The Godly Mother was defeated, and then she gave up.
Watching the prayer beads she had made in her prime shatter so easily in someone else's hands, she felt that at her age, it would be better to just go home and farm.
But she wanted to give up; Shinomiya Kaguya, on the other hand, had a bright look in her eyes.
Although she couldn't see anything, it was very clear that there must have been some kind of unclean thing around Yotsuya Miko just now.
As for this Godly Mother, perhaps she could only make a living by deceiving people usually.
But those scattered prayer beads meant that she was definitely not a pure fraud. At the very least, she had a little bit of magical power on her, which was why she could sense the abnormality around Yotsuya Miko.
I believe it won't take much effort to make this old Godly Mother reveal some secrets about the "hidden world."
Shinomiya Kaguya silently gave an order to Hayasaka Ai, who was in the distance. She herself, along with the other girls, chased after the disappointed departing figure of Yotsuya Miko.
Since Yotsuya Miko could really see those unclean things, then the next step was the showdown, to check whether she had a diary or not.
And so, Yotsuya Miko, who was still dejected about the prayer beads scattering, but at the same time relieved that the shackled evil spirit was no longer following them, hadn't walked more than a few steps before she was stopped by Shinomiya Kaguya and the others.
Yotsuya Miko was originally a little strange. What did those girls from the shop entrance want with her?
But in the next moment, she was astonished to see that each of these beautiful girls now had a particularly familiar-looking diary in their hands!
Instantly, the diary death match she had dreamed of in her nightmare a few days ago flooded her mind.
These girls, with their unbelievably beautiful faces, instantly became dangerous in her eyes.
She quickly glanced at her best friend, Yurikawa Hana.
The other girl was currently amicably approaching those beautiful girls to greet them, seemingly not noticing the strange diaries they were holding at all.
As expected, that diary that had suddenly appeared on her desk was also like those vengeful spirits and evil ghosts. Only she could see it!
Yotsuya Miko, who had just been thinking that she had narrowly escaped a disaster, immediately broke out in a cold sweat again.
Yotsuya Miko had originally wanted to continue to play dumb and muddle through, but one of the girls called out her name directly.
"Yotsuya Miko-san, can we have a little chat?"
"Eh? Miko, so you know them? When did you meet so many beautiful girls? Why didn't you tell me?" Yurikawa Hana was stunned for a moment, then looked at Yotsuya Miko with a surprised expression.
Before Yotsuya Miko could speak, that girl first introduced herself to Yurikawa Hana.
"I am Shinomiya Kaguya. My family has a slight cooperative relationship with Yotsuya Miko-san's family, which is why I know her. I wonder if you have time now, Miko-san? We have some things we'd like to ask you about."
Shinomiya Kaguya smiled at Yotsuya Miko, but this seemingly friendly smile appeared so cold in Miko's heart at this moment.
She remembered. This woman was the one who had called her a few days ago, asking if she was a "holder of the diary," and whom she had directly hung up on and blacklisted.
She knew she probably couldn't escape. The other party knew her phone number and her identity. Even if she wanted to pretend she didn't know, it was impossible.
In this situation, at the very least, I have to let Hana leave first. I can't get her involved!
And so, Yotsuya Miko looked at her friend, on the verge of tears. "I'm sorry, Hana. I haven't seen these friends in a long time. We'll probably be chatting for a long time... Why don't you go home first by yourself?"
Although Yurikawa Hana felt a little strange, looking at Shinomiya Kaguya's approachable smile, she felt that she probably wasn't a bad person.
"I see! Miko, have fun with your old friends! Then we'll see each other again on Monday!"
As Yurikawa Hana left with light steps, Yotsuya Miko's heart was bidding a final farewell to her best friend.
As Yotsuya Miko put on an expression of 'do with me as you please, whether you kill me or slice me up', Bocchi-chan on the side subconsciously thought she had found a fellow social phobe.
Kasumigaoka Utaha, on the other hand, scratched her own hair with some disbelief.
She had originally thought that if Yotsuya Miko really had the diary, even if she were scared, she would still try to open it to see what was inside, right?
So she had previously thought that Yotsuya Miko probably didn't have a diary.
It was just that the act of their group taking out their diaries at the same time in front of Yotsuya Miko just now had caused a flustered look to appear on her face for a brief moment.
Although in a very short time, she had controlled her expression with astonishing willpower, for them, this was already enough confirmation.
Therefore, Kasumigaoka Utaha was shocked.
"So, you really did treat this diary as the same kind of thing as those vengeful spirits and haven't opened it once until now?"
Seeing the on-the-verge-of-tears Yotsuya Miko, she asked her this.
"Ah?" Yotsuya Miko was stunned for a moment, seemingly not expecting that the "judgment" of these girls on her would actually start with such a non-aggressive inquiry.
Kasumigaoka Utaha sighed and looked at Shinomiya Kaguya. "Alright, your guess was right. Let's find a place first and explain the matter of the diary to her clearly."
She then looked at Yotsuya Miko. "Are those things still following you right now? If not, just speak directly. If they are, then just don't answer."
This time, Yotsuya Miko finally reacted.
She seemed to realize that this group of people had no malicious intent towards her, and even... they seemed to be here to help her?
So she cautiously shook her head. "No. After the prayer beads exploded just now, th-that thing went back."
...
About ten minutes later, Yotsuya Miko finally found a place where there were no vengeful spirits around.
In front of the few girls, for the first time in the two weeks since she had obtained the diary, she took the initiative to take it out.
"Open it and take a look. The things you want to know are all inside," Shinomiya Kaguya invited her.
Yotsuya Miko hesitated for a moment. "There's really no evil great demon king sealed inside, is there?"
Kasumigaoka Utaha retorted irritably, "What great demon king? It's just a diary written by a mysterious bastard with an extremely malicious personality who enjoys messing with people."