Who Still Writes Traditional Diaries These Days?
Chapter 84

Kasumi Miwa Is About to Have a Breakdown

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Although the apartment that Shiina Mahiru is currently renting is more than enough for two people, Shiina Mashiro is, after all, a painter, and if she doesn't take care to organize her painting tools and finished manuscripts, they will soon be piled up all over the house.

Then Miyauchi Kouka mentioned his villa in Beika Town, saying that only Miyauchi Hiyage lived in that large villa, and that the rest of the place could be converted into a room for Shiina Mashiro to use as a studio.

Although Shiina Mahiru felt this was inappropriate, seeing that Miyauchi Hiyage didn't object, she acquiesced to it.

After all, Shiina Mashiro already knew his background, so there was no need for her to pretend anymore. In any case, there were still a lot of empty rooms in her house, so it was no problem to give Shiina Mashiro one of them.

Of course, when Shiina Mashiro came over before, Miyauchi Kouka and Shiina Mahiru would also come along to check on her, and then Miyauchi Hiyage would take them back in the evening.

As for why he bypassed the two girls and took Shiina Mashiro home alone, it wasn't for any other reason than to introduce Jerry to Shiina Mashiro.

When Jerry saw that Miyauchi Hiyage had returned with a girl, he wanted to hide so that no one else would see him.

But when Miyauchi Hiyage Himekage called it out to meet Shiina Mashiro, it quickly ran out from a hidden hole with a look of surprise and greeted Miyauchi Hiyage and Shiina Mashiro.

I don't know if it's just Miyauchi Hiyage's imagination.

It seems that Jerry has been gone for more than a week, and when he came back, his appearance seemed to have changed further towards his cartoon character.

It's as if its head has become rounder and bigger, and if you look closely, you can even see some neck. Overall, it seems more anthropomorphic than before.

This is the first time Shiina Mashiro has seen Jerry in real life. Before that, she had only seen what Jerry looked like in Miyauchi Hiyage's diary and in the photos that Black Cat posted in the Chat Group.

However, the photos don't quite capture the real Jerry's lifelike quality.

Looking at the tiny mouse, no bigger than her own palm, Shiina Mashiro gently squatted down.

"I am Shiina Mashiro, and I am Hikage's partner." This is what Miyauchi Hiyage told her; they are now partners.

As she said this, she extended her hand toward the other party, as if she wanted to shake hands with it.

Even her hands were a bit too big for Jerry.

Jerry looked at Miyauchi Hiyage with some confusion, and Miyauchi Hiyage briefly explained his current situation to him.

Just to be on the safe side, although Jerry had a cell phone and a communication channel encrypted by Miyauchi Hiyage, their communication naturally couldn't be that timely.

Upon hearing that Shiina Mashiro had immediately recognized Miyauchi Hiyage from the crowd, Jerry clutched his stomach and began to mock Miyauchi Hiyage.

Its appearance seemed to say, "You were pretending to be so great before, how come you've been exposed after I was only gone for a few days?"

Miyauchi Hiyage coughed slightly, somewhat embarrassed, indicating that he had found a solution, and then asked Jerry if he had transferred that knowledge from him.

Jerry naturally nodded in agreement.

Even though they were fifty or sixty kilometers apart, Jerry was still able to keep up with Miyauchi Hiyage's current state.

Just like the Golden Rule before, Jerry only took a little over a week to turn the Goken family from poverty to a moderately prosperous life. Even though he has left the Goken family now, the items he left behind can help the Goken family continue to consolidate this fortune for a while.

As Jerry made this gesture, he also remembered that Shiina Mashiro was waiting for him.

Now that Miyauchi Hiyage has already recruited this woman to his side as an undercover agent, they can indeed be considered partners in the same camp.

So it immediately moved closer to Shiina Mashiro's hand and greeted her warmly.

Judging from its appearance, it seems to be saying that if Shiina Mashiro ever has any questions in the future, she can always come to it for help.

Seeing that the mouse was almost treating Shiina Mashiro as the lady of the house, Miyauchi Hiyage told Jerry to behave himself and started asking about the changes in Jerry.

"You've been staying in someone else's house for so long, haven't you noticed that your appearance has started to change?"

As Miyauchi Hiyage said this, he took out his Diary and showed it Jerry's appearance when he first came into this world and what he looks like now.

Jerry looked at his two slightly different looks, and his expression showed some dissatisfaction.

After all, it was much rounder and prettier in its original world than it is now.

However, it quickly started gesturing based on its own guess.

Perhaps it's because the world is adapting to Jerry's identity, or perhaps it's due to the Mystery Revival that some of the world's rules have changed.

"But is the progress of the Mystery Revival really this fast? Wasn't it always measured in years before?" Miyauchi Hiyage muttered to himself.

