Pearl Jam

Especially considering that the other party acquired these powers in less than two months, which seems to have occurred in a shorter period than his own sister.

As she listened to her younger sister quietly explaining how Miyauchi Hiyage had come into contact with these girls and how she had been invited to participate in this trip, Kisugi Rui felt that something was amiss.

But she couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong with her.

I just feel that Miyauchi Hiyage is hiding many secrets.

His interactions with these girls didn't seem to be so "accidental".

Meanwhile, Miyauchi Hiyage could also sense the attitudes of the girls in the car towards him.

There was curiosity, scrutiny, and also doubt.

Of course, there were also some bolder ones who went straight up to chat with him.

Just like Umaru and Aoi Hinata, who are both quite outgoing, they are the kind of people who are completely different at school and at home.

They have two completely different personas: anime and game otaku and aloof beauty. They are good at both and have excellent interpersonal relationships.

In the Chat Group, the two of them were always among the most talkative girls, and basically every girl in the Chat Group knew them.

These girls, who have good interpersonal relationships, basically started greeting each other and introducing themselves as soon as they got on the bus, and naturally, they also made sure to make their presence known to Miyauchi Hiyage.

After all, he's a 16-year-old top-tier fighter; he needs to stick close to such a powerful figure.

Furthermore, they also wanted to know what Miyauchi Hiyage thought of their future.

However, before they could even exchange many words with Miyauchi Hiyage, they were intimidated by the girls around Miyauchi Hiyage with their eyes.

Kasumigaoka Utaha as her Kasumigaoka Utaha, Shiina Mashiro and Shiina Mahiru as her neighbors, Katsura Kotonoha as her student, and Mai Sakurajima as her friend.

There's also the worry that her younger brother's romantic entanglements are piling up, and he might eventually meet his Miyauchi Kouka of Shibari.

Miyauchi Hiyage by these girls, only thick-skinned girls like Umaru and Aoi Hinata dared to go up and say a few words to Miyauchi Hiyage. The other girls were too embarrassed to approach and chat with him because of the aura surrounding him.

Umaru, who was being stared at by several girls and couldn't ask Miyauchi Hiyage any more Umaru about her training, pouted as she left.

Why can't we see any chaotic scenes? These girls are just too harmonious around Miyauchi Hiyage.

Umaru muttered to herself, wondering if she should take advantage of this trip to Morioh to see what kind of attitude these girls had towards Miyauchi Hiyage.

She wasn't targeting Miyauchi Hiyage, so she shouldn't be at risk of being harmed by Miyauchi Hiyage's abilities, right?

As Umaru began to have her own ideas, Miyauchi Hiyage was also observing these girls in her own way.

It has been more than two months since these girls received the Diary.

Although their Diary did not continue to be upgraded at the end of last month, no new batch of girls received Diary.

At least according to Miyauchi Hiyage's perception, no new person mentioned his pseudonym's name.

But two months is not a short time.

These girls who received the Diary have completely deviated from their original paths, and under the guidance of the Diary, their destinies have taken a completely new turn.

Even in terms of personality, the existence of Diary can cause some changes in their personalities.

Just like Takanashi Rikka and Gokō Ruri, who were originally very chuunibyou (delusional) characters, after they actually came into contact with these extraordinary powers, they actually toned down their chuunibyou traits quite a bit.

It's not that we're talking about people who are only superficially interested in something but are actually quite naive. It's just that the extraordinary powers that these "chuunibyou" (middle school syndrome) sufferers fantasize about are ultimately self-centered; they're creating a fantasy stage in their minds for themselves.

Everyone has these kinds of fantasies, but people like Takanashi Rikka middle school syndrome), bring their own perceptions into reality and ignore the opinions of ordinary people around them.

As a result, they now discover that such extraordinary powers truly exist in this world, and that there are many extraordinary individuals in that world who are even stronger than themselves. Faced with this truth, they finally realize that their fantasies have not come true.

Especially after opening the rudimentary Spirit Vision through the power of the Diary, she saw the Vengeful Spirit hidden in this world.

The contrast is even stronger when you see those daily quests in the Diary that occasionally pop up to eliminate some strange Vengeful Spirit.

Under such stimulation, they naturally could no longer continue to be immature and childish.

Now, under the behind-the-scenes support of Shinomiya Kaguya, Gokō Ruri has become a rapidly rising costume game streamer.

Although I occasionally utter some cringeworthy lines during live streams, it's all for the sake of the live stream's entertainment value.

