Miyauchi Hikage was locked in a battle of wits with his diary, unyielding to the bitter end.
The other first-batch diary holders were also each looking for ways to complete their requests, while also communicating about whether they had encountered any second-batch diary holders.
Although the requests that refreshed for most of the girls were of a lower difficulty, they only discovered after starting that their requests were not as simple as they had imagined.
Currently, only a few girls had managed to complete their first request this morning.
Watching the girls in the chat group discuss how time-consuming and troublesome their requests were, Kasumigaoka Utaha, who had obtained 3 Reading Value points from Miyauchi Hikage in just half an hour, felt that her luck seemed to have finally taken a turn for the better.
Perhaps the Mysterious Person felt a bit bad for persecuting her in the diary these past few days, which was why he arranged these tasks for her.
Although having her proactively approach a boy and having to listen to his advice sounded a bit unhealthy.
After all, she had already confirmed that after choosing to accept Miyauchi Hikage's advice, she had to act according to it.
If she wanted to back out midway, not only would the Reading Value points be revoked, but she would even receive a more severe punishment.
It was because of this that Kasumigaoka Utaha felt a little embarrassed and naturally wasn't prepared to post this request in the group to tell the other girls.
At most, she was prepared to secretly mention parts of the request to Mashiro in private later.
She had now accepted three of Miyauchi Hikage's suggestions, concerning Eriri, the rumors about the two of them, and some plot developments in her novel, respectively.
The advice Miyauchi Hikage gave in these areas was relatively normal.
Kasumigaoka Utaha was a little worried that Miyauchi Hikage might give some more awkward suggestions in the future.
Fortunately, the initiative was still in her hands. Even if he really did propose something outrageous later, she could directly choose to abandon the request without worrying about being punished.
At most, if she wanted to receive such a high-quality request again in the future, she would need to spend more time refreshing for it.
Therefore, during class time, Kasumigaoka Utaha had no mind to listen to the lecture at all. Instead, she continued to think about what methods she could use later to farm Reading Value points from Miyauchi Hikage in a more concise and efficient way.
And at the same time, in an unknown biological research institute somewhere in Tokyo.
Miyano Shiho, who went to bed and woke up at a fixed time every day, walked into her laboratory with practiced ease and poured herself a cup of coffee.
Immediately after, she took out her diary and began to flip through it.
It had already been a month since she obtained this diary.
During this month, apart from the day she unlocked the comment function when she was selected by the diary and subsequently had her organization's situation thoroughly "doxxed" by the Mysterious Person—which let her know that her organization's situation was not as fearsome as she had imagined—her comments had unfortunately not been selected by the diary for the rest of the time, even though she asked more about their organization every day.
She was clearly the first person to be selected, yet in this past month, several people had already been chosen twice by the diary, like the 16-year-old idol who got pregnant before marriage, and the young lady who wanted to become a photographer.
The most ridiculous one was the person with the screen name "Guitar Hero," whom the Mysterious Person called "Little Bocchi."
She was a social recluse in real life, and the comments she wrote were always some inexplicable things. It was either thanking the Mysterious Person, asking everyone to review her new video, or even sharing playlists of songs she usually liked to listen to.
And it was precisely these insubstantial comments that were selected three times in a row in just over half a month.
And the Mysterious Person would also seriously review the things she shared in the next day's diary, and even gave her many songs that were probably from her past life.
From the first time the Mysterious Person mentioned "Little Bocchi" in the diary, his bias towards her was obvious.
Even she was a little jealous of this "bias."
After all, regarding her situation, besides mentioning it a few times at the very beginning, the Mysterious Person never talked about her story again.
Miyano Shiho even felt that the Mysterious Person might have already forgotten about her story.
So, in her story, what was her original future supposed to be?
Thinking of this, Miyano Shiho couldn't help but reveal a bitter smile.
To be honest, before obtaining the diary, Miyano Shiho felt that she had already gotten used to this kind of life.
