Although he watched Yukino and Kaguya form a cooperative alliance not far in front of him with his own eyes, Hikage indeed did not plan to take any measures.
Actually, besides these two, among the first batch of girls holding the diaries, there were a few others who harbored suspicions about him.
Like the Cat's Eye three sisters who wouldn't easily trust others, Kuroneko who had lived closely with Jerry for a period of time, and the Miyano sisters who were rescued by Jerry.
They were more or less somewhat suspicious of him, it's just that they hadn't really put it into action, at least seemingly not caring much about the true identity of the Mysterious Person.
In comparison, Yukino's initiative and execution were indeed much higher than theirs. At least it wasn't like what she herself had just said to Kaguya, that she didn't care much about the Mysterious Person's identity.
Perhaps she had never mentioned this matter in the group, but through Name Magic and the power of Wonder of U, Hikage knew quite clearly that Yukino would more than once take time on weekends to secretly investigate the places in Tokyo where he had appeared in the image of the Mysterious Person.
Not only Hikage, even Tohru could sometimes feel the prying sensation of Yukino using the Byakugan for long-distance observation.
It's just that the Byakugan naturally couldn't see through Reality Marbles and items applied with the Undetectable Extension Charm, and similarly couldn't see through the basement specially sealed with barriers by Tohru.
Otherwise, if she saw the basement of the Miyauchi family, she might really have discovered something.
The reason why Yukino just now put on a posture of pondering for a long time before agreeing to cooperate in front of Kaguya, in Hikage's view, was just a clash over the right to speak between two smart women.
Although the Yukinoshita family was far inferior to the Shinomiya family, everyone possessed a diary, and Yukino obviously was unwilling to subordinate herself to Kaguya.
It wasn't until Kaguya actively showed a yielding attitude that Yukino reached a cooperative relationship with Kaguya on a relatively equal footing.
As for what plans they had afterwards, Hikage indeed couldn't know, but he didn't particularly care either.
"What are those two muttering about over there? Why did they suddenly start shaking hands?"
Watching those two people talking about unknown things in the distance, Hikari sitting beside Hikage was obviously somewhat curious. She hurriedly nudged Megumi on her other side with her elbow, wanting to know if her good best friend's Stand could figure out what they were saying through lip-reading.
It's just that Megumi only held her phone and nodded, and after a while shook her head: "Sorry. My line of sight here isn't facing them directly like yours, Hikari. To avoid being noticed by them, I also didn't pay special attention to what they were saying, so my Stand can't analyze it either."
Regarding this, Hikari appeared somewhat regretful, but didn't ask further.
And Hikage glanced at Megumi when she said this, and Megumi gently nodded at him in response.
So, Megumi's Stand should have discovered something, just because it involved matters concerning him, Megumi had this expression?
Hikage also showed a faint smile towards Megumi, and then looked to the other side: "The large unit over there is coming. Miko has already started setting up barriers nearby."
The power of the Shinomiya zaibatsu in the Outer World was indeed great. In just this short while, the police station of Morioh Town had dispatched quite a bit of police force to disperse the surrounding public.
They even used signal jammers.
It seemed that in the hearts of those girls, wanting to complete the recovery work of Hitori's Stand highly likely required fighting the other party.
Hikage shook his head slightly.
With Shadow Hitori's rebellious personality, negotiating by following her wishes was the right solution. Trying to use coercive methods to force the other party to return to the main body would only backfire.
It could be said that facing Shadow Hitori with battle as the premise, naturally they could only get the result of a battle.
But this way, he could also see what kind of effect Shadow Hitori's ability could exert in combat.
"Later, you guys just watch the reactions of those other ordinary people. How they act, you guys just mimic their appearance and watch the show from the sidelines later. Leave the rest of the matters to me to solve." Hikage instructed the few girls like this.
Hikari naturally had no objections. She just wanted to watch the two sides have a lively superpower brawl now.
Anyway, with Hikage by her side, this brother of hers who was already special-grade couldn't possibly be unable to even protect her.
About two more minutes passed, and the figures of Miko and the others appeared in the distance of the road.
"The barrier has been set up, and the police outside have also started pulling up the cordon. As long as we don't make too big of a commotion, there won't be any problems."
Miko quickly explained the situation outside, and then along with the other girls, looked at Shadow Hitori who was still playing there.
"So this is Bocchi's Stand. Although I've seen the pictures in the chat group, seeing it with my own eyes really makes it hard to hold back a laugh," Umaru said. She took a few more photos from afar and continued sending them to the group.
"I heard Bocchi fainted from embarrassment right after seeing these pictures. She probably won't be coming over in a short time." Utaha, who had come along, covered her forehead. "That means, we can only control that guy first, and wait until Bocchi wakes up to talk."
"Most of us with combat power have basically come over. It's just a pity that the girls who awakened Personas can't summon them in reality, otherwise arranging it like fighting those shadows in the Metaverse would be fine."
These girls who lived in Tokyo and could go to the Metaverse every night to farm monsters had researched quite a few tactics during this over half a month of actual combat.
But unfortunately, Personas were, in most cases, a power limited to the Metaverse.
"It's not much different. Yukino and Saki can act as support, and a few of us will handle the main attack."
Yukino's Byakugan was used for observation, and Saki had already mastered quite a few Hogwarts first-year spells. Although the incantations were relatively simple, there were still spells like the Knockback Jinx and Levitation Charm that could be useful at critical moments.
After making the arrangements, Kaguya greeted the girls who rushed over and walked towards Shadow Hitori, who was still playing the guitar.
