What era is it? Why are people still writing traditional diaries?

Yotsuya Miko also found it acceptable.

After all, she has two days a week to say goodbye to those dirty things without having to be so tense all the time. This is enough for her to breathe a sigh of relief.

Besides, maybe as she continues to improve the permissions of the diary, she will one day find a way to permanently close her Yin-Yang eyes?

But at this moment, little Pochi, who was timid and didn't dare to speak, seemed to have thought of something.

She hesitated for a long time, and when she saw that everyone seemed to think this was the best solution, she rubbed her hands anxiously, as if she wanted to express her own opinion but didn't dare to speak up.

This anxious look was immediately noticed by Komari who was beside her.

"What's wrong, little Pochi? Are you feeling unwell?"

She asked with concern.

Kaguya Shinomiya glanced at Pochi-chan, then turned to look at Miko Yotsuya with a questioning look.

Yotsuya Miko knew she was asking if she saw anything around Pochi-chan, so she quickly shook her head: "No, everyone's area is pretty clean."

Meanwhile, little Pochi's heart was beating to the limit as she was being stared at by a group of people.

But she glanced at Yotsuya Miko beside her, and finally forced herself to suppress her nervousness, expressing her thoughts in an almost inaudible voice.

"Ah... well, if those things can't see the diary, then taking out the diary when you encounter them should be effective..."

This is a new use for her diary that she discovered after starting high school.

She suffered from social anxiety and was afraid to interact with people in a new school and class.

Whenever someone came up to her and started talking to her, she would take out her diary and start flipping through it.

She always managed to get away with it by taking advantage of the fact that others couldn't see the diary and would rationalize the diary owner's behavior when holding the diary.

Although this method is still just an escape and cannot completely solve her social anxiety problem, it is indeed very effective.

That's why she immediately thought that this method might be used to deal with those vengeful spirits.

I have to say that the perspective proposed by Xiao Boqi is indeed very novel.

The girls present only thought about it for a moment and found that this method of using magic to defeat magic seemed to be very feasible.

After all, after obtaining the diary, everyone has more or less had the experience of taking out the diary for testing in public.

As long as they don't do anything that would already be eye-catching while holding their diaries, they will definitely not attract anyone's attention.

The only question is, can those vengeful spirits and evil ghosts see the diary?

To be honest, everyone would naturally trust the magical diary in their hands more, which might have come from a higher dimension.

Yotsuya Miko even had the rare idea of ​​taking the initiative to contact those vengeful spirits and evil ghosts to test whether Pochi's guess was feasible.

Komari was even more delighted and patted Pochi's shoulder: "Well done, Pochi, I didn't expect your brain to work so quickly!"

Several other girls also praised Xiao Boqi.

Little Pochi, who had never been praised since childhood, felt as if he was about to fly, and a nympho-like smile appeared on his face.

Chapter 61: What’s the truth behind the high crime rate in Beika Town?

However, Yotsuya Miko did not try it right away.

After all, everyone is going to have dinner together later. If she accidentally attracts another evil ghost to her side, then no one will probably be in the mood to eat.

Therefore, in the end, Yotsuya Miko just expressed her gratitude to Pochi and everyone else with a serious face. She even expressed her gratitude to the mysterious person who handed the diary to her.

Today, she realized what she had missed out on due to the misunderstanding she had caused in the past half month, knew that she was the heroine of a horror comic, joined the group chat of the diary club, met a group of friends with whom she could confide her sorrows and pains, and even found a possible solution to her troubles.

"Although I don't have any special abilities other than being able to see those things, if you need any help in the future, I will definitely do my best!"

Little Pochi was shy and didn't say anything, but the other girls were already thinking about whether they should invite Yotsuya Miko to their home one day to check if there were any unclean things in their house.

Although the saying goes, out of sight, out of mind, they all know that ghosts really do exist in this world. If they don't confirm it, they will always feel a little uncomfortable.

And Kasumigaoka Utaha started complaining about the mysterious man again.

After all, it was because the words written by the mysterious man in the diary when he first wrote were so confusing that Yotsuya Miko, a girl who can see strange things, did not dare to open the diary for the second time until today.

"When I first looked through the diary and saw what that bastard, the mysterious man, wrote, I was really intimidated by him. I was struggling for a long time whether to respond."

