Why She Retired / Mai Sakurajima's Greed

Even because of Shinomiya Kaguya's comment, the girls in the group also said that they had received a reminder from the Diary and regained their memories of Mai Sakurajima, but their Reading Points were not deducted.

It seems that Shinomiya Kaguya seriously investigated Mai Sakurajima's identity and may have left some special backup plan around Mai Sakurajima.

However, the effects of the Puberty Syndrome were much stronger than she had imagined, so she was deducted two points of Reading Points to recover these memories because she was affected by more power.

The other girls didn't interact much with Mai Sakurajima; they were just curious about her Puberty Syndrome.

Therefore, with Shinomiya Kaguya's reminder after regaining her memories, all it takes is a little stimulation from the Diary, and she can recall Mai Sakurajima's story normally without even consuming Reading Points.

Just like in the original work, the male protagonist attracted the attention of the entire school by loudly confessing his feelings on the playground, forcibly instilling his understanding of Mai Sakurajima into others. In addition, Mai Sakurajima's own thoughts may have been included in this, which successfully made everyone recall Mai Sakurajima's identity.

Therefore, this can only be considered as Shinomiya Kaguya's bad luck, and Miyauchi Hiyage, who got the answer he wanted, could only silently give her a thumbs up in his heart.

He will deeply remember the sacrifices he Reading Points.

Chapter 252: The Reason for Retiring from Film

Inside the restaurant, Mai Sakurajima enjoyed a meal in a normal way, something she hadn't done in a long time.

After all, she is a respectable person. Taking a lunchbox from a convenience store and leaving the money on the counter is the most she can do.

As for asking her to go to a restaurant kitchen to mooch other people's food, she wouldn't do such a thing even if she starved to death.

Only those "superhumans" like Miyauchi Hiyage who can see her can allow her to enjoy these delicacies now.

During the meal, Mai Sakurajima also scanned the table to look at all seven people.

Following behind Miyauchi Hiyage, she confirmed that the special phenomenon on her body had not disappeared; ordinary people, and even the sensor doors in the shops, could not sense her presence.

However, out of the seven people in Miyauchi Hiyage's group, four of them were able to see her.

We won't mention finding her Miyauchi Hiyage and Yotsuya Miko.

Next was Shiina Mashiro, whose delicate features resembled a doll, making Shiina Mashiro somewhat envious of Mashiro's skin.

And then there's Tohru, who looks only fifteen or sixteen, but has at least a D-cup. He's currently filming a food review video with a few other girls who can't see him.

What frustrated her a little was that these two versions of herself, who could clearly see her, seemed to have never watched her films or TV shows. They only knew her name as Mai Sakurajima from Miyauchi Hiyage. Because of some health problems, she was easily overlooked by others.

Then the two girls nodded at her and never looked at her again.

"Mashiro has studied art since she was a child. Apart from painting, she rarely cares about who is around her. Tohru only came to Japan this month and doesn't like to chat with strangers."

While having Miyauchi Hiyage Miyauchi Kouka, who was holding the camera, adjust the shooting angle so that the camera could simultaneously capture Tohru, who was eating voraciously, and Shiina Mahiru, who was slowly savoring the food, Mai Sakurajima about the girls' situation.

"They are not Jujutsu High, but they are indeed extraordinary individuals. However, they are not very interested in the troublesome things in the Reverse Side World, so they simply stay in the Front World and do what they like. For now, they can be considered my friends and partners."

"Partners?" Mai Sakurajima glanced again at the two girls who ate in completely different ways.

Shiina Mashiro is someone who eats slowly and doesn't have very good table manners.

As she eats, rice grains and oil stains easily get on her face, and combined with her adorable expression, it gives people the feeling of wanting to hug her.

Tohru, on the other hand, ate quickly and elegantly.

Despite the fact that the other woman was much smaller than her in every other aspect except for her bust size, she had already finished three large bowls in just ten minutes and was now continuing to challenge herself to a fourth bowl.

