This special breathing mask indeed required some time to adapt to, but aside from Eriri who was a complete novice, Kato Megumi and Miyauchi Hikari already had quite a bit of experience themselves, so they only had a few minutes of discomfort before finding a relatively comfortable rhythm.
Eriri, on the other hand, appeared a bit flustered.
Even though she had learned a simple rhythm of Hamon breathing from Shiina Mashiro and Kasumigaoka Utaha before, she was still a long way from developing a subconscious habit.
Right now, whenever she did anything else, she would get distracted, causing problems with her breathing rhythm.
However, the appeal of supernatural powers to an ordinary person was indeed still very great.
Even though she felt very unaccustomed to it, Eriri had no thoughts of taking off the mask, concentrating entirely on maintaining the breathing rhythm on the side.
Kato Megumi was doing about the same.
In comparison, Miyauchi Hikari had after all been tormented by Miyauchi Hikage's auto-AFK version of Hamon breathing for a month, so she indeed had quite an advantage in this regard.
She was also the first person to be able to actively speak without affecting her breathing rhythm after putting on this mask.
Miyauchi Hikage felt this wasn't really because his sister had much talent in Hamon breathing, but only proved that this guy's mouth really couldn't stop; as long as someone was around, she couldn't help but want to say something.
"So, are we just waiting here for Megumi to awaken her Stand? Roughly how long will this process take?"
Facing his sister's question, Miyauchi Hikage shrugged: "I've never properly awakened a Stand myself, and this thing is probably hard to say."
"Some people might finish awakening painlessly in a few minutes, while others might toss and turn for a month or two, ruining their bodies, and still not fully awaken. Ultimately, it depends on each person's physical and mental condition."
"Megumi's physique is considered pretty good among her peers, and there are no problems with her mental state. She's already showing relatively obvious signs of awakening now, so I think she'll fully awaken by the time we return to Tokyo at the latest. If it's fast, it might be within this half hour."
"Is there really such a big difference in the awakening process... I hope it's fast when I awaken my Stand, I don't want to spend too much time," Miyauchi Hikari complained. "So when are you planning to awaken a Stand, Hikage? Remember to tell me when the time comes."
"Let's wait for Megumi to awaken first... Moreover, it seems it has reached a critical moment," Miyauchi Hikage didn't directly answer his sister's question, but put his eyes back on Kato Megumi.
It seemed that cognition and willpower indeed affected the awakening of a Stand.
Originally, Kato Megumi was undergoing a slow and normal awakening, and might have ended up taking a day or two to awaken a conventional Stand.
But after he pierced this layer of bubble and made Kato Megumi maintain a special breathing rhythm while thinking about what kind of power she wanted to obtain, the power fluctuations around her body began to become much more violent than before.
The direct reaction was that Kato Megumi's body temperature rose above 40 degrees Celsius in just a few minutes.
Sweat also gradually began to bead on Kato Megumi's forehead.
"It seems the awakening speed has accelerated. Hikari, hurry and help Megumi lie down on the bed."
Miyauchi Hikari still cared about her friend. Hearing Miyauchi Hikage's instruction, she hurriedly stood up and helped Kato Megumi lie down on the bed.
In the following ten minutes, Miyauchi Hikage watched bit by bit as Kato Megumi's body temperature soared to around 43 degrees, and the power fluctuations around her became increasingly chaotic.
Because of this, Miyauchi Hikari on the side somewhat clumsily got a wet towel to put on Kato Megumi's forehead, hoping to slightly alleviate her friend's discomfort.
There were even a few moments when Miyauchi Hikage's Wonder of U felt a sense of threat from Kato Megumi.
It should be Kato Megumi's unfully awakened Stand generating hostility towards Miyauchi Hikage and the other two girls in the room.
If Miyauchi Hikage hadn't been controlling Wonder of U himself, the initial calamity power would have directly descended upon Kato Megumi.