Thanks to her current role as a game streamer, she earned hundreds of thousands of yuan from her family last month.

While several hundred thousand yen may not seem like much in the livestreaming industry, it is a significant sum.

But she's only a new streamer who's been around for a month, so it's already quite impressive that she's achieved this much.

If this continues, earning millions a month in the future is not impossible.

Gokō Ruri, who was originally a cute and chuunibyou girl in the Oreimo story, has now turned into this. Naturally, the other girls will also change quite a bit.

Katsura Kotonoha is obsessed with swordsmanship and also reveals her yandere side.

Shinomiya Kaguya is determined to become stronger.

Yukino Yukinoshita established the Service Club a year ahead of schedule, and also gained many girls around her who could keep up with her thinking.

Their personalities can no longer be analyzed using the same character traits as those in the original work; Miyauchi Hiyage must observe their changes with her own eyes.

As Miyauchi Hiyage observed along the way, apart from Shimazaki Setsuna, who was still too shy and embarrassed to interact with people, even the other socially awkward Little Bocchi had become much more normal in front of everyone.

If conditions allowed, they would probably perform a piece they've been practicing recently on the bus Kessoku Band.

However, Miyauchi Hiyage then looked at Shiina Mashiro, who was sitting next to him, creating a manga in her Diary.

It seems that her personality hasn't changed much so far.

He is still completely devoted to creating comics and doesn't care much about anything else.

She also casually gave away the spots in the Impression Space.

Even the level of the Imagecrafter was only considered after being reminded by Miyauchi Hiyage.

At her current rate of advancement, it will probably take her quite a long time to reach the top-tier level.

Of course, because powerful figures like Miyauchi Hiyage and Tohru were by her side, she didn't really need to worry about her strength.

Even a tiny bit of what she reveals is enough for her to annihilate those top-tier Vengeful Spirit and monsters.

There are about 400 to 500 kilometers between Tokyo and Morioh.

If you take the Shinkansen and then transfer, it will take about three and a half hours.

The long-distance bus they are currently on takes more than six hours.

However, since this was a luxury bus specially arranged by the Shinomiya Family, it was not in the same class as those long-distance buses used for passenger transport.

In addition, most of the people on the bus practiced the Ripple Breathing, and their physical fitness was far superior to that of ordinary people.

So even after a five- or six-hour journey, when the bus entered Morioh, the girls on board didn't seem tired at all, and soon began to look around at this not-so-big or-so-special coastal town on the edge of Sendai.

To be honest, this place is really just so-so.

If it weren't for the Alien Meteorite that could awaken a Stand here, they probably would never have made a special trip to this town for sightseeing.

Shinomiya Kaguya hadn't actually made any specific plans for the three-day trip.

After all, the You Know Who had made it quite clear about the matter of awakening a Stand—that those with talent would be chosen.

However, judging from the information revealed by the You Know Who, everyone awakens their Stand under different circumstances.

Like Kishibe Rohan.

Having encountered the psychopathic killer Kira Yoshikage in her childhood, and after being sent away by Sugimoto Reimi, she walked to the beach in a daze and fell asleep. When she woke up, she inexplicably awakened her Stand power and forgot most of her past.

Then Kira Yoshikage's awakening was even more hasty.

According to the You Know Who, Kishibe Rohan had looked into Kira Yoshikage's life before taking Kira Yoshikage to that alleyway from which there was no turning back.

Besides knowing that the other party had personally killed more than forty women in the past thirty years and kept their hands as his collection, he also knew about the process of Kira Yoshikage awakening his Stand.

It's somewhat similar to the situation of those Kishibe Rohan.

Sugimoto Reimi was the first woman he killed and took her hand.

But at that time he did not yet possess the abilities of the Killer Queen and was unable to dispose of the remaining corpses.

So in the days following the incident, he was actually quite worried that the police might trace him back to him through the clues at the scene.

As a result, he often took walks along the beach during that period because he was not getting enough rest.

Then one day, she suddenly gained the power of the Killer Queen.

It was precisely because he gained such convenient abilities that he became increasingly unscrupulous, killing at least three women a year in order to suppress the perverted desires within him.

According to the girls in the Chat Group, besides needing talent, the awakening of a Stand should also be based on what the Stand was thinking at the time.

So after discussing it with the girls in the group, Shinomiya Kaguya only marked the dangerous areas mentioned by the You Know Who in Morioh, and left the rest of the area for everyone to explore on their own.

