What Era Is It, Still Writing Traditional Diaries

After all, he felt that instead of letting Itou Kaiji continue to risk his life in casinos all day, it would be better to film some videos with him.

Come to think of it, Itou Kaiji's personality is actually quite suitable.

High tolerance – Itou Kaiji's life has experienced so many ups and downs, betrayals, and sell-outs. He even lost an ear and had four fingers cut off in a gamble.

Even so, he was able to complete the final comeback against all odds. Such psychological fortitude is definitely top-notch.

The show's effect is also great – gifting when ahead, playing recklessly when leading, crying when behind, and making comebacks in desperate situations.

Personality-wise, he's a bit of a wealth-hater, but a scumbag with a bottom line.

The biggest problem is his gambling addiction.

He's been described as someone who, after experiencing life-and-death struggles in the casino, can no longer be satisfied by ordinary thrills.

But vengeful spirits and ghosts are on a different track entirely.

Want to find that kind of thrill of hovering between life and death?

Then this place is perfect for him!

Looking at Itou Kaiji, who still looked like a good-for-nothing, Miyauchi Hiyage almost blurted out, "Please, you must join my team."

Chapter 91: Itou Kaiji's Fate Begins to Shift

Miyauchi Hiyage couldn't remember the name of the guy who made Itou Kaiji sign that high-interest loan guarantee.

He only remembered that the guy was apparently sent to the same cruise ship by debt collectors in the future and betrayed Itou Kaiji again for money at the end of the gamble.

Facing such a gambler who was meek on the outside but aggressive on the inside, even Miyauchi Hiyage before obtaining the diary wouldn't have been afraid of him.

Therefore, as soon as Miyauchi Hiyage walked in, the guy's eyes started to show a lot of guilt.

Before he could react, Miyauchi Hiyage had already snatched the guarantee document from his hand and was checking the debt information.

It stated that this person named Furuhata Takeshi had applied for a loan of 300,000 yen from a lending company.

With Itou Kaiji's current income as a convenience store clerk of 150,000 to 200,000 yen per month, this was almost equivalent to his nearly two months' salary.

It didn't seem like a lot. Even if he paid 50,000 yen a month, he could pay it off in about half a year.

But this was a high-interest loan.

Seeing that the terms stated the loan's interest rate was a monthly compound interest of 20%, Miyauchi Hiyage, who was decent at math, almost instantly calculated the change in the high-interest loan amount over the next year.

"Just in the first month, the interest generated is 60,000 yen. In the second month, it becomes 70,000 yen... After a year, the interest alone will exceed 2 million yen. Are you really going to sign this guarantee for him?"

As he said this, Miyauchi Hiyage handed the guarantee document to Itou Kaiji, who was shocked by the figure of 2 million yen.

"Rather than a guarantee, I think this is more like a trap designed by him and that loan company for you."

"For a period after signing the guarantee, the loan company won't actively come to collect the debt. They'll wait until some time has passed, when the interest on this loan has accumulated to over a million yen, and then they'll send people with this guarantee you personally signed to demand money from you."

As Miyauchi Hiyage's reminder continued, the young man's body began to tremble, as if his innermost thoughts had been exposed by Miyauchi Hiyage.

He tried to explain to Itou Kaiji.

"Onii-san Kaiji, please listen to me. I absolutely didn't mean anything by it."

"I just needed some principal, so I went to that loan company. Two days, as long as I have this principal, I'll only need two days to pay it back. I won't let it keep accumulating interest like this."

Hearing these classic gambler's remarks, Miyauchi Hiyage couldn't help but laugh.

He looked at Itou Kaiji.

Since he had already given his warning, if Itou Kaiji still wanted to guarantee it out of so-called "friendship," then he didn't need to persuade him further.

Fortunately, although Itou Kaiji was soft-hearted, he wasn't a complete fool.

The reason he and Furuhata Takeshi became friends was because they often went to a nearby pachinko parlor to play after work.

He had been moved by the other party's pleas before and hadn't thought carefully about the implications, which led him to think that it wouldn't be a big deal to just sign for him.

It wasn't until Miyauchi Hiyage interrupted their conversation that his original intelligence reasserted itself, and Itou Kaiji realized the problem.