"Actually, from that moment on, I already felt that the mysterious man who wrote the diary must have a very bad personality. He basically did something to mess with our mentality."

The "we" that Kasumigaoka Utaha mentioned actually only includes her and Shinomiya Kaguya. The others who own the diary seem to have not felt the mysterious man's firepower yet.

She is a prodigy in novels, comics and animations, and is basically brought out for a beating every few days.

Kaguya Shinomiya is not to be outdone by her desire to be a photographer and her current state as a little Kaguya.

To be honest, Hoshino Ai can actually be counted as one, but Hoshino Ai's personality makes her feel no pressure at all. She even regards the mysterious person as her fan because of the mysterious person's words "I have seen your video".

Others, like Yotsuya Miko and Katsura Kotonoha, were just giving kind reminders without any malicious intent.

As for Little Pochi...

Thinking of this, Kasumigaoka Utaha felt a little jealous.

The doting feeling like that of an old father is almost overflowing!

Mysterious man, do you like this little socially anxious guy so much?

Why can't you do this to me?

After some internal complaints, Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was so angry that her chest ached, felt even more resentful towards the mysterious man.

......

Although there were many twists and turns today, it ended relatively satisfactorily in the end.

The only regret was that they were never able to find out where the mysterious man was spying on them.

That night, everyone enjoyed a sumptuous dinner at Kaguya's house and took a group photo together at the end. The first offline gathering of the Diary Club ended successfully.

Of course, there is another step after this, but this step is not suitable for too many people to participate.

This part is about asking the Shitamachi priestess they met in the afternoon about the situation in the other world.

When the bodyguards of the Shinomiya family found that the goddess of the lower town was packing her luggage and preparing to return to her hometown in despair, they brought her back to the Shinomiya residence with the approval of Shinomiya Kaguya. Now she is waiting in the side hall for Shinomiya Kaguya to summon her.

After everyone discussed in low voices, it was naturally Yotsuya Miko, who possessed the highest level of Yin-Yang eyes, who stayed behind. This way, they could confirm the authenticity of what the Shitamachi Goddess said.

By the way, because she was worried that something might happen to Pochi, who had social anxiety, Kaguya Shinomiya specifically asked Hayasaka Ai to personally send Pochi home.

As everyone left, Kaguya Shinomiya glanced at the somewhat uneasy Yotsuya Miko, reassured her a little, and then asked someone to bring the Shitamachi Goddess over.

The moment she saw Kaguya Shinomiya and Miko Yotsuya, the Shitamachi Goddess decisively admitted her mistake and said that she could tell them everything she knew.

Her vision was not wrong. Kaguya Shinomiya was indeed a big fat sheep, and a super big fat sheep that was rare in her life, the kind that could easily crush her to death.

After all, who would have thought that the daughter of the famous Shinomiya family would come to this remote shopping street on the weekend!

There was no way she could use the sweet words she had used before on a fat sheep of this level. Besides, there was a girl named Yotsuya Miko who was suspected of having the ability to see ghosts by his side. Even if she wanted to deceive him, she probably wouldn't be able to. She had better just confront them honestly.

Maybe she could get some benefits this way.

As for the rules of the other world?

Yotsuya Miko possesses the Yin-Yang eyes and has already stepped into this world, and Shinomiya Kaguya...she can feel that Shinomiya Kaguya has much stronger life energy than ordinary people. It is estimated that with just a little guidance, Shinomiya Kaguya can successfully become a proper exorcist.

Besides, a chaebol of Shinomiya's level must have heard about such things, otherwise the little girl would not be so sure to bring her home.

Therefore, the Shitamachi Goddess quickly made a decision and explained to the two girls what she knew about the truth of this world.

Regarding ghosts and clairvoyance, what the Shitamachi Goddess said was no different from what the mysterious man mentioned in his diary.

People with clairvoyance can see, hear, and feel the presence of ghosts. The stronger the clairvoyance, the more they can see.

For example, the evil ghost that appeared next to Yotsuya Miko in the afternoon. Yotsuya Miko could clearly see the other person's appearance, hear the other person's voice, and feel the foul smell coming from the other person.

The Shitamachi Goddess could only barely see a black shadow and could not feel anything else.

