What Era Is It, Still Writing Traditional Diaries

"But doing all these things won't be easy, and I'll need to take sufficient precautions. I don't want to end up creating a bunch of digital ghosts and electronic gods on the internet. If I do, I'll become the destroyer of this era's internet."

"Once Ai Haibara escapes from the Black Organization, I'll have her research it. With her intellect, it's quite suitable for her to study this," Miyauchi Hiyage muttered.

Not long after Miyauchi Hiyage returned home, Professor Agasa's place seemed to become quite lively. It looked like Professor Agasa had picked up Conan and his family.

Miyauchi Hiyage didn't bother with these matters. As long as Conan mentioned him, he could sense everything from his place next door.

As expected, the next morning at school, Miyauchi Hiyage sensed Conan's complaints.

The reason for Conan's complaint was simple: because of what happened last night, he felt like he had caught a cold after waking up. He was now mumbling about what "gifts" he would receive from himself due to his cold.

From Conan's fragmented words, Miyauchi Hiyage roughly understood what happened after he left last night, and the entire process of Conan negotiating with his parents this morning.

In Conan's words, just as they had agreed last night, his identity was presented as a victim who met Conan during his investigation of the Black Organization and had also been threatened by them. However, due to his naturally suspicious nature, he was unwilling to appear before others.

As for what Yusaku Kudo, the peak of intellect in the Conan world, would think, that was between him and his son.

Anyway, as long as they stayed in Beika Town, Miyauchi Hiyage could easily know their attitude towards him.

And obviously, as long as Ran Mouri remained in Beika Town, Conan wouldn't go anywhere else.

So, after school in the afternoon, Miyauchi Hiyage quietly went to buy a few bottles of Hengshui Laobaigan and kept them at home, planning to give them to Conan, who had a cold, once Conan returned to the Mouri Detective Agency.

Chapter 74: The Never-Defeated [Blank]

After making preparations to give Laobaigan to Conan at any time, Miyauchi Hiyage opened his diary and began writing today's entry.

[Last night, I ran into the protagonist of a certain work and thoroughly messed with his mindset, and also gave him a good beating. Seeing him frustrated made my mood excellent today.

I even left him a surprise gift, hoping he'd be happy when he received it.

Also, I recently developed some gadgets to deal with those Grudges. They can exorcise spirits by consuming life energy. I plan to distribute a few of them out, and whoever gets them will depend on your luck.

However, Yotsuya Miko, don't get your hopes too high. The effect of these things isn't as good as you think. After all, they are items that rely on life energy for exorcism, and the effectiveness of exorcism mainly depends on how strong your own life energy is.

For powerful Grudges, your current life energy might just be a tickle to them. In your hands now, they can probably only be used to check if there are any Grudges around you, and perhaps to clear out some minor enemies.

Oh, and by the way, I wonder what Black Cat thought about the idea I proposed yesterday. Live-streaming games as a masked performer still has great potential. Your voice and gaming skills can support you in carving out a path in this industry.

And if you're really willing to debut as a masked performer, I might send you some gifts and become your top supporter.

I originally planned to discuss Black Cat's future romantic life today, but after carefully researching your gaming community forums again, I found this world to be truly interesting.

There's even a legend of [Blank] in your gaming community. I assume you and UMR, as gaming experts, have at least heard of this name, right?

It's that legendary [Blank] who set various records in multiple games, never losing no matter what type of game they played, a veritable urban legend.

I don't know if you've ever played against this [Blank] before, but if the novel's settings are accurate.

You are both professional-level gaming experts, capable of crushing 99% of players without issue.

But the gaming skill of this [Blank], the brother and sister duo, should indeed be strong enough to crush this era.

You wouldn't be able to defeat them even if you cheated.

After all, they are the big shots who will be summoned to another world by a god from another world in the near future to save humanity through games.

Yes, you read that right, I'm talking about "being summoned to another world by a god from another world."

But you should all be able to accept it.

Because I am a transmigrator from another world to this one.

In other words, it seems quite normal for people in your world to be pulled into other worlds by gods from other worlds.