Itou Kaiji, whose monthly salary was only a little over 100,000 yen, hadn't fully awakened his gambler's nature yet. Even when he played pachinko, he would calculate whether his remaining salary was enough for living expenses before playing.

However, Furuhata Takeshi seemed to have gotten carried away in the past few months, playing bigger and bigger stakes. Itou Kaiji had even privately advised him several times, but he couldn't get the other party to repent.

Now, what reason could Furuhata Takeshi have for borrowing 300,000 yen from a high-interest loan company? Furuhata Takeshi had been complaining for half the day without mentioning the reason for borrowing the money, and he hadn't mentioned anyone in his family being sick before.

So, this guy was simply borrowing money to gamble, right?

No, perhaps he had already borrowed money from quite a few loan companies before this.

It's just that he might have lost all that money, which is why he's setting his sights on him.

With his intelligence returned to normal, Itou Kaiji almost instantly assessed the situation of the seemingly honest junior in front of him.

A few drops of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Then, he abruptly returned the guarantee document to Furuhata Takeshi.

"Sorry, I can't do this. You should talk to your family!"

As he said this, Itou Kaiji cast a grateful glance at Miyauchi Hiyage, who was standing nearby, and then returned to the convenience store.

That was close. If this kind passerby hadn't been so kind, he would have truly fallen into someone else's trap.

Miyauchi Hiyage looked again at the guy who had tried to frame Itou Kaiji.

This guy was truly cowardly.

Even with Miyauchi Hiyage standing right in front of him, revealing his dark thoughts, the guy had only managed to say "You're rude" at the beginning. After that, he just stood there with a vacant stare, not daring to pester Itou Kaiji further, nor daring to confront or even fight Miyauchi Hiyage, who had ruined his plan.

Looking at his unfocused eyes, who knew what he was thinking.

He was probably considering who else, besides Itou Kaiji, he could exploit.

However, anyone who seriously looked at the contents of that guarantee letter, other than the easily swayed Itou Kaiji, would be hard-pressed to agree to be a guarantor.

Miyauchi Hiyage didn't bother with the man's sordid thoughts.

Instead, he followed in Itou Kaiji's footsteps and entered the convenience store with him.

As Itou Kaiji, who had just entered the convenience store to start his shift, turned around and saw Miyauchi Hiyage following him, he was taken aback.

He thought the other person wanted to buy something, so he quickly adopted the posture of a convenience store clerk and asked what he needed, adding a word of thanks afterward.

"Excuse me, thank you so much for the reminder just now. Otherwise, I might have really signed that guarantee letter without realizing it."

Miyauchi Hiyage nodded noncommittally.

Then, he handed Itou Kaiji a business card from Asahigaoka Media.

Of course, his identity on this business card was not chairman or general manager; it simply stated his position as an ordinary video director.

"Although it was just a chance encounter, I think your image fits our company's requirements. If you feel your current life is too mundane and you want to make some changes, you can give me a call."

"If you're not sure, you can check our company's situation online before making a decision."

Chapter 92: Takanashi Scattered Across the Country

After handing the business card to Itou Kaiji, Miyauchi Hiyage didn't say much more. He casually bought a few drinks at the convenience store and left.

Given Itou Kaiji's personality—wanting to achieve something in his life but being hesitant and cautious—after looking into Asahigaoka Group's rise to prominence, he would most likely call the number on the business card to inquire.

At that time, Miyauchi Hiyage just needed to give Itou Kaiji a half-truthful, half-false threat and paint a rosy picture for him, and he could probably bring him under his wing.

Therefore, Miyauchi Hiyage wasn't in a hurry. Only when Itou Kaiji came to him proactively could he better control the situation.

Walking all the way to the deserted villa, Miyauchi Hiyage observed it carefully.

It was already night, and under the dim streetlights, the place genuinely had a slightly eerie and unsettling atmosphere.

Satisfied with the environment, Miyauchi Hiyage took a few photos, then pondered how to shoot the video tomorrow before returning to his home.

It was time to complete his work for the day.

[After wandering around outside for a few days, I've finally returned to Tokyo today.

I'm starting to prepare for Kasumi Kasumi-sensei's book signing event tomorrow. Of course, I hope Kasumi Kasumi-sensei doesn't overlook her most loyal fan because she's too concerned about me.

Also, I wonder how Miss Black Cat in Chiba is feeling about Jerry, whom I've temporarily left at your place.

