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

"Teacher Kasumi Shiko, there's no need for me to exchange secret codes. Just look at the letters on my hat and you'll know who I am," the blonde girl pointed to her hat awkwardly.

There are three big letters "UMR" on it, indicating her identity.

But Kasumigaoka Utaha just continued to stare at the UMR in front of her without saying anything, as if she was still waiting for a reply.

UMR could only nod helplessly. "I think the mysterious man deserves to die, but do we really need to come up with such a secret code? What if Mr. Mysterious Man is watching us right now?"

Chapter 53: Suspicious presence at the party

As the UMR exchanged secret codes, the two began to communicate with each other while holding their diaries.

There is no need for Kasumigaoka Utaha to introduce herself, after all, she is currently the mysterious man's most "favorite" person.

I post novels in my diary, give out comics offline, and yesterday I even went to their group and uploaded all the animations.

Even though it was the first time they met, Kasumigaoka Utaha did not deliberately change her appearance, so her appearance was naturally quite easy to recognize for people in the chat group.

UMR simply explained its identity.

Yui Doma is a first-year high school student who currently lives with her older brother who is already working. Her hobby is gaming.

She didn't talk much about her own life, but she couldn't stop talking about games.

"You may not believe this, but I'm the top game player in the arcade near my home. If I get a chance in the future, I'll show you my gaming skills."

Kasumigaoka Utaha didn't have much interest in playing games, but she could feel the girl's confidence in her area of ​​expertise.

But before she could say anything, another girl's voice came from behind them.

"Just because you're a master in an arcade, can you be so proud of yourself?"

The two turned their heads when they heard the sound, and a black-haired girl wearing a black Gothic Lolita outfit appeared beside them at some point.

"I'm Black Cat. The code we agreed on in the group chat last night was 'Damn Voldemort,'" the Black Cat girl said, revealing her identity. "Of course, I don't have much opinion about the You-Know-Who right now. After all, he's only mentioned me in passing when he mentioned the eyepatch girl. To be honest, I'd really like to hear from the You-Know-Who what my future holds."

After introducing herself, the black cat girl first looked at Tsuchima Mai: "You are the UMR in the group, right? If we have time later, we can have a competition. How about choosing the game you are best at?"

Doma Mai immediately thought of the guy in the group who was always talking about the settings with Evil King Shingan and acting like a middle school student.

Although I could feel this guy's sharp tongue in the chat group, I didn't expect that even offline, he had no intention of restraining himself.

The most important thing is this black Gothic Lolita outfit. Does most people really have the courage to wear it out at offline gatherings?

But since the other party has now challenged him, as the number one master in the game hall, Doma Mai naturally cannot admit defeat.

The two gaming masters stared at each other in the air, and instantly a fierce spark burst out.

Kasumigaoka Utaha watched from the side and saw a strong sense of tension coming out of the two people's first communication. She felt a little headache and suddenly realized that this situation might be very common in the future.

After all, in the field of light novels and comics for teenagers, it is very common to design a heroine who is good at games or likes otaku culture in order to attract readers.

Just like Eriri in her story.

He is of British and Japanese descent, his father is a diplomat, and he comes from an upper-class family.

However, the setting is that she is a veteran otaku who has been exposed to otaku culture since childhood, and even started drawing R18 yuri stories in junior high school.

Thinking about it this way, there must be quite a few heroines who are good at games.

Coupled with the usual "unyielding" character of gaming masters, if you want them to obey you in the future, you will probably have to rely on your gaming prowess.

Kasumigaoka Utaha was thinking about these things.

Unexpectedly, the black cat girl's gaze suddenly turned to her, and her pride changed to respect.

"Teacher Xia Shizi, I know your debut work will be released soon. If you have time, could you give me some guidance on my work?"

The girl's attitude changed from a gaming expert who was not afraid of any challenge to a novel author who was willing to ask for advice. Kasumigaoka Utaha was stunned for a moment.

Well, beautiful young female writers are a popular field, and maybe in the future she will meet a heroine who performs better than herself.

"After the party is over today, please send it to me in private," Kasumigaoka Utaha did not refuse. She also wanted to see if this black cat girl would be her strong competitor in the future.

The three of them chatted briefly for a while before Black Cat frowned and looked towards the station where there were few pedestrians.

"But hasn't Miss Kaguya arrived yet? Although we're supposed to gather before noon, as the organizer of the party, she should be here earlier."

Kasumigaoka Utaha was also a little confused. Hoshino Ai had an acting class today, so she could only come in the afternoon.

In other words, the only person in the group who said she wanted to come to the party was Kaguya Shinomiya, the initiator.

"Let's ask her in the group. Maybe something delayed her." Domama spoke for Kaguya Shinomiya, then @ed Kaguya Shinomiya in the group. She also took a photo of three diaries stacked together and sent it to the group.

But in her current state, Kaguya’s head simply couldn’t hold so many things in it. It was good enough that she remembered to come to the party.

On the other hand, Hayasaka Ai was very busy, processing the information from the Shinomiya family bodyguards.

There are now four strange girls appearing next to Minami-Shinjuku Station.

Hayasaka Ai took a look and confirmed that there was a person among them whom she had investigated before, the girl named Kasumigaoka Utaha.

And three girls including Kasumigaoka Utaha are now appearing openly at the station entrance. It seems that they are the ones the young lady wants to meet.

As for the remaining girl?

Very suspicious, very suspicious.

