"I Think I'm a First-Year"

Have you ever heard of a 'rule' regarding the hierarchy in hospitals?

The head of the nursing department can scold the head nurse of the department, the head nurse of the department can scold the head nurse, and the head nurse can scold the nurse.

As for me, the patient wearing blue and white stripes, his mother could yell at whomever she wanted!

I can criticize Kushida Kikyo I want, I can slander Horikita Suzune if I want, and I can curse Chabashira Sae I want.

Why consider time? Why consider the plot? Why hold back?

This is a damn "Diary where you can get a reward just by writing in it," not a damn diary where you painstakingly and meticulously craft a good Diary to get a reward!

To be frank, the diary entry I wrote yesterday wasn't very good, even though it took me a lot of time to think, deliberate, and brainpower to prepare.

But that's not interesting at all.

Aside from making me look like some kind of idiot who'd beat up Penguin Man when he's high, it's completely useless.

But even with such a diary, the Diary still gave me what seemed like a pretty good reward.

I won't tell you the specifics, anyway, it's none of your business.

In short, I only want to express one point.

--I'm about to have an attack, and no one can stop me.

So now, tell me your name, and I'll help you make the call.

You can leave comments, right? Don't tell me that even Baumkuchen can leave comments, but you can't.

Leave me a message and state your name.

Whether you're Penguin Man or Stress Monster, Long-term Vegetarian or Pink Milk Dragon, or even Stray Cat, tell me your name.

I will use all the knowledge I have to help you.

Whether you want to transform from Penguin Man into a human, plan to revive the Kingdom C, simply want Refreshing Live, or Vanity Supremacy.

I will do my best.

Honestly, even if I say or do nothing, you can still make dumplings and sing a happy reunion song after the farce.

But I don't like it.

That kind of follow-up, that kind of development, that kind of future.

I don't want that.

I'm going to scribble it all over, I'm going to completely transform it.

Do you understand?

"..."

This concludes my diary entry.

Talking nonsense, spouting lies, and being extremely arrogant.

Even through the Diary, Chihaya Anon could still see the incredibly intense 'emotions' conveyed in the words.

He was serious.

He is free.

As he said, no one could stop him from writing in his diary from beginning to end.

The only thing binding him from beginning to end was himself.

"..." Thump thump, as his consciousness, immersed in the words, was pulled out, and he realized that what existed before him were only words and not the person who had uttered the lies.

Chihaya Anon, who could clearly hear her own heartbeat, let out a long breath.

Wow, that's amazing!

The girl's eyes seemed to sparkle, and her wild words reminded her of the diary entry she had first seen.

I know your past, I understand your present, and I know your future.

'Your past, present, and future are all controlled by me.'

She remembered that, throughout those two months of diary entries, her favorite sentences were indeed the very first two.

Thump thump, thump thump.

But...

After calming herself down a bit, the girl heard the familiar sound of her Reading Points increasing. Instead of writing down her name, she lowered her head again and continued to read the words in her Diary.

Aside from his declaration, the diary entries at the end briefly mentioned some defining characteristics.

This is a tentative way of limiting who should report their names.

Long-term Vegetarian should be Soyo, Stray Cat should be Ranai, Penguin Man... could it be a lamp?

That means it's just Taki and me left... The Stress Monster, is it Taki?

So I'm... the Pink Milk Dragon?!

What kind of weird title is this?!?!

While I do have pink hair, what is a milk dragon...?

After calming down and carefully reading what followed, Chihaya Anon was filled with questions.

It's not just a code name, it's also... well, a purpose? An idea? What can be done to help?

It's a bit hard to describe, but basically it was about her Vanity Supremacy.

Why are there only four lines here?

The Refreshing Live performance" was probably referring to Ranai, but she had absolutely no idea who "becoming human" and "reviving the Kingdom C " were referring to.

Never mind!

Chihaya Anon Aine waved her hand, flipped to the comments section of her Diary, picked up a pen, and then neatly wrote down her name.

Mr. Diary, I'm entrusting it to you!

Chapter 138 "I Feel Like a Freshman"

"You have a new message."

A sound rang in my ears.

Even though he was the one asking others to give their names, Asakusa Toru wasn't in a hurry to check the messages.

It doesn't matter who it is.

He said that it doesn't matter who it is, so there's no need to care too much about the other person's identity.

Ever since yesterday's diary entries... no, to be precise, it should be even earlier, but the moment I realized it was yesterday.

