I Won't Come Out of Hiding Until I'm Invincible

What's going on with you?

Just how many girls have you been seeing behind my back?

This Kasumigaoka Utaha is... well, you know. How come you managed to hook up with a girl like her without even saying a word?

Faced with her older sister's incredulous gaze, Miyauchi Hiyage frowned slightly and asked Kasumigaoka Utaha as if she knew nothing, "Is there something wrong with the manga that Mashiro drew?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha waved her hand.

Shiina Mashiro would occasionally post some of the comics she drew in the Chat Group, which she had naturally seen.

It has to be said that Kasumigaoka Utaha Miyauchi Hiyage n't help but secretly admire Mashiro's drawing skills, the script provided by the Mashiro You Know Who, and the assistance of Miyauchi Himekage, whom the You Know Who called a genius.

After all, from the perspective of a light novel author, if their work could be adapted into a manga like this, they would have no regrets even if they died.

But when she thought about her treatment in the Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend series, Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn't help but grit her teeth, until she remembered that there was an even more miserable Eriri Spencer Sawamura, and she regained her composure.

Fortunately, her future has been completely changed. Once she becomes stronger, she should be able to look back on her original life experiences with a more detached attitude.

Thinking of this, Kasumigaoka Utaha Miyauchi Hiyage with a determined expression and said, "Miyauchi -kun, I've heard Mashiro- kun mention you before. You provided her with a lot of useful advice during the process of creating her manga."

"And those haunted house exploration videos that are really popular on YouTube recently, they seem to be your idea too, right?"

Miyauchi Hiyage nodded, indicating that he simply had many ideas, but ultimately it was through everyone's combined efforts that those works were created.

"So, Kasumigaoka, Senpai, do you want me to help you get rid of those rumors about you at school lately?" he asked Kasumigaoka Utaha.

Kasumigaoka Utaha raised her eyebrows.

Although she could ignore those rumors, she would be more comfortable at school if she could reduce the gossip.

Do you think those rumors are false?

Miyauchi Hiyage shrugged indifferently. "I watched Mashiro draw the manga based on you guys, and given Mashiro's personality, I think it would be very difficult for her to make up these... It doesn't seem like a made-up story at all."

"Especially after I learned a little about the real-life inspiration for the male protagonist, I felt that this story must have some basis in reality."

Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn't help but look at Shiina Mashiro.

You wouldn't just show Miyauchi Hiyage Himekage the novel about Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend so that she could better understand the story, would you?

However, Shiina Mashiro was completely unaware of Kasumigaoka Utaha's gaze, and instead nodded earnestly in agreement with Miyauchi Hiyage's words.

Okay, it seems that Miyauchi Hiyage really did read the novel.

Kasumigaoka Utaha rubbed her head, feeling a bit of a headache.

"Anyway, let me explain it to you first," Kasumigaoka Utaha, since she had already explained it to Eriri Spencer Sawamura before, so explaining it again was much easier for her now.

A discussion group formed by a group of people who met online, including Mashiro, which is why they met.

Then there was this hacker in the discussion group who had a really bad temper. He liked to open boxes for them and even liked to create some weird and tasteless works using the people around them.

Listening to Kasumigaoka Utaha in real life, Miyauchi Hiyage's expression remained completely unchanged.

I even felt a little amused.

However, after listening to Kasumigaoka Utaha's explanation, Miyauchi Kouka became indignant.

That guy is absolutely awful.

It was even worse than when her younger brother tricked her into performing magical girl transformations in front of the whole village several times when they were kids.

"So all these rumors were spread by that hacker? Hiding behind the scenes doing all this and refusing to show his face, that guy is so despicable!"

"Can't you find that bastard's whereabouts?"

Very good, Sister Guanghua.

The more you criticize, the less likely these people will suspect me, your brother.

As for you calling me an idiot, I'll deal with you slowly when I get back to Asahigaoka in a few days.

Miyauchi Hiyage thought to himself, while simultaneously adopting a thoughtful expression.

Kasumigaoka Utaha also shook her head, saying through gritted teeth, "That guy's hacking skills are indeed amazing. Even though there are quite a few skilled people in our discussion group, we still can't find his whereabouts. On the contrary, the more we try to find his whereabouts, the easier it is for him to trick us."

No, no, no, I never actually thought of that. The Diary just sent me these rewards, and I just posted them out casually. It has little to do with your actions.

Look at Hoshino Ai, even after I've criticized her like this, she still treats me like her number one fan.

"So, how much of that story is actually true?" Miyauchi Hiyage continued to ask Kasumigaoka Utaha. "I'm not referring to the plot of the story, but rather the characters within it."

"From what I understand so far, the Kato Megumi in that story is indeed very similar to the Kato classmate I know in terms of personality. If I didn't know her very well, I certainly wouldn't have written it so clearly."