The only question is, besides this [Blank], I wonder how many other otaku in your world will be sent to another world to save it.

I think that number should be quite large.

Your current era has already seen an endless stream of isekai light novels.

You might think that the current situation is the peak, but I'm telling you, in my previous life, this was just the beginning.

When I transmigrated, isekai works had already become mainstream in the ACG circle, with a large number of isekai works appearing every season with new twists.

And most of these works had a common characteristic: they would pull an seemingly ordinary high school student or otaku from Japan to another world, where a god from that world would grant them a special ability, allowing them to use that ability to save the isekai world.

However, among the vast number of isekai works that couldn't even be considered toilet paper, the work featuring [Blank] is one of my personal favorites. The only problem is that I didn't get to see the second season before I transmigrated. I didn't expect to see them, the brother and sister, in this world.

Simply put, because [Blank]'s gaming skill is so powerful that they can't find anyone in reality who can be called an opponent, one day they were noticed by a game god from another world who had also never lost. They had a match against him online in chess.

Of course, [Blank] eventually won, and so the game god pulled them into an isekai world where life was decided entirely by games, and invited them to start a second round of competition in that world.

Putting aside their adventures in the isekai world, I'm quite curious about how they transmigrated, so I plan to go and meet them in a while to confirm their current situation.

I wonder if I'll have the chance to meet that game god from another world and ask him if he knows about my situation—because in a sense, I am someone who transmigrated from another world to this one and inexplicably gained this "boon" called a diary.

I hope no god saddles me with any strange savior responsibilities. Even if they do, let me write my diary peacefully for a few years first.]

Miyauchi Hiyage's diary today revealed another earth-shattering truth with a casual tone.

People in their world would be pulled to another world by a god from another world to save it?!

And could You Know Who himself have come to this world carrying some kind of "important mission"?

At this, the chat group began to frantically @ Black Cat and UMR regarding this [Blank].

After all, they were the only ones in the group who had revealed themselves to be gaming experts so far.

The members in the group are now very curious if they have ever crossed paths with this [Blank] duo, who, according to the mysterious person, have "never been defeated."

UMR: "I think I've heard of [Blank], but we've never played against each other. I only know they're a very strong gaming guild. I heard they don't have many members, but I really didn't expect [Blank] to just be a brother and sister duo. That kind of setup sounds super awesome!"

Fallen Saint Black Cat: "...Me too. I've only heard the name. I only know that [Blank] primarily appears in online competitive games and hasn't shown up in any offline arcades. That's why discussions about [Blank] online have always been tinged with suspicion of cheating."

The group members felt a bit disappointed hearing that neither of the two gaming experts had interacted with [Blank]. Just as they were about to continue discussing the other world, a girl who rarely spoke up in the group suddenly chimed in.

NO NAME (Aoi Hinata): "I have played against [Blank]. It was shortly after 'AttaFami' was released. I was utterly crushed by them, with no chance to fight back."

Chapter 75: The Chat Group Discusses [Blank]

Because of NO NAME's statement, many in the group started searching for what game AttaFami was.

They quickly got their answer: a very popular online fighting game that had been released in the last few years. While maintaining its entertainment value, it also boasted decent competitive play. Its sales in Japan alone had surpassed a million, and videos of high-level matches could be found online.

As gaming enthusiasts, Umaru and Black Cat had naturally heard of the game. Umaru even expressed surprise, saying she had been playing it recently and had spent several weeks climbing the ranks to reach the top fifty.

UMR: "AttaFami is quite fun. But I play games pretty broadly. After reaching the top fifty at the time, I realized that climbing further would take too much time away from playing other games, so I gradually quit the game."

UMR: "I just found the game. NO NAME, you're the one currently ranked second on the ladder, right? Could it be that the number one player, 'nanashi,' is [Blank]?"

However, Umaru soon denied it herself in the group. According to all the urban legends surrounding [Blank], their character ID was always a blank with no characters. Even in games where spaces were prohibited in nicknames, their character ID remained completely empty.

It was precisely for this reason that people continuously suspected [Blank] of using some form of cheating to maintain their undefeated record.

