What Era Is It, Still Writing Traditional Diaries

Chapter 3: With No Cheat Skills, I Can Only Make Low-Budget Videos in the Japanese Countryside

In the countryside of Saitama Prefecture, the culprit behind countless girls' sleepless nights, Miyauchi Hiyage, felt nothing at all.

He was patiently waiting for the reward he would receive after completing his first diary entry.

"I've lived in this world for 16 years, and my cheat skill finally arrives. If it had come a few years later, I probably would have achieved financial freedom and started slacking off by now," Miyauchi Hiyage muttered softly.

His previous life had been quite rough. His parents divorced when he was young, and no one took care of him. In middle school, he was an invisible person in class. After graduation, he got a 996 job, and with a two-hour commute each day, he barely had any time left for himself.

Eventually, he developed a terminal illness at a young age. He had wanted to do something cool before he died, using the money he'd earned over the years to travel around the country during his final days and record his life. However, just as his journey began, he was hit by a car and transported to this world.

In this life, he became the son of the Miyauchi Family from the healing slice-of-life anime Non Non Biyori. He was the twin brother of the second daughter, Miyauchi Kouka.

Fortunately, his birth as a male did not affect the subsequent arrival of Miyauchi Renka. Otherwise, if he had lost his obedient, sensible, and adorable younger sister, Miyauchi Hiyage would have had nowhere to turn for regret.

Miyauchi Hiyage initially thought he had only transmigrated into a single anime world. It wasn't until he saw news on television about the chairman of the Shinomiya Conglomerate, Shinomiya Gan'an, and the chairman of the Suzuki Conglomerate, Suzuki Shirou, jointly attending a charity gala that he confirmed his world was a multi-anime world.

To be honest, even without great ambitions after being reborn, Miyauchi Hiyage couldn't help but feel a slight flutter of excitement.

The girls from his past life's anime were real in this world, and he was the person who knew their true personalities and futures best.

However, being born into the Miyauchi Family, which had three daughters, Miyauchi Hiyage, as the only son, first had to supervise his lazy eldest sister, then tutor his second sister who wasn't the brightest, and also take care of his sister who was eight years younger than him. It could be said that Miyauchi Hiyage, who had never been in a relationship in two lifetimes, skipped countless stages and experienced the feeling of raising daughters ahead of time.

Living in such an environment, Miyauchi Hiyage's resistance to women naturally increased significantly compared to his previous life, so much so that he wouldn't be instantly smitten by every anime female protagonist he saw.

As for the stirrings of his heart after entering puberty, they were very rationally suppressed by him, who had been raising his sister like a daughter for many years:

Love? I don't even have a small goal in my hands, what kind of love am I even talking about!

Having been so fortunate to gain a new life, was the meaning of his transmigration just to use the memories in his head to preemptively intercept the anime heroines, sleep with them, and then get murdered by them?

With a happy family, sisters, and a home in this life, Miyauchi Hiyage had no interest in being a scumbag. He had to set a good example for his sisters.

Therefore, a young man should focus on his career first, raise his adorable sisters into little princesses, and then consider his personal matters.

Thus, Miyauchi Hiyage, who had just started junior high school, began to stir things up under the banner of "Revitalizing the local economy is my unshirkable duty."

Relying on his memories from his previous life, Miyauchi Hiyage found a camera, gathered a few idle young people from the village, and started filming rural videos.

Videos like "Rural Bully," "Rural Edison," "Wilderness Survival" series, and those low-skill, low-budget videos. After filming, he created versions in three languages – Chinese, Japanese, and English – and uploaded them to multiple websites, truly making money from multiple sources with each video.

It took three years. Whether his reputation was good or bad was another matter, but at least the place called Asahigaoka had gained some fame.

Fruits and vegetables branded with "Asahigaoka Produce" sold like hotcakes, and the number of visitors during holidays increased significantly. Foreign tourists could occasionally be seen. Even the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives, known as the largest faction in Japan, sent high-level officials to discuss cooperation projects and learn from their experience.

As for Miyauchi Hiyage himself, besides earning wealth that an ordinary salaryman could never earn in a lifetime, he also gained immense fame and connections all over the world. If he decided to enter politics in the future, these connections and fame would also be an invaluable asset.

