I'm Telling You, It's Me / Open Your Phone Camera for Me

The default screensaver displays the current time, and... an infinite battery level by default.

Well, considering it's a product from Diary, the fact that it doesn't need charging is to be expected.

Swipe open the screen, and the default information entry window will pop up automatically.

The content was largely the same as what Asakusa Toru remembered. The only difference was that, in addition to the information mentioned above, there was an extra option on the screen.

Set permissions to view this file.

Asakusa Toru raised his eyebrows slightly, his fingertips twitched, and soon a new window popped up on the screen.

The small screen of the Personal Terminal could not display the entire 'list', so the page popped up.

It seems that by simply clicking after each corresponding name, one can set the permissions for others to view the files one has fabricated.

Access is permitted or prohibited.

Access is permitted, but only a small portion is allowed.

Access is prohibited; even Sakayanagi Narimori can refuse access.

Chapter 139 I Say This Is Me

... Before setting this up, you should think about what kind of name to come up with.

Choosing a name for Asakusa Toru is actually a bit difficult.

While people may not actually register their real names on social media, most app IDs are simply copied from other people's profiles.

In short, it simply means using a character's name that I like.

Therefore, when the opportunity to edit a new identity arises, what troubles him most, compared to other settings, is actually choosing a name.

... How about I just call Ayanokoji Kiyotaka? I don't know if that's allowed.

Or should we call him Ayanokoji Atsuomi? To put that Pseudo-human in his place and become his father.

Or Shiro? If he remembers correctly, that's the name of the second-highest masterpiece in The White Room.

"... I can't think of anything."

Honestly, is it necessary to have a name?

Anyway, it's just a fabricated identity; as long as the "no trace" setting is enabled, it'll be virtually undetectable.

Following the principle of "if you can't think of something, then don't think about it, "Asakusa Toru wrote the three large characters "Unnamed" with a flourish.

And then... copy down Ayanokoji's student ID, and his class, let's say First-Year Class B, which was originally Class A.

Even though it's a fake identity, I don't really want to be assigned to Class D.

Let the club be named "Student Council" and they can find the 'Unnamed' club themselves in the Student Council. Birthday... let's just say July 20th.

That's not important.

Academic Ability (S), Intelligence (S), Judgment (S), Physical Ability (S), teamwork ability (S).

What? This lousy school's system doesn't have an "S"? Why do you care? I'm going to fill in "S" for things I'm filling out by hand.

Further down...

Interviewer's comments.

[Father, father, father, father, father, father, father, I'm begging you on my knees! Please enroll in school! Our Advanced Nurturing needs someone like you to keep things looking good. If this crappy vocational school didn't only have Class A, I would definitely have moved you to the S class!]

... It might sound a bit like I'm just bragging, but that's how it is!

Finally, there's the class teacher's record.

... I can't imagine what Mashima Tomoya would say, so I'll just make one up.

[... Is there such a person in our class?]

Alright! That's all.

Just as Asakusa Toru press the confirm button, he realized that something seemed to be missing.

"Oh right, it's a photo."

Since it's a student's file information, it definitely needs to include a headshot.

But where can he find such a photo now?

Taking his own photos was out of the question, and taking photos on the spot was even more out of the question. Apart from using other people's photos, Asakusa Toru couldn't think of a solution for the time being.

Silence, staring at the screen, thinking, and then...

"Got it."

Asakusa Toru quickly came up with a perfect 'photograph'.

Normally, in Advanced Nurturing individual's profile, everyone should use a casual headshot of themselves in school uniform as the photo to be posted on the profile.

While most people's photos are quite detailed, for various reasons, some students' photos still appear slightly hasty.

People like our Lord Yamauchi, Ms. Hashimoto, and Ms. Masumi are quite casual about it.

It's so casual it's almost like a simple line drawing.

In other words, the photo doesn't necessarily have to be a Mahito, actual photograph.

Uh, no, actually everyone is using real photos of Mahito.

What Asakusa Toru meant was that even though he had just made up a file, it still showed S-rank Academic Ability. Photos and such, even if they were just 'drawings,' wouldn't be a problem, right?

For example, a stunning black and white illustration created by a world-class oil painting genius.

