Who Still Writes Traditional Diaries These Days?
Chapter 71

Darkened Kasumigaoka Utaha

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She's just taking a nap in class, but the teachers still have to worry about what to do if the weather is too hot or too cold and she can't sleep soundly.

As a result, Kasumigaoka Utaha noticed the Diary update immediately.

"Updated diary at midnight... Could it be that something has changed on the You Know Who's side as well?" Kasumigaoka Utaha pondered to herself.

Tonight, the Diary Chat Group was quite lively because of the unlocking of level 3 permissions and a bunch of random requests.

The Diary assigns different tasks to each person, and some people in the group are even comparing whose task is the most outrageous.

In any case, the highest-level request right now is the A+ rank request to investigate the shrine that Shinomiya Kaguya received.

However, besides that, there was another A+ level request that was accepted by Aoi Hinata, a game expert and fun-loving person.

A+ level commission.

No matter what game it is, no matter what methods are used.

Find the Blank defeat it completely in the game.

If it were just a simple commission, it would only give people a somewhat exaggerated feeling.

But when placed alongside Shinomiya Kaguya's A+ rank request, which requires facing at least First-Class Grudge, it inexplicably creates a sense of oppression.

Therefore, defeating the so-called "Blank" in the game is at least as difficult as having them deal with a First-Class Grudge.

That's outrageous!

Umaru even suggested in the group chat that they should try to create an invincible cheat or directly ask the game's official team to modify the data.

Even if the methods are a bit underhanded, the rewards for an A+ level commission are just too tempting.

For whiteboard commissions below level D, it takes several days to accumulate enough points to earn 1 Reading Points.

Level D is a commission of 1 point.

A C-level commission costs 2 to 10 points.

Grade B has a maximum score of 30, and Grade A has a maximum score of 100.

The A+ level commission from Aoi Hinata starts with 100 Reading Points, plus two random draws.

As for whether there are any higher-level requests, that's beyond the knowledge of modern girls.

Although the You Know Who often complained in his diary about how bad the rewards for writing in his diary were, the girls were still very envious of the fact that they could draw rewards just by writing in their diary every day.

Especially after learning that only those who complete A-level or higher commissions are eligible for the lottery, they became even more furious at the You Know Who's hypocritical behavior of getting a free ride.

However, Aoi Hinata still had her pride, and even faced with the reward of an A+ level commission, she did not waver and insisted on finding a way to complete the commission with her own strength.

Of course, ever since she lost to Umaru was equally skilled, at the arcade, she knew that her current gaming level was still far from that of "Blank".

Her current idea is to figure out the game that Blank is currently playing, and then spend money to hire a group of professional players and random players to gang up on Blank throughout the game. As long as she can catch Blank making a mistake, she will have a chance to complete this mission.

The girls in the Chat Group were still taking a wait-and-see approach to her idea.

After all, only Aoi Hinata had actually fought against [Blank] in the entire Chat Group. As for the other gaming experts, such as Umaru and Black Cat, they had only heard rumors about them online.

Their impression of "Blank" was actually limited to the few sentences mentioned by the You Know Who.

[Blank]'s strength overwhelmed this era, and he never suffered a defeat. In the end, he was even dragged to another world by the God of Games from another world.

The mere fact that it involves gods from another world is enough to make people look up to it.

In comparison, Kasumigaoka Utaha's request seemed rather unremarkable.

Commission 1: Make Love Metronome a top ten best-selling light novel of the quarter.

Commission 2: Make Eriri Spencer Sawamura a loser again, or make Eriri Spencer Sawamura win in the end and give her acceptance speech.

Commission 3: To make use of the talents of the Miyauchi Hiyage.

The first commission is a bit difficult, but if the follow-up promotion can keep up, there is a chance.

The second commission seems like a freebie.

Regardless of Eriri Spencer Sawamura's final fate, she seems to always gain Reading Points.

However, Kasumigaoka Utaha had carefully read the plots posted by the You Know Who and felt that no matter what, the possibility of Eriri Spencer Sawamura giving an acceptance speech was ridiculously low.

If you really want to complete this request quickly, it would be more efficient to have Eriri Spencer Sawamura become the loser.

As for the third one...

Kasumigaoka Utaha didn't quite understand.

