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Chapter 50 - Chapter 50: I Hope Kaguya-sama Can Help Me Solve This Mystery

Of course, Miyauchi Hikage knew about his older sister and Katō Megumi becoming deskmates.

He didn't feel much about it. Katō Megumi's personality was indeed quite good, and it was also good for his older sister's often restless nature to be neutralized by her.

As for the possibility of Miyauchi Hikari trying to set the two of them up, Miyauchi Hikage had actually considered this development.

After all, they had grown up together, spending more time together than with their parents. How could he not know what was going on in Miyauchi Hikari's head?

Since he could anticipate this possibility in advance, he didn't need to worry too much as long as he was prepared.

The Katō Megumi in her passerby stage was not the later evolved Katō Megumi.

What he was concerned about now was still the reward pattern of the diary.

On the first day of his experiment, he copied Kasumigaoka Utaha's debut scene from the first volume of Passerby Heroine into that day's diary verbatim.

And then, besides receiving a defense-breaking comment from a certain anonymous reader that day, he had also obtained the second volume of the Passerby Heroine light novel as that day's reward, which was in line with his guess.

The next day, he slightly adjusted some of the words from the original work, and after copying it, he added a little of his own afterthoughts, and even attached the situation of Jerry researching Hamon at the end.

[As expected of the little brother I've taken in, Jerry's progress in researching Hamon is very fast. I estimate that with a little more time, he will be able to research his own Mouse Breathing. At that time, I hope you all won't be discouraged by a mouse.]

Then, he had obtained the Blu-ray BD resources for the first season of the Passerby Heroine anime, which was at least a little better than the first day's reward.

"It seems that the reward for directly copying a book is the worst. This kind of lazy method is obviously not recognized by the diary. I still have to write the diary in a normal way."

Although the experiment had only been a few days, not a single good reward had appeared. It should be confirmed.

Miyauchi Hikage prepared to write another normal diary entry the next day to see the comparative effect.

"And, the comment selected today is from Shinomiya Kaguya? Since you're so eager to know the future of the Shinomiya family, then I'll have a good chat with you."

"However, are the people who have the diary already going to have their first gathering... But it's been almost half a month since they got the diary, and the group chat has been set up for a few days. An offline meetup is quite normal."

Miyauchi Hikage looked at today's comment, where Shinomiya Kaguya had revealed her identity without any concealment and invited the diary holders to an offline meetup this Saturday.

The time, location, content, and precautions for the gathering were all written out. It seemed Shinomiya Kaguya was being serious.

And Shinomiya Kaguya had even directly invited him in the comments, looking as if she wanted to lure him to the scene.

Miyauchi Hikage checked the meeting location given by Shinomiya Kaguya.

Minami-Shinjuku Station.

Although the name had "Shinjuku" in it, in reality, compared to Shinjuku Station, a super-station with a daily traffic of over a million people and hundreds of exits, Minami-Shinjuku Station was much more deserted.

Even though it was right next to Shinjuku, its average daily traffic was less than two thousand, making it a "mysterious secret spot" in the center of Tokyo.

If one hadn't specifically investigated, probably not many people would know that Tokyo had such an unpopular station.

Setting the meeting place here, what Shinomiya Kaguya wanted to do was self-evident.

"On that day, there will probably be a lot of Shinomiya family bodyguards around the meeting place. They've probably already compiled a list of people who frequently use this station. As long as a strange face appears, they will probably be noticed very quickly."

Thinking of this possibility, Miyauchi Hikage shook his head.

If he wanted to go, he could naturally find a way.

But Shinomiya Kaguya had already written their purpose in the comments—to go and confirm the situation of Yotsuya Miko together.

Although he didn't know if this Yotsuya Miko was real or fake, he, who possessed the Pure-Yang Body, would definitely not take the initiative to get close to her.

He had tried using the Camera Obscura many times until now, and the facts proved that he really couldn't see any unclean things around him.

He also didn't know how far the passive range of his Pure-Yang Body was, but he figured it was at least a few dozen meters.

If he were Yotsuya Miko, with his eyes full of vengeful spirits and ghosts, terrified to death, yet having to pretend to be calm every day.

And then one day, a person appeared in front of him, around whom a large area was a forbidden zone for vengeful spirits. He would absolutely cling to that person's thigh and never let go.

That would be too conspicuous. He didn't need to take that risk.

As for Jerry, he could go. Miyauchi Hikage also didn't think that if he wanted to escape, anyone could catch him.

But now Jerry was still in seclusion, researching his Mouse Breathing. Before he had made any progress, he probably wouldn't go anywhere.

And so, the next day, Miyauchi Hikage made a reply in his diary.

[I hear you all are planning an offline meetup on Saturday. Well then, I wish you all a happy time.

As for you wanting to confirm the situation of Yotsuya Miko, I think it's fine. It won't be too dangerous.

If you suddenly feel unwell, it's probably just that you've been entangled by some vengeful spirit who wants to absorb your life force.

Since you can't see the vengeful spirits, it generally won't have too much of an impact on your body. A few days of rest should be enough.

But I won't be joining in on the fun. After all, the diary entries of the past few days may have caused some inconvenience to a certain Kasumi Utako-san's life. If she sees me, her emotions will probably be quite intense.

To avoid leaving any unpleasant memories for your first gathering, I think it's better to talk about it later.

Also, here, I would like to sincerely offer my apology and compensation to Kasumi Utako-sensei.

Kasumi Utako-sensei, by the time you see this diary entry, I should have already uploaded the compensation to your group. I hope you will like my gift.

If you feel it's not enough, I can make it up to you next time.

As for your situation, Shinomiya Kaguya...

To be honest, for a moment, I really don't know how to explain it to you.

After all, there are too many questionable points in the later stages of the work. Even if I were to tell you what's in my memory verbatim, I feel you probably wouldn't be able to understand.

I'll just pick out the key points and briefly explain them to you.

Your dad's health won't hold out for another two years, and then the Shinomiya family will be resisted by the branch families of the Shinomiya family, who have united.

Your eldest brother prepares to send you off for a marriage alliance, and then you are locked up.

Next is a hero-saves-the-damsel scene that can be called a new era of art.

It includes:

After you are locked up, your maid, who had already resigned at that time, and your hero begin a happy cohabitation life.

Your hero asks your brother for a billion yen breakup fee, saying it's to be used for revenge against the Shinomiya family. It's just that not much was spent in the end, and the rest became the startup capital for his own career.

He takes a marriage registration form to your dad's sickroom and asks your critically ill old father to marry you to him. Setting aside the process in between, anyway, he smoothly learns the location of the will from your critically ill old father.

While your best friend and maid are trying every means to sneak into the Shinomiya house to save you, your hero is strategizing in the rear, and by the way, discusses with someone for a whole chapter how to eat yakisoba to make it delicious, and then spends another four or five chapters to finish this bowl of yakisoba.

In the end, you escape from the Shinomiya house yourself. In the process of searching for your dad's will, you are caught up by your brother. When you state that you can find a way to revive the Shinomiya family, and your brother says he doesn't believe you, and then for some reason you say the world-famous line from the picture I posted a few days ago.

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To be honest, what your mental state was when you said this sentence has been a source of conflict for me and many people in my past life for a long time.

But it's a great pity that in my past life, I didn't have the opportunity to have a conversation with the artist who created this plot.

Now that I have the opportunity to have a conversation with you, I hope you can help me solve this mystery.]

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