Why Does Mashiro Shiina's Voice Sound Exactly Like Meiko's? / The Mind Palace

As a friend of Miyauchi Hiyage, it's perfectly normal for her to look after her friend when he's tired from sparring with others.

However, as soon as she had this thought, she quickly shook her head.

No, I'm being too materialistic right now.

Shiina Mashiro herself said that she gave her answer in the group after asking Miyauchi Hiyage. Even if we don't know how Shiina Mashiro bypassed the blocking mechanism, if she goes to find Miyauchi Hiyage now, it will definitely give Miyauchi Hiyage Hime some bad impressions, making her think that she is only going there because of his strength.

Forcibly suppressing the restlessness in her heart, Shinomiya Kaguya reminded herself that she should approach Himakage Miyauchi Hiyage with her true self and with a learning and seeking attitude.

Even if you can't reach the level of Shiina Mashiro, reaching the level of Yotsuya Miko would be good too.

Chapter 231: Shiina Mashiro's voice sounds exactly like Meiko's!

While Shinomiya Kaguya was struggling with her future relationship with Miyauchi Hiyage was experiencing a completely different situation.

Miyauchi Kouka was fast asleep in the large room of the Western-style house, Shiina Mahiru Miyauchi Hiyage had given her, which would give her a +10 bonus to her cooking skills. She felt that after just a few glances at the recipe, her cooking skills seemed to have suddenly improved a lot.

Shiina Mahiru sat obediently beside him, eating Baumkuchen. Although it had only been a week since they last met, this pet girl had indeed developed a certain dependence on him. After Miyauchi Hiyage returned home, she sat beside him and listened to him recount what had happened during the past week.

Even though the latest videos were available in the group chat, Shiina Mashiro still wanted Miyauchi Hiyage to tell her the whole story about her afternoon sparring session at the Jujutsu High.

As for Tohru, she didn't have a very good impression of Shiina Mashiro before meeting her, but after meeting her, Tohru gave up her original idea of giving these girls a hard time.

Just as Miyauchi Hiyage had said before, this girl had a similar aura to Honma Meiko, and seemed to have also practiced that special Breathing Technique, only the intensity was far greater than Honma Meiko's.

At the same time, the girl's soul was too pure, and such a pure and radiant soul made it impossible for her to say anything harsh to this young woman.

No wonder Miyauchi Hiyage told this girl everything. If she had met Shiina Mashiro first, she might have wanted to stain the other's soul with her own colors.

Miyauchi Hiyage is really lucky to meet so many nice girls.

Including Shiina Mahiru, who was busy cooking in the kitchen, although her soul was not as pure as Shiina Mashiro's and there was still a shadow in her heart, she was undoubtedly a lovable girl.

Thinking about this, even though her sexuality hasn't been a problem yet, Tohru still felt a bit annoyed by Miyauchi Hiyage, that scumbag.

Can't you just be devoted to one girl and distance yourself from all the other girls?

Even if this might hurt Honma Meiko, the girl whom Miyauchi Hiyage only sees as a younger sister, a momentary sting is still better than a recurring, sharp pain.

Of course, there was another thing that concerned her.

For some reason, when Shiina Mashiro spoke, apart from the tone of her voice, the girl's voice was almost indistinguishable from Honma Meiko's.

Tohru has lived for tens of thousands of years, so she has naturally seen many people and heard many voices.

Generally speaking, even if two different people have very similar voices, it is still possible to distinguish between them to some extent.

Even a person's voice will vary to some extent at different ages.

However, Shiina Mashiro and Honma Meiko, who seem to be completely different people, have voices that are almost identical to those of the same person from the same period. If you really want to say something, Shiina Mashiro, who looks more innocent, has a voice that is a little more mature than Honma Meiko's.

Hearing this voice, which sounded exactly like it was cut from the same mold, Tohru no longer harbored any resentment towards Shiina Mashiro.