But what made Miyauchi Hikage feel a bit surprised was that even though Kato Megumi's Stand showed hostility in those few moments, and an illusory Stand figure even faintly emerged on Kato Megumi's body in his Eye of Destiny...
The result was perhaps that Kato Megumi's Stand felt the threat from Wonder of U, and suddenly shrank back completely before it even took shape.
And from then on, Wonder of U could no longer feel any hostility from Kato Megumi.
Did some change occur in the Stand awakening process, or is this inherently part of Megumi's Stand ability?
However, this was something Miyauchi Hikage couldn't see through yet.
But also starting from this moment, Kato Megumi's body temperature began to drop back down bit by bit.
At the same time, Miyauchi Hikage noticed that new power fluctuations seemed to have been generated on Kato Megumi's body.
Only this time, the power appeared much more peaceful, without the slightest sense of threat, looking like a relatively pure auxiliary power.
"This position is... Hikari, feel Megumi's right pants pocket and take out her phone."
Miyauchi Hikari froze for a moment, but still followed her brother's meaning. After Kato Megumi gently nodded in agreement, she took the phone out of the other party's pocket.
"Is there a problem with Megumi's phone?" Miyauchi Hikari asked curiously.
Miyauchi Hikage stared intently at her phone, and nodded to explain.
"If there's no problem with my perception, Megumi's Stand ability is now acting on this phone."
Following Miyauchi Hikage's explanation, Miyauchi Hikari's hand trembled slightly, and the hand holding Kato Megumi's phone couldn't help but grip it tighter.
"Th-this phone is Megumi's Stand?"
"The Stand ability is acting on the phone, but I don't know what Megumi's Stand's main body looks like right now. This requires Megumi to feel it herself."
Saying this, he looked at Kato Megumi: "I can feel that your Stand should have taken shape. Feel it carefully yourself; I think you should be able to feel much clearer than I do on how to use this power within your body."
There is definitely a connection between a Stand user and a Stand. Most Stands can naturally know what kind of power they have obtained upon completing their awakening.
Just like after Giorno awakened Gold Experience Requiem, even though he didn't know what happened, he could feel the fact that he had defeated Diavolo and the other party would never reach the truth.
Only a few independent Stands with self-awareness are exceptions, like Hirose Koichi's Echoes ACT 3, Poco Loco's Hey Ya!, and of course Kinoto Masazo's Cheap Trick.
Gotoh Hitori also belonged to this type of Stand. With ultra-high self-intelligence, it could run around everywhere while its master, Gotoh Hitori, hadn't reacted yet.
But Kato Megumi's Stand looked much more normal.
After a good while, Kato Megumi finally nodded slightly: "It seems there really are some new things in my head."
She said softly to Miyauchi Hikari, who was curiously examining her phone: "Hikari, help me turn on the phone and take a look."
Miyauchi Hikari opened it as told, but nothing had changed on the phone's interface.
But Kato Megumi told Miyauchi Hikari to open the search bar.
"And then? What do you want to search for?"
Kato Megumi shook her head: "Just search for something you're interested in. Searching for anything is fine."
"Something I'm interested in?" Miyauchi Hikari blinked, then glanced at her brother. "Then I'll search for my brother's name."
But as Miyauchi Hikari had this thought and had just typed the two characters for "Miyauchi", she found that Kato Megumi's phone seemed to lag, completely unresponsive.
"Ah, Megumi, did your phone crash?"
Hearing this, the reaction on Kato Megumi's face was slightly subtle, but after a moment, a matter-of-fact expression appeared on her face.
"If it's Hikage-kun, it's indeed quite normal... Hikari, how about you change it to your own name and try again?"
"That's not a problem, but isn't your phone frozen... Eh, why did it suddenly recover?" Miyauchi Hikari still hadn't figured out the situation, but still entered her own name according to her friend's meaning.
Then about a few seconds later, the photo of her smiling foolishly at the camera from her student ID card appeared in front of her.
