These words from Shaina, combined with Saori Kido's unrestrained Athena Cosmo, finally made the Perseus Silver Saint completely believe Saori Kido's identity.
After that, Perseus naturally did not hesitate to undo the petrification on Hyoga and Shun, rescuing these two unlucky Saint who had been instantly defeated.
Hyoga and Shun were also dumbfounded after learning what happened. Shun, being the kindest-hearted, immediately went to thank Saori Kido and expressed his willingness to join Saori's subordinates and seek justice at the Sanctuary.
Hyoga, however, felt a bit embarrassed. Like Seiya, he felt it was too shameful and awkward to be rescued by Saori Kido, whom he had just rejected.
Fortunately, whatever else you say about Saori Kido, her Charisma attribute was certainly off the charts, and she easily persuaded Hyoga as well.
Ikki of the phoenix eventually left alone, but he mentioned before departing that he would also go check things out when they headed to the Sanctuary.
Just like that, out of the ten Silver Saints sent by the Pope, five had been disciplined by Shin, and the other five instantly defected to Saori Kido's side. Furthermore, Saori Kido wrote a letter and had the Crow Saint manipulate his Crow to send it to the Sanctuary, informing them that she would be heading there soon.
After that, to symbolize their unity and cooperation, Shin helped several Silver Saints repair their cloths, and he even tried them on himself.
He had discovered that every time he absorbed the Cosmo experience contained within a cloth, the experience value related to Cosmo in his Self-Evolution Ability would increase significantly. Shin felt that once he had absorbed and merged with all the cloths, he might be able to evolve his own Cosmo directly.
Of course, even if the Saints of the Sanctuary weren't enough, there were still Mariners and Specters. If absolutely necessary, Shin could also make do with the God Cloths of Poseidon and Hades.
If that still didn't work, he could try Athena's God Cloth, although there was a slight suspicion of cross-dressing.
It is worth mentioning that although he had handled almost everyone's cloths, Shin had not managed to get his hands on the cloth of Shaina of Ophiuchus.
On one hand, Shaina hadn't sustained any injuries at all. Although she had started fighting Seiya, Seiya mostly focused on defense and rarely attacked. After the battle, she didn't even have a scratch, so her cloth naturally didn't need repairs.
Secondly, Shaina is a woman, and the cloth is like personal undergarments. Since her cloth wasn't damaged, she naturally didn't want other men handling it.
The third and most crucial point was that Shin wasn't interested in Ophiuchus. He didn't know that this item used to be incredibly powerful, once belonging to the rank of gold cloths before finally being demoted.
Furthermore, he didn't know how many amazing figures Ophiuchus had produced, even monsters capable of rivaling gods. Thus, due to a series of coincidences, and because Shin didn't want to gain a reputation as a pervert, this cloth was simply forgotten by him. It wasn't until Shaina's cloth was damaged later and Shin repaired it that he learned about Ophiuchus's glorious history.
A few days later.
Carrying the repaired dragon cloth, Shiryu and Mu arrived together at the Graad Foundation and finally learned the full story.
Sensing Saori Kido's Cosmo, which had completely stabilized at the Seventh Sense during this period, Mu's expression was truly colorful and fascinating.
Is this the potential of the Goddess of War? She reached the Seventh Sense directly in just a few days, and judging by how easily she controls it, she is definitely not weak among the Seventh Sense Gold Saint!
If they had known that Athena's reincarnation was so formidable, why did the former Saint predecessors protect her so closely every day? They should have just trained her as a Saint.
Why would they need Gold Saint for protection then? Athena alone could fight through the Holy War!
Shiryu was also incredibly shocked that Miss Saori Kido suddenly transformed into Goddess Athena and possessed absurdly strong power. Of course, he was mainly shocked by Saori Kido's identity as Athena; if he accepted her Athena identity, it seemed less strange for a goddess to possess such formidable strength.
After all, she is a deity. Isn't it natural for her strength to surpass that of mortals?
Unlike Mu and the others, he didn't have a preconceived notion of Saori Kido being weak, so he wasn't as surprised by her strength.
In reality, Saori Kido's potential is indeed extremely high. She is, after all, the reincarnation of a goddess, specifically the Goddess of War, and the physical body Athena chose for herself must be flawless.
But to say she could completely reach the Seventh Sense in a few days? That is definitely not something Saori Kido could achieve. Even Shun of Andromeda, who is also the reincarnation of Hades, despite his astonishing potential, has cultivated painstakingly for so many years, and it's still unknown whether he has stepped through the gate of the Seventh Sense yet.
Shin wasn't very clear on Shun's full-power strength. In his opinion, Shun's strength should have reached the peak of the Sixth Sense, but was still a little distance from the Seventh Sense; being affected by the Medusa Shield was the biggest proof of this.
If Saori Kido had trained continuously in the Sanctuary, stepping into the Seventh Sense now, utilizing the more similar Cosmos between them, would certainly be no problem. But to say she entered the Seventh Sense in just a few days is impossible; it was entirely a miracle created by Shin borrowing the gold cloth and fusing it with her.
Of course, it was also due to the fact that Athena's Cosmo had begun to awaken, gradually transforming Saori Kido's physical body. Otherwise, an explosive ability like Cosmo could not be used immediately upon awakening.
Mu stayed here for a while, chatted briefly with Shin, and very decisively remained, preparing to teach Shin the technique of manufacturing cloths.
He did not expose his identity as the Aries Gold Saint, choosing instead to stay merely as a cloth repairman. Nominally, this was also to pledge loyalty to Athena.
Shin scoffed at this guy's decision to conceal his identity, but did not expose him, as he still needed to learn from him.
People in the Saint Seiya world tend to believe in fatalism, and this world is indeed one of gods and destiny. Otherwise, Shin would definitely have pointed at his nose and cursed him.
You're a Gold Saint, expecting Bronze Saints to carry the load, and talking nonsense about how the tough battles are still ahead—shouldn't you Gold Saint be the main force! What kind of ridiculous expectation is it to rely on the Bronze Saints?
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