Of course, the Shitamachi Goddess explained that she was old and her spiritual power had declined significantly, only 30% of what it was at her peak.

But when she saw Kaguya Shinomiya's eyes that seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, she could only tell the truth honestly.

Even in her prime, she could only be considered a second-rate exorcist.

Whether it was the master who introduced her to the art world or the apprentice she accepted later, both of them were much more talented than her.

At this point, the Shitamachi Goddess shook her head helplessly: "With my strength, even if my spiritual power has declined, it was still enough in the past."

"But for some reason, starting more than a decade ago, the world has changed."

"High-level vengeful spirits, which were rarely encountered in the past few years, have been popping up one after another in recent years, especially around Beika Town. It's 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 still have some impact on people's psychology. As a result, the crime rate in that area has been getting higher and higher in the past decade or so."

"But the people at the Curse Headquarters are using the excuse that the vengeful spirits are stable and won't attack anyone, and they don't want to deal with the trouble at all. If this continues, I'm afraid that in a few years, Beika Town will probably raise a special-grade vengeful spirit."

Chapter 62: Wasn’t I dragged here to do the trick for everyone?

The Shitamachi Goddess suddenly uttered something extraordinary.

"Yukamachi? I remember the mysterious man who wrote the diary told us not to go near Youkamachi unless necessary. It turns out that it is the gathering place of vengeful spirits." Yotsuya Miko whispered and sighed to Shinomiya Kaguya beside her.

She had just read the diary in the afternoon, so she still had a very clear memory of its contents.

The mysterious man said that this was the place where the protagonist of a detective comic that had been serialized for decades lived, so all kinds of bizarre murders often occurred there.

Didn’t expect that there was the influence of those vengeful spirits here?

Yotsuya Miko immediately patted her chest. According to the Shitamachi Goddess, that place is almost becoming a gathering place for vengeful spirits. It’s scary to think about it.

Fortunately, she hasn't been there these days.

But what Shinomiya Kaguya was more concerned about was something else.

What's going on with that spell headquarters?

The Shitamachi Goddess quickly explained the situation to the two girls.

Most of these exorcists are self-taught and have no formal master-disciple inheritance. They don't have many ways to exorcise evil spirits. Apart from using spiritual power, they can only rely on their own thinking for the rest.

And sorcerers are what exorcists with a long heritage who master a variety of spells call themselves.

However, when mentioning this, the Shitamachi Goddess paused and added, "But if you really want to argue, the power used by sorcerers is indeed different from the spiritual power possessed by us exorcists. That's why they call their power 'cursed power' and look down on us exorcists."

The Spell Headquarters is an official organization formed by the big families among the sorcerers. It is one of the institutions used to manage and monitor abnormal events throughout Japan. Due to the sharp increase in the number of vengeful spirits in the past decade, this institution has also achieved considerable development.

Of course, there are currently no more than a thousand people in Japan who can be called exorcists, let alone elites like sorcerers.

Even if the Spell Headquarters wants to expand on a large scale, it still has to consider the issue of manpower.

As for the Shitamachi Goddess, although she, a second-rate exorcist, once lived a relatively comfortable life, she lost her former ambitions due to an accident more than ten years ago. Later, due to the decline of her spiritual power, she could only stay in a small shop in the shopping street.

Most of the time I cheat people, and occasionally I show kindness and help those who really need help. In short, I stay away from troublesome things.

She basically knew everything about the Spell Headquarters from people she used to know.

"I originally thought that the magic weapon I made during my peak period, even if it couldn't drive away the evil spirits now, could at least drive them away and protect you from their influence for a short period of time," the Shitamachi Goddess sighed as she looked at Yotsuya Miko.

"But times are changing too fast. If things keep going like this, the chaotic era of a thousand years ago, where humans and demons danced together, might be about to come back. An old man like me who can't keep up with the times should go back to my hometown and farm."

As the Shitamachi Goddess revealed everything she knew and her guesses, Kaguya Shinomiya took out her diary and began to record it.

The ghost legends passed down in human history are not entirely false.

But the closer we get to modern times, the more those ghosts and monsters disappear.

In the era of the Shitamachi Goddess, even a second-rate exorcist could thrive.