A naive sweet girl, identification complete.
Shin glanced at Saori Kido, whose expression was somewhat evasive, and knew that this girl probably had the determination and courage, but as for a plan... she had absolutely none.
Although schemes and intrigues aren't common in Saint Seiya, and various crude and buggy plans always end up in battles, the problem is, you don't have much combat power, do you?
And you are the Goddess of War and Wisdom! To rush into the tiger's den so thoughtlessly, both of your divine roles are weeping!
No strength, no wisdom, and most importantly, no self-awareness... One can only say that the Sanctuary's foundation was laid well enough in the past, and her reincarnated guardians' potential is strong enough, otherwise, this girl would have died countless times already.
Saori Kido felt a chill from Shin's pitying gaze. Just as she was about to say something, Shin waved his hand slightly.
"Let me tell you the outcome if you go to the Sanctuary now. Before you even see the Pope, a large group of Silver Saints and Gold Saint will probably take you down directly. That's the lucky outcome. If you're unlucky, you won't even make it to the entrance of the Twelve Temples before you're gone!"
"They might even cut off your head before you even prepare to go to the Sanctuary!"
Hearing this, Saori Kido gritted her teeth: "Of course I know that! But this is something I must do! Did you come here just to mock me?"
"Something you must do?" Shin was slightly stunned. "Is it the influence of Athena's Cosmo?"
Compared to Poseidon and Hades, the fusion of Athena and Saori Kido feels more subtle, like 'moistening things silently'. It's neither like Poseidon and Julian Solo, who are almost completely separate individuals, nor like Hades and Shun, who are completely dual personalities fighting within the same body.
Comparatively, Saori Kido is more like gradually awakening her past life and slowly transforming into Athena, without a process of personality change.
However, it seems now that Athena's Cosmo still has some influence on Saori Kido, otherwise, Saori Kido wouldn't have such a strong obsession with the Sanctuary.
This isn't like the Poseidon wanting to drown the world, or Hades wanting to create an eternal night empire. The Pope claims to rule the earth, but in reality, he only rules a tiny part of the Sanctuary, which has no impact on the entire world.
To call it justice or evil doesn't make sense. It's like, under normal circumstances, people in our country wouldn't have such great compassion to save a war-torn town in the Middle East.
Only Athena herself, with her strong obsession with the Sanctuary, can explain this.
After a moment of thought, Shin looked at Saori Kido again: "Since that's the case, how about I give you an idea?"
"I know you are the reincarnation of Goddess Athena, inherently possessing a powerful Cosmo. So, why don't you properly develop your potential and combat power?"
"You know you'll definitely encounter battles in the future, right? If so, shouldn't combat be the training you undertake from the very beginning?"
"You mean, I should learn to fight? Can I really do it?" Saori Kido was slightly surprised. She had never truly fought in her life!
Hosting the Galaxian Wars Tournament and watching the Saint fight to the death is one thing; fighting herself is another. Saori Kido doesn't lack courage, but she has no confidence in her own talent.
After all, with her fair skin, slender arms, and thin legs, she doesn't look like a fighter at all!
"You are the reincarnation of Goddess Athena. In terms of talent alone, I don't think many people in this world can surpass you."
This indeed gave Saori Kido confidence. Thinking about it, as the reincarnation of a goddess, it's impossible not to have some combat talent, right?
Thinking of this, Saori Kido looked at Shin, "So, can you teach me how to fight and train me?"
"Of course, that's why I'm here." Shin said with a smile, thinking that it would be quite interesting when Saori Kido, the Goddess Athena, wielded the Staff of Nike, stormed the Twelve Temples, and smashed Saga's dog head.
"Let me see... Good, these guys will probably arrive in about half an hour!" Shin glanced at the Silver Saints rushing towards them. "Time is a bit short... but it's enough for some training!"
"Follow me!"
As Shin spoke, he reached out and opened a gate to another dimension, leading directly into his Dark Dimension, and walked in with Saori Kido.
Saori Kido was initially a little nervous, looking at the pitch-black space with only a few stars in the night sky, her face full of vigilance.
Shin casually split off some Chakra and hung a fireball in the sky for illumination. Saori Kido only felt that in the light, some magnificent thing seemed to flash by, like an incomparably huge sacred tree, but when she looked closely, she found nothing.
Of course, she didn't know that she hadn't seen wrong, and it wasn't her naked eyes that saw it, but her Cosmo that sensed it. This was the Dark Dimension itself, which was the fully spatialized Divine Tree.
If Shin wanted to, he could almost directly turn anyone here into Chakra and absorb them. Even if Athena herself descended to earth, she would definitely not fare well in the Dark Dimension, but Shin obviously had no such intention.
In this space, Shin could also control some basic rules, such as gravity, temperature, spatial strength, and even the flow of time.
Looking at Saori Kido, who was still a bit curious, a set of Silver Cloth slowly appeared on Shin, specifically the Centaurus Silver Cloth.
If he wanted to teach Saori Kido, he naturally couldn't teach her Chakra and Armament Haki. What he could truly impart to her was the use of Cosmo.
Only when wearing a cloth could Shin possess the power of Cosmo, so he could only fight while wearing a cloth.
With a wave of his hand, streams of golden light flowed, which was the Sagittarius Gold Cloth, originally returned to Saori by the Bronze Saints, and Shin conveniently brought it in.
The power of the Gulp-Gulp Fruit was already contained within the Dark Dimension, making human transformation here undoubtedly easy for Shin. The entire gold cloth instantly merged with Saori Kido.
In an instant, Saori Kido felt countless Cosmos speaking to her, and strings of memories flowed through her mind. These were the memories and Cosmo imprints of successive Sagittarius Gold Saints, integrated into Saori Kido's mind without any reservation.
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