Chapter 320
Cursed spirit.
Upon hearing the story and reading the description in the diary, they almost immediately understood the existence of the cursed spirit.
Damn it, isn't that a ghost?
Is there a ghost around me at any moment now?
I feel disgusted, scared, in danger, and uneasy.
Uneasy, truly very uneasy.
Can someone please help me? I desperately want powerful strength, and I desperately want a sense of security.
Fear.
Especially since they can't see it.
It cannot be seen, but it certainly exists there; it cannot be seen, but some traces of its existence can be found through investigation.
The more this was the case, the more Shinomiya Kaguya hoped that the god of the new world who had opened the curtain on a new era, with whom she had made a promise, would come to find her as promised and reach out to her.
She thought she would definitely fall for him.
Even if it's not a romantic relationship.
But that guy didn't! He didn't! He didn't!
Shinomiya Kaguya wanted to breathe on her skin.
The other owners of the new Diary didn't know his identity as Asakusa Toru, but she did!
Since the other party isn't taking the initiative to contact her, then let her take the initiative to contact the other party!
No matter how the world changes, it is still a modern society; no matter how the world changes, the Shinomiya Conglomerate is still one of the largest conglomerates; no matter how the world changes, Shinomiya Kaguya is still the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya Family.
Therefore, given that a person can be quickly and easily located through information, as long as Asakusa Toru doesn't choose to hide, she can easily find the other party by relying on her power.
Judging from Asakusa Toru's previous habits, he had no intention of hiding anything at all.
Although he hasn't revealed his identity yet, Shinomiya Kaguya knows very well that he will definitely surprise the copy holder while he's writing in his diary.
So, let's just go up and shoot him.
Anyway, I've always wanted to meet him properly.
Since he doesn't come to me on his own initiative, I should take the initiative to go up to him and demand an explanation.
That's why, when she was throwing a tantrum to vent her frustrations, she called on Hayasaka to take action.
Only.
Hayasaka Ai's words, however, shut her down.
That's right, they have no initiative.
Agreements are agreements, but morality and agreements are always just for self-restraint.
Even if we do manage to find them, what then? What will we do if we actually find them?
Are you threatening to publicly disclose his name and information?
Ha ha.
That's truly the act of someone who's had enough of life and is contemplating suicide.
Don't be fooled by the sticky, student-like tone and restrained remarks in his previous diaries. Although he did hurl a lot of insults and recklessly revealed a lot of his dark history, most of his words were actually from the bottom of his heart, full of playful teasing, joking, teasing, and mocking.
But they will provide the exact information that the students at that school need.
Beyond these contents, he would also record his feelings and write down what he wanted to say to the people he liked, just like writing a diary.
It's extremely... nauseating to look at.
Yes, it's bound to get boring. Watching others openly and subtly express their love, watching others write about their seemingly sweet romances in their diaries.
For Shinomiya Kaguya, a pure girl who has never experienced love and can only see love stories in various works of fiction.
It's absolutely disgusting.
It's so cloying that it occasionally makes you want to fall in love.
... But never mind.
None of the others were suitable, and the only suitable guy was a complete scoundrel.
If we only look at her previous diaries, Shinomiya Kaguya would probably have gone directly to Asakusa Toru to express her dissatisfaction and vent her emotions, naturally conducting a fair trial with someone she could reason with.
Because he would be the one who could do that.
But.
If we look at the current diary after the new version...
It's nothing really.
Okay, actually it's nothing much. It's just a slightly different kind of exposure than the so-called continued exposure and revelation of the girls' dark history. Instead, it's a direct display of pure malice.
To attack or conquer.
At first, he was humiliating that so-called strongest sorcerer, but perhaps to prove that he wasn't just a talker, in his later diary entries, when he shifted his target from the sorcerer who had been humiliated for a day or two to a spirit that seemed to be in a competitive and opposing worldview, the situation changed.
He complained, he expressed his emotions, he said it was disgusting, he said it would be better to kill him.
So on the second day.
The diary began to broadcast live photos and extremely detailed accounts of the 'torture' of what appeared to be a 'Mahito' spirit.
To put it bluntly, it gave Shinomiya Kaguya quite a fright.
That completely woke her up.
Yes, that's right. Cursed spirits are not human beings; they are curses, born from negative human emotions, and are curses upon humanity.
So what if they were killed?
If he had simply said 'kill'...
Shinomiya Kaguya might not have such a strong reaction yet.
But... he brought along a photograph, one wrapped in bandages, human-shaped, even capable of speaking human language.
Cursed spirit.
These cursed spirits, documented in photographs, were repeatedly severed from their bodies, smashed into puddles of mud, and then...
