What Era Is It, Still Writing Traditional Diaries

And there was a very obvious commonality between their stories.

It was just that the mysterious person, who always liked to add insult to injury, didn't continue any further, seemingly waiting for them, who were looking at the diary, to figure out the truth themselves.

For this reason, Black Cat complained fiercely about the mysterious person in private, and then figured out a way to investigate and find the true identity of Eromanga Sensei.

Fortunately, the girls in the group were very sensitive to the things the mysterious person mentioned in the diary, and it was estimated that it wouldn't take long for her to learn about the situation of that Eromanga Sensei in the group.

And besides complaining about the mysterious person, Gokō Ruri also had to admit that compared to debuting as a light novelist, the advice the mysterious person gave her in the diary was indeed more actionable.

Compared to light novels, she was indeed more confident in her computer skills and gaming skills.

In this era when online live streaming was just emerging, if she operated according to what the mysterious person wrote in the diary, she might really be able to make money by playing games in the future, and then her family wouldn't have to work so hard to earn money now.

At this moment, Gokō Ruri was working on modeling on her old computer, which she had painstakingly saved up to buy second-hand parts and assemble herself.

Although the image of herself given by the mysterious person looked a bit embarrassing, compared to her appearing on camera in reality, this method was obviously more acceptable.

As long as she adjusted and modified it a little more, no one in reality would be able to recognize her identity.

But what made her grit her teeth was that after she had only been drawing on the computer for a few minutes, the entire room suddenly went completely dark, and panicked screams from her younger sisters could be heard from the next room.

Her parents hadn't gotten off work yet, so as the eldest daughter in the family, she naturally had to take on the responsibility of taking care of her sisters.

After spending a while calming her sisters down, she took her phone and prepared to check the circuit breaker.

She also complained in the group chat.

Everything was normal at first, and she just thought it was an accident, but after she reset the circuit breaker and returned to the room, the power tripped again after a few minutes, and she began to sense that something was wrong.

This time, she carefully checked the appliances in the house and confirmed that there were no problems.

Afterward, she told her two younger sisters to stay in the room and not run around, and then she went back to the circuit breaker to reset it.

This time, she didn't leave immediately, but continued to stand by the circuit breaker and wait. After several minutes passed without the power tripping again, she walked back with a frown.

It's a bit strange, how did the power trip just now? Should I call someone to check if any of the wiring is aging tomorrow?

However, since it didn't trip again this time, Gokō Ruri didn't think much of it.

Returning to the computer, she intended to continue her work.

But after only a few minutes of work, the sound of a television came from the living room.

"Hinata, are you watching TV? Didn't I tell you not to watch TV after eight o'clock at night?" Gokō Ruri shouted towards the living room. Gokō Hinata was the second daughter of her family, and she was only ten years old this year, so naturally, she couldn't watch TV too late.

As a result, after Gokō Ruri asked, footsteps soon came from outside the room.

Gokō Hinata, with her twin ponytails, ran into her elder sister's room with a strange expression.

"I'm in my room telling Tamaki a story. Didn't you turn on the TV, Big Sis?"

Hearing her sister's explanation, the confusion on Gokō Ruri's face deepened.

Her sister wouldn't lie about such things. If she really wanted to watch TV, she would have confessed. She wouldn't say much even if she watched for a little longer.

So if it wasn't her sister, then who turned on the TV in the living room?

Gokō Ruri walked out of the room and looked at the TV in the living room, which had inexplicably turned on by itself. Gokō Ruri couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Rarely, she confirmed with her sister again that they didn't turn on the TV.

The answer she received was still the same.

Could it really be a ghost?

Gokō Ruri couldn't help but swallow.

She was a bit chuunibyou. Before she got the diary, she often hid in the house alone at night to perform some rituals, but now it was different.

Now she had confirmed that there were indeed ghosts in this world. She had also listened carefully in the group chat as Yotsuya Miko described how disgusting the appearances of those grudges and evil spirits were.

However, those grudges, apart from attacking those who could see them, were difficult to affect reality, let alone do things like pulling circuit breakers and turning on TVs.

But Gokō Ruri also remembered that besides those grudges, Shitamachi Godmother had also mentioned that those ancient yokai were also slowly reviving with the changes of the times.

Could it be that some yokai had entered her house?

Thinking of this, Gokō Ruri quickly sent a private message to Shinomiya Kaguya in the group, asking her to help inquire from Shitamachi Godmother what to do in such a situation.

Chapter 84: Jerry from Black Cat's House

Shinomiya Kaguya saw that Gokō Ruri, who had been complaining in the group chat, suddenly became timid. She was naturally very interested in the appearance of "yokai," so she immediately consulted Shitamachi Godmother.