However, Miyauchi Hiyage currently had no such aspirations. He was only thinking about how to multiply his current funds several times over during his three years of high school. If possible, he would find a suitable girl and have a relationship that would lead to marriage right after graduation, aiming to achieve financial freedom by the time he graduated high school, then return to his hometown with his wife to raise his sisters and have children, living a beautiful life.

When that diary, which was 16 years late, appeared before him, Miyauchi Hiyage was still contemplating how to connect with Eriri Spencer Sawamura and Shiina Mashiro, who was still in the UK, and get them to work for him by drawing manga to make a lot of money.

However, his meticulously planned business strategy (high school arc) was completely overturned the moment he saw this diary.

With a cheat skill, who would bother writing a business plan? Isn't it better to earn money while lying down?

However, Miyauchi Hiyage, who had read similar diary-based web novels in his past life, quickly realized that what he wrote in his diary would likely be seen by others.

Thinking of how the protagonists in those diary-based web novels carelessly wrote heartfelt words like "xxx, my wife is so cute" in their diaries, Miyauchi Hiyage couldn't help but shudder.

He didn't want to suffer social death, nor did he intend to expose himself to the girls who might possess the diary.

Although this world seemed quite normal, and Miyauchi Hiyage himself hadn't encountered any supernatural events in his life, it was a hodgepodge world that incorporated countless works. Who knew if there would be any messy things mixed in.

If nothing else, there were already many things from Conan that couldn't be ignored: unscientific combat power, Professor Agasa's black technology, APTX4869 which could make people younger, and the Black Organization, whose scale was unknown and how many undercover agents were within it.

Along with Kaitou Kid from the same world as Conan, in Kaitou Kid's own manga, there was a witch named Koizumi Akako who mastered magic. The reason Kaitou Kid stole gems was to find the Pandora Gem, which was said to grant eternal life, and to defeat another mysterious criminal organization.

Also, if Hoshino Ai was already pregnant, she would likely give birth to two reincarnated children in the future.

"And then there's Fuyuki City and Morioh. Although everything seems normal, and Fuyuki City hasn't experienced any major fires in the past 50 years, just seeing these two place names is scary enough."

On March 21, 2012, in this world, the day when the main characters of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6 were all wiped out, Miyauchi Hiyage wore sunglasses and stared at the sun for a whole day, fearing that the sun's rotation speed would suddenly increase and take him to another new world.

Fortunately, that day passed without incident, which finally relieved Miyauchi Hiyage.

"In short, to ensure that I wouldn't be kidnapped and imprisoned by some yandere protagonist, and even more so to avoid being targeted by any strange forces, I absolutely cannot reveal my identity until I have the ability to protect myself." Reborn into this life, Miyauchi Hiyage's brain and memory had improved significantly compared to his previous life, which was also one of the reasons for his success in his career this time.

He had even thought of a plan in a very short time: if one day he was forced into a too close relationship with a diary holder, he could write himself off as an insignificant supporting character.

"Anyway, let's see if Hoshino Ai will react to anything after I finish writing this diary."

Compared to the heroines who likely hadn't paid much attention to idol groups, it wasn't conspicuous for him, a teenager in his prime, to be paying attention to Hoshino Ai.

He had even joined Hoshino Ai's fan club with an alternate account before. Even if he appeared at Hoshino Ai's concert now, no one would suspect him.

And at this very moment, a notification came to his mind.

[You have completed your diary for the first time and are eligible to draw a beginner reward.]

[Drawing beginner rewards...]

[You have drawn the Pure Yang Body (Genshin Impact).]

[Reward has been issued. Please continue to maintain the good habit of completing your diary daily.]

Chapter 4: The Deceptive Pure Yang Body

The moment Miyauchi Hiyage heard the prompt sound, he felt an intense heat spread throughout his entire body.

It was at this time that Miyauchi Hiyage recalled what this Pure Yang Body was from his past life's memories.

"Damn it, I've really run into the most troublesome situation!" Miyauchi Hiyage cursed his newly acquired cheat ability while quickly stripping off his clothes.

Even though it was only March, the heat didn't subside until Miyauchi Hiyage had removed his clothes down to a thin undershirt and opened his window to let the cold air in.

The Pure Yang Body sounds like a constitution that only appears in fantasy novels, and the Pure Yang Body in Genshin Impact indeed lives up to its name.

