The mysterious person was indeed mysterious.
So far, the only breakthrough the girls in the group had found was Jerry, who came from another world.
He was a reward obtained by the mysterious person, and also an existence the mysterious person took the initiative to send out to interact with them.
If nothing unexpected happened, at the beginning of the Golden Week holiday, it was Jerry alone who brought that pile of manga and novels and distributed them to them in one night.
But Jerry was just a normal-sized mouse after all. Even if they found a way to search surveillance cameras, he could easily bypass them and use the pipes under Tokyo to move and traverse. Normal investigation methods could not possibly find the mysterious person's hiding spot.
And the mysterious person had indeed not harmed them in the diary so far. He just simply wrote a diary, and they could get reading value as a reward after reading it.
It was just that the commission function of the diary would cause some embarrassing failure penalties after a commission failed or was snatched away.
Although Shinomiya Kaguya still regarded the things she did after her commission was snatched away as a great humiliation, after calming down, she still knew very clearly that if she wanted to lead the Shinomiya family to gain a firm foothold in the inner world, or even achieve the status the Shinomiya family had in the outer world.
The current her absolutely could not leave the help of the diary and the mysterious person.
So her attitude towards the mysterious person was indeed a bit complicated.
Maintaining the current state of reading his diary and bragging every day to get rewards, and then using these rewards to improve her strength and complete those commissions to get more rewards, becoming stronger little by little.
This was indeed quite good.
But the curiosity about the unknown in her heart still made her dwell on the true identity of the mysterious person, making her want to meet him.
Even though she hadn't thought about what to do after knowing the mysterious person's identity.
Even Kasumigaoka Utaha, who shouted the loudest in the group and insisted on finding out the true identity of the mysterious person, probably hadn't thought about how to "teach him a lesson" after finding him.
After all, the mysterious person could get a lottery reward opportunity every day after writing a diary entry.
So far, he had drawn at least thirty or forty times. Except for that pile of manga and novels, no one knew what other abilities he had drawn.
But with those rewards accumulated, heaven knows how many trump cards he has now.
Now that her strength was barely at Grade 4, even if she found the true identity of the mysterious person, what could she do?
She even felt that even if Kasumigaoka Utaha really found out the identity of the mysterious person in the future and ran over angrily to ask for an explanation, she would probably end up being easily defeated by him.
After thinking about it, she found that her best choice was actually to pretend she didn't know anything, that only she knew the identity of the mysterious person, and use this to secretly make a deal with the mysterious person who didn't want to reveal his identity.
Only in this situation might the mysterious person who liked to hide behind the scenes offer more benefits to trade for her secrecy.
This idea had existed in Shinomiya Kaguya's mind for some time.
Perhaps someone else in the group had the same idea.
Although her grades were steadily in the top twenty among all high school students in Japan, she never thought she was the only smart person in the group.
Yukinoshita Yukino, who usually didn't talk much in the group, although still a bit naive, actually wanted to find some so-called "genuine thing" in this era, and even created a Service Club.
But she was indeed a very smart woman.
And that Hinami Aoi, first in the school, top hundred in the country, with national-level skills in many sports, and also ranked second in the country (already first with the boost of Hamon breathing) in the popular competitive game she played.
Even that Doma Umaru, who caused a commotion in the group every day and feared the world would not be in chaos, was herself a genius beautiful girl with excellent grades, and her mind would certainly not be bad when she got serious.
And assuming that others might think the same way, and would deliberately hide this identity to get more benefits even if they knew the identity of the mysterious person, this was the main reason why Shinomiya Kaguya still had 5% suspicion of Miyauchi Hikage in her heart.
Look at the three women with diaries who had interacted with Miyauchi Hikage.
Shiina Mashiro, a world-class painter, a genius of Hamon breathing, with the help of Miyauchi Hikage, she also completed many additional low-difficulty commissions, and could be considered the strongest person in terms of apparent strength among the girls in the group.
Honma Meiko, frail and sickly for the past few years, bedridden all year round.
As a result, just a few days after Miyauchi Hikage came back for the holidays, not only was the cause of her illness solved, but she also completed several high-difficulty commissions, and was taken as a disciple by the special-grade miko of Chichibu Shrine. She was currently the person with the greatest future potential among the girls in the group.
As for Kasumigaoka Utaha...
Well, because of Kasumigaoka Utaha's gnashing of teeth towards the mysterious person in the group, it lowered Shinomiya Kaguya's suspicion of Miyauchi Hikage by at least 10%.
