What era is it? Why are people still writing traditional diaries?

I have to say that Eriri, who has already had several years of experience in creating R18 fan fiction when she just entered high school, is really good at it.

After watching several of each other's works, Kasumigaoka Utaha actually came up with the idea of ​​asking the other party to draw illustrations for her works.

Of course, the Love Metronome book is already on sale so it’s not possible for now.

But the people she met in her diary and chat group these days are all perfect materials for her as a light novel writer.

Shinomiya Kaguya is a chaebol daughter, Chitanda Eru is a country girl, Hoshino Ai is an idol, Takanashi Rikka and Kuroneko are both chuunibyou.

There is also the yet-to-be-confirmed darkened yandere state of Katsura Kotonoha.

By spending some time chatting with them in the group every day, Kasumigaoka Utaha can get a lot of inspiration.

As a creator, the most painful thing is having a lot of creative inspiration but not being able to start a new book.

But she had already made up her mind.

She plans to write a new book once she finishes the second volume of Love Metronome, and then she can ask Eriri to be the illustrator.

Of course, that was later.

Right now, Eriri is not in the mood to talk about these things, as she still has some unfinished business to do.

Now a lot of people in the group are @ing her, asking her to quickly find the school’s security guard to see if he has seen the mysterious man’s appearance.

Of course, there were a few people who encouraged her to upload the comics to the group for everyone to see.

Kasumigaoka Utaha simply ignored the words of the people behind her.

In any case, this was the first time that those of them who held the diary had been so close to that mysterious man.

During the lunch break at noon, she and the mysterious man were probably only a few dozen meters apart?

But to be honest, at this time, Kasumigaoka Utaha didn't actually have much hope.

Over the past ten days since obtaining the diary, the mysterious person has been leaking "information" about himself in it, but none of it is verifiable. However, one piece of information seems quite credible: the mysterious person receives a daily reward from the diary.

And that reward is obviously much better than the reading points they get from reading diaries and posting book reviews every day.

So far, the mysterious man himself has revealed few rewards.

Ripple Breathing Method, The Boring Girlfriend Volume 1, and the personal IF line comic in her hand.

There are still seven or eight days of rewards left, but the mysterious man hasn't mentioned a word.

Who knows if the other party has any strange things in his hand to conceal his identity.

Maybe the other party suddenly appeared in their sight after obtaining some kind of reward that could ensure that he would not be discovered?

Just like the Kaito Kidd who was once mentioned by a mysterious person in his diary, he has the ability to easily disguise himself as someone else.

However, even for that less than 10% possibility, Kasumigaoka Utaha still had to confirm it before giving an explanation to the people in the group.

After telling Eriri about my plan, she naturally agreed.

At this moment, Eriri was so angry about the "mysterious hacker" that Kasumigaoka Utaha mentioned that her chest ached.

She didn't remember ever provoking any powerful hacker, who then stripped her of her identity online and created a comic book that was full of malice towards her.

So, with the help of Utaha Kasumigaoka, the Avengers against the mysterious man successfully added a non-staff member.

Next, they returned to the school and asked the guard at the gate whether a worker with a stepladder had entered the school that day.

Hearing Kasumigaoka Utaha's talk about the "life cheat device", not only the school guard, but even Eriri was stunned.

Of course, Ying Lili was thinking, is this just another new thing that has come out on the Internet recently? It sounds like it makes some sense.

Should the subject matter of her new book be developed in this way?

The guard's face looked a little nervous.

Could it be that the "repairman" he sent in at noon did anything bad in the school?

Fortunately, the girl in front of him just wanted to know what the maintenance worker looked like and what they had talked about, and did not show any intention of reporting him to the school.

"I didn't say much to him. I just saw how hard he was working in the middle of the day, so I offered him a cigarette. But he refused, saying, 'Smoking traditional cigarettes makes you cough. Next time I'll bring you something that doesn't make you cough.'"

"As for appearance?" The guard recalled with a bitter face the man who refused his cigarette at noon.

The other person was just wearing a helmet, without any mask or other covering, but when he recalled carefully, he found that he could not remember what the other person looked like at all.

