What Era Is It, Still Writing Traditional Diaries

Let's not even talk about the sheer number of undercover agents. If a country has an intelligence organization, they can definitely embed an agent within it.

Japanese Public Security, FBI, CIA, MI6... The manga has featured twenty to thirty members of the Black Organization in total, and seven or eight of them have turned out to be undercover agents.

Sometimes I really suspect if the Black Organization was deliberately created by various countries' intelligence agencies just to scam them out of operational funds.

After all, besides the undercover agents, quite a few of the remaining dozens of organization members have defected or died. The rest are basically just dead weight.

It seems like only Gin is actually doing his job properly.

Vermouth is busy raising a kid, Bourbon is working four jobs like a true workaholic, and Korn and Chianti are just incompetent. As snipers for the organization, they haven't gotten many kills in thirty years. They browse Twitter while aiming, and blame their superiors when they miss.

As for the organization's second-in-command, Rum, he's in a league of his own.

He's so secretive that very few people in the organization know his true appearance, and there are even rumors that he wants to seize power from the boss.

In reality, ever since his debut, he's been nothing but a pure clown in the story.

I really like Rum's line in the manga: "I only made one mistake seventeen years ago."

But when the case from seventeen years ago was finally depicted, I almost choked to death. The series of bizarre actions truly overwhelmed me:

"Someone's noticed us, we have to leave now," "No, there's still something wrong at the scene, let's go back," "Someone called the police, let's get out of here," "That person is suspicious, chase him by car," "There are too many onlookers, let's withdraw first."

After a series of suffocating maneuvers, a case that was originally a trivial matter turned into the biggest mess the organization has faced since its inception.

Then, seventeen years later, he finally encountered a survivor from that case, only to be completely seen through when he tried to eliminate them. He was even almost killed in return and had to flee in disgrace.

Finally, after investigating and discovering that the target was disguised as a teacher at a certain school, he had to abandon his sniping plan because there were too many people at the school.

Gin dares to blow up the Shinkansen, skyscrapers, and Tokyo Tower. Even the Ferris wheel in the amusement park gets out of his way. But when it comes to you, Rum, you can't even handle a regular school?

If I were Gin, I'd really say, "How can I possibly improve the organization when I'm working with you insects?"

I suggest that when Rum gets caught in the future, he should publish two books in prison: one called "I'm Too Cautious," and another called "On the Art of Strategic Retreat."

It seems I've talked too much about the Black Organization. While I enjoyed venting, I'm starting to sound like a diary blogger from the Conan fandom.

Everyone, please try to post positive comments in your diaries.

I feel so much lighter after quitting. I'm even planning to go hiking and camping for a few days. I wonder if I'll run into any familiar faces.

And the LOVE LIVE competition is about to start, isn't it? As an old Love Liver, I've already prepared to go cheer them on offline.

I wonder if any of the people reading this diary are students from Otonokizaka. If you are, please give me your autograph when you write a comment. Just consider me one of your first fans.

And Little Pochi, if you can see this, you should practice your autograph too. You're not going to have social anxiety even when writing comments in a diary, are you?

Chapter 31: Shiho Miyano Under House Arrest

Tokyo, at an unknown pharmaceutical factory.

Shiho Miyano, who had been staring at her computer for a whole day, seemed to sense something.

She stood up, picked up the reagent bottles labeled iron oxide and hydrogen peroxide from the side, poured some into her cup, and then stirred and diluted it with hot water.

As the rich aroma of coffee filled the room, Shiho Miyano blew on it gently, glanced at the surveillance camera above the room, and returned to her seat with the freshly brewed coffee.

Then, a black diary appeared in her hand.

She then proceeded to open the diary and read today's entry, right in front of the surveillance camera.

After all, in the surveillance footage, she probably still looked like she was staring blankly at her computer. No one would be able to tell anything was wrong.

This was a conclusion she had reached after numerous tests.

She didn't know if she was lucky or unlucky to have obtained this magical diary while being "under house arrest" by the organization, and to have her comment selected on the very first day the diary's permissions were unlocked.

