What Era Is It, Still Writing Traditional Diaries

Kasumigaoka Utaha calmed her emotions using Ripple Chi Kung.

Looking at the Diary Fan Club, she saw the others in the group chat supporting Katsura Kotonoha. Kasumigaoka Utaha decided not to voice her recent thoughts.

It was best not to share these simple speculations and potentially influence others.

After cursing the scumbag a few times, Kasumigaoka Utaha shifted the topic to the information revealed by You Know Who in the diary today.

Kashiko Kasumi: "You Know Who mentioned his future plans in the diary again today."

Kashiko Kasumi: "Watching a basketball game in Kanagawa, going camping, cheering at an idol concert, coming to my new book signing event, finding someone called 'Phantom Thief' for an autograph... How many schedules has he made for himself so far..."

Classic Club Girl: "In the first day's diary, You Know Who mentioned he has a sister and planned to spend the next morning playing with her. But in the second day's diary, he wrote that he woke up late, probably forgetting about playing with his sister."

Kasumigaoka Utaha sighed as she read Chitanda Eru's rational analysis.

Up to this point, all the information they had seen was written by You Know Who himself.

An adult male with a sister, who had just quit his job to travel, and liked anime.

This was what they could currently determine.

But who knew how much of it was true and how much was false?

You Know Who would certainly not honestly reveal his information like this.

To find You Know Who, they could only wait for him to appear before them.

But if he stood them up, they would still be helpless.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and Kasumigaoka Utaha began writing her comments in the diary with a touch of personal emotion.

An hour later, she looked somewhat embarrassed as her comment was selected and appeared in the diary.

[Kasumigaoka Utaha:

This is Kasumigaoka Utaha. I believe everyone reading the diary now knows my identity, so I won't elaborate further.

Mr. Tom, I've noticed you've been adding new schedules to your diary daily, including my new book signing event in half a month.

Such an honor makes me deeply grateful. Here, I sincerely invite you to attend my new book signing event. I hope you can spare your valuable time to guide me.

Of course, Mr. Tom, if you are unable to attend due to a busy schedule, I won't mind.

After all, I'm just a boring woman that no one fancies, who can only get ahead in an IF route by deleting the main story's heroine, and whose reputation is in ruins among other diary holders. How could I dare make demands of you, Mr. Tom?

Furthermore, it's not just me; Miss Hoshino Ai is also looking forward to you attending her concert. For this, we've even created a LINE Group Chat centered around you, Mr. Tom. Would you be interested in joining our group chat?]

Below this were explanations about the group chat, stating that Reading Points would be used to block searches by irrelevant individuals and protect the personal information of group members from being leaked.

Looking at the faint resentment emanating from Kasumigaoka Utaha's comment, Miyauchi Hiyage couldn't help but wipe his forehead.

He knew those traditional diary-style web novels were unreliable. Their protagonists could arouse a heroine's curiosity and affection just by writing a few diary entries.

But for him, after only applying a little pressure to Kasumigaoka Utaha, it felt like he was triggering her yandere tendencies?

Indeed, his decision to conceal his identity from the beginning was correct.

If he had revealed his identity from the start, he might have already been imprisoned in some underground dark room, being toyed with by a group of yandere women.

"In a couple of days, I'll stuff your IF route manga into Eriri's locker."

Watching Hoshino Ai and Kasumigaoka Utaha, who had already created the group chat and were trying to find him through this method, Miyauchi Hiyage muttered to himself.

"This group chat looks quite interesting. Should I join and see what they're talking about?"

"But what is this 'Reading Points' thing?"

Is it a reward that diary holders receive after reading his diary?

Chapter Thirty-Five: Voldemort Joins the Group Chat

Miyauchi Hiyage didn't pay much attention to the matter of Reading Points.

After all, it wasn't strange for the person writing the diary to receive rewards if the people reading the diary could also get some.

However, when he tried to search for the so-called Diary Fan Club, intending to sneak in and be a spectator to see how the girls were discussing him, a small problem arose.

As a diary holder, he could naturally find this group.

But the problem was that when he tried to join the group chat, a prompt suddenly popped up before him.

"The Diary's Master will automatically become the group owner upon entering this group chat. Do you wish to enter the group chat?"

This prompt immediately dashed Miyauchi Hiyage's plan to sneak in.

He had initially thought that many people would join around this time, and he could create a fake identity and secretly lurk within.

Now, with the group owner title falling directly onto him, what could he possibly lurk for?

That woman, Kasumigaoka Utaha, would probably come to confront him on the spot.

It would also be very troublesome to deal with others in the group afterward.

Writing diary entries was his one-way output; he could write whatever he wanted, and he could think slowly while writing, leaving himself plenty of room.

But a chat group was a two-way information exchange. Whatever he did in the group would be perceived as an attitude by others.

Joining the chat group wouldn't bring any benefits and would instead greatly increase the risk of his identity being exposed.

With that thought, Miyauchi Hiyage pondered for a moment.

Then, he clicked to confirm joining the chat group.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Kasumigaoka Utaha's resentful comment had indeed left a deep impression on the other diary holders.

Following that, the diary fan club's group chat kept receiving notifications of new members joining.

In half an hour, the number of people in the group had grown from the original four to thirteen.

However, most of them hadn't said much after joining the chat. Perhaps it was because their names hadn't been mentioned by You Know Who yet, or maybe they planned to observe the group for a while.