It was an ordinary appearance, with no special features at all, and he couldn't remember it for a while.

In the end, he could only reluctantly describe his impression of the other person's height, body shape and skin color.

"How about I show you the surveillance footage, but don't tell anyone about this," because the guard had the evidence in his hands, so he finally agreed to show them the noon surveillance footage.

A few minutes later, Kasumigaoka Utaha and Eriri saw a somewhat blurry profile on the surveillance screen.

It was just as the guard said, plain and without any special features.

"This guy is the mysterious hacker. He is so different from what I imagined..." Eriri was a little disappointed. If this face was placed on the street, she probably wouldn't be able to recognize him even if he passed by her.

Kasumigaoka Utaha did not comment, but took a picture of the side face under the surveillance camera and prepared to send it to Shinomiya Kaguya later.

Although up to now, Kaguya Shinomiya has only @ed her once in the group, asking if she needs help, it seems that she did not take the picture that the mysterious man posted in the diary seriously.

But Kasumigaoka Utaha felt that Shinomiya Kaguya's mood at this moment was probably not as calm as she showed in the group.

I don’t know if the power of the Shinomiya family can find out anything useful.

After saying goodbye to Eriri, Kasumigaoka Utaha once again vented her anger by hurling some sarcastic remarks at the mysterious person in the comment section of the diary.

Although the situation today was a bit thrilling, at least she got this comic book related to her, which gave her a better understanding of her future.

If her sarcasm could get her the first volume of the true story of the passerby heroine, she felt that she was still willing to take some more risks.

Chapter 47: Tom and Jerry

As the instigator of everything, Miyauchi Hikage is naturally in a very happy mood now.

After all, when Kasumigaoka Utaha was "wall-banging" Eriri, he was one of the onlookers watching closely, and he also had an in-depth discussion with other onlookers around him after Kasumigaoka Utaha and the others left the teaching building.

Then they all agreed that there must be some unspeakable secret between the second-year senior Kasumigaoka and the first-year student Eriri.

If it weren't for the fact that Kasumigaoka Utaha's cold glance was a bit scary, these onlookers would definitely have secretly followed each other to see where the two of them went.

However, Miyauchi Hikage can basically guess what Kasumigaoka Utaha will do next.

It's nothing more than making up a lie to fool Eriri, and then investigating the identity he disguised himself in this afternoon.

Miyauchi Hikage had enough confidence in Yellow Temperance's ability to disguise himself, so he didn't care about these investigations.

After eating the melon he grew, he quickly walked towards his home, where a "new roommate" was waiting to say hello to him.

That was the reward that Miyauchi Hikage received today.

It's not some amazing move or skill, nor is it some high-tech product or magic item.

This is the first living reward that Miyauchi Hikage has obtained so far.

An ordinary-looking brown rat.

Except its name is Jerry.

Yes, the reward that Miyauchi Hikage received today was Jerry from the Tom and Jerry world.

To be honest, when he knew his reward for today, Miyauchi Hikage couldn't help but rub his eyes and confirm that the diary reward was not given to the wrong person.

After all, that was Jerry.

If Tom is the perfect cat who can do almost everything except catching Jerry, then Jerry is the super mouse who can compete with Tom on equal terms in all aspects and is in the upper hand most of the time.

Miyauchi Hikage thought that he had just called himself Teacher Tom in his diary this afternoon, and then a Jerry really came that afternoon.

Could it be that the diary is trying to force a Tom and Jerry bond for him?

Or did the god behind the diary feel that his life was too comfortable and wanted to give him a challenge?

Miyauchi Hikage thought about the diary rewards he had received these days, but he still couldn't figure out whether the diary's reward mechanism was truly random.

If it's not random, then wouldn't the rewards be distributed according to the principle that the bigger the activity, the better the reward?

But this is not right. He had written about Ripple Qigong in his diary before, which changed the fate of countless girls. He should have received a better reward that day.

As a result, he got a novel with a random heroine that day.

Later, on the day he got the IF line manga of Kasumigaoka Utaha, the content of the diary he posted was the prologue of the first volume of Boring Girlfriend.

