Black Cat, Just Use the Picture I Sent You to Make the Costume / You Wear Yellow-Tinted Glasses, So Everything Looks Yellow to You ...

As for Shinichi Kudo's excuses, Ran snorted. Having grown up together since childhood, she clearly didn't believe Shinichi Kudo would honestly tell her his identity. If she hadn't happened to catch him today, he probably would have kept hiding it.

Come to think of it, she ought to thank that Tom for letting her learn what kind of danger her childhood friend was facing now.

Though she hadn't met Tom yet, he seemed like quite a nice person.

Black Cat, Just Make Your Avatar Based on the Pictures I Sent You

The first time Conan turned back into Shinichi Kudo only lasted a little over half an hour. The effect was far inferior to the medicine Ai Haibara would later develop, but it was enough for him to place a little more trust in Miyauchi Hiyage.

Provided Miyauchi Hiyage didn't suddenly pull something like that on him again.

While Shinichi Kudo was inwardly griping about Miyauchi Hiyage and Ran was thanking him, Miyauchi Hiyage himself was happily surfing the web.

Hacking techniques from the cyberpunk world were unquestionably far ahead of an internet that had yet to enter the brain-link era.

After spending a little time familiarizing himself with this era's network technology, Miyauchi Hiyage effortlessly slipped into the Metropolitan Police Department's population database without leaving a trace.

As long as he didn't touch classified files and merely viewed ordinary residents' records, no one would notice, nor would he leave behind any traces.

Of course, Miyauchi Hiyage wasn't getting cocky.

His hacking skills might be far beyond this era's, but this world had never been ordinary. All kinds of geniuses and monsters lurked beneath the surface.

For example, Shiro from Blank possessed computing power comparable to a supercomputer. Ryūnosuke Akasaka of Sakurasou Dormitory had independently developed a highly intelligent AI program before even coming of age. And Kayaba Akihiko had recently published a paper on a "mental linkage device," drawing widespread worldwide attention, and would launch a death game several years later.

Closer to home, Conan had Itakura Taku, an engineer commissioned by the Black Organization to develop software "capable of changing humanity's future." Then there was Sawada Hiroki, the genius boy from the The Phantom of Baker Street movie, who developed a self-evolving artificial intelligence at the age of ten and implanted his own consciousness into it.

Competing on the same stage as those true monsters, Miyauchi Hiyage felt that a cheat-user like himself didn't need to rush. Maybe one day, he would obtain the legacy of Bartmoss, the god of hackers from the cyberpunk world who single-handedly forced the entire world to retreat from the internet age back into the age of local area networks.

Until then, using the Metropolitan Police Department's population system to conveniently investigate information, while occasionally using hacking skills to give the girls with diaries a few little surprises, was more than enough.

"Kayaba Akihiko should have already started thinking about making a death game. You definitely can't count on a ticking time bomb like that," Miyauchi Hiyage muttered.

But the artificial intelligences developed by Ryūnosuke Akasaka and Sawada Hiroki were both worth trying to win over.

As for Itakura Taku, he could leave him to Conan in a few days. After all, the person liaising with Itakura Taku was Conan's biological mother, Vermouth, so there shouldn't be any complications.

With that in mind, Miyauchi Hiyage briefly checked several people's files and prepared for his future plans.

Time passed quickly amid writing diaries and studying diary rewards.

After spending a few days on it, Miyauchi Hiyage successfully completed the Camera Obscura improvements and produced several finished units.

"Now it's time to let Jerry officially show himself before those girls." Miyauchi Hiyage muttered. Ever since Jerry developed Rat Breathing, he had become increasingly unable to stay home. Every day, he thought about going out at night to get up close and personal with the Vengeful Spirits and vicious ghosts nearby.

Come to think of it, Jerry seemed to have gained quite an advanced Spirit Vision after coming to this world. Miyauchi Hiyage didn't know whether it was innate or whether Jerry had copied his ability.

Miyauchi Hiyage thought that when he gained the Pure Yang Body, his Spirit Vision should have opened as well. It was just that no filthy thing had dared appear near him so far.

Either way, he didn't need to specially make Jerry a pair of custom glasses.

"So, have you packed everything? Go all out from here," Miyauchi Hiyage said after checking with Jerry, who had a small pouch hanging from his body.

He had made this little pouch using the Undetectable Extension Charm from the Harry Potter world, a diary reward he had received the day before yesterday.

Unfortunately, the Diary hadn't provided much casting material this time. He made Jerry a permanent small pouch with ten cubic meters of space, then made himself a permanent backpack with nearly one hundred cubic meters of space, and that exhausted the materials.

One hundred cubic meters was roughly the size of a room a little over thirty square meters. It wasn't large as a house, but it was perfect for storing diary rewards unsuitable for public view. If he found suitable materials in the future, expanding it further wouldn't be a problem.

