In the Shinomiya residence, Shinomiya Kaguya, who was using a smartphone for the first time in her life in order to join a LINE group, was currently familiarizing herself with the phone's operations under the guidance of Hayasaka Ai.
It wasn't until she had successfully joined the group chat named "Diary Interest Group" and saw that the few group members seemed to be discussing the content of today's diary that she noticed that the day's entry had already been updated.
She first finished reading today's diary, got a basic impression of the "Tyrant's Eye" in the group chat, and then silently turned her gaze to the Misaki Mei in the diary, whose appearance was somewhat similar to the "Tyrant's Eye" but whose experiences were completely different.
"I've just found out the information on Yotsuya Miko, and before I could even confirm it, now there's another one who will bring about a calamity from the dead?"
Although the mysterious person said he was just using the story of that Misaki Mei's encounter to pad out a diary entry because she reminded him of the "Tyrant's Eye," and that the readers didn't have to take it seriously.
But looking at the last sentence he wrote in today's diary, it was as if he had already confirmed that the cursed class really existed, which made her feel a little creeped out.
Shinomiya Kaguya shook her head.
Considering the suspicious attitude of the local higher-ups mentioned in the diary, the investigation of Misaki Mei could be put aside for now. She would start with that Yotsuya Miko who could see vengeful spirits.
After reading the diary, she opened the group chat and looked at the discussion topics of the female protagonists who, like her, held a diary.
Scrolling up, the group was first worried about the story of that Misaki Mei, and then the group's "Tyrant's Eye" had generously shown the anime character picture that the mysterious person had posted in the diary and proudly stated that this was her.
She had even directly treated that Misaki Mei as her good sister and said that she would find her and use her Tyrant's Eye to break the curse there.
And then she was mockingly shut down by the "Fallen Holy Black Cat" in the group.
"The chuunibyou officially designated by the mysterious person should probably wake up by now. He already said it, your Tyrant's Eye is just a colored contact. Misaki Mei's is the real deal that can see death. With your brain, if you run over there, the first person to be affected by the calamity will probably be you."
After that were some chuunibyou statements from the Tyrant's Eye like "The Tyrant's Eye is real, it just hasn't been awakened yet" and "When I break the seal, the first thing I'll do is suppress you, this shameless black cat."
It wasn't until that black cat suddenly came out with a "You didn't actually show off your Hamon in front of others, did you?" that she was directly shut down.
After that, because of this incident, a few more people popped up in the group to show their concern for the "Tyrant's Eye's" situation.
Shinomiya Kaguya could recognize Hoshino Ai and Kasumigaoka Utaha.
After all, this group was formed by them, the ones who were exposed the earliest.
When she learned about the chat group yesterday, Shinomiya Kaguya was a little disappointed that she hadn't thought of this herself.
After all, even Kasumigaoka Utaha could see the future importance of this chat group. It would be strange if she, a daughter of the Shinomiya family, couldn't see it.
"But it's not too late now."
She was Shinomiya Kaguya. The Shinomiya Conglomerate behind her was her biggest advantage compared to the other diary holders.
She was confident that she would gain enough of a voice in the chat group.
And now, the matter of that "Tyrant's Eye" was an opportunity.
Thinking of this, Shinomiya Kaguya spoke in the group chat.
Kaguya: "Don't worry too much. If the information you leak will put you in danger, the diary will automatically consume Reading Points to remind you."
Kaguya: "As long as you've unlocked the first level of the diary's permissions, you all have this function."
Ai: "Eh? The danger warning can be used in this way? I never thought about that."
Ai: "@Kaguya, Kaguya-chan, you're a newcomer who just joined the group, right? I don't think I've seen you before!"
Kaguya: "I am Shinomiya Kaguya. I wanted to join the group yesterday, but because my previous phone couldn't install LINE, I only joined today after buying a new phone."
Kaguya: "I've been testing what the newly unlocked permissions can do since the day they were unlocked, so I might know a little more than you all."
Kasumi Utako: "To be able to study it to this extent, you must have spent a lot of Reading Value. But is it okay to use your real name right off the bat? Although we are all protagonists of our respective works, it's still better to be a little more cautious. After all, your story hasn't been exposed by the mysterious person like ours have."
Kaguya: "I can understand your concern, Kasumi Utako, but this is my own decision. As a daughter of the Shinomiya family, if I don't even dare to take this level of risk, then how can I fight for my position in the family in the future?"
Kaguya: "And I believe there must be a reason why we were able to obtain this diary. Perhaps we can't know this reason for the time being, but the truth will come to light sooner or later. So I think it's very necessary to cooperate on the premise of ensuring that our respective interests are not harmed."
Kasumi Utako: "The Shinomiya family... could it be that Shinomiya family of the Shinomiya Conglomerate?"
Kaguya: "Yes. The current head of the Shinomiya Conglomerate, Shinomiya Gan'an, is my father."
Kaguya: "@Ai, although it may sound a bit narcissistic for me to say this, I believe I am the 'Kaguya-sama' mentioned by the mysterious person in the second day's diary. After all, the people around me have called me that since I was young."
The name Kaguya-sama had only appeared once in the diary. In the mysterious person's diary, it was said that Kaguya-sama and Hoshino Ai were characters created by the same author.
The situation was excellent in the early stages, but in the middle and later stages, they inexplicably started playing with business wars, which caused the plot to go on a rampage and end sloppily.
This was the mysterious person's evaluation of that work about Kaguya-sama, which had a hint of "hating iron for not becoming steel."
In terms of time, Kaguya-sama, whose story had already ended, was the "senpai" who was created first.
Ai: "So you're that Kaguya-sama who is my senpai! Then I'll call you Kaguya-senpai from now on!"
Kaguya: "Just call me Kaguya is fine. I've seen your videos. You work very hard on stage."
Shinomiya Kaguya was not interested in idols and such, but she knew what to say to make that Hoshino Ai happy.
Relying on the influence of the Shinomiya Conglomerate and confirming her senpai-kouhai relationship with the founder of the chat group, Hoshino Ai, Shinomiya Kaguya had preliminarily established her position.
But this was not enough.
Shinomiya Kaguya continued to speak in the group.
Kaguya: "Today the mysterious person wrote about Misaki Mei's story in the diary. If she really exists, and that Yotsuya Miko-san, if they also obtained the diary, they should have already joined the chat group by now."
Kasumi Utako: "I don't think so. The people in the group have more or less said a few words after joining. If Yotsuya Miko-san and Misaki Mei had joined the group, she probably wouldn't hide this kind of thing from us, would she?"
Kasumi Utako: "We've discussed this topic before. We think that either the mysterious person mistook someone on the bus that day, or Yotsuya Miko-san didn't get the diary."
Kaguya: "I have a file on Yotsuya Miko's information in my hands right now. If she's not in the group, I plan to call her and probe a little."