In the end, Yotsuya Miko did not go and try it right away.
After all, everyone was going to eat together later. If she accidentally attracted another evil spirit to her side, then everyone would probably not be in the mood to eat.
Therefore, in the end, Yotsuya Miko just expressed her gratitude to Bocchi-chan and everyone with a serious face. She even expressed her gratitude to the mysterious person who had delivered the diary to her.
Today, she had learned what she had missed out on due to her own blunder of the past half-month, learned her identity as the female protagonist of a horror manga, joined the Diary Interest Group's chat, and met a group of friends with whom she could share her hardships and sorrows. She had even found a possible solution to her troubles.
"Although I'm not special in any way other than being able to see those things, if there's anything I can help with in the future, I will definitely do my best!"
Bocchi-chan didn't say anything, just fidgeted, but the other few girls were already thinking about whether to invite Yotsuya Miko to their own homes one day to confirm if there were any of those unclean things there.
Although the saying goes, "out of sight, out of mind," now that they knew that ghosts really existed in this world, if they didn't check, they would always feel a little grossed out.
And Kasumigaoka Utaha, on the other hand, had started to complain about the mysterious person again.
After all, it was because the text the mysterious person had written when he first wrote in the diary was too misleading that Yotsuya Miko, a girl who could see strange things, had only dared to open the diary for the second time today.
"When I first flipped through the diary and saw the stuff that bastard mysterious person wrote, I was really fooled by him. I even struggled for a long time over whether to respond."
"Actually, from that time on, I already felt that the mysterious person who writes the diary must have a very malicious personality. He basically does one decent thing, and then along with it, he has to mess with our minds."
The "we" in Kasumigaoka Utaha's mouth, in reality, currently only consisted of her and Shinomiya Kaguya. The other diary holders didn't seem to have felt the mysterious person's firepower much yet.
She had her novel, manga, and anime all blooming at once. She was basically dragged out to be flogged every few days.
Shinomiya Kaguya was not to be outdone, with her desire to be a photographer and her "Kaguya-chan" state today.
Seriously speaking, Hoshino Ai could also be counted as one, but her personality made her feel no pressure at all. She had even taken the mysterious person as her fan because of his one sentence, "I've seen your video."
As for the others, like Yotsuya Miko and Katsura Kotonoha, they were given well-intentioned reminders without much malicious humor.
As for Bocchi-chan...
Thinking of this, Kasumigaoka Utaha felt a bit jealous.
That doting, father-like affection was about to overflow, wasn't it!
Mysterious person, do you like this little social phobe that much?
Why can't you be like that with me?
After a round of internal complaints, Kasumigaoka Utaha, whose chest ached with anger, felt her resentment towards the mysterious person rise another level.
...
Although there were many twists and turns today, in the end, it still came to a relatively satisfactory conclusion.
The only regret was that in the end, they still couldn't find out where the mysterious person was peeking at them from.
That night, accompanied by everyone enjoying a sumptuous dinner at the Kaguya residence and taking a group photo together at the end, the first offline meetup of the Diary Interest Group came to a successful conclusion.
Of course, there was another segment after this, it was just that this segment was not suitable for too many people to participate in.
This segment was to inquire about the situation of the hidden world from the Godly Mother of Shitamachi whom they had met in the afternoon.
When the Shinomiya family's bodyguards found the Godly Mother of Shitamachi disheartened and packing her luggage to return to her hometown, with Shinomiya Kaguya's approval, they brought her back to the Shinomiya residence. Now, she was waiting in the side hall for Shinomiya Kaguya's summons.
After a brief discussion among the group, in the end, it was naturally Yotsuya Miko, who possessed the highest level of Yin-Yang Eyes, who stayed behind. This way, they could also confirm the authenticity of what the Godly Mother of Shitamachi said.
Incidentally, because she was worried that something unexpected might happen to the socially anxious Bocchi-chan, Shinomiya Kaguya had also specially instructed Hayasaka Ai to personally send her home.
As everyone left, Shinomiya Kaguya glanced at the somewhat uneasy Yotsuya Miko, reassuring her a little, and only then had someone bring that Godly Mother over.
The moment she saw Shinomiya Kaguya and Yotsuya Miko, the Godly Mother of Shitamachi decisively conceded, stating that she could tell them everything she knew.
Her eyes had not been wrong. Shinomiya Kaguya was indeed a big fat sheep, and a super big fat sheep that she had rarely seen in her life, the kind that could easily crush her.
After all, who could have thought that the daughter of the famous Shinomiya family would run to this remote shopping street on a weekend!
With a big fat sheep of this level, she couldn't use the same old sweet talk anymore. Plus, with Yotsuya Miko, a girl who was suspected of having Yin-Yang Eyes, by her side, even if she wanted to deceive them, she probably couldn't. It was better to just have a showdown with them honestly.
This way, she might even be able to get some benefits.
As for the rules of the hidden world?
Yotsuya Miko had Yin-Yang Eyes and had already stepped into this world. And as for Shinomiya Kaguya... she could feel that the life energy on Shinomiya Kaguya was much stronger than an ordinary person's. She estimated that with a little guidance, Shinomiya Kaguya could smoothly become a proper exorcist.
Besides, a conglomerate of the Shinomiya's level must have heard about this kind of thing. Otherwise, this young girl wouldn't have so confidently brought her to her own home.
Therefore, the Godly Mother of Shitamachi quickly made a decision and began to explain to the two girls the truth of this world as she knew it.
Regarding the content about ghosts and spiritual sight, what the Godly Mother said was no different from what the mysterious person had mentioned in the diary.
A person with spiritual sight can see, hear, and feel the existence of ghosts. The stronger a person's spiritual sight, the more things they can see.
For example, the evil spirit that had appeared beside Yotsuya Miko in the afternoon. Miko could clearly see its appearance, hear its voice, and feel the stench coming from it.
But the Godly Mother could only barely see a black shadow and couldn't feel anything else.
Of course, to this, the Godly Mother's explanation was that she was old, and her spiritual power had declined greatly, not even thirty percent of what it was at her peak.
But after seeing Shinomiya Kaguya's gaze, which seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, she could only honestly tell the truth.
Even in her prime, she could only be considered a second-rate exorcist.
Whether it was the master who had initiated her, or the apprentice she had taken in later, their aptitude was much better than hers.
Speaking of which, the Godly Mother shook her head with some helplessness. "Originally, with my strength, even if my spiritual power had declined, it was still enough in the past."
"But I don't know why, starting from more than ten years ago, some changes have occurred in this world."
"High-level vengeful spirits that I wouldn't run into for years in the past have been popping up one after another in these years. Especially near Beika Town, it has almost become a gathering place for high-level vengeful spirits. Even if ordinary people can't come into contact with them, those high-level vengeful spirits will more or less have some psychological impact on people, causing the crime rate over there to become higher and higher in the past ten years."
"And yet, those people from the Jujutsu Headquarters, on the grounds that those vengeful spirits' situation is stable and they won't take the initiative to attack people, don't want to deal with those troubles at all. If this continues, I estimate that in a few more years, Beika Town will probably be able to nurture a special-grade vengeful spirit."