She witnessed the whole process firsthand, and compared to this girl, all those other "big eaters" on the internet who relied on editing and vocal manipulation to create a fake image were simply nobodies.

Faced with Mai Sakurajima's doubts, Miyauchi Hiyage conveniently produced a business card for an assistant at Asahigaoka Media.

Although he is the actual founder of Asahigaoka Media and the Miyauchi Family does indeed hold the largest share, he is still just a first-year high school student, and having the status of an assistant is enough for him.

Kaede Kagayama's CEO status was also due to the fact that he Kaede Kagayama had known each other since childhood and had a good relationship. She was also the first among their group to reach adulthood, so he simply handed over the title to her.

In fact, the current nominal chairman of Asahigaoka Media is still the lazy and good-for-nothing older sister, Miyauchi Kazaho, who does nothing but eat and drink every day at the Asahigaoka Branch School.

In short, although Asahigaoka Media has only been established for less than three years and its foundation in various aspects is far inferior to those traditional large entertainment companies, it can be considered a major abstract giant in the Internet field.

Although Mai Sakurajima has retired from the entertainment industry, she still surfs the internet.

It's inevitable that you'll come across those extremely lowbrow videos from Asahigaoka Media online.

However, it must be said that those videos were indeed well-made. The filming techniques in the first two years were still somewhat raw, but they became more and more mature in the later stages. Even from the perspective of a professional actress like Mai Sakurajima, the photographers at Asahigaoka Media were quite good.

Moreover, she had heard before that since last year, Asahigaoka Media had recruited a lot of unknown and washed-up actors and directors, seemingly preparing to enter the low-budget comedy film and television industry.

Unexpectedly, now that everyone has forgotten me, it is someone connected to Asahigaoka Media who will find me?

She carefully examined the name on the business card and Miyauchi Hiyage's appearance. The current Miyauchi Hiyage had long since concealed her abilities, since the power of those eyes was clearly not suitable for displaying in front of ordinary people.

As she watched Miyauchi Hiyage instructing Miyauchi Kouka on how to adjust the shooting angle, she couldn't help but frown.

"Is your sister the chairperson of Asahigaoka Media?"

Miyauchi Hiyage shrugged. "Actually, it's me, but I'm not an adult yet, so these things have to be placed on my older sister for now."

In other words, is this handsome young man, who is two years younger than him, the creator behind those hundreds of popular online videos?

Following Miyauchi Hiyage's instructions, Mai Sakurajima quickly found Tohru and Shiina Mahiru accounts.

In less than half a month, this newly registered video account already has 50,000 to 60,000 followers. Judging from the number of views on those videos, it will probably be long before this account surpasses one million followers, just like other accounts on Asahigaoka Media.

It's worth noting that even someone as well-known as her, a child star who has been in the industry for ten years, only has three million followers on her Twitter account.

She looked at the business card in her hand again and suddenly sighed, "Looking at this business card, I'm starting to suspect that you wanted to pull me into your Asahigaoka Media, so you deliberately used some means to turn me into what I am now."

Miyauchi Hiyage laughed nonchalantly, "It is indeed a bit of a coincidence. How about you come and make a cameo appearance on my family's film set once you can control your power?"

Although Miyauchi Hiyage is now focused on the villains Reverse Side World the underworld whose goal is to destroy the world, he can't just give up on Asahigaoka Media, the culmination of his efforts before he obtained his cheat.

Before acquiring the Diary, Miyauchi Hiyage's plan was to write scripts and novels while making videos during high school, and to develop some low-budget scripts to gain experience with her team.

Then, after a few years of reflection, before he comes of age, he will try to recruit a group of talented people in Tokyo, such as recruiting some promising young Idol and bands to recreate those popular songs from his previous life.

He used those trump cards from his past life to give this world a little shock from the plagiarists.

"Reborn in Tokyo: Becoming an Entertainment Godfather by Shooting Lowbrow Videos" would be pretty much the same as this if it were written as a novel.