That's right! The one sitting on the throne in that painting is Lao Tzu!

What? Yamauchi? Yamauchi doesn't even deserve it?

How can you claim that's Yamauchi when there's no makeup on his face?

I say it's me, and that's who I am!

However, even though he had decided to include the painting, a problem still loomed over Asakusa Toru.

How should I put it?

The drawing is in the Diary, and everything in the Diary will be filtered out; the Cognition Filter will distort everything.

Even when photos are taken for documentation, the existence of the photos themselves is often overlooked.

Apart from the holder of the Diary Copy, no one else can see the "carefully selected" "headshot".

He can't exactly copy the entire painting step by step, can he?

"..." His index finger tapped the screen randomly, and unconsciously, Asakusa Toru tapped on the empty 'photo'.

Then, a new pop-up window appeared.

'Select from album', 'Select from Diary', 'Camera'

Three options appeared before Asakusa Toru.

Thus, the problem was easily solved.

A rustling sound rang out, and the Diary that had quietly appeared flipped to the selected message page.

'Confirm'

Shiina Mashiro's artwork then appeared on the terminal's screen.

At this point, the 'entry' of personal information has been completed, and the Advanced Nurturing First-Year Class B has quietly gained a new student.

The student whose name is 'Unnamed'.

Almost the instant the information was entered, a message popped up on the screen.

[Private Points reissued: 184,000]

... It seems they received an unexpected surprise.

Wait a minute, 184,000 Private Points... isn't that the sum of the points distributed to Class B in April and May?

In other words, once I insert my identity, he will give me the points.

So, if I directly transfer into Class 3-A...

Bro, bro, can I change my mind? I don't want to stay in First-Year Class B anymore, I want to go to Class 3-A!

Three whole years of points, even if it's just a class with Class Points, that's still 720,000 points!

Not to mention, Class 3-A couldn't possibly only have one hundred Class Points.

If I get into Class 3-A, I might just achieve financial freedom with this one stroke of luck.

However, it's best to just dream about such a good thing. If such a large sum of money were suddenly allocated to make up for the shortfall, the Advanced Nurturing would probably go crazy.

Although he has the power of the Diary and probably no one will find out, he has no way to use such a large number of points.

If you use it, won't that associate it with 'Unnamed'?

Therefore, although these points are an unexpected windfall, they can probably only be used in certain special situations.

"..." Never mind, let's not dwell on this.

Even without points, it doesn't prevent the use of this identity.

Now that the identity issue is resolved, it's time to move on to the next part of the story.

With a slight thought, the pages fluttered.

Asakusa Toru's eyes focused on the Diary.

The pages gradually stopped turning, and the dark text was clearly displayed before Asakusa Toru's eyes.

The girl trusted him completely and revealed her real name, without using the code name he had given her.

[Chihaya Anon]

Chapter 140 Turn on your phone's recording.

... It turned out to be Pink Milk Dragon.

It had a subtle, yet somewhat expected, feeling.

Are you really not afraid of others seeing your name when you openly state it like that?

Luckily, I can set up transparent comments.

With a flick of his wrist, Asakusa Toru picked up his pen and wrote a response to the comment.

[Go to @CH and create an anonymous message board. Use "mygo" as the keyword, tell me the current situation, and use the pseudonyms I wrote.]

Transparent comments and transparent replies are essentially private chats.

Unfortunately, he could only respond with a single message of no more than fifty characters, and the other party could probably only leave this one message.

That's why he asked Chihaya Anon to create such a message board.

In this way, even without leaving the school, he could regularly receive descriptions of the situation from the message board.

Next, before Chihaya Anon sees the reply and creates a message board, she should think about what to do.

Although he was supposed to be a substitute player, he couldn't actually take over her body. All he could do was provide information, analyze countermeasures, and devise strategies.

Since there's no way to force Chihaya Anon to comply, all her words can only be considered 'suggestions'.

In a sense, this is indeed a major flaw in the diary-style format.

... No, if I had to say, it would be my own flaws.

The one who cannot easily manipulate others with words is oneself.

"..."

Time ticked by, night quietly fell, and then dawn arrived.

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