Growing up under the organization's surveillance, even when studying abroad, there were always people from the organization watching her every move. She had no freedom in anything she did.
And after returning from her studies, she naturally took over the research left by her parents, trapped in this sunless research institute, sometimes only able to see her own sister once a month or even longer.
And with the appearance and subsequent defection of that FBI traitor who used her and her sister as stepping stones, the treatment of both her and her sister within the organization was affected.
Although she had just met with her sister again yesterday, her sister had inexplicably said something along the lines of "it will all be over soon," which sounded unsettling.
So much so that last night, she had a nightmare, dreaming that she would lose her sister in the near future.
"Perhaps it's also because of this suddenly appearing request."
Miyano Shiho looked at the diary in her hand.
There were also three requests on it, and the lowest was a C-rank.
C+ Rank Request: Leave the research institute and successfully defect from the organization. If you choose to defect with your sister, the reward for this request will be increased.
B+ Rank Request: Investigate the truth behind the organization.
A-Rank Request: Complete the development of APTX4869 and create its antidote. Requirement: It must not be fatal to humans upon consumption, and it must be effective on at least 10% of people.
Looking at these requests, Miyano Shiho's gaze was fixed on the C+ rank request.
The latter two requests were impossible to complete in a short amount of time.
APTX4869 was a project started by her parents, which she took over after returning from her studies. Although she had successfully recreated the drug according to the data left by her parents, the success rate was still quite pitiful.
Just as the Mysterious Person had said, apart from one white mouse and that famous detective who turned into a child, the result for everyone else who took it was death.
Although Miyano Shiho had confidence in her abilities, even with the most optimistic estimate, it would probably still take another year or two to complete the final product.
And looking at the long list of deaths due to the drug trials, and the fact that the organization had even started using it as a convenient poison, her heart was quite complicated.
As for the B-rank request to investigate the truth behind the organization, that was also not so easily completed.
Although she had a way to contact the organization's Boss directly, and the APTX4869 project was directly overseen by the Boss's side, she actually didn't know much about the Boss's current situation. After all, that person had not appeared in front of others for a very long time; all contact was through phone and email.
Coupled with the organization's emphasis on secrecy, probably no member other than the Boss and the second-in-command, Rum, knew much about the organization's truth.
And Miyano Shiho still had some other speculations in her heart.
The Mysterious Person had occasionally mentioned some news about the hidden world recently.
Although she hadn't joined those girls' chat groups for her own safety, she could still analyze from some fragments that the young lady from the Shinomiya family, her father, should know some secrets related to the hidden world.
And back when the organization had not yet been established, the status of the organization's Boss in Japan was definitely no lower than the current Shinomiya family's.
Therefore, it was very likely that the organization's Boss had also learned about the situation of the hidden world through some channel, and the purpose of establishing the organization might even be related to the hidden world.
Thinking of this, to avoid being drawn into an even bigger vortex, the current Miyano Shiho did not intend to accept this request.
Finally, her gaze fell on the only C+ rank request.
Defect from the organization.
This was the only request she currently had a chance to complete, and also one she was willing to complete.
To be honest, although Miyano Shiho's Ripple talent wasn't among the best, after getting the hang of it, she had almost always forced herself to maintain the rhythm of Ripple breathing.
Even without the group discussions from the chat group and Jerry's Ripple lessons, she had long been able to maintain Ripple breathing anytime, anywhere.
In this state, her physical fitness in all aspects had been greatly enhanced.
At the same time, she had also saved up 5 Reading Value points, which could alert her when she was in danger.
Coupled with the fact that she had been living in this research institute since returning to the country and was relatively familiar with the surrounding situation, including the internal security of the institute, it wouldn't be too difficult for her to escape from this research institute by herself.
Presumably, it was for these reasons that this request was rated as C+.
But after realizing this, the reason Miyano Shiho chose not to act was entirely because of her sister.
