"So, what's the deal with the aliens?"
After seeing today's diary entry, Kasumigaoka Utaha was hugging her diary, unable to sleep.
For the past few days, the mysterious person had started mentioning that he had noticed some things that required time to investigate.
In the following days, the mysterious person would occasionally mention in his diary that he had visited some ruins, found suspicious traces, and stated that besides the legends of youkai, aliens should also exist in this world.
During those days, the girls' chat group was buzzing with discussions about aliens. It got so intense that everyone recently watched a lot of alien-related works, discussing what to do if they really encountered aliens.
More importantly, what were those aliens planning to do, hiding on a small planet like Earth?
Were they going to invade Earth, or were there more conspiracies?
The mysterious person had been hiding these things, not telling them more, leaving them completely in the dark about the aliens' situation.
Today, although the mysterious person was still hiding many things, he at least gave them a few clues.
One was that the people from the inner world might have resisted an alien invasion, so for now, the Earth's side and those alien forces could likely maintain a superficial peace. At least, the mysterious person didn't seem particularly worried about the aliens.
The other was a tokusatsu company that had gone bankrupt and closed down many years ago, and the Ultraman series that was once a nationwide sensation.
To be honest, since those were stories from the Showa era, Kasumigaoka Utaha had never really studied these series with decades of history.
On the other hand, Takanashi Rikka, the chunibyo, seemed to have studied many old tokusatsu works to flesh out her own character settings and had even designed many transformation poses for herself.
Therefore, she was now in the group, tirelessly explaining the stories and settings of the Ultra Brothers.
Kasumigaoka Utaha also briefly searched for some Ultraman-related videos online to have a quick look.
The Ultra Warriors from Nebula M78, their immense height, fighting monsters that appeared for various reasons, being able to fight for only three minutes on Earth, merging their lives with Earthlings...
"In the world before the mysterious person transmigrated, that Tsuburaya Productions company, although it went through some problems, still launched new works after the Heisei era and should have achieved great success, saving the company."
"It's just that in our world, that company indeed went bankrupt a long time ago. Now, you can't find many Ultraman-related videos online. I don't know what the situation is with the Ultraman Tiga the mysterious person mentioned."
Although the rubber-suit feel of the monsters and Ultraman in the works was quite strong from a modern perspective, if these monsters were to actually appear in their world in the future, it wouldn't be very funny.
At this time, it was natural for the group's designated money-powered individual, Shinomiya Kaguya, to step up.
Although she had been extremely busy with gag orders and various profit distributions these past few days, Shinomiya Kaguya still took some time out each day to communicate with the girls in the group.
The fact that it was different from the mysterious person's world meant that this world must have changed for some reason.
And since the mysterious person didn't directly deny the existence of Ultraman, only mentioning that the time might not have come yet, and even mentioning things like "becoming light."
Did that mean that if Ultraman existed in this world, ordinary people could also obtain Ultraman's power through some means?
Without even needing a reminder from the other group members, Shinomiya Kaguya had already started to investigate the former Tsuburaya Productions, to see if she could find more information about the Ultras and even aliens.
She also had Yotsuya Miko, who had already come clean with her family and was now studying at the Jujutsu High, ask Gojo Satoru when she had time if he knew any information about aliens.
She was even starting to suspect that her commission might have been intercepted by some well-hidden alien.
In short, because of a few casual lines Miyauchi Hikage fabricated in his diary, these girls began to search for the Ultraman series, which had been dormant in this world for decades, starting their long journey of catching up on the series.
As the main culprit behind all this, Miyauchi Hikage felt nothing at all.
It was good for them to watch more Ultraman. At least the depiction of aliens in Ultraman was quite good.
Many later anime works related to aliens have, to some extent, borrowed from some of the images in Ultraman.
Just like in the Dandadan manga he recently obtained, the alien invasion arc clearly shows a tribute to various tokusatsu works.
It even mentioned that "the reason aliens haven't fully invaded Earth is because Earth's youkai stopped their actions."
Of course, in this more chaotic world, he estimated that the supernatural folks in the inner world would probably have some basic knowledge of aliens' existence.
He wrote this in the diary also because he wanted Yotsuya Miko and Shinomiya Kaguya to go to the inner world and ask that very easygoing Gojo Satoru for him.