Faced with Miyauchi Hiyage's question, Kasumigaoka Utaha, though reluctant to admit it, could only nod.

"Ignoring the plots in those stories that were deliberately fabricated to mess with my mindset, the hacker was generally quite well-made in terms of character personality and some settings."

"Otherwise, Mashiro wouldn't have gone out of her way to ask that hacker for authorization to publish this work as a manga."

Kasumigaoka Utaha emphasized that although Eriri Spencer Sawamura's situation was pretty close to the truth, hers was still quite different.

As a pure light novel author, she wouldn't develop any special feelings for her readers, let alone be dumped by them when she took the initiative. This is purely a fabricated rumor by that guy who thought she couldn't even capture the heart of an otaku.

Seeing that Kasumigaoka Utaha was getting more and more agitated, Miyauchi Hiyage coughed lightly to indicate that he was aware of the situation.

"In short, it was that so-called hacker who put those fabricated stories into Sawamura's shoe locker, which is why you impulsively pinned him against the wall, causing misunderstandings among the Sawamura at school?"

At this point, Kasumigaoka Utaha finally revealed her request.

"Since you've read that novel, you should know about Eriri Spencer Sawamura's past with her childhood friend."

"In short, that guy's description of this plot is more than 80-90% true. Eriri Spencer Sawamura hadn't fully recovered from the misunderstanding in the past, and now with my situation, even her childhood friend has started to misunderstand her."

"After all, this is because of me, so I wanted to ask you, Miyauchi- kun, if there's any way to quickly resolve their conflict, or perhaps bring them together?"

As soon as Kasumigaoka Utaha finished speaking, Miyauchi Hiyage waved his hand dismissively.

"No chance."

Kasumigaoka Utaha's face immediately fell.

Wasn't he supposed to be the idea king of Asahigaoka?

How did it all end up being hopeless?

Regardless of whether it's useful or not, you should at least offer some feedback, otherwise I won't be able to complete this task.

Miyauchi Hiyage shook his head and continued speaking.

"If that Sawamura's personality is really like that in the novel, then I can only say that there's really no chance."

"Even Kugimiya Rie isn't really suited for tsundere characters anymore. It's a fact that tsundere characters have long since disappeared from the meta. The tsundere characters that appear now are just symbolically arrogant, and all that's left is their gentleness. There's no such thing as an arrogant character from beginning to end."

"And it's one thing to be arrogant but not spoiled, but from what I read in the novel, it seems that Sawamura was the one who first distanced himself from the other back then?"

"Childhood sweethearts are no match for newcomers, and then there's the debuff of actively distancing themselves during childhood, plus the outdated attribute of being arrogant but not spoiled. No matter how you look at it, they are the most complete loser character."

"In a comic book, it's the kind of story where, after entering high school, you suddenly realize you've fallen for your childhood friend whom you used to ignore, only to find out after getting closer that your childhood friend has already been thoroughly 'developed' by other women during the years you've been estranged from them."

"So my suggestion is to forfeit and switch tracks before the race even starts, at least you can leave with some dignity."

Chapter 143: Never Leave the Mountain Until I Am Invincible

Although Kasumigaoka Utaha knew from Miyauchi Hiyage's diary that Eriri Spencer Sawamura couldn't win even in her own spin-off manga, her understanding of Eriri was still no match for Eriri Spencer Sawamura 'Miyauchi Hiyage.

Aside from the manga author racking their brains to give Eriri Spencer Sawamura more screen time, they couldn't figure out how to make Eriri Spencer Sawamura win fair and square despite various forced plot advancements, ultimately leading to a rushed and abrupt ending.

Even the Eriri Spencer Sawamura route in the game is the most bland route in the Saekano: How to Raise Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend series. It takes a whole route to gradually cleanse Eriri Spencer Sawamura of all the debuffs after Aki Tomoya has let go of his inner turmoil, until finally, Eriri Spencer Sawamura, who has achieved a good ending, is qualified to return to the starting line.

Moreover, this is even with Eriri Spencer Sawamura's tsundere attributes weakened in the game.

With the original author, manga author, game author, and subsequent scriptwriting team all unable to devise a conventional winning ending for Eriri Spencer Sawamura, Miyauchi Hiyage admitted that he was indeed still lacking in skill.

Of course, Eriri Spencer Sawamura has already read Kasumigaoka Utaha's IF route and has been paying attention to the creation of Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend manga. In addition, since Kato Megumi and Kasumigaoka Utaha have confirmed that they will not reappear, if Kasumigaoka Utaha really wants to help, she should still have a chance of success if she avoids those self-destructive plots.

However, it will take at least one or two years to complete.