"Will he mention the organization in today's entry, based on my comment yesterday? Will he also mention me in the diary?"

With these thoughts, Shiho Miyano saw content that greatly shocked her.

Although the mysterious person didn't mention her, she recognized all the organization members who appeared in the diary.

However, the mysterious person's comments about them were vastly different from what she knew.

Their attitude towards Gin was similar: a cold-blooded executioner whose sniper team had dealt with countless traitors over the years.

But she never imagined Gin could be so insane.

Shinkansen, skyscrapers, Tokyo Tower, and a strangely included Ferris wheel.

Was Gin planning some kind of great purge in Tokyo in the future?

And the other organization members were even more so.

Vermouth, favored by the organization's boss, is busy raising a kid?

Does Vermouth have children?

Bourbon, rumored to be Rum's capable subordinate, but they've never met.

But the title "workaholic god" doesn't sound like a proper organization member.

Chianti and Korn are members of Gin's team and have done a lot of dirty work over the years.

But playing on their phones while on duty and blaming their superior when they miss... Do these two have the guts to blame Gin?

As for Rum, the "heavyweight" that the mysterious person spent the most ink describing, he completely overturned her perception of the enigmatic second-in-command of the organization.

Even simulating Rum's actions in her mind, she couldn't help but find it a bit comical.

If everything the mysterious person wrote was true, then it wasn't strange that he described the Organization like that the day before yesterday.

After all, even she, looking at the Black Organization depicted by the mysterious person, thought it was a miracle that such an organization could even develop.

Shiho Miyano shook her head slightly, dispelling these unrealistic fantasies from her mind.

The mysterious person said there were twenty to thirty characters who had appeared in the Organization, but in reality, as a transnational criminal organization, the Organization obviously couldn't have so few members.

Just in this building alone, there were hundreds of Organization members, let alone worldwide.

It was just that those members hadn't appeared in the manga.

After some thought, Shiho Miyano wrote a comment in her diary.

The content was a supplement to the Organization's influence, warning others not to underestimate the entire Organization's power based on the actions of individual members.

She knew, of course, that from a probability standpoint, the chance of her comment being selected two days in a row was extremely slim.

However, she still had to issue a reminder; if anyone else wanted to court death, she couldn't be blamed.

After finishing her comment and drinking the cooled coffee, Shiho Miyano began another task—importing all research data on APTX4869 into the diary she held, bit by bit.

She was currently protesting the Organization because she couldn't contact her sister, and she didn't know when the Organization would lose patience with her.

The power of Ripple Chi Kung was not weak; given another year, she might be able to attempt an escape using Ripple Chi Kung.

But exposing her Ripple power now would only plunge her into an even more desperate situation.

Shiho Miyano didn't consider herself a protagonist. After all, the manga she was in was called Conan, and the person beside him already had a protagonist.

She had to prepare for the best and worst.

Importing this data into this diary would, at least, provide one more possibility.

Compared to the uncertain future of Shiho Miyano, the diary fan club chat group was much livelier.

The first to speak was Hoshino Ai, who had returned from a day's training to check the diary.

Ai: "Mmm... The mysterious person seems really interested in this LOVE LIVE competition. I want to participate too, but I checked, and it's a school idol project, which has nothing to do with me."

Hoshino Ai, with an elementary school education, started as an idol at 12. Although she continued her education in junior high, she had too many absences and eventually took an indefinite leave of absence.

Ai: "But seeing the mysterious person go to support someone else's concert makes me so frustrated. Kasumigaoka-sensei, do you have any plans to debut as a school idol? I can come help you!"

She had read the diary and knew that besides Kasumigaoka Utaha, Toyonosaki Academy would also welcome another beauty, Eriri Spencer Sawamura, this year, and Kato Megumi, who would surpass both of them.

With her help, if they could form an idol group, it would definitely attract the attention of her mysterious fan!

Kasumigaoka-sensei: "My light novel signing event should be in half a month, and I have absolutely no interest in becoming an idol."

Hoshino Ai certainly remembered that the mysterious person had said he might attend Kasumigaoka Utaha's new book signing event, so Kasumigaoka Utaha was clearly not an option.