He would see if they could get any useful information from Gojo Satoru, and then he could deduce which works those aliens came from based on that information.
In a sense, Shinomiya Kaguya and Yotsuya Miko were now Miyauchi Hikage's best intelligence officers. More than half of the information he had about the inner world was gathered through their investigations.
And Miyauchi Hikage only needed to write some of his own speculations in the diary and quietly wait for news from Shiina Mashiro's side.
"Thinking about it, isn't what I'm doing a bit unkind?"
Miyauchi Hikage muttered this to himself.
Speaking of which, he had already sent Jerry to find a way to deliver the full set of Kaguya-sama and Oshi no Ko manga (Miyauchi Hikage's special condensed version) to Shinomiya Kaguya during this Golden Week holiday, instead of copying and pasting all the manga into the diary for a public execution. That should be quite kind of him.
That fellow Jerry should be able to complete the task he gave it, right?
In response, Jerry, who was happily reading these manga in its little den, indicated that it was very reliable.
Its boss just wanted it to help stir up some trouble. Although it wasn't explicitly stated, since this matter was entrusted to it, what more needed to be said?
Now it would just find a few trustworthy households from these manga and send the manga out in batches.
Shinomiya Kaguya, you are the main character of the manga and also a diary holder, you should receive the largest share to understand the mysterious person's arrangements.
Hayasaka Ai, you grew up with Shinomiya Kaguya, but had to serve two masters due to family reasons, you deserve a share.
Fujiwara Chika, you were originally Shinomiya Kaguya's best friend, but were the last one in the work to learn about her romance, you should also get a share.
Shijo Maki, as a side branch of the Shinomiya family, Shinomiya Kaguya's distant granddaughter, a loser-type Kaguya, this manga can't be without your share.
Hoshino Ai, this junior, is also worthy of a few volumes, to let the junior admire the senior's style.
And Shirogane Miyuki, you were the original male protagonist, but now you can only be an unnoticed passerby. I'll give you a copy... never mind, if I give it to this guy, won't he be thinking about Shinomiya Kaguya at school all day? How could he have the mind to improve?
I'll just send him a few sets of real exam papers to help this male protagonist, who has already exited the stage before even appearing, become the nation's top high school student ahead of time.
The Kaguya-sama manga was thus properly divided into several batches by Jerry.
As for how to handle Oshi no Ko, Jerry made its decision very quickly.
Anyway, the manga's events are more than ten years in the future, and seeing as Hoshino Ai doesn't seem to care about her stories at all, giving it to others seems pointless.
It's better to just give one copy to each of the diary-holding girls in Tokyo, ensuring everyone gets a share, and send them out as a package.
After finishing the Oshi no Ko manga, it did want to send the first and last volumes to Amamiya Goro, who died twice because of an idol, to make him realize the importance of being a rational fan and not be so reckless in this life.
But after checking the distance and calculating the time.
The guy was in a small hospital in a corner of Miyazaki Prefecture. It would take a whole day for a mouse to travel there and back by car.
That would prevent it from continuing the commission Miyauchi Hikage gave it to stay in Tokyo.
Forget it. Anyway, given Hoshino Ai's current mental state, unless she one day discovers her boss's identity and then forces herself on him, there's no way she'll have any interaction with that Amamiya Goro again.
Sighing like this, Jerry felt that under the current circumstances, this was the best it could do.
It was truly sorry for not being able to complete the task its boss gave it by 1000%.
...
Waking up peacefully in the old bed he had slept in for many years, Miyauchi Hikage had no idea that Jerry had completely misunderstood the task he had assigned.
He was now planning to grab a bite to eat and then take Itou Kaiji to the Asahigaoka filming base to check on the situation there.
Not just the rustic videos that served as their foundation, but also Asahigaoka's biggest move in the past year, the filming of "The Hero Yoshihiko."
Miyauchi Hikage had left these matters to Koshigaya Suguru and Kagayama Kaede to oversee. For the past month, he had only occasionally watched the finished footage, and there were basically no major issues.
This showed that after so many years of filming rustic videos, Asahigaoka had not only cultivated a group of internet celebrities but also possessed considerable filming experience and a complete, mature operational system.
