Shuchiin Academy's student council was relatively busy. Even during ordinary students' lunch break, student council president Shinomiya Kaguya was still sitting in the student council.
Don't look at how most students at Shuchiin Academy were either wealthy or noble, with some excellent students from common backgrounds, but there was no shortage of troublesome matters at school.
Even precisely because the school had people from various social strata, conflicts also frequently occurred—for instance, the police superintendent's son and a yakuza's daughter couldn't possibly have a good relationship no matter what.
And today at noon, while Shinomiya Kaguya was reviewing documents in the student council, an unexpected person came to the student council.
The visitor was none other than Ryuju Momo—the daughter of the Ryuju Group, a yakuza organization with considerable reputation throughout Japan.
"Ryu-san? Is there something you need?"
Seeing Ryuju Momo push open the door and enter, Shinomiya Kaguya was still somewhat surprised, but she maintained a polite attitude and inquired about her intentions.
Shinomiya Kaguya naturally knew Ryuju Momo—not only because of the Ryuju Group's reputation in Japan, but also because Ryuju Momo was a member of the previous student council.
The current student council term where Shinomiya Kaguya served as president was Shuchiin Academy's 67th student council.
Ryuju Momo had served as treasurer in the 66th student council. When Shinomiya Kaguya ran for student council president, she had also investigated and learned about the previous student council.
Therefore, Ryuju Momo could at least be considered her predecessor in the student council, so giving appropriate respect wasn't a problem.
"Oh, it's Momo-chan. Are you here to apply for the Astronomy Club again?"
After Ryuju Momo entered the student council room, Fujiwara Chika, lying on the sofa reading a magazine, also raised her head and looked at Ryuju Momo curiously.
Just like Fujiwara Chika's naturally familiar personality, even facing the daughter of yakuza group Ryuju, Fujiwara Chika still used quite an affectionate form of address on her own.
As for the "Astronomy Club" she mentioned, it was something Ryuju Momo had been applying for during this period. She hoped to establish an Astronomy Club.
However, the problem was that every time Ryuju Momo applied for the Astronomy Club, the only member inside was herself—but obviously, a club with only one person couldn't be established, so her applications had been rejected many times.
Ryuju Momo had therefore come to the student council several times to discuss with Shinomiya Kaguya and others, so Fujiwara Chika and Shinomiya Kaguya had already become quite familiar with Ryuju Momo.
"No, I'm not here to apply for a club this time."
However, Ryuju Momo shook her head, then looked at Shinomiya Kaguya with a serious expression.
"Shinomiya should already know, right? About the recent conflict between the Ryuju Group and Kiryuu Group."
The battle between Ryuju Group and Kiryuu Group had already continued for many days—although at first, Ryuju Group had indeed occupied many advantages by virtue of superior numbers, recently the situation had taken a sharp downturn.
After realizing they couldn't win by comparing numbers and influence, Kiryuu Group switched tactics and started using Stand user teams to attack Ryuju Group's territory in batches.
Stand users' main bodies' combat ability might not differ much from ordinary people, but the Stands' various supernatural abilities still allowed Kiryuu Group to quickly gain the advantage.
Moreover, by demonstrating their capabilities, Kiryuu Group had won over many originally Ryuju Group members and given them opportunities to awaken Stands.
The original Ryuju Group members who became Stand users were also inhabited by Shin's "Blackbird's Lovers." Combined with the joy of transforming into Stand users, they further worked for Kiryuu Group.
Now Kiryuu Group had turned the tables to suppress Ryuju Group, and Ryuju Group's influence was being eroded step by step. Some Ryuju Group members even actively surrendered to Kiryuu Group to become Stand users.
In just a few days causing such dramatic changes in the situation showed the temptation of "supernatural powers."
"I have indeed heard about it..."
Hearing this, Shinomiya Kaguya nodded—although she wasn't very interested in yakuza organizations, Kiryuu Group was an organization under Shin's command.
Moreover, Kiryuu Group had countless connections with the Shinomiya family, so Shinomiya Kaguya had still learned about Kiryuu Group's situation from Hayasaka Ai.
Knowing Ryuju Momo had actually come for this, Shinomiya Kaguya also asked curiously:
"Do you want me to ask Shin to show more mercy to the Ryuju Group?"
Shinomiya Kaguya and Shin's relationship wasn't really a secret at Shuchiin—regarding that banquet, even if Shuchiin students didn't know at first, their parents would try every means to remind them.
So Shinomiya Kaguya thought Ryuju Momo came to find her hoping she'd persuade Shin.
"That's not it."
However, to Shinomiya Kaguya's surprise, Ryuju Momo suddenly shook her head, her expression somewhat subtle for some reason.
"I'm hoping you can tell me more about Shin, including his 'supernatural powers' and such..."
As she spoke, probably noticing Shinomiya Kaguya's gaze toward her was somewhat strange, she quickly explained:
"Then I can go back and explain the stakes to Father, have him give up resistance to avoid suffering more losses."
This statement seemed to make some sense—Ryuju Group's defeat was basically a foregone conclusion. If they could give up resistance early, at least they could reduce some losses.
And to persuade the Ryuju Group's leader to give up, clarifying the stakes was the best method—so Ryuju Momo needed to understand Shin's specific situation to make the Ryuju Group's leader understand how dangerous opposing Shin was.
Shinomiya Kaguya nodded, seeming to believe Ryuju Momo's statement, and also prepared to tell Ryuju Momo about "Stand users."
One could only say Shinomiya Kaguya's thinking was still too naive. She hadn't noticed that Ryuju Momo actually just wanted to learn more about Shin—persuading her father to give up was actually secondary.
"Stand user?"
In the Supernatural Research Club's clubroom, Goto Hitori listened to Shin's narration with a confused expression.
She had originally been wondering what important matter Shin specifically kept her behind for, but unexpectedly Shin had said something about "Stands" or whatever.
It sounded like some kind of supernatural power setting, but Goto Hitori still hadn't quite grasped the situation—could it be Shin was still in his chuunibyou period?
Seeing Goto Hitori seemed unable to understand yet, Shin helplessly sighed and directly summoned "Blackbird's Requiem."
Goto Hitori's Stand aptitude was very strong—she could even faintly sense a Stand's presence, but ultimately still couldn't see Stands.
Since that was the case...
"Blackbird's Soprano Saxophone."
Shin activated the "Soprano Saxophone's" ability, creating a "real illusion" centered on "Blackbird's Requiem's" main body.
The next moment, "Blackbird's Requiem's" figure became visible through the illusion, its form completely exposed before Goto Hitori.