Who Still Writes Traditional Diaries These Days?
Chapter 69

A New Diary Feature Unlocked / Brand-New Diaries Are Being Distributed

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After all, after obtaining the Diary and reading the entries for a week, their Diary access level had been upgraded to level 2, and it provided them with many useful functions.

Like the comment function in Diary, the Diary can be changed to other more convenient formats.

And the crisis warning function, which most girls haven't used but still highly value, is something they appreciate.

They also want to know when they can be upgraded from level 2 to level 3 permissions.

And what kind of effect will Level 3 permissions bring to them?

In any case, just considering crisis early warning, this is a life-saving capability in critical moments.

Besides Shinomiya Kaguya, the heiress of a conglomerate, having ample resources to test the crisis warning function, there is also Yotsuya Miko in their Chat Group, who deals with different Vengeful Spirit all day long. This function was almost tailor-made for Miko.

Despite Yotsuya Miko's current ability to use her Diary as a disguise, as the You Know Who warned Yotsuya Miko in one of her diary entries...

Many Vengeful Spirit disguise themselves as ordinary people. At first glance, they may seem no different from ordinary people, but as soon as they realize that someone is looking at them, they will directly reveal their true form and attack those who can see them.

Under these circumstances, even though Yotsuya Miko was being very careful, every three or four days, her Reading Points would still be deducted as a warning of impending danger.

After more than half a month of testing, Yotsuya Miko has connected the deduction of Reading Points and the reminder methods with the classification of cursed spirits and vengeful Vengeful Spirit that Shitamachi Godmother told them, and has put together a fairly complete crisis early warning mechanism for the girls in the Chat Group.

According to Shitamachi Godmother, level three and four Vengeful Spirit are low-level Vengeful Spirit. Even if ordinary people see them, there is a considerable chance that they can survive. For those with strong life energy, they may even be able to directly shatter those Vengeful Spirit.

Of course, these Vengeful Spirit can usually sense the threat posed by Exorcists, Sorcerers, and people with special constitutions, so they mainly attack ordinary people.

When encountering Vengeful Spirit of this level, Yotsuya Miko receives several crisis warnings almost every day, and these warnings do not consume Reading Points. It is probably because her Diary believes that as long as she does not provoke these Vengeful Spirit further, there will be no danger.

The second level is the intermediate level of the Vengeful Spirit.

Even if Vengeful Spirit of this magnitude were merely standing next to an ordinary person, it would still be able to have some psychological impact on them.

Even if the rule of "attacking humans only when noticed" still needs to be followed, constantly putting mental pressure on humans, forcing them to commit suicide or suffer a mental breakdown, is basically the work of intermediate-level Vengeful Spirit.

When Shitamachi Godmother was young, it took her a lot of effort to deal with these intermediate-level Vengeful Spirit.

When encountering Vengeful Spirit of this magnitude, the Diary will not only issue continuous warnings, but will also automatically deduct Reading Points at critical moments to provide Yotsuya Miko with a solution to the danger.

As for the higher-level Vengeful Spirit, Shinomiya Miko has only triggered them once so far, and she hasn't even seen what they look like in person.

At that time, she was out with her friend Yurikawa Hana on the weekend when Yurikawa Hana was harassed by a Vengeful Spirit of at least level two on the way there.

Afterwards, because the Vengeful Spirit was not interested in her and could not trigger the Diary's warning mechanism, Yotsuya Miko could only try to take the spirit to a nearby shrine to pray for blessings and see if she could use the shrine's power to drive away the Vengeful Spirit.

As a result, when she used her phone to navigate to a nearby mountain shrine, before she could even take a step, she received a crisis warning from her Diary, reminding her that she absolutely must not follow the phone's navigation to that shrine, and the Diary also recommended another shrine that was also relatively remote, telling her to just go there to pay her respects.

When Yotsuya Miko saw that the crisis warning in her Diary was actually a shrine she had randomly navigated to, she almost threw her phone away.

Especially after she exited the navigation program and logged back in, she couldn't find the address information for "Mitsukoya Shrine" that she had previously navigated to, and Yotsuya Miko broke out in a cold sweat.

Then she quickly dragged Yurikawa Hana on a one-hour tram ride to the small shrine that the Diary had mentioned, which was somewhat remote but not isolated, to pay their respects.

Although there was no one in the shrine at the time, surprisingly, after the two of them entered the shrine, the Vengeful Spirit that had followed Yurikawa Hana ran away on its own, seemingly too afraid to enter the shrine at all.

Therefore, Yotsuya Miko naturally told everyone about her experience that very night. She also mentioned the two threatening shrines in the group chat: one suspected of having a high-level Vengeful Spirit that could even interfere with her phone messages, and the other suburban shrine that the Diary had enthusiastically recommended and that she had personally tested and found effective.