In Genshin Impact, Chongyun, who possesses the Pure Yang Body, is an exorcist born into a family of exorcists. He has diligently practiced sorcery and martial arts since childhood.

As someone with the immortal body of the Pure Yang Body, the blood energy constantly emanating from him is the greatest bane to all demons and evil spirits. Merely sitting in a place where strange demons and evil spirits appear is enough to easily deter them.

Even because of this constitution, Chongyun, who has been practicing exorcism since childhood and frequented dangerous places, has never personally encountered any demons or evil spirits.

From the perspective of being immune to all evil, the immortal body of the Pure Yang Body is indeed well-deserved.

But the problem is that this Pure Yang Body in Genshin Impact has side effects.

Miyauchi Hiyage touched his forehead. As expected, it was already burning, and his body temperature felt at least 40 degrees Celsius, clearly showing symptoms of a high fever.

But this was just the normal body temperature of the Pure Yang Body.

In the summer, Miyauchi Hiyage's body temperature would rise even higher, to the point where he'd be issued a critical illness notice at a hospital.

This higher-than-normal body temperature also came with an easily triggered "hot-headed" effect. In the game's character introduction for Chongyun, it was mentioned that after eating a little chili, Chongyun became hot-headed and completely unleashed his suppressed true nature.

To suppress this constitution, Chongyun had imposed various restrictions on himself:

Do not drink hot water, do not eat hot food, avoid spicy food, do not wear thick clothing, do not argue, do not get angry, do not go out on sunny days, always carry an umbrella when going out...

Recalling this, Miyauchi Hiyage gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, wanting to curse this troublesome diary a few times.

In his previous life, he loved spicy food. This life, after discovering that the green peppers in Japan weren't very tasty, he secretly circumvented the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives' jurisdiction and obtained some chili seeds from Sichuan and Chongqing for self-sufficiency.

Now, with this Pure Yang Body, not only can he not eat chili, but he can't even eat a hot meal. The benefit he received was that he would no longer be afraid of ghosts.

Although Miyauchi Hiyage hadn't seen any ghosts in the years since he transmigrated.

"But I haven't encountered ghosts before, and now that I have this diary, who knows..."

Miyauchi Hiyage thought with a headache.

Since transmigration and rebirth had already happened to him, his view of the world had naturally changed quite a bit.

Even if one day, in this chaotic world, a priest from the JOJO universe activated Made in Heaven to bring the entire universe to a new world, and then Chaldea came to resolve this singularity, Miyauchi Hiyage wouldn't find it strange.

The reason he hadn't encountered them before was simply that Asahigaoka, being the setting for the healing slice-of-life anime Non Non Biyori, didn't have such "dirty things."

According to the common tropes of web novels he'd read in his previous life, when an author gave a protagonist some cheat ability, it was usually meant to be used soon. If he gained the Pure Yang Body, but no demons or evil spirits appeared by the end, the author would likely be flooded with fan letters containing razor blades.

And this was why Miyauchi Hiyage had mentioned in the diary his desire for an ordinary reward.

If he had been rewarded with some literary works from his past life, or skills like cooking or painting, he wouldn't have had to worry too much and could have peacefully written in his diary every day, developing his career with his cheat.

But now, he also had to be wary of attention from the supernatural side. Although he wanted to continue hiding and writing in his diary to get rewards, due to the Pure Yang Body, all demons and evil spirits had to avoid him. Over time, people would inevitably notice.

"By giving me this kind of reward, this diary completely wants me to step into the spotlight and attract attention."

Miyauchi Hiyage even imagined that, according to the personalities of the male protagonists in diary-themed web novels, if they mentioned having a passive exorcism ability in their diary, it would surely attract diary holders plagued by demons and strange occurrences to actively approach him. Then, the protagonist, relying on his constitution, would easily solve the female protagonists' problems, and through this, they would become intimate.

Just thinking about it made Miyauchi Hiyage feel a bit hot-headed. Although his resistance to girls had increased significantly in this life, the Pure Yang Body was indeed a legendary immortal body, making him feel restless again.

He quickly shook his head to calm himself down. He couldn't get hot-headed now.

Chongyun in the game was a simple-minded exorcist boy. When he got hot-headed, at most he would say, "I'll pay for today's expenses," and then stick a few talismans on others. He wouldn't do anything bad.

