Shadow Gotō Hitori's Attitude (Part 2)

"Another you, born from your shadow, who has completely inherited your memories, your abilities, and even has identical genetic testing results, will eventually make it hard to say who is whose shadow."

Miyauchi Hiyage reasonably speculated on the abilities of the Shadow Gotou Hitori. Since the Diary indicated that Gotou Hitori and the Shadow Gotou Hitori were part of the same person, then Shinomiya Kaguya and the Shadow Shinomiya Kaguya would naturally also pass the Diary's test.

Based on his understanding of Stands, and considering the rhetorical question raised by the Shadow Gotou Hitori herself earlier, "Why can't she become the original?", he could naturally deduce that the Shadow Gotou Hitori might be able to switch the roles of the shadow and the original under certain conditions.

"You mean, this Shadow Kaguya might replace Kaguya's existence?" Miyauchi Kouka became somewhat nervous upon hearing this.

Because of her relationship with Miyauchi Hiyage, Shinomiya Kaguya and she could be considered half friends. When Shinomiya Kaguya heard about some of the more difficult interviews, she would help her solve them.

Even though he knew that Shinomiya Kaguya wanted to gain favor from his younger brother, Miyauchi Kouka still kept these things in mind.

Although she came to watch the excitement, she didn't want to see anything unexpected happen.

"Don't worry, I'm watching. Besides, this is actually an opportunity for Kaguya," Miyauchi Hiyage shook her head, reassuring her older sister.

As the Shadow Gotou Hitori, said, she was unable to use her abilities to do anything "harmful" to these girls who also possessed Diary.

Therefore, she simply summoned Shinomiya Kaguya's shadow without giving it any commands.

All of Shadow Shinomiya Kaguya's actions are based on Shinomiya Kaguya's own inner thoughts. Even when she has a conflict with Shinomiya Kaguya, it is Shinomiya Kaguya's own internal conflict.

Although this move was somewhat of a trick, it did bypass the Diary's mechanism, and she is now peacefully playing the role of Shadow Shinomiya Kaguya's shadow, waiting for things to develop.

Shinomiya Kaguya looked at the "herself" in front of her, whose eyes were much clearer, and felt a headache coming on.

"So, do you feel anything special right now?" she asked her shadow.

Shadow Shinomiya Kaguya looked at her current state and gave her real self a thumbs up. "I've never felt so free before. This feeling is quite wonderful."

Hearing the other person say such things, Shinomiya Kaguya knew that it wouldn't be so easy to get the other person to peacefully turn back into her shadow.

Feeling the worried looks from the other girls around her, Shinomiya Kaguya rubbed her forehead. "Anyway, let's go back to the hotel now. Staying here will only increase the chances of being discovered by ordinary people."

These ordinary people are still under the control of the Shadow Gotou Hitori, but no one knows when this control will end.

To minimize the subsequent processing work, let's leave here as soon as possible and restore this place to its original state.

Shadow Shinomiya Kaguya didn't show any resistance. She just looked around and then obediently let Shinomiya Kaguya pull her away.

If it weren't for the fact that Shinomiya Kaguya was strangely invisible, the two of them would really look like close twin sisters.

"So how do we get there now? We're still bound by these spider webs. Will we be taken away to have our memories erased later?" Miyauchi Kouka knew a little about how the Reverse Side World dealt with ordinary people who were accidentally involved in supernatural events.

The options are either to erase the memory directly, or to sign a contract that prevents the person from telling ordinary people about the incident.

This constraint was signed by Miyauchi Hiyage, but it had little binding effect on someone of his strength; at most, it would only make him speak in roundabout ways.

After completing the data integration for Red Archer's Unlimited Blade Works, he casually used the Rule Breaker copied from Caster to remove the restriction.

However, for Miyauchi Kouka, the idea of erasing memories or signing a binding agreement made her somewhat nervous.

"No need for all that trouble. Just find a time when no one will be watching and run away," Miyauchi Hiyage said, glancing at Kato Megumi.

Kato Megumi remained calm and composed until she felt Miyauchi Hiyage's gaze and nodded, indicating that her ability had been activated.

As the presence of the four of them was weakened by Kato Megumi's abilities, Miyauchi Hiyage took advantage of the fact that the others were not paying attention to them, and silently activated the Destiny Power, crossing the barrier that could not isolate space and the Destiny Power, and leaving this place.

With a familiar pulling sensation, the three girls opened their eyes again and found themselves back in Mashiro's room.

The only problem was that they were still bound with spider silk, which made them look somewhat unsightly.

"Riying, I know you definitely have a way to break free from the spider silk. Please help us untangle these spider silks!"