Among the many high school plans that Miyauchi Hiyage had prepared for himself, there was indeed one to see if he, as a transmigrator, could withstand Mai Sakurajima's Puberty Syndrome. If he could, he would try to sign Mai Sakurajima and have her film some leading lady Idol dramas.

Unfortunately, an unexpected twist of fate led Miyauchi Hiyage down a completely different path.

However, Kaede Kagayama and the others have grown up, and with the passive effect of the Golden Rule, Miyauchi Hiyage will no longer need to spend too much time and energy on Asahigaoka Media.

Therefore, Miyauchi Hiyage no longer has any designs on Mai Sakurajima. He can't very well poach her and then offer her no good resources.

However, if the other party is willing to make a cameo appearance, Miyauchi Hiyage would be very happy to do so.

Judging from Miyauchi Hiyage's attitude and the several beautiful girls who were just as good-looking as herself, Mai Sakurajima remembered the name Asahigaoka Media.

She gently shook her head at Miyauchi Hiyage: "Unfortunately, I've already retired from the entertainment industry. At least until I graduate from high school, I probably won't be taking on any more roles."

Knowing the plot, Miyauchi Hiyage Mai Sakurajima as well.

"It's not that you don't want to act, it's just that you don't want to be forced by your mother to do jobs you don't want to do anymore."

After Miyauchi Hiyage said those words, Yotsuya Miko was sitting next to him watching the drama unfold, suddenly widened her eyes.

On one hand, she was surprised by the truth about the nation's daughter, Mai Sakurajima, stopping her entertainment activities; on the other hand, her eyes finally clearly saw the Spiritual Power fluctuations appearing around Mai Sakurajima.

Even Tohru, who was eating her fifth bowl of rice, couldn't help but glance at Mai Sakurajima's position.

However, after seeing that Miyauchi Hiyage next to Mai Sakurajima still maintained a calm expression, she looked away again and muttered a "scumbag" under her breath.

Meanwhile, Yotsuya Miko immediately whispered a reminder to Miyauchi Hiyage, while also asking Mai Sakurajima to try to keep her emotions calm.

Although she herself acquired these Spirit Vision in a muddled way, she had been researching the matter of transcendent awakening ever since she enrolled in school.

She knew that those who had not directly completed their extraordinary awakening but were in the extraordinary awakening period and could not control their abilities had better maintain emotional stability to avoid letting their abilities run wild and do something irreversible.

Miyauchi Hiyage waved his hand in response. "Unless it can affect others, even if her ability goes berserk, it will only further diminish her presence in this world. Even if things get worse, her situation will not be worse than it is now."

In response, Yotsuya Miko timidly pointed to Kato Megumi sitting on the other side. "But it seems that this girl has been affected."

Upon hearing this, Miyauchi Hiyage turned around and activated the Eyes of Destiny on Kato Megumi.

Goodness, after Mai Sakurajima's Spiritual Power fluctuations were transmitted to Kato Megumi's reaction is now slightly subtle.

Could it be that similar forces collided and produced some kind of resonance?

However, according to what the Eyes of Destiny saw, Kato Megumi only showed some signs and was still far from truly awakening.

Ultimately, the will and thoughts of the extraordinary individual are the key to awakening their extraordinary potential.

However, given Kato Megumi's calm and peaceful personality, even if she were affected by Mai Sakurajima's power, it would probably be difficult for her to successfully awaken her abilities.

Mai Sakurajima, who was initially excited, suddenly froze.

Yes, when she came in, she saw that Miyauchi Hiyage was a group of seven people, but at some point, she subconsciously ignored one of the girls.

Could it be that my power has actually affected the other party?

"Don't overthink it. You were forgotten by everyone because of your inner conflicts and inability to control your power. Kato, on the other hand, is very low-key and has a slightly special constitution, so people who are not familiar with her can easily overlook her existence."

"It can only be said that if she awakens, the abilities she gains might be somewhat similar to yours, so your power might resonate with hers to some extent, but at least for now she is just an ordinary person with a relatively low profile."

