Anyone who has read Harry Potter should know why few people in the work dared to directly say Voldemort's name, only daring to refer to him as You-Know-Who or the Dark Lord.
It was not just because of the fear of the dark lord Voldemort, but also because he had placed a curse on his own name.
As long as someone uttered his name, he and his Death Eater followers would be able to know that person's current location and then go to capture and torture them.
And Miyauchi Hikage, who had been disguising himself as the mysterious person in his diary, had received this very spell as his reward last night, successfully taking his first step towards becoming a Dark Lord.
In fact, the name spell rewarded by the diary was an optimized and complete version, and it even came with several complete sets of spellcasting materials, which made Miyauchi Hikage give a thumbs-up for the diary's generosity.
In comparison, Voldemort's spell in Harry Potter was actually a simplified version. It would only react to the name Voldemort, while titles like You-Know-Who, the Dark Lord, and even his real name, Tom Riddle, would not trigger the spell's reaction.
The advantage was that the spell consumed fewer materials and had a large enough effective range.
Voldemort's spell covered the entire United Kingdom and even a small half of Europe, making the entire British wizarding world not dare to speak his name directly for decades.
And on Miyauchi Hikage's side, after he had used himself as the target of the spell and gone through a tedious spell ritual, although the effective range of the spell had shrunk, its precision had greatly improved.
Whether it was calling his name directly, or a nickname, as long as a "title" representing him was spoken, Miyauchi Hikage could sense it.
Within a hundred kilometers, he could vaguely sense the other person's direction.
Within fifty kilometers, he could sense the other person's specific location.
Within ten kilometers, he could hear the sound of the other person speaking his name relatively clearly.
If he could get within a distance of one kilometer, Miyauchi Hikage could not only hear the complete conversation after the other person spoke his name, but also directly see their appearance at that moment.
Right now, Miyauchi Hikage was less than two kilometers away from Kasumigaoka Utaha and the others. The effect of the spell allowed him to hear the next two or three sentences the other party said and vaguely see their image.
Originally, Miyauchi Hikage hadn't really wanted to join in on the fun, partly out of respect for a super-conglomerate like the Shinomiya family, and also because he was afraid of being noticed by Yotsuya Miko.
But now that he had this ability, he naturally didn't have so many scruples.
No matter how powerful the Shinomiya family was, no matter how many things Yotsuya Miko could see, it wouldn't affect him from several kilometers away.
With him making such a fuss now, even if that group of girls found Conan to help and turned the whole of Minami-Shinjuku upside down, they would absolutely not be able to connect it to him.
Sensing that Kasumigaoka Utaha had cursed him again, Miyauchi Hikage drank a sip of his happy otaku water in a cheerful mood, and then once again made a mark in his diary.
I'd like to see how many times you can curse me in one day.
You like to use "the mysterious person deserves to die" as a secret code, don't you? You want to write me into your new book as a small-fry villain who gets used as a stepping stone by the protagonist, don't you? I can hear all of that now and have taken note of it.
Why can't you learn from Bocchi-chan? Bocchi-chan has been thinking well of me. When she was hiding in the small alley, she was still thanking me for giving her the nickname "Bocchi-chan".
You know, I haven't even written your nickname "Old Fatty Kasumi" in the diary yet. If you keep this up, it makes things very difficult for me.
...
As Miyauchi Hikage muttered, Bocchi-chan in the coffee shop sneezed several times in a row. Then, sensing the curious gazes of the chatting crowd on her, she immediately shrank into a ball and began to apologize profusely. "Ah... I'm sorry, did I disturb everyone's chat!"
After spending a morning together, Bocchi-chan had finally dared to speak in front of everyone.
Although so far, she had basically only said things related to apologies.
However, everyone had also gradually gotten used to Bocchi-chan's socially anxious nature, so they were all quite tolerant of her.
The overly familiar Umaru even took the initiative to sit next to Bocchi-chan and would talk to her from time to time to prevent her from feeling awkward sitting on the side.
And when it was a little after two in the afternoon, Shinomiya Kaguya slowly woke up from her deep sleep.
The moment she opened her eyes, Shinomiya Kaguya looked a little dazed at Hayasaka Ai, who was staring at her in front of her and saying, "Young Mistress, you're awake." This sent her mind into a momentary confusion.
Why am I resting my head on Hayasaka's lap?
Where is this? Why doesn't it look like the Shinomiya residence?
But soon, the residual memories in her head let her figure out what was going on.
Instantly, a crimson blush appeared on her face. She immediately rubbed her own cheeks forcefully, wanting to forget this shameful memory.
Her reaction after seeing the diary last night was a bit strong. In a moment of carelessness, she had let that "little one" pop out.
It would have been fine if it were a normal day, but today was the first offline meetup of their Diary Interest Group!
Wasn't her foolish and naive appearance completely seen by Kasumigaoka Utaha and the others?
Before, she could still pretend not to care in the group, at most complaining about the mysterious person in private.
But at this moment, Shinomiya Kaguya felt that her performance today had completely destroyed the dignity of the Shinomiya family and her personal image.
Shinomiya Kaguya hadn't yet figured out how to face Kasumigaoka Utaha and the others, but on the other side, the few girls had already noticed her situation.
"Kaguya, how are you feeling now?" As the one who had used Hamon to put her to sleep, Kasumigaoka Utaha was the first to ask.
Shinomiya Kaguya hurriedly sat up from Hayasaka Ai's lap, tidied up her appearance, and tried her best to make herself look normal.
But when she spoke, her expression still looked a little strange.
"I'm sorry. Because of my personal reasons, I let you see my childish side, and it also caused some problems for this gathering. I hope you don't mind."
As she said this, Shinomiya Kaguya gave Hayasaka Ai a look. Hayasaka Ai immediately understood and stood up, walking outside the coffee shop.
She knew that her young mistress and these unusual friends of hers would definitely have something important to discuss next.
Anyway, the news that the young mistress was in her "Kaguya-chan" state today had already been reported to the main family. Even if she had recovered now, she could continue to pretend she didn't know.
As Hayasaka Ai walked out of the coffee shop, Shinomiya Kaguya also slowly used ripple breathing to calm her mood.
"Anyway, give me some time first. Let me figure out what the situation is now."