This has led to a significant increase in the number of worshippers at that previously unremarkable little shrine, although the shrine's manager seems to be someone who dislikes trouble.

They don't come out to meet normal worshippers at all.

Even if Shinomiya Kaguya, the heiress of a conglomerate, went in person, the other party would at most give her a simple divination because of the money.

Then Shinomiya Kaguya, along with Hayasaka Ai and several bodyguards she brought with her, were kicked out of the shrine.

According to the other party, "People who have other powerful figures protecting them should not come to her little shrine unless necessary, as she cannot afford to entertain them."

It's unclear whether the "big boss" the woman was referring to was the mysterious deity behind the Diary, a figure even the You Know Who himself couldn't understand.

In short, although the shrine owner drove Shinomiya Kaguya away, this only made the other girls who had the Diary more certain that the other party was indeed a truly skilled Exorcists.

Unfortunately, according to the Shitamachi Godmother Mother, the other party followed the purest Shinto.

Eighty Chengdu of his skills can only be used when he is on his own turf.

This restriction was clearly unacceptable to the girls who owned the Diary. Furthermore, after the other party directly stated that there was nothing wrong and they hadn't visited her, the girls gradually reduced their visits to that shrine.

As for the even more mysterious "Mitsukoya Shrine".

When she uttered that name, Shinomiya Kaguya Shitamachi Godmother for the first time.

Judging from her reaction, it seems that Shitamachi Godmother had also interacted with this mysterious shrine before, and had many pleasant experiences with it.

Chapter 132: New Features Unlocked in the Diary

When Yotsuya Miko came to her senses, she also realized that the "Mitsukoya Shrine" might be a crisis she might have encountered in the original story.

Anyway, after learning that the teacher who introduced the Shitamachi Godmother to the profession of Exorcists had lost his life because of that mysterious shrine, Yotsuya Miko was inwardly thankful that the Diary had saved her life once again.

She's not exactly a curious person; she's determined to find out what happened back then.

Let the professionals handle the Vengeful Spirit at that shrine. Right now, she just wants to live peacefully until she accumulates enough Reading Points to freely control her Spirit Vision.

What she cares about more now is that she used to think of the Diary as another type of Vengeful Spirit, so she didn't dare to get close to it. As a result, she spent more than ten days less gaining Reading Points in the Diary than the other girls, and even her permission upgrade speed was slower.

Furthermore, because powerful Vengeful Spirit always appear around her for various reasons, she accumulates Reading Points much slower than other girls.

As a result, she is only at the very beginning of Ripple Breathing and it is almost useless when facing Vengeful Spirit.

That is, today.

The people in the Chat Group were originally discussing the story of the doctor who was reincarnated as Hoshino Ai's son in the original storyline.

Your teammates are almost finding a perfect way to beat the game, but the opposing character, who is the protagonist, chooses to ditch his teammates and go up to fight alone.

Then, in order to frame Kamiki Hikaru, he stabbed himself with a knife, and finally jumped off a cliff with her, committing suicide in a series of mysterious actions that paid homage to Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty.

Furthermore, the You Know Who brings up the protagonist's past life as a medical whiz, and coupled with text such as "Aqua's plan to kill himself was flawless, and the police were completely fooled," it becomes exceptionally mind-bending.

Only Hoshino Ai, who started being Idol at the age of 12 and currently only has an elementary school education, seems to not understand why everyone suddenly fell silent when this topic was discussed.

However, since everyone has known each other for more than half a month now, the girls in the group are quite clear about the personalities of those who are often mentioned by the You Know Who and who are more active in the group.

Although Hoshino Ai has amazing talent and learning ability in the Idol industry, she lacks some normal human emotions due to a lack of love in her childhood, and her cognition is also different from that of ordinary people.

Just like now, although Hoshino Ai can no longer go back to her original path, she still insists that the You Know Who is her number one fan, and in the past month, she has taken out her Diary on stage many times to look for the You Know Who's whereabouts.

The girls in the group had no doubt that even if the You Know Who was a woman, as long as she stood in front of Hoshino Ai, revealed her identity, and chatted with Hoshino Ai for a few minutes, she could trick Hoshino Ai into joining the other side.

If it's a man, and he's not bad-looking, then it's even worse.

Even knowing the original ending of her story, Hoshino Ai might still be willing to go to the You Know Who's bed at their beckoning.

However, the girls in the group weren't that worried about this.

After all, Shinomiya Kaguya still takes good care of her "junior" and would not allow You Know Who to take advantage of her vulnerability.

Another thing is that the You Know Who also complained in today's diary, "The Hoshino family's genes are too powerful. They used genetics to transform a medical student into what he is now."

Fortunately, Hoshino Ai also failed to notice the sarcasm in that statement.