If the mysterious person hadn't mentioned in their diary today that [Blank] was a brother and sister duo whose gaming abilities far surpassed reality, Umaru would have likely just dismissed the rumors about [Blank] as urban legends.

In the chat group, the NO NAME quickly responded.

NO NAME: "'nanashi' is not [Blank]. He encountered many defeats while climbing to become the number one player. When he's not in good condition, I'm not without a chance against him. Overall, although there's still a slight gap in our strength, if I were willing to spend Reading Points on gaming, I could surpass him in at most a week. It's just that I don't want to use my precious Reading Points for that."

NO NAME: "But [Blank] is different. They appeared last year, before 'nanashi' reached the top. They took just one week to reach the number one spot with a perfect winning streak. Then they defended their position on the ladder for another two weeks, and still, no one could defeat them. In the end, whether they were banned by the game developers or they deleted their accounts themselves, the total time they spent in AttaFami was less than a month."

NO NAME: "During that period, I played against [Blank] twice. Fighting them felt like encountering a machine that would never make a mistake. No matter what kind of probing I did, they wouldn't react, but the slightest opening I showed would be seized upon by them. While this might sound like sour grapes, before the mysterious person's diary update today, a significant portion of AttaFami players, including myself, viewed [Blank] as cheaters."

Fallen Saint Black Cat: "For you, currently ranked second in the entire game, to say that, it seems [Blank]'s skill is truly terrifying. But according to the mysterious person, [Blank] is a brother and sister duo. However, this kind of fighting game should be controlled by one person, right? I wonder if it was the brother or the sister who played against you back then."

NO NAME: "Whether it was either of them, I really want to play against them again now. Even the gaming god from the other world who has never lost can't defeat them. Knowing that, losing to them isn't a disgrace anymore. I used to think they were cheaters, so I dismissed my own mistakes that they exploited and even looked down on their playstyle. Thinking back, it's truly embarrassing. I really want to know how much of a gap there is between me now and them."

NO NAME: "It's a shame, but according to rumors on the forums, [Blank] doesn't look back. Once they've conquered a game, they lose interest."

Several of the gaming experts in the group all expressed their intention to track down [Blank]'s next challenge and personally experience just how terrifying their skill level was.

As the conversation wound down, Umaru even invited NO NAME to a match in AttaFami.

Seeing the topic getting sidetracked again, Kasumigaoka Utaha chimed in to steer the discussion back to today's diary.

Kasumigaoka Utaha: "So, setting aside your plans for a match, isn't the main point of our discussion today the other world? Just how chaotic is our world becoming!"

Kasumigaoka Utaha: "Reincarnation, grudges, exorcists, a gem that grants eternal life, and now a bunch of gods from other worlds are watching from the sidelines. And according to the mysterious person, those gods from other worlds even team up to recruit people from our world to save their own. Are these gods that bored all day?"

Kaguya: "Who knows what gods think, but their existence is confirmed. I'll find someone to investigate [Blank]. However, based on what you've said, besides their gaming skills, their computer skills are probably not low either. The mysterious person didn't reveal much about their information, so the chances of finding them right now are slim."

Kaguya: "However, [Blank] and the gods from other worlds won't affect our lives for now. But everyone should prepare themselves mentally. The mysterious person mentioned 'the duty of a transmigrator' for the first time in their diary. The reason we obtained this diary might still be related to the gods of our world. No matter how you look at it, our world is definitely not going to be peaceful in the future."

Kaguya: "I learned some simple spiritual energy cultivation methods from the Shitamachi Godmother today. After testing it, I found that Reading Points can be used to aid cultivation. I also received a reminder from the diary that I can consume Reading Points to fuse different cultivation systems. However, it requires 50 Reading Points, and at the current rate of Reading Point acquisition, it will take almost a month. If anyone has any ideas, you can start saving Reading Points now."

Miko: "I also plan to save my Reading Points. After all, when I encounter those grudges, I can avoid their attention by flipping through the diary. Maintaining the current situation doesn't require Reading Points."