Shinomiya Kaguya provides three meals a day, which she can enjoy at the hotel, but eating out is also not a problem.

There are alleyways from which there is no turning back, Rokkakuzaka with its legends of monsters, an iron tower where once you enter, you may never be able to come out, and a mirror that, once it shines on you, can project the desires and dark side of others into your own body for three months.

At the same time, the surrounding areas where the Kishibe Rohan live have also been marked with signs indicating that they should not be entered.

After all, Kishibe Rohan's "Heaven's Door" sounds incredibly nerve-wracking.

Imagine turning a person into a book, where all of their life experiences are described, and you can even rewrite their will by writing on it.

Even if the other party isn't a villain, the You Know Who also said that Kishibe Rohan himself isn't a good person either.

The other party cares most about comics; everything else is currently secondary to comics.

Therefore, he is the kind of person who would risk breaking the law for the sake of his comic book material, and in terms of the unbridled use of his abilities, he is not much different from a villain.

So even with the Diary as a protection, these girls didn't want such an accident to happen, so it was best not to go near Kishibe Rohan.

After checking into the best hotel in Morioh, the girls looked at Miyauchi Hiyage, seemingly asking him where they were going next.

Chapter 337: Pearl Jam

In the eyes of the girls, Miyauchi Hiyage possesses the ability to manipulate fate and may be more likely to discover ways to awaken a Stand, as long as they leave the decision to Miyauchi Hiyage.

Sensing the attitudes of these girls, Miyauchi Hiyage stood by the window in her hotel room and looked out the window.

The view outside the window is of a vast blue sea; it's a beautiful sight.

Through his Eyes of Destiny, he was indeed able to see things that ordinary people could not.

Although it's only been a week or two, it seems that an uninvited guest has arrived in Morioh these days.

It's probably not a character from the original JoJo storyline.

After all, Morioh, although it is the main setting of both stories, sent Kira Yoshikage to hell the first time he came here. As for the Tooru and the Locacaca Fruit, they did not appear in Morioh, and it should not be that part of the story now.

At least you didn't sense any similarity to his miracle.

The Calamity Torrent swirling over Morioh are still not out of his control.

So, it's not a character from the original story, but some other character who randomly joined in?

Or is it that other girls who had Diary came to Morioh during this time and gained some special abilities in Morioh?

He observed and analyzed what he saw without revealing his findings, and then casually pointed in a direction where the area with the most meteorite deposits in Morioh was located.

"Let's go take a look over there. I haven't noticed anything special yet. Anyway, we still have three days. We can take our time to explore Morioh."

To be honest, Morioh is not a very big place. Although it has become a tourist city because of the Jomon period ruins that have been discovered in its suburbs, attracting hundreds of thousands of tourists every year, the residents are not very hospitable. They are basically too lazy to properly entertain outsiders, so the tourist experience is not very good.

Besides, this is Morioh, a place where a Stand User could suddenly appear out of nowhere and trick you.

Of course, Araki wouldn't actually depict a town that's too sunny.

In fact, the fact that a serial killer like Kira Yoshikage could live peacefully in Morioh for so many years already shows that Morioh was never a clean place to begin with.

The residents here are lucky if they can barely manage to entertain visiting guests.

Miyauchi Hiyage and Kishibe Rohan had already experienced the atmosphere of this town before, and now they were just bringing these girls here to experience it again.

The girls followed Miyauchi Hiyage and spent about an hour exploring all the places Miyauchi Hiyage pointed out.

Obtaining a stand-in is a matter of luck, and at least those women didn't feel that way at all.

"Ah...we've reached the cemetery. This must be the end of Morioh town. Further on, it should all be temple cemeteries." Mai Sakurajima looked around. This was the southwest part of Morioh, not too far from the coast, but because of the cemetery nearby, there weren't many customers or shops around.

Mai Sakurajima was simply curious as to why Miyauchi Hiyage had brought them to this place.

Miyauchi Hiyage simply smiled and then answered the curious girls, "Didn't you want to awaken that so-called Stand? So I brought you to meet someone who might have awakened a Stand. Perhaps you can get some answers from them?"

The girls had been somewhat hesitant at first, but their eyes widened immediately upon hearing Miyauchi Hiyage's words.

"You mean there's a Stand User around here? You can even see this?" Kasumigaoka Utaha looked around, wondering where the mysterious Stand User was and what kind of abilities it possessed.