Of course, there was also someone nicknamed Guitar Hero, who, despite their social anxiety, mustered up the courage to join the group but couldn't bring themselves to say a word for a long time.

On the other hand, Takanashi Rikka, with her chuunibyou tendencies, encountered another kindred spirit.

One claimed to possess the strongest Evil Eye, while the other declared herself as the Fallen Saint Black Cat of Chiba, the strongest dark familiar.

Then, the two of them began to argue about their respective "personas" in the group.

For a while, no one in the chat dared to get involved in their conversation.

It wasn't until the two of them were about to battle each other through text to the ends of the universe, to the point where the Great Dao itself would be worn away, that several consecutive group notifications drew their attention.

"Voldemort joined the group chat."

"Voldemort obtained group owner status."

"Voldemort enabled global mute."

Voldemort: "Hmm, there aren't many people here. Looks like I came a bit early."

Voldemort: "Why can't I see the chat history? This is boring."

Voldemort: "@Ai, so you created this group chat. It really has your style. I wanted to send you your theme song, but you can't sing it with that feeling right now, so I'll just show you the lyrics for now. I'll give you the music later."

"Voldemort uploaded the attachment 'Idol'."

Voldemort: "@Kashiko Kasumi, I know you're in a hurry, but please hold on. Didn't I tell you I'd get to it when I had time? I was also thinking of sending you the first volume of Saekano, but I think I'll save it for next time."

Voldemort: "@All members, I can probably guess the identities of a few of you, but I'm a bit sleepy today. I'll write about it in my diary later. I won't disturb you any further, I'm leaving now."

"Voldemort left the group chat."

"Ai obtained group owner status."

As Hoshino Ai, still somewhat bewildered, lifted the global mute.

The chat group immediately exploded.

Ai: "Just now... was that You Know Who?"

Evil Eye Strongest: "S-so powerful! I didn't expect my Evil Eye to be temporarily suppressed!"

Fallen Saint Black Cat: "Get over yourself. It was just a mute. If you gave me admin privileges right now, I could suppress your Evil Eye too."

Classic Club Girl: "But why did he call himself Voldemort? Does that name have any special meaning?"

Kashiko Kasumi: "Who knows what that guy is thinking."

Kashiko Kasumi: "But at least we can confirm one thing now: that extremely ill-tempered mysterious person can enter and leave our group chat at will, and even directly take over the group owner's permissions. What a detestable permission hog."

Most importantly, this guy immediately enabled a global mute upon arrival, not giving them any chance to speak.

She could only watch helplessly as the other party taunted her face-to-face before leaving with a flourish.

The unique nature of this group chat also made it impossible for them to find any information about him.

Kasumigaoka Utaha once again vented her frustration at the indestructible diary in her hands.

However, due to the appearance of You Know Who, the previously lurking group members also started to emerge.

UMR: "What a shame. I really wanted to ask Mr. You Know Who if he knew anything about me."

Sakura: "I also wanted to thank Mr. You Know Who, but unfortunately, I didn't get the chance. I hope I'll have that opportunity later."

Ai: "@Sakura, what's wrong? Did something happen to you?"

Sakura: "I've had some physical issues, but after practicing Ripple Chi Kung, I feel a little better."

Menma: "Health is indeed very important. I fell into the water once when I was little. Although I was rescued, my health has been much worse ever since, and I can't attend school normally. Most of the time, I can only study at home."

Menma: "Even though my friends often come to my house to help me catch up on my studies, I really wish I could go to school with my friends every day."

Menma: "I'm also practicing Ripple Chi Kung now, hoping to recover my health one day. When that happens, besides Mr. You Know Who, I also want to find the person who saved me back then. I still haven't had a chance to thank them."

Looking at Sakura and Menma's posts in the group, Kasumigaoka Utaha once again felt the truth that "even heroines aren't necessarily perfect."

Menma's health was poor, and although Sakura didn't explain in detail, the fact that she specifically wanted to thank You Know Who suggested it wasn't a simple issue.

Although she was filled with regret towards You Know Who, it was precisely because of You Know Who and the diaries that they were brought together, possessing the possibility to change their own futures.

Just as Kasumigaoka Utaha's attitude towards You Know Who began to shift slightly in her heart.

A new notification suddenly appeared in the group chat.

Voldemort joined the group chat and enabled the mute function.

Voldemort: "I'm back in, and I'm out again. @Kashiko Kasumi, are you mad at me? Then come find me if you dare, hahaha!"

Voldemort left the group chat.

"My fists are getting a little sore," Kasumigaoka Utaha gritted her teeth as she vigorously crumpled the diary in front of her.

Chapter 36: Honma Meiko's Fate is Changed

Kasumigaoka Utaha was furious, her teeth clenched, at the mysterious person's obnoxious behavior in the group chat.

Hoshino Ai was gazing with sparkling eyes at the song the mysterious person had given her. Just reading the lyrics felt like they were written directly into her heart.

Shinomiya Kaguya was staring at her old flip phone with a headache. After studying it for a long time, she had to give up on the idea of installing LINE on it.

As for Katsura Kotonoha, who wanted to know if she could make famous friends after high school?

After reading today's diary entry, she was sharpening her knife.

Don't get me wrong, she hadn't entered a dark or yandere state.

Although the words in the diary seemed a bit cold and cruel, she hadn't experienced such complex romantic relationships yet, nor had she developed any particular feelings for other people of the opposite sex.