Even if Miyauchi Hikage was really the mysterious person, Kasumigaoka Utaha definitely hadn't suspected Miyauchi Hikage at all, otherwise that abundant emotion didn't look like it could be acted out.
In short, considering only the performance of Shiina Mashiro and Honma Meiko before and after meeting Miyauchi Hikage, it could increase the suspicion that Miyauchi Hikage was the mysterious person.
And both of them belonged to the type of girls with relatively innocent or natural personalities. In other words, they also looked easier to control.
So it couldn't be ruled out that their speeches in the group were controlled by the mysterious person.
But this was also very simple to verify. She just needed to find these two girls behind Miyauchi Hikage's back and ask them a few questions in person.
After all, the mysterious person couldn't stay by these two girls' sides all the time.
She didn't believe that these two simple-minded girls wouldn't reveal any flaws under her questioning in person.
Only then could she completely confirm whether Miyauchi Hikage was the mysterious person.
At that time, maybe she could ask the mysterious person to help her complete a few high-difficulty commissions too.
Thinking about it this way, if Miyauchi Hikage really was the mysterious person, it would actually be quite good.
Thinking about these things in her heart, she also carefully observed the reaction on Miyauchi Hikage's face.
His face remained unchanged, just seriously looking at those breathing sword techniques, seemingly revealing no flaws.
So, was it that his ability close to "mind reading" was not used, or because the diary's shielding effect prevented him from reading these thoughts, or was he the mysterious person who could remain calm even after knowing her inner thoughts?
Shinomiya Kaguya was having a tense psychological game in her own mind with Miyauchi Hikage, who had done nothing and didn't have mind-reading abilities.
Miyauchi Hikage, sitting opposite her, was still considering whether he should show off his talent with Sun Breathing in front of her later.
He had just looked at the sword techniques of Sun Breathing. Although they were much more complex than Water Breathing, Sun Breathing was the sword technique most compatible with his Pure Yang Body, and Miyauchi Hikage was confident in performing it completely.
However, if he performed too excellently, a person with a twisted personality like Shinomiya Kaguya wouldn't inexplicably conquer herself in her own mind, right?
After all, even if she had bypassed the original story and headed towards a new future, the "funny" and "love-brained" her still existed in her heart, only suppressed deeper.
So in order to avoid being too stunning and making her unable to let go of him for the rest of her life, he'd better restrain himself a little.
Therefore, Miyauchi Hikage coughed lightly, and then told Shinomiya Kaguya his thoughts on the breathing sword techniques and Hamon breathing.
Hearing that Miyauchi Hikage felt that the compatibility between Hamon breathing and Sun Breathing was the highest, Shinomiya Kaguya, who had been fiercely engaging in inner drama, was stunned for a moment.
It seemed that Miyauchi Hikage was really studying the breathing sword techniques just now and didn't use the mind-reading ability on her.
She quickly retracted her increasingly divergent thoughts and listened seriously to his explanation.
"I carefully read through all these sword techniques, and then roughly simulated the swinging of these sword techniques in my brain. I found that Sun Breathing swordsmanship is the most comprehensive and impeccable sword technique. It's just that the entry difficulty seems very high, and with my current strength, I may not be able to wield it completely."
"I'll try using the first few forms of Sun Breathing at a slow speed that I can maintain now," Miyauchi Hikage maintained his Hamon breathing, and then used a slow version of the first few forms of Sun Breathing while maintaining the speed of Water Breathing.
Even at a slow speed, after using a few forms, he stopped with a look that something was wrong.
Some sweat deliberately appeared on his forehead.
"The difficulty is indeed a bit high. Although the breathing rhythm can roughly match, it won't work if the speed is slowed down. It has high requirements for the body. It will probably take a week or two to fully perform it."
He added, "After the supernatural awakening, my cultivation speed for the breathing method has become much faster, and my physical fitness has been improving. Otherwise, with normal cultivation, it would probably take at least half a year or more."
Only a week or two?
Even so, it's amazing enough.
After all, she had invested nearly ten reading value points in the breathing sword techniques, and had only barely mastered Water Breathing, still far from the threshold of Sun Breathing.
Supernatural awakening... I wonder when I can take this step.
Shinomiya Kaguya, who was still a mortal relying purely on breathing methods and money to step into that world, sighed with emotion.
Shinomiya Kaguya shook her head, dispelling the slight jealousy arising in her heart.
With the diary, supernatural awakening was only a matter of time for her.
Now it was better to continue consolidating her relationship with Miyauchi Hikage.