In the Shinomiya residence, after reading today's diary, Shinomiya Kaguya fell into a state of confusion.
She could still understand the things the mysterious person had said at the beginning.
The Shinomiya family itself had been developed to its current state almost single-handedly by her father, Shinomiya Gan'an.
One could say that the current stability of the Shinomiya Conglomerate was built entirely on her father's prestige.
As for her several older brothers, to be honest, their abilities were not bad, but they were far from a match for her father.
If her father were to suddenly become critically ill one day in the future, it would not be surprising for those branch families, who had once been squeezed and even driven out of Japan by the Shinomiya family, to seek an opportunity to rebel.
When that day really came, for the future of the Shinomiya family, it would also be normal for her, the only female in the family, to be sent off for a marriage alliance.
To be honest, if the mysterious person's diary had only written this much, Shinomiya Kaguya would have been very grateful to him and would have immediately begun to prepare for the events two years later.
But the content that followed, she couldn't understand at all!
Originally, she thought that her questions from the past few days would be answered, that she would be able to figure out why she would want to become a photographer in the future.
When she said that in the future, had she already successfully broken free from the shackles of her family?
Or had she gained enough of a voice in the family so she could do what she wanted to do?
No matter what, the her who could say that should be living quite well.
That's what Shinomiya Kaguya had thought before.
But now, after reading the mysterious person's diary, she felt that her head was even more confused.
She began to try to sort out her thoughts in the diary.
First, she should be in a relationship with someone in the future.
Putting aside the matter of Hayasaka Ai resigning and cohabiting with that person, after all, Shinomiya Kaguya still trusted Hayasaka Ai very much. It might have been a plan they had discussed in advance.
It was just that after that, things started to get a little bit bizarre.
After she was locked up by her family, that person had asked her brother for a billion yen as a breakup fee and was prepared to use this money to seek revenge on the Shinomiya family.
This point alone already left Shinomiya Kaguya at a loss for words.
Since her brother was still willing to give out a billion yen as a breakup fee, it meant that the Shinomiya family had not yet reached its most critical stage.
In that situation, to want to use the money given by the Shinomiya family to overthrow the Shinomiya family... this was truly a genius-level idea.
And the mysterious person also said that in the end, not much of this money was used, and the rest was used by that person as startup capital for his own career.
Shinomiya Kaguya had no opinion on this point. The money given out by the Shinomiya family would of course not be taken back.
But that person's operations later on were a bit too heavyweight!
What on earth did that person use to break into her father's sickroom, and how did he dare to take out a marriage registration form in front of her father?
Putting herself in her father's shoes, when she was recuperating in a hospital bed, a young man suddenly rushed into her sickroom from nowhere and even took out a marriage registration form to ask her to marry her daughter to him...
Sinking him to the bottom of Tokyo Bay in cement would be considered merciful!
But in the end, her father seemed to have actually acknowledged that person and even told him the location of the will?
Was it because of his serious illness that her father had also become soft-hearted?
Thinking of this possibility, Shinomiya Kaguya's mood was a little complicated.
After all, she had never felt much care from her father since she was young. She could even vaguely feel her father's sense of distance from her.
After she had grown a little older, her father had directly handed her over to her third brother to be raised.
And since middle school, she had moved from the Shinomiya family's main house in Kyoto to Tokyo, and could only see her father during the New Year and other holidays.
So, her father actually did care about her, but for some reason, had never shown it?
Shinomiya Kaguya felt that this seemed to be the only way to understand it.
As for the next few paragraphs, whether it was about yakisoba or the photographer, Shinomiya Kaguya did not analyze them further.
Because she really couldn't analyze them.
Regarding the mysterious person's evaluation of it as "art of a new era," although Shinomiya Kaguya had never come into contact with so-called abstract culture before, she also felt a similar feeling at this moment.
It was too abstract.
If she had the chance to go to the mysterious person's past life, she would definitely make the person who created this plot kneel before her and explain properly what on earth this plot meant.
And now... anyway, it was better for a person not to try to understand things they couldn't understand. If she thought about it any further, she would think herself mad.
Taking a deep breath, she temporarily put aside "I want to be a photographer."
Shinomiya Kaguya felt that she should go and check on Kasumigaoka Utaha's situation now to distract herself a little.
After all, the mysterious person had, contrary to his usual behavior, directly apologized to Kasumigaoka Utaha in the diary tonight and even offered a gift of compensation.
Shinomiya Kaguya didn't think that the mysterious person, who had just said "I hope you can help me solve this mystery," could sincerely apologize to someone.
She opened the group chat. The first thing she saw was Kasumigaoka Utaha flaming the mysterious person in the group.
Kasumi Utako: "So shameless! I've never seen such a bastard! On the first day, he specifically posts the scene of my debut in the story. On the second day, not only does he post my scene, but he also adds a crazy amount of commentary at the end. And today, he directly posts the anime in the group. Where on earth did I offend this bastard!"
Following that was a large pile of words like "scum" and "dregs" used to vent emotions.
It was a pity that there weren't many curse words in Japanese. If Kasumi Utako had learned Chinese, she could probably have cursed in the group for half an hour without repeating herself.
Shinomiya Kaguya glanced at the group files.
Six episodes at once. It could indeed be said to be a super broadcast.
No wonder Kasumigaoka Utaha's performance in the group was so... intense.
In order to maintain her persona, she, Shinomiya Kaguya, couldn't just open fire on the mysterious person in the group like Kasumigaoka Utaha. But now, seeing Utaha's reaction, Shinomiya Kaguya's emotions had also eased a little, as if she had also joined in the flaming.
Seeing that there were still many people in the group @'ing her, asking about her current situation, and even asking if tomorrow's gathering would be held as usual.
Shinomiya Kaguya sighed and reached up to rub her own face.
After seeing today's diary, her mind was a little chaotic. Tomorrow's gathering would probably be very awkward.
But perhaps this was the mysterious person's plan, to make her feel that her dignity had been swept away and then be too embarrassed to hold the gathering again.
She believed that this was a test for her. Only by overcoming her own immature future could she achieve growth.
And so, she made a reply in the group.
Kaguya: "I'm actually fine."
Kaguya: "Although I still can't quite understand why my story would collapse like that in the later stages, I don't think such an absurd story will be repeated in reality."
Kaguya: "Seriously speaking, I should even thank the mysterious person for telling me about my father's critical illness two years from now, and the fact that the branch families of the Shinomiya family are still eyeing the main family. Now I still have plenty of time to prepare for these things in advance."
Kaguya: "Tomorrow's gathering plan will not change. I have already had the Shinomiya family's bodyguards prepare. As long as that mysterious person dares to come, then tomorrow we might be able to find out his identity."