However, when she asked Miyauchi Hiyage about this matter, Miyauchi Hiyage acted as if it were nothing out of the ordinary.

It's just that the voice actor is the same as someone else's; what's so strange about that?

When you finally meet Kasumigaoka Utaha, won't you be shocked to see how similar her voice and Shiina Mashiro to Kasumigaoka Utaha?

There are only a few popular female voice actresses in each era, so naturally they will frantically take on jobs during their peak years. There are countless people in Chat Group who happen to be the same voice actress. Miyauchi Hiyage herself has complained about these things in her Diary.

Miyauchi Hiyage glanced at Tohru. Well, Tohru's voice actor isn't very famous; he voices mostly second- or third-rate characters. Only Tohru's character has become a breakout role.

But it doesn't matter. When Fafnir's otaku dragon (Daisuke Ono) arrives, you can easily find a bunch of characters with identical voices and appearances in this chaotic world.

"It's not unusual for people to have the same voice in our world. Sometimes there are even people who look almost identical even though they have no blood relation. That's just how chaotic our world is."

Tohru scoffed, "Indeed, the place you're living in now is quite chaotic."

Tohru has eyes. After entering Tokyo, although she was somewhat shocked by this modern human city made of steel, upon arriving in Beika Town, she could say that she realized the problems in this Beika Town the moment she entered.

It can be said that nearly 30% of the resentment that did not dissipate in time in Tokyo would flow to Beika Town under the influence of the Ley Line, making the street appear bright and beautiful on the surface, but behind it all were dirty things that she disliked.

However, she has been to many places over the past tens of thousands of years, and she has even settled in places with worse environments than Beika Town. Besides, those dirty things won't come looking for trouble on their own, so ignoring them won't affect her life.

On the contrary, she was curious about how this place was formed.

"I bought this place because various cases often occur here, making it suitable for me to film videos. It was only later that I learned about the unusual nature of this street. If you are not comfortable living here, I can also help you contact Shinomiya Kaguya. I believe she would be happy to take you to her home."

Upon hearing Miyauchi Hiyage's words, Tohru let out a soft snort.

Neither Miyauchi Hiyage nor Shinomiya Kaguya were good people in her eyes.

Although he didn't know where the other person sensed his extraordinary nature and therefore wanted to deliberately get close to him.

But compared to that, I still feel more comfortable living with Miyauchi Hiyage.

After all, apart from Miyauchi Hiyage, the girls around him all seemed pretty good.

The Shiina sisters are both good people, and Miyauchi Kouka is also naive and doesn't have any ulterior motives.

She also needs to keep an eye on Miyauchi Hiyage to make sure the two sisters don't get involved in her schemes.

"That's settled then. I feel quite at ease with you staying here. At least those vengeful Vengeful Spirit around here won't come and harm you," Miyauchi Hiyage replied before falling silent with Tohru.

After a while, he seemed to have thought of something and suddenly said to Shiina Mashiro beside him, "After we finish eating, you and I will go to Shibuya."

Shiina Mashiro nodded obediently. After the serialization of Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend was confirmed, she didn't go anywhere during her week off. She just stayed at home and used her Diary's abilities to almost draw the manga directly to the end.

Although she still needs Miyauchi Hiyage's help to adjust a lot of the content and storyboards, she can now relax a little for a while.

Tohru also readily agreed to go along.

She could sense that Miyauchi Hiyage and Shiina Mashiro going out alone together were definitely up to no good.

"I was going to take you there anyway, so don't worry," Miyauchi Hiyage. He was planning to take Shiina Mashiro and Tohru to check on the effects of the Otherworld App, and he didn't know what kind of impact it would have if a true god like Tohru entered the Impression Space.

Anyway, it's just a casual adventure in the past. If you can find a Persona, it's a huge win. Even if you can't awaken the Persona, you can still use it as a training ground that no one else will notice.