If I keep Jerry at my home, I'm genuinely afraid it'll tear the place apart, so I've let it roam outside for a while.

But you don't need to worry. Although Jerry is usually a bit mischievous and always causing trouble, it's fundamentally a good mouse. I hope you two get along well.

Of course, as compensation, besides the advanced Ripple Breathing training methods it can guide you with, I've also given Jerry many useful things, which it has stored in its little bag. If you can satisfy it, it might even offer those things as rewards for you.

Moreover, this trip has made me realize that this world, both the surface world where ordinary people live and the hidden world with supernatural beings, doesn't entirely follow the path laid out in stories.

I've been writing your stories in the diary for you all this time, and the destinies of you girls who received the diary have long since changed.

However, even without my appearance, characters who didn't receive a diary might have their stories altered due to interactions with characters from other works.

Let's take the surname Takanashi as an example.

In the world before I transmigrated, Takanashi was an extremely rare surname, with only about thirty people in all of Japan bearing it.

But interestingly, due to its unique pronunciation rules, the surname Takanashi has considerable popularity in various film and anime works. In the works I've seen alone, there are over ten characters named Takanashi.

Therefore, a phenomenon has occurred in this world.

The surname Takanashi remains quite rare, yet it is inexplicably distributed across various regions of Japan.

Hokkaido, Kyoto, Tokyo, and even Takanashi who transmigrated to another world to become a saintess and a vampire.

While I don't know if the latter two Takanashi exist, based on my observations, most Takanashi might have relatively close familial relationships.

So, if something happens to one Takanashi, other Takanashi in different regions might extend a helping hand to those Takanashi due to their kinship, thereby altering the original fate of those Takanashi.

For a spoiler-loving person like me, this feeling of familiar stories deviating from my control is indeed somewhat subtle. I don't know if this change is good or bad for this world.

But since unreasonable things like diaries have appeared, you girls with the diaries should at least share some of my burden.

Also, since I've brought it up, I might as well say a bit more.

To a certain Takanashi who claims to possess the Evil Eye, I don't know if you recognize a Takanashi who married three times and had three daughters with three wives. If you're unsure, you can ask your sister.

In short, not long from now, that Takanashi will be involved in a plane crash while traveling with his third wife, leaving behind three daughters who will have no one to care for them.

However, I'm not sure exactly when that person will board the plane that might crash. I can only confirm that nothing has happened to them yet.

So, if you want to change the fate of this Takanashi couple and their daughters, you'll have to figure it out yourself. After all, I have too many things to focus on right now, making it difficult to manage everything.]

After finishing his diary entry for the day, Miyauchi Hiyage went to tinker with the filming equipment he had brought from Asahigaoka.

As expected, his diary entry immediately sparked a flurry of discussion among the girls in the chat group after it was posted.

Kashiko Kasumi: "Even though I'm 80% sure that mysterious person absolutely won't come to my signing event tomorrow, it still makes me so angry seeing him keep mentioning my signing event!"

After all, what if the other person actually showed up?

While a 20% chance might seem low, it's still a 20% chance, isn't it?

Kasumigaoka Utaha asked in the group how many people were planning to attend her signing event tomorrow, so she could make arrangements.

The girls who had already planned to hang out and play games together this week quickly chimed in the group, stating they could use Kasumigaoka Utaha's signing event as a meeting point. If they couldn't find the mysterious person, they would head to a nearby game center to compete and determine their social standing within the group based on their gaming skills.

Gokō Ruri was originally part of the gaming group. However, with Jerry now at her home, she had to figure out how to explain Jerry and Ripple Breathing to Tamaki and Hinata, making sure they wouldn't blab about it. Naturally, she didn't have time to come to Tokyo this week.

But she didn't have any regrets.

After all, just as the mysterious person had said, in just one day, under Jerry's tutelage, she felt her Ripple training had yielded as much progress as three to four Reading Points of training experience.

Moreover, the mysterious person had also mentioned that Jerry carried quite a few things, which made Gokō Ruri even more dedicated to taking care of Jerry.

However, she didn't just stand there. Instead, she @ed Evil Eye in the group, wanting to know how she planned to resolve the issue the mysterious person had written about in his diary.

Chapter 93: The Withering Takanashi Patriarch