Or is it because the plots of those other stories are about to begin, so this Mystery Revival is also being rushed?

If this continues, Jerry might be able to completely return to its original form in a few months.

In short, Miyauchi Hiyage is currently powerless to stop such a major event that concerns the entire world; he can only prepare to embrace the new era.

Shiina Mashiro listened to his conversation with Jerry, her expression unchanged. She simply blinked and asked Miyauchi Hiyage whether the arrival of the new era would affect her manga drawing.

Hearing Shiina Mashiro's question, Miyauchi Hiyage thought about the murderous tennis, murderous basketball, murderous soccer, and murderous cuisine that might appear in the near future, and couldn't help but joke with Shiina Mashiro.

"When the mystical world fully recovers in the future, maybe you comic artists will be able to create some kind of superpower comics."

For example, it could give readers a sense of immersion, or it could be like some online novels from the past, where reading comics could teach you the abilities depicted in the comics.

Seeing Shiina Mashiro listening so attentively, Miyauchi Hiyage quickly waved his hand again. "Don't take it seriously. I'm just saying it's a possibility. Besides, if we really reach an era where everyone is extraordinary, there will be several generations of transition in between."

It's unclear whether Shiina Mashiro understood or not, but after nodding, she quickly asked Miyauchi Hiyage, "Then when that time comes, you'll have to help me draw manga too."

Miyauchi Hiyage shrugged. "When that time comes, I'll just transfer all the popular manga from my previous life to you, okay? You can draw whichever one you like, and I guarantee you'll become the most amazing manga artist of that era."

He then added, "If you have any comics you want to create, I can help you refine the plot and setting."

Upon hearing the last sentence, Shiina Mashiro's expression clearly brightened considerably.

She nodded, then extended her little finger again, as if she wanted to make a pinky promise with Miyauchi Hiyage Himakage one more time.

However, compared to last time, this time there was an extra Jerry when they made their pinky promise.

After thinking for a moment, Jerry also stretched out his toes to indicate that he could help as well.

In short, after making a pinky promise, Shiina Mashiro and Jerry had a chance to bond. While Shiina Mashiro was drawing, Shiina Mashiro chatted with Jerry about what he had been doing outside these past few days.

When it was almost time, Miyauchi Hiyage got up to take Shiina Mashiro home.

There was no other way; Shiina Mahiru had already called twice to inquire. After all, it was too easy for two teenagers, a boy and a girl, to get into a fight in a house. Although she trusted Miyauchi Hiyage's character, she decided to wait at least a few more months.

In short, with Shiina Mashiro reluctant to part, Miyauchi Hiyage took her home.

"Alright, Jerry, you've been out having fun for so many days, and that family even treated you like a god. Now that you're back, it's time to get down to business. I'll trouble you to make another trip tonight."

After returning home, Miyauchi Hiyage didn't rush to take out the sealed ghosts and Vengeful Spirit, but instead gave Jerry a new task.

As before, Miyauchi Hiyage dictated the text, Jerry was responsible for writing it down.

Jerry quickly wrote several notes.

"Go ahead, it's been a long time since I've seen that great detective. After so much time, he should have sorted things out with his girlfriend by now."

All day long, Miyauchi Hiyage's head was filled with Shiho Miyano's complaints and grievances. Even though she was one of the few girls among the first batch of girls who received the Diary but hadn't joined the group, Miyauchi Hiyage could still tell from Shiho's ramblings about the requests Shiho had made that day.

Shiho Miyano had already been chanting his name in the lab, which sounded like a prayer, so he figured he might as well respond to her request.

Anyway, Conan would definitely be happy to do this. He'll remind Conan to save Shiho Miyano's sister, and the rest is up to Shiho Miyano herself.

After feeding Jerry a piece of butter cake, Miyauchi Hiyage patted the other's round head and reminded him to come back soon, as they would be studying the Vengeful Spirit together later.

Hearing that there was another task to be done later, Jerry gave Miyauchi Hiyage a somewhat resentful look.

I should have let the hamster play outside for a few more days. It's bad enough that it has a new female owner, but now it has so many things to do.

However, after making a face at Miyauchi Hiyage, it obediently went to complete its mission.

Beika Town, Mori Office.

Conan was bored in Ran's room reading a mystery novel. Ever since his identity was exposed to Ran, his wonderful life was gone forever.

He used to call Ran" sister" affectionately, but now, as soon as he acts like a child, he can feel Ran's death stare.

There's nothing I can do; after all, I lied to them for a month or two, and now I can only say I'm reaping what I sowed.

The only advantage is that after being exposed, he can now openly communicate with Ran in Ran room using his original personality.

However, what truly frustrates Conan are Tom and Jerry, who kill without burying the dead.

