A Saiyan's Journey

"Is this really okay?"

After Shin placed the "Black Bird: Lover" into Yotsuya Miko's ear, Yotsuya rubbed her ear and asked Shin with a somewhat peculiar expression.

Yotsuya had been quite cooperative, simply watching as Shin sent the small black crow into her ear without any resistance.

After all, she was just an ordinary high school girl. Facing someone as assertive as Shin, she naturally didn't feel any urge to resist and simply accepted the situation.

Her display of trust even made Shin wonder if using the "Black Bird: Lover" to control her was a bit unnecessary—she seemed like she didn't need any threats to comply.

"That's right. As long as you don't do anything out of line in the future, the crow won't activate. So you can just pretend it doesn't exist."

Shin nodded and explained to Yotsuya—even he felt that Yotsuya was a bit too easy to fool. It seemed that as long as he helped her deal with the evil spirits, he could easily earn her loyalty.

Wait, no—this couldn't be called fooling. Shin had genuinely provided Yotsuya with a way to deal with the evil spirits. This was just a fair and honest transaction.

Besides, even if others wanted to deceive her, they wouldn't be able to. After all, there were only a handful of people in the world who could see and eliminate evil spirits, with perhaps only a few others like Gabriel being able to do the same.

...

After exchanging contact information with Yotsuya, she left in high spirits.

Although she would now have to follow Shin's orders, she was still very happy to have gained a Stand that could eliminate evil spirits. She even thanked Shin before leaving.

However, after helping Yotsuya awaken her Stand, Shin suddenly thought of something as he looked at the "arrow" on the ground.

He had already absorbed Polpo's Stand, "Black Sabbath," which meant that Shin could now send out shadow Stands to act remotely.

If things went as expected, the Kiryu Group was probably still expanding its influence. Once they had gathered enough subordinates, Kiryu would likely ask Shin to help check their Stand potential again.

But now, with the power of "Black Sabbath," Shin no longer needed to go in person. He could simply follow Polpo's method and send the shadow Stand of the "Black Bird" to handle the task.

"Black Bird: Black Sabbath!"

At Shin's command, a shadow gradually separated from the "Black Bird." It looked almost identical to the "Black Bird," but it lacked the feathered cape on its shoulders.

Shin handed the arrow to "Black Bird: Black Sabbath," and as expected, it picked up the arrow and swallowed it.

Then, "Black Bird: Black Sabbath" opened its mouth, revealing the arrow inside.

The arrowhead was now embedded in a shadowy shaft, firmly fixed in the mouth of "Black Bird: Black Sabbath."

This way, "Black Bird: Black Sabbath" could help awaken Stands in others.

But that alone wasn't enough.

Shin then used the power of "Black Bird: Justice" to create numerous small, mist-like enigmas, transforming them into small crows—"Black Bird: Lover"—and sent them into the body of "Black Bird: Black Sabbath."

"Good. Now go find Kiryu."

Shin nodded in satisfaction, watching as "Black Bird: Black Sabbath" disappeared from the rooftop, presumably heading to Shimokitazawa to find Kiryu.

As a remote-controlled Stand, "Black Bird: Black Sabbath" would act according to the instructions Shin had set.

The instructions Shin gave were to help Kiryu check the Stand potential of his subordinates, awaken Stands in those with potential, and place a "Black Bird: Lover" in their brains.

This way, Shin no longer needed to personally oversee the creation of Stand users. He only needed to periodically replenish the "Black Bird: Lover" to ensure that all the Stand users remained under his control.

After "Black Bird: Black Sabbath" left, Shin took out his phone and sent a message to Kiryu, informing him of the situation.

This was to avoid any confusion when Kiryu encountered "Black Bird: Black Sabbath."

...

After settling the matter, Shin walked out of the rooftop, locked the door, and prepared to leave school and head home.

The students participating in club activities were still around, and faint sounds of gossip could be heard from some of the club rooms.

However, some clubs with shorter activity times had already started to disband—it seemed that Shin's conversation with Yotsuya had taken quite a while.

As Shin reached the school gate and was about to head home, he suddenly noticed a familiar figure standing nearby.

"Hey, I've been waiting for you, Master."

Ai Hayasaka stood at the school gate, smiling and waving at him, even using a rather shocking form of address.

Fortunately, there were almost no people at the school gate at this time, with only a few students who had finished their club activities early in the distance. They didn't hear Hayasaka's voice.

Otherwise, by the next day, the entire Private Tokoyama School would be buzzing with the explosive news that "Shin is actually the master of a Shuchi'in Academy girl."

"Why are you here?"

Shin was somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected Hayasaka to still be waiting for him at the school gate.

She hadn't mentioned anything about coming today.

"Is something wrong? Why didn't you send me a message and just waited here at the gate?"

As he spoke, Shin pulled out his phone to check—there were no notifications from Hayasaka. She really hadn't contacted him.

"I just wanted to surprise you."

Hayasaka walked up to Shin and naturally wrapped her arm around his, her soft chest pressing against his arm as she smiled.

"And even if there's nothing wrong, can't I just come to see you?"

"I do believe you'd come to see me even if there's nothing wrong... but your official position is still Kaguya's maid, right?"

Shin glanced at Hayasaka—ever since the incident last time, she had indeed become much more open around him.

So Shin believed that if possible, Hayasaka would definitely come to see him on her own—but her official job limited her actions.

Without orders from the Shinomiya family, leaving Kaguya's side on her own would undoubtedly raise Kaguya's suspicions.

Hayasaka still had feelings for Kaguya.

"True..."

Hearing Shin's words, a hint of awkwardness appeared on Hayasaka's face.

She didn't deny that she was somewhat worried about Kaguya. After all, she had been Kaguya's maid for so long—even if it were just a pet, she would have developed some attachment by now.

To be continued…

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