Near the set, Miyauchi Hikage also saw Kagayama Kaede for the first time in a month.
This female boss, whom he had personally promoted, did not look as heroic and valiant as she did in public promotions. Instead, her clothes looked a bit simple and disheveled.
It was clear she had just woken up, hadn't dressed up much, and had just washed her face before running to the set.
Looking at the stubborn ahoge sticking up on top of her head, Miyauchi Hikage quite familiarly reached out and pressed it down.
This could be considered one of the more obvious differences between those anime characters and ordinary people.
Ordinary people might have a few stray hairs sticking up if they didn't comb their hair properly, making it look messy. But for these characters with ahoges, as long as they didn't specifically comb or deal with them, these ahoges would stand on their heads like a trademark.
Just like how his own little sister had two ahoges on her head that were hard to press down.
Miyauchi Hikage had confirmed it when Renge was little.
Even if you washed and combed these ahoges carefully and pressed them down, they would naturally stick up again after a night's sleep.
Anyway, after a long time, these ahoges became something Miyauchi Hikage liked to play with.
After going to Tokyo, he hadn't met anyone with an ahoge. If he had to say, Conan's cowlick at the back of his head could barely count as one.
But still, the ahoge he was familiar with since childhood felt better.
Feeling this familiar touch, Kagayama Kaede turned her head in annoyance and complained to Miyauchi Hikage, "How many times have I told you, don't just touch a girl's head. Why haven't you changed this habit even after starting high school?"
Miyauchi Hikage pinched the ahoge again before letting go.
"I haven't touched one in a month. I'm just getting the feel for it again," Miyauchi Hikage and Kagayama Kaede were good buddies who had grown up together.
"Haven't touched one in a month?" Kagayama Kaede glanced at Miyauchi Hikage. "But I heard from Hikari that your month in Tokyo seems to have been quite exciting?"
"Not only did you start shooting a new type of video in Tokyo, but you also became an assistant to a great painter who returned from abroad?"
Even though they hadn't seen each other for a month, both were still very aware of each other's situation.
Miyauchi Hikage waved his hand nonchalantly, "It's nothing special, just my usual performance. If you want to draw manga too, I can give you one specifically for promoting our Asahigaoka."
"No thanks, managing all this filming is troublesome enough. You can do it yourself when you come back in the future," Kagayama Kaede waved her hand, indicating she had no interest in drawing manga.
Regarding the topic of women, Kagayama Kaede didn't say anything more.
Seeing Miyauchi Hikage's current calm demeanor, Kagayama Kaede knew what was up.
Besides, she had known Miyauchi Hikage for so many years and knew that this guy wouldn't be easily swayed by other women.
Therefore, after briefly catching up, the two of them naturally started talking about filming matters.
This left Itou Kaiji, who was standing to the side, stunned again.
He had investigated Asahigaoka Media and knew that it had a beautiful female boss.
He had previously asked Miyauchi Hikage what their relationship was, and Miyauchi Hikage had told him they were good buddies, which he didn't quite believe.
But now he believed it.
Although Kagayama Kaede wasn't very dressed up now, he could still tell she was that female boss.
So, his boss really was good buddies with the boss of Asahigaoka Media. He could touch the female boss's head whenever he wanted, and she didn't seem to mind at all.
His boss was truly amazing.
It was one thing to be able to make money and buy a mansion in Tokyo, but his luck with women was also invincible.
He had a pair of beautiful sisters at home, and a beautiful good buddy in the village.
After going to Tokyo, it was even more incredible. In just a few days, he got involved with another pair of beautiful sisters.
Then there was what he heard from his boss's parents last night; in the next two days, a girl his boss had saved back then would be coming over specifically to thank him.
Although he hadn't met her, Itou Kaiji instinctively felt that this girl must be very pretty too.
Thinking of this, Itou Kaiji could no longer even feel envy or jealousy.
Because the gap was too vast.
His boss was only a first-year high school student this year.
He didn't know how many more girls he could attract by the time he was a third-year.
And while Itou Kaiji was spacing out, Miyauchi Hikage also briefly introduced Itou Kaiji's situation to Kagayama Kaede.