Shinomiya Kaguya arrived at an answer after only a moment's thought.
"Then it could only be Kato Megumi."
Miyauchi Hiyage snapped his fingers.
"Yeah, she really is talented. She might not stand out much normally, but after I got the diary, she was the first person to realize I was different from everyone else. All I can say is, that nickname, Saint Megumi, really is no joke."
"But she shouldn't be a diary holder, should she? We observed and tested her during both the first batch and the second, and she showed absolutely no signs of having a diary."
Miyauchi Hiyage nodded. "That was indeed the case originally. At least for now, the diaries still seem to follow the rule that only one person from each series can receive one. After Utaha got hers, no diaries have been automatically distributed to any of the other heroines from Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend."
"Automatically distributed..." Shinomiya Kaguya caught that detail. "So you really don't control the diaries?"
Miyauchi Hiyage answered as though it were obvious. "Didn't I say that in my earliest entries? Most likely, some higher-dimensional being gave me this thing for entertainment. I even complained about the diary-fiction genre, though I didn't go into much detail at the time."
"At first, it was just about earning rewards by writing a diary. Later, it became writing a diary while other people received copies. Then came the version where you deliberately handed out diaries and wrote fake entries to get benefits."
"Anyway, I knew from the start that this thing would probably end up in the hands of the protagonists from all the different series in this anime crossover world, so I tested the waters a little. I just didn't expect that big shot to have such a twisted