As the tip of the "Arrow" pierced into Miyamoto Rei's neck, Miyamoto Rei couldn't help but cry out in pain.
The feeling of having her body pierced naturally wouldn't be pleasant, but Miyamoto Rei also wasn't the pampered type, so she still endured it.
After all, in Shin's memory, Miyamoto Rei came from a zombie apocalypse–themed work. Being able to serve as part of the protagonist group in such a work, her character was naturally relatively resolute.
Moreover, Miyamoto Rei also had the setting of her father being the police bureau chief and herself being the ace of the spear arts club.
Shin hooked his hand, using "telekinesis" from Gotoh Hitori's Stand to pull the "Arrow" out from Miyamoto Rei's neck.
The "Arrow" being pulled out made Miyamoto Rei groan again, but she still endured the pain, asking in a somewhat hoarse voice:
"Like this… have I obtained a Stand?"
Shin looked at the wound on Miyamoto Rei's neck. The hole where the "Arrow" had pierced was already beginning to gradually heal.
This indicated that Miyamoto Rei had already weathered the test of the virus on the "Arrow." The virus was helping her repair the wound, which also meant her aptitude had been recognized.
"That's right. You should have already obtained a Stand now. Do you feel anything different?"
Shin looked at Miyamoto Rei with a smile and asked.
"Something different…"
Miyamoto Rei subconsciously raised her head and looked behind Shin.
Behind Shin, a pitch-black figure was floating there—without a doubt, that was Shin's Stand, "Blackbird Requiem."
Shin also noticed Miyamoto Rei's gaze. He turned his head to look at "Blackbird Requiem," saying to Miyamoto Rei:
"Being able to see my Stand means you've indeed already become a Stand user."
"But I don't feel like I can summon anything out…"
Miyamoto Rei was somewhat troubled. She raised both hands, trying to exert force with her body—but besides her body tensing up, there didn't seem to be any other changes.
"That means your Stand hasn't fully awakened yet. This kind of situation also exists."
Seeing this, Shin also roughly understood what kind of situation Miyamoto Rei was in.
In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4, one of the protagonist group, Hirose Koichi, also encountered a similar situation.
After being pierced by the "Arrow," Hirose Koichi didn't awaken a Stand on the spot, but instead summoned his own Stand in subsequent events.
Moreover, whether or not there was potential for "late blooming," Hirose Koichi's Stand ability had several evolutions afterward, with different abilities each time.
In other words, although Hirose Koichi seemingly only had one Stand, he actually had several forms and abilities, making it quite an excellent Stand type.
If Miyamoto Rei's situation was the same as Hirose Koichi's, then perhaps one could look forward to her Stand ability and evolution.
"After your Stand completely awakens, if you have any problems you can ask your dad, or you can also come ask me. It's just that I might not have that much time."
Shin nodded at Miyamoto Rei, then stood up, preparing to return to the classroom.
After all, they came out during the remaining lunch break time. The lunch break was about to end now.
Since Miyamoto Rei's father, Miyamoto Tadashi, obtained his Stand from the Kiryuu-gumi, he must have also learned some things about Stands from the Kiryuu-gumi.
At least if it was about giving Miyamoto Rei some common knowledge, it would definitely be sufficient.
However, just as Shin opened the club room door preparing to leave, Miyamoto Rei suddenly called out to stop Shin:
"Wait…! Shin-sama, isn't there something you forgot?"
"Hm? What?"
Shin was stunned and turned to look at Miyamoto Rei—he saw Miyamoto Rei's facial expression was somewhat subtle, and also somewhat shy.
Shin thought about it a bit and very quickly realized what Miyamoto Rei was talking about.
He couldn't help but laugh, looking at Miyamoto Rei with somewhat playful eyes:
"Don't tell me you're saying I didn't put 'Blackbird: Lovers' into your body?"
When Miyamoto Rei's father, Miyamoto Tadashi, obtained his Stand from the Kiryuu-gumi, he was undoubtedly also implanted with "Blackbird: Lovers" as a control measure.
Miyamoto Tadashi must have also told Miyamoto Rei about this point.
However, what Shin didn't expect was that even though he himself had almost forgotten about this matter, Miyamoto Rei would actually proactively bring it up.
Clearly, if she just pretended to forget like this, she could escape Shin's control to a certain degree, and at least her freedom would be higher.
Miyamoto Rei's face reddened, then she nodded.
Although he didn't know what kind of mentality made Miyamoto Rei proactively bring this matter up, since she had already taken the initiative, Shin also went along with her wishes.
Slowly raising his hand, mist rose from "Blackbird Requiem" behind him. A mass of black fog fell into Shin's hand, finally condensing into a small crow.
The next second, the black crow flew toward Miyamoto Rei, quickly burrowing into Miyamoto Rei's ear.
Like this, Miyamoto Rei's life was now placed in Shin's hands.
Miyamoto Rei subconsciously touched her own ear, not knowing what she was thinking about.
"I'm back…"
At Shin's home, Mordred had an exhausted expression on her face. She exited spirit form, then flopped onto the sofa and didn't want to move.
"Hm? Why do you look so tired?"
Rin Tohsaka, who was also sitting in the living room, saw Mordred's exhausted appearance and couldn't help but feel somewhat puzzled.
"Didn't Shin say this world doesn't have things like Heroic Spirits? Why would you look like you just experienced a great battle?"
Mordred was still Rin Tohsaka's Servant now. If Mordred had truly experienced a battle, then Rin Tohsaka, as one of the mana suppliers, would definitely be able to sense it.
So she could confirm that Mordred hadn't used mana while outside just now, which made her exhausted appearance all the more puzzling.
"I can probably guess why Mordred is so tired."
However, although Rin Tohsaka didn't know, Reines sitting on the side immediately guessed the reason.
Her face carried a trace of a smile, looking at Mordred with subtle eyes as she said:
"This person probably went to find Shin-san."
At these words, Sakura Matou on the side also blushed.
Among the several people sitting in the living room, Reines and Sakura Matou had both done that kind of thing with Shin, so naturally they knew how strong Shin's stamina was.
So Mordred looking so exhausted seemed quite reasonable.
If it was that kind of "battle," there indeed wouldn't be any need to use mana, so naturally Rin Tohsaka wouldn't sense anything.
Thus, in the entire living room, only Rin Tohsaka had a confused appearance.
She hadn't done that kind of thing with Shin yet, so naturally she didn't understand the meaning in Reines's words just now.
To be continued…