As she said this, Miyauchi Hiyage went to ask Kato Megumi if she wanted a drink. After Kato Megumi shook her head and said no, she turned around and asked Miyauchi Kouka to get a bottle of water for everyone.

Finally, Miyauchi Kouka returned with seven bottles of water, including one in front of Kato Megumi. Only Mai Sakurajima, who was sitting next to Miyauchi Hiyage, was overlooked.

Miyauchi Hiyage handed his water to Mai Sakurajima: "To avoid you further provoking Kato, I'll finish my meal first, and then we can talk about these things outside."

Mai Sakurajima nodded. She didn't want to infect others with this life that everyone ignored because of her own willingness.

Mai Sakurajima quickly finished her meal. Seeing how the other person looked, Miyauchi Hiyage Shiina Mashiro, who was sitting on her other side, and told them to rest for a while after filming.

Then he gestured for Mai Sakurajima and Yotsuya Miko to leave with him first.

After walking some distance towards the sea, Mai Sakurajima asked Miyauchi Hiyage, "How did you know the reason for my retirement?"

According to Yotsuya Miko, the emotions that Mai Sakurajima had been suppressing had now stirred up a Spiritual Power fluctuation exceeding level two around her.

This doesn't mean that Mai Sakurajima will reach level one immediately upon waking up.

After all, we are still in the period of rampant power. It is normal for high-level Spiritual Power fluctuations to temporarily erupt during this stage due to long-term accumulation and emotional instability.

Once my abilities stabilize, it won't be so easy to reach the same level again.

"My eyes can see a lot of things, including the trajectory of your destiny. Although I can't see a lot, I think that set of swimsuit photos you suddenly took before high school, which was completely different from your previous style, was probably the reason why you started to have conflicts with your mother and made the decision to stop your entertainment activities."

Chapter 253: Mai Sakurajima's Greed

Although more than two years have passed since that incident, Mai Sakurajima still feels some physical discomfort when she thinks about it now.

I had emphasized to my mother more than once that I only wanted to take pictures of things that 14-year-old girls should take, but she still forced me to sign a contract to shoot swimsuit photos because "swimsuit photos sell better".

And every time she questioned it, all she got was her mother's cold explanation. "You don't understand what the right choice is."

It can be said that the longer these events are separated, the more she will feel her own wretchedness when she recalls this incident and thinks about how she forced a smile in front of the camera.

It was after that that she began to have the idea of defying her mother, and she showed great resistance to the jobs that her mother arranged for her to do that required her to look different from herself.

This led to an irreconcilable conflict between the mother and daughter.

After entering high school, Mai Sakurajima immediately announced her intention to suspend all entertainment activities.

However, even at this point, her mother's response remained cold.

"Since you've chosen this path, don't expect me to support you."

After entering high school, Mai Sakurajima spent a semester rushing to complete the contract she had signed before, and then moved out of her home to live alone.

But when she returned to school after resolving all her problems, she still couldn't find her place in the school after missing a semester.

Those classmates might try to please her because of her status as a famous child star, but she just wanted to experience the life of an ordinary person and didn't want to see those people who had a child star filter on her trying to please her.

As a result, she wanted to return to normal life, but she had no friends at school to talk to and was unable to integrate into the school environment.

And it was amidst this inner conflict that the problems within her gradually began to surface.

The first person affected was actually her mother.

Even after she chose to suspend her acting career and live alone, she still maintained a relationship with her mother, communicating once a week and meeting once a month.

But at the end of last year, her mother forgot to meet her for the first time.

After that, if Mai Sakurajima hadn't taken the initiative to contact her mother, her mother would have had trouble remembering that she had a daughter for a whole month.

Mai Sakurajima had already sensed something was wrong at that time.

At that time, she didn't think much of it and even felt that there was no problem with it. At least her mother no longer showed that suffocating desire to control her.

Then in May of this year, her powers went out of control and she was forgotten by everyone for half a month.