That day, Kasumigaoka Utaha must have been broken down by him, which is why she was so sarcastic to him in the comments later.

"If we really count the whole work, the rewards I got these two days should be better. It's impossible that the diary didn't like me copying directly from the book and deducted my rewards," Miyauchi Hikage muttered casually, but inexplicably felt that it seemed to make some sense.

"This is easy to figure out. Just spend a few days uploading the chapters after The Passing Girlfriend and you'll know," Miyauchi Hikage thought for a while and made a decision.

After all, Kasumigaoka Utaha will definitely make a lot of sarcastic remarks to him in the comment section today. Although he didn't see it, it didn't affect him from sending his own thoughts back to Kasumigaoka Utaha.

After thinking about the direction of the experiment for the next few days, Miyauchi Hikage went to a roadside cake shop and bought some cheesecakes that Jerry would probably like.

According to the explanation in the diary, Jerry has regarded the mansion given to him as a reward by the diary as his new home after coming into this world, and is looking forward to having a friendly contact with the owner of the mansion.

The mansion owner's attitude towards him will affect its attitude towards the mansion owner and the world.

When he knew this, Miyauchi Hikage couldn't help but mutter to himself that it was a good thing that he didn't sell the house, otherwise it would be very troublesome to see Jerry.

When he returned to his mansion with the cheesecake in his hand, he saw a brown mouse cautiously poking its head out at the end of the corridor as soon as he entered the door.

Jerry in real life looks like the one in the animation, but he also has some characteristics of a real mouse.

It can be said that a perfect balance has been found between reality and animation, so that the appearance of this mouse does not feel abrupt, nor does it produce the uncanny valley effect due to excessive anthropomorphism.

At this time, Jerry was sniffing around, as if he smelled the cheese in Miyauchi Hikage's hand, and subconsciously showed an expression of anticipation on his face.

I don’t know how much ability this Jerry brings.

Miyauchi Hikage, who was mentally prepared, greeted Jerry.

"Hey, Jerry, want to celebrate your move to a new place with some cheesecake?"

After confirming the attitude of the big man in front of him, Jerry's face suddenly showed a look of joy.

It trotted all the way to Miyauchi Hikage and pointed at itself in disbelief, as if asking Miyauchi Hikage if that was its name he had just called.

Miyauchi Hikage observed Jerry closely.

It is about 10-15 cm tall and maintains the standing posture as in the animation.

It has a round head and a smooth body.

Fortunately, it's not as furry as the Pikachu in the live-action Pikachu movie.

It’s not that furry Pikachu or Jerry are bad.

It’s just that we’ve been used to seeing their images in cartoons for so many years, so it’s really hard to get used to seeing them suddenly become furry.

He bent down and held out his palm to Jerry.

Seeing this scene, Jerry hesitated for a moment, but out of his desire for cheesecake, he still obediently walked onto Miyauchi Hikage's palm.

"Can you speak?" Miyauchi Hikage asked Jerry as he walked towards his room.

In the Tom and Jerry cartoon, although Tom and Jerry only make laughing or surprised sounds most of the time, they also speak a few times.

Jerry shook his head, but then stretched out his flexible front paws and gestured, as if to show that he could write.

Just knowing how to write will save you a lot of trouble in communication.

Miyauchi Hikage had a lot of things he wanted to ask Jerry, and also a lot of things he wanted to tell him.

After all, after traveling through time for so many years, he finally found someone with whom he could share this secret.

Although the object is just a mouse, it is also a mouse that is smarter than most humans.

Back in his room, Miyauchi Hikage put Jerry on the desk, then took out the cake and handed it to it.

"Eat, and we'll talk about your affairs slowly after you're full."

Jerry looked at the cheesecake in front of him, licked his lips in a humane way, then looked around, took out a piece of paper from the tissue box on the side, wiped his paws, and folded it and tied it around his neck as a napkin.

After doing all this, it took out the plastic fork provided by the store from the bag containing the cake, and like a soldier holding a spear, solemnly attacked the cheesecake in front of it.

Chapter 48: Come on, Jerry, give everyone the whole life