Tohru originally wanted to argue with Miyauchi Hiyage a few more times, but as Shiina Mahiru called out from the kitchen that the food was ready, Miyauchi Hiyage, smelling the aroma, simply shook off Tohru.

Instead of arguing with someone, you'd be better off eating two more bowls of rice.

He got into a fight in the afternoon, and although he only used about 10% of his strength, he still needs a big meal to replenish that strength.

It must be said that Liu Maoxing was absolutely right to give the recipe to Shiina Mahiru.

The everyday dishes, which are already delicious, became even more appetizing in Shiina Mahiru's hands today.

This thing not only directly adds 10 points to a person's cooking skill, but it can also subtly enhance their culinary talent. If you are willing to study the recipes on it, you really have a chance to make luminous dishes in the future.

Who knows, maybe in the future, we can even achieve extraordinary awakening through cooking.

Anyway, Miyauchi Hiyage has been thinking about glowing dishes since she was a child in her previous life. In this life, she doesn't have time to figure out these things, so she can only rely on Shiina Mahiru, an all-around angel who loves to cook and is willing to study, to do the work.

Hopefully, during his three years of high school, his partner will be able to let him taste the flavor of a glowing dish at least once.

Seeing Tohru eating at lightning speed, looking astonished by the seasonings and cooking techniques of this other world, Miyauchi Hiyage also sped up his eating.

Previously, in Asahigaoka, the food was only so-so; Tohru usually ate about three portions.

But now that Shiina Mahiru's cooking is delicious and suits her taste, and she just had a few words with Miyauchi Hiyage, she naturally turns her dissatisfaction into appetite.

Shiina Mahiru was naturally happy to see that everyone enjoyed her cooking so much.

But she had a vague feeling that something was not quite right.

Although Miyauchi Hiyage had told her that both he and this Miss Tohru were big eaters, he asked her to cook rice for ten people that evening.

Moreover, after practicing the Ripple Chi Kung with Shiina Mashiro, she did indeed feel that her appetite had increased significantly.

But it seems like even a ten-person serving of rice isn't enough for these two people.

Should we buy a few of those big rice cookers from restaurants so we can cook a big pot of rice for each of them?

In the midst of the whirlwind, Shiina Mahiru, who had just finished eating a bowl of rice, was astonished to find that the food on the table had been completely devoured by Miyauchi Hiyage and Tohru, with Tohru even soaking his rice in miso soup.

Is this the female competitive eater that Miyauchi Hiyage found?

At first, Shiina Mahiru was somewhat skeptical, but now, seeing Tohru able to eat two large bowls of rice with just Shiina Mahiru soup, she truly believed it.

It wasn't until Miyauchi Kouka, who had slept in bed all afternoon and only remembered to get up when she was hungry, came running excitedly to the dining table while muttering, "It smells so good, Mahiru- chan, what are we having for dinner tonight?" that Shiina Mahiru did she realize that they had completely forgotten about Miyauchi Kouka.

"I'm so sorry, Guanghua. Seeing how happy Riying-kun and Miss Tohru were eating, I forgot to wake you up. There are still some things in the kitchen. Shall I cook you a bowl of noodles?"

Seeing her second sister's teary eyes, Miyauchi Hiyage waved her hand and said, "No need to trouble yourself, Mahiru. You've been busy all afternoon and you must be tired. Why don't you rest for a bit? I'll take them outside to find something to eat."

Although she couldn't enjoy the lavish meal meticulously prepared by Shiina Mahiru, Miyauchi Kouka, who was always a little vain, perked up immediately upon hearing that they would be eating out.

She'd been studying in Tokyo for a month, and it seemed like she hadn't eaten out at restaurants much. Apart from the first few days after she arrived, she'd basically been eating at Mahiru's house.

She wiped her eyes and mouth, then asked her younger brother where they wanted to eat.

If Miyauchi Hiyage's answer doesn't satisfy her, she'll throw a tantrum.