Chapter 76: Conan, Who Was Given a Mysterious Liquid

The new function developed for Reading Points is good news for all the girls who possess the diary.

Kaguya's newly discovered fusion function, although it consumes a lot of Reading Points, can save them more Reading Points and time in the long run.

For example, under normal circumstances, cultivating Ripple Chi Kung while also cultivating spiritual energy is almost impossible. Even with the aid of Reading Points for both, it's easy to run into problems with Reading Point allocation.

It's unknown what kind of fusion would result from combining these two power systems. However, the girls who currently have the diary don't have enough Reading Points to try it out.

But besides Yotsuya Miko, and a few other girls with poor health who need Ripple Chi Kung to stabilize their bodies, most of the others haven't encountered any significant trouble.

Therefore, they don't feel an urgent need to use Reading Points. Many have already expressed their intention to save up 50 Reading Points to try out the fusion function.

While the girls with the diary were worrying about not having enough Reading Points, the situation was quite different for Conan.

Despite having a cold today, he finally managed to explain yesterday's situation to his parents in the morning, found a suitable identity for Tom, who had helped him, and then spent a lot of effort getting his parents to agree to let him stay in Japan.

So, by evening, after resting at home for a day, Conan, feeling slightly better, was brought back to the Mouri Detective Agency by his disguised mother.

Although Mouri Kogoro had some reservations, the sight of the ten-million-yen check made his expression towards Conan much warmer.

Ran was naturally happy about Conan's return. After all, ever since Conan arrived, the Mouri Detective Agency's business had improved significantly. She saw Conan as a good luck charm.

Speaking of which, Ran had initially suspected that perhaps Professor Agasa had given Shinichi some medicine that turned him into a child, as Conan's behavior was too unlike a child's. As time went on, her suspicion grew stronger.

Even though "Shinichi" later called her while Conan was watching TV, which somewhat alleviated her doubts, Ran hadn't completely let go of her suspicion.

When Conan's mother came to pick him up yesterday, she felt a bit relieved, thinking she was just overthinking things.

Therefore, Ran was currently in a state of utmost trust regarding Conan's identity.

Conan thought the same way. Even though Tom had told him to come clean to Ran and make her his Watson, how could he possibly say something like that so easily?

After all, over the past few months, Ran had done his laundry, cooked for him, and even bathed him. If Ran knew about this, he would surely get a severe beating from her.

In any case, there was no rush to tell Ran his true identity. He would wait until he learned more secrets about the Black Organization from Tom.

As for the Stun-Gun Wristwatch, in the future, he would just have to remind Uncle Mouri more at crime scenes and try to avoid using the Stun-Gun Wristwatch.

"In any case, I should think clearly about the Grudges first. Since those things really exist, I'll have to pay attention in future cases to see if the culprit was influenced by any Grudges," Conan muttered softly.

Thinking about these strange entities from the 'hidden world,' Conan, who was still feeling a bit under the weather, couldn't help but get a headache.

After all, when he faced cases involving people faking supernatural occurrences, he never once considered that ghosts were involved. He would only focus on finding out who committed the crime and how.

But from now on, when he encountered such cases, he would probably subconsciously wonder if they were truly caused by the influence of Grudges.

"I'll just have to adapt slowly. After all, no detective before me has ever had such bizarre experiences," Conan sighed.

However, just as he was about to take a hot bath and go to bed, he suddenly felt a tugging sensation on his ankle.

He looked down and saw a familiar mouse appear before him.

"Are you Jerry?"

The brown mouse nodded and waved at him again.

Conan glanced around, confirming that Ran and Uncle Mouri hadn't noticed anything before he carefully brought Jerry into his room.

"Did Tom send you here to bring me something this time?"

Jerry looked around the Mouri residence and felt that it seemed like a suitable place for a mouse to live. It was just a shame it now lived in Miyauchi Hiyage's large house and was starting to look down on such small places.

Upon hearing Conan's question, it puffed out its chest and nodded, then pointed towards the door, seemingly indicating that the item was placed by the entrance.

Seeing Jerry's action, Conan's heart stirred. He couldn't think of anything that would be useful to him while he was sick.