Jerry rummaged through his pouch. A ten-cubic-meter bag was quite a sizable nest for a mouse.

After confirming there were no problems, Jerry gave Miyauchi Hiyage a solemn salute, seemingly declaring that he would complete the mission successfully.

Once he estimated that Jerry had set off, Miyauchi Hiyage began writing today's diary.

Since I need to attend Kashiko Kasumi-sensei's autograph session the day after tomorrow, after wandering around Chiba and Kanagawa these past few days, I planned to head for Tokyo today.

Unfortunately, I didn't see what I wanted to see on this trip.

There's not much to say about Black Cat. I've experienced the daily life of chuunibyou girls far too many times in all sorts of works.

What surprised me, though, was that you were actually making your own avatar model.

Uh... this may hurt a little, but your original art skills really need work. How about I just send you your two-dimensional image, and you make the model based on that?

This is Black Cat.

This is White Cat.

This is Maid Cat.

This is Holy Angel Divine Cat.

No need to thank me. Just take them and use them.

Besides Black Cat, I also went to Sōbu High School.

It seemed Yukino, the Second Daughter of the Yukinoshita Family, really did have a Diary. You successfully avoided the car accident that happened on the first day of school. I wonder whether you'll still go on to establish the Service Club.

But I truly hadn't expected Hachiman to be so unlucky. Without the Yukinoshita family's car, he still ended up breaking bones and being hospitalized while saving a dog. Though this time was slightly better than in the original story, he'll probably still need to stay in the hospital for a week or two.

Could this be convergence of the world line?

It seemed fate had decreed that Hachiman couldn't have a normal start to high school.

But now that Yukino, the Second Daughter of the Yukinoshita Family, had voluntarily withdrawn from the stock market, wouldn't Yui Stock shoot straight to the limit?

Unfortunately, even if the story changed from a faction-war stock-picking novel into a pure romance novel, with Hachiman's twisted personality, they would probably still drag things out for a long time.

Over in Kanagawa, the Shohoku basketball team hadn't been formed yet, and Mai Sakurajima was out filming. Neither story had begun, and I wondered whether Mai Sakurajima had started developing Puberty Syndrome yet.

There was one more thing that surprised me. When I went to Sakakino City, I discovered that Sawagoe Itaru could no longer perform as a man.

Though I didn't know who did it, and it was a shame I couldn't personally eliminate that menace for the people, I'll give the person responsible a thumbs-up first.

As for Itou Makoto and Sawanaga Taisuke, neither of them had done anything yet, so I'll leave them for Katsura Kotonoha to deal with yourself. I trust that you won't be fooled by their sweet talk anymore.

One last thing: I left each of you a few gifts during this trip. Look around your surroundings. You might just find a surprise.

You Wear Yellow-Tinted Glasses, So Everything Looks Yellow to You

When today's diary updated, Gokō Ruri was drawing a character sheet for her avatar.

After reading You Know Who's diary a few days ago, she discussed it with the people in the group for quite some time. In the end, they confirmed that she really couldn't rely on light novels to make a fortune.

At least, not until those shallow otaku men could accept the advanced settings in her novels.

After thinking it over for a long time, she finally made a decision.

This time, she would listen to You Know Who and make an avatar, then try streaming for a while to see the results.

As long as she earned more than she did from part-time work, it wouldn't be much of a loss.

After making her decision, Gokō Ruri began relying on herself.

To save money, there was no way she could commission someone to make an avatar.

She would rather keep that money to buy more things for her family.

So, using the cheap computer she had bought with money saved from her previous part-time jobs, along with the drawing, programming, and modeling skills she had learned before, Gokō Ruri searched online for tutorial videos and began her journey of making her own avatar.

The facts proved that Gokō Ruri's artistic ability was indeed far inferior to her gaming and programming abilities. Even after drawing for several days, she couldn't make a character sheet she was satisfied with.

Just as she was considering whether to use Reading Points to improve her drawing skills, today's diary dealt her a heavy blow.

Looking at the four completely different versions of herself in the diary, Gokō Ruri's face immediately turned bright red.

She knew about Black Cat and White Cat. She had also vaguely conceived the later Divine Cat forms, but hadn't had time to make such outfits in real life yet.

But no matter what, displaying those images of herself publicly in the Diary was practically an execution, okay?!

And that Maid Cat... paired with those cutesy poses, Gokō Ruri simply didn't know how she was supposed to face the group members.

Could it be that her future self had already resorted to such shameful tactics to please some man?!

Gokō Ruri immediately rejected the Maid Cat image in her heart and decided that she would absolutely never wear a maid outfit and make such shameful poses in the future.

The group, meanwhile, remained incredibly lively.