The feeling of being bound started very early on. Every time he wrote a passionate and impassioned manifesto, there would be a long period of extremely low ratings and low morale.

You can't launch a rapid, relentless attack, nor can you kick a drowning dog while it's down by repeating the insults after you've already finished insulting it.

I need to wait for that damn index to go up before I can finally relax and put the 'materials' I've accumulated into practice.

From the perspective of 'work' and 'maximizing benefits', there is nothing wrong with doing this.

After weighing the options, making choices, and carefully considering them, I finally put pen to paper with trembling hands.

But emotions were not taken into account.

The sense of liberation I felt when I first received the Diary, free from all my worries, vanished without me even realizing it.

So, after a night of deep reflection during his post-coital period, Asakusa Toru up his mind.

Let's ignore the index for now.

Anyway, he didn't understand the evaluation criteria for this diary. Since even yesterday's diary received an A rating that met the criteria, he figured that no matter how perfunctory he was, he would still get a decent reward.

[Today's record completed, this record is rated 'B', currently drawing rewards]

[Draw successful! Congratulations on obtaining the item 'Personal Terminal']

As expected, the reviews were neither good nor bad.

With a slight thought, a terminal that seemed no different from his own Personal Terminal quickly fell into his hand, and then information about the terminal was displayed.

[Name: Personal Terminal]

[Category: Items]

[Effect: You can fill in the information freely, and the terminal will automatically generate a brand new student identity]

[Note: "I feel like a freshman."]

... Although he wasn't quite sure why the diary was about Mygo but was being posted on an Advanced Nurturing terminal, he could tentatively assume... the Diary was supporting his decision?

When Asakusa Toru received the award, he remembered something he hadn't realized while writing in his diary.

'Comminicate'

Even if a claim is made, and even if the identity of the holder of the Diary Copy is known, feedback is still needed to truly achieve 'I'll help them fight'.

Although he could write down strategies and techniques in his daily diary, he had no way of knowing how they were actually implemented and the resulting changes.

Because it is inconvenient for him to leave the school.

If the comment function allowed people to leave comments freely, there might not be such concerns. However, based on the pattern of comments sent by everyone so far, although there is no character limit to the comments sent to him, it is certainly not something that people can just send whenever they want.

So, instead of using the message board that comes with Diary, why not just write directly and simply on an anonymous message board online like Ms. Kushida, sharing information through keyword searches?

Of course you can, but the internet leaves a trace.

Asakusa Toru didn't want to easily expose his whereabouts over such a trivial matter. Even if he could pretend that he was also the holder of the Diary Copy and visited the corresponding message board because he saw the diary, that would help others narrow down their search.

He also enjoyed the feeling of secretly (crossed out) criticizing others behind the back of his Diary, rather than openly and blatantly, without any intention of putting himself out in the open and showing his hand early on.

Therefore, communicating via the internet was not originally an option he needed to consider.

But now, things are different.

The Diary sent him a terminal and a customizable, editable... 'new identity'.

If it's just a regular Personal Terminal, then it's not a big deal; it just adds a few more tricks that can be played on campus.

It's probably possible to specifically spend Private Points to buy such a terminal.

But this is the terminal for the Diary.

Beyond its literal effects, it naturally possesses many more unspoken benefits.

For example...

The demo animation currently playing can be activated at this moment...

'Incognito Browsing', 'Persistent Access', 'Risk Warning'.

The former, which is as seamless as its name suggests, the Persistent Access, which allows unauthorized access to restricted content, and the latter, which clearly shows the source of traces even when incognito access is disabled.

In other words, all previous concerns have disappeared.

Asakusa Toru doesn't need to worry about anyone being able to trace his whereabouts by following his visits, because his visits leave no trace at all.

This terminal in his hand can completely erase his traces on the internet.

The only problem is...

What kind of identity information does he want to create for himself?

"..."

Meditation.

At this Advanced Nurturing school, the amount of information bound to a single terminal is neither too much nor too little.

Name, class, student ID, club affiliation, date of birth.

Perhaps there's also the 'file' compiled by the school before enrollment...?

For example, there are interviewer evaluations, class teacher records, and various values that will later become the so-called 'OAA' system, which are determined by the Advanced Nurturing individual based on their arbitrary judgment of overall performance.

If Asakusa Toru remembers correctly, it was roughly 'Academic Ability', 'Intelligence', 'Judgment', 'Physical Ability', and 'Teamwork Ability'.

Pressing the power button, the screen of the device in my hand lit up.