They said they wanted to recruit him into the organization to change the world together, and his originally simple worldview was greatly shaken after he saw ghosts with his own eyes.

After helping him grow bigger for half an hour, he never came back to see him, making him wonder if something had happened to Tom.

Fortunately, a familiar knocking sound on the window immediately perked Conan up.

He rushed to the window and looked at the familiar little mouse.

It had been a full four murders since we last met.

He opened the window and asked the other person about Tom, and why he hadn't come to see him for so long.

Jerry spread his hands and gestured that he had recently gone on a business trip and had just returned to Tokyo today.

Do mice need to travel for work?

Conan's lips twitched, but his attention was quickly drawn to the note Jerry had taken out.

He took the note and then saw what he most wanted to know on it.

Information about the inventor of the drug that shrunk him!

According to the note, the inventor and her sister are now being suspected by the organization, and they may even be disposed of soon.

The note asked him if he wanted to take this opportunity to save the other person's sister, and use this favor to get the other person to join his camp and help him develop an antidote.

Do I even need to ask about this?

Having recently witnessed the truth of the world, Conan has been pestering Professor Agasa to invent a lot of new gadgets for him, just waiting for the right opportunity.

So Jerry pulled out another note, which contained only the name of a bank and a person's name. He then made a gesture, indicating that whether or not he could save the other person depended on his own abilities.

Chapter 150: Kasumi Miwa's mentality is about to collapse.

Conan is preparing to contact the woman using the alias "Hirota Masami" in order to get more information about the organization from her, and hopefully bring her sister over as well.

That night, Miyauchi Hiyage spent a long time studying ghosts with Jerry in his house, but unfortunately, the plan had to be temporarily suspended after a short while.

Starting Relic requires far more power than Miyauchi Hiyage had imagined, and a slight oversight could cause a short circuit.

Before finding a suitable energy source, it would be too conspicuous for him to undertake such a project.

It's impossible for Professor Agasa to spend all his time inventing things at the research institute, only to end up spending less on electricity than a single high school student.

That designated lottery Miyauchi Hiyage will definitely not be used for energy purposes.

After all, helping to complete a B-level commission only increased the progress bar by about 5%.

At this rate, one might not even be able to accumulate enough points for a targeted lottery draw in a month. Of course, Miyauchi Hiyage would use this opportunity to improve his strength. He was waiting to get himself a skill that Domain Expansion his Reality Marble or Domain.

Therefore, the only thing we can do is see if he understands what's going on in his Diary and give him a useful reward.

Finally, Miyauchi Hiyage only confirmed that these fragmented, low-level Vengeful Spirit and ghosts, which even Exorcists probably wouldn't bother to clean up if left on the roadside, would indeed show a submissive attitude in the face of powerful forces. Then he asked Jerry to help train these ghosts, as long as he didn't kill them and remembered to seal them away after training.

The next morning, Kaguya Shinomiya Kaguya, whose Ripple Chi Kung training had already shown initial results and who could be full of energy after only five or six hours of rest a day, checked her Diary and phone as soon as she woke up.

There were no new entries in the Diary, and the girl's comments were still the same old ones.

Actually, she wanted to bring all the girls in the group together and have them coordinate the direction of their messages to the You Know Who every day, so that she could better find out more of what she wanted to know from him.

In fact, given her status and the persona she established in the group, most girls were quite willing to cooperate.

The problem is that their comments with similar content have a very low chance of being selected by the Diary. Except for a few times at the beginning, the Diary seems to treat their comments as spam and doesn't show them anymore.

Therefore, after trying it for a week, Shinomiya Kaguya had to give up the idea before the girls in the group could voice their opinions, and let everyone continue to write comments according to their own ideas, at most asking some questions after the normal comments.

However, after opening the Chat Group, Shinomiya Kaguya discovered that the Chat Group, which had not seen any changes in the number of members for some time, suddenly had one more person added last night.

And it seems that because of this person's addition, the Chat Group last night was quite lively?

Realizing this, Shinomiya Kaguya quickly scrolled to the top of the chat history, wanting to find out exactly what happened last night.

After watching for a while, Shinomiya Kaguya suddenly perked up as well.

It's the mysterious transnational criminal organization that the You Know Who mentioned earlier.

Shinomiya Kaguya always remembered the magical drug that could make people young again after taking it, but because of the You Know Who's reminder, she didn't ask Hayasaka Ai to help her investigate.

Even with Edogawa Conan, who turned into a child, she only had a basic understanding of the situation.

She had originally planned to investigate the other party if there was anything, but ever since she learned from the Shitamachi Godmother that Beika Town was a garbage dump that the Reverse Side World avoided, she now deliberately avoids Beika Town when she goes out, let alone going there to investigate in person.

As for that mysterious transnational criminal organization, Shinomiya Kaguya was even less likely to act rashly.

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