In short, after Hoshino Ai expressed her doubts, Shinomiya Kaguya earnestly explained to Hoshino Ai that the fingerprints on the murder weapon, the angle of the stab wound she made to herself, and the direction of the force were clearly different from the wounds caused by other people stabbing her.

She explained to Hoshino Ai in language that even an elementary school student could understand, which made Hoshino Ai realize that her seemingly flawless plan was actually full of flaws.

At the Shinomiya Family, Shinomiya Kaguya also wiped her forehead.

Until today, she would sometimes wonder why she wanted to become a photographer.

But after seeing the "astounding wisdom" displayed by the author who created her story in Hoshino Ai's story, she suddenly stopped worrying about it.

Since he's already in this situation, why bother trying to figure out what's going on in his head?

Don't be fooled by the You Know Who's diary complaints about the Hoshino family's powerful genes influencing others; in the end, wasn't it his creator who came up with this story?

Thinking of this, Shinomiya Kaguya looked at the Diary in her hand and breathed a slight sigh of relief.

She could deduce from the few words the You Know Who mentioned to her in his diary that her personality would change because of a boy.

Such plots are indeed quite common in a romantic campus comedy.

Although she found it hard to accept that version of herself, she could still understand it.

Now that she has the Diary, she naturally won't go down the same path as before.

With this thought in mind, she flipped through the You Know Who's diary again, searching for any information or intelligence that might be useful. Finally, she saw what she wanted to see most.

A month after obtaining the Diary, her Diary access was finally upgraded to level 3.

The first time it lasted a week, and the second time it lasted a month.

So how long will the next upgrade take?

A quarter?

Or a year?

Shinomiya Kaguya put these things aside for the time being, and instead began to study the new features that appeared after the Diary's permissions reached level 3.

The previous functions remain unchanged.

However, an additional map function has been added, allowing users to observe the surrounding area within 100 meters through the map in the Diary.

It seems that the warning function has also been integrated here. We'll have to wait until Yotsuya Miko Spirit Vision, upgrades before we can test it out.

Along with the map function, there is also a commission interface.

It seems that some acceptable commissions will randomly spawn on the map, and by completing these commissions, you can get extra Reading Points from the Diary.

Shinomiya Kaguya looked around and quickly spotted an A+ rank request near the edge of the map.

She clicked on it and saw that the client was actually Shitamachi Godmother.

The details of this commission are that she needs to find out the truth about the mysterious Mitsukoya Shrine.

Below the request was a reminder from the Diary.

You do not meet the minimum requirements to accept this commission. Please cherish your life.

Chapter 133: Brand New Diary Are Being Distributed

Well, even without this reminder in the Diary, Shinomiya Kaguya knew she definitely wouldn't be able to solve this request.

Yotsuya Miko's phone navigation simply led her to that location, and the diary immediately issued a warning, deducting Reading Points from her Diary.

When Shitamachi Godmother was young, she was at least a level 2 Exorcists. Given her strength in her youth, she never even considered going to that shrine to avenge her teacher all these years.

Even the way the shrine reacted with considerable tension after she inquired about the Mitsukoya Shrine, asking her or her friends if they had done anything at the shrine, showed that the situation there was definitely not simple.

Level 1?

Or is it top grade?

Shinomiya Kaguya decisively ignored the request.

Although her physical condition has improved considerably, it's still only for ordinary people.

Even with all its Ripple activated, it would only be at most a level four in the Reverse Side World.

"Although the Diary's permissions have been raised to level 3, relying on commissions should speed up the acquisition of Reading Points considerably, it's still far from being able to truly stand at the pinnacle of the Reverse Side World."

The upper limit of both Spiritual Power and Cursed Energy power is almost determined by innate factors.

A person's potential can be seen during their first awakening.

Even if someone with no qualifications awakens through luck, they will ultimately not be able to go very far on this path.

A qualified person, even if they have only awakened for one or two months, may be able to rise to the top and become a first-level or even a special-level superhuman in one step.

Just like that guy who caused quite a stir in the Reverse Side World at the end of last year.

He seems to be only 17 or 18 years old this year.

With the help of a top-tier cursed spirit, he was discovered by the Jujutsu Society and was promoted to a top-tier Sorcerers without much effort.

Then, for some reason, he lost his cursed spirit in an attack by a cursed mage and reverted to the lowest level, a fourth-level Sorcerers.

As a result, not long after the Chinese New Year this year, the other party regained his status as a top-level Sorcerers through his own abilities.

Anyway, the Reverse Side World in Tokyo was quite a stir because of this news, to the point that even a semi-retired old guy like Takeda Misae heard a lot about the other party from his friends.

She could only sigh and say that in the world of extraordinary people, the efforts of a family over decades or even centuries may not be as effective as those of a single talented genius.

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