And who knows what might happen in the meantime?

Given the precedent set by School Days, it's best to let Kasumigaoka Utaha decisively give up on the idea of helping Eriri Spencer Sawamura.

Just as Miyauchi Hiyage expressed the idea that "Eriri Spencer Sawamura and Aki Tomoya almost impossible to be together," Kasumigaoka Utaha also received a reminder from her Diary.

Since people who don't own Diary can't see it anyway, and the Diary automatically covers it for her, her action of taking out the Diary is very smooth.

"A target has been detected, and suggestions are offered to you. Here are the options:"

①Accept the client's suggestion to abandon the idea of letting Eriri Spencer Sawamura win in the end, and let Eriri Spencer Sawamura continue to be the loser. Accepting this suggestion will result in the first settlement of this request;

② If the client refuses to accept the target's suggestions and insists on making Eriri Spencer Sawamura the final winner, the request will automatically expire.

There is another time option below.

If no choice is made within ten minutes, the commission will be abandoned by default.

There is also a brief reminder.

Abandoning the commission may result in certain penalties.

Kasumigaoka Utaha was somewhat surprised when she saw the prompt in her Diary.

Her third commission was supposed to be to use Miyauchi Hiyage's talents for her own benefit, so how did it suddenly become that she had to accept the other party's suggestions, otherwise the commission would automatically become invalid?

This means that if she wants to continue this commission, she will need to consult with Miyauchi Hiyage more often in the future, and she will need to keep listening to his advice in order to receive the reward.

If she refuses to accept, then the commission has failed, and she will have to accept the penalty for failure.

Kasumigaoka Utaha frowned slightly.

Although the punishment for Diary wasn't supposed to be too severe, she didn't want to be punished before she had even completed a single request.

Fortunately, the Diary also explained that after accepting Miyauchi Hiyage's advice three times, choosing to abandon the request would not result in any punishment.

Therefore, since both the You Know Who and Miyauchi Hiyage in front of her indicated that Eriri Spencer Sawamura had almost no chance of winning, and even she herself couldn't think of any effective way to bring that blond loser together.

Eriri Spencer Sawamura, with her terrible personality, probably wouldn't want anyone interfering in her affairs, so she'll accept their suggestion for now and see how many Reading Points she can gain from this request before deciding what to do next.

After making her choice, Kasumigaoka Utaha immediately received a reward of 1 Reading Points.

Kasumigaoka Utaha's heart was instantly shaken.

Although it's not much, it's still a long-term request. It takes Umaru several days to collect a little bit, Shiina Mashiro, also needs two days to get a little bit.

As for Kasumigaoka Utaha, she only needs to consult Miyauchi Hiyage once and accept his advice to gain 1 Reading Points, which is quite a good return.

The only problem is whether she can swallow her pride and consult Miyauchi Hiyage ten times a week for advice.

Thinking this, Kasumigaoka Utaha's expression kept changing, showing a rather unpredictable mood.

So what exactly did this woman see in her diary?

Has there been any new change regarding his commission?

Although Miyauchi Hiyage could clearly see all of Kasumigaoka Utaha's current actions, in order not to expose himself, he could only control his facial expression by observing his older sister's expression.

After hesitating for a while, Kasumigaoka Utaha finally gave in.

Ten times a week does seem a bit outrageous, but she can't bring herself to give it up.

In short, let's leave this request in the request section for now, and consult with this classmate Miyauchi more often if there are any issues in the future.

So she put away her Diary and gave Miyauchi Hiyage a helpless look.

"Actually, that's what I was thinking too. It seems that in the end it all depends on whether Eriri Spencer Sawamura herself is willing to change. Anyway, thank you for your suggestion, Miyauchi- kun."

"So, what about those rumors about Eriri Spencer Sawamura and me..."

She continued asking Miyauchi Hiyage about the things they had just discussed, hoping that Miyauchi Hiyage could offer some reasonable suggestions.

Miyauchi Hiyage had naturally already prepared for this issue.

There are so many ways to resolve these scandals.

Whether it's using formal, abstract, or even bigger news to cover up these scandals, Miyauchi Hiyage, who has been making videos and dealing with all sorts of online trends for so many years, is all too familiar with these tactics.

If they want to divert attention, using these scandals to promote Shiina Mashiro's debut would be the most appropriate thing to do.

The manga uses the three most beautiful girls in Toyosaki as models, and it's rumored that the two of them already knew Shiina Mashiro, and that the commotion was caused in the past because they helped Shiina Mashiro draw the manga.

Once Shiina Mashiro's manga was released, no one at school would pay attention to the rumors between the two of them anymore; instead, they would focus their attention on Shiina Mashiro, who debuted as a 16-year-old manga artist.

As for Shiina Mashiro...