However, after a moment of disappointment, Hoshino Ai had a new idea.

Ai: "Then I'll go ask the other members of B Komachi. I remember they're still studying, so I don't know if they meet the requirements."

Ai: "I think I'm overcomplicating things. If my comment today gets selected by the diary, won't that make more people actively contact me!"

Classical Literature Club Girl: "I think... the probability of that shouldn't be very high."

Ai: "We won't know unless we try, what if it works!"

So, Hoshino Ai boldly wrote her heartfelt invitation in the comment section, along with her signature.

Then, after waiting for an hour and seeing that the newly refreshed comment was not hers, Hoshino Ai shook her head with considerable regret.

Chapter 32: A Request from Katsura Kotonoha

In today's selected comments segment, the four-person team from the diary fan club was once again completely wiped out.

But what was surprising was that the commenter today did not choose to remain anonymous but openly displayed their name.

[Katsura Kotonoha:

I am Katsura Kotonoha from Sakakino City. I don't know if my comment will be selected, but I am very grateful to Mr. Mysterious Person for sharing the Ripple Chi Kung.

I really like kendo, but due to my frail body, I have only been able to practice the art of iaijutsu alone.

Now that I have Ripple Chi Kung to strengthen my physique, I will also have the qualifications to practice other sword techniques. I am truly very grateful!

In addition, if you can see my comment, I have another embarrassing request.

My family has strict rules, and my extracurricular time before high school was basically spent studying other subjects. I don't have much personal time, nor have I made any friends.

I wonder if Mr. Mysterious Person could tell me if I will be able to find close friends after entering Sakakino Academy?]

After reading this comment, Miyauchi Hiyage instinctively touched his neck.

Was the comment selected today really from this person?

Katsura Kotonoha, the female protagonist from the Days series.

Under normal circumstances, she has a classic Yamato Nadeshiko personality, delicate and frail, gentle and considerate.

But after being stimulated and blackening, she awakens a yandere mode, wielding iaijutsu to dominate everything.

The first work in the series, "School Days," was adapted into an anime and caused quite a stir in the otaku community that year.

The domestic translation of its title was very evocative, calling it "Days in School."

Just from that title alone, you could tell what kind of work it was.

In the anime, due to the male protagonist Itou Makoto's philandering and indecisiveness, he was repeatedly pulled back and forth between the two female protagonists, ultimately being stabbed to death by another female protagonist, Saionji Sekai.

Then, the two female protagonists clashed on the rooftop. Katsura Kotonoha, who had been practicing Iaido since childhood, stabbed Saionji Sekai to death in a yandere state and finally sailed off somewhere with Itou Makoto's head.

With their unfocused gazes and blood-stained hands, Katsura Kotonoha and Ryugu Rena from the same era, who wielded a kitchen knife and possessed god-tier skills, became classic yandere characters of that time.

As for the male protagonist, Itou Makoto, he was smoothly crowned with the title "Scum Makoto."

However, Makoto's path didn't end there. To be precise, the Itou Makoto in the anime didn't fully display his true capabilities as scum.

After "Days in School" became a hit, the game company that developed it released three sequels.

In the game, the sealed Itou Makoto went all out. Basically, any woman he encountered became his prey, and he would occasionally switch things up and go after good-looking men.

In the later installments, there was even an ending called the "[Katsura Family Complete Conquest Plan]" where he took the entire Katsura family, including Katsura Kotonoha's 10-year-old sister, into his harem, and successfully got Katsura Kotonoha's mother pregnant with his child.

"But if all of this was written in a diary, Katsura Kotonoha would probably go berserk the moment she read it."

"It's fine to briefly mention the Katsura family, but as for making friends, let's just forget about Saionji Sekai. She liked Itou Makoto but didn't dare to say it, and then used the excuse of 'I can help you pursue Katsura Kotonoha' before finding her own opportunity to make a move. That kind of behavior is really hard to justify..."

Miyauchi Hiyage was mentally planning what to write in his diary tomorrow.

Itou Makoto was definitely going to be written about, and his father, Sawatari Toshi, couldn't be left out either.