Receive more rewards for defecting with my sister?
Miyano Shiho shook her head.
If she didn't leave with her sister, then the moment she escaped from the organization, the organization would absolutely not hesitate to dispose of her sister.
But feeling that ominous premonition in her heart, and the nightmare she had last night...
Miyano Shiho felt that if she didn't take some action soon, her sister would also be in mortal danger, and then it would be too late.
"So, do I really have to ask those girls for help?"
Miyano Shiho gritted her teeth and made a decision.
If the diary didn't select her message tonight, then for her sister's safety, she would have no choice but to do so.
***
And that afternoon, Miwa Kasumi, who had opened her diary for the countless time, finally arrived in Tokyo via the Shinkansen.
No matter how many times she looked at it, seeing the passage in the diary where Gojo Satoru was dismembered by Sukuna, as a Gojo Satoru fangirl, she would still feel indignant.
Even though it had been a while since she had come to Tokyo, and the school's approved funding was quite generous this time—if she was frugal, the leftover amount would be enough for her family's living expenses for half a month—she didn't feel the slightest bit of joy.
It wasn't until she walked out of the station platform that she put down the diary, which appeared and disappeared with her will, and began to consider what she should do now.
"It should be around the time school gets out now, right?"
Although she grew up in the world of ordinary people, now that she had become a Jujutsu Sorcerer, she naturally had to act according to the rules of Jujutsu Sorcerers.
When not necessary, she absolutely could not reveal her special identity or use Jujutsu in front of ordinary people.
The so-called necessary situations were those involving Cursed Spirits or other spirits and monsters that could pose a threat to ordinary people.
If these rules were violated, and the existence of Jujutsu Sorcerers and the hidden world were casually revealed to ordinary people, in the most severe cases, it could even result in the death penalty!
Because Miyauchi Hikage's complaint about the Jujutsu world's use of the death penalty was in another diary, this "death penalty" was quite intimidating for Miwa Kasumi.
"Anyway, the school gave me plenty of time, so I'll just observe her situation in secret for now."
According to the principal, out of respect for the Shinomiya family, as long as that Shinomiya Kaguya didn't completely lack any talent for Jujutsu, she could be admitted to Kyoto Jujutsu High.
Although money didn't have that much of an effect on the supernatural beings of the hidden world, one still needed money to survive in society.
With the wealth of that Shinomiya family, if they were really willing to pay the price and insist on their daughter entering the hidden world, they could still buy quite a few magical artifacts and Cursed Tools.
She had heard from one of her classmates that in Tokyo Jujutsu High, there was a student with very weak Cursed Energy.
Not only did she not have an Innate Technique, but she even needed to wear special Cursed Energy glasses just to see Cursed Spirits. She usually seemed to fight using Cursed Tools and was still only a Grade 4 Sorcerer.
It's just that for some reason, her classmate always seemed to have a teeth-gritting feeling when mentioning that person, as if there had been some past conflict between them.
Thinking of this, Miwa Kasumi was still a little envious of those born into large families. If she had the family background of her classmates, she probably wouldn't have to live so frugally, and even have to take out a loan to buy her own Cursed Tool katana.
However, she didn't dwell on it for too long.
Envy was one thing, but she had never thought of getting any benefits from her classmates.
It was better to practice Shinkage-ryū swordsmanship diligently. She had heard that there was a sorcerer at Tokyo Jujutsu High in a similar situation to hers, who became famous purely through Shinkage-ryū swordsmanship without mastering an Innate Technique.
That person had relied on Shinkage-ryū swordsmanship to become recognized by the Jujutsu world as the "strongest Grade 1 Sorcerer."
She felt that with hard work, she could also reach such a level in the future!
Miwa Kasumi was full of expectations for the future.
But before that, she still had to go and warn Gojo-sensei, to tell him to be on high alert for Sukuna, who could revive at any moment!