But having lived two lives, Miyauchi Hiyage's mind was so complex that he might not even understand his own true nature. He was truly afraid that one day, when he got hot-headed, he would wake up to find plum blossom imprints left by girls all around him.

Fortunately, when Miyauchi Hiyage calmed down and felt his body, he discovered that the Pure Yang Body he had obtained was not as overbearing as Chongyun's in the game.

He didn't know if the Pure Yang Body he obtained was a weakened version, or if it was because it was a reward from the diary, which also increased his control over this gifted constitution.

In any case, after toiling for several hours, as the rooster next door began to crow, he finally figured out some simple ways to control the Pure Yang Body.

Although it was still far from being completely contained, in low-power mode, his body temperature was only one or two degrees higher than normal, so he wouldn't get so easily hot-headed.

As for its effect on demons and evil spirits, he hadn't encountered any yet, so he couldn't make any judgment.

"I'll be more careful tomorrow and try to test my tolerance for hot food and mildly spicy food."

He could still try hot food and chili peppers, but hot baths and hot springs were likely out of the question for him for a considerable time.

Upon realizing this, Miyauchi Hiyage breathed a slight sigh of relief, but he also decided that he would need to get a large black umbrella and avoid the sun when he went out from now on.

Chapter 5: What's Wrong with a Man Liking Thigh-Highs!

Because Miyauchi Hiyage had been precocious since childhood, and became the greatest contributor to revitalizing Asahigaoka's economy at the age of 12, his status at home was quite high. As long as he said something to his family, no one would disturb him.

"Hiyage probably stayed up late playing games last night and then pretended he stayed up all night writing a business plan," Miyauchi Kouka, who was born half an hour earlier than Miyauchi Hiyage and thus his older sister, thought to herself as she looked at Miyauchi Hiyage's empty seat in the Miyauchi Family's dining room.

Her brother's name was Hiyage, and her name was Kouka. In the end, she, the "light," had lived in her younger brother's shadow her entire life.

She couldn't beat him when they were kids, and her academic performance was completely crushed when they started school. Later, when the Asahigaoka revitalization plan began, she completely gave up on comparing herself to her younger brother.

Now, Miyauchi Kouka only dared to complain privately.

After all, she and her brother were about to go to Tokyo to study together. If she ran out of pocket money, she would have to rely on her wealthy younger brother to generously help her out. She was eager to please Miyauchi Hiyage right now, so how could she speak ill of him in front of others?

Thinking about the start of the school year, Miyauchi Kouka couldn't help but mutter to herself.

"Ah, I'm going to study in Tokyo soon. With Hiyage's financial resources, renting a villa in the city center shouldn't be a problem."

"I just don't know why that guy insists on going to that Houtonji High School. With his abilities, he could easily get into Shuchiin Academy or Advanced Nurturing High School."

Miyauchi Kouka couldn't understand why Miyauchi Hiyage would choose an ordinary high school that hadn't even been established for ten years.

However, since it was Miyauchi Hiyage's own decision, he must have his reasons. It couldn't possibly be because he heard Houtonji High School had a lot of pretty girls, could it?

If that were the case, she would truly be thanking her lucky stars.

After all, in her eyes, her younger brother was a weirdo with a head full of strange ideas.

When filming a survival video, he could come up with lines that would scare a child next door, like "Chicken flavor, crunchy, and six times the protein of beef." When filming a video promoting his hometown, he made it look like bandits raiding a village.

Then there were his many bizarre inventions, like the "Break the Cauldron Running Machine" and the "Inverted Head Washing Machine," which he had people develop. They were still piled up in the Miyauchi Family's warehouse.

From childhood to adulthood, she had never seen her younger brother take any interest in women.

As his older sister, Miyauchi Kouka was more worried that her younger brother would become too immersed in his own world and wouldn't be able to find a girlfriend in the future.

Little did she know, the reason Miyauchi Hiyage chose Houtonji was very simple.

First, it was in Tokyo.

In this melting pot of a world, Tokyo was naturally the place with the most anime and movie characters.

Furthermore, Houtonji High School had a free school environment. Compared to places like Shuchiin or Advanced Nurturing High School, there was no academic pressure, leaving him with plenty of free time.