With Menma, who rarely spoke in the group due to her health, saying such a thing, the discussion in the entire group immediately became even more heated.
Following a series of "???" appearing in the chat group, even those group members who usually didn't speak much popped up.
Alright, alright.
Originally, they thought that the male passerby supporting character was only involved with the Shiina sisters and Katō Megumi. They never expected another bombshell to suddenly appear.
So this Miyauchi Hikage had also had contact with another girl in the group!
Although Menma didn't usually speak much, she had briefly talked about her own situation in the group before. Now, because of Miyauchi Hikage, she naturally quickly told her story completely once again.
She had had an accident when she was a child.
At that time, she would often go with her friends to a secret base they had found in the mountains to play.
One day, for some reason, everyone had a little dispute and a small conflict, which led to everyone not going home together that day.
And then, on her way home alone, she had accidentally fallen into a mountain river and had almost drowned.
It was when she felt that her consciousness was already beginning to blur that a group of boys had popped up and discovered her drowning.
She could no longer remember the specific situation.
She only remembered that there was probably a boy who had stood out at that time, given accurate commands, and had finally rescued her before she completely lost consciousness. He had even performed some first aid measures on her, which had allowed her to hold on until the ambulance arrived.
Although she had still developed many chronic health problems due to the drowning that year, to the point where even going to and from school was a bit of a hassle, at least her life was saved.
And now, she had also obtained the diary.
After starting to practice Hamon with her Reading Value, her body had quickly begun to recover.
Now, she could actually go to and from school by herself, and could even do some simple exercises.
However, because of her family's worries, she still needed someone to accompany her to and from school.
Menma: "After I woke up, I asked my mother. My mother told me that it was people from Asahigaoka who were on a spring outing who had saved her, and that the boy who had given the commands seemed to have the surname Miyauchi."
Honma Meiko once again posted her experience from that year in the chat group, and at the same time, she also specially marked that from the mountain near her house to Asahigaoka, there were only a few mountains in between, proving that what she said was true.
Although she, who was already unconscious at that time, couldn't remember the other's appearance at all, and she had never seen him again after that.
But she could indeed feel the nervousness and importance that boy had placed on her life.
She touched her own lips.
Although that was to save her, thinking back on it now, she would still feel a little shy.
"So the boy who saved me back then was also a character from another work..."
Recalling a sentence the mysterious person had written in some of the diaries that didn't record any special information, "In this hodgepodge world, to see those characters who were originally not supposed to have any interaction have interactions due to various coincidences, and even end up changing each other's destinies, is sometimes indeed quite emotional."
So, if that person hadn't appeared back then, my life would probably have ended on that day.
Although she had not had the opportunity to leave a message for the mysterious person these past few days, she could still guess what her original ending was.
Honma Meiko thought to herself. Since her body had gradually recovered, should she also go and meet him in person to thank him for saving her back then?
Golden Week was coming up soon. Would he be returning to Asahigaoka?
And while she was lost in thought, the girls in the chat group were also exclaiming over her luck back then.
UMR: "So, if that Miyauchi Hikage hadn't appeared back then, Menma might have already died?"
Yukinoshita: "That's not necessarily true. After all, she is most likely the female protagonist of her own story. And according to her, that day was originally the day of the Asahigaoka branch school's spring outing. Even without the appearance of that Miyauchi Hikage, she should have been saved by those who came for the spring outing."
"It's just that because Miyauchi Hikage was capable, he made a rescue that might not have been so smooth become much smoother."
Of course, these were all just Yukinoshita Yukino's guesses.
Even though there was Yotsuya Miko in the group, who had opened the highest level of Yin-Yang Eyes and could easily see through all the secrets of this world, since ordinary people still occupied the majority, it was naturally very difficult for everyone to imagine that Menma, this female protagonist, would really die so simply and appear in her own work entirely in the form of a ghost.
Under these circumstances, it was not strange that Yukinoshita Yukino's speculation would seem conservative. Many of the girls in the group had never seen life and death separations and also believed that this was a more reasonable property.