"This is my photo! How did it search it out directly? Are current search programs already this smart?" Miyauchi Hikari made a fuss, stating that this was too unprotective of ordinary people's privacy.
To this, a stiff expression couldn't help but appear on both Kato Megumi and Miyauchi Hikage's faces.
"I mean, is there a possibility that this is Megumi showing you her Stand ability?" Miyauchi Hikage helplessly patted his sister's shoulder.
At this moment, Miyauchi Hikari finally reacted, instantly letting out a cry of surprise.
"Eh, so this is your Stand ability, Megumi?"
"It should be said that this is a part of my ability. I feel my Stand hasn't fully awakened yet, and the current me cannot fully unleash its power," Kato Megumi took the phone back from Miyauchi Hikari.
Right now, she could only be said to have preliminarily completed the Stand's awakening.
She held her phone, and the others leaned over. They watched her search for the words "Hamon breathing" on her phone, and then after half a minute, a large block of text and pictures appeared.
The content on it wasn't complicated. For Miyauchi Hikage, this was an entry-level method for Hamon breathing. It only had how to breathe to generate Hamon with vitality, and didn't have any advanced Hamon applications.
However, the training method for Hamon breathing was much clearer and more intuitive than the content in his diary before, and it even gave a short video for guidance at the end.
For people with talent, it might be a bit too tedious, but for ordinary people, it could be said that this was the most foolproof entry method for Hamon breathing.
Learning according to this method, as long as one wasn't mentally impaired and spent some time, a normal person should be able to independently complete Hamon breathing training.
"So, Megumi, your Stand ability is gathering intelligence?" Miyauchi Hikage asked Kato Megumi, while adding, "I'm just a bit curious, you don't have to answer so specifically. After all, a supernatural being's supernatural ability is originally very important intelligence. It's best to keep some trump cards in your own hands and not easily show everything to others."
Kato Megumi first nodded, then shook her head: "It should be organizing and optimizing the content and information I know and can search on the internet, and then feeding it back to me."
"And then it seems I can also hide my own information, but right now I don't seem to be able to do this easily."
Saying this, Kato Megumi didn't show any regretful expression on her face.
Miyauchi Hikage nodded, roughly understanding Kato Megumi's ability range.
Looking at it now, Kato Megumi's Stand was indeed considered an auxiliary type Stand.
Intelligence-type Stands were not too rare in JOJO.
The most classic one naturally was Joseph Joestar's Hermit Purple, which investigated DIO's hiding place.
Although it initially had the restriction of having to smash a camera for each use, later on, whether it was a TV or dust, they could actually serve as channels to obtain intelligence. Part 4 was also because of his ability that Jotaro Kujo went to Morioh Town to investigate.
Then there was Moody Blues in Part 5, which could replay things that happened in the past.
The heroine of Part 8, Hirose Yasuho's Paisley Park, could guide the Stand user to the location she wanted to go to.
Kato Megumi's Stand ability was somewhat like a combination of Hermit Purple and Paisley Park.
It's just that the key point of this ability still lied in needing Kato Megumi herself to obtain intelligence, so it could analyze based on what she herself knew to find the most suitable plan for Kato Megumi.
But for content that Kato Megumi herself didn't know and couldn't be searched on the internet, the use of this Stand seemed not very great.
From this perspective, it indeed wasn't a proper intelligence-type Stand.
Where is there an intelligence Stand that needs the Stand user themselves to gather intelligence?
He just didn't know if facing that unspecific intelligence, Kato Megumi's Stand would directly make things up like some dumb AI.
But looking at Kato Megumi's appearance, this Stand probably wouldn't do such a thing.
Overall, it was still a Stand with relatively large limitations but quite good effects when used on herself.
Relying on this ability to organize and optimize, whether Kato Megumi continued to stay in the Outer World safely as an ordinary person or planned to develop in the Inner World in the future, it could play a good auxiliary role.