Is this Diary up to something?

Isn't this just stirring up infighting among the girls who own Diary?

After all, Miyauchi Hiyage is now Shiina Mashiro's assistant. Although their relationship doesn't seem special at the moment, who knows what will happen in the future.

If she gets involved, wouldn't that be stealing someone else's love?

Because this request was somewhat controversial, Kasumigaoka Utaha did not post it in the group, but instead made some deductions in her mind.

It seems we should be careful as to see if there's a trap behind the request given in this Diary.

"Maybe these requests were all designed by that You Know Who himself, just to see me and the other girls make fools of themselves," Kasumigaoka Utaha subconsciously shifted the blame onto the You Know Who.

In short, that You Know Who never said much about himself in his diary, and always kept his actions secret.

Perhaps that guy wanted to create conflict between them this way, and then watch from the sidelines!

As she pondered this, she continued to scrutinize the You Know Who's diary update that evening.

"The Diary have started being distributed again... So, is the distribution of Diary a monthly cycle?"

The You Know Who said that the Diary he distributed seemed different from the Diary they had, so what was the difference between those new Diary and the Diary they had now?

Seeing that the You Know Who was no longer satisfied with just one reward a day and wanted to get two rewards at the same time, Kasumigaoka Utaha gritted her teeth and continued reading.

After that, the You Know Who began to analyze the commissions they had unlocked.

Sure enough, those commissions were all related to this guy.

One of the two A+ rank missions is to defeat [Blank], which is not surprising. Don't be fooled by the fact that [Blank] may seem like just an ordinary brother and sister, but they are practically superpowered.

My brother is skilled at interpreting psychology and finding loopholes; his predictions about people's hearts are almost never wrong.

The younger sister possesses computing power comparable to a supercomputer, and her hacking skills are among the best in the world.

Trying to defeat them by cheating or directly altering data will only backfire and might even allow them to find you.

For ordinary people, defeating them is indeed too difficult.

However, although they never failed in this world, I remember that they lost a few times for various reasons after they were transported to another world.

Of course, putting aside the matter of the other world, the way to defeat [Blank] in this world is naturally to separate them.

If you can find the Blank offline and separate them, you still have a chance to defeat them.

However, I'm not sure if this will complete the task, since according to them, it can only be called "Blank" when the two of them are together.

Anyway, if you still want to try, I checked the information about [Blank] before and confirmed that the other party should not have been pulled to another world yet. If you want to challenge and take revenge, you do still have a chance.

I'm still really hoping that one of you will actually be able to defeat [Blank]. When that time comes, I'll definitely come and watch.

"As expected, he's encouraging people to challenge that 'Blank,' and he's using us as bait to lure people over to watch." But after a month of back and forth, the girls who own the Diary have long since concluded that the You Know Who most likely obtained the ability to disguise or change appearance in a lottery.

It's highly probable that they possessed some kind of invisibility ability or the ability to observe from a distance, which is why they were so clear about their affairs.

Even if the other party does show up offline, they probably still won't be able to find their whereabouts.

Moreover, according to the You Know Who's description, the "Blank" brother and sister are basically invincible in the field of games. Unless one has stronger hacking skills than the other, or finds the other offline and engages in a game competition where luck far outweighs skill, there is no chance of defeating them.

So here's the question.

How can you find someone who is a hacking genius and has not revealed any identity or address information?

In comparison, the information behind the A+ request that Shinomiya Kaguya received was more attractive to her.

As for the request from the Mitsukoya Shrine, it's quite normal for it to be listed as A+, since the Mountain God enshrined there is indeed quite powerful and can easily deal with ordinary ghosts. It can be said to be the most powerful enemy that has appeared in Miko's story, and it can also be considered as the main plot of Miko.

But to be honest, although that Mountain God was powerful, as Earthbound Spirit of the shrine, it could not stray too far from the shrine, and it seemed to be merely a guardian of the seal.

Judging from the later plot, the reason it continues to attract others to the shrine is probably because it needs to obtain other people's souls in order to maintain the existence of the shrine and the seal.

Of course, it doesn't take away a person's soul directly; it usually gives the person a contract.

When the other party is in danger, you help them a few times. After the contract is completed, you take their soul as agreed. However, this contract is a forced sale. It is mandatory to sign it, and you have no room for resistance or bargaining.

