the same batch were bound by a constraint that prevented them from hurting each other. However, this constraint was rather idealistic. As long as they didn't harbor any intention to hurt each other, there was no problem with normal sparring.

Even if minor injuries are accidentally caused during sparring, they are still within the limits allowed by the Diary.

However, as Umaru said those words, Shinomiya Kaguya's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

Although she never actually intended to harm Gotou Hitori, she did have the idea of using violence to control Gotou Hitori's Stand.

Normally, what she did should not be allowed.

If what Umaru said is true, she should have received a notification from the Diary as well.

But even now, she hasn't felt any restraint on her body.

In other words, either Gotou Hitori's current Stand is not considered part of Gotou Hitori.

Either, according to the judgment in the Diary, they didn't impose any restrictions on Gotou Hitori's Stand at all.

However, considering that Bocchi's Stand clearly demonstrated that she could hear the words about the Diary, it means that she is indeed part of Gotou Hitori and will not be blocked by the power of the Diary like others.

In other words, the latter is the real truth.

It's likely that Gotou Hitori's Stand had already secretly tried to control them using its abilities when they first appeared.

It was only because such behavior violated the constraints of the Diary that she was unable to launch an attack against them, so she had no choice but to abandon this plan and pretend to be controlled by them.

So why would the other party do this?

Thinking of this, Shinomiya Kaguya hurriedly wanted to say it, but at the moment she was about to speak, she felt a change in her body.

It felt as if she herself had become incomplete.

It was Yukino Yukinoshita was standing to the side, who noticed the change in her first, through the Byakugan, and quickly reminded her.

"Kaguya, your shadow!"

Shinomiya Kaguya lowered her head and then saw that her shadow had become distorted in a peculiar way.

She quickly took a few steps back.

But her shadow didn't follow. Instead, within a few seconds, it gradually became more three-dimensional, eventually creating a shadow in front of everyone that looked exactly like Shadow Shinomiya Kaguya Shinomiya Kaguya, only in a darker color!

"This...this is my shadow," Shinomiya Kaguya realized, and the Shinomiya Kaguya in front of her waved to her.

"Hello, my true form. I am your shadow," the Shadow Shinomiya Kaguya greeted her true form politely.

"What do you want to do to my shadow?" Shinomiya Kaguya looked at her own shadow, while also asking Bocchi's Stand.

With Shinomiya Kaguya's situation resolved, Shadow Gotou Hitori, also regained his human form.

She lay prone on the edge of the ground, looking at the extremely nervous Shinomiya Kaguya, and gave her an ambiguous smile, "Don't worry, I didn't do anything to your shadow. After all, we are inherently incapable of harming each other, and even I can't give your shadow any orders that would be detrimental to you."

"So, you should have a good talk with your own shadow."

After saying all this, the Shadow Gotou Hitori turned back into a shadow.

This time, however, she followed the shadow downwards, all the way to the feet of the Shadow Shinomiya Kaguya, and became her shadow.

Shadow Shinomiya Kaguya, looked at her feet with some amazement. "I can actually gain a shadow? Stand abilities are truly amazing!"

Shinomiya Kaguya looked at her empty feet, then at her own shadow.

At this moment, it was her shadow that seemed more like a real human being than she was.

Chapter 369: The Attitude of Shadow Gotou Hitori

While Shinomiya Kaguya Shadow Shinomiya Kaguya, Kaguya Shinomiya, Miyauchi Kouka, who was tied up not far away, was still there acting as a narrator.

"I think I'm starting to understand. Does her stand-in have multiple abilities?"

"First, there's the control she used when she was attracting customers, but this ability doesn't seem very strong; neither we nor they were controlled by this power."

"Then there's this ability she's showing now—the ability to turn other people's shadows into physical objects, but this ability doesn't seem to be very useful."

Miyauchi Hiyage saw a sudden Miyauchi Kouka of inspiration, but not much. Given the Diary's filtering mechanism, it was quite good that she could deduce this much.

The first ability of Shadow Gotou Hitori is not that it cannot work on those girls, but rather that there are limitations in its use.

First of all, her ability still works on shadows, so she should be able to influence the actions of her main body by manipulating the shadows.

However, the premise is that the main body itself cannot have too much resistance, otherwise, in the beginning, there wouldn't have been several passersby who ignored her abilities and left directly.

Then, this kind of control also needs time to gradually deepen its influence.

At first, Shadow Gotou Hitori could only make these people sit down and listen patiently to her performance, but as time went on, her influence on those within her range would become deeper and deeper. Only after half an hour had passed was she able to forcibly use her ability to control the shadows of these people.

The girls were unaffected. While it was indeed important that the girls who possessed the Diary could not attack each other, it was also because they had not spent much time with the Shadow Gotou Hitori, and had an innate resistance to her, so they could not be affected.

As for why they were not affected?

It wasn't because Miyauchi Kouka was her fan that she went easy on her, but because from the very beginning, after realizing that the Shadow Gotou Hitori had the ability to manipulate shadows, Miyauchi Hiyage had been maintaining a simple Reality Marble within a two-meter radius of her feet.

In his world, unless it's a god like Tohru who controls the rules, it's not so easy for external forces to invade his world.

At least a regular stand-in can't do that.

Moreover, through his disguise, the simple Reality Marble he displayed blended perfectly with the surrounding environment.

Yukino Yukinoshita's Byakugan might detect some unusual energy flows, but under the influence of the Shadow Gotou Hitori's power, the energy fluctuations on Miyauchi Hiyage's side were not very noticeable.

Miyauchi Hiyage Hikage explained the abilities demonstrated by Shadow Gotou Hitori Miyauchi Kouka Mitsuka, and then answered Miyauchi Kouka's final question, "What is the use of Shadow Gotou Hitori pulling out Shadow Shinomiya Kaguya?"

"Didn't you notice? She probably planned to use this ability on Shinomiya Kaguya from the very beginning. It's just that she might need some medium and time in between, which is why she forcibly controlled those ordinary people to create opportunities and time for her."

"There must be a reason why she spent so much time on this."