Hearing her older sister's words, Miyauchi Hiyage shrugged, and then, in the eyes of the girls, easily used Ripple Breathing to break free from the restraints.

Then, under Miyauchi Kouka's expectant gaze, he placed the Ripple Mask on her face, and at the same time used the Ripple to change her appearance back.

"The Ripple conductivity of this spider silk is not high, so it's not too difficult to break free using the Ripple. You should take this opportunity to practice. It's only three hours at most anyway."

As she put on the Ripple mask, Miyauchi Hiyage casually tossed her older sister onto the bed before taking out a Nichirin Blades to free Kato Megumi and Eriri Spencer Sawamura from the spiderweb's restraints and reverting to her original appearance.

"Um, don't we need to train this way?" Eriri Spencer Sawamura couldn't help but ask as Miyauchi Hiyage used his Nichirin Blades to precisely untangle the spider silk without damaging their clothes.

"Your Ripple strength is not enough. This method may even hurt your body. Hui doesn't need to be forced to train in this way. She will work hard on her own."

Miyauchi Hiyage didn't care at all that his older sister heard these words. If Miyauchi Kouka could work harder because of these words, he could save her a lot of trouble.

"Anyway, you can rest in Mashiro's room for now. I'll go out and check on them."

Just now, as expected, Shinomiya Kaguya sent him a message asking for help.

Within ten minutes, Miyauchi Hiyage saw Shinomiya Kaguya rushing back.

"You went out for a while, and you lost your shadow?" Before Shinomiya Kaguya could speak, Miyauchi Hiyage smiled and pointed to Shinomiya Kaguya's empty feet and the darker Shadow Shinomiya Kaguya behind her.

Then, in the next moment, the Shadow Shinomiya Kaguya Shinomiya Kaguya over her real body and lunged at Miyauchi Hiyage.

Before Shadow Shinomiya Kaguya could even get close, Miyauchi Hiyage casually reached out and placed his hand on her head, stopping her from making any further moves.

"Your shadow is quite lively," Miyauchi Hiyage, looking at Shinomiya Kaguya's somewhat subtle expression. Then, his eyes emitted a blue light as he scrutinized Shadow Shinomiya Kaguya.

"Hmm... It's not exactly a physical body, but it's almost indistinguishable from one. Anything a human can do, this body made up of superhuman power can probably do too. The ability of a Stand is really interesting."

Shadow Shinomiya Kaguya looked at Miyauchi Hiyage with a slightly aggrieved expression. "I just wanted to feel your embrace, Himakage-kun. It's very ungentlemanly of you to look at a girl like that."

Miyauchi Hiyage then looked at Shinomiya Kaguya: "So, is this your own idea, or your shadow's idea?"

Shinomiya Kaguya's eyes darted around for a moment, then she decisively shifted the blame to her own shadow.

"This must be the work of Bocchi's Stand. You know me, right now I'm focused on improving my strength and developing the Shinomiya Family's influence in the Reverse Side World. I don't have the mind to think about these messy things."

Although, she does occasionally think about such things before going to bed at night.

But she suppressed these thoughts with the belief that she didn't want to become the love-obsessed version of herself from the original work.

Who could have imagined her shadow would be so direct?

Even if it were the love-obsessed version of myself from the original work, I wouldn't do something like giving myself away for free right away!

Shinomiya Kaguya wondered if she had been suppressing her feelings for too long, which was why her shadow had become like this.

Fortunately, Miyauchi Hiyage didn't dwell on this point and simply continued to look at the Shadow Shinomiya Kaguya.

"I've seen most of what happened. Your actions were indeed a bit reckless. This isn't the Impression Space. Although Gotou-kun's Stand is a manifestation of another side of her, it's not one of the shadows in the Impression Space. From the very beginning, when you tried to force Gotou-kun's Stand to return, you were already on the wrong path."

"I've been watching Goto ever since her Gotou-kun was created."

Miyauchi Hiyage looked at the shadow beneath Shadow Shinomiya Kaguya's feet.

"You play the guitar very well. Don't you want to participate in the concert at the end of June as Guitar Hero?"

As Miyauchi Hiyage spoke, the Shadow Shinomiya Kaguya's feet shifted slightly, Shadow Gotou Hitori's head emerged from it.

"Right? You have a good eye. Although my guitar skills are on par with the original, only I can reliably unleash the full power of Guitar Hero in crucial moments. With the original's personality, even if he can occasionally unleash his full potential, he's not as consistent as me. He might even ruin the performance."

She patted her chest and said matter-of-factly, "So, aside from other times, at least during performances, I definitely have to be on stage!"