Sangenya Nagi, who had returned to her villa, also saw the updated content of the diary.
Especially the scene of a high school student shrinking into a small child, made her feel a little numb.
“Ichou, is it normal for a high school student to become a child?”
“Hmm… Even mischievous spirits wouldn't easily be able to do something like that. Even if mediums and exorcists get their powers drained, they would only fall unconscious and lose strength. Their bodies wouldn't shrink. Unless it's a transformation technique, but that's a very advanced spell, ordinary spirits wouldn't know it.”
Izunomiya Ichou, who was asked, gave a serious explanation.
“Then, could a regular medicine do it?”
“??? ”
Sangenya Nagi's question made Izunomiya Ichou a little confused.
“Nagi, are you talking about ordinary medicine? Not one with special properties?”
“Is there such medicine?”
“To the best of my knowledge, there is a very advanced kind of medicine that can temporarily make the body shrink. But that kind of medicine is not usually found on the market, most of them are possessed by families.”
This answer solved Sangenya Nagi's doubts.
“It seems to be a very low-probability event.”
Kudo Shinichi became a child, a high school detective became an elementary school student, because of a drug made by an organization?
Such a scenario is hard to imagine.
Even knowing the truth now, she still finds it hard to imagine this is real.
“Maria, get the picture of the child that the bodyguard took just now. Also, did the bodyguard take any pictures of Kudo Shinichi today?”
Maria didn't understand, but she still went to get all the pictures taken by the bodyguard today.
The picture of Kudo Shinichi was taken as a background figure when the bodyguard was tailing him.
As for the picture of the child, it was readily available.
After receiving the picture from Maria and examining it carefully, Sangenya Nagi immediately understood.
“It's like this, that child is actually Kudo Shinichi!”
“!?”
The sudden conclusion left Izunomiya Ichou and Maria dumbfounded.
After looking at the two photos, they finally realized.
“It's the clothes!”
Izunomiya Ichou was very sure.
“Yes, the clothes in the two photos are the same style.”
From a professional point of view, Maria could tell that Kudo Shinichi was wearing the same clothes as the child lying on the ground.
“Hmm~ The story should be that Kudo Shinichi saw something, got hit on the head with a blunt object, and was also given some special poison, which caused his body to shrink?”
“You got it right.”
“Sigh…”
Maria sighed after receiving Nagi's confirmation.
“Such a story that only happens in novels and movies has actually happened in real life.”
Although she agreed with Maria, Sangenya Nagi still reminded her.
“Maria, in that person's words, we are already characters in the story, and our story is integrated into reality.”
“……Yeah, no matter how you listen, this world is getting weirder.”
Listening to Nagi's complaints, Maria felt a growing headache.
Things have reached this point, she has realized that she wouldn't be able to give up her maid work.
With the current state of the world, she couldn't bear to let Nagi grow up independently.
“Maria, our world was already strange when we learned about spirits.”
“……That's true.”
Maria had completely given up on the abnormalities of this world.
If they didn't discover it or know it before, it was probably because it was well-hidden. Not knowing doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
“Nagi, are there any other updates in the diary?”
“Yes, it's about him exposing his own name.”
This topic interested Maria and Izunomiya Ichou.
“He said he didn't have any reason for making this decision.”
“…”
Both of them paused in thought, almost speaking at the same time.
“Impossible!”
Just like at the Shirokami residence, Aoi Sasabuki also reacted the same way.
“Absolutely impossible!”
“Any action a person takes needs to have a reason. That person revealing his identity must have a reason.”
“I think so too.”
Shirokami Kaguya also agreed with that.
“I initially thought he wanted to go fishing, but now it seems like a test.”
“Test?”
Aoi Sasabuki looked at Kaguya-sama in confusion.
“It's not a test on us, but a test on the diary.”
Aoi Sasabuki froze for a moment, then suddenly realized.
“Is it the lottery?”
“I think so.”
Shirokami Kaguya was almost certain that that person's action was a test on the diary, that he was testing whether the lottery of the diary was related to the diary's content.
This made her feel a sense of “regret” in her heart.
“If he figures it out this time, then he should have already obtained power similar to mine, or even exceeding mine.”
“However, if he really just tested this time, then it means he didn't obtain any extraordinary powers before.”
“If I had taken action against him yesterday, I might have succeeded.”
Sadly, she was also a very suspicious person.
This was a negative effect of her upbringing.
This “suspicion” also caused her to miss out on the greatest benefit.
“Kaguya-sama, I think it's better not to have such a close relationship with that person.”
“He is the true host of the diary, if the diary has a protection mechanism for the host, you'll be the one who suffers.”
Shirokami Kaguya fell silent for a moment.
“……You're right.”
Is there really no such mechanism?
Only the owner of the diary would know such a thing.
She currently only has the right to read the diary, she obtained some useful information from reading it and also gained special powers, this is her opportunity. If she tries to get more, she might lose everything.
Shirokami Kaguya understood this very well, this was something she felt very clearly from her upbringing at home.
She never expected to get more, because that would only cause her to lose more.
Only now, things are different.
At least, the diary gave her the opportunity to get more.
“Sasabuki, accompany me for practice tomorrow.”
PS: New book seeking data!