Just like the teacher of the Shitamachi Godmother back then, who chose to sacrifice her soul to become a shrine maiden in order to save the former disciple of the Shitamachi Godmother, and is still bound by that Mountain God to this day.

In this chapter's plot, Miko, with the combined help of the Shitamachi Godmother and her former disciple, finally breaks the shrine's seal, causing the Mountain God to completely vanish.

However, after the shrine's seal was broken, what kind of creature emerged from behind it? Before I transmigrated, the manga hadn't reached this point yet. It must have been an even more powerful Vengeful Spirit or monster.

I wonder if this Vengeful Spirit can reach the Special Grade.

If this Vengeful Spirit is also counted in this A+ commission, then this A+ commission is indeed quite valuable.

However, this request is only to have you investigate the truth about the shrine, probably to find out who the Vengeful Spirit sealed under that shrine is, and it doesn't require you to eliminate it.

It's a pity I really didn't know its identity, otherwise I really wanted to give Kaguya two chances to win the lottery.

In short, since the seal hasn't been cleared away by the big shots in the underworld in Reverse Side World mixed world, it must be because the sealed entity is more threatening than the Mountain God occasionally extracts other people's souls, which is why the shrine has been allowed to exist.

After all, in Japan alone, nearly 10,000 people die every year due to these supernatural events. Compared to that, this shrine might only need one soul every few years. Such a price is completely affordable for them.

Incidentally, given the style of the Jujutsu Society, if Miko really did sign a contract with the Mountain God according to the original story, and then broke the shrine's seal to save her life, and if that being who broke the seal did something, she would most likely be executed by those guys in the Jujutsu Society.

But thinking about it carefully, this might actually be a good thing for Miko.

It is common knowledge that the higher-ups in the Jujutsu Society cannot successfully execute someone.

After all, the thing that so-called strongest Sorcerers liked to do most was to take on those who had been sentenced to death by the higher-ups in the Jujutsu Society as his disciples.

And Yotsuya Miko, who possesses the highest level of Spirit Vision, should be able to receive proper guidance from him.

Although none of his disciples mourned his death after he was dismembered by Ryomen Sukuna's Loan Space Slash, he was even criticized by his own disciples after his death. (laughs)

Looking at the You Know Who's description in the diary, Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

Although she already had a premonition about the danger level of the Mitsukoya Shrine, after the You Know Who's explanation, she gained a greater understanding of the danger level of the Reverse Side World.

Is it because this shrine has a small appetite and suppresses some powerful being that its existence is left unchecked?

Chapter 135: The Darkened Kashiko Kasumi

Kasumigaoka Utaha, who had previously been somewhat drawn to the powerful supernatural forces in the Reverse Side World, finally realized Reverse Side World the situation there wasn't as good as she had imagined.

It is also full of all sorts of schemes and conspiracies.

The You Know Who even directly mentioned the death penalty in the Reverse Side World.

Although Kasumigaoka Utaha doesn't have any particular thoughts about the death penalty in Japanese law, it seems that the death penalty trial in the Reverse Side World is not the same as the one outside.

After all, according to the You Know Who, if Yotsuya Miko really released the mysterious entity suppressed beneath the shrine according to her original storyline, she might be sentenced to death by the Jujutsu Society.

At this moment, Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn't help but wonder if she was truly ready to enter a world she was completely unfamiliar with.

However, the later entries in the diary were still somewhat incomprehensible to her.

Although that so-called high-ranking figure in the Jujutsu Society seemed a bit problematic, the guy known as the strongest Sorcerers also seemed rather strange.

What does it mean to like taking those who have been sentenced to death by the higher-ups in the Jujutsu Society as your disciples?

Is the thought process of this most powerful Sorcerers really that peculiar?

Because she was unaware of the specifics and what those sentenced to death had done, Kasumigaoka Utaha was naturally unable to offer any comment.

But at least the clue to the identity of the You Know Who, the "imprisoned teacher" mentioned earlier, has finally been revealed.

The person who was dismembered by the King of Curses Ryomen Sukuna from a thousand years ago should be the strongest Sorcerers in the Jujutsu Society today.

His personality is uncertain.

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