"There's a family-run restaurant in Shibuya that seems pretty good. We can have dinner there and then catch a movie. What do you think, Guanghua?"

Just hearing the name Shibuya was enough to satisfy Miyauchi Kouka.

As for going to the movies, that was a goal she set for herself before coming to Tokyo.

So she immediately forgot about the mess in the house and ran back upstairs to tidy up her clothes for going out.

Shiina Mahiru originally intended to stay behind and tidy up the kitchen, but she couldn't persuade Miyauchi Kouka otherwise, and in the end, the five of them took the subway to Shibuya together.

Beika Town is located in the city center, and the group arrived in Shibuya in just ten minutes amidst the rush hour crowds.

While Miyauchi Kouka was eating, Miyauchi Hiyage bought a few slightly cheaper movie tickets. After handing the tickets to Shiina Mahiru, he used the excuse of taking Tohru to the mall to naturally lead Mashiro and Tohru to the entrance of Shibuya Station and found a corner where no one would notice them.

Although Tohru kept remarking on how frighteningly crowded the subway station was, he still didn't know why Miyauchi Hiyage had dragged him here again.

Miyauchi Hiyage then took out his phone. "Didn't I say I'd test a special app that I obtained using my own abilities?"

As he said this, Miyauchi Hiyage pulled up Shiina Mashiro, and then Shiina Mashiro pulled up Tohru.

Although it doesn't need to be that complicated, it's still best to be cautious for your first attempt.

Thinking this, Miyauchi Hiyage tapped the Otherworld Navigator App on her phone with her other hand. The app's logo was an eye.

Tohru was muttering to herself, but as the software started, her expression suddenly turned serious.

Chapter 232: Impression Space

Tohru could naturally sense the changes around him.

It's somewhat similar to teleportation magic that crosses worlds, but seems to be more subtle.

It's not about moving from one world to another, but about reopening the original world in a different way.

A few seconds later, she found herself in a depressing mental space.

Only then did she realize that the magic she had used to hide her dragon horns and tail had failed.

But it doesn't really matter.

That scumbag Miyauchi Hiyage Himakage was so honest with Shiina Mashiro; he had already told her her identity long ago.

Anyway, she didn't leak these things, and she didn't care if others knew the truth about her being a dragon, as long as Miyauchi Hiyage herself felt it was okay.

She even showed off her healthy dragon tail to Shiina Mashiro with some anticipation, but unfortunately Shiina Mashiro didn't notice any of it.

Tohru then carefully assessed the situation in this world.

You can feel the ether permeating this world; it is not only more concentrated than in reality, but also much less impurity. It is this power that gives people a vague sense of darkness.

It didn't affect her much; in fact, she could even replenish her ether here.

But how did Miyauchi Hiyage bring them to this place?

She had been inside spiritual spaces before, but she had never been to one that was so exceptionally chaotic, even more "crowded" than a subway station.

She turned to look at Miyauchi Hiyage, wanting an explanation from him.

"This is the Impression Space, a place where the collective unconscious of all of Tokyo is stored."

"Tokyo has a resident population of over ten million, and if you include the transient population, the total number is nearly thirty million. And this place is a mental space jointly constructed by the subconscious of thirty million ordinary people, and perhaps also the subconscious of those extraordinary people and the bizarre. I call it the Impression Space."

"As for how I got here, it was thanks to this app on my phone. I found it by accident through my own efforts. You could say this app is the key to entering and exiting this world. I can install one on your phone later."

Miyauchi Hiyage gave a brief explanation of the origin of this place, then turned around and saw Shiina Mashiro staring intently into the depths of the space.

This place is a gathering place for subconscious and negative emotions, and the environment here naturally has a subtle sense of distortion. He can feel this feeling, let alone Shiina Mashiro, who is particularly sensitive to these things.

He gently held Shiina Mashiro's hand to help her relax.