Time rewinds to a few minutes ago.
In the Goko residence.
The Goko family's financial situation was not good. Although it couldn't be called poverty, it could be described as tight in some respects.
Her parents were busy working outside until late at night every day before coming home. She would also work part-time at a nearby bookstore to supplement the family's income.
It was after working in the bookstore for several years and reading many novels that she had the idea of becoming a light novel author to make money.
Over the years, she had submitted to those light novel bunko imprints more than once, but for several years, it had always been like a stone sinking into the sea. She had not even been able to meet a bunko editor more than a few times.
Before, she could still comfort herself with the excuse that her talent just hadn't been discovered yet.
But after the mysterious person mercilessly stated in the diary that she had no talent for writing, Kuroneko had finally seen reality and regretfully gave up on the path of writing.
Besides mercilessly retorting in the diary that she had been submitting for several years in the original story and had not even a shadow of a light novel debut by the end of the story, the mysterious person had also revealed a lot about her story.
For example, she would soon meet a "normie" girl through the internet who could become a best-selling author just by casually writing something on her phone.
Although the mysterious person did not directly mention in the diary who that "normie" girl she would meet in the future was.
But through the hints in the mysterious person's diary, she could naturally realize that that girl probably had a relatively close relationship with the male protagonist of her original story, and might even be the "true female protagonist" of her original story.
In addition to that, she had also learned one more thing from the mysterious person's diary: that Eromanga Sensei, who was very famous in the illustration world for her various borderline illustrations, was her "kouhai."
And there was a very obvious common point between their stories.
It was just that the mysterious person, who always liked to add insult to injury, had, with a rather malicious sense of humor, not continued to say more, as if he were waiting for them, the readers of the diary, to figure out the truth for themselves.
For this, Kuroneko had also fiercely complained about the mysterious person in private, and then tried to find a way to investigate and find the true identity of that Eromanga Sensei.
Fortunately, the girls in the group were all very sensitive to the things the mysterious person had mentioned in the diary. She estimated that it wouldn't be long before she could learn about the situation of that Eromanga in the group.
And besides her complaints about the mysterious person, Goko Ruri also had to admit that, compared to debuting as a light novel author, the suggestion the mysterious person had given her in the diary was indeed more feasible.
Compared to light novels, she was indeed more confident in her computer skills and gaming skills.
In this era where live streaming was just beginning to rise, if she followed what the mysterious person had written in the diary, she might really be able to make a living by playing games in the future. At that time, her family wouldn't have to work so hard to make money.
At this moment, Goko Ruri was modeling on her old computer, which she had assembled bit by bit with second-hand parts she had saved up to buy.
Although the image of herself that the mysterious person had given her looked a bit shameful, compared to appearing on camera as herself, this method was obviously a little more acceptable.
As long as she adjusted and modified it a little more, probably no one in reality would recognize her identity.
But what made her grit her teeth was that she had only been drawing on the computer for a few minutes when the entire room suddenly went dark, and from next door came the panicked cries of her younger sisters.
Her parents had not yet come home from work. She, the eldest sister of the family, naturally had to take on the responsibility of taking care of her younger sisters.
After spending a good while to calm her sisters down, she took her phone and prepared to go check the circuit breaker.
By the way, she also complained about it in the group.
Originally, everything was normal, and she had just thought it was an accident. But as she pulled the circuit breaker back and returned to her room, the breaker tripped again after a few minutes, and she began to sense that something was wrong.
This time, she carefully checked the electrical appliances in the house and confirmed that there were no problems.
After that, she told her two younger sisters to stay in the room and not to run around, and only then did she return to the circuit breaker and pull it back.
This time, she did not leave immediately, but continued to stand by the circuit breaker and wait. After several minutes passed without the power tripping again, she frowned and walked back.
It's a bit strange. How did the breaker trip just now? Should I call someone over tomorrow to check if the wiring is aging somewhere?
However, because the breaker did not trip again this time, Goko Ruri did not think too much about it.
Returning to her computer, she planned to continue working.
It was just that after only a few minutes of work, the sound of a television came from the living room next door.
"Hinata, are you watching TV? Didn't I tell you that you can't watch TV after eight o'clock at night?" Goko Ruri shouted towards the living room. Goko Hinata was the second daughter of her family, just turned ten this year. Naturally, she couldn't watch TV too late.
As a result, after Goko Ruri's inquiry, a sound of footsteps soon came from outside the room.
Goko Hinata, with her twin-tails, ran into her older sister's room with a strange look on her face.
"I was telling a story to Tamaki in my room. Wasn't it you who turned on the TV, big sister?"
Hearing her sister's explanation, the look of confusion on Goko Ruri's face grew even heavier.
Her own sister wouldn't lie about this kind of thing. If she really wanted to watch TV, she just had to be honest about it. If it was just for a little while longer, she wouldn't say too much.
So if it wasn't her own sister, then who on earth had turned on the television in the living room?
Goko Ruri walked out of her room. Looking at the television in the living room, which had turned on by itself for some reason, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
She rarely confirmed with her own sister again that they hadn't turned on the television.
The answer she got was still the same as before.
Could it be that she's really seeing a ghost?
Goko Ruri couldn't help but swallow.
She was a bit of a chuunibyou. Before obtaining the diary, she would often hide alone in the house at night to perform some rituals. But now was different from before.
Now she had already confirmed that there really were ghosts in this world. She had even listened carefully in the group as Yotsuya Miko mentioned how disgusting the appearance of those vengeful spirits and evil ghosts was.
It was just that those vengeful spirits, besides attacking those who could see them, could hardly affect reality, let alone do things like pulling the circuit breaker and turning on the TV.
However, Goko Ruri also remembered that besides those vengeful spirits, the Godly Mother of Shitamachi had also mentioned that those ancient youkai were also slowly reviving with the changing times.
Could it be that some youkai had entered her house?
Thinking of this, Goko Ruri hurriedly private messaged Shinomiya Kaguya in the group, wanting to ask her to help inquire with that Godly Mother of Shitamachi what to do in this situation.