"I haven't dealt with yokai much, but in recent years, I have indeed heard a lot of rumors about yokai. However, generally speaking, you don't need to worry too much, because this is Tokyo, and there won't be too dangerous yokai."

After hearing Shinomiya Kaguya's description, Shitamachi Godmother Takeda Misae quickly gave her opinion.

Shinomiya Kaguya wasn't very trusting of those so-called official espers.

After all, Beika Town had become a gathering place for grudges, and she hadn't seen these official personnel deal with it. Would they be so concerned about yokai?

"The attitude of the espers in the hidden world towards grudges and yokai is different. After all, grudges cannot attack those who cannot see them, and they almost have no impact on reality."

"And these grudges are born from various places every day, and then they dissipate through various channels or are eaten as food by other grudges, cursed spirits, or even yokai. The vast majority of grudges do not cause any impact on human life, so the attitude of Sorcery Headquarters towards grudges is control over elimination."

"Cursed spirits, as curses, do attack ordinary people, but the number of cursed spirits is relatively small compared to grudges, and they rarely gather together. The threat they can cause is actually only slightly higher than grudges, and they are specifically handled by Sorcery Headquarters, so there is no need to worry too much."

"But yokai are different. Yokai have their own ideas and can directly affect people's lives. Moreover, yokai like to live together in groups, and even form factions. Therefore, yokai have always been the focus of attention in the hidden world."

"If a truly powerful yokai were to appear, the Sorcery Headquarters would have surely detected it by now."

"What's at your friend's house now is probably just a recently revived, mischievous little yokai. These small ones are quite easy to deal with; usually, you can appease them with a few meals. If you're lucky, you might even get the yokai to become your household guardian."

"It's like the legendary Zashiki-warashi, a yokai that enjoys playing with children in other people's homes, and the family it stays with is blessed with good fortune."

"Because of this trait of bringing luck, in ancient times, people would specifically hire onmyoji to bind Zashiki-warashi to their homes to monopolize this good fortune."

"If you don't mind, could you tell me your friend's address so I can take a look? If it really is a Zashiki-warashi, what are your thoughts on it, Lady Kaguya?"

Takeda Misae asked Shinomiya Kaguya for permission. After all, she was currently relying on Shinomiya Kaguya for her livelihood. If she could bring back a luck-bringing Zashiki-warashi for this young lady, she would surely gain more benefits.

Shinomiya Kaguya was also somewhat interested in the matter of the Zashiki-warashi, but she decided against keeping one in her own home.

The Shinomiya Family had already developed to its current extent; did they really need a small yokai to bring them more good luck? This sort of thing should be left to Black Cat, whose family situation was more constrained.

Receiving an answer from Shinomiya Kaguya, Gokō Ruri breathed a small sigh of relief.

Without dwelling on it, she told Shinomiya Kaguya her address.

Following the instructions of the Shitamachi Godmother, she had her two younger sisters watch TV in the living room while she guarded the living room entrance, awaiting their arrival.

Her younger sister, the younger Gokō Tamaki, was happy to be able to watch TV so late.

The older Gokō Hinata, however, felt a bit nervous.

She had overheard her older sister's phone call in her room earlier, saying she suspected some yokai had entered their home.

Gokō Hinata knew her older sister had a bit of chuunibyou; she usually hid in her room chanting spells and drawing magic circles, and she would also fabricate a large number of non-existent contacts on her phone to claim she had many friends.

Of course, Gokō Hinata had no complaints about her older sister's behavior. She had even sworn in her heart that, when faced with her sister, who usually took good care of her, no matter what strange actions she took, she would control her expression and absolutely not laugh.

In the past, if she heard her older sister talk about yokai, she would definitely think her older sister was playing a prank on her.

However, recently, her older sister's behavior seemed to have become increasingly strange, making her unable to help but overthink.

Simply put, it seemed her older sister had actually managed to conjure something up.

This change seemed to have started about half a month ago.

One evening, her sister suddenly approached her, looking serious as if she wanted to say something, but in the end, she only talked about some trivial matters before leaving.

Before that day, Gokō Hinata truly could not imagine that anyone in the world could simultaneously display expressions of surprise and disappointment on their face.

Thus, Gokō Hinata began to pay more attention to her older sister.

This attention led to a significant discovery.

She already knew about the chat group, of course. Her older sister was constantly glued to her phone, chatting with people, and even went out to meet them last week, which made her, as a younger sister, a little worried about whether her older sister could get along with others.

Fortunately, when she returned that day, her sister seemed very happy. She even bragged to them about eating a grand meal prepared by a graduate of the legendary Totsuki Culinary Academy in a huge mansion that night.

However, setting aside her older sister finding friends, her sister's physical condition was even more noteworthy.