Wearing a pink sportswear, he hid secretly in the alley, only daring to stick his head out to take a look occasionally. In the end, he hesitated for a long time and didn't dare to come out.

Could this be the person that Miss Kaguya has gone to so much trouble to find?

Although Hayasaka Ai did not intend to act rashly, she still made a judgment when she heard the news from the bodyguards of the Shinomiya family that the girl suddenly looked around in panic, as if she had noticed something and was about to leave.

"We'll be there in a few minutes. Stop that girl first. Be polite and tell her that Miss Kaguya needs to see her. Ask her not to leave and see how she reacts."

Hayasaka Ai gave these instructions.

But just as they were about to reach their destination, a somewhat panicked report came from the bodyguards of the Shinomiya family.

"Our people just appeared in front of the girl, and before they could even finish their words, she was so scared that she collapsed to the ground!"

Hayasaka Ai's face twitched.

Fortunately, they have arrived at their destination.

Before joining the other three girls, let's first find out what's going on with this suspicious girl.

Hayasaka Ai took the confused little Kaguya out of the car, then pointed at the pink-haired girl in the alley and asked her young lady, "Young lady, do you have any impression of this girl?"

Kaguya looked curiously at the girl who was surrounded by several bodyguards from the Shinomiya family, curled up on the ground, holding her head and trembling.

She stared at the other person while searching for the corresponding memory in her little head.

At the same time, her gaze also attracted the other person's attention.

When the pink-haired girl saw that the person coming was actually Kaguya, a look as if she had seen a savior suddenly appeared on her face.

"Ah...I..." She seemed to want to say something, but in this situation, the more she wanted to speak, the more she found herself unable to utter a word because of nervousness.

The two girls' eyes met in the air.

Kaguya took this opportunity to carefully look at the pink-haired girl, and finally gave a frank answer under the pink-haired girl's expectant gaze.

"I don't know him~"

Hearing these words, the pink-haired girl's eyes suddenly lost their luster.

But the next moment, a girl's voice came from behind her, saving her from hell.

"Will that guitar hero in the group really spy on us here as the mysterious person said... Hey, Kaguya, why are you here? Did you come here because you saw the diary just now?"

Chapter 54: Little Pochi, a hero can’t escape from the battlefield!

Ten minutes later, in a coffee shop not far from the station.

Because there were not many customers in the morning, Hayasaka Ai booked the cafe temporarily without spending much money and asked the bodyguards of the Shinomiya family to guard outside the cafe.

The three girls glanced at the pink-haired girl who was sitting in the corner, curled up with her head down, not daring to look at anyone.

Then he glanced at Hayasaka Ai who was dressed as a maid.

Finally, their eyes fell on little Kaguya, who looked dazed and unaware of anything, and was happily eating snacks.

The sound of Utaha Kasumigaoka's stomping feet was particularly obvious in the cafe where there was only one table of customers, theirs.

Although she knew that stomping her feet was not a good habit, in the current situation, Kasumigaoka Utaha really couldn't help this habit.

What kind of nonsense is this?

As the initiator of this party, Kaguya Shinomiya's image has undergone some subtle changes in everyone's mind because of yesterday's diary.

However, considering the indifferent temperament she had always shown in the group, the mysterious man's description of Kaguya Shinomiya's future did not affect her status in the group too much. Instead, she felt that the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family was quite "people-friendly".

Who would have thought that Kaguya Shinomiya would have a setting where her personality changes depending on her mood before going to bed and the quality of her sleep!

Who came up with this magical setting? Has the screenwriter watched too many Martin Mornings?

Then there's that guitar hero, Bochi.

This posture is indeed consistent with the image of "social phobia" described in the diary.

They didn't doubt each other's identity.

After all, this extreme social anxiety, where he even gets startled and makes emoticons when someone talks to him, doesn't seem to be fake.

Moreover, they all followed Guitar Hero's account after the mysterious man first wrote it in his diary. Guitar Hero himself was also one of the first members to enter the chat group after it was made public, but he basically never spoke in the chat group.

But the problem lies in the diary that the mysterious man updated fifteen minutes ago.

Time goes back fifteen minutes.

At that time, the three girls were still discussing at the station entrance why Kaguya Shinomiya didn't reply in the group.

As a result, the diary was updated in the morning, which was extremely rare.

Good morning, everyone!

Are you feeling strange about the time of today's diary update?

Don't be surprised. After all, today is the first offline gathering of you who have diaries. Although there are not many people participating in the gathering, I am still very concerned about this matter.

So when I found out that there was a poor little socially anxious Pochi who had clearly arrived near the station early in the morning, but had been cowering in an alley on the side, observing secretly for a long time and didn't dare to come forward, how could I, as a righteous partner, just sit back and watch!

@Guitar Hero, a hero can't run away from the battlefield. Now that you're there, don't stay in the alley and give up on yourself. Just go ahead and do it.

@Xia Shizi, in order to help you recognize her, I will send you some emoticons to help you.

In short, don't let this girl run away. You have to force her hard to deal with this kind of social anxiety.

@黑猫...Forget it, today is your first gathering, so I won’t talk about your affairs. You should just communicate more with Teacher Xia Shizi about emotional issues.

Finally, @Kaguya-sama: Love is War. Where are you? Why haven’t you shown up for the party you agreed to have?

It couldn't be that I was too emotional after reading the diary last night and turned into little Kaguya when I woke up this morning.

If you think about it carefully, it seems that this is really possible. After all, in the setting, Kaguya's emotions are unstable, and she can even have meetings with herself in her head occasionally.