"I say, as a Stand, having played outside for so long, it's about time for you to go home."
As the keyword 'Stand' came out of Kaguya's mouth, Hitori on the planter abruptly stopped her movements.
And accompanied by the cessation of the music, what was even more bizarre was that the customers who sat down because of her power also suddenly stopped their movements, looking at Kaguya with a somewhat eerie gaze.
If it were the Kaguya from two months ago, she might really have been frightened by this commotion.
But over the past month, after obtaining her power, Kaguya had gone out to execute Cursed Spirit exorcism missions more than once.
Compared to those Cursed Spirits purely born from human negative emotions, just this level of display couldn't make Kaguya feel fear.
She raised her head to look at Shadow Hitori, while using her Psychokinesis to elevate her body bit by bit.
She didn't stop until her height was higher than Shadow Hitori's, forcing the other party to look up slightly to see her.
"Turn these people you controlled back, and obediently come back with us." Kaguya issued an ultimatum to Shadow Hitori like this.
It was just obvious that Shadow Hitori couldn't possibly just listen to her words like this.
"How condescending. Have you guys already judged me as an accessory?" Shadow Hitori looked at Kaguya, and then pointed at her own feet.
Just like her main body Hitori, this Stand awakened from Hitori's shadow also had no shadow.
"Why can't I become the main body? Haven't you noticed? I originally am Gotoh Hitori. I can clearly feel all her desires. I should say, the current me is the 'self' she inwardly wants to become the most."
Kaguya ignored Shadow Hitori's response: "Your argument with Bocchi is your own business. But for now, the Bocchi I know couldn't possibly be you, so I only have one purpose for coming here, and that is to bring you back."
Saying this, Kaguya reached out her hands towards Shadow Hitori.
Instantly, she controlled her Psychokinesis, grabbing Shadow Hitori in the shape of a palm, preventing the other party from breaking free from her grasp.
This move didn't have much lethality, but through her testing, Grade 2 and below Cursed Spirits couldn't break free from her palm.
Even just relying on the crushing force of Psychokinesis could directly pop those low-grade Cursed Spirits and vengeful spirits.
And in her perception, the tactile sensation Shadow Hitori gave was not much different from a normal human.
It even gave her the illusion that if she applied a little more force, she could directly crush the other party to death.
Because of the connection between the Stand and the main body, Kaguya worried that the damage she caused to Hitori's Stand would be fed back to Hitori in real-time, so she didn't use too much force.
"If you don't want to get hurt, don't move."
But facing Kaguya's warning, the captured Shadow Hitori didn't show the slightest look of worry.
After slightly feeling the power acting on her body, she asked Kaguya a question.
"I have a question I want to ask you."
"What do you want to say?" Kaguya frowned at Shadow Hitori.
Although the other party was already controlled by her now, and not far away Utaha and Kuroneko had readied their respective abilities, including Umaru who had already held up her mahjong tiles ready to enter combat state at any time.
But for some reason, Kaguya always had a bad premonition, and for this reason, she slightly increased some controlling force.
And after a muffled grunt, Shadow Hitori finally voiced that question to Kaguya.
"Do you really think you can grab a shadow?"
As Shadow Hitori's words fell, Kaguya only felt her hands empty out. She continued to tighten her Psychokinesis, but found that Shadow Hitori had already vanished without a trace.
It was Yukino, who had kept her Byakugan open, who issued a warning first.
"On the ground, she turned back into a shadow!"
Kaguya hurriedly looked down, only then seeing that an extra shadow with a shape almost identical to Hitori's really appeared on the ground.
Looking at this shadow on the ground, Kaguya only felt it was somewhat difficult to act.
After all, just as Shadow Hitori said, how were they supposed to control a shadow?
Those girls also immediately gathered around, wanting to see what exactly was going on here.
And on the ground, Shadow Hitori, having turned back into a shadow, seemed to have also lost the ability to speak. However, judging from the two middle fingers she formed on the ground, it was clear she must be very smug right now.
Kaguya gritted her teeth, and then tried using Psychokinesis on the shadow on the ground. But even if she used Psychokinesis to pull out the floor tiles around Shadow Hitori, it completely didn't affect Shadow Hitori's existence.
Including Utaha's water balls and Kuroneko's elemental magic, they seemed unlikely to have much effect either.
"So, what should we do about this shadow? Isn't this ability a bit too unsolvable?" Umaru looked at the set of Tsuuiisou (All Honors) mahjong tiles she had already formed in front of her. If it were a vengeful spirit, throwing down this Yakuman hand would probably cost even a Grade 1 vengeful spirit half its life.
But now with an unaffected shadow suddenly appearing, their abilities seemed to be instantly rendered useless.
"Bocchi's Stand definitely has a weakness. According to the explanations about Stands written by the Mysterious Person in the diary, there is no truly invincible Stand. We just haven't found where the weakness of this Stand is yet." Kaguya carefully observed Bocchi's shadow under her feet.
At this moment, it was still Yukino who seemed to have noticed something and put forward her viewpoint.
"Wait, after turning into a shadow, she has been staying in place and hasn't seemed to move much. Even when making movements, she just does some simple actions in place."
Following Yukino's explanation, the girls around the shadow carefully observed further, only to find that it was indeed just as Yukino said. Bocchi's shadow clearly couldn't be affected by their abilities right now, yet she completely didn't take this opportunity to leave, instead continuing to stay in place.
If this behavior wasn't a provocation, that meant... it wasn't that the other party didn't want to leave here, but that after she turned back into a shadow, some kind of restriction appeared on her method of movement?