She knew that although her older sister was skilled in housework and excelled in many areas, she was completely inept at sports. Even doing stretching exercises felt like serving a sentence.

But recently, her older sister's stamina and physical coordination seemed to have improved significantly compared to before.

Previously, when her sister was doing a major cleaning of the room, she would be out of breath and often needed to rest in between.

But during the major cleaning last weekend, her sister displayed astonishing strength and stamina, working for an entire morning without any breaks. By the end of the cleaning, she had barely broken a sweat.

At the time, she had curiously asked her older sister about it, and the answer she received was the usual chuunibyou response: "As long as you maintain the correct breathing, you won't feel tired."

At that moment, her sister genuinely wanted to teach her some breathing rhythms. However, the breathing method, which sounded so awkward, immediately made her give up, dismissing it as her older sister playing a joke on her.

But what was concerning was that later that night, when she got up to use the restroom, she suddenly heard the sound of electric arcs from her older sister's room.

Worried that something might have happened to her older sister, she secretly peeked through the door cracks and saw that the electric arcs were actually emanating from her older sister's hands.

She was so startled that she cried out.

Although her sister's explanation in the end was "magic," she was already ten years old. Such talk to deceive children could at best fool Tamaki, but it couldn't fool her.

Her older sister must have truly acquired some superpower. Perhaps her chat group was a mysterious organization formed by superpowered individuals.

Therefore, when she heard her older sister mention yokai tonight, her initial reaction was that her older sister was joking. But after calming down, she realized that her older sister might not be joking.

She could even faintly hear the sound of electric arcs emanating from her older sister when she left the living room to check other areas.

Could it be that a yokai had really entered their home?

Was it attracted by her older sister? Or did it come to their house by chance?

Gokō Hinata's mind was entirely focused on the suspicious yokai, and she had no intention of seriously watching TV. She also didn't notice that on the shelf behind her, a brown mouse was intently watching the television.

Jerry was currently catching up on his favorite show. Today, he had almost missed it because he had to come here.

"But this Black Cat seems quite easy to get along with. Seeing me here watching TV, she even called her sisters to watch with me," Jerry mused, looking at the two little girls sitting in front of him.

It's just that the family's living conditions don't seem very good. Forget comparing it to Miyauchi Hiyage's mansion; even the place he lived in before coming to this world was better than this.

He had taken a brief stroll around the area and could smell more than one of his own kind.

However, his compatriots in this world seemed to be mindless dirty creatures. Not only did they defecate indiscriminately, but they also liked to gnaw everywhere, bringing back a pile of parasites from outside. They had none of the elegance a mouse should possess.

Jerry felt that after he finished watching today's prime-time programming, he should properly teach these mindless local mice a lesson. Since they were living in someone else's house and eating their food, they should at least have basic manners.

If they refused to be polite, he would have no choice but to ask those compatriots to find somewhere else to go.

However, just as the TV drama was reaching its climax that evening, an uninvited guest arrived, distracting Jerry quite a bit.

An old woman in her sixties or seventies, emitting an unpleasant odor.

"This must be the Shitamachi Godmother that Miyauchi Hiyage mentioned," Jerry thought, observing the old woman from a distance as she chatted with Black Cat and entered the house, looking around. He recognized her identity from her attire.

"Did that Black Cat call her to help catch me?" Jerry pondered. He felt the pressure emanating from her was not as strong as that from the blue Tom cat, so he remained motionless, continuing to watch TV from his perch on the cabinet.

There was still more than half of the TV drama left today, and he didn't want to miss it.

It was just that while he didn't care about them, it didn't mean they wouldn't care about him.

As soon as Takeda Misae entered the house, she listened to Black Cat's explanation and greeted her two younger sisters.

She was about to showcase her signature move in front of the girl who had previously shown disdain towards her. Turning around, she saw a brown mouse sitting on the cabinet behind her, engrossed in watching television.

The house didn't look messy, but were there really mice brazenly crawling out?

She wondered how she had become friends with the young lady from the Shinomiya family.

But since she was here, she might as well put on a good show.

Takeda Misae muttered this to herself, then casually took out a string of prayer beads, preparing to stimulate spiritual energy within them.

Her shop was on the commercial street, where there were quite a few rats. However, these rats were much more sensitive to spiritual energy than ordinary people. A slight stimulation with spiritual energy would be enough to deter them from approaching.

But she normally wouldn't be so extravagant as to use her spiritual energy on a mere mouse.

However, the situation was different now; she was here to find yokai.

Scaring away this mouse with spiritual energy was not only a way to show off in front of the young girls but also a chance to see if there were any other reactions in the room.

She crushed a few beads, and her youthful magic instantly erupted from the prayer beads, rapidly spreading throughout the entire room.