"E-evil... evil spirits? There really are such things?"
Eriri swallowed the food in her mouth with some difficulty, a somewhat frightened expression appearing on her face as she looked at Shin somewhat incredulously.
If it were someone else talking about evil spirits and such, Eriri would definitely think they were joking, and might even complain that they were telling such cheap lies.
But since the person saying this was Shin, Eriri had to believe it.
On one hand, Eriri herself trusted Shin very much. On the other hand, if it involved "supernatural events," many things could be explained.
Why would Shin establish a Supernatural Research Club? Why would Shin, a seemingly ordinary male high school student, receive favor from the Shinomiya family...
Obviously, even the Shinomiya family, with economic power strong enough to be astonishing, was just an aggregate of ordinary people. But Shinhad already transcended ordinary people.
So the Shinomiya family would treat Shin with extra courtesy—as long as evil spirits and special abilities truly existed, many previous doubts could be explained.
"Could it be... that there are such things in our classroom right now?"
Kita Ikuyo also revealed a frightened expression. She looked around the classroom with somewhat uncomfortable eyes, seemingly wanting to find the existence of evil spirits.
For someone somewhat afraid of ghosts like her, knowing about the existence of evil spirits instead made her feel even more frightened.
"Don't worry. You don't need to worry about evil spirits at school. Yotsuya and I have basically cleaned up all the evil spirits at school and in the surrounding area."
Shin took a bite of the beef patty that Katou Megumi made in the bento and comforted Kita Ikuyo.
"Even if new evil spirits drift into school, they'll basically be casually eliminated by us immediately. You don't need to worry about being disturbed by evil spirits."
"I-is that so?"
Only then did Kita Ikuyo breathe a slight sigh of relief. At least there were no evil spirits at school.
"However, so Yotsuya-san can also see evil spirits? No wonder she joined the Supernatural Research Club~"
They of course all knew about Yotsuya Miko joining the Supernatural Research Club. It was just that before this, they had never been too clear about the specific reason.
Now, after Shin explained it like this, they finally understood. It turned out that Yotsuya Miko joined the Supernatural Research Club because she could also see the existence of evil spirits.
Moreover, just like Shin, she possessed the ability to eliminate evil spirits.
"Yotsuya-san originally didn't have the ability to deal with evil spirits and could only see them—but those evil spirits, as long as you pretend you can't see them, they won't attack you."
Katou Megumi also helped explain the characteristics of evil spirits—this was intelligence she learned when chatting with Shin on her phone during class.
"Yotsuya-san originally avoided evil spirit attacks by pretending she couldn't see those evil spirits. Since you can't see evil spirits, you can directly ignore their existence."
"It would be fine if we really didn't know anything about evil spirits... but now that we know evil spirits exist, how can we stay so calm?"
Eriri's face revealed a helpless expression. Having her pretend she didn't know about evil spirits now wasn't so easy.
Although she indeed couldn't see evil spirits, just thinking that on her way home, there might be evil spirits all over the street made her feel uncomfortable.
She was already thinking about whether to find a way to spend more time with Shin—at least by Shins side, she definitely wouldn't need to worry about evil spirits, right?
Look at Katou Megumi—how calm she was. It must be because she lived together with Shin so she didn't need to be afraid!
"However, Gotoh-san can now see evil spirits too, right? I noticed it because I heard Shin-san say 'dirty things' to Gotoh-san."
Kita Ikuyo looked at Gotoh Hitori—although Gotoh Hitori hadn't spoken all along, Kita Ikuyo hadn't forgotten what Shin said to Gotoh Hitori just now.
"Moreover, it looks like Gotoh-san only recently became able to see evil spirits, right... Did something happen?"
As the words fell, Eriri also looked at Gotoh Hitori. Her curious gaze made the somewhat socially anxious Gotoh Hitori unconsciously shrink her body.
Although she could now get along fairly well with people in the lunch group, being stared at by them like this still made her unconsciously somewhat timid.
Katou Megumi didn't stare at Gotoh Hitori as directly as Eriri and Kita Ikuyo—she had already roughly guessed that Gotoh Hitori had awakened a Stand.
"That's fine. It's about time to tell you more."
Shin nodded, not minding telling them about Stands and such.
After all, no matter what... these girls were already very close to Shin. Even Eriri had done that kind of thing with him. There was no need to hide it from them.
Before, it was just that there was no opportunity to talk about it. Now was a good opportunity.
"Stand users... so that's how it is."
After hearing Shins explanation, Kita Ikuyo also understood why Gotoh Hitori could see evil spirits and knew why Yotsuya Miko could clear evil spirits.
"...So, do you want to try obtaining Stand aptitude? Megumi has already given up."
Shin looked at Kita Ikuyo and Eriri with a smile and asked—not just the existence of Stands, Shin had also mentioned the method that could allow them to obtain Stand aptitude.
Katou Megumi lived together with Shin, so even without a Stand, it didn't matter. After all,Shin would clean up the evil spirits in the areas where she frequently moved around.
But Kita Ikuyo and Eriri didn't live at Shin's house. There were probably quite a few evil spirits near their homes.
If they chose to become Stand users, they could clear out those evil spirits themselves in the future.
After all, most evil spirits posed no threat whatsoever to Stand users.
"Hmm... should I try it?"
Kita Ikuyo thought about it, then looked at Shin tentatively and said.
After all, just like Shin thought, she and Shin weren't living together.
If she didn't know about the existence of evil spirits, that would be one thing, but now that she knew evil spirits existed but had no means to deal with them at all, she always felt uneasy.
Moreover, besides that, becoming a Stand user seemed to be able to bring her closer to Shin to a certain extent?
Not to mention anything else, after becoming a Stand user, Gotoh Hitori obviously had Shin's gaze linger on her longer.
And it seemed like Gotoh Hitori was going to stay after school just now, with Shin teaching her Stand combat.
Although Kita Ikuyo didn't want to feel jealous toward Gotoh Hitori... she undoubtedly also wanted to be closer to Shin.
And not just Kita Ikuyo—Eriri obviously had the same thoughts:
"I... I also want it!!"
Seeing both of them staring at him seriously, Shin also smiled, then slowly reached out his hand.
The next moment, in a place the two couldn't see, Shin plucked two feathers from "Blackbird Requiem's" shoulders and used "High Priest's" ability to grant them phantoms.
To be continued…