Kashiko Kasumi: "You Know Who said he'll be attending my autograph session the day after tomorrow. My new book isn't selling particularly well right now, so there probably won't be many people there. If he really dares to show up, we might be able to catch him slipping."

Kaguya: "I need to return to the Kyoto main house the day after tomorrow to explain the situation to my father. However, I'll have Hayasaka come over and help then."

UMR: "Kaguya, have you decided to go back and lay everything out to your father? This feels kind of nerve-racking. But I'll come help the day after tomorrow too!"

Kaguya: "My recent actions have already drawn the main family's attention, and my father may only have two years left to live. As his daughter, I truly can't just stand by. Besides, the Diary hasn't issued me any danger warnings so far, so I think it's worth trying."

Kaguya: "Also, Black Cat, your various forms really do look quite cute. But it won't be easy to finish so much work by yourself. Do you need any help?"

UMR: "To be fair, Black Cat's two-dimensional images really are cute. I want to know what mine would look like too, but why does You Know Who always ignore me? If this keeps up, UMR is really going to get mad!"

Evil Eye: "So these are the four forms of Fallen Saint Black Cat? Hmm... they can barely enter the sight of this Evil Eye wielder. I have already engraved your visage into my Evil Eye, so be grateful for my gift!"

Fallen Saint Black Cat: "@Kaguya, I don't need help for now. I can use these pictures directly after making a few adjustments, and the remaining work is all very easy for me... Everyone should keep focusing on Kashiko Kasumi-sensei's new book autograph session the day after tomorrow. I'll be there too."

UMR: "Hehe, Black Cat, are you embarrassed? Every version of you in those pictures was pretty cute. Which form are you planning to make into an avatar? Why not make all of them? Then you can appear in a different form every day. Wouldn't that be great?"

Fallen Saint Black Cat: "Enough. Stop talking about it. I think this topic should be over now."

UMR: "Then when you come over this weekend, remember to go with me to the arcade nearby after the autograph session and have a match. @NO NAME, are you coming that day? The three of us can compete together. I've never forgotten how you crushed me for half an hour last time."

NO NAME: "Okay, but if you lose to me again offline and cry, I won't be responsible."

With just a few words, the Diary Enthusiasts Club's second gathering, along with a gaming tournament, was settled.

Kasumigaoka Utaha, however, still remembered that You Know Who had mentioned that Yukinoshita again in his diary. As the other half of the "peerless twin beauties," every time You Know Who mentioned her, Utaha couldn't help paying attention to her situation.

Since You Know Who had already confirmed that she possessed a Diary, did that mean she had likely joined this group chat already?

Thinking that, Kasumigaoka Utaha immediately asked in the group.

Kashiko Kasumi: "I also wanted to ask: You Know Who said that Yukinoshita should possess a Diary. Has this Yukinoshita joined our group chat?"

UMR: "Oho, here it comes—the clash between the two hugely popular heroines personally designated by You Know Who. Yukino, the Second Daughter of the Yukinoshita Family, are you in the group? If you are, say something~!"

After quite a while, no newcomer spoke in the group.

UMR: "Eh, it looks like Yukinoshita hasn't joined our group chat. What a pity."

Kasumigaoka Utaha sighed as well. The other girl seemed much colder than she had expected. The name Yukino Yukinoshita truly suited her.

Kashiko Kasumi: "She probably didn't join. I originally wanted to ask her what this Service Club was about. It always sounds kind of strange."

Fallen Saint Black Cat: "More accurately, there are probably only a few people who can see that name and not get the wrong idea."

Once they started talking about that, the gaming experts in the group began studying the name Service Club again.

In the end, someone seemingly couldn't sit still any longer.

A person using a panda avatar forcibly dragged the increasingly off-track topic back.

Mr. Pan: "You only get the wrong idea because you're viewing ordinary words through yellow-tinted glasses. The Service Club is merely a place that provides people in need with methods to solve their problems, allowing them to change themselves. Nothing more."

Does Mai Sakurajima Have Puberty Troubles Too?

After the girl with the nickname Mr. Pan spoke, the group chat fell quiet for a while.

Judging from her tone, she seemed to be Yukino Yukinoshita.

Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at the other's nickname and recalled her messages since joining the group.

She seemed to speak very rarely in the group. She mainly spoke more frequently around the time she first joined, and the last time she had spoken was when they discussed You Know Who's identity. She had emerged to suggest one possibility:

"Since most of us are around high school age, that mysterious person may very well be a high school student too."

That guess had sparked quite a bit of discussion in the group at the time, because the idea really did sound reasonable.

They were all heroines from different works You Know Who had watched in his previous life.

Although they still didn't know when their works had been released in You Know Who's previous life, based on the information he had revealed so far, the works with the longest history there were probably Conan, Kaitou Kid, and Cat's Eye, all of which had existed for nearly thirty years.