Die.
The process is clearly demonstrated, and the violence is fully perceptible.
Shinomiya Kaguya immediately realized that he wasn't the kind of cheerful, easy-going person he seemed to be on the surface.
They are actually capable of taking action, and they are the kind of people who would actually dare to kill.
This is combined with the already highly emotional words in her usual diary entries.
Although... but... what if, what if he suddenly becomes emotional?
This is the result of understanding the other party, but not truly understanding them.
The words in their diaries brought them closer, and a phone call, though they never met in person, forged a small connection between them.
Therefore, they assumed they understood the other person very well, and thus thought they knew them intimately...
To place the greatest trust on someone without authorization.
However, in the subsequent changes, I felt things that contradicted my understanding, and suddenly a strong sense of betrayal and distrust arose.
That's why Shinomiya Kaguya stopped there.
She hasn't actually adapted to the changed world that quickly; she's still somewhat stuck in the old era.
Ultimately, the fact that she remained an IT novice at a time when she should have fully adapted to modern life, using an old-fashioned keypad phone instead of a smartphone, is enough to prove that even in the past, she still had a certain degree of backwardness and old-fashionedness.
The advantage is that they can be trusted, and once a decision is made, it will not be easily changed.
The downside is that it's not so easy to adapt; in short, it's a superplus version of Horikita Suzune.
Yes, it surpasses them in every way, whether in learning ability or from other perspectives.
Of course, it's not a perfect comparison, but in this respect, she can indeed be considered a superplus version. Even without comparing her to Horikita Suzune, she still achieves the same result.
"... But Hayasaka, I'm so scared."
At Hayasaka Ai's words, Shinomiya Kaguya finally stopped rolling around, sprawled out on the bed in a starfish position, lying limply.
"What if a cursed spirit suddenly appears before me? What if a magician suddenly tries to control me to do something? What if I suddenly make eye contact with some criminal with supernatural powers on the street...?"
Will I die?
This is a question that naturally arises after the emotions have subsided.
Extraordinary is very good.
It can accomplish miracles, change outcomes that mortals could never alter, and embody the power of an individual to fulfill all of people's fantasies.
But the same.
Humans below the level of the extraordinary still seem... far too fragile.
Humans are creatures that can die easily.
In the past, everyone tacitly accepted this convention, everyone maintained mutual respect, and no one had the ability to cross the line.
At least for Shinomiya Kaguya, there weren't many people who could easily threaten her.
Whether from the perspective of power or personal strength.
In this country where guns are prohibited, she considered herself relatively safe.
Until now.
"No, Kaguya Shinomiya- sama."
Although Shinomiya Kaguya Cloud Music, Hayasaka Ai remained calm.
"You don't have the value to be someone else's target too easily."
She simply stated a very cold, hard fact in a calm manner.
"Even if they wanted to blackmail and control the Shinomiya Family, they wouldn't choose a powerless young lady like you."
Capturing Shinomiya Kaguya would only bring a disturbance and a certain amount of money; those who can break through the protection of ordinary armed forces to do such a thing must have high aspirations.
Shinomiya Kaguya: "..."
... Although it's clear that what Hayasaka Ai said is true.
But I still felt a little sad, as expected.
"...I said." She turned her head, tilting it and looking at Hayasaka Ai with a sidelong glance. "Hayasaka, lately, haven't you been disrespecting me more and more?"
She definitely wouldn't have said that before!
Hayasaka Ai turned her head away. "It's your imagination, young lady."
This smell... it's really... making me feel guilty.
All I wanted to say was, don't worry too much.
Perhaps in an attempt to conceal her obvious guilt, and in a way that only made things worse, Hayasaka Ai added:
"The so-called cursed spirits just sound disgusting. At least you, Kaguya Shinomiya, have no chance of being cursed... Oh no, there is still a possibility. Curses started by poor people out of resentment towards the rich might actually find you."
"Hmm, thinking about it that way, you might indeed be in more danger than the average person, especially since we're in a place like Tokyo."
"Very good, Miss, you've convinced me. Let's ignore his thoughts and go directly to confront him."
With that, Hayasaka Ai turned around without hesitation, as if she was about to take action.
But once she started moving, Shinomiya Kaguya couldn't stay still any longer.
She scrambled to her feet, her soft, white feet, bare of socks, pattering off the soft bed. She reached out to stop Hayasaka Ai.
"--Don't!"
Even though she was the one who gave orders and urged them on before, when it came to Hayasaka Ai actually taking action, she became the one in opposition.
"Well, I think we could wait a little longer... with more patience."