As for Miyauchi Hikage?
Yukinoshita Yukino was only a little curious about this male passerby who had, by coincidence, had interactions with the female characters of several other anime.
But just as Umaru had said, indeed, many of the male passerby characters in yuri works would have rather absurd personas and abilities.
Just like Umaru's own older brother.
Because Umaru had praised how amazing her older brother was many times in the group, Shinomiya Kaguya had actually gone to investigate his past, to see if it was just Umaru's boasting or if it was really true.
He attended a high school with a not-so-high academic ranking. Although he attended cram school, it was not any special cram school.
But even so, during his student days, he had always maintained a position in the top ten in all of Japan, and had even often been ranked first in the country with a perfect score in all subjects.
And in high school, because he could easily get a perfect score, he had a somewhat terrifying nickname in school, "The Ogre of Taihei."
What was even more absurd was that such a genius, after graduating from university, not only had no intention of continuing his studies, but also did not join any large company to become a social elite.
Instead, he chose to join a conglomerate company opened by the family of another female high school classmate, along with a friend from his high school who had perennially failed his exams.
Perhaps in the eyes of an ordinary person, that company was not bad, but after working in that company for four years, he was still just an ordinary employee.
Did this kind of work and salary really match the ability of Umaru's all-powerful older brother?
To be honest, Kaguya-sama had even had the thought of acquiring that company and having a versatile talent like Doma Taihei work for the Shinomiya family for a lifetime.
But it was precisely because of these settings that would make people feel a sense of dissonance after noticing them that the girls in the group could confirm that their world did indeed seem a little off.
This was probably the fate of those all-powerful male characters in yuri anime. After all, the story was, at the end of the day, unfolded from the perspective of the girls.
In comparison, although Miyauchi Hikage had not shown his face in his work, he had indeed used his own ability to lead the revitalization of Asahigaoka, and now it seemed he also had the possibility of becoming a normie.
In fact, Kaguya-sama felt that it was precisely because of his persona of not showing his face in the plot that he had more uncertainty in the world outside of the work.
Because he was shaped so little in the work, yet his ability was strong, he had on the contrary obtained a higher degree of plasticity in reality. After all, who knew what amazing skills such a character had besides the abilities shown in the work.
However, none of the girls in the group had really suspected Miyauchi Hikage's identity yet.
Because at this time, two of the girls in the group who had diaries had already come into close contact with him.
And they had both said that after their contact with him, they hadn't felt anything special.
After all, talent was not something that could be confirmed just by meeting a few times.
In addition, everyone felt that the mysterious person's tracks could not possibly be exposed so easily, so they all subconsciously ruled out his suspicion.
In fact, Shiina Mashiro had even made Miyauchi Hikage her manga assistant, preemptively recruiting this talent with maxed-out creativity under her command—at least in the thoughts of many of the girls in the group, such as Shinomiya Kaguya.
The current Kaguya-sama, although because she wanted to maintain harmony in the group, would naturally not make a move on Miyauchi Hikage for a short period of time.
But Doma Taihei and that other "maxed-out initiative" young man mentioned by the mysterious person in the diary, she felt she could still continue to strive for.
And even if she didn't make a move on Miyauchi Hikage for the time being, she, who had obtained a part of the family's authority, could still, under the banner of being optimistic about Asahigaoka's future, first make some investments in Asahigaoka's side to gain his goodwill, which was no problem.
"In terms of long-term operations, our Shinomiya family will not be inferior to anyone. Since we have the advantage of the diary, we must naturally make all these outstanding talents become a help to our family," Kaguya-sama said, and after seeing that the discussion about Miyauchi Hikage had cooled down a bit after everyone in the group had finished eating the new melon about Menma and him, she then revealed the news she had just obtained from the Godly Mother of Shitamachi.
Miyauchi Hikage was, after all, just an ordinary person. How could his popularity compare to that King of Curses from a thousand years ago, Ryomen Sukuna?
Miyauchi Hikage's side was at most a three-of-a-kind bomb. Ryomen Sukuna was a true royal flush.
After the information on Ryomen Sukuna appeared in the group, the few girls in the group began to get nervous.
Yotsuya Miko: "The King of Curses from a thousand years ago!"
The little ghosts she usually saw were already so scary. She didn't even dare to imagine how terrifying the image of this King of Curses could be.
Kaguya: "You don't have to be so worried. Although I don't know how Ryomen Sukuna was sealed back then, according to the mysterious person's statement, as a villain, Ryomen Sukuna will definitely be defeated by the protagonists in the end."
Hinami Aoi: "That's hard to say. Didn't the mysterious person evaluate that manga's story as becoming particularly abstract after that 'Honored One' was dismembered? Based on my many years of experience playing so many trash games, those abstract games almost all have their own abstract places and can always cook up some super development that you could never have imagined, outside of common sense."
"Maybe the final ending is that the villain wins?"
To this, Umaru also rather supported the point of view of this opponent she had defeated.
UMR: "Anyway, I don't dare to go near Shibuya anymore. I'll just go buy things in other places in the future."
After the members of the gaming group had spoken, Goko Ruri, who had not spoken for a long time, also chimed in.
Kuroneko: "...Just now I asked Martial Uncle Jerry about Sukuna and that 'Honored One'. It just wrote on a piece of paper 'I'll win', and then lay on the ground and played dead. I don't know what it means."
Kuroneko: "But looking at its appearance, it should be playing a meme... I'll go ask it again."
The reminder Jerry gave was indeed very abstract.
But also because it was indeed abstract, on the contrary, it really made the troll, Umaru, guess if it was that the so-called "Honored One" had said such a sentence, and then was instantly killed by Sukuna.
And Kaguya-sama, who couldn't guess at all, timely showed her concern in the group for Tsukimi Eiko, who should have suffered a considerable blow.
"Although it is a rule of the hidden world that it does not interfere with the surface world, for a monster who lived a thousand years ago, it is indeed a bit unreasonable to make him abide by modern rules."
"Right now, besides the mysterious person, no one knows what will happen in this Shibuya Incident, and what kind of crisis it will ultimately cause. So it's right for everyone to be a little more careful before that."
This matter was too big. Even Kaguya-sama didn't have much confidence now, let alone sealing off Shibuya at the end of October—what if after she had used all sorts of resources to seal off Shibuya, in the end, Ryomen Sukuna did not choose to revive in Shibuya?
The intertwining of plots between ordinary works would not cause any big problems. At most, it would just slightly change the fate of those ordinary people.
But since it concerned the safety of the hidden world, Kaguya-sama naturally had to be more cautious in her judgment.
Fortunately, there was still half a year. In these six months, she and the girls in the group would definitely not continue to stay in the same place.
Even if that mysterious person, for the sake of so-called "laying low," continued to stay out of it, it was not impossible for them, these girls, to find a way to deal with Sukuna at that time.
Hamon, breathing styles, spiritual power, jujutsu... as long as there were Reading Points, all these supernatural powers could be controlled by her.
"But just to be safe, Eiko, if you really want to continue to be a singer, it's best to leave Shibuya first. I can still help you introduce some reliable agencies and managers."
However, to this, after Tsukimi Eiko had thanked Kaguya-sama for her help, she still shook her head.
Tsukimi Eiko: "The owner of this shop has saved my life. I definitely can't just leave like this. And there are so many people here in Shibuya. If an accident really happens, I won't just stand by and watch them get into trouble."
Although Tsukimi Eiko herself knew very well that this was not something she could do now, she felt that having stayed in Shibuya for so long, she couldn't just stand by and watch everyone get into trouble.
Seeing Tsukimi Eiko's resolute attitude, Kaguya-sama didn't say much more, just said that if there was any new news from the hidden world, she would still share it with everyone in time.