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Chapter 71: The Shadow of the Executioner
Kasumigaoka Utaha was a creature of the night. While other students were bound by the rhythm of the sun, she thrived in the silence after midnight. She was the type of genius who could nap through every lecture at Toyosaki High, leaving her teachers to fret over whether the classroom was too warm or too cold for her comfort—they simply couldn't afford to let their star pupil, with her deviation value over 85, become dissatisfied.
Because she was already awake and working on her manuscript, Utaha was the very first to notice the update to the Diary System.
"Updating at the stroke of midnight... Has something changed with the Mysterious Person?" Utaha wondered, her fingers hovering over the screen.
The chat group was more active than usual. With Level 3 permissions unlocked, the "Commission" module had become the new center of discussion. Each girl had received tasks tailored to her life and surroundings, leading to a heated comparison of whose request was the most absurd.
Until now, Kaguya Shinomiya's A+ Rank investigation of the Three Fox Valley Shrine held the record for difficulty. However, a new contender appeared: Hinata Aoi, the gaming master and professional-grade player, had received her own A+ challenge.
Commission (A+ Rank): Find the legendary player(s) known as 『 』 (Blank) and utterly defeat them in any game, by any method.
When compared to Kaguya's task—which involved a potential Grade 1 Vengeful Spirit—this gaming request carried a surprising amount of weight. The girls felt a sudden pressure; was defeating a gamer truly as perilous as facing a high-level curse?
Doma Umaru immediately suggested underhanded tactics. "Just get an invincible cheat or hire a hacker to modify the server data," she typed. The rewards were simply too tempting to play fair. While D-Rank tasks barely gave 1 Reading Value point after days of effort, an A+ Rank offered a staggering 100 points and two random prize draws.
The girls couldn't help but feel a twinge of jealousy toward Renji Miyauchi. He often complained in his entries about his "low-quality" daily rewards, yet they now realized that simply writing in his diary gave him the kind of draws they had to risk their lives for.
Despite the temptation, Aoi's pride as a gamer held firm. She had lost to Umaru in the arcade before, and she knew she was still leagues away from the level of Blank. Her current strategy was to track what games Blank was playing and hire a literal army of professional players to harass them. She only needed one opening—one human mistake.
The others watched with bated breath. Most only knew Blank through the rumors Renji had shared: a pair of siblings so skilled they were eventually snatched away to another world by the God of Games. The mere mention of a deity's involvement was enough to inspire awe.
Missions and Manipulations
Utaha's own commissions felt strangely personal and grounded:
Make her novel, Love Metronome, a top-ten seller for the quarter.
Ensure Sawamura Spencer Eriri becomes a "loser" again, or make her win and give an acceptance speech.
Make Renji Miyauchi's talent useful to her.
The first was a professional challenge. The second felt like a joke; Utaha had seen Renji's "spoilers" and knew the chances of the fragile Eriri ever giving a victory speech were near zero. But the third mission made her pause.
Is the System trying to provoke infighting? she wondered. Renji was already working as Shiina Mashiro's assistant. Trying to make his talent "useful to herself" sounded suspiciously like stealing him away. She kept this mission a secret, suspecting that Renji might be the one designing these requests just to watch the girls struggle for his entertainment.
"He never says much about himself," she thought, "he just watches from the shadows like a true puppet master."
The Truth Behind the Shrine
Utaha turned her attention to Renji's latest entry in the Black Diary, where he began analyzing the new commissions.
[*It's no surprise that defeating Blank is an A+ request. Though they seem like ordinary siblings, Sora and Shiro are essentially superhuman. Sora is a master of cold-reading and psychological loopholes, while Shiro has the processing power of a supercomputer.
Trying to cheat or hack against them is a death sentence; they'll likely track your physical IP and find you before the game ends. The only way to win is to separate them. They are dysfunctional when apart. If you find them offline, you might have a chance, but I'm not sure if the System would count that as 'defeating Blank.' I'm looking forward to seeing if anyone tries. I'll be watching.*]
Utaha then read his breakdown of the Three Fox Valley Shrine.
[*The shrine request is A+ for a reason. The 'Mountain God' there is the strongest entity in Yotsuya Miko's story. It's an Earthbound Spirit guarding a seal, and it harvests souls to maintain that seal. It doesn't kill immediately; it forces a contract. It helps you, then takes your soul as payment.
In the original plot, Miko eventually breaks the seal to stop the Mountain God. But what was hidden underneath? The manga hadn't updated that far when I transmigrated. It's likely a Special Grade Vengeful Spirit or a demon.
If the 'big shots' of the Jujutsu World haven't cleared it, it's because the seal is more convenient than the alternative. In Japan, ten thousand people die annually from supernatural events. One soul every few years is a 'necessary sacrifice' for the higher-ups.*]
The cold logic of the inner world sent a chill through Utaha. It wasn't just about good and evil; it was about politics and cost-benefit ratios.
[*By the way, if Miko had unsealed that thing, the higher-ups of the Jujutsu World would have sentenced her to death. But that might actually be a good thing. Those old fossils can never successfully execute anyone.
The 'Strongest Sorcerer,' Gojo Satoru, loves taking death-row inmates as his disciples. Miko, with her top-tier Yin-Yang Eyes, would have been his prize student. It's a shame that after he was dismembered by the King of Curses, Ryomen Sukuna, none of his students really mourned him. They even criticized him after he was gone. (Laughs)*]
The Blackened Heart of a Novelist
Utaha leaned back, her mind racing. The mystery of the "Prison Realm Master" was solved. The strongest sorcerer in the world was this Gojo Satoru, a man fated to be cut down by a millennium-old curse.
His personality seemed chaotic—taking in criminals as students and rebelling against his superiors. Was he a savior, or just another dangerous variable in a world already full of them?
The realization that the "Inner World" was a place of execution and cold-blooded deals dampened Utaha's curiosity. However, she looked at her third commission again: Make Renji Miyauchi's talent useful to yourself.
If the world was truly this dangerous, and the "strongest" could be killed so easily, then having a talented assistant who knew the future wasn't just a romantic goal